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Chapter 29 High-end Market (3)

The two people who came together had to look at two paintings at the same time. It would be fine if Liu Yue was wearing a famous brand, and Tang Feng, who looked like a shabby look, also had to join in the fun. The guy looked at the three of them, asked in a stylized polite manner, and a visually suspicious tone: "May I ask, do you two really want to buy it?"

"What?" Liu Yue returned to her indifferent expression and asked, "Can't you take out the paintings here? Or do you think we can't afford them? Or do you need to find someone who can make the decision?"

Everyone has a different family background, a different growth environment, and a different social status. These external factors affect everyone's inner personality, which can be seen from the behavior of Lin Muyu and Liu Yue. For some realistic reasons, Lin Muyu, born in an ordinary family, will conceal her true thoughts in a timely manner, because she cannot gain a foothold in this city after she leaves work, so even if she hates Jiang Yuan, she is unwilling to offend him. Liu Yue, born in a rich family, does not need to act according to her expression, so she speaks more directly.

Life is like a primeval forest full of killing. Whether it is vegetarian or meat-eating, everyone has a set of survival rules that suit them.

The reason why Tang Feng dislikes Liu Yue is because of her clear and invisible personality. I believe this guy is the same. Of course, this doesn't mean that Tang Feng will sympathize with this guy, this guy is a little too snobbish.

"I'm sorry." The guy said politely: "I need to ask." Since he is at the bottom of the food chain, he has no right to speak of, so the guy has to swallow the fly that Liu Yue gave him. Tang Feng could leave the Huang family with a few hundred yuan because of the jokes of a few little girls, and he could not give face to a rich man like Jiang Yuan. He could also appropriately bully Su Qing and Liu Yue because he has the confidence and strength, and these two things are not something that everyone has.

After a while, a middle-aged man dressed in neatly and looked quite leader-like, walked over and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, the employee just now is new and can't speak. You can take out this painting or not. Please wait in the office first, and they will send the painting you like over later."

Tang Feng would not believe that the guy is really new. This is a trick to stimulate consumption. Some people who pretend to behave are often easily deceived and look down on me, right? I can kill you if I have too much money. Today I will take a few of the most expensive paintings and hang them in the toilet.

The four of them came to the office, and another guy served tea. After a while, two paintings were also delivered.

The middle-aged man unfolded the first painting, which was "The Birds in the Empty Mountain" that Liu Yue was interested in. The so-called verification is to judge the authenticity of ancient paintings through the painter's biographies, calligraphy and painting records, poetry and historical knowledge. This painting is a scroll banner with an appreciation seal stamped with "The King of Huating" on it. The appreciation seal of ancient paintings is like ancient books, indicating that this painting was once collected by the owner of the appreciation seal. The owner of the appreciation seal of "The King of Huating" is not an unknown person in history. He is the second-in-command of the imperial examination in the 12th year of the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. Wang Hongxu, the name is Ji You, the name is Yanzhai, and the name is Hengyun Mountain Ren. He was appointed as the Minister of Revenue. He was proficient in appreciation and had a rich collection of calligraphy and painting. Like Dong Qichang, he was also from Huating, Jiangsu. His calligraphy and painting record "The Spectacular Life" contains the record of "The Birds in the Empty Mountain".

Calligraphy and painting records refer to catalog books that compile the names of calligraphy and painting works of calligraphers and painters of all dynasties into a catalogue. It records the texture, size, content, name, inscription and other information related to paintings of calligraphy and painting works.

Liu Yue took out her mobile phone and found the information and compared it with the painting "Birds Singing in the Empty Mountain" and said, "It really fits the record of "Spectacular Lifetime". "The history of this painting can at least show that this painting was not fabricated out of thin air, and now it is time to look back at the authenticity of the painting itself.

There are three methods of counterfeiting calligraphy and painting. One is to completely counterfeit, the second is to mix authenticity, and the third is to brushstroke. There are four methods of complete counterfeiting, namely copying, copying, imitation, and creation. Copying is to copy completely according to the original painting, which is mostly seen in fine brushwork characters and flower and bird paintings; copying is to copy the original painting, mostly used in freehand paintings and running cursive scripts; imitation means to imitate the author's brushwork or general idea without the original painting. This technique requires extremely high requirements, and the counterfeiter is often a calligrapher and painter with profound attainments; Creation means forging out of thin air without caring about anything. Most of these people are craftsmen who specialize in forging, and they also have high painting skills. There are four methods of mixing authenticity, namely, adding, reducing, cutting, and dismantling. These techniques are based on ancient paintings to transform some ancient paintings with low market value into famous models. The ghostwriting is like a modern gunman, who paints on behalf of the author when the author is known, and then chops up the author's own calligraphy and painting seal after completion.

After a series of verifications, it is now basically ruled out that this painting "Bird Singing in the Empty Mountain" is a possibility of being made by mixed authenticity or by others' writing. As long as it can be ruled out that it is a copy, copy, imitation, and creation, then this painting is probably the authentic one.

Su Qing raised her wrist and looked at the time. It was almost half an hour. Although she was an amateur, she felt that this painting should be authentic. It was possible for two masters to identify together for so long without finding any flaws. This is in itself a kind of evidence.

With the recommendation of time, the real and fake scales in Liu Yue's heart began to tilt to the real side. The painting was not well preserved, and the painting silk looked almost waxy, and the painting silk and paint looked very crunchy. This effect of transformation was not visible in a short period of time. Moreover, there were some traces of insect erosion on the painting silk, which increased her confidence. She was still looking at it, and Tang Feng suddenly lowered his head and smelled the painting. Su Qing next to him felt very strange when she saw Tang Feng smelling the painting with his nose. Can you also smell it with your nose when you identify calligraphy and painting?

After hearing this, Tang Feng asked Liu Yue: "Does Miss Liu want to buy this painting?"

Liu Yue was still verifying step by step, and her confidence in thinking that it was the authentic product was also increasing step by step. Hearing Tang Feng’s question, she looked up at Tang Feng, nodded and said, “If it is true, I do have this idea.”

"Then you just give up this idea." Tang Feng said bluntly.

Suddenly hearing Tang Feng’s words, she asked in disbelief: “Do you mean this painting is fake?”

Tang Feng nodded and said, "It's definitely fake."

"Why?" Su Qing and Liu Yue asked at the same time.
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