Jianbao life

Chapter 657

Next, Uncle Wu became more and more excited as he looked at it. From time to time, he let out "tsk tsk" admiration, and at the end he praised: "Good words! Good words! No wonder this Zhao Mengfu is called the second generation of Wang Xizhi, and he really deserves his reputation!"

However, after the admiration, he couldn't help feeling puzzled in his heart, because he didn't see any problems with this "Fu of Luoshen" at all, such as the characters, seals, silk materials, etc., he didn't see anything at all. The question is, this is clearly an authentic work, how could anyone think it is a fake?

Of course, Uncle Wu also knew that his level of appraisal of calligraphy and painting was very weak, so he raised his head and asked Chu Chen, "Xiaochen, I'm not good at calligraphy and painting. What is the problem!"

Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "There is nothing wrong with other aspects of this work, but the postscript of Zhu Zhishan above is fake!"

"Ah!" Hearing this, Uncle Wu was extremely surprised. He hurriedly looked at the tail again, only to realize that there was indeed something wrong with the tail. As for what was wrong, he couldn't tell.

Seeing Uncle Wu's puzzled look, Chu Chen explained in detail the characteristics of Zhu Zhishan's brushwork that Ma Laocai had said before.

After Uncle Wu heard the words, he said incredulously: "Xiao Chen, you mean that this work was actually regarded as a copy by the seller because of the fake Zhu Zhishan postscript?"

"That's what happened!" Chu Chen laughed.

Lin Guangxin next to him was a little speechless: "I think that person is an idiot, just like a car. Could it be that a fake car is not a car?"

Hearing Lin Guangxin's analogy, Chu Chen laughed and said, "Your analogy is pretty good, but there are still many uncertain factors in the identification of antiques. Most things, if one place is wrong, that means There is a problem overall. Of course, when it comes to this, there must be some things we don’t know about.”

Uncle Wu also nodded. If there were no unexpected factors, it would be impossible to say that such a calligraphy work would be considered a fake.

"Speaking of which, the person who sold me this "Fu of the Goddess of Luo" is also a 'man of the hour' in the Wucheng antique circle..." Chu Chen briefly told everyone about Ma Laocai's deeds with a smile.

After hearing what Chu Chen said, everyone was speechless about Ma Laocai's character. Lin Guangxin murmured:

"It takes a certain level of skill to be a human being to the point that people hate it! If you say that, it wouldn't be someone deliberately saying that his product is a fake?"

Uncle Wu shook his head with a smile and said: "It's not that everyone is like this Ma Laocai, with such low moral character, most people in the antique industry still have integrity. That's fine, it's impossible to say that something is a fake on purpose, if you really do that, you will definitely be cast aside by your colleagues in the antique industry."

Speaking of this, he thought for a while, picked up the phone, and said: "I'll call Lao Zhao, he often comes to Wucheng, maybe he will know the cause and effect of this."

After speaking, he dialed Zhao Xueyi's phone.

"Old Wu, aren't you in Wucheng? Why don't you call me when you have time? Could it be that something happened to you in Wucheng?"

"I really want to ask you something, do you know Ma Laocai?"

"Ma Laocai?" Zhao Xueyi's very surprised voice came from the other end of the phone: "Didn't this guy get into a car accident and become paralyzed? Why, did you hear that he is going to sell things? Let me tell you, this The guy is not a good thing, it is best not to buy things from him, otherwise something will happen!"

Uncle Wu chuckled: "You're late, Xiaochen has already bought something from Ma Laocai, I just want to ask now, do you know his "Fu of Luoshen"?"

Zhao Xueyi paused on the other end of the phone when he heard the words, and said in surprise: "No way, how could Xiaochen buy that "Fu of the Goddess of Luo"! You can't buy that thing!"
"Ah! Why can't I buy it?" Hearing this, Uncle Wu was also a little stunned.

Zhao Xueyi said: "The whole Wucheng antique world knows that "Fu of the Goddess of Luo" is a fake. How can such a thing be bought?"

"No, then do you know, apart from Zhu Zhishan's postscript, there are other problems?" Uncle Wu asked quickly.

Zhao Xueyi was surprised when he heard the words: "Since you all know that there is a problem with the postscript, that doesn't mean there is something wrong with the thing?"

Uncle Wu shook his head and said: "Old Zhao, you are too generalized when you say that? Could it be that there is a problem with the end, and the whole work must be an imitation? This is not porcelain. If one place is wrong, then It is certain that the thing is a fake. Besides, this is the postscript, which was added later by someone else, so what does it have to do with the original author?"

Hearing what Uncle Wu said, Zhao Xueyi was a little stunned, and after a while, he murmured: "You said that, it's really true, could it be that I really misunderstood it?"

