golden ear

Chapter 41 Finding fault?
"Dad, I heard that Zhongzheng is also going to hold an auction. What is the special sale of calligraphy and seals? Not only the original calligraphy of Wu Changshuo and Qi Baishi returned by RB, but also more than a dozen high-quality seals. What should I do?"

Xie Tian ran into Xie Rongcheng's office with an anxious expression on his face, and saw that he was resting with his eyes closed, and said badly.

"sit down!"

Xie Rongcheng had a headache for his only son, who was not at all like himself, rough and rough, causing trouble everywhere.

"What can I do? Find someone to mess with others? Use your brain before speaking!"

Xie Rongcheng stood up, walked to the window, and said for a while: "Last time I underestimated Wu Tianyuan, that kid is extraordinary! He has scheming and tricks. Even if he is an opponent, I am convinced that I lost. When will you learn?" I'm at ease with half of the family!"

"Dad!" Xie Tian said indignantly, "Last time I admitted that the kid was superior, but it was because you were unprepared and he tricked you. Now that we know his wolfish ambitions, can we sit idly by?"

Xie Rongcheng glanced at Xie Tian indifferently, sat down again, closed his eyes and meditated for a while and said, "Of course not! This time I decided to take the initiative, help me find out the time and place of the special preview, let's join in!"

"High! It's really high!"

Xie Tian gave a thumbs up and said excitedly: "At that time, we will take Zhou Jie with him. He is a great expert. If there is a fake, we will expose it on the spot, so that Zhongzheng will never be restored."

"That's just one aspect!" Xie Rongcheng said with a sinister smile, "I just want to flatter and kill them. The higher I stand, the harder I fall! Our Xie family will not care about the previous suspicions to cheer, and we can also save some impression points. If you want to suppress me, thank you!" Rongcheng? Humph!"

On the day of the Zhongzheng preview exhibition, the sky was cloudless and the crowds were surging. Many collectors came here to see the demeanor of the two masters.

"Tianyuan, come here!"

Wu Tianyuan greeted the guests with Sun Lao, kept chatting with the collectors, and listened to their reflections.He suddenly heard Elder Song calling him, so he hurried over.

"I'll introduce you to a big boss, is he familiar?"

Wu Tianyuan saw a middle-aged man in his 50s standing beside Mr. Song, with a square head and big face, extraordinary imposing manner, very familiar.

"Hu Jianmin? Chairman of Jianye?" Wu Tianyuan hurriedly reached out his hand and said hello.

"You are really young and promising. Mr. Song has often praised you in front of me. Today I came to see you."

Jianye Group is the largest real estate developer in the Central Plains, and Hu Jianmin is also the richest man in the province, a billionaire boss.I have long heard that I like to collect things, and I go to major auction houses to buy things every year, but I didn't expect Mr. Song to invite people to come over to join me?
"Boss Hu praised me too much. As a newcomer, I have the opportunity to know Mr. Song, and I am very grateful to have his support." Wu Tianyuan smiled and said: "You are a great expert, please give me some pointers."

Hu Jianmin nodded. He had a good first impression of this young man. On the one hand, Mr. Song had invited him many times, and it was hard for him to refuse.Second, I heard that there are calligraphy and seals I like this time, especially the seals of Wu Changshuo, which are very exquisite, so I was curious to take a look.

"Go, you take us around."

While Hu Jianmin and Sun Zhongzheng were talking, Elder Song secretly signaled to Wu Tianyuan that the opportunity was rare, and this big local tyrant must be seized.

"This painting is from the old collection of Sangutang. It is inscribed by the old man Changshuo. He is 53 years old at the time of Shamen Zhuangyan in the Qingjingyuan."

Wu Tianyuan began to introduce the largest work this time, 130 times 32cm, a pair of 7 square feet, which can be regarded as a huge couplet.

"Wu Changshuo's seal script is a masterpiece, especially his profound attainments in gold and stone seal cutting, and Qi Baishi is also known as two great masters."

