The old man had a long beard like an ancient man, which is rarely seen in modern times.

Next to him, there was an old man who looked a little younger than him.

Shao Yanjie was with the old man and the old man, with a respectful expression and whispering something in the old man's ear, as if he was more concerned about him.

Xiao Qiang was a little puzzled. He looked at Shao Yanjie and asked him with his eyes what was going on: "I don't know how to identify it, I just came to see the fun."

Shao Yanjie also complained secretly that he did not want outsiders to know about his relationship with Xiao Qiang. Even in his small group, he said that Xiao Qiang was an appraiser who specially helped him identify the authenticity of the antiques he received.

So when someone asked about it just now, he tried to use the same method to cover up his cooperation with Xiao Qiang.

But unexpectedly, these two old men heard that Xiao Qiang was a top expert disciple in Hong Kong, so they insisted on asking him to recommend it, saying that he had an antique in his hands that was difficult to judge the authenticity, so he wanted to ask Xiao Qiangbang and others to appraise it.

Shao Yan wanted to reject the reception, but one of these two old men was something he couldn't afford to offend, so he had to bring them over.

He also had some fantasies. As a top counterfeiter, he had rich antique recognition ability. Such people usually knew at a glance that the object belonged to, and regional culture. If it was a treasure recorded in history, it could also tell the historical origins and stories that were caused by collectors from all generations.

However, antique appraisal is also a profound and profound knowledge.

There are too many types of antiques. With the change of historical dynasties, people's preferences at that time were different. The Neolithic Age was jade, bronzes from the Shang, Zhou, Spring, Autumn and Warring States Periods, jades from the Han Dynasty, porcelains from the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, calligraphy and paintings from the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, all of which have very historical characteristics.

This requires the appraiser to not only be familiar with historical knowledge, but also clearly understand many identification methods such as copper, jade, porcelain, calligraphy, painting, coins, etc. Since there are not many people who commit fraud in each era, they also need to be familiar with various counterfeiting methods, and the difficulties can be seen from each other.

An outstanding appraiser is equivalent to a national treasure-level figure.

Shao Yanjie lamented in his heart. Thinking about the first time we met, Xiao Qiang said that the Tang Sancai he had made was a fake. He only hoped that he would have information in his stomach and identify one or two of them so that it would not be too ugly. In this way, he could also help Yuanyuanchang and use his youth as an excuse to fool him.

Seeing Xiao Qiang wink at him, Shao Yanjie smiled wryly and pointed at the old man and introduced: "This is Teacher Sheng Qiuyan, the director of the Provincial Museum. He is the Taishan Beidou in the cultural relics industry in our province, and there are many students all over the world. Now, the leaders of the cultural relics management department are mostly his disciples. As for this person... I am sorry for my rudeness, I should be a friend of Teacher Sheng."

The meaning is very clear. If we want to be the leader in folk collections, it is essential to get his support.

The old man and the old man are both mature figures. How could they not know the two of them, and they smiled with their beards and pretended not to know. When they heard Shao Yanjie not knowing the old man's name, Director Sheng Qiuyan smiled and said, "This is my master, Mr. Bo Hansheng, who lives in Beijing now. I heard that I had some questions about a collection recently collected in the museum, so I came from Beijing and also brought a calligraphy and painting. It was also a work that has been collected for many years and doubts. I want to study it with me. Who knew that we had different opinions on the two collections and we couldn't argue with each other. It happened that we encountered this collection enthusiast exchange meeting, so we came with treasures, hoping that an expert could give us advice."

Xiao Qiang and Shao Yanjie looked at each other and were stunned.

Sheng Qiuyan’s teacher should be an 80-year-old man. Sheng Qiuyan is the Beidou of Mount Tai in the cultural relics industry in this province. The old man is an old pine tree on Mount Tai. They are not sure about the collection, so who dares to talk nonsense?

"This... the kid has a short time to study and appraisal, so he dare not say too much. I would like to ask the two old gentlemen to forgive me." Xiao Qiang involuntarily started to quarrel in front of the two old antiques, pretending to be a gentleman.

Sheng Qiuyan pretended not to hear it, looked around and sighed: "The southwest development started in Qin and flourished in the Han and Tang dynasties. For thousands of years, wars and chaos have occurred. In order to avoid wars, there were countless people who moved to the province in the Central Plains. The Yuan chief invaded and resisted the enemy for decades. The entire territory was still unyielding until the last one. Later, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong slaughtered the southwest again, and the territory of thousands of miles was uninhabited. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, there was also the feat of Sichuan and anti-Japanese war, which became the last base for the anti-Japanese war.

There are also thousands of cultural relics that are scattered in the local folk. I heard that Mr. Shao organized an internal exchange event for collectors and established a folk collector association. The cultural relics protection department was worried about the loss of cultural relics. He had different opinions. I also hoped that he could use the power of the association to collect treasures scattered among the people, so as not to leave the world behind, and to gather ideas to open up a great situation for the collection of cultural relics in our province. Alas, it’s a pity, it’s a pity..."

Shao Yanjie gritted his teeth. The old man's words were half-literate and half-verbal. He sounded very difficult, but he could hear one thing clearly: whether the exchange meeting can be carried out. Whether your collectors association can be established depends on how much you can help me!

