Chapter 345 There is something else in the painting
"Haha, just now Xiaoliu called me in the backyard and said that you wanted to buy calligraphy and painting. I guessed it was the "Six Apes" painted by Ming Dynasty people. As expected, I guessed it right!"
Perhaps because he was afraid that Shen Yu wouldn't hear it, Zheng Congyun came to Shen Yu and repeated what he had just said, with a bit of pride on his face.
At this time, Zheng Congyun had changed into a set of more comfortable training clothes. He looked like an old man who had just returned home after practicing Tai Chi in the park. He did not have the air of a so-called antique shop boss at all.
"You really know things like a god."
Shen Yu flattered him at the right time.
Zheng Congyun immediately expressed his disagreement. He pretended to be angry and said: "Xiao Shen, please stop flattering the old man. I just called Congyuan. Guess what.
I only said four sentences, which are:
[Just now a young man with good conversation and good looks came into the store.]
【Follow me and you are friends.】
[This young man is very good at appraising antiques.]
[By the way, he runs an antique shop.]
My cousin didn't hesitate at all and immediately told you your appearance.
I have to say, Xiao Shen, it’s hard for you to hide this from the old man.
I was tossing and turning on the Arhat bed in the backyard room just now and thinking about it for a quarter of an hour, but I never thought that there is a young talent like you named Shen in Chuzhou.
It wasn’t until I was told the answer from a distance that I suddenly realized it.
I thought about it again, maybe it wouldn’t be surprising if Mr. Shen’s only grandson has such a vision!”
When someone addressed his grandfather with an honorific title, Shen Yu couldn't possibly lose his etiquette, so he bowed slightly to express his gratitude.
Perhaps because of taking a nap, Zheng Congyun's face was much less tired. He immediately pointed at the glass cover and said loudly: "This painting was sold by an old farmer in the countryside last month. He said it was passed down from his ancestors." Object.
"That person's dress, body movements, and appearance don't look like a farmer, more like a bucket-winner. If it weren't for the ancient paintings he was selling, I would have kicked him out.
"But later I realized that I had been rash. My ancestors were really prominent. They were a branch of the Li family in Chuzhou, and they even produced two Jinshi.
"I was really surprised when I opened the painting. The person who painted this painting paid close attention to the subtleties and used the brush skillfully. In my opinion, he has achieved 60% of the charm of Yi Yuanji, so I paid 150,000 for it and now it is sold for 1.5 million. ,Xiao Shen, do you think it’s too cheap?”
Shen Yu smiled and said nothing. He didn't know what Zheng Congyun meant by saying this. Since he didn't know what it meant, he shouldn't answer it yet.
But one thing Shen Yu is sure of is that after Mr. Zheng knows that he is an insider, Shen Yu's difficulty in picking up leaks in Wanbao Tower will increase exponentially.
This is also human nature. If someone in the industry goes to Shen Yu's store to buy antiques, Shen Yu will be very curious about what the other person wants to buy and whether he wants to find something missing in his own store.
Pei Yu'an, on the other hand, took a breath of cold air.
Okay, an antique sold for 150,000 yuan sold for 1.5 million yuan in a blink of an eye. It has doubled ten times and it is still cheap?
Isn’t Wanbao Tower too dark?
Opening an antique store is not just about making money, it’s more money than robbing money!
At this moment, Pei Yu'an even wanted to learn the skills of antique appraisal from Shen Yu.
He is very short of money now. His father won't give it, and his sister won't give it either. Only his mother secretly gives him a little pocket money, but it's not a lot, Yueyueguang.
The money to buy the car was actually earned by himself. Now Pei Yu'an has to make careful calculations when buying clothes that cost more than a thousand yuan. The last time he went to a high-end restaurant with his girlfriend, he didn't bring enough money and it was his girlfriend who paid for it.< /p>
Although almost two months have passed, Pei Yu'an still can't forget the contemptuous look the waiter gave him when he saw him eating soft food.
Embarrassing, so embarrassing!
In addition, everyone in the circle of friends knows that he will definitely be rich in the future. They usually only make fun of him and make fun of him, but they will not really say that they despise him.
Because anyone with any brains knows that the heir to the Pei family's tens of billions of assets, besides Pei Yuqin, is him, Pei Yu'an, and it is impossible to give it to outsiders.
But one thing, who wants to have no money to spend?