Uncle Wu asked again: "Since you said that everyone in Wucheng knew it was a fake, don't you know what's wrong?"

Zhao Xueyi explained: "At the beginning, Ma Laocai also called me to see the "Fu of Luoshen". At that time, I was excited and rushed to Wucheng. When I saw the real thing, I also saw the postscript I was worried about reading the wrong question, so I tentatively asked about the price.”

"At the beginning, Ma Laocai opened very high prices. Later, seeing that I disagreed, he started to lower the price. You should know, Lao Wu, that the prices of Zhao Mengfu's works are very firm, and you should now know what Ma Laocai is like. As a human being, although he said the reason is high-sounding, how could I believe it?"

"Afterwards, I asked my friend in Wucheng for the excuse of going to the toilet, but the other party said that this item cannot be bought, and I will suffer a big loss if I buy it. At that time, time was tight, so I didn't ask much. Push things away."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Wu asked, "According to your personality, you shouldn't fail to figure it out, right?"

Zhao Xueyi said: "Of course, I will ask my friend after that..."

As he said that, he briefly recounted Ma Laocai's appraisal process on the phone, and then said:

"Then Ma Laocai is not a good person. Come to the capital and let the experts see it. If you don't say it beforehand, this kind of person deserves to be unlucky!"

After hearing the cause and effect of the matter, Uncle Wu frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Old Zhao, from what you said, it seems that the person who helped Ma Laocai to appraise it later didn't seem to say that there is something wrong with the end of the post. What's the problem!"

Zhao Xueyi smiled wryly and said: "Yes, when you said that just now, I thought of this question, if Ma Laocai went to the capital and didn't find someone else to appraise it, wouldn't such a good thing just let me miss it for nothing? "

Uncle Wu laughed and said, "You guys are so careful when doing business. I can't believe how much possibility you have for a successful transaction under the premise that Ma Laocai lied. Besides, with Ma Laocai's character, Since he went to the capital, how could he not ask someone to help him appraise it? Then, since he has already appraised it in the capital, if the other party says it is genuine, why should he go back to Wucheng to appraise it again?"

Zhao Xueyi smiled and said: "This is indeed reasonable, the key is that I don't know what the experts in the capital said? However, there is no way to investigate this matter, or else I would have gone directly to find it. By the way, Xiao Chen is How do you say it?"

Uncle Wu said: "Xiao Chen only said that it was the original work, and he didn't say anything else. We just thought it was strange, so we called you first to ask."

"That's it! Then when will you return to the capital?"

"Tomorrow."

"Then let me know when you come back. I also want to hear Xiao Chen's opinion."

"Okay, I'll call you when the time comes..."

Uncle Wu hung up the phone and told Ma Laocai's story again.

Hearing the cause and effect of the incident, Chu Chen was amused, but also a little puzzled: "This incident is a bit strange, logically speaking, experts with good eyesight should be able to see such obvious authentic features!"

"It's really strange." Uncle Wu frowned and said, "Could it be that the experts in the capital didn't decide the authenticity of the things for the sake of caution, which led to Ma Laocai's understanding wrong, so he made a mistake. Such an oolong?"

"It's really possible!" Chu Chen thought for a while, and felt that Uncle Wu's judgment was reasonable.

"This..." Lin Guangxin took over the words: "Although Ma Laocai is indeed not a thing, can't the experts in the capital tell him that the thing is very likely to be genuine?"

"This is definitely impossible!"

Uncle Wu explained with a smile: "Antique appraisal experts rely on their reputation. When they are not fully sure, an appraisal expert cannot say whether something is true or false, even if the possibility of what you say is very high." It is also impossible for Gao, because if he makes a wrong judgment, it will still have an impact on his reputation."

"Moreover, this "Fu of Luoshen" is already a national treasure. If it is released, its influence can radiate to the entire art world. It is definitely impossible to draw conclusions easily for such things, otherwise if something goes wrong , that is to lose face in front of people all over the world, if it were you, would you be cautious?"

"So that's what happened!" Lin Guangxin suddenly said.

At this time, Uncle Wu asked Chu Chen with great interest: "Xiao Chen, I'm still very curious about one thing, why do you still believe that this postscript is authentic when you know it's a fake?"

Chu Chen said with a smile: "Uncle Wu, I think this matter is a false proposition at all, just like what you said on the phone, the postscript was added by later generations, and its authenticity has nothing to do with the original author The analogy that Guangxin just made is very vivid, no matter how you change the brand, the car is still a car, you can’t say that if you change the brand, the car will become a tractor, right?”

　I wish my friends a happy National Day!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)