In the face of Mu Duanming's frankness, Chang Xian was a little speechless.

"For the sake of profit, can everything else be ignored?"

Mu Duanming took a sip of tea lightly, and said after a while: "Take painting as an example, there are two major debates about the authenticity of ancient landscape paintings."

Regarding the controversy over Zhan Ziqian's "Spring Tour" in the Sui Dynasty, Chang Xian has also heard of it, and it has been protracted since the Yuan Dynasty.

Another controversy is about the "Creek Bank Map", which is said to be the fifth generation of Dong Yuan. The reason why "Creek Bank Map" is questioned is mainly because it is related to Zhang Daqian.

This painting was exchanged by Zhang Daqian with Xu Beihong in 1938 with Jin Nong's "Wind and Rain Returning to the Boat", and in the 50s, Zhang Daqian transferred this painting to Wang Jiqian.

In the spring of '97, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York paid $5 million to purchase 12 works of art, including "Creek Bank", from Mr. Wang Jiqian.

This was a sky-high price at the time, and it was very sensational.

The New York Times, in its front-page report, referred to "Creek Shore" as "China's Mona Lisa."

Not long after the Met's acquisition, it sparked suspicions, saying that "The Creek Bank" was not an ancient painting from the 10th century, but a fake work by Zhang Daqian, which sparked a fierce debate.

The reason why so many people question it is because Zhang Daqian is really "bad".

What does the industry say about him?

He plucked a hair from his body, if he wanted to change Shi Tao, he would become Shi Tao, if he wanted to change into eight big, he would become eight big, and if he wanted to change Tang Bohu, he would become Tang Bohu.

Under his pretense, the carp that crosses the river is like a carp, and the masters are all a basket.

The battle for his fame is to make Chen Banding blind, Xu Beihong, Huang Binhong, etc., these are not spared.

Moreover, Master Zhang still has a time when he is not righteous.

Back then, he himself stood up and said that the paintings collected by the so-and-so museum were painted by him, don't believe it, he has evidence, he has made marks, which corner and where it is lifted, there is evidence left by him.

When you meet such a master, let the foreign devil scratch his head, what should he do?

The foreigner's approach is to believe in the power of technology.

Use high technology to solve the problem of authenticity.

They used infrared rays and X-ray machines to shoot this picture, and it was taken as a film, and the history of this picture in the film was restored several times.

In the end, it was proved that the painting was from the present generation, not imitated by Zhang Daqian.

……

That's a bit of a trick!

Chang Xian was a little dumbfounded, and he gained knowledge.

Looking at his surprise, Mu Duanming said: "Actually, it's not just Zhang Daqian, there were many people who could copy and forge at that time."

"In the early Qing Dynasty, after the four kings dominated, the style became rigid and convergent, not a real master, and some paintings looked almost painted by the same person."

"A lot of people who have this ability don't even have a name, because they don't have a social status, so they have to paint other people's pictures in exchange for food."

For example, we all know that during the Republic of China, there was a jargon called "backdoor manufacturing", what does it mean? Where's the back door?"

Mu Duanming asked and answered himself, and said: "The back door is the back door of the Forbidden City, and it is the Di'an Gate, and many paintings came out there." ”

"We all know that there is a man named Ma Jin, who is specifically imitating Lang Shining, and he took it out today to take a look, oh, this is Ma Jin's. But at that time, many people didn't recognize it, and it often happened that they were fake. ”

"Up to now, other skills are not good, but the level of forgery is much higher than in history, whether it is calligraphy, painting or porcelain, history is nothing compared with the present."

He leaned back on the sofa, recalled, and said, "Let me tell you a real thing that happened not long ago, this is a big thing in the antique shop."

……

What Mu Duanming said happened not long ago, that is, six or seven years ago.

There was once a painting from the Song and Yuan dynasties called "Countryside Map", which is recorded in the catalogue of the Forbidden City, and since it was taken out of the palace by Pu Yi, this painting has disappeared.

