"No! I called my friends to the show and I accompanied the others in, what was it like? Ruoxue returned the ticket seriously and said, "Minghui, you should keep this ticket for yourself, I don't care if you make an appointment with someone else, or sell this ticket, in short, I asked you to buy this ticket, and I will send you the money when I go back!" ”

Then she turned her head and said to me, I'm afraid I won't be able to buy a ticket today, or she will book it herself tomorrow.

Liu Minghui was anxious all of a sudden, and hurriedly stopped us with an arrow, "Hey, if you are snowing...... Why are you so stubborn? You don't know how hard it is to grab this ticket! Besides, I see that your friend is so young, what's the use of bringing it in? Does he know antiques? ”

"Whether you understand antiques or not is not the same thing as whether you want to go in or not!" Ruoxue obviously didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so she was ready to continue to move away.

"Don't ...... Don't be in a hurry to go, you! Liu Minghui saw that he had no choice, so he could only say with a dark face: "You wait for me for a while, I'll see if I can buy an extra ticket from a scalper!" ”

Leaving this sentence behind, he pretended to lean aside and make a phone call.

After a while, a scalper delivered the ticket.

"Well, didn't you buy it?" Liu Minghui raised the admission ticket in his hand, and said to me in a strange way: "Little brother, your luck is not bad, this has been carried out for half a day, and you can still grab the ticket, if you want to change to the past, it is a question whether you can buy it tomorrow!" ”

I smiled and said, it doesn't matter if you can buy it or not, and you don't have to go in.

When Liu Minghui heard this, a trace of anger immediately rose in his eyes, but because of his face, he didn't want to say anything, so he exhaled heavily, and then said to Ruoxue: "Let's go, let's go in later, the good things will probably be bought!" ”

"Hmm!"

Ruoxue nodded, and her face softened a little.

Afterwards, the three of us walked together and entered the exhibition.

The convention center is indeed bigger than I thought.

It's just Area A, and at a glance, you can't see the end.

Stacks of tourists and countless antique vendors greet you......

However, unlike the outside, these vendors are obviously much more formal, and they don't shout loudly, nor do they pile up antiques in a mess.

On the contrary, every vendor here sits in their booth drinking tea and playing chess, and only occasionally does they say a word without raising their heads.

Moreover, their antiques are arranged extremely neatly, and under the incandescent light, each collection looks luxurious and high-end, giving people a feeling of being unaffordable.

While we were strolling, Ruoxue told me that the deepest part of our exhibition hall is the antique and antique exhibition area, where you can almost see the collections of various dynasties, and in previous years, there was a big boss who took out a bronze ancient sword worth hundreds of millions of dollars and placed it there, which attracted many people to squeeze their scalps to see the true face, in addition, there are glass ceramics of the Tang Dynasty, the Panlong three-legged tripod of the Northern Song Dynasty, etc., each of which is a priceless existence.

I smiled and said that this is a proper photo area for ordinary people. It seems that except for taking pictures to commemorate, the exhibition area has no other meaning.

Ruoxue nodded, just about to say something.

Liu Minghui on the side frowned, and said with disgust: "If everyone thinks like you, there is no need for the antique exhibition!" For true antique lovers and collectors, every large-scale exhibition is an excellent opportunity for us to learn, appreciate, taste and meet friends...... But also, a layman like you who doesn't know anything can only think of taking pictures! ”

Seeing that he is about to scare me when he seizes the opportunity, how can I let him? Fuck, they're all peeing on my head, and if I don't go back, won't I let him bully me?

Thinking of this, I stared at him and said in a weird manner: "Oh? So what can you think of? You don't really seem to be an antique lover or collector, are you? No wonder you are full of white worms, come to participate in a convention, and think about how to make a fuss on the ticket, and want to create a chance for yourself to be alone with women! Yours is the case! ”

"You!" Liu Minghui obviously didn't expect me to say it so bluntly, and gritted his teeth angrily for a while, "Boy, you have too little conscience to say this, right?!" If I had that intention, I would buy you another ticket from the scalper? If it weren't for me, you'd probably still be wandering around the rags outside! ”

"Yes, yes...... Then I really want to thank your ancestors for the eighteenth generation, if it weren't for your father giving birth to such a zealous son as you, I really wouldn't be able to get in today! Thank you so much! "I continued to be yin and yang.

Liu Minghui's tooth sockets were about to be crushed, and he stared at a pair of eyes angrily, and he wanted to continue to say something to me.

