In the afternoon, the sun was shining.

Ji Sheng, Zhu Zhiflock, and Zhi Youcai walked on the street.

In the late 80s, the capital had a special flavor, with occasional shavers on the roadside, and a sign hanging next to it that read Three Yuan for Haircuts.

There are also many shoemakers from individual vendors, and beautiful girls who don't know whether they are traveling from other places or are waiting on the side with high heels on one foot.

Ji Sheng can occasionally see people hauling honeycomb coal on tricycles.

Time flies, although he is gorgeously dressed and incompatible with the crowd walking on the street, Ji Sheng always has a feeling that he seems to have integrated into this time and space.

Suddenly, Zhi Youcai's words woke Ji Sheng up from his memory, "Eh, isn't this Brother Xiaoma?" ”

Zhu flocking glanced up at the poster and corrected: "People are called Chow Yun-fat." ”

"Oh!" Zhi Youcai looked around again, pointing to another sea report: "That's Chu Liuxiang, right?" ”

Ji Sheng thought that Zhu flocking would continue to be corrected.

Without thinking about it, Zhu Rongrong stared at it carefully for a while, and then said very certainly: "Well, it's Chu Liuxiang." ”

Ji Sheng almost choked to death while listening, Nima, is this Zheng Shaoqiu?

Maybe they saw Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, and the three of them were still talking about movies when they were about to walk to Liulichang.

Suddenly, Zhi Youcai asked a question, "Boss, who do you think is more handsome, Chow Yun-fat handsome or Chu Liuxiang?" ”

Ji Sheng glanced at him and teased him: "Why don't you have you?" ”

Zhu flocking glanced up and down at Zhi Youcai, "Don't say it, Xiaozhi is tall and handsome." ”

Zhi Youcai was overjoyed by the praise, and immediately said, "Okay, what about me?" ”

"Add you." Ji Sheng bowed slightly, and then said without hesitation: "Chu Liuxiang is the most handsome." ”

Zhi Youcai said speechlessly: "Then why do you want to add me?" ”

I wish flocking also curiously looked.

Ji Sheng blinked, "Wouldn't Chow Yun-fat be at the bottom without you?" ”

Wishing flocking: "......"

Zhi Youcai: "......"

There was a sudden "poof" chuckle next to her, it was a girl's voice, and it was obvious that she was amused by Ji Sheng's "cold joke" in front of her.

Ji Sheng glanced at it casually, it was a girl who was not too tall and wore a pink foreign hat, he didn't care too much, and then withdrew his gaze and prepared to flock into it with Zhi Youcai and Zhu Fu.

I didn't think that the girl would take the initiative to talk, "Brother Ji." ”

Well?

Know me?

Ji Sheng looked over again to make a closer look.

Coming to this girl with a pure face and no powder, Ji Sheng always felt a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

Soon, the girl with a small backpack and a pink dress had already arrived, and she looked quite surprised: "It's really you, Brother Ji, I thought I recognized the wrong person just now." ”

I didn't recognize anyone just now.

Approaching at this time, Ji Sheng's memory suddenly recovered, oh, it was Ji Aiguo's pen pal Xiaohui, who helped him last time.

He immediately greeted with a professional smirk and said, "It's Xiaohui, why are you here?" ”

In fact, Ji Sheng had long heard Ji Aiguo say that Xiaohui had come to the capital to travel, but the capital was so big, he really didn't expect to meet it here in Liulichang, who would be interested in antiques in the current era?

"I heard that the handicrafts here are very good, and it is rare to visit the capital once, so I want to buy some and take them back to commemorate it." Xiaohui first answered the question, and then asked, "What about you?" ”

Ji Sheng patted his head, almost forgetting that in addition to selling antiques, Liulichang also sells the four treasures of the study and folk handicrafts, and he said with a smile: "Oh, I'll come to see antique cultural toys." ”

Although he decided to spend a huge amount of money to buy all the antiques and toys that Bowen Company can sell to the outside world, there will be no shortage of antiques in ancient and modern art companies for a long time in the future, but that is a commercial category, where is it better than picking up the leaks by himself?

Besides, Bowen Company will not be able to give a reply until tomorrow, and today Ji Sheng and Zhu flocking and Zhi Youcai have nothing to do, of course, they have to come to Liuli Factory to have a look.

The two chatted awkwardly, and Xiaohui didn't have anything to say, she was silent for a long time, showing a smile, "Then I won't disturb Brother Ji, you look at the antiques, bye." ”

With that, she turned around and was about to leave.