Who doesn’t want to be rich and can buy whatever they want.
Pei Yu'an kept thinking about how to make more money, while Shen Yu was observing Zheng Congyun's every move.
It's a pity that Shen Yu didn't see any body movements or subtle expressions from Zheng Congyun that would be helpful for him to take the initiative next.
"Xiao Shen, when I say this painting is worth 1.5 million, I'm not just lying. In addition to the painting itself, you can also take a look at the material of the sky and earth poles in this painting."
The painting was quickly removed from the glass cover by the store clerk.
The material of the heaven and earth poles in this painting is wood. Shen Yu first removed the shaft head of the earth poles to reveal part of the true appearance of the earth poles.
It stands to reason that when mounting calligraphy and painting, the length of the heaven and earth rods should be equal to the width of the calligraphy and painting.
But Shen Yu discovered the difference early on after taking out the "Six Apes" from the glass cover of the painting niche. That is, the ground pole of this painting is obviously longer than the painting paper.
This painting is about 70 centimeters wide, but the ground pole is a little longer than the painting on both sides. At first, Shen Yu thought it was because the shaft head was too long, but in fact it was not like this.
However, this also has advantages. Shen Yu can see part of the true appearance of the ground pole without having to dismantle it.
This is a reddish-brown log. Although it is only a small piece, it is rich in pulp, delicate and elegant, and it is not ordinary at first glance.
Under light touch, the texture is hard and the wood grain is clear.
With just one glance, Shen Yu was attracted.
This is old redwood!
There are two opinions on the so-called old redwood in the collecting community.
The first type specifically refers to red rosewood.
There are three, six or nine levels of people, and there are trees with pear branches and rosewood trees.
Huanghuali, red rosewood, and small-leaf rosewood were the "three major tribute trees" in the palace in ancient times.
There is also a saying that it is mahogany made of old materials, which includes many, such as huanghuali, rosewood, iron wood, rosewood, chicken wing wood, ebony, etc. As long as it is old materials, it can be called old mahogany.
Redwood is actually a general term. It did not refer to a specific tree species at first. After the Ming Dynasty, for some reason, the precious red hardwoods were collectively referred to as "redwood".
Shen Yu stooped down and smelled the wood gently, and for a moment a faint woody fragrance poured into his nose.
Shen Yu looked at Zheng Congyun in surprise and confirmed: "Mr. Zheng, this is the old sea butter pear ingredient? If I guessed correctly, it was the kind that was 500 years old."
The full name of Haihuang is Hainan Huanghuali. It is an extremely valuable wood. Ming and Qing furniture made of it, to be precise, old furniture made from wild Huanghuali, easily costs hundreds or tens of millions. It’s not uncommon for complete sets to cost tens of millions.
This kind of wood matures very slowly, which is not to say that if you look at wild huanghuali in ten or even twenty years, or thirty years later, it will still be the same as before.
This is a misunderstanding, but it is not actually the case.
Huanghuali grows slowly, mainly because its heartwood grows very slowly.
Heartwood is the darker part of the center of the wood. This is the core of the wood. It is the hardest and will not rot easily.
Someone has studied that it takes at least two hundred years for a wild huanghuali to make furniture, and the most suitable age is one that is over 300 years old, among which the 500-year-old is the most expensive.
Just imagine, could this thing be cheap?
Zheng Congyun looked up to the sky and laughed, "Xiao Shen, please stop hiding your strength from the old man. I don't believe you haven't discovered that there is another reason for the heaven and earth poles in this painting before. Besides, you just picked up a pair of jade shaft heads. .
Liu Zhi, a famous official in the Northern Song Dynasty, wrote an ancient poem called "Yi Yuanji Paints the Ape":
"Everyone knows that things have a certain appearance, and it is difficult to confuse their reality with false representations.
"If you have to spend a lot of money to buy a relic, the authenticity will always be judged by those who know it."
From this poem, we can see the ancients' admiration for Yi Yuanji.
It can also be seen that buying Yi Yuanji's paintings already required huge sums of money at that time, and the fakes were even so fake that it was difficult to tell the authenticity.
Xiao Shen, you are also a dealer in antiques. To be honest, if it weren't for the other world of the heaven and earth pole in this painting, I would never have given him 150,000.
Even if the "Six Apes" is a Ming Dynasty painting, the maximum I can give him is 50,000 yuan. Do you know why?"
