Antique Dealer

Chapter 95 May
Li Mingchao looked at Fang Hao: "Didn't you say there is something wrong with this painting?"

Li Jikai is also very strange, Fang Hao obviously thinks there is something wrong with this painting, why did he buy it?
Fang Hao smiled faintly: "You may not have heard clearly, but I think this painting may not be Zhang Daqian's work."

Li Mingchao realized in an instant: "You mean, this painting may be Shi Tao's authentic work?"

Fang Hao said: "I'm not sure if it's the real one, but based on what I know about Wu Hongchang, if he didn't get any news, he definitely wouldn't be able to cling to it."

If Wu Hongchang knew that Fang Hao thought so, he would definitely be very depressed. What he thought was not that complicated at all, but because Wu Ziyu told him not to exceed 200 million. Anyway, he didn’t need to pay, and the money was impossible. To his pocket, he just wanted to tease Li Mingchao and show his face on this occasion again.

Fang Hao continued: "Of course, it's also possible that I was wrong, but if you want to catch the leak, you have to bear the corresponding risk."

Li Mingchao said with a smile: "There is still a backup player. If something goes wrong, can I choose not to?"

Fang Hao shook his head: "If I didn't know that there was something wrong with this painting, and found out later, it is understandable to return the product according to the rules, but since I knew there was a problem, I took the picture with the idea of ​​picking up the leak, so it is not appropriate to choose to return the product. Maybe some people think I'm stupid, but as the old saying goes, suffering a loss is also a kind of blessing, and I can't let me take all the benefits alone, right?"

Li Jikai smiled slightly, the longer he knew Fang Hao, the more he could feel the advantages of this young man, which fit his nature, and it was precisely because of this that he looked at this young man differently.

The auction continued. Although the atmosphere of the following auction was still very lively, the process was uneventful.

Xing Shu prepared a dinner for everyone. After the auction, the guests who won the auction can go to pay first, while others move to the hall where the dinner is held.

"Teacher Fang, I'm here to apologize." Mr. Qin saw Fang Hao, thought about it, and walked over: "My attitude was wrong just now, please forgive me!"

Now that President Qin has apologized, Fang Hao will definitely not hold on to that little matter, and waved his hands with a smile: "It's not a big deal, by the way, I'm taking the liberty to ask something."

Seeing Fang Hao accepting his apology, Mr. Qin breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said, "Say it."

Fang Hao asked: "Have you asked someone to appraise this "Remaining Water and Mountains Picture" later?"

When Mr. Qin heard this, he was shocked: "Is there something wrong with this painting? No way, I asked Mr. Ma Jianli to see this painting before, and he told me that it is undoubtedly authentic. Just now you said that my There was a problem with a painting by Sun Kehong, I was worried about this painting, so I showed it to Mr. Zuo again, and he also said it was okay."

Mr. Qin said that the old Zuo was named Zuo Lian, and he was the most popular expert in this salon besides Li Jikai, and Zuo Lian was more kind. During the exchange of the salon just now, many people lined up to ask him for advice.

Knowing that this painting had been appraised by Zuo Lian, both Li Jikai and Li Mingchao felt that Fang Hao might have read it wrong. Half a catty.

The occasion is not right now, and Fang Hao is not in a hurry to take out the painting to verify its authenticity. He smiled at Mr. Qin: "Mr. Qin, there is no other meaning, it's just that I want to know more about it."

Mr. Qin didn't believe that Fang Hao just wanted to know this question, but since Fang Hao didn't want to talk about it, he didn't want to ask too much, so he took out his business card and handed it to Fang Hao: "Teacher Fang, if there is something wrong with this painting , you can contact me as much as possible, I will definitely admit it!"

Fang Hao took the business card and said hello with a smile.

A group of people arrived at the hall where the dinner was held, and Li Jikai was taken to the main table, where several heavyweight experts who came to the salon this time sat.Fang Hao and Li Mingchao found a random seat and sat down.

When it was almost time for the people to arrive, Xing Shu ordered the waiter to serve the dishes, and the atmosphere at the banquet became lively, pushing and changing glasses. Many people took advantage of this opportunity to walk among the tables, find the target to toast, and connect with each other. .

Naturally, the person sitting at the main table is everyone's main target. Of course, the toast belongs to the toast. Several experts at the main table are old, and it is impossible to go to get Li Jikai and them drunk. Alcohol, you just need to think about it.

In addition, Fang Hao's performance today is particularly impressive, and he is young. With such strength, the possibilities in the future will be unlimited. If we don't make friends now, we are familiar with each other. Do we have to wait for Fang Hao to become famous?
After a lap, Fang Hao drank a lot of wine, and his pockets were full of business cards. If it weren't for Li Mingchao's help to block the wine, he might be drunk by now.

Seeing that there are still people looking for a toast to him, Fang Hao quickly excused himself to pee, went to the bathroom to wash his face, and sobered up.Thinking that the dinner party was almost over, he was about to call Li Jikai, when he received a call from Li Mingchao, saying that Li Jikai had something to look for him, and asked him to get the "Picture of Remaining Water and Mountains", and then went to the next to the dinner hall. a lounge.

Fang Hao rushed over, and saw Li Mingchao was already waiting for him at the door of the lounge: "Why did you mention "The Picture of Remaining Water and Mountains"?"

Li Mingchao said: "It was Teacher Li's assistant who notified me, and I don't know what happened."

"Then let's go in and talk about it." Fang Hao knocked on the door, and a voice came from inside: "Please come in."

Opening the door, the two walked in.

Jiang Lan laughed: "Say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will be there."

Fang Hao politely greeted everyone in the room.

Li Jikai immediately explained the reason why Fang Hao came here: "Everyone is curious about why you bought this "Remaining Water and Residual Mountains", please tell everyone."

The old man sitting next to Xing Shu was exactly the aforementioned Zuo Lian. He said first, "I apologize in advance. I was too busy to appraise this painting "Remaining Water and Mountains" very carefully. ", there may be something I missed!"

Xing Shu quickly said: "Mr. Zuo, you were also incapable of dividing yourself just now, so you have a wish."

Zuo Lian waved his hand: "One yard is equal to one yard. This kind of sloppyness is likely to cause huge economic losses. If there is indeed a problem with this painting, if Xiaofang has any losses, I will pay for it. That's all for this matter." deal!"

Zuo Lian is also a man of one and only one character, so everyone didn't persuade him anymore and asked Fang Hao to take out the painting.

Fang Hao took out the scroll and unfolded it, and Zuo Lian and others surrounded him one after another.

After a while, Zuo Lian sighed: "There is indeed a problem with this money!"

Jiang Lan next to him also nodded: "It should be money transfer."

The "type" in calligraphy and painting is the "type" in the inscriptions in traditional Chinese paintings. ".It itself contains elements of calligraphy, so the appraisal can be done from the perspective of calligraphy, and observed from the aspects of brushwork, ink, structure, and composition.

Because of the important role of "type", in the counterfeiting of calligraphy and painting, the forgery of "type" is very common, and there are usually three ways: modification, addition and transfer.There are also many forms of money transfer, some take away the real inscriptions and postscripts, and then mount the real inscriptions and postscripts on fake calligraphy and paintings or paintings by lesser-known authors; The scenery will be removed, which is called "turning the mountain top" in the antique industry.

Fang Hao said: "There is indeed a problem with the painting, but the content of the painting, no matter how you look at it, is no different from Shi Tao's brushwork, so I think this painting may be Shi Tao's authentic work!"

Xing Shu said: "Is it possible that it is indeed Zhang Daqian's work?"

(End of this chapter)