Ji Sheng didn't have much intersection with her, but the love he helped last time hadn't been repaid, and Ji Aiguo also asked him if he foresaw that Xiaohui must help take care of it, if he didn't meet him, forget it, but now that he really met here, he would definitely keep his promise.

"Xiaohui."

Ji Sheng called her.

Xiaohui turned her head to look at it, blinked her big watery eyes and said, "Brother Ji, is there something wrong?" ”

Ji Sheng took the initiative to invite: "Why don't we go shopping together." ”

If the other party refuses, then he will go back and explain to Ji Aiguo, not that he doesn't take care of it, but that the other party refuses to take care of it.

Xiaohui hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Okay, it just so happens that I am not very familiar with the capital." ”

"Well, let's go." Ji Sheng took the lead in walking in, and then asked sideways: "I have been to Liuli Factory, what kind of handicrafts do you want to buy?" Let me introduce you to it. ”

Xiaohui said: "Smaller." ”

Ji Sheng actually didn't pay much attention to which store in Liulichang sold handicrafts, but he remembered seeing it last time he visited Rong Bao Zhai, not to mention, Rong Bao Zhai's handicrafts were really good, he thought about it and took the initiative to take Xiaohui over to take a look.

Zhi Youcai and Zhu Rongrong followed behind, and the two were still chatting about who was more handsome, Chow Yun-fat or Chu Liuxiang.

As soon as he walked into Rong Bao Zhai, Ji Sheng pointed to the left side and said: "There are all the four treasures of the study, and there are some modern handicrafts, you can take a look at it yourself, I will also pick some antiques to take a look." ”

"Okay, you get busy first."

Xiaohui was very interested in going over to see the crafts.

Ji Sheng didn't care about Xiaohui, and after a few words of communication with the store staff, he and Zhu flocking and Zhi Youcai watched the porcelain.

"This official kiln porcelain from the Guangxu period is good."

"Well, it's still Yangcai."

I wish flocking and support Youcai quickly became fascinated.

Ji Sheng didn't have their level of professionalism, and he was a little distracted after looking at it for a while.

Suddenly, someone next to him was talking to the staff of Rong Bao Zhai about buying paintings, and Ji Sheng didn't pay attention to it, but the words "Li Keran" were mentioned in the conversation between the two.

"It is very likely that this painting is the real work of Master Li Keran, is it expensive to sell you for 30,000 yuan?"

"Are you stupid for me? Master Li Keran's authentic handiwork is so easy to come across? There are all fakes on the market, and what kind of "Ten Thousand Mountains Are Red" of yours I have heard that Master Li Keran created six paintings, all of which are masterpieces, how can they be genuine? ”

"It's really a genuine work, our palm master has seen it, don't believe it."

The two were chatting fiercely over there.

Ji Sheng was moved when he heard this.

Li Keran?

Isn't that Li Kuchan's fellow disciple?

If Ji Sheng usually didn't care so much, it's just that he promised to find a painting of his mentor Li Kuchan for Fan Zeng before, and now he is interested when he hears Li Keran's words.

Li Keran is a famous master in the modern painting world, who studied under Qi Baishi, and played a representative role in "The Scenic Scene of the Li River", "Ten Thousand Mountains Are Red" and so on.

This person's paintings in modern society are between tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars per square foot, and the most expensive is a terrifying more than 61 million per square foot!

Draw 61 million in one square foot!

You can imagine how expensive it is!

Ji Sheng pondered and looked over, only to see that the staff of Rong Bao Zhai and the middle-aged man were staring at a painting that was not too big, estimated to be about three square feet, this painting was made of red dye throughout, and only a few white and brown dyes used in a few mountain huts looked a little abstract.

"It's really a painting by Master Li Keran, why don't you believe it?" The staff in the store are a little anxious.

