Mr. Feng asked again: "Why Xu Daoning? Tell me your reasons."
Shen Yu replied unusually calmly: "First of all, among the famous painters of the Northern Song Dynasty, Xu Daoning imitated Li Cheng's paintings the most before he became famous. He is also considered to be the first person to paint landscape paintings after Li Cheng and Fan Kuan.
"There was a poem praising it at that time, "Li Cheng passed away and Fan Kuan passed away, but only Chang'an Xu Daoning left."
"His painting style is very fast and grand, which is very suitable for this style of painting. He is also good at painting landscapes such as distant trees, broken bridges and streams, desolate autumn mountains, and villages and wild crossings. It can be said that Li Cheng's brushwork is highly praised. Essence.
"Xu Daoning imitated Li Cheng's work, and even many celebrities were able to hide it.
"Mi Fu wrote a true story in "History of Painting". The original words are: Baoyue collected four paintings by Li Cheng. On the road, a talented man rode a horse, followed by a boy. He was as handsome as Wang Wei's painting Meng Haoran, but the characters in the finished paintings were just like this. , he painted ugly people, gambling in the countryside like actors, all Xu Daoning, specializing in contemporary paintings.
"This probably means that Master Baoyue has collected four paintings by the master of landscape painting Li Cheng, but only one painting of a scholar riding a horse is good and may be the original. The other three are imitations of the painter Xu Daoning at that time, that is, fakes.< /p>
"Although Mi Fu disparaged Xu Daoning's imitations, he was actually able to hide it from many famous artists. After all, Mi Fu's calligraphy and painting appraisal skills were unique in the Northern Song Dynasty, and no one could compare with him.
"There is also an interesting little story here. It is said that Xu Daoning, a famous landscape painter, was not originally a painter, but a doctor.
"An unknown doctor.
"Because of his bold personality and heavy drinking, he was nicknamed: 'Drunk Xu'.
"Xu Daoning was originally from Chang'an, but later came to Bianliang, the capital, to make a living. Rice was expensive in the capital, and his life was not very good, because doctoring is a profession that requires fame. Without fame, no one will hire him, and naturally there will be no good income.
"But he is very business-savvy and has started an advertising and promotion model. Whenever someone buys his medicine, he will receive a free painting.
"Although Xu Daoning did not have a professional background, he has a very high talent for painting. Whatever he paints looks like something, so he thought about it, who should he paint? He might as well paint a big one, specifically imitating Li Cheng's painting style. Gain fans yourself.
"It is difficult to attract attention when painting at home, so he thought of a way to paint on-site in a bustling downtown.
"The paintings were all about the autumn mountains and cold forests, villages and wild walks, mist and mist, broken bridges and flowing springs, etc. which were popular in Li Cheng's painting style at the time. Because of his painting skills, no one bought the medicine in the end, but everyone came to ask for it. Painting.
"And all the painters praised his painting skills. From then on, Xu Daoning became famous in one fell swoop.
"After Xu Daoning became famous, Huang Tingjian, Guo Ruoxu and others all highly praised his works.
"Huang Tingjian, one of the four great masters of the Northern Song Dynasty, wrote on the landscape painting of Xu Daoning, the prime minister of Wang Daoji Temple:
"When I was drunk, I promised to be in Chang'an, and I was grinding pine smoke with a big inkstone in Manxi River;
"Suddenly, the silk is turned over and the inkstone is turned into water. It has been a long time since I started writing.
"Because there were very few signatures on calligraphy and paintings at that time, some people took Xu Daoning's paintings as authentic works of Li Cheng and sold them. Some people who didn't know the situation were actually fooled.
"In his middle and later years, Xu Daoning has integrated the essence of Li Cheng's landscape painting into his paintings, and has a unique and hearty, free and unrestrained personal style, eventually becoming a generation of landscape painting masters."
"Okay, that's very well said. As expected of Mr. Shen's only grandson, he can have such knowledge at such a young age. He insists on it.
"This painting, Lao Wu, Xiao Liu, and Xiao Dong all identified it as the original work of Xu Daoning. Now I add you, Xiao Shen, haha!"
