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The waiter carefully placed the tray on the table in front of Ye Xiaofan, then bowed slightly, and slowly left the venue. After the waiter backed away, many people turned their attention to the thing covered by the red cloth in front of Ye Xiaofan, and even some people Cursed in a low voice: "Playing mysteries."

Ye Xiaofan didn't want to make a fuss, so he reached out and lifted a gray container in front of everyone's eyes.

"Siyang Fang Zun?" Just as the red cloth was lifted, an old man in a Chinese tunic suit stood up, shouting with a very excited expression on his face.

All the distinguished guests looked at the old man with a look of surprise on their faces.

Ye Xiaofan smiled faintly, and learned from the information that this old man was Wu Xuerong, the Taishan Big Dipper in the collection circle of Province Z. Unexpectedly, he could tell at a glance that this was Siyang Fangzun, and waved Wu Xuerong to sit down.

Wu Xuerong blushed, and sat down in embarrassment, but he still couldn't hide his excitement.

"Old Wu is right, this Fang Zun is from the Siyang Fang Zun in the late Shang Dynasty." Ye Xiaofan said slowly.

"Zun" is a kind of wine container.The statues are generally round, with a bulging belly and a big mouth, and there are also a few square statues.Siyang Fangzun is one example.Siyang Fangzun, a late Shang vessel.It is the largest square statue among the existing merchant vessels in my country, with a height of 58 centimeters and a weight of nearly 3 kilograms.Using line carving and relief techniques, organically combine plane images with three-dimensional reliefs, utensils and animal shapes.The whole utensil is casted by the block model method, and it is completed in one go, with uncanny workmanship, showing a superb level of casting.The four horned goats at the four corners of the square statue bear the weight of the statue with a down-to-earth and powerful image. The trumpet-shaped square mouth is 34 cm long, almost close to the height of the body of 5 cm. centimeter.Although the Zun has a large mouth, there are 52 down-to-earth goats on the four corners of the Zun, so it does not give people a top-heavy feeling.The neck of the Zun is decorated with banana leaves, Kui patterns and animal face patterns, and four dragons are coiled around each other on the shoulders.The most prominent one is the four corners of the Zun's belly cast with four large horn sheep, and its image has a sense of majesty in tranquility.The sheep's back and chest are decorated with scales, the front legs are long-crested birds, and the ring feet are decorated with Kui patterns.The corners of the square statue and the joints of the centerlines of each side are long ridges, which are used to cover up the improperly aligned decorations that may occur during the joint, and at the same time enhance the momentum of the shape.The horns of the dragon and sheep on the shoulders are made by separate casting.The sheep's horns are cast in advance and placed in the pottery mold of the sheep's head, and then cast in the mold. If there is no superb molding technology, it is difficult to achieve the effect of the whole vessel as a whole.Siyang Square Zun integrates line carving, relief carving and round carving in one vessel. It combines plane images with three-dimensional sculptures, vessels and animal shapes, and is made with extremely superb casting technology. It is really ingenious and just right.Sheep symbolized auspiciousness in ancient times.The square statue of four sheep shows the supreme atmosphere in the wine ritual vessel in the shape of four sheep and four dragons facing each other.

After listening to the introduction, no one doubted the authenticity of Siyang Fangzun in front of them, except for what Mr. Wu and Ye Xiaofan said, there was also an authoritative testimonial next to it. What the distinguished guests didn't expect was that the moment Ye made a move, it was Siyang Fangzun. At this time, no one doubted The expression on the face of this Ye Luo family's strength has changed, from the previous disdain to enthusiasm and excitement.

Ye Xiaofan glanced at the guests below with satisfaction, and with a smile on his face, he said, "The low price of Siyang Fangzun is 3000 million, and the price increase every time is no less than 200 million."

"4000 million." As soon as Ye Xiaofan finished speaking, Wu Xuerong had already opened his mouth and directly added 1000 million. His voice resounded loudly throughout the venue, as if he was afraid that others would not hear the price he announced.

Sure enough, quite a few people frowned, and it was five times higher than the price increase when they opened their mouths.

"Forty-five million." Another old man not far from Wu Xuerong stood up and shouted. After shouting, he deliberately glanced at Wu Xuerong before sitting down, his expression seemed to be provocative.

This old man is Wang Dafa, who is also a collector of Taishan Beidou in Province Z, but his reputation is lower than that of Wu Xuerong. Ye Xiaofan can tell from Wang Dafa's expression that the two seem to have a feud, but this is the best way. Dou also catches more.

"5000 million." Wu Xuerong's face darkened, and he raised the price again by 500 million.

"Fifty five million." Not to be outdone, Wang Dafa shouted with a faint smile on his face.

"6000."

"Sixty-five million."

"7000."

There were only two people in the entire venue who were constantly increasing the price, and each time the price increase was 500 million, the entire auction was full of fighting spirit at this time, neither of them would give in to the other, and both of them were determined to win Siyang Fangzun, but they had to It is admitted that the strength of the two is still quite strong.

"7000 million." Just as the two were arguing endlessly, a middle-aged man in the back corner revealed a price that made everyone tremble, and it was 3000 million more than the [-] million that Wu Xuerong revealed.