The middle-aged man still sneered and said: "Okay, even if I am a masterpiece of Master Li Keran, now the market price of his painting is fifteen yuan a square foot, and your painting is estimated to be a little more than three square feet, and it costs 30,000?" You didn't wake up from a dream. ”

The staff was speechless: "This is "Ten Thousand Mountains Are Red"! "Ten Thousand Mountains Are Red"! Thirty thousand is expensive? ”

The middle-aged man was still sneering, "Master Li Keran has created six paintings of "Ten Thousand Mountains Are Red", and one of them is hanging on the wall of your Rong Bao Zhai, you take down that one, don't say 30,000, I will buy 50,000, you tell me this is the real work?" Speaking of this, he was even more disdainful, "Although you imitate it very similarly, there are only six original works, and they are all collected, this one must be a fake!" ”

The staff was impatient, "Okay, okay, if you say it's a fake, it's a fake, I just ask, 30,000, do you buy it or not?" ”

The middle-aged man immediately said categorically: "Why did I buy a fake?" Don't buy unless it's thirty dollars. ”

Ji Sheng sweated for a while, and he didn't take you to cut it like this, people asked for 30,000 yuan, why did you cut it to 30 yuan at once? Who wants to.

Sure enough, the staff didn't bother to take care of it.

In fact, this painting Rong Bao Zhai is not sure whether it is the authentic work of Master Li Keran, from the analysis of the style of painting and even the materials, it seems that it is genuine, but just like the middle-aged man said, Master Li Keran's "Ten Thousand Mountains Red Everywhere" is known to the world There are only six, and Rong Bao Zhai also knows who the six "Ten Thousand Mountains Red All Over" are in whose hands, for example, there is one hanging in Rong Bao Zhai, naturally, this one is more than enough to eat.

This painting Rong Bao Zhai from 1965 to 80 yuan price acquisition to now has not been accurate, ask the price of a lot of people, Rong Bao Zhai price is also high, but no one has ever believed that it is genuine, the main reason is that in 1964, Mr. Li Keran was invited by Rong Bao Zhai, for the 15th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China painted a large "Ten Thousand Mountains Red Everywhere", and this three square feet or so small "Ten Thousand Mountains Red Everywhere" on the time is 1964, Rong Bao Zhai does not believe that Mr. Li Keran painted two "Ten Thousand Mountains Red Everywhere" a year, I didn't even call to ask.

The main thing is that communication is inconvenient now.

In the past, Mr. Li Keran did not have a telephone at home, and if he wanted to communicate, he had to write a letter, Rong Bao Zhai originally invited Li Keran to paint "Ten Thousand Mountains Red" and owed a favor, how could he still write a letter to inquire after acquiring another "Ten Thousand Mountains Red" in the second year?

This is equivalent to asking Mr. Li Keran if he promised to paint "Ten Thousand Mountains Red" for Rong Baozhai, and then created it in private, which was a little unbearable on face.

Naturally, Rong Bao Zhai thinks that it is a high imitation.

Rong Bao Zhai thinks that it may be a high imitation, how can a middle-aged man believe it?

Ji Sheng didn't think much about it, he stepped forward to observe the painting, and felt that it was really good, even if it was a high imitation, with this level, it was definitely a masterpiece.

Thinking about it, he looked at the middle-aged man next to him, "Brother, you're not going to buy this painting, are you?" ”

The middle-aged man said lazily: "30,000 is too expensive, don't buy it." ”

Ji Sheng bowed slightly, and immediately said to the staff: "Okay, give me 30,000." ”

The staff couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard that someone wanted to buy this "high imitation", and hurriedly said: "Okay, I'll take it off for you." ”

Ji Sheng happily went to pay.

After paying, as soon as he turned around, he saw Xiaohui staring at him with a look of surprise.

Ji Sheng held the painting in one hand, blinked his eyes and said, "How can you look at me with this look?" Do I have flowers on my face? ”

Xiaohui was a little dumbfounded and said, "Brother Ji, you spent 30,000 yuan just to buy a painting?" ”

30,000 yuan is a small amount for Ji Sheng, but for the vast majority of people in the current era, it is a huge amount of money.

Although Xiaohui's family is quite wealthy, the bank deposit is only 20,000 or 30,000, and now Ji Sheng spent almost all of her family's savings just to buy a painting, how could she not be surprised?

Ji Sheng didn't have time to speak.

Zhi Youcai, who was looking at porcelain next to him, raised his head and said with a smile: "What is it to buy a painting for 30,000 yuan?" You didn't see it when my boss was spending money. ”

Zhu Zhirong also looked up and smiled, he pushed the frame of his glasses, "Mr. Ji is not generally rich. ”

Xiaohui suddenly recalled that Ji Sheng opened the company, and she was relieved.

However, she became interested in the painting worth 30,000 yuan and asked Ji Sheng why the painting was so expensive.

Ji Sheng can't say that he doesn't understand, he only knows that even if this painting is a high imitation and brought back to modern society, it may be sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars, after all, the painting style, materials and creative level of this painting are almost the same as that of Master Li Keran.