Ruoxue hurriedly said, "Okay, you two, what's so noisy about this?" The meaning of the exhibition for everyone is different, the wise see the wise, the benevolent see the benevolent, and everyone can't be asked to be the same, right? ”

I said this reasonably, unlike some people, who always think that they are high, and they like to criticize others with colored glasses, after speaking, I stared at Liu Minghui and explained with a smile: "Yes, don't mind, I'm not talking about you, I'm just talking about some people." ”

"You!!" Liu Minghui's eyes erupted with fire, looking at his posture of clenching his fists tightly, as if he couldn't help but come up and punch me at any time.

I didn't bother to pay attention to him, so I followed Ruoxue to a booth and admired the antiques on it.

Not to mention, there's a lot to do here.

What purple sand gourd, jade agate, porcelain vase, picture scroll, dazzling, and even many new things I have never seen.

"Boss, how much is this wrench?" went around in a circle, and finally, Ruoxue took a pale green jade wrench and asked for the price.

The boss who was playing chess not far away just glanced at it, and said lightly: "This is the jade wrench finger of a eunuch next to the old queen mother of the Qing Dynasty, but I spent a lot of money to get it, if you really like it, take 280,000 yuan!" ”

Damn, 280,000??

That's it?

No wonder it is said that there are the most robbers in the antique world, like this quality jade wrench, the boss can actually bid up to 280,000, what is the difference between this and robbery?

Judging from the quality of this wrench alone, jade is a good jade, but it is not much better, at most it is worth tens of thousands of yuan.

More than 200,000 remaining...... It's all in the gimmick of the eunuch and the old manager next to the so-called old queen mother, as for who the original owner of this jade wrench is, who knows? Just rely on a mouth to blow nonsense, I also said that this is Qin Shi Huang's!

Sure enough, when Ruoxue heard this price, she decisively put the wrench back and continued to look for other objects.

"Ruoxue, in my experience, this picture of the Seven Horses is not bad!" At this time, Liu Minghui's voice came from behind.

Ruoxue and I looked back and saw him standing in front of a painting and examining it carefully......

Looking at the painting again, seven lifelike horses gallop on the drawing, their bright eyes with bright shine, and the horse's legs trampled on the cloud ink are full of strength.

Although it is a Chinese painting, it has a Western realistic style, and it can be judged from this point alone that the age of this painting is by no means very long, at most only a few hundred years old, and it is very likely to be a painting around the Qing Dynasty.

"Well, this painting does!" Ruoxue bowed slightly, obviously a little like.

After asking about the price, the boss told me that the age of the painting was unknown, the author was unknown, and he had just bought it from a native a few days ago, saying that if we liked it, we could take it for 150,000 yuan.

"This ......" As soon as she heard this price, Ruoxue suddenly hesitated, probably because she was not sure whether the painting was worth 150,000 yuan, so she could only look at Liu Minghui helplessly.

Liu Minghui smiled, leaned in front of her and whispered: "You can buy it directly with your eyes closed at this price, and you will never lose money!" ”

"Really??" Ruoxue's eyes lit up, "What do you think it's really worth?" ”

"Huh...... Let's not say it can be multiplied tenfold! Judging from my experience, it should be Tang Dai's painting, plus the boss said that it was just bought from Tufuzi a while ago, which is enough to show that this painting has just been dug up.

To tell you the truth, if this painting is placed in someone else's hands, it will be eye-catching nine times out of ten, because Tang Dai's paintings in the Qing Dynasty are relatively unpopular and not too famous, but no matter how you say it, he can definitely be regarded as one of the top ten painters of the Qing Dynasty!

150,000 to buy in, how to say that it has to be sold for more than 1 million, this kind of leakage is already commonplace for me, in other words, I won't mention it at all, and I can't look down on it at all, but today... It's a good start! Later, you can take it to the appraisal center for those experts to see, maybe they like it, and it is possible to buy it directly! ”

Regarding the origin and value of this painting, Liu Minghui talked eloquently, with great confidence in his words, and even a little flattering Ruoxue.

It was only when he said this that I learned that the original exhibition also set up a special appraisal center, and buyers who came and went could pay 2,000 yuan for all-round appraisal after they took a fancy to their goods.

Correspondingly, there are also many financiers around these experts, who do not have much experience in ancient texts and rely more on the rhetoric of these experts, so when retail buyers identify the value of antiques, if they are favored by these financiers, they will most likely pay for them.

After all, for most retail investors, whether it is tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, or even tens or millions of antiques, they will not be stupidly pressed in their hands, 99% of them are rushing to pick up leaks, as long as someone buys it, as long as the price is appropriate, they have no reason not to sell.

It's kind of interesting.

