Antique Dealer

Chapter 93 Unreasonable

The story Fang Hao told made Mr. Qin feel cold. Since Fang Hao mentioned that the connoisseur's eyesight is sometimes unreliable, the result is too obvious that there is something wrong with this painting.

The eyes of the middle-aged man lit up a little, and he pretended to be stunned: "Let me just say, this painting doesn't feel right. Mr. Qin, you should thank Teacher Fang. If Teacher Fang hadn't pointed it out, it will be auctioned later. Now, losing money is a small matter, but losing face is a big deal!"

Mr. Qin was quite annoyed when he saw this guy's gleeful expression, "Whether I lose face or not is none of your business!"

"Well, it seems that I did something bad with good intentions!" The middle-aged man shrugged his shoulders, turned around and left with an innocent face.

"Strange yin and yang, what the hell!" Boss Qin was holding back his anger. If he hadn't taken the occasion into account, he would have cursed now.

Looking back, he saw Fang Hao who was still there, and couldn't restrain his anger, and blurted out: "You only tell stories and don't say anything else, so you just think it's a fake. It's not appropriate!"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he knew that his words were too reckless. No matter what happened, Fang Hao couldn't be blamed, and it wouldn't do him any good if he hated Fang Hao, instead it made him look too narrow-minded.He undoubtedly regretted it in his heart, but he wanted to apologize, but he felt embarrassed and couldn't say it.

Fang Hao doesn't know his mind, and doesn't know the other party's little thoughts, seeing the other party's serious face and bad attitude, he doesn't bother to explain, pointing to the collection seal on the top and saying: "Do you know who Gu Lin is? "

Mr. Qin did research on Gu Lin: "You know, he was a great writer in the Ming Dynasty. He was also called the 'Three Talents of Jiangdong' together with Liu Yuanrui and Xu Zhenqing, and the 'Four Masters of Jinling' together with Chen Yi, Wang Wei and Zhu Yingdeng. He is one of Hongzhi's ten talents. I wondered, his knowledge is so high, could he have misunderstood it?"

He spoke more and more vigorously, his eyes began to shine again, and he thought: "That's right, this painting is not only the collection seal of Qin Fenglai, but also the seals of several collectors in the Ming Dynasty. Wrong!"

Fang Hao shook his head secretly, and said, "Let me ask you, do you know when Gu Lin passed away?"

"I don't know." Mr. Qin was stunned for a moment, and quickly took out his mobile phone to check, only to find that Gu Lin died in 1545.

Fang Hao said: "Gu Lin died in 1545, and Sun Kehong was born in 1533. Let's consider it before Gu Lin died. How likely is he to collect paintings by Sun Kehong, who was only 12 years old?"

In fact, there are many examples of current counterfeit antiques, such as putting the elements that only appeared in the Qing Dynasty on the utensils of the Ming Dynasty. Such fakes can be easily identified as long as they learn more books. But in fact, buyers like Mr. Qin are not uncommon.

Mr. Qin remained silent. Originally, when he apologized at this time, Fang Hao would definitely point out the specific problem. Since he didn't speak up, Fang Hao actually didn't want to say more, but considering his own reputation, he didn't want to be blamed for selling it wrong. On his own head, he still said: "I judge this painting to be an old imitation of the Ming Dynasty."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for President Qin to react, he and Li Mingchao went to the side to admire other paintings.

After walking a few steps, Li Mingchao looked back and saw Mr. Qin putting away the painting: "Brother Hao, I think the painting just now is an old imitation of the Ming Dynasty?"

Fang Hao smiled: "Otherwise why did I tell that story just now?"

Li Mingchao said: "Hey, in order to sell more money, if you do this, you can deceive Mr. Qin's poor eyesight. By the way, tell me about the problem with that painting."

"To put it simply, the identification of calligraphy and painting is based on two main and auxiliary bases, and there are two main bases, which are the creation time of the calligraphy and painting works and the personal style of the calligrapher and painter; and the auxiliary bases include seals, inscriptions, descriptions, paper silk, Collect printing and mounting, and then go back to the painting just now..."