Hu Jianmin looked at Wu Changshuo's handwriting obsessively, and couldn't help copying it with his fingers. He was a soldier in his early years and always liked calligraphy.After getting rich, he practices calligraphy every day to cultivate himself. He is a senior member of the local calligraphy association and has a deep skill.

"Good word!"

The so-called experts look at the doorway, couplets seem simple, but in fact it is very difficult.The layout of each word position is knowledge, and it must be created according to the background and relationship of different characters, which can reflect the author's skill.

"There is also this one that the master specially wrote the sixteen-character mantra of the Diamond Sutra. The size is smaller, but his scriptures are very popular and have created tens of millions of sky-high prices."

"This work has been described many times. The 23rd page of the series of representative calligraphers of the Shanghai School and the 143rd page of Wu Changshuo's calligraphy and painting chronicle are in the collection of Baoshantang. The owner has a close relationship with Mr. Wu."

Wu Tianyuan talked about the source and description of the collection, and then listened to several people discuss and comment together, and benefited a lot along the way.

"Proficient, these are rare calligraphy masterpieces."

After reading it, Hu Jianmin was very satisfied and said: "Originally I just came here to support the show, and Mr. Song was not easy to refute, but now I look at it, I must come on the day of the auction. Many of them are beloved things, and they are bound to be won!"

"Thank you for your support. I will send an invitation letter to your company in advance, and leave an auspicious number plate for you."

When Wu Tianyuan was with Mr. Song and Hu Jianmin, Mr. Sun suddenly saw Xie Rongcheng and how many people came to join him?
"Old Sun, congratulations, I'm late!"

"Thank you, brother, for your kindness. Xiao Zhou is here too? It's really brilliant for you to come to appreciate the light. Thank you very much."

Xie Tian looked at the two people who hated each other as if they had been friends for many years, shaking hands and chatting cordially, and felt admiration in his heart: "I'm really not as thick-skinned as these two people!"

"Look, isn't that Xie Rongcheng? He even came to join us?"

"Old fox, are you acting?"

"Today is really a narrow road for Yuanjia, there is a good show to watch!"

Many people knew about the grievances between Mr. Xie and Zhongzheng, and watched the excitement with various attitudes. A few days ago, Mr. Xie and Xilin had a special seal show, and Zhongzheng immediately followed up. It was really an endless rhythm.

Sun Yuyao looked unhappy, watching her grandfather politely let Xie's group into the venue, spat and said: "It's really a bad guest, isn't it here to find fault?"

"Let's open the door to do business, just pass through the door as customers, let them do whatever they want." Old Sun said with a calm face, and he still had to take care of this bit of face-saving work.

"Brother Zhou, are there any fake ones?"

Xie Rongcheng and the others looked around for the auction items as soon as they entered the door, especially with Zhou Jie, an expert in calligraphy and seal cutting, they must find out the imitations and expose them in public to relieve their hatred!

"This?" Zhou Jie looked at it carefully, and there is no doubt that each piece is authentic. Either it has been published and recorded, or it has been passed down in an orderly manner. They are all masterpieces of the two masters in their later years.

"Brother Xie, I don't think you can find any faults this time. They are all genuine products that have been passed down in an orderly manner. They are basically RB reflows. I think many of them are from the Xijing Auction Collection."

Zhou Jie said in a low voice: "The Xijing Auction has developed very fast in the past few years, and it can be regarded as a relatively powerful new auction house. I have always wanted to cooperate with our Xilin a few years ago, but I didn't like them. I didn't expect to be with Zhongzheng now. Go hook up, and actually work together to enter calligraphy and seal cutting? It's really a tiger's mouth!"

Seeing Zhou Jie's gloomy face, Xie Rongcheng was overjoyed, so he provoked dissension: "That's right, everyone in China doesn't know that calligraphy and seal cutting is Xilin's greatest strength. Not to mention the small Zhongzheng, even Jiade and Baoli can't compete! Sun Zhongzheng dared to openly hold a special session for Master Wu Changshuo, don’t they know that he is the founder of Xilin Printing Society?”

Zhou Jie glanced at Xie Rongcheng indifferently, and said with a smile: "You don't need to say that, even we Xilin can't have all the authentic works of Master Wu. Many original works have been lost to RB. Zhongzheng's ability to hold this special session is considered a skill."