Besides, Ruoxue was very happy when she heard Liu Minghui's explanation, after all, we have only been here for less than half an hour, and we can pick up a tenfold increase leak, and we can earn more than one million as soon as we change hands, which is already considered lucky.

So, she took out her bank card and prepared to pay.

I grabbed her and said, "Sister Ruoxue, this painting is not as good as he said, you have to lose money to buy it!" ”

"This ......"

When I said this suddenly, Ruoxue was a little stunned, and her eyes looked at me with some doubts, how could I not understand what she meant? She was clearly saying, I don't understand these antiques, where did these remarks come from?

I smiled and was about to express my opinion.

Who knew that Liu Minghui had a dark face, and scolded extremely unhappily: "Grass, you kid knows a fart!" Mao doesn't understand and dares to talk nonsense? I don't know how much you know about these antiques, but in fact you're just a milky hairy child! ”

As he spoke, he seemed to be worried that Ruoxue would be bewitched by me, and hurriedly said, "Ruoxue, it's not me targeting your friend, what do you say about him?" When it comes to antiques, is he more experienced than me? I didn't care about it because of the ugly words I said just now, and now I still question my major! ”

"No, Minghui...... You, don't get excited! Shen Lang may have some ideas of his own, why don't we listen to it? Ruoxue was a little embarrassed between the two of us, but judging from her words, it was obvious that he was still on my side, otherwise he wouldn't care what I was going to say, so he could take it as a deaf ear and buy this painting directly.

It's a pity that Liu Minghui didn't want to listen to what I said at all, he waved his hand impatiently, glared at the two of us and said: "No need to listen, no need to listen, I have been working on antiques for so many years, and I already have my own set of experience and identification methods, I don't think I will be mixed to the point where I need to listen to a layman's advice!" ”

"Minghui, you ......" Ruoxue still wanted to explain.

Liu Minghui said categorically: "Okay, I know you believe in you as a friend, but what I want to tell you is that professional things have to be done by professional people, since you choose to believe him, then you don't have to buy this painting, I will buy it myself!" ”

After speaking, he decisively took out his bank card and bought the painting at a price of 150,000.

I shook my head with a wry smile, thinking to myself that this guy was really wronged.

"Fuck, you don't have to pretend to be a master here! I fucking don't like you guys who don't have any skills but like to pretend to be forced! Who knew that Liu Minghui noticed my expression, instantly jumped like thunder, pointed to the packaged picture scroll, and said angrily: "You just said that if you buy it, you will definitely lose money, right?" ”

I nodded and said that this painting is really not worth 150,000, hehe, let alone 150,000, even if it is 5,000 yuan, I will lose money to buy it!

"Hahaha......" Liu Minghui laughed as if he had heard some joke, and when he finished laughing, he stared at me with a serious face and said: "So you think that I have lost my eyes and this painting is also a fake?" ”

I nodded again.

Liu Minghui sneered: "Okay, do you dare to make a bet with me?" Bet on whether it's true or not!? If you dare, we'll go to the appraisal center now! If I'm right, not only will you kneel down and apologize, but you'll get me out of the convention center right away! ”

"Liu Minghui!! You've gone too far! When Ruoxue heard his request, she stood up with her eyebrows frowning and said, "Shen Lang is just talking casually, what are you competing with him?" Are you going to make this bet with me if I say it's fake? ”

"Ruoxue, it's none of your business! You've just heard it yourself, it's he who is there to question my professionalism and doubt my vision, and if he's so confident, how can he not bet with me? Liu Minghui said with a spittle, and then looked at me again, "How is it?" Do you dare to bet? ”

I said what I wouldn't dare to bet on? What if I'm right?

Liu Minghui: "You can't be right! If you're right, I'll go back and smash all the antiques of my Liu family! ”

"Hehe..."I smiled coldly, "If you don't say these unrealistic words, you really let you smash it, even if you want to, you don't want to, I don't think it's better to be like this, if I am right, you will kneel and lick your own leather shoes clean!" ”

"Okay!"

Agree on a bet.

Liu Minghui and I went straight to the appraisal center.

Ruoxue saw that there was no choice but to follow me.

On the way there, she also said, "Shen Lang, you...... Do you think you can't say a few words? There is a chance that this painting is seven or eight points true, so why do you have to make this bet with him? If you lose the bet, will you really kneel down and apologize to him? ”

Her face was full of anxiety, and she was somewhat blamed, obviously believing Liu Minghui's words, thinking that the painting was genuine, and also thinking in her heart that I would definitely lose.

I just laughed at this and didn't explain much.

I think no matter how much you say, it's better to talk about the results.