He was full of nonsense about the words that the old man had taught him to appreciate paintings.

"Seeing that the mountains are red all over and the forests are dyed is Taizu's poem "Qinyuan Spring. The famous sentence in Changsha describes the magnificent scenery of the ancient trees in the Yuelu Mountains on the shore of the Xiangjiang River in late autumn. Since the fifties, although China's painting world has set off a craze for depicting the meaning of Taizu's words, very few painters dare to try the theme of thousands of mountains and thousands of red mountains. On the other hand, the red landscape painting has caused a big problem: the landscape has always been depicted in ink, and the red color that is only used as an embellishment can be said to be very cautious in its use, let alone red everywhere. These two major creative difficulties made the painters of the time generally regard them as daunting and unable to put pen to paper......"

Ji Sheng has studied with everyone like Old Man Zhi, and he has a set of paintings.

Not to mention that Xiaohui's eyes lit up when she heard it, even a master like Zhu Zhirong nodded again and again, thinking that Ji Sheng's speech was wonderful.

Ji Sheng sprinkled a lot of words, and at the end, he said: "Mr. Li Keran used cinnabar ink strips to create a few pieces of "Ten Thousand Mountains Red All Over", or used half a catty of Qianlong cinnabar that accidentally flowed out of the Forbidden City, naturally this series is extremely precious, and although this "Ten Thousand Mountains Red All Over" is not sure whether it is a masterpiece created by Mr. Li Keran, but its materials and painting style are the same, I think 30,000 yuan is worth it." ”

The middle-aged man was also listening to it, and after listening to this paragraph, he suddenly regretted that he didn't buy it for 30,000 yuan.

Why?

Because Ji Sheng just talked about the problem of materials.

You must know that Mr. Li Keran's "Ten Thousand Mountains Are Red" is all made of Qianlong cinnabar flowing from the Forbidden City, and the half catty of cinnabar is used a little less, and even he can't get it himself, so there are only a few pieces in the "Ten Thousand Mountains Red" series, naturally, others can't get it.

If you speculate according to this, the "Red Mountains" that Ji Sheng just bought is very likely to be genuine, after all, the materials are the same.

The middle-aged man is full of regrets.

Xiaohui was impressed by Ji Sheng's erudition, and said with a look of adoration: "Wow, Brother Ji, you know a lot." ”

Ji Sheng waved his hand modestly, "Half-hung level, not worth mentioning." ”

I don't know if it's because of a little show to learn, the two of them, who originally had nothing to say, chatted eagerly at this time.

The two chatted while looking at things, and gradually the topic turned to Ji Aiguo.

“…… Why did you travel to the capital alone? ”

"I'm not in a good mood."

"What's bothering?"

"Well, I'm sorry to say."

"Hehe, what are you embarrassed to say to me, and I won't tell anyone, right?"

"It's because I'm embarrassed to say it to you, I'm afraid to let Ji Aiguo know."

Ji Sheng, who was chatting happily, suddenly froze when he heard this, he vaguely knew why Xiaohui was not in a good mood, I am afraid that it was affected by the fact that Ji Aiguo was going to get married at the end of the year.

He remembered that when he first met Xiaohui, Ji Aiguo once told him that the two hated each other late, and then worshiped the son and became godsisters and brothers.

At that time, Ji Sheng was still speechless in his heart, and said that everyone was too late to see you, why did you bow to others?

Combined with the analysis of these things, Ji Sheng probably understood that Xiaohui was really interesting to Ji Aiguo, but because he inserted a bar, let Ji Aiguo and Xiaohui worship, and met his mother in advance, maybe because of the butterfly effect caused by his coming to this time and space, maybe Ji Aiguo and Xiaohui are really likely to get married, but now it is not possible, because Ji Aiguo is going to get married.

Khan, it turns out that when I fulfilled my parents' marriage, I also destroyed a karma that should have happened.

Ji Sheng was a little embarrassed in his heart, after all, he knew that Ji Aiguo and Xiaohui had developed into this situation by themselves.

He was a little apologetic, but he didn't think it was bad to do this, if he was asked to do it again, he would still match the young parents, not to mention Ji Sheng, if anyone encounters such a thing, he will definitely do the same.

But no matter what, it was he who indirectly caused Xiaohui to be in a bad mood.

Ji Sheng thought about it and decided to take good care of Xiaohui in the past two days, which should be regarded as making up for his apology.