Fortunately, what made Cao Hui feel a little relieved was that if this was really Wu Yingmao's work, it would still have some value, and many experts had made an eye on Wu Yingmao's forged work, and it was not a shame to have one more of him.

It's just that unless someone is wronged to take over, the value of this work must be greatly discounted, and two million is likely to shrink to hundreds of thousands or even tens of thousands, which makes Cao Hui feel distressed when he thinks about it, and he can't help cursing Wu Yingmao in his heart.

In Chu Chen's opinion, Wu Yingmao does have a problem with his character. At that time, he forged a large number of "Zhu's handwritings" with the convenience of being Zhu Yunming's grandson, from scrolls, scrolls, volumes, fans, and even inscriptions and letters.

These forgeries have deceived many connoisseurs throughout the ages, so that these forgeries have been mixed into the collections of many museums or private collections, and even a considerable number of various plates have been published in the bibliographies, some of which are also called "masterpieces", "masterpieces", "treasures", "fine works" and "classics" of Zhu Yunming's calligraphy.

These forgeries of Wu Yingmao also brought considerable difficulties to the research of Zhu Yunming by later generations. Therefore, Wu Yingmao's actions are actually smearing Zhu Yunming in a certain way, and he is also Zhu Yunming's nephew, from Chu Chen's point of view, this person is really an unfilial son.

Cao Hui put away the work with a somewhat gloomy expression, and then said to Chu Chen: "Chu Shao, please take a look at this picture of Lu Ming's plum blossom brocade chicken!" ”

Lu Ji, whose name is Tingzhen, is a very prestigious court painter in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, who is good at painting flowers and birds and Lin Liangding in the history of art in China. There is a poem in "Shuangxi Collection": "Lu Jixi was in the Xianzong Dynasty and commanded the Mingguang Palace. The gold plate gives gold and silver, and the pen is born and looks forward to it".

Lu Ji's surviving works are not very many. His painting style can be divided into two categories, one is mainly ink. A little light color, with a pen more indulgent. The other type is the rich color, the pen is exquisite, with a rich court decoration interest.

However, it is generally believed that the direct reason for the change in Lu Ji's painting style, especially the change from ink and wash light color painting to gongbi re-color painting, seems to be to adapt to the different tastes of different emperors, specifically that Emperor Hongzhi's appreciation taste is different from that of his father Chenghua Emperor, the former appreciates Lin Liang's freehand flower and bird paintings. The latter likes to paint flowers and birds. As a result, the difference between Lu Ji's painting style before and after.

And this picture of "Plum Blossom Brocade Chicken" is a work that reflects the change of Lu Ji's painting style, which is really valuable.

This color on silk is mainly based on ink paintings, in which the brocade chicken is the subject of Lu Jichang's painting, only to see the beginning of the snow, a plum tree under the rock standing two brocade chickens looking left and right, of which the eyes and feet around the eyes and feet of the two places are bright red, in addition to the plum tree also bloomed a few plum blossoms.

This work can be said to be a good interpretation of Lu Ji's style, and the two brocade chickens reflect Lu Ji's depiction of Seiko. The painting style of the law is strict, and the trees and stones are the painting methods of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the ink is dripping and quite imposing. Combine both. It formed the unique style of Lu Ji.

Looking at the whole work, Chu Chen felt that this should be a masterpiece of Lu Ji's mature and middle-aged paintings, as one of the few works left by Lu Ji. And it is a work at the turn of the painting style, which can be regarded as a rare thing.

"Chu Shao. What do you think of this work? ”

Cao Hui asked a little nervously, and he was also very nervous. I'm worried that this is another fake. If it's really a fake, not to mention the loss of money, it's also a big loss of image.

solemnly took out two things that he thought were treasures, but in the end he found that they were fakes, and from the perspective of ordinary people, if nothing else, his vision must be questioned.

Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "I also like this work very much, if Mr. Cao is willing to cut your love, then let's talk about the price." But before I talk about the price, I want to say one thing, if I remember correctly, last year there was an auction of Lu Ji's "Turtledove Red Plum Picture", and I personally think that this work is no worse than that one. ”

When Cao Hui heard Chu Chen say this, he was also relieved, and immediately said with a smile on his face: "Chu Shao, after all, that work is recorded, and the price must be higher." Otherwise, what do you think of the two works you fancy add up to two million? ”

Generally speaking, collections are about inheritance, so works that are clearly described and confirmed to be correct are highly sought after by collectors. The volume and price of a catalogued work and an uncatalogued work vary greatly in the minds of collectors.

Of course, the bibliography also depends on what kind of book it is written, and at least it needs to be written by some famous collectors to have reference value, and the most influential of them is "Shiqu Baoji".

"Shiqu Baoji" is a large-scale bibliographic document compiled by the court during the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods of the Qing Dynasty, which records the collection of calligraphy and painting collected by the Qing court in the past dynasties, which is divided into nine categories: calligraphy and painting scrolls, scrolls and volumes, and the personnel responsible for the compilation are all calligraphy and painting masters or authoritative calligraphy and painting research experts at that time.

