"Boss Qin, those people in Hong Kong and Macao are not just fools, they have practical knowledge."
Dou Jianjun, who originally felt dry in the steam room, heard Qin Feng's words, his breathing became more rapid, and his pupils suddenly dilated.
You should know that although Dou Jianjun has been in the smuggling business for more than ten years, the price of mainland antiques abroad was not high in the early years. It was rare for items to sell for more than hundreds of thousands, so the profit was relatively low.
Therefore, in the smuggling business, those who smuggle cultural relics often look down on those who smuggle cars and motorcycles, because they are engaged in technical work. However, in terms of profit, smuggling cultural relics is far worse than smuggling petroleum vehicles.
The market has improved in recent years, but the country has also cracked down on the smuggling of cultural relics. If someone from Hong Kong Island or abroad does not order expensive items, Dou Jianjun rarely makes a move, and only does three to five businesses a year.
In addition, antique dealers in Hong Kong and abroad keep prices relatively low. Although Dou Jianjun is famous in the smuggling business, it is hard to live up to his reputation. The money he has earned from smuggling cultural relics in recent years has increased.
It's less than five million.
However, after becoming famous in the world, Dou Jianjun made a lot of money from some of the businesses he invested in his hometown. For example, the sauna club they are in now can bring Dou Jianjun an income of hundreds of thousands every month.
But even so, Dou Jianjun's current net worth has not reached tens of millions. It is also very stressful for Dou Jianjun to support his 100th brother.
So when Qin Feng said that he could easily earn tens of millions a year, Dou Jianjun was immediately moved. Who the hell is willing to live with their head hanging on their belt if they can make money legitimately?
It's just that Dou Jianjun still doesn't trust Qin Feng, because some appraisers from Hong Kong, Macao and abroad have very good appraisal methods. It would be very difficult for Qin Feng to conduct large-scale counterfeit sales.
If the things Dou Jianjun takes out every time are fake, he will offend the customers and fear that no one in the overseas collection group will be willing to do business with him in the future.
Qin Feng could naturally see Dou Jianjun's scruples, and immediately said: "Boss Dou, in these businesses, you are just a middleman or a broker, and are not responsible for the authenticity of the objects. In this way, whether the transaction is successful or not, right
Your reputation on the road will not be affected..."
What Qin Feng valued was actually the identity that Dou Jianjun tried every means to conceal.
Because the high-imitation antiques made by Qin Feng must be sold through unconventional channels if they want to be sold as genuine. Otherwise, he could use modern artworks to declare them out of the country, but then the huge profits would be gone.
Dou Jianjun has been in this business for more than ten years. Not only does he have complete sales channels in Hong Kong, Macao and abroad, but more importantly, only the