Just when Song Lei fell into deep self-blame, Chu Chen meticulously finished reading this "High Picture of Lushan Mountain", and then he turned his head and asked Song Lei: "Mr. Song, how much do you plan to sell this work?" ”

The people around couldn't help but be stunned when they heard what Chu Chen said, and Cao Hui asked a little incredulously: "Chu Shao, do you really plan to buy this painting?" ”

"Why, can't I buy this painting?" Chu Chen said strangely.

"But this ......"

Chu Chen interrupted Cao Hui's words and said, "Mr. Cao, I think you have been in the calligraphy and painting business for a long time, haven't you heard of the old imitation?" ”

Cao Hui was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then hurriedly came up to check it, and immediately blushed with shame, and then said with a wry smile: "It's really an old imitation!" ”

As he spoke, he complained to himself in his heart, why didn't he find out about this earlier, so that he would make a fool of himself in front of Chu Chen.

In fact, if it were someone else, then Cao Hui would not be so sloppy, in fact, he had seen the calligraphy and painting works brought by Song Lei countless times before, and every time it was a high-quality imitation painting, or a shoddy fake, after several times, he no longer had much hope for what Song Lei brought.

Song Lei really didn't expect to encounter such a thing, and hurriedly asked with some excitement: "Chu Shao, how much money are you going to collect for this work?" ”

"It's yours, and it's really not the right price for me."

Speaking of this, Chu Chen saw the excitement on Song Lei's face that couldn't be concealed, so he poured cold water on him:

"But, Mr. Song, I have something to remind you. No matter how good this work is, it is just an imitation. The price is certainly not very high, and the author of the imitation should not be a famous artist. It's just that the imitation is more refined, and the painting skills are not superb. ”

In the world of painting and calligraphy, there has always been the phenomenon of "imitation painting", not all of these works are worthless, and some of the fine works in imitation paintings also have considerable collection value. Among these paintings, in addition to the works of "famous imitation of famous artists", there are also a large number of "fake names" from the masters of the old era imitating famous artists.

The so-called "fake daimyo" masterpieces are generally from the hands of painters in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Although these imitations are mainly used for profit, a considerable number of the works are highly skilled. Moreover, they are old mounted, and the framing is elegant, and these works also have a certain collection value.

For example, in 2000, an auction launched three "fake names" to participate in the auction, and all of them were sold at good prices. One is the Qing imitation of Zhao Ling's colored silk handscroll "Hundred Birds and Phoenix", the transaction price is 16,000 yuan, the other is the Qing imitation Qiu Ying's colored silk handscroll "Xuanji Tu", the transaction price is 80,000 yuan, and the other is the Qing Dynasty Zhao Yong's colored silk handscroll "Immortals Offer Longevity". The transaction price is 50,000 yuan.

The reason why the three imitation paintings were sold at high prices is that the most important thing is that they are accurate. After all, art has nothing to do with authenticity, as long as you paint well and wonderfully, there will always be someone who appreciates it. and reflect the corresponding value.

Song Lei originally thought that he was going to get rich, but when he heard Chu Chen's words, his heart suddenly cooled. But he was already a broken jar, and after a while. 200,000 yuan was offered, which made everyone else on the scene feel a bit incredible.

Hear the price. Cao Hui wanted to scold, Chu Chen waved his hand and said: "Mr. Song, your work is not imitated by a famous artist, if it is Mr. Qi Baishi's imitation of "Lushan High Map", then let alone 200,000, I will buy 2 million, but your painting, 200,000 can only ask you to take it back." ”

Song Lei's face was also thick-skinned, and when he saw Chu Chen put on a posture that he didn't want to talk about anymore, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Chu Shao, I was joking just now, 20,000 yuan, this painting will be yours!" ”

Chu Chen shook his head and said, "I'll give up to eight thousand!" ”

Song Lei begged: "Don't mind, Chu Shao, you are also a big man, you can pity me, let me keep more money, I don't want more, what do you think?" ”

If it were someone else, it would be possible for 18,000 Chu Chen to agree, but for people like Song Lei, don't even think about it, he spread his hands and said: "I just have money, and I can't spend it indiscriminately, right, if you really want to sell, then I will pay up to 12,000, if you still want to go higher, then please!" ”

Song Lei heard Chu Chen say this, so he turned his head and glanced at Cao Hui, but Cao Hui stood in place with a stern face, and couldn't see anything else, but this is normal, unless his brain is broken, he can stand up and grab what Chu Chen has a fancy.

If Chu Chen wasn't there, Cao Hui would have bought this painting, but let alone 12,000, he wouldn't give 8,000.