"It's true, but we just finished the seal session a few days ago, and he immediately followed suit?"

"Hmph! Let's see!"

Zhou Jie naturally knew the conflict between Xie and Zhongzheng, and he didn't want to participate in it at first, but what Sun Zhongzheng did this time made him very embarrassed.The joint session between myself and the Xie family only had seals. Although it was the first session in the Central Plains, the final turnover was still not ideal.

In a few days, Zhongzheng, the leading company in the province, held the same special show, not only with seals, but also with many fine couplets. Isn't this a blatant slap in the face?
"Dad, look quickly!"

Xie Tian himself was also looking for something wrong, when he suddenly found three very familiar seals, he quickly shouted.

"What's your name?" Xie Rongcheng glared, walked over and looked surprised, and said, "Brother Zhou, look!"

"This is Master Wu's Tian Huang Xianzhang?"

Zhou Jie looked in the direction Xie Tian pointed, and his heart was shocked. He hurried to the showcase and studied it carefully.

"A rare product!" Zhou Jie sighed for a while and said, "Wu Changshuo engraved Tianhuang Yiweng Zhang, Yiwei Leap July, engraved for Mr. Fangqu, and the final payment was in Anji. This piece of Tianhuang is very good in texture and huge in size. Boutique."

Xie Rongcheng was also surprised. This piece of spare chapter Wu Changshuo gave to his friend was top-notch in terms of material and carving, which was a level higher than all the chapters in Fangcunqiankun last time. Zhongzheng actually has such a skill?

"Even if this chapter is in the old collection of our Xilin Printing House, it is a first-class collection. It really needs to be auctioned for at least 500 million!"

Zhou Jie said gloomyly: "Not to mention anything else, Zhongzheng was able to collect such a seal, which really surprises me."

Xie Tian couldn't help it, and interrupted: "Don't talk about that first, I want you to read these chapters!"

Zhou Jie and Xie Rongcheng were stunned for a moment, then turned to look at what Xie Tian said, and saw a set of stamp boxes, which contained 12 yuan stamps of various materials, large and small, it turned out to be a rare set of stamps!

"Is this the seal of Master Wu Changshuo?"

Zhou Jie went to the display cabinet and took a look, and there were twelve Wu Changshuo badges marked underneath?He turned pale with shock.

"Impossible!" Xie Rongcheng hurried over, sure enough, Zhongzheng marked that these chapters were made by Wu Changshuo, and studied them carefully.

"Wu Changshuo, I don't know, but these three photos were taken by Wu Tianyuan from us?"

Xie Tian's eyes were sharp, and he saw the three chapters taken by Wu Tianyuan last time at a glance.Afterwards, he specifically checked, the first two pieces were sold for a total of 28 yuan, and the last one was sold for [-] yuan. Looking at it now, it is estimated that Wu Tianyuan's people did it!

"Brother, is this Master Wu Changshuo's handwriting?"

Zhou Jie shook his head and said with a sly smile: "Brother, here is your chance for revenge! The master chapters I have handled are at least 300 yuan. No matter what the material is or what the deposit is, you can tell at a glance whether it is Master Wu's handwriting! The style of this 12 yuan is completely wrong, I can guarantee that it is not Wu Changshuo!"

"Dad! Here's your chance!"

Xie Tian looked excited, this time he finally had a chance to take revenge, the last time he was exposed by Wu Tianyuan at the Xie Clan preview, and Xie Clan suffered a crushing defeat.This time the feng shui turns, and Zhongzheng also has fake products, which is not just a big opportunity.

"Don't worry, brother, are you sure?" Xie Rongcheng reconfirmed while suppressing his excitement.

Zhou Jie said confidently: "Don't worry, I have been playing with seals for more than 20 years, if I miss this, this manager will not have to do it long ago!"

When Xie Tian heard this, he burst out laughing. Seeing that there were more and more people in the venue, he shouted: "I didn't expect that there would be counterfeit goods in Tangtang Zhongzheng's auction. It's unbelievable!"

(End of this chapter)