Riding the wind of rebirth

Jesse Cheng said: "Lin Wanqiu admires your house in Shudu very much, especially the layout of the old mansion and the underground library. He said that it is rare to see a design with a built-in aquarium in the world. At the same time, it is full of humanistic atmosphere. It is very In line with the temperament of the heroine..."

"She's not trying to take advantage of me, Sui Huaxuan, is she?" Zhou Zhi was frightened when he heard this. Can he still give Lin Wanqiu and Xu Anxin the things that their sisters-in-law care about?

"That's the ancestral home of my parents! We won't change it!"

"No, no," Jesse said with a smile, "I just want to use your place as the heroine's residence to shoot some outdoor scenes."

"Oh, luckily the decoration work was stopped during the Food and Drinks Festival!" Zhou Zhi said: "Then I'll call back later to tell them not to reinstall in a hurry. Let's wait until your team goes over to take a look."

"There is no rush. I heard from the housekeeper that this is Zhou Sheng's collection. Some of the collections are very precious. Please introduce them to us, Zhou Sheng."

"Butler?" Zhou Zhi was a little confused by Jesse Cheng.

"Ah, he's the one who likes to wear cardigans, capital cloth shoes, and has small eyes and a crew cut..." Jesse said as if he were in the countryside and did as the Romans did: "Aren't you the housekeeper here?"

"Huh? Hahahaha..." Zhou Zhi couldn't stop laughing: "He is not a housekeeper, he is Ma Ye, a big collector in Beijing. Not all the things here are mine. There are half of them in the library behind. thing."

"Let's go, I'll take you to see it."

Zhou Zhi's collection in the capital was mainly inherited from Mr. Wang, including his famous Ming and Qing furniture, as well as bronzes, porcelain, mountains, hanging screens, seat screens, guqins, etc. that were transferred last time.

The calligraphy and painting category here mainly preserves the calligraphy and paintings of the third generation of the Qing Dynasty and modern painters. Zhou Zhi basically brought the ancient calligraphy and painting to Suihuaxuan, where Zhou Zhi collected calligraphy and painting, books, inscriptions, embroidery and the like.

Porcelain is available in both places, and here it mainly dates from the Qing Dynasty, including the third generation porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, the fine porcelain of Tongguang from Jiadao Road, the modern Zhushan Bayou porcelain from the Republic of China, Jianguo porcelain and Mao porcelain.

The porcelain before the Ming Dynasty was also sent to Suihuaxuan by Zhou Zhi.

Of course, this does not mean that the porcelain here is not valuable. On the contrary, there were no official kilns before the Ming Dynasty. The price of high-quality Kangxi official kiln porcelain is not comparable to that of the Hutian kiln, Yaozhou kiln and other small kilns in the Song Dynasty. Only the five major Song kilns Only high-quality porcelain is qualified to compete with it.

It's mainly a collection issue.

Jesse Cheng was short of money in the mainland for a while, and he was more optimistic about the real estate in the new island. With the arrangement of the real estate consultant, he prepared to clear out the assets in the capital, so he was not really short of money.

Moreover, exchanging ten courtyard houses for four ancient Huizhou houses was indeed a good deal in Zhou Zhi's eyes.

One can reach a sky-high price in a few decades, but sky-high prices also come with a price, and they are still a notch below "priceless treasures."

It was indeed a pity, but Zhou Zhi was still prepared to lobby Jesse to return these things if he had the opportunity.

Of course, talking about this with Jesse Cheng now is a bit superficial, so it's not the time yet.

In Zhou Zhi's impression, Jesse Cheng only likes luxury cars and famous watches, because the magazines placed by Zhao Xing in the film and television city all write about these.

But now that they got in touch, Zhou Zhi discovered that Jesse Cheng was actually quite interested in traditional Chinese culture and artwork.

That's good, Zhou Zhi is determined to do what he likes and attract Jesse's interest in Chinese cultural relics, which then escalates to concern, and finally to protection. This itself also echoes the theme of the film to be shot this time.