It is precisely because of the authority of "Shiqu Baoji" that every collector wants to buy the bibliographic works of "Shiqu Baoji", which can be said to be in short supply, and also makes the bibliographic works sold at unexpectedly high prices.

However, the things on the bibliography are always more monks and less porridge, and some of the artifacts on the bibliography are not accurate, just like the calligraphy and painting or bronze ware in the "Shiqu Baoji", not all of them are genuine, let alone all of them are fine works, and there are many forgeries and forgeries that cannot be conclusively examined.

Therefore, the artifacts in the bibliography can only be used as a reference, and if you really buy them according to them, even if you buy the artifacts in the bibliographies, you may not be able to guarantee that they are genuine.

Chu Chen secretly thought about it, and felt that this price was not much different from the market price, he thought about it or it was not good to buy it according to the market value, if he really had to do that, it would be too impersonal, after all, as a peer, he would probably deal with him often in the future, so he nodded and agreed.

"Okay, I'll get someone to wrap it up for you now."

Cao Hui said a little excitedly, but just as he was about to call someone in, the waiter just now walked in again, looking at what he should have to report.

"What's the matter?" Cao Hui asked.

"Mr. Cao, that Mr. Song is here again, can you see him?"

"Selling his paintings again?"

"Yes! I heard him say that it still seems to be those few pieces, and now he is willing to sell them to you cheaper! ”

Cao Hui waved his hand and said, "Let him go, just tell him, if it's still like that, don't come to me!" ”

"Okay! I know! The waiter nodded, and then prepared to go out.

"Wait!" Cao Hui stopped her and said, "You help Chu Shao wrap these two works, remember to wrap them well!" ”

"Okay! ……”

After the waiter left, Chu Chen asked with some curiosity: "Mr. Cao, what's the matter with that Mr. Song?" ”

Cao Hui shook his head and said, "What else can I do, I got rid of playing antiques and ruined my family business!" ……”

It turned out that Mr. Song's name was Song Lei, and he was originally the CEO of a company in Beijing, although the company was not big, it was quite profitable. But because the company makes money, Song Lei has played everything, Xiaomi has wrapped several times, and gradually felt that it was not interesting, and later through the introduction of Guò friends, he gradually fell in love with collecting calligraphy and paintings.

Song Lei is not very serious when he buys things, he buys them if he likes, it doesn't matter if he is modern, Ming and Qing dynasties, and it doesn't matter if he loses money or not, anyway, the company makes money, in today's words, "Lao Tzu is not bad for money".

But there is one thing that is very strange, Song Lei does not know calligraphy and painting, he just likes it. And what makes Chu Chen feel incredible is that this person plays calligraphy and painting collection, but he has never studied calligraphy and painting collection, and it doesn't count if he hasn't studied it, the key is that he doesn't ask a master to help him identify it when he buys something, whether the thing is good or bad, how much it is worth, it is completely up to the seller to have the final say.

And Song Lei is also very diligent in shopping, today I heard that a celebrity held a painting exhibition, tomorrow I heard that there is a calligraphy exhibition in which province, he will rush over, and every time he goes back without buying something, he feels down-to-earth.

In addition, Song Lei has a heroic personality and a local tyrant style, often invites friends to eat, drink, and exchange courtesies, friends know his hobbies, and will also send him some calligraphy and painting works, but they will not send good ones, anyway, it is not enough for him to treat money, so those things are no different from those bought.

In addition to calligraphy exhibitions and painting exhibitions, as long as Song Lei hears that there are auctions, in addition to foreign ones, most of them from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are not lost. Of course, the antique shop must be the place he visits every day, and Cao Hui is basically there five days a week, so that the staff here are already very familiar with him.

In addition to playing calligraphy and painting, Song Lei also plays porcelain. However, he played porcelain mainly to make money, in order to buy calligraphy and paintings. And unlike the treatment of calligraphy and painting, he studied the identification of porcelain, after all, this porcelain is used to make money, and it can't be sold for money if you buy a fake.

If you want to say that a person who can open a very profitable company, he will definitely not be a fool, from the porcelain he has not studied for a long time, he is almost half an expert, it can be seen that it is average, but when it comes to calligraphy and painting, his IQ instantly fell to zero, which makes Chu Chen feel funny when he thinks about it.

Not to mention, Song Lei is still very good at doing business, Cao Hui once heard him proudly mention it, saying that once, he spent a thousand yuan to buy a piece of export porcelain in the late Qing Dynasty, which was worth only two or three thousand yuan. Just such an export porcelain, he was stunned and transferred it to a friend of his for 500,000 yuan.

Hearing this, Chu Chen interjected incredibly: "Bragging, right?" ”

Cao Hui spread his hands and said: "I'm not sure if it's true or not, but Song Lei's guy is really good at fooling, and it is possible to sell it for 500,000 yuan, and as long as this person drinks a few sips of wine, the credibility of what he says is quite high, and this matter still has a high degree of credibility." (To be continued......)