Live Appreciation, Congratulations to Brother

Chapter 196: A rhetorical question from Boss Ming (two chapters in one)

The shape of the device is exactly the same.

This bit of Zhang Yang doesn't find it strange. Even if it's fake, he won't reveal flaws in such a basic matter.

Decoration, if you look closely, there are subtle differences:

The branches are not folded at exactly the same angle;
In the moon-holding vase in the museum, a bud in bud on a certain branch seems to be missing a leaf.

Considering that Zhang Yang was observing on the screen of his mobile phone and was not looking at details, if the two things were viewed together offline, the differences might be even greater.

But this is not enough as a basis for identification, because there is no obvious difference in the painting skills of the decoration.

Zhang Yang smacked his lips. Identifying with the naked eye is indeed a difficult technical job.

He resisted the urge to read the item information and continued to observe the blue and white hair color.

It is said that the most important thing to look at when looking at blue and white porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty and before Xuande in the Ming Dynasty is the color of suma-li-qing on it.

This kind of pigment has extremely strong penetrating ability. If you use a slightly heavier brush when painting, it will turn black after being burned.

And because the ore resources for producing sumac green materials have long been exhausted, it is difficult to imitate modern imitations.

In Chen Yanguang's moon-holding vase, the leaf veins, branches, and even the protrusions on the lychee shell are all obviously black with the "broken branches and fruit pattern".

Which one is in the museum?

Zhang Yang enlarged and then enlarged the live broadcast to take a closer look.

"What's going on? It's almost the same black?"

"There are no traces of dyeing. It's all done in one stroke, without any bolding. It's pure natural black."

"Are they really sister pieces?"

Zhang Yang quickly looked at the item information.

The production times are 1420 and 2020 respectively.

It was a false alarm, but the one in the museum was indeed a fake.

Based on the degree of imitation, a more accurate name would be [replica].

"The mole in the British Museum exchanged the genuine article for a replica-level imitation."

"And then you arrogantly sell it?"

Zhang Yang thought it was a bit absurd at first, but then he thought about it and realized that if Chen Yanguang hadn't tricked him, the feasibility of this matter would actually be very high.

How could a British guy want to get to the transaction site? How could anyone even be the host of Mai Jianbao?

And so many people know about it?
"Brother Guang, are you still in London?"

Zhang Yang asked Chen Yanguang on the other side of the video.

If you don't leave, you risk being arrested!

"Yo-yo has been around for a long time. We are now in Istanbul."

"I remember you are a Liverpool fan?" Chen Yanguang still had time to joke.

"You want to talk about the Miracle in Istanbul? You're not familiar with it." Zhang Yang shook his head: "Stop talking about football, you should think about what you are going to do with the things in your hands first!"

"Speaking of this matter, that ghost guy told me that there was a big deal..."

"Wait a minute." Zhang Yang interrupted Chen Yanguang: "I have an outsider here."

After speaking, he looked at Xu Can.

"Are outsiders talking about me?" Reporter Xu pointed at himself in disbelief.

Didn’t you say you were one of your own just now?
"Yeah." Zhang Yang nodded: "You should go out and take a rest first."

Xu Can showed an expression of internal injury and walked out of the conference room depressed.

"Who is this woman?" Chen Yanguang asked curiously.

"Xu Jie's cousin..."

"That's one of our own!"

"...still a reporter from Linhai Daily."

"See if the door is closed tightly? Be careful of her eavesdropping!"

"It's okay, tell me, what did the British guy say?"

"Hehe." Chen Yanguang smiled evilly and took out a chicken bowl cup from the box next to him.

The so-called chicken jar cup refers specifically to the small wine cup of Chenghua Doucai in the era with a pattern of chickens painted on it.

There are only 19 genuine pieces in total, each worth over [-] million.

Of course what Chen Yanguang is holding is a replica.

"Isn't this a product of your group?" Zhang Yang asked.

He remembered that the list of handicrafts that Chen Yanguang and his wife were selling overseas this time included chicken pot cups.

This kind of small wine glass is exquisite in shape, and the rooster pattern is decorated with the beauty of Chinese paintings. A B-level imitation can sell for one or two hundred pounds overseas.

Like the one in Chen Yanguang’s hands, it can be sold for dozens of pounds!
"Yeah, but it's so arrogant that you can tell it's fake at a glance."

"He not only wants to sell my things. He also inquired that I have the ability to make imitations and wants to cooperate with me..."

"Exchange the fake for the real?" Zhang Yang boldly guessed.

"Hey, you...don't let me show off."

Chen Yanguang smiled and shook his head, with excitement that could not be concealed on his face.

It's exactly as Zhang Yang guessed.

The British guy is addicted to playing civet cat in exchange for the prince, and he still wants to come.

"Don't worry, we just sold him a handicraft and then bought an antique from an antique store."

"Two independent, legal transactions. Legal risks have been completely avoided." Chen Yanguang added.

"That's really awesome." Zhang Yang praised sincerely.

While the people of Laojiumen were still working hard in the fields, Chen Yanguang had already set his sights on the international cultural relics market.

What's the point of violating the country's "Cultural Relics Protection Law"? If you want to do it, become a world-famous cultural relics thief!
But it wasn't as easy as he said.

Is it so easy to make a fake that looks like the real thing?
"Actually, it's very simple. Do you know where that moon-holding bottle comes from?"

Chen Yanguang was talking about the replica in the museum.

"Jingdi Town?" Zhang Yang guessed.

"It's boring. You guessed it, what's the fun in me showing off?"

Chen Yanguang simply said that he had obtained the contact information of the team that specializes in making "high imitations of Yongxuan blue and white porcelain".

As long as sufficient funds are provided, it should not be difficult to develop Chenghua Doucai.

Hearing what he said, Zhang Yang was relieved.

From studying the transformation of Yongxuan blue and white to Chenghua Doucai, it can take as little as five years and as many as ten years.

Let’s talk about things that took so long later.

Let’s take a look at the blue and white Ruyi Moon Holding Vase first. It is a national treasure that we have already obtained!
"You know, Brother Guang, the Ceramics Hall of Hailin Museum needs a piece of Yongle blue and white as its treasure." Zhang Yang repeated his old tricks.

Donate, you can donate.

Presumably Wang Guosheng will also agree to bear part of the cost of buying the moon bottle.

You might even be able to apply for a grant from the Cultural Heritage Administration.

"Brother Yang, are you crazy?"

Chen Yanguang told the dedicated curator Zhang that there was a risk that this thing would be recovered as stolen goods.

Once you are out in public, be prepared for trouble to come.

Chen Yanguang deliberately found an antique store and issued a receipt for 800 million pounds. He just wanted to ask the British Museum to compensate according to the price when the money was recovered.

800 million pounds, equivalent to 7200 million domestically.

But he actually only paid the British guy 50 pounds.

Chen Yanguang is doing a very new business.

With such a huge profit, it was hard for Zhang Yang to open his mouth.

……

It wasn't until the morning of the third day that things took a turn for the better.

The British Museum issued an official statement at [-] p.m. local time:
[After expert appraisal, the Ming Yongle blue and white moon vase currently on display in the museum’s Exhibition Hall No. 33 (Chinese Pavilion) is authentic;

The suspected leaked cultural relics that appear on the market are actually custom-made replicas.

The whole thing is a temporary job in the museum, using old labels of the real thing and replicas to deceive people.

The employees involved have been fired. 】

Domestic media and experts quickly followed up with reports after receiving funds from across the ocean.

"What are replicas of museum artifacts?"Insight in one article》

"The security measures of the British Museum are perfect, and the living body detection security technology is far ahead"

"The rich second generation buys fake goods at high prices, good news: there is no crime"

"The suspected party Chen Moumou said: British people do not respect martial ethics"

Zhang Yang was also shocked.

Is the real thing a substitute?

And it’s a universally recognized fake?

"This group of BYDs, even the pictures on the official website have been updated to show the fake product."

"I suspect they just can't afford the £800 million."

Chen Yanguang angrily told Zhang Yang that he was so angry that he couldn't even eat barbecue rice in romantic Turkey.In fact, what he said is quite reasonable. The British Museum basically relies on funding for its operations and has been losing money.

The main purpose is still as a trophy warehouse for the Empire on which the sun never sets.

I really don’t necessarily want to pay this money.

"Actually, this is a good thing!"

After hearing the news of "official website picture update", Zhang Yang's mind suddenly opened up.

As long as it is proven that Chen Yanguang's piece is genuine, can't he legally own this national treasure-level blue and white porcelain?
The way to prove it is very simple, just ask his wife to bring the things and ask an appraisal expert to identify them.

Zhang Yang himself is probably not very good, because he is now only second to Chen Yanguang in terms of the level of ridicule he receives.

“Which expert is more reliable?”

Chen Yanguang asked Zhang Yang for his opinion.

Zhang Yang thought for a while and realized that one expert might make a mistake, so it would be best to find a few more people to look at together.

Where can there be many experts and I can still speak for myself?

Yes, isn't Deputy Curator Qiu organizing the appraisal of the Jade Pig Dragon? It just so happens that we can take a ride.

"You can fly directly to Yangcheng. I will help you make arrangements over there in Guangdong Province."

"Don't worry, you will become a saint when it is certified as a national treasure."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yang began to prepare for the last live broadcast before the entrance ceremony.

But when he thought about the comments under his latest video, he got a headache.

"Dong dong dong~" Someone was knocking on the office door.

"Who is it?"

"Boss." Tang Qiyun opened the door and walked in: "Two-dimensional wants to stab you in the back."

"What's wrong with Xu Jie? Didn't he send his sister to the car?"

Today Xu Can came to the company for another interview and wanted to ask Zhang Yang his opinion on the British Museum's statement, but he dismissed it perfunctorily.

"I went to see them off, but I followed them out and heard them plotting loudly in the stairwell, saying that they wanted to record how you, a great Douyin anchor, fell step by step." Tang Qiyun said angrily to Zhang Yang.

Since becoming a full-time employee, her sense of belonging to the studio has reached a new level.

"It's okay, I can't fall." Zhang Yang comforted.

Just resist the pressure these days, and once Chen Yanguang's things are appraised, everything will go back to the way it was before.

……

When Zhang Yang officially broadcast live, he was really under a lot of pressure.

From time to time something like:

【clown】

[A photocopy of the anchor’s ID card will make him a king]

[Can’t tell the difference between the replica and the original?Also appraising treasures]

[The anchor might as well change his name to Doyan]

This kind of barrage is full of ridicule.

There was also Lian Mai who made fun of him and asked him if it was authentic with a replica of the same model from the museum that he bought online.

"It's really nothing, 20 yuan."

"Did you buy it online for 100 yuan? Look, even if you buy fake goods, you will be cut off."

Zhang Yang was very calm, with no less smile on his face.

Most people in the live broadcast room still support him.

Some words of support for him even made him wonder if someone secretly spent money to buy a navy army.

"Don't mess around, guys."

"I fully understand how some of you want to have fun, but it's not as easy as you think."

As soon as Zhang Yang finished speaking, he immediately received a new application for continuous wheat.

Not convinced?
He clicked on the other party's account and checked the ingredients.

"Oh? The treasure holder of overseas IP?"

"welcome."

After the video was connected, the sound of a monk chanting sutras came from Baoyou's side.

Then, the camera showed a stone statue of Sakyamuni Buddha being enshrined.

It seems to be in a temple.

"Master Zhang, does this Buddha head look familiar to you?" Baoyou asked Zhang Yang.

Buddha head?It's obviously a Buddha statue, why is the Buddha's head mentioned separately?

Zhang Yang looked confused.

The open face and facial features of the Buddha's head are typical of Ming Dynasty Buddha statues.

Other than that, there's nothing special about it.

"Baoyou, where is this temple? Why is there a stone Buddha enshrined there?"

"Haha, the anchor is really a noble person who forgets things."

Baoyou laughed softly, but he couldn't hear any big mood swings.

"Let me remind you that this thing was sold to me by a wanted criminal who stole the Tang Cai King Kong Statue."

Tang Cai, wanted criminals, Ming Dynasty Buddha statues...

Zhang Yang reacted immediately:
"Are you Boss Ming?" (Thailand's underworld in Chapter 110)

[I also remembered, this person seems to be a gangster]

[The wanted criminal was captured by him]

[I watched that video. Didn’t it say that the Buddha head is fake? 】

"Hehe, it seems you remember me." Boss Ming exhaled with satisfaction: "Master Zhang, do you want to explain why you say this Ming Dynasty Buddha head is fake?"

"Isn't it fake?" Zhang Yang asked.

This boss Ming came at the wrong time.

Zhang Yang had just been involved in the controversy over the replica in the British Museum. Now this person is questioning him about this Buddha head, which is "clearly authentic, but was deliberately labeled as a handicraft when it was first authenticated."

Fortunately, it was a stolen cultural relic and there was a reasonable motive for Zhang Yang to explain.

Could it be that if the identification is true, the other party is encouraged to behave this way?

"Master Zhang, you are not being authentic."

At the other end of the video, Boss Ming was not angry at all. The camera turned and focused on a middle-aged man.

Then from the direction of the video shooter, a black pistol was stretched out and pressed against the head of this strange middle-aged man.

"Mr. Zhang, let me introduce you first. This is Mr. Wu Xingfei, a domestic cultural relic appraisal expert."

Zhang Yang was very familiar with the name Wu.

The old man in Yanjing's literary circle is the same as Che Lijun.

But isn’t this person in Africa?How to transfer to Thailand?

[Sarilang! 】

[Is it so rampant abroad now?]

[Who is this expert? Has he been kidnapped? 】

"Hello, Teacher Wu." Zhang Yang greeted with a smile.

He was thinking: Should he cut off the live broadcast?
Because what the other person was holding was a real Glock 17.

If something goes wrong later, this live broadcast room will be blocked.

Boss Ming seemed to have an insight into Zhang Yang’s thoughts and told him:
"Don't worry, I won't shoot you during your live broadcast. I'm just showing my sincerity."

As he said that, he put the pistol back.

He said sincerity was okay, but some people couldn't stand it.

Wu Xingfei slumped on the ground with a pale face. He probably knew that these gangsters really dared to shoot.

"The thing is actually very simple. Teacher Wu said that this Buddha head is genuine."

"But Master Zhang, you said that this Buddha head is a handicraft."

"I personally am willing to believe what you say, Master Zhang, but anyone who lies will have to swallow a bullet~"

Boss Ming said creepy words in a joking tone.

"Master Zhang, I beg you..." Wu Xingfei said as he kowtowed.

"Okay, this thing is real." Zhang Yang spread his hands and said helplessly.

"So you deliberately turned the truth into a lie? Where is your professional ethics?" Boss Ming asked him.

"How dare you ask me about this newly stolen cultural relic? Are you crazy?" Zhang Yang retorted rudely.

[good scolding]

[That’s good to say, but I think Teacher Wu can’t stand it anymore]

[Teacher, the expert opposite is begging you to stop talking]

"What happened if I bought stolen cultural relics? I donated them directly after buying them, couldn't I?"

Boss Ming's tone was very aggressive, and he even asked Zhang Yang repeatedly:
"Can't you?"

(End of this chapter)