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Chapter 616 A Big Job for a Small Team

Pu Jie got up, took out a calligraphy and painting box from the box under the counter, then took out the painting, unfolded it, and just held it up for Yu Yao to see.

Yu Yao stood up and took a closer look.

This Ren Bonian was one of the four Shanghai Schools in the late Qing Dynasty; the four Shanghai Schools in the late Qing Dynasty included Wu Changshuo, Ren Bonian, Zhao Zhiqian, and Xu Gu; in Yu Yao's view, Wu Changshuo was naturally better than the other three, and his reputation was also higher. wide.Ren Bonian's reputation is mainly in the circle, and he belongs to a painter who is not widely known but has a high level.

Ren Bonian still prefers to draw Zhong Kui, and it is not uncommon to have pictures of Zhong Kui handed down from generation to generation.This is good news for high imitators.

"This is indeed not Ren Bonian's handwriting." Yu Yao frowned while speaking, "However, it should not be imitated by the current graduate student of the Academy of Fine Arts!" "Huh?" Pu Jie heard it, "What do you mean? "

"This doesn't look like a new imitation." Yu Yao continued, "Maybe we are a bit preconceived, and this may not be a round. Besides, I thought about it just now, if it is a round, it is not too bad if the one who carried the burden didn't participate. It's possible; but you checked again, and he really didn't play tricks."

"Isn't it a new imitation? Is it an old imitation?"

"Well, it looks like it was written in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, even at the same time as Ren Bonian."

Pu Jie thought for a while, "In other words, that old man doesn't know the truth?"

"possible."

"Even if it's an old imitation from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, it's worthless!" Pu Jie sighed again.

But Yu Yao took two steps back with great interest, "How can the owner of Hot Pot City be sure that it was imitated by a graduate student of the Academy of Fine Arts? Regardless of the level of skill, the graduate student of the Academy of Fine Arts certainly does not have such an ancient character; and , this person imitates Ren Bonian, and it may be a joke."

"Ah?" Pu Jie showed surprise, "You mean, he and Ren Bonian are at the same level?"

Yu Yao waved his fingers lightly, "This person has painted the charm of Zhong Kui in Ren Bonian's painting, but his brushwork is different in the subtleties, and some of the brushwork are very clever. This person's painting level is even higher than Ren Bonian's." .”

Upon hearing this, Pu Jie quickly put away the painting and put it on the counter, "You mean, not only is it not a loss, but it's also a profit?"

"I don't know who imitated it, and it's hard to say whether it's profitable or not." Yu Yao introduced, "Ren Bonian's works were widely circulated when he was alive."

Indeed, Ren Bonian made a living by selling paintings in Shanghai for a long time. Not only when he was alive, but even after his death, there were many art shops and street stalls in the Republic of China for sale, but there were many fewer after the 50s. Collected quite a few.In the 80s, many folk collections flowed out of the mainland, and more of them went to Hong Kong Island and Taiwan Island.

"You just said it was a joke; would the imitators know Ren Bonian? Can you see who imitated it?" Pu Jie asked like a cannonball.

Yu Yao smiled wryly, "How can I be so magical? It is possible to see that the details are not from Ren Bonian, but who imitated it? How can I tell? The key is that he imitated Ren Bonian, and he is not independent of his own style. painting."

While the two were talking, Lao Huang came, said hello and saw the painting on the counter, and asked with a little embarrassment on his face, "Boss Yu also read it? There was indeed a reason for my incident that day... "

Pu Jie laughed quickly, "What are you talking about! Old Huang, Yutou looked at it and said it was a copy of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and it may even be the same period!"

"Oh? Let me take a look again?" Lao Huang was slightly taken aback, then stepped forward to pick up the painting and looked at it carefully.

"Let's just say it's the old Lingzi who mounted the old paper and ink!" Lao Huang said while looking at it. old materials can be used.”

Yu Yao interfaced, "I just have a feeling, so I can't be too sure."

"Don't be modest, I'll believe what you say." Lao Huang put down the painting, "I came here today to talk about the so-called high imitation small team of the Academy of Fine Arts. Have a good eye, do some supplementary work after the fact. But Boss Yu said it was an old imitation, so it has nothing to do with others."

"Sit down!" Pu Jie greeted, "Tell me after you check it!"

The three of them sat down at the Eight Immortals Table and each lit a cigarette.

"This small team actually doesn't have many people. There are three men and one woman, so it hasn't spread to so many people." Lao Huang introduced, "One of them is still in a relationship."

"I said, if there are many people, the secrecy will not be so strong."

"They usually imitate according to their own interests, and the sales are on the online platform. I haven't found their imitation of Zhong Kui, and I don't know if they have imitated it. However, I also looked at a figure painting, and the level is indeed not low. .”

"What character?" Pu Jie dusted off the cigarette ash.

"A Taoist priest, imitating Fu Baoshi." Old Huang said, "It is said that this girl is in charge of the characters."

"Everyone has their own way of making money. Since Zhong Kui of Ren Bonian is not imitated by them, there is no need for us to inquire further." Pu Jie said, looking at Yu Yao.

Yu Yao didn't comment, just took a puff of cigarette.

"However, when I checked them, I also got a piece of news." Old Huang changed the subject, "I heard that they recently took on a big job."

"How old is it?" Yu Yao asked.

"I don't know the details. It is said that I rented a house on the outskirts of the city to do this job. I have been there for at least half a month." Lao Huang said, "By the way, the client seems to be from Taiwan Island."

"Taiwan Island? It can't be from the Tan family, right?" Pu Jie couldn't help but blurt out.Before Yu Yao told him about the high imitation group, apart from Xie Zhihao, Uncle Gui, the Nakatani God Flower of the Japanese country, the Tan family also got involved.

"It's unlikely to be the Tan family, right?" Lao Huang doesn't know about the high imitation group, but he is in the calligraphy and painting business, and he has heard of the Tan family, which is famous for its high imitation calligraphy and painting on Taiwan Island, "Tan The home makes all high-end goods, how can I find a few graduate students from the Academy of Fine Arts to do the work? And there are so many art academies in the country, but why did you find Dongjiang Academy of Fine Arts?"

"Didn't you say that the level of their works is really not low?" Yu Yao looked at Lao Huang, "Sometimes the two parties in the cooperation may not necessarily be brought together by any chance."

"If you put it that way, it doesn't seem impossible!" Lao Huang smiled.

"And maybe, their small team is just a part of this big task." Yu Yao said again.

"Hey! These days, high imitations cannot be stopped. If this is the case, the Tan family will really innovate and play with everything." Lao Huang put out his cigarette, "There are too many monsters and ghosts in the market now, what can I do later? For big items that are not allowed, you have to help Zhang Zhangyan."

Yu Yao nodded, but said in his heart, Uncle Ghost has been targeted by the Special Investigation Bureau. If the Tan family plays like this, it means that this small team of three men and one woman is really good at this aspect.

(End of this chapter)