Ten minutes later, Liu Minghui handed the painting to someone at the appraisal center.

In the process of waiting for the appraisal results, he didn't forget to stare at me with a smile and sneered: "Boy, for Ruoxue's sake, if you are willing to bow to me and apologize now, I can not blame the past for what happened just now!" ”

Obviously, he wanted to use me as a springboard to brush up Ruoxue's favor.

If I bow and apologize to him now, it will not only show that I am a villain who talks nonsense, but also raise his bearing.

So I ignored him and sat in the smoking area next to him and smoked.

Liu Minghui saw that I had this attitude, and said with a disdainful face: "I hope you can be so tough later!" I'd like to see how long you can fit! ”

Instead, it's like snow...... She saw that I was very firm from beginning to end, as if she had noticed something, and couldn't help but lean over and say, "Shen Lang, do you see something?" Why are you so sure that the painting is fake? ”

I shook my head and said I'd better wait and see, in fact, I wasn't 100% sure of the authenticity of this picture.

"You...... You're not sure? Ruoxue was surprised by my answer and stared at me with a very strange look, "Then how dare you bet with him?" ”

I pouted and said that although I was not 100% sure, I was also 80% or 90% sure, and my winning rate was quite large.

"That'...... So what is your basis? Have you done some research on these paintings and calligraphy? Ruoxue's face was full of doubt, obviously thinking that at most at my age, I had just graduated from school, unless I was a child and had a deep relationship with antique calligraphy and painting, and even a master came to take it, otherwise it was impossible to determine the authenticity at a glance.

I saw that she was so curious, and she looked like she was going to break the casserole and ask to the end, so I could only smile and prepare to explain two sentences.

Before he could say anything, suddenly, the appraisal expert Liu Minghui found walked out of the appraisal room.

"Master Liu!!" As soon as Liu Minghui saw him, he hurriedly approached and asked excitedly, "How is my painting?" Is it a painting by Tang Dai in the Qing Dynasty, as I said? ”

As he spoke, Ruoxue and I also came up, ready to hear what the experts had to say.

The expert called Master Liu shook his head with a wry smile, "Alas, Xiao Liu, I'm afraid you're going to hit the eye this time!" This painting is clearly a fake imitated by later generations, to say the year... Oh no, this painting can't be said by year, it can only be said to be heaven, and it is about twenty or thirty days of production cycle! Its value is a few dozen dollars at most! ”

Hiss!!

As soon as this remark came out.

I saw Ruoxue and Liu Minghui gasp in unison, and their faces became extremely surprised.

"No...... It's impossible! Liu Minghui's face turned green, "Master Liu, do you want to call a few more masters to palm your eyes?" This painting is obviously Tang Dai's brushstroke! And the painting is elegant, and the brushwork is vigorous......"

"That's not how you see it! Alas, how can I tell you, the style of this painting is indeed Tang Dai's, whether it is style or painting method...... Its imitators have really worked hard, almost to the point of being fake.

But...... The ink he used was modern synthetic aged ink, with some preservatives.

Another flaw is that at the end of the scroll, that is, the place where the pen name is placed, these words are obviously not as strong as Tang Dai's brushwork.

If you take a magnifying glass and look closely, you will find that there are two shallow marks on the short ten words!

It shows that the imitator is fine but not fine, in order to make him look real, he has to cover a template to write on it, ordinary people really can't see it from the surface alone, even if it is me, I am wearing glasses and holding a magnifying glass to barely see it. ”

When Master Liu said this, he shook his head helplessly, "If you guess correctly, the production of this painting itself exists to cheat money, and it even looks hasty when it is old, Xiao Liu, the first time you see this painting, you shouldn't think that it is well kept, right?" ”

"This ......" Liu Minghui was speechless, his whole face was gloomy, and the muscles on his cheeks were even tighter.

His wave of eyes is equivalent to saying that 150,000 yuan has been lost.

"I'll go, Shen Lang, how did you tell if this painting was fake? Tell me about it, I'm going to die of curiosity! At this moment, Ruoxue looked at me expectantly and urged.

Not waiting for me to speak.

That Master Liu looked over, "Oh? Can anyone still tell it's fake? He looked me up and down, probably because I was too young, and couldn't help asking, "Could it be a blind guess?" ”

I shook my head with a smile, "It's not enough to say it's a blind guess, I still have some basis!" Otherwise...... I can't afford to bet my dignity with someone that it's fake! ”

"Hehe, then tell me, what is your basis?" Master Liu looked at me with interest, and he was not in a hurry to give others an appraisal at this time.

I said that my basis is also simple, just one point!