The painting disappeared for seventy or eighty years, and in the nineties, a family took out the painting, and it was bought by someone who understood it.

It is said that such a top-notch thing is easy to exchange for money, but this person is reluctant to sell it when he returns home, why?

This thing is unique.

What is a one-of-a-kind book?

The so-called solitary book is not that the painter has never painted anything else, but that this one has been handed down by this person, and it is the same as Zhang Zeduan's only handed down "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival".

Regardless of whether the author of this painting is called Zhang Zeduan, Li Zeduan, or Wang Zeduan, just such a painting can be seen, and there is no other work to corroborate.

Unlike Zhang Daqianqi Baishi, which can be found everywhere, this painter does not have any other works to refer to.

This is the only one.

This person is very expensive to buy, and he wants to take back the book, but he is reluctant to sell it, what should he do?

So I decided to just make a few rolls and sell them.

But unlike the previous ones who were masters of forgery, this person himself can't draw, let alone copy, how to do it?

The simple way is to coordinate management and division of labor.

This kind of modern management thinking, the ancients are unimaginable, in a word, professional people do professional things, he is responsible for overall management.

How?

First, it is very easy to find a way to buy paper, buy old paper, in the eighties and nineties, it was very easy to buy old paper from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

He bought a lot of paper, thinking that if he didn't do it, he would make a few more rolls.

Then I found a painter who was very good at copying, and said brother, you can help me follow this, and draw a few volumes first.

The person who copied it was really capable, and the painting was almost identical, and after the painting was finished, the person paid the fee and took the painting away.

After taking it away, find another person, the handwriting is good, and the word is good.

He said, brother, you help me put these words on it, and then put all the words on the eight scrolls, and this man took the painting away after paying the honorarium.

I found a third person and said brother, you can help me make these seals, and after the seals are made, they will be put on each painting, and after they are finished, they will pay the remuneration and take the paintings away.

Let's just say that playing the chapter is not a simple matter, in the Qing Palace, playing the chapter was a profession, and the average person could not play it properly and not clearly.

Then I found a fourth person and said that you would frame it for me in this form, and the master would quickly frame the painting.

Take it home and see that the paintings are all new, and then find someone and say you can help me make these paintings old, and they will be done soon.

In the whole process, at least five people were found, and each of them only did what they were best at.

The goods have been shipped, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and the marketing planning begins.

This person will first find a Taidou-level old gentleman to see, it's not that Taidou is not the best!

Mr. Man looked at it, ouch! Why did this thing come out suddenly, I used to know that there was this thing on the list of "Shiqu Baoji", and it was lost for a hundred years, and today I finally see the true face of Lushan, and the thing is too good to be good.

Well, that's an endorsement for him.

As soon as this person has seen the pass, he can start selling, how to sell it?

Antique trading is different from ordinary things, this circle is not big, you come out with seven or eight pieces at once, or such a top thing, everyone knows that there is a problem, and it must not be set, what should I do?

Internationalization, looking for people all over the world, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, seven countries looked for seven people, and all of them were called for a while, and a cheap price was opened.

Everyone is so excited at a glance, there is no doubt that it is genuine, and the price is cheap, this is a big leak, one by one is so excited that it can't be done, and they have said that I am a big collector, and I will not sell it for life, and I pay almost at the same time, and then go to my own thing, and it will be sold out soon.

The man made a lot of money, kept the real thing, and kept a copy, and the matter passed.

After a few years, one of them sent this thing to the auction house, and it was authenticated to see if it was true, this must be true, and whoever relied on it was true, and the Taidou couldn't see it, so it was in the atlas.

As soon as I put it in the album, there was a problem, and several other people who bought the paintings saw it, and said that this thing is not here with me, so I will go to the auction house, and finally summarize, seven or eight pieces will come out.

The news quickly exploded, and the forgery of this "Country Map" has also become a "legend" of the entire collection.