Seeing this, although Song Lei really wanted to put away the painting and sell it to others, the experience of this period of time made him understand that the traders are very black-hearted, even if the painting is sold to others, it may not have the high price given by Chu Chen, the most important thing is that he is about to run out of food, he really can't wait, and he doesn't want to experience the feeling that life is worse than death again.

In the end, he had no choice, he pondered for a moment, but still agreed.

After the transaction was completed, Song Lei carefully collected the money with him, and then nodded and asked, "Chu Shao, do you want to take a look at these paintings?" ”

When Cao Hui heard this, he said angrily: "I said Lao Song, you have already shown me these paintings three times, and I don't want anything, do you think Chu Shao will want it?" ”

"Didn't you see it just now?" Song Lei muttered.

When Cao Hui heard him say this, he was so angry in his heart, isn't this a pot that can't be opened, and he will tear down his platform in front of Chu Chen? He was so angry that he couldn't wait to go up and kick Song Lei a few times now.

Chu Chen probed with Baojue, and then said with a smile: "I still believe in Mr. Cao's eyesight, so I won't look at these paintings!" ”

Of course, if there was really something good in these paintings, he would not have said that.

Hearing Chu Chen say this, Song Lei was slightly disappointed, but today he sold a painting to solve his urgent need, so he didn't persuade him more.

Next, Cao Hui saw that it was time to eat, and hurriedly put forward the idea of inviting Chu Chen to dinner. Chu Chen originally wanted to go home for dinner, but thinking that Cao Hui had helped him after all, if he had to refuse even to eat, it would be a bit of crossing the river and tearing down the bridge, so he agreed. ……

After having a fairly relaxed lunch at a restaurant near Liulichang, Chu Chen said goodbye to Cao Hui, but when he walked to his car, he saw Song Lei coming over a little sneakily.

Chu Chen didn't feel strange about this, because when he and Cao Hui walked towards the hotel, he had already noticed that Song Lei was sneakily following them.

Although he had roughly guessed Song Lei's thoughts, Chu Chen would not have any good feelings about such a thing as tracking, and asked expressionlessly: "Mr. Song, I don't know what you have to do with us?" ”

Song Lei hurriedly nodded and said: "Chu Shao, I see that you are also a person who likes to collect, and I still have some collections at home, I don't know if you are interested." ”

Chu Chen replied: "There is interest, but if you only have these goods on your back, then I can only say sorry." ”

Song Lei waved his hand again and again: "Chu Shao, don't worry, I still have two very good works in my house, no worse than the one you just bought, and I still have a lot of porcelain in my house, maybe there is one you like?" ”

"Porcelain?" Chu Chen said with a smile: "I heard Mr. Cao say that you sell porcelain, and I can't bear that kind of porcelain!" ”

Song Lei smiled awkwardly and said: "This, I admit that there are some fakes among them, but not all of them, what is going on, you can see it, and the price is guaranteed to be cheap." ”

Chu Chen smiled, and then asked, "Since you still have porcelain, why don't you sell it?" ”

Song Lei laughed, and he didn't know how to answer, could it be that others took a look at him and sent him away?

Seeing this, Chu Chen secretly said that he was to blame, and then let Song Lei get into his car, and then according to Song Lei's guidance, he came to Song Lei's home in the suburbs of Beijing.

Song Lei now lives in an old one-bedroom apartment, and now his drug addiction is relatively strict, and he spends quite a lot of money, not only has the original house been sold by him, but the money has been almost spent.

Song Lei opened the security door of his house, and suddenly a pungent smell came to Chu Chen, making him a little unable to step in.

Seeing this, Song Lei hurriedly opened all the windows, and then turned on the fans in the living room, and it took nearly ten minutes of wind to blow away the smell of bones.

Chu Chen shook his head, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense when he walked into the house, so he directly asked Song Lei to take out the two paintings he said.

These two paintings, one is the same as the one just now, the Qing Dynasty imitates Qiu Ying's "Lin Ting Fun Picture", the tips of the trees and stones are fine and flexible, and the mountains are round and beautiful.

It's just that what makes Chu Chen feel a little strange is that this painting is not only the original old mounting, but also uses master-level framing skills, you must know that this is just an imitation painting, unless it was painted by a famous artist at that time, it is really not worth it.

But if it is really painted by a famous artist, then it stands to reason that he should leave his own promotion and seal, the key is that although this painting can be copied, it is not how wonderful it is, looking at the whole work, Chu Chen feels that it can only be regarded as painted by a painter, and it is unlikely to be a masterpiece at all.

But it was such a painting, but it used master-level framing skills, which couldn't help but feel strange to Chu Chen, and this suddenly made him think of a possibility, could this work be a picture-in-picture again?

Thinking of this, he hurriedly used the Spirit Treasure Eye on it. (To be continued......)