Seeing the triumphant expression of the boss who was like an explosive household, Zhao Qirui shook his head and said with a smile: "If this person doesn't know how to converge after bringing this white jade tripod back, then something will definitely go wrong sooner or later." Ignore him, let's settle the bill and go back. ”

The four of them finished the account and were about to go back, but they happened to meet Yu Guangjie and others at the door.

Yu Guangjie raised the words in his hand and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhao, you must also like this painting, do you want me to lend it to you for a few days?" ”

Zhao Qirui shook his head and said with a smile: "This is not needed, Xiaoyu, if you have time, you still have to read more books and learn more things, don't be stupid and can't tell the difference between good and bad." ”

After finishing speaking, he walked away with Chu Chen and the others.

Yu Guangjie was stunned when he heard this, what does this mean? Is this work a fake? It's not like ah, the inscriptions, styles and seals are obviously right!

In fact, Zhao Qirui said this sentence just to make a small irony about Yu Guangjie's lack of learning and skills, but when it came to Qian Changxing's ears, it made him think of something, and his face turned pale.

When Yu Guangjie saw this, he knew that it was bad, and shouted at Qian Changxing angrily: "If something is wrong, I want you to look good!" ”……

In the car, Zhao Qirui couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, so he asked Chu Chen: "Xiao Chu, what's going on with that painting?" ”

Chu Chen smiled slightly and said: "This painting should be a ghostwriting work of Shen Zhou, if you are interested, Brother Zhao, you can go and look through the catalogue of ancient paintings and calligraphy published by the Cultural Relics Publishing House, among which there is a picture of Shen Zhou's "Mountains in the Rain", the two can be said to be almost identical, and this situation is impossible for Shen Zhou." ”

"Some people may say that the picture is fake, but this one is real, but if you compare it, you know that it is impossible. Let's take the promotion of celebrities as an example, we can prove the authenticity, in that work, I remember that there are Cao Shizhong, Dong Qichang and others promoted, and there are also the collection seals of celebrities. Based on these alone, there must be no need to say much about the authenticity. ”

What's more, judging from the brushwork of the painting, this painting should be the work of Shen Zhou when he was in his seventies, and at this time Shen Zhou's brush is already quite old and spicy, and the style has been finalized

"Potential" means "quality", and these aspects are not expressed in the work, so the painter is different. ”

In fact, there are also records of Shen Zhou's ghostwriting in history, Shen Zhou has a gentle temperament, generosity, and never refuses when others ask for paintings. As a result, the bamboo village he built became a noisy and noisy hotel, with a constant exchange of books and paintings, and piles of paper and silk in the bookcases and baskets.

Some painters, who do not know Shen Zhou, only take a silk scarf or other trivial gifts, they have to ask for several works in a row, and as soon as the appointed time passes, they will come to the door to collect debts, which makes Shen Zhou annoyed.

He said helplessly: "I am here, and this debt is endless; If I die, it will be gone. ”

In order to escape such harassment, Shen Zhou entered Gusu, but he did not dare to go to the downtown area, so he could only live in a remote temple to seek temporary peace. But later, such a brief peace was not obtained, because he had not yet boarded the boat, and the people who had done good things were already waiting for him in front of the temple gate.

A friend Liu Bangyan once wrote a poem for him: "Send paper and knock on the door to ask for frequent paintings, the monk building has nowhere to avoid the red dust, and the east returns to the south to ask for debts, and must turn into tens of billions of golden immortals." Wang Wei's "Epitaph of Ishida" said: "From Beijing to Fujian, Chuchuan, and Guangzhou, all of them buy and seek their traces, thinking that they are treasured, and they are romantic. ”

In order to deal with the seekers, Shen Zhou adopted two methods: dragging and ghostwriting. For those who are far away and use letters to urge debts, he does not reply to letters, but just drags them vigorously. For those who came to the door in person, he asked students to ghostwrite, so there were many fake paintings of Shen Zhou that have been handed down.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "This work should be Shen Zhou's student, or someone else's work, and then Shen Zhou promoted and put a seal, but the painter's skill is still good, of course, this may also be the relationship between Shen Zhou's later polishing, so the painting still has a certain value, but its value is not four million, and there will be no four hundred thousand." ”

Zhao Qirui was a little stunned when he heard it, to say that he had heard of ghostwriting before, but he had never encountered it, so he didn't care about it, but he didn't expect that a famous person like Shen Zhou would also have a ghostwriter, let alone someone else?