After Mr. Feng finished speaking, he started to applaud softly. When he applauded, everyone on the stage stopped applauding. Xu Duofu, Fatty Li and others in the audience cheered continuously.
When the applause subsided, Mr. Feng said again: "Okay, we old guys don't waste everyone's time here by relying on our old skills. In total, this has delayed everyone for a full fifteen minutes. Many people present can talk about a few things.
It’s a business worth tens of millions, what a sin.”
After saying that, Mr. Feng turned to Shen Yu and smiled: "You guys, go down too. When you take pictures, if you don't have enough money, you can tell me."
After Shen Yu saluted several people one by one, he quickly got off the viewing platform. He dared to raise conditions with Mr. Feng. In fact, it was not because he was out of his mind, but because he knew Mr. Feng's temper well. The more polite you were to him, the more likely he would be.
He doesn't think highly of you, but you are not so polite to him, so he thinks this person is interesting and may be a talent.
This is also the temper of many big shots. People who usually compliment him are actually interested in someone who can talk to him normally. Moreover, Mr. Feng is Mr. Feng in front of others, and he is also like a student when facing Zhongzhonglou.
General advice.
Due to the two-way relationship, Shen Yu felt that the other party would not get angry because of his grandfather's face.
Passing by the VIP table, Xu Duofu, Zheng Congyuan, Fatty Li, and Lin Xifeng all gave him a thumbs up. Friends are like this. When he receives an honor, you will feel special when you are there to witness it.
"Hey, where is Qing'er?"
Returning to his seat, Shen Yu realized that Li Qing'er was not in her seat.
"Sister Qing thought it was too boring here, so she went to the third floor of the building to get a manicure under the guidance of the service staff." Pei Yuqin's beautiful eyes flashed with a strange look. When Shen Yu sat down, she looked towards Shen Yu's handsome face.
, take a look there, it’s like you can’t see enough.
"Tsk, tsk, Baoyuan's service is really unspeakable." Shen Yu opened the mineral water and took a sip. After talking about it just now, he was really thirsty.
"Sister Qin, why don't you go?"
Pei Yuqin rolled her eyes at Shen Yu and said in a tone full of reproach: "I was almost scared to death by you just now. You actually negotiated terms with Mr. Feng on the stage inexplicably. I was really worried about you at the time, afraid that you would never come back again. Unable to gain a foothold in the Jiangnan antique circle.
"If Mr. Feng loses his temper, I even want to call Mr. Qin to see if I can ask her to make peace with her."
Shen Yu smiled: "It's okay, it's just the temper of an old child. The more you tease him, the happier he will be, and in turn he will get angry.
"But I still have to thank you, really, Sister Qin. I didn't expect you to care about me so much."
Shen Yu looked at Pei Yuqin and said seriously.
A blush suddenly appeared on Pei Yuqin's stunningly beautiful face, "It's okay. If you call me sister, of course I will care about you."
"Cang!"
The two of them didn't say a few words when a clang suddenly came from the auction platform.
Zhang Zongbao banged the auction gavel hard, as if to vent his anger caused by the failed auction of the last piece of wood kiln remnant, "Everyone heard just now that this painting has been unanimously identified by many experts and seniors as an authentic work by the famous Northern Song Dynasty artist Xu Daoning. .
"Song paintings are authentic works by famous artists. I, Lao Zhang, will stop talking nonsense and start bidding now. The starting price is five million yuan. Each increase in price must not be less than one million yuan. As the saying goes, the highest bidder wins. ”
Zhang Zongbao was not disappointed this time. As soon as he finished speaking, a row of numbers, or a lot of money, appeared on the big screen.
"VIP No. 7, 8 million yuan."
"VIP No. 9, 10 million yuan."
"VIP No. 11, 11 million yuan."
"VIP No. 98, 12 million yuan."
"VIP No. 15, 13 million yuan."
"VIP No. 188, 14 million yuan."
"VIP No. 68, 16 million yuan."
……
In less than a minute, this authentic painting by Xu Daoning has soared from the base price of 5 million to 16 million.