Fang Hao took the painting just now as an example and explained it to Li Mingchao in detail. Li Mingchao was afraid that he would forget, so he recorded it with his mobile phone.

After Fang Hao talked for a long time, he felt a little thirsty. He walked to the place where tea and snacks were placed, ordered a glass of water, and drank a few sips: "About that painting, did I describe it in detail enough?"

Li Mingchao said with a smile: "If I had a teacher like you when I first entered this industry, I would definitely be an expert now."

Fang Hao smiled and said, "Do you think if I tell your uncle, will he be angry?"

Li Mingchao joked: "How could he be angry? You don't know. The last time we had dinner together, he praised you so much and even compared me to you. Ever since I was a child, what I hated the most was 'other people's children'. If you weren't my good buddy, I would definitely break up with you!"

"Is that an exaggeration?" Fang Hao didn't expect Zhu Junda to have such a high opinion of him.

Li Mingchao said: "You don't know, my uncle has a habit, as long as he sees the right person, they are all good things in his eyes."

"This is too extreme." Fang Hao was a little surprised, but Zhu Junda was quite sensible in his impression.

Li Mingchao said helplessly: "I have already suffered twice, but the situation is easy to change, and the nature is hard to change. I have said it several times, and he is still the same."

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the charity auction started on time. Xing Shu first took the stage to speak: "First of all, I would like to thank you again for participating in this auction, and thank you for contributing to our country's charity... The items in this auction are all made by myself. As well as donations from caring people and philanthropists, I promise that all the donations will be used to help students in remote and impoverished mountainous areas.

And, every six months in the future, I will organize a charity auction, and I hope you can come to participate.Alright, without further ado, let's hand the microphone over to the auctioneer! "

The auctioneer was a well-known gold medal auctioneer in China invited by Xing Shu. He seemed full of aura. He said a few words to enliven the atmosphere, and then began to introduce the first lot, which was the Bada Mountain that Li Jikai brought. The authenticity of people.

This painting can be regarded as a masterpiece among the works of Bada Shanren. The starting price was 300 million, and someone immediately asked for 600 million, which was twice as high.Not only that, but the asking price kept rising, and finally it was sold at a price that was significantly higher than [-]% of the market.

The auctioneer of the painting stood up happily, nodding to those around him.When he noticed that Li Jikai and Xing Shu both looked at him and nodded, their faces turned red with excitement.

The second lot is "Landscape Figures" by Lan Ying provided by Jiang Lan.

Lan Ying was a painter in the Ming Dynasty. He roamed the north and south all his life and enjoyed the sights.He is good at landscapes, flowers and birds, orchids and stones, especially landscapes, known as the "Wulin School" in the late Ming Dynasty, and had a great influence on the painting circles in the late Ming Dynasty.

Li Jikai looked at the painting displayed on the screen and said, "This should be the last painting of Lan Ying collected by Mr. Jiang."

Li Mingchao said in surprise, "Elder Jiang loves Lan Ying's works the most, why did he even give up on the last painting?"

Fang Hao was also very surprised. When he was admiring the painting just now, Li Mingchao told him that Jiang Lan used to ride a bicycle for hundreds of miles back and forth for a painting of Lan Ying, and it was not sold at first. It took three trips to buy it home.

I love Lan Ying's paintings so much, but I want to sell the last one, there must be something hidden in it.

Li Jikai said: "Family factors, he told me that he didn't want his children to make trouble because of his collection, and he also wanted to give his collection a good home. Interested in."

"The base price of the auction is 100 million, and each increase must not be less than [-]. Bidding begins now." The auctioneer announced.

"15!" The auctioneer's voice just fell, and someone immediately raised his auction and shouted.

Immediately afterwards, someone shouted: "120 million!"

"180 million!"

"200 million!"

……

……

The asking price climbed all the way, and the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic.

"450 million!" Li Jikai raised his hand and whispered, "I'd better leave a thought for Mr. Jiang."

This was Li Jikai's first bid, and the price was not low. Everyone stopped bidding for his face, and finally the painting was won by Li Jikai.

Not far away, Jiang Lan looked towards Li Jikai and nodded gratefully.

(End of this chapter)