The most important collection of Demian Tang is Ming and Qing furniture. Zhou Zhi told Jesse Cheng about Ming and Qing furniture.

The materials used by master craftsmen are often not defined by the rareness or commonness of wood. In their eyes, these are all "materials" with equal status.

The master craftsman of the Forbidden City likes to use boxwood and red sandalwood together. Boxwood will turn golden yellow after being used for a long time, and red sandalwood will turn purple-black after being used for a long time. Both have very high hardness and very fine texture, and can withstand the most intense use. Delicate knife work.

There are currently two large pieces in the house that use this kind of craftsmanship. One is a large red sandalwood table inlaid with boxwood and the Eight Immortals, and the other is a boxwood and red sandalwood painting table with ten thousand characters pattern.

These two things were bought from Director Li when he bought the house. They are also some of the proudest things that Zhou at least owns in this house, because these things were not "bought from Mr. Wang". ", he has his own merit.

This kind of mentality is funny, but I couldn't stand it when Zhou Zhi introduced these big items and felt extremely proud.

Director Li Hanxiang is already a has-been director from Hong Kong and Taiwan. In the past few years, he even took on romance films in order to pay off debts, which completely ruined his reputation. However, his films "Under the Curtain" and "The Burning of Old Summer Palace" are indeed two masterpieces in the history of Chinese films. A monument.

After Zhou Zhi carefully introduced red sandalwood and boxwood to Jesse Cheng and Lu Siyi, he then explained to Jesse Cheng: "It is difficult for ordinary people to judge the age and quality of classical furniture, but it doesn't matter. Brother Jesse is not bad. In terms of money, the best way to buy them is to participate in auctions, and only those items that have been passed down in an orderly manner and collected in an orderly manner."

"This kind of auction has been appraised and recognized by players of all ages, so the probability of error is extremely low. What's funny is that even if the collection is in the collection catalog of the Qianlong Imperial Collection like "Shiqu Baoji", there is still the possibility of being fake. ."

"Emperor Qianlong? Collecting fakes?" Jesse Cheng felt that his knowledge had been refreshed today.

"Of course, there are many fakes inside." Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "The most famous one is "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains"."

""Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" is an ink painting on paper painted by the Yuan Dynasty painter Huang Gongwang in Fuyang, Hangzhou. After the painting was completed, it changed hands several times. He was also killed in two parts because of the burning of the painting, and was later acquired by Emperor Qianlong."

"Qianlong loved the painting so much that he wrote fifty times on it. It was so densely packed that there was nowhere to write."

"But I didn't know that this painting was a copy by a later generation and not an authentic work. The second year after I got this painting, another painting "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" appeared in the market. One of the two pictures is real and the other is fake, but they are so similar. , even Qianlong, who had a lot of research on ancient paintings, could not tell the difference."

"In fact, the first volume of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" obtained by Qianlong was a fake. Later generations called it the "Ziming Volume". The volume was copied by a scholar in the late Ming Dynasty."

"The original is called the 'Wuyongshi Scroll'."

"However, this was the research result of later generations, but Qianlong firmly refused to admit it. While he firmly declared that the real useless master scroll was a 'fake', he also bought this so-called 'fake' at a high price. . The reason is that although this painting is not authentic, it is pretty good. This means that the mouth is stubborn but the body is honest."

"Hahahaha..." Both of the two people listening to the story found it interesting. Jesse, who was naughty by nature, immediately laughed and said: "If I were Qianlong, I would put these two paintings in front of the ministers and let them judge the authenticity. Test their character.”

"Qianlong really did this." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "He held a banquet for ministers to appreciate the paintings, and he wanted to write inscriptions on the two volumes of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains"."

"Huh?" Jesse Chengdu was dumbfounded: "You are more ruthless than me, and you still need to leave evidence?!" (End of Chapter)