Chapter Twenty-Six: Treasure Appreciation

This weekend, Zhang Miantai, the treasure master of Wenxuan Pavilion, called and asked Li Beichen to go to Wenxuan Pavilion to get together.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Li Beichen came to Wenxuan Pavilion at the entrance of Luojiayuan Street on time.

Master Zhang Miantai, who was waiting there, took Li Beichen into the private reception room inside.

The two sat in the reception room and sipped a pot of tea and chatted for a while.

Master Zhang Miantai asked directly: "Beichen, please forgive me, that day, how did you know that there was a small golden Buddha statue hidden in that clay Buddha statue?"

Li Beichen had long expected that Master Zhang Miantai would ask this question, because with Zhang Miantai, a respected old man in the treasure appreciation world, he did not want to be paid that day, but turned over to meet him.

So Li Beichen came up with a countermeasure in advance, and he replied like this: "I have had a special feeling about ancient items since I was a child, as long as I am exposed to ancient things, I have a special and very mysterious feeling, and if I want to say what I feel, I can't say." And I often don't know what age it is. So, that day, I only knew that the clay Buddha statue contained older antiquities, but I didn't know what it was. ”

Master Zhang Miantai listened, a little skeptical, so he took Li Beichen to a small exhibition hall on the third floor of Wenxuan Pavilion, and then, he himself entered a room alone, and after a while, took out four antiques, and asked Li Beichen to judge whether it was a genuine work or a modern imitation.

The first is a blue and white porcelain, the second is a copper kettle, the third is a landscape painting, and the fourth is a gold bracelet.

The four items all look similar, and with Li Beichen's knowledge and experience, there is no way to judge the authenticity.

But Li Beichen has the time reflection function of the Great Decay God System, so he put his left index finger on the Yintang acupoint, activated the time reflection function of the Great Decay God System, and then observed these four antiques separately.

The first piece of blue and white porcelain, the information displayed on the screen in my mind is: village material: clay firing, time: 12 years after the finished product.

The second copper kettle, the information displayed on the screen in the mind is: village material: copper casting, time: the finished product is 425 years old.

The third landscape painting, the information displayed on the screen in the mind is: village material: paper products, time: 153 years ago.

The fourth gold bracelet, the information displayed on the screen in the mind is: village material: made of gold, time: 230 years ago.

Li Beichen withdrew from the Great Decay God System, and he already knew it in his heart, but he still pretended to look at them one by one for a while, and after more than twenty minutes, he said to Master Zhang Miantai: "The first blue and white porcelain is a modern imitation, the second copper kettle is genuine, about the end of the Ming Dynasty, the third landscape painting, also a genuine work, about the late Qing Dynasty, and the fourth gold bracelet, which is also genuine, about the middle of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Master Zhang Miantai listened, frowned, and then said: "The first, second, and fourth antiques you judged were all right, but the third antique you said was wrong, it was a fake." ”

Li Beichen was a little stunned and said: "So sometimes I feel wrong, and I can't believe it." ”

However, Master Zhang Miantai caught it and said, "No, you misunderstood what I meant. What I'm going to say is that you did analyze it correctly, but the third landscape painting is indeed a fake, isn't it a contradiction?"

Master Zhang Miantai pointed to the signature of the third landscape painting and said, "Look carefully. ”

Li Beichen took a look, and the words "Ming Zhu Zhishan" were written on the picture, and his mind had not yet turned a corner, so he was a little confused.

Master Zhang Miantai continued to guide: "You just said that the third landscape painting is about the work of the late Qing Dynasty, is there no problem here?"

Li Beichen suddenly realized and said: "Ah, I know, Zhu Zhishan was a native of the middle of the Ming Dynasty and one of the four great talents at that time, but this work is a work of the late Qing Dynasty, so it was made by someone else who pretended to be Zhu Zhishan, that is, it was a fake." ”

Master Zhang Miantai said with some relief: "So, you are right about the four works, and they are good." In time, you will be able to accomplish a lot. ”

Master Zhang Miantai then took two more fakes that could be faked and genuine, and Li Beichen judged them to be imitations in the same way.

Master Zhang Miantai smiled a little happily and said: "I didn't expect that I, Zhang Miantai, would meet a genius in the treasure appreciation world in my old age, and I was still so young. Beichen, if I recommend you to join the Huaxia Treasure Collection Association, they should give me a face. If you become a member of the Huaxia Treasure Collection Association, you will have the opportunity to shine your talents, not at least bury your genius, okay?"

Li Beichen was a little hesitant, but he was muttering in his heart: "Grandma, who wants to sit on the stage like an old man and be treated as a monkey, I still have a lot of more important things to do, the great cause of soaking women has not yet begun, hundreds of millions of net worth have just started, and why do I have to mix up a graduation certificate from Beijing University, where is this idle effort to be a member of this kind of bullshit association?"

But it's not good to refuse in person, after all, Zhang Lao is also out of kindness.

So, Li Beichen said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Zhang, my college homework is not very good, I want to spend more time learning my homework, if I can't finish my studies, it is estimated that it will not be easy to explain to my parents, so I really don't have much time to be a member of the Treasure Appreciation Association now, let's talk about it later, I'm really sorry for your care and support." ”

Master Zhang Miantai blew his beard and glared a little, looking a little displeased, and thought: "Others ask me to help recommend me to the Huaxia Collection and Treasure Appreciation Association, but I don't want to." Now I sincerely recommend you to enter, but you don't know how to quit. ”

When Li Beichen saw it, he scratched his head, and hurriedly said with some weakness: "Of course, if Elder Zhang has any dispatch, the younger generation will definitely be duty-bound, and he will go to the soup to complete it." ”

Master Zhang Miantai scolded: "You are a ghost head, you are a little slippery head, if you don't want to do it, just say you don't want to do it, what kind of treachery?"

Li Beichen smiled embarrassedly.

Master Zhang Miantai then said: "However, next Saturday is really a bit of a task, next Saturday, the people of the Wa Kingdom Antique Collection Association will accompany their prime minister to visit our country, and will come to our Beijing Huaxia Collection and Treasure Appreciation Association to represent their country and return the five treasures that were stolen during the invasion of our country during the Qing Dynasty, in order to show that the two countries have been friendly for 30 years. When the time comes, you will come with me to see it. ”

Although Li Beichen was reluctant in his heart, he was embarrassed to refuse, so he hurriedly agreed.

In the end, Master Zhang Miantai said to Li Beichen: "I still have something to do later, so I won't leave you, you go, remember what happened next Saturday, and wait for me to call you later." ”

Li Beichen hurriedly said goodbye and took the car back to school.