"In this way, please borrow the treasure to view it." As he said this, what else can Xiao Qiang say? Let's drive the duck to put it on the shelves.

Just want to not be fooled.

His experience in his previous life was easy to deal with roadside vendors, but he could not tell the true or false of the two cultural relics collectors. He was also very up and down.

Who can come to the second floor is not the elite in this industry? They are quietly observing what happened here. When they saw that the disciples of the Hong Kong appraisal master were about to try their skills, everyone immediately surrounded him and called out: "Little brother, I have collected a Shang Dynasty bronze tripod. I have never been able to tell the truth. Please help me identify it first."

There shouted: "Little brother, I have a jade pendant passed down from home. The date is unknown. Can you please help me?"

The surging crowd quickly surrounded Xiao Qiang and others. Not to mention Xiao Qiang complaining, even Sheng Qiuyan and Bo Hansheng and his master and apprentice were scared by this momentum.

When the voices gradually became quiet, a middle-aged man in his forties said, "Don't quarrel, little brothers are not obliged to help us with free appraisal. International appraisals require high appraisal fees. You can think clearly, don't take out any chicken bowl and anchor basin to reveal your eyes."

Everyone laughed and realized that Bo Hansheng also twisted his beard with his hands and nodded repeatedly.

The internationally accepted identification fee is 10% of the value of the treasure. The reason why everyone is so enthusiastic is that they hope to eat free cakes. If Xiao Qiang points out that the antiques they collect are indeed treasures, they will immediately be worth a hundred times the value.

Everyone is also trying to take advantage of it.

The middle-aged man and everyone laughed, took out a brocade handkerchief from his arms, opened it, and it was a piece of warm ancient jade with some mottled color on it, and handed it to Xiao Qiang: "This ancient jade is said to be during the reign of Emperor Jing of Han. I have tested it for a long time. I can't see any problems in the texture, skin color, and processing. The surface is also warm and smooth, like an ancient jade that I have been playing with for many years. Please help me see it. Regardless of the final result, whether it is true or false, I will pay a thousand quick identification fee."

As soon as he said something, everyone around him calmed down. Sheng Qiuyan and Bo Hansheng looked at each other, and also gave up the idea of ​​helping Xiao Qiang relieve the siege.

The identification of ancient jade is a very good test. The Chinese have a tradition of playing with jade. This has been the case since ancient times. Time has passed, and methods of counterfeiting have emerged one after another.

There are four climaxes in Chinese history. The first climax occurred in the Song Dynasty to prevent the craftsmanship of Zhou bronzes. The second climax was in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, mainly forged famous calligraphy and paintings. Qianlong liked to collect famous calligraphy and paintings. In the Da Nei Palace Collection with his inscriptions, many of them were fakes. In the third climax, Mr. Zhang Daqian was a very famous fake master in order to make a living when he was young, and he faked many calligraphy and paintings of the previous dynasty.

The most recent one was the counterfeiting trend that began in the mid-1980s.

The method of appraisal is in modern times, and it is mainly based on the appraiser's own knowledge. With rich experience and judgment, high-tech means can only be used as an auxiliary and cannot help people make accurate choices.

The key is that there are too many methods of forgery, and technological advances have also been widely cited in the production of counterfeits.

In Xiao Qiang's memory, he had seen the production process demonstrated by the counterfeiter. A brand new bronze imitation was soaked in special chemical potions. Within a few minutes, it turned 800 years old, and there was no trace of soaking.

There are copper rusts in ancient bronzes, and fakes, but there is also a saying in the collection industry that "fake rust is afraid of hot", which means that fake rusts are afraid of high temperatures and fall off as soon as they are touched. However, a fake he has seen seems to have grown from imitations and cannot be detented. It is said that they are also made of chemicals of certain characteristics.

Its counterfeiting methods can be seen.

Jade identification is another difficulty in the identification of antiques. Just like the piece of seed material taken out by a middle-aged man, it is not very valuable, less than the 1,000 yuan he paid, but why did everyone immediately calm down?

It's because it's difficult.

If the seed material he took out was a fake product, it must be made with special means, such as refreshing the heart, which is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and the instrument can only sigh.

In a special appraisal agency, the identification of the skin color of jade is ambiguous, and usually does not do an appraisal. Why is it impossible to identify it!

Qingxin is a special word in jade collection.

Due to its texture, jade is loose and dense. After being excavated from minerals, organic matter between the stone will gradually be lost, forming pores that are difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.

Jade is usually burial objects and is buried with the owner.

After contacting the soil, various organic matter in the soil will gradually penetrate into the jade as time goes by, and color spots of different colors are formed due to chemical reactions. Outsiders who are not familiar with it think that jade with color spots is not as beautiful as pure, but in fact, it is valuable that is precisely refreshing.

What is washed away by thousands of years is the most precious one.

Qingxin has become a direction for counterfeiters to specialize in, and their methods are incredible.

Sheep jade, dog jade, simmering head, plum jade, wind jade, knocking rust, old oil extraction, new oil extraction, loess rust making, black spot making, various unheard words clearly illustrate the many methods and ingenious methods.

It is not uncommon for inexperienced appraisers to be deceived by fake jade.

The middle-aged man took out this piece of seed material, which was more a test for him than asking Xiao Qiang to identify it.
Chapter completed!