Thinking of this, Zhao Qirui said with some indignation: "Isn't this a fraud, and these painters are not afraid that their reputation will be damaged if they do this?" ”

Chu Chen smiled and replied: "In fact, the phenomenon of calligraphers and painters asking people to "ghostwrite" has a long history, just like the ancient Wu Daozi was "ghostwritten" by Zhai Yan and Zhang Zang, Dong Qichang was "ghostwritten" by Shen Shichong, Zhao Zuo and others, like Tang Bohu and Wen Zhengming also did this kind of thing, and in modern times Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi also have their own ghostwriters. ”

"However, generally speaking, it is also a helpless choice for them to ask someone to ghostwrite, after all, a person's energy is limited, he is famous, there are too many people who ask for the work, or he has a special task, so he can only ask for a ghostwriter. And the ghostwriters are also recognized by themselves, and the level will not be too bad, so the average person can understand. ”

After Zhao Qirui heard this, he nodded and said:

"This does have some truth, but according to our businessmen, we don't agree, it's like I ordered a batch of TVs, and the parts in them must be original according to the requirements, but he only gave me the picture tube is original, do you think I will be satisfied? I think that even if the reason for ghostwriting is good, there is a certain degree of fraud. ”

Chu Chen smiled and replied: "This matter, I think it should be said separately, I think the ancients ghostwriting is still excusable, after all, they have no choice but to ask someone to ghostwrite, and the general can also stand the moral test, there is a bottom line, if the ghostwriting work, the artistic level is tested, it is also acceptable." ”

"However, I think it is indeed an unhealthy trend for commercial purposes, these painters often produce works in batches, and then after they have a certain reputation, they let their disciples ghostwrite, so that the commercial paintings made in batches are mixed with a lot of ghostwriting works, which is very hidden, and at the same time reduces its artistry."

Zhao Qirui shook his head, he still can't accept this kind of ghostwriting behavior, and he can also identify calligraphy works, but in terms of painting alone, he can only see a rough idea, so he has a deep hatred for this kind of ghostwriting behavior in his heart.

"I think I'll be less interested in national works in the future, otherwise maybe one day, I will buy ghostwritten works." Zhao Qirui sighed and said.

Chu Chen smiled and didn't say much, although he could understand the ghostwriting of the ancients, but in his heart, he thought that this actually contributed to the wind of fraud.

It is good to say that the painters of ancient times are better in terms of interests in terms of the restraint of their character and integrity. However, in modern times, some painters often find someone to write on behalf of others out of economic needs in order to fulfill the requirements of others for bulk orders, which is not moral, and it is also a harm to the spread and development of calligraphy and painting culture.

After discussing the ghostwriting for a while, Zhao Qirui thought about it and immediately became happy, I don't know what kind of expression Yu Guangjie would have when he knew that this was a ghostwritten work, especially when Yu Guangjie had an extra 500,000 yuan, which made him feel secretly refreshed, and he could be regarded as avenging the arrow in the afternoon.

"By the way, Xiao Chu, is there anything surprising about the pen holder you just shot, it can't be another leak, right?" Zhao Qirui suddenly thought of the bamboo carved pen holder that Chu Chen bought, and suddenly became a little curious.

"I do find this thing a little problematic, but I'm not sure if I'm going to miss it."

This pen holder, Chu Chen has also studied it carefully before, and he did find a problem, but whether it is in it or not as he thinks will be known.

"Oh, Xiao Chu, hurry up and talk about it, what's going on?"

Chu Chen handed the pen holder to Zhao Qirui, smiled and said, "Brother Zhao, you can use your fingers to compare the depth inside." ”

Zhao Qirui took the pen holder curiously, and then used his fingers to push into the pen holder, but he didn't expect the finger to reach in for a while, and then he took out his finger and compared it on the surface of the pen holder, but it was only half of the pen holder.

"Xiao Chu, are you saying there might be something in here?" Zhao Qirui was a little stunned and returned the pen holder to Chu Chen.

Chu Chen took the pen holder, smiled and said, "I do think so, if there is nothing in it, this is not in line with the style of the pen holder at all, and if there is nothing in it, don't you think it is a little heavier?" ”

Chu Chen flipped the pen holder over, and there was nothing unusual at the bottom of the pen holder, which was wrapped in a wooden base.

"Brother Zhao, do you have a knife here?"

"Yes." Ah Chao opened a box in front of him, took out a fruit knife from it, and handed it to him.

Chu Chen used a knife to scrape at the junction of the base and the pen holder, but he scraped out a layer of wax-like things, which should play the role of gluing and sealing. Gradually, the knife scraped deeper and deeper, and the entire base of Zuihou began to loosen.

Seeing that the scrape was almost done, Chu Chen took off the base with a little force, and when he looked inside, his expression became a little strange.

"What's in there?" Seeing this, Zhao Qirui asked a little strangely.

Chu Chen poured out the contents of the contents, but it was something that looked like a round box.

The height difference of this box is about seven or eight centimeters, just about half the height of the pen holder, the box looks black and not slippery, I don't know what it is made of, it feels a little smooth to the touch, but it doesn't look like jade, Chu Chen thinks it should be a metal product, and the surface is coated with other things.