My life has subtitles

Chapter 11 Propaganda
  As soon as the stall owner said it, Yang Chen knew what it meant.

It's just because I'm young and I think I'm being taken advantage of.

I have two words written on my fucking forehead, do you call me a fool?

He waved his hand and was about to leave, when the man selling paintings came over and shouted impatiently to the stall owner: "Are you still buying it or not?"

"I was in a hurry to get rid of this painting because I was in a hurry for money."

"If you can't afford it, don't waste my time."

"Anyway, 100 million is nothing less."

"I'll give you another half hour at most. If it doesn't work, I'll leave."

The stall owner quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, don't worry, I'll make another call. Don't worry, I will definitely buy this painting today, and I won't miss you a dime."

After that, make a phone call.

"Lao Li, I received a good product, but it's still short of 20 yuan. It's absolutely genuine. I'll pay 80 fucking yuan myself. Am I cheating myself?"

“Sellers are eager to sell”

"Yes, yes, this opportunity cannot be missed. If it never comes again, if you miss this village, you won't have this shop."

"Do you want to see the goods?"

"Okay, I'll take a picture for you and give me 20. I'll borrow it from you and get double the amount."

"Okay, just wait a moment."

After hanging up the phone, the stall owner said he wanted to take a photo of the painting and send it to his friends.

Although the person selling the painting was reluctant, he still cooperated and carefully unfolded the painting.

Many people watching the excitement were ready to leave.

At this time, they saw the person selling the painting unfolding the painting, and people gathered around it. They all poked their heads in, very curious, and wanted to see what famous painting it was, and it had to cost 100 million.

Even though they knew it was a scam, Yang Chen and others couldn't help but look at the painting.

These liars still understand psychological rhythms.
  It was an ink landscape painting about one and a half meters long and half a meter wide.

The main scene of the painting is a mountain.

The peaks and ridges are winding and overlapping.

The mountains are densely forested, with winding trails and high waterfalls.

There is a visitor walking with a stick at the foot of the mountain. There are several thatched cottages deep in the mountain col. In the hall, a person is sitting with his knees on the bed...

When it comes to the aesthetics and artistic conception of traditional Chinese painting, Yang Chen is a real novice, and he is equally good at what is real and what is fake. However, the big bosses in the antiques circle behind him are all laughing at this moment.

"Mr. Lin, isn't this Wang Meng's "Residence in Qingbian"?"

"Yes."

"Mr. Lin, if I remember correctly, the original "Picture of Residence in Qingbian" has long been collected by the Magic City Museum."

"Yeah, these liars are too careless."

"Grandpa, even I know they are liars, can any fool really be fooled?"

"A fool may not be fooled, and a fool may not be fooled. If greed blinds his eyes, a smart person will be fooled by his cleverness."

"Mr. Lin, what you said is profound!"

Zhang Wenyu seized the opportunity and flattered him.

Huang Ronglin and Guo Xueren also echoed and expressed their agreement.

Yang Chen smiled.

There is a movie that says: Jianghu is not about fighting and killing, it is about human relationships.

This sentence is suitable in any circle.

Including antique circles.

Just as he was about to withdraw his eyes from the fake painting, when he heard what they said, his mind moved and he subconsciously activated the subtitle system in his mind.

Switch to identification.

The next moment, a few lines of subtitles popped up out of thin air on one side of the "Picture of Residence in Qingbian".

Item: "Picture of Seclusion in Qingbian".

Details: Zhang Daqian’s imitation of Wang Meng and Qingbian’s seclusion in 1949
  Material: rice paper, ink.

Era: modern times

Condition: Good.

Quality: Excellent.

Summary: A rare masterpiece.

Market price: 2700 million

Actual value: 3000 million. thirty million?
  Yang Chen thought he was dazzled.

Rubbed his eyes.

Look again.

That's right.

The system prompts clearly.

Market price: 2700 million.

Actual value: 3000 million!
  "Sigh~"

A stream of hot blood rushed straight to Tianling Gai, and Yang Chen felt his brain was dizzy.

Although this painting is fake.

But the value is real.

This group of swindlers would never have imagined that they would use tens of millions of fake paintings to defraud and sell them at low prices. This is called being clever but being misled by cleverness!
  just
  Yang Chen was a little confused. Since it was a fake painting and an imitation painting, why was the value given by the system so high?

Zhang Daqian?
  The name sounds a little familiar.

It seems like I studied it in junior high school or high school.

After thinking about it, Yang Chen did not leave, but turned around and asked calmly: "Mr. Lin, please tell me, has Zhang Daqian also painted a picture of "Residence in Qingbian"?"

Lin Lao nodded.

"Yes."

"When Zhang Daqian was young, he was famous for copying the calligraphy and paintings of ancient people."

"His level of imitation painting is very high, so high that he is better than his master. It is said that the famous calligrapher and painter Xu Beihong and collector Chen Banding cannot see the flaws and are always fooled."

Having said this, Mr. Lin smiled and pointed at the "Picture of Residence in Qingbian" in the hands of the liar.

"Speaking of this painting, there is an interesting story."

"The authentic painting of "Residence in Qingbian" by Wang Meng was sold for 2010 million at the 201.6 Haishide International Auction in Beijing."

"This is an authentic piece, 201.6 million."

"However, "Residence in Qingbian", which Zhang Daqian copied and imitated, was sold for HK$3202 million at Christie's Hong Kong Auction in the same year."

"It's equivalent to more than 2700 million soft girl coins."

"The original sold for more than 200 million yuan, but the fake one sold for more than 2700 million."

"The gap is more than ten times!"

"This was an interesting thing that people in the circle talked about during the calligraphy and painting auction back then."

After hearing what Mr. Lin said, Yang Chen couldn't help but feel doubtful in his heart while sighing that Zhang Daqian was so good at painting and that his artistic attainments were better than his own.

According to Mr. Lin, Zhang Daqian's imitation of Wang Meng's "Residence in Qingbian" had been sold long ago.

So what happened to the pair in the hands of the liar?

The system cannot make mistakes.

Could it be that the one in the hands of the scammer is the one auctioned by Christie's in Hong Kong Island?
  Yang Chen had no way to judge and could only turn to the subtitle system for help.

Select annotation.

The subtitles on the side of "Qingbian Residence Picture" immediately changed.

"This painting is the first layer of the brochure that Zhang Daqian imitated Wang Meng's "Residence in Qingbian". The one in the autumn auction at Christie's Hong Kong Island is the second layer of the brochure."

"The image quality of the first layer is better than that of the second layer, so the actual value is about 3000 million."

An announcement?

First floor, second floor?
  Yang Chen didn't understand, so he took out his phone and looked it up, and he suddenly understood.

Strictly speaking, this is a method of fraud.

Some drawing paper uses a kind of rice paper called Jia Xuan for painting. This kind of paper is divided into two layers and three layers due to the craftsmanship.

Because rice paper absorbs water so much, ink and paint will seep down.

In this way, one original painting can reveal two or even three paintings.

Although these three paintings have different shades of color, they are all painted by the same artist. Strictly speaking, they are all real paintings, so it is naturally difficult to authenticate them.

According to the system subtitle prompts, the picture in the hands of the scammer is the first layer of propaganda.

The first layer can be regarded as Zhang Daqian's real original painting.

On the second layer, the color has become lighter.

Both paintings are real paintings.

So it makes sense that the first floor is more expensive than the second floor.

(End of this chapter)