Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry

Bright Sword world, Yang Village.

Although the weather is still very cold, Ren Zhong, busy with work, is sweating profusely to build his own sulfuric acid production line in Yang Village.

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from afar, "Old Ren, Old Ren!"

Ren Zhong raised his head, wiped the sweat from his face, and saw that it was Zhang Wanhe who had come.

Since the last penicillin transaction, it feels like it's been a long time since I saw Old Zhang. I don't know what he's here for this time.

"Minister Zhang, what's the matter?" Ren Zhong waved his hand in response.

"Old Ren, good news! I found some of those celebrity calligraphy and paintings you mentioned. Take a look and see if they're right?" Zhang Wanhe raised the few scrolls he was holding.

Ren Zhong's spirits lifted. He dropped the work in his hands, walked to a water basin next to him, washed his hands haphazardly, then wiped them dry on his body and went to meet Zhang Wanhe.

Soon, he took the five scrolls from Zhang Wanhe and walked into a nearby thatched hut. He placed the scrolls on a square table and slowly unfurled one.

It was a picture of two grasshoppers squatting in a clump of weeds. Although the brushstrokes were few, the grasshoppers' expressions were lifelike. Ren Zhong immediately saw the words "Baishi" in a line of text above. His heart skipped a beat. Could this painting be a genuine work of Baishi?

He carefully studied the text and seals on it. It seemed no different from the Baishi Old Man in his memory. However, since there were no pictures to compare it with, Ren Zhong didn't know for sure if it was genuine.

However, Zhang Wanhe had spent more than a month in this era to get it. It shouldn't be a fake painting, right? After all, in this time and space, Baishi's paintings, although they have begun to be valuable, are much cheaper than in his own time and space.

This painting is accepted!

Ren Zhong carefully rolled it up.

"Minister Zhang, I want this painting. It's worth 2,000 silver dollars, no problem," Ren Zhong said to Zhang Wanhe next to him.

Zhang Wanhe, who was originally a little nervous, relaxed all of a sudden. Although Ren Zhong had told him before that calligraphy and paintings could be used to offset debts, and the price was astonishing, Zhang Wanhe still had no confidence before the deal was made. After all, this grasshopper picture was obtained by comrades working underground for 400 silver dollars. It's just that it took a lot of manpower to transport it all the way from the capital to the base. Now it seems it's worth it!

That's a 5-fold return!

This made Zhang Wanhe full of expectations for the remaining paintings. After all, he purchased them according to the names of the painters provided by Ren Zhong.

Ren Zhong unfurled the second painting. This time it was a majestic and domineering tiger, plus the four characters "Divine Power Covers the World," which was grand and imposing. At first glance, it was clear that the author's strength was extraordinary. However, at the author's inscription, Ren Zhong couldn't quite distinguish who it was. He could vaguely distinguish the words "Ren Chen Year啼鹃". It didn't seem to be very well-known.

But the painting was really good. Even an amateur like Ren Zhong felt a little reluctant to give it up. Just looking at the brushwork, it felt very valuable.

"This tiger picture was painted by the painter called Daqian you mentioned, Old Ren. Do you think it's worth 2,000 silver dollars?" Seeing that Ren Zhong seemed a little hesitant, Zhang Wanhe quickly interjected, fearing that Ren Zhong wouldn't want this painting. You should know that not only was the process of obtaining these paintings difficult, but most importantly, it cost hundreds of silver dollars to get them. If Ren Zhong didn't want them, the silver dollars would be wasted.

When Ren Zhong heard this name, his eyelids couldn't help but twitch a few times. Damn it, he almost wanted to give up. This must be Daqian's early work. It hasn't been signed with Daqian yet. Maybe it's even more expensive than Daqian's signature.

A big profit! A big profit! These two paintings alone are completely worth it.

"They're all good, very good. I want them all. I want all five paintings you brought this time. It's no problem to offset 10,000 silver dollars, right?" Ren Zhong carefully rolled up the Daqian tiger picture. There was no need to look at the remaining three paintings.

Old Zhang is a real person. He wouldn't fool himself. Those three paintings must also be works by the famous artists he specified. These people are still around in this plane, so it's unlikely that they would blatantly sell fakes to Old Zhang's people. He should take the remaining three paintings back to the main plane and study them carefully. Otherwise, he would seem a little stingy!

Having obtained these genuine works of the masters, Ren Zhong didn't want to stay in the Bright Sword world at all. When the return time came, Ren Zhong immediately found an excuse to avoid everyone's eyes and traveled back to the main world plane!

Main plane, Jincheng Community.

Ren Zhong didn't stop and immediately went online to find the painting collections of those great painters. He looked at them one by one, and then carefully compared them with the paintings in his hand. He checked them twice from beginning to end and didn't find them appearing in the painting collections.

These painting collections are all known works of the masters. This means that the master's works in his hands are unique. This made Ren Zhong feel relieved. It seems that the embarrassment of running into the master's works in reality will not happen.

However, Ren Zhong is still not sure whether they are genuine. He found similar pictures in the painting collections and compared and analyzed the style of the genuine works in the albums. However, with his limited appreciation ability, Ren Zhong couldn't see it at all.

Ren Zhong looked at it for a while and was really powerless. Forget it, let the experts worry about it.

Ren Zhong definitely wanted to realize these paintings, but after studying the handling fees and individual taxes of domestic auction houses for a while, Ren Zhong was very headache.

If these paintings are really genuine works of the masters, and they are still unreleased works, the conservative estimate is that they all start at 10 million. If you pay according to domestic taxes, about 30% will be taken away. Ren Zhong really can't bear it.

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You should know that this involves tens of millions of income being taken away. The so-called good money is hard to give up. Even if Ren Zhong can make tens of millions this time, he is reluctant to shrink his wealth by 30%.

What's more, Ren Zhong wants to operate the scientific research in the Bright Sword plane. Now the channels for obtaining funds are so limited. Silver dollars or gold, a small amount can still be fooled, but if you really take out hundreds of thousands of silver dollars and thousands of small yellow croakers, this modern coin antique market will be directly collapsed by him!

And he will definitely be targeted. The realization work is extremely difficult for ordinary people like him, and it may even lead to real disasters.

Now that they have been replaced by the works of masters, in fact, the number should not be too many. A few or even dozens of paintings can still be auctioned off. If you really keep creating hundreds of famous paintings, it is equivalent to completely disrupting this market.

The reason why these paintings are expensive is that the painting skills of the masters are one aspect, and scarcity is another important factor.

If they are rotten on the street, the price will naturally drop sharply, and it will not be easy to sell them again.

Therefore, Ren Zhong actually cherishes every penny now. The money earned from tossing between the two planes is now being invested in the research and development of the Bright Sword plane, and he hasn't even had time to buy a house for himself.

Of course, after auctioning off the paintings of the masters this time, Ren Zhong will buy his own house, preferably living independently, with better security and privacy.

After all, a man, no matter how difficult it is, can't treat himself too badly.

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