Everyone's eyes shifted to the face of the middle-aged man, even Ye Xiaofan. This middle-aged man is Zhang Wuyuan, the chairman of Tianhe Real Estate Development Company in Ningjing City.

Zhang Wuyuan originally had no interest in auctions or antiques. If he received an invitation letter from Longmen this time, it would be considered as a way of giving Longmen face. Call him to inform him that no matter how much money is paid, he will take the Siyang Fangzun. Zhang Wuyuan knows that this big customer service person likes antiques, but he doesn't know how the big customer knows that the Siyang Fangzun will be auctioned tonight?But he didn't bother to take care of it, anyway, the big client was not short of money, and it was just a small favor.

"Mr. Wu, Mr. Wang, please give up this four-ram Fangzun to the younger generation. The younger generation is very grateful." Zhang Wuyuan looked at the two elders with a smile and said respectfully.

Wu Xuerong and Wang Dafa's expressions softened a little. After thinking for a while, they both nodded. Although they love Siyang Fangzun very much, they are only fond of Siyang Fangzun. Besides, [-] million is already beyond their investment in Siyang Fangzun. .

"Thank you, old man." Zhang Wuyuan sat down again with a smile. Although there was no fight between the two old men, it was inevitable that there would be bids from distinguished guests.

Ye Xiaofan frowned. Although he didn't achieve the desired effect, [-] million was still far higher than the price he initially estimated in his mind. He smiled and said, "[-] million is the first time, is there a higher price?"

The distinguished guests below were silent for a while.

"One hundred million, the second time..."

"One hundred million, the third time."

"Deal." With a heavy hammer, Ye Xiaofan said with a professional smile on his face: "Congratulations to Director Zhang for winning the Siyang Zun. After the auction is over, you can take it away after paying the price." Ye Xiaofan waved his hand after speaking, The waiter came to the stage again and took Siyang Fangzun backstage.

Zhang Wuyuan nodded. Everyone knows the rules of the auction, and the auctioned items must be paid after the auction is over before they can be taken away.

Ye Ling below hadn't reacted at this time, and the expression on her face was a little surprised. In her heart, Siyang Fangzun can get 5000 million shots, which is not bad. She didn't expect it to be doubled. How could she not be excited, looking at the photo on the stage. Ye Xiaofan gave a thumbs up approvingly.

Within 2 minutes, a beautiful waiter came up with a tray. This time, the contents of the tray were not covered with a red cloth. Everyone could see a scroll of calligraphy and painting inside the tray. As for what kind of calligraphy and painting it was, no one knew. Know.

Ye Xiaofan picked up the scroll and unfolded it carefully. Following Ye Xiaofan's slow movements, the clear picture on the scroll slowly appeared in front of all the distinguished guests. When half of it was exposed, the expressions on the faces of several elderly distinguished guests changed from surprise to surprise. He muttered to himself: "How is it possible? How could it be the Qingming Riverside Picture? Wasn't it bought by the UK?"

When the picture scrolls were opened, all the distinguished guests looked in disbelief. This is a picture of Qingming Shanghe. Everyone knows that "Qingming Shanghe Tu" was purchased by the British many years ago. How could it appear here?

Ye Xiaofan was not at all surprised by everyone's surprised expressions. Even Ye Xiaofan didn't believe it when he saw this "Surfing the River During the Qingming Festival". The latter said it was a fake, but it was the real thing.

The original painting of "Surfing the River During the Qingming Festival" is 528 cm long and 24.8 cm high. The earliest version was made by Zhang Zeduan, a painter of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is now in the Palace Museum of Beijing.The painting depicts the prosperous and lively scenes and beautiful natural scenery of Bianliang, the capital city of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the banks of the Bian River.The work is in the form of a long scroll and adopts the composition method of scatter perspective to integrate the complicated scenery into a unified and varied picture scroll. The painting is mainly divided into two parts, one is the countryside and the other is the market.In the painting, there are 814 people, more than 60 livestock, 28 ships, more than 30 buildings, 20 cars, 8 sedan chairs, and more than 170 trees. They come and go in different clothes, with different expressions, and are lifelike, with various activities interspersed , pay attention to the plot, the composition is dense and dense, full of rhythm and rhythm changes, the pen and ink composition is very ingenious, and it has a solid foundation.

"Imitation, it's definitely an imitation." A distinguished guest suddenly stood up and said, with a grim expression on his face.

Although the other honored guests did not speak, their faces were filled with disbelief rather than surprise.

Ye Xiaofan smiled slightly, didn't care about everyone's expressions, put "Surfing the River During the Qingming Festival" on the table, then picked up a red book and held it up and said: "Everyone, this is the authoritative certificate of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". Definitely the real deal.”

The conversation changed and he continued: "Since everyone has doubts in their hearts, why not ask Mr. Wu and Mr. Wang to come up for an appraisal. I think the two elders can definitely be called authoritative experts."

All eyes turned to Wu Xuerong and Wang Dafa. With smug smiles on their faces, they slowly got up and walked towards the high platform.