Rebirth 93: Break off the engagement at the beginning and marry Bai Fumei

Chen Yang's words made the three people standing next to the table almost kneel down. Did he make this thing? Song Qingyun did not go to the table to look at it. He sat drinking tea and thinking about how he could help Chen Yang later. When he heard Chen Yang say this, he almost threw the tea cup away. You are not afraid of the wind. Tongue!

"Did you do this?" Zhu Yujie looked at the Bronze Fangzun in front of her, frowned, and then looked at Chen Yang in surprise.

Chen Yang nodded, with a proud smile on his face, and motioned for everyone to take a closer look. Several people came closer and saw that there was a fake seal made by Chen Yang on the box. Du Liren couldn't help but smile and asked Chen Yang what it meant. Chen Yang's answer was simple. He made this seal because he didn't want people to see the entire appearance of the Bronze Fang Zun. He wanted everyone to see the effect through the box first.

Looking through the glass in front of the box, it looked pretty good, at least it looked real. No wonder it struck Curator Cai’s eye. Zhu Yujie came forward and watched carefully for a few minutes, then raised her head and glanced at Chen Yang suspiciously, and asked casually, "The lost wax method?"

Chen Yang chuckled, "I opened all the boxes, and you will know after you take a look." As he spoke, Chen Yang removed the wooden boards at the back of the wooden box, and then motioned Zhu Zhu to come over to help him, and the two of them lifted the bronze square statue Out of the box, the bronze Fangzun was exposed to everyone.

Du Liren and Zhu Yujie looked around the bronze square statue. Zhu Yujie said while watching, "The alloy of copper, tin and lead, the greater the tin content, the lighter the gray color of the copper. This is to achieve the goal of the Western Shang Dynasty." , did you intentionally add too much lead?"

Chen Yang shook his head and then pretended to be a little embarrassed, "No, those fake bronzes on the street contain too many impurities. They melted them with their materials and then recast them, which is why they look like this."

"In order to achieve a realistic effect, you added asphalt, right?" Du Liren asked from the other side.

Chen Yang smiled and nodded, saying that firstly, it was for counterweight, and secondly, it also had an old-fashioned effect. This was what he saw from a book of impurities. It was said that in ancient times, craftsmen in ancient times would use smoke and dust when casting copperware. , metals and other substances are collected. When these collected impurities are mixed with soil and water, a colloidal surface will be formed, which looks more realistic.

"The decoration here is not well drawn, there are some flaws," Zhu Yujie looked at the back of the bronze statue and said, "This is the only missing part. If you are careful, it is really difficult to tell the authenticity of this decoration."

Chen Yang smiled and scratched his head. This was not serious. Maybe Zhu Yumei did it on purpose because she was afraid that she would really sell the fake product!

"The rust color here has not been taken care of," Du Liren said while looking at the distressed area on one side. Zhu Yujie smiled slightly at the side, "Old Du, look at this side. The way to make it distressed is to dip it in with a small toothbrush. Apply a mixture of mineral color and shellac paint flakes and bounce it onto the bronze piece by piece. The rust produced in this way is granular, and Chen Yang is really attentive."

Du Liren looked sideways, and after a moment he straightened up, with a smile on his face, took off his gloves, and clapped his hands, "Okay, for such a young man to be able to make such an imitation, he must be very careful."

"Young man, you always have patience. When I was his age, I probably couldn't even do half of what he did!"

Zhu Yujie also smiled after hearing this and said that this was just an imitation, but with the way it was faked, it could compete with fakes. Then Zhu Yujie turned to Chen Yang and asked, "I'm curious, since you used the lost wax method, how did you make the pattern line?"

There are two ways to make bronzes, the mold casting method and the lost wax method.

During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, most bronzes were cast by the pottery model method. The pottery model method is the model of the object to be cast. Several mold blocks are made of clay, and there are inner molds and outer molds. During casting, the mold blocks are brought together to form, and the copper liquid is poured from the gap between the inner and outer molds. After cooling and deformation, a piece of bronze is created. Then on the cast surface, as long as it is the intersection of the closed mold blocks, there will definitely be line marks. Although some obvious areas will be polished after casting, the marks on the inner or other hidden areas such as ears, feet, soles, etc. cannot be polished away, and the casters at that time did not have the habit of removing these lines at all.

The lost wax method is to first use wax to make an exact shape of the thing you want to cast. This is the same name as the mold casting method, also called "mold". Then, use heat-resistant materials such as clay to wrap the completed mold tightly, leaving no gaps except for a few holes for easy flow, and then heat it to dry and harden the mud.

Then, it is further heated to melt the wax and let the wax pour out from the remaining holes. In this way, a cavity with the same shape and size as the wax mold is left in the middle of the mud. This hollow mud shell Also called "Fan". Finally, melt the metal and pour it into the mold. After it solidifies, knock off the mold, and the metal casting you get will be exactly the same as the wax model. This is also a technique often used by later generations of forgers.

Therefore, the standard lines on bronze vessels have become an important feature of different casting methods.

After hearing this, Chen Yang pursed his lips and smiled. How do I know how Mr. Jiang made it? Although he told me the production process, he did not tell me how the fan thread was made.

Forget it, forget it!

"It's simple," Chen Yang said to Zhu Yujie with a smile. "First carefully separate the wax molds, and then rejoin them. Where there are imprints, just use wax to make an obvious mark."

Zhu Yujie nodded after hearing this, and looked meaningfully at Chen Yang while sitting on her chair. Du Liren also looked up at Chen Yang after hearing this. Seeing the two people looking at him at the same time, Chen Yang's throat moved. Was he mistaken? So is there any other way to make this thing?

"Impossible," just when Chen Yang was confused, Director Cai suddenly popped up and shouted to several people, "That day, also here, the bronze square statue I saw was definitely not a replica!"

After finishing speaking, Director Cai turned to look at Chen Yang, and suddenly one corner of his mouth turned up, "Boss Chen, I understand. You have a real bronze statue in your hand, and then you made another imitation. , you want to look the other way!"

"Director Cai, don't talk nonsense." Zhuzi stared at him with his eyes widened and said in an unhappy tone, "How can you, a big curator, talk nonsense? Isn't this the one you saw last time?"

As he spoke, Zhu Zhu reached out and turned the Bronze Fangzun around, indicating that Director Cai only looked at one side last time and didn't see the other three sides at all. It was obvious that he had seen it wrong.

"Leaders, you believe me," Director Cai said, looking at the crowd. "Although I only saw one side last time, it was definitely not this one." As he spoke, Director Cai pointed at Chen Yang, "Specify It’s Boss Chen who wants to use this imitation to fool you away, and then sell the genuine product in his hands!”

Chen Yang was unhappy when he heard this and glanced at Director Cai, "Director Cai, I advise you not to talk nonsense. You said that I have a genuine one in my hand. Then I ask you, how can you prove it? Last time you Isn’t that the one you’re looking at?”

As he spoke, Chen Yang walked up to the Bronze Fangzun, pointed at the side that Director Cai looked at last time, and asked Director Cai to tell what was different from the last time he looked at it.

One side of Jiang Yumei's replica of the bronze square statue is exactly the same as the original. Even the rust is not bad at all. Not to mention Director Cai, even Jiang Hongye can't tell the difference. Now when asked by Chen Yang, Director Cai really couldn't tell what was different.

"Director Cai, you can eat the food indiscriminately, but you can't say anything indiscriminately," Chen Yang hugged his shoulders and sneered, "How can you prove that I have the authentic product in my hand? But do I have a witness to prove that I made this with my own hands?" Only Bronze Fangzun!"

"Uncle Master, right!"

"Ah...Ah!!" Song Qingyun heard Chen Yang calling him, raised his head and looked at Chen Yang, then put down the teacup in his hand and nodded to a few people, "When this kid was tinkering with this thing, I didn't Stop scolding him!"

"You tell me, it's not easy to make this thing. You have to smelt copper and make molds and so on. There is no free space in his house, and his wife is still pregnant. In order not to disturb his family's rest, this kid's part I spent time in my backyard every day, tinkering all night long, and the mitai I built for my backyard even blocked my sewer!"

"Tell me, what's the point of tinkering with something?" At the end of the sentence, Song Qingyun glared at Chen Yang, "It can't be sold, it cost a lot of money, and it's all a mess!"

"Prodigal child!"

After listening to what Song Qingyun said, the two inspectors looked at Chen Yang, then turned their heads and whispered to Zhu Yujie and Du Liren. Zhu Yujie also frowned. This bronze square statue is indeed a good imitation, but it is definitely not imitated by Chen Yang himself. Zhu Yujie understood it just now when he said how to make the model line.

If it were just Chen Yang, this matter would be easier to handle. But Song Qingyun is Chen Yang's uncle, and he knows it. Now that Song Qingyun has come out to testify for him, if he says anything else, he will clearly have trouble with Song Kaiyuan, so he should not talk nonsense about this matter, so as not to offend others. .

Du Liren lowered his head and drank tea without saying a word. Let’s not talk about whether Chen Yang has this kind of craftsmanship. Judging from the decoration and inscriptions of the bronze square statue, it is very difficult to imitate this object if there is no real one. Now those who are professional in counterfeiting want to make one. Every piece of bronze must have a reference, let alone Chen Yang.

But Song Qingyun has to give him face. After all, he has Song Kaiyuan behind him, and you know whether the real bronze is in the hands of Chen Yang or Song Kaiyuan. If we chase it to the end, the bronze will be in the hands of Song. In Kaiyuan's hands, it would be very lively.

"Dear leaders," Jiang Tao stood up with a smile, "I support Director Cai. Let's think about it carefully. How could Boss Chen do such a thing without a real bronze statue in hand? Where are the imitations?”

"We in the antique shop all know..."

"Hey, hello," before Jiang Tao could finish speaking, Chen Yang shouted twice, "Director Jiang, I finally know why you can only be the curator for the rest of your life!"

"Don't you even want to learn? Technology is so advanced now, and there are so many complete materials. Take a look!" As he spoke, Chen Yang walked to his bookshelf, took out two books about bronzes, and then put the books Putting it in front of Jiang Tao, "Director Jiang, I would like to ask you to study it, so as not to embarrass our Jiangdong Province."

"Look at this," Chen Yang opened the book and showed the color pages to everyone, "The introduction is very careful, and there is also this book, which has written about the process flow of the lost wax method, and also quoted the Ming Dynasty The above picture page and matching method in "Tiangong Creation"."

After hearing this, Zhu Yujie and Du Liren couldn't help but look over and read. The content was exactly as Chen Yang said. It recorded in detail how to use the lost wax method to make bronzes. Du Liren frowned after reading it. They got together, signaled Chen Yang to hand the book to him, and read it in detail.

"Director Jiang, study! How can you make progress if you don't study?" Chen Yang hugged his shoulders and looked at Jiang Tao with a smile, "Do you want to become the second Director Guan?"

When Jiang Tao heard what Chen Yang said, he immediately didn't dare to speak. Chen Yang was clearly warning himself that if he said one more word, he would turn into the second Guan Jinchuan.

"Who the hell allowed this kind of book to be published!" After Du Liren finished reading, he slammed the table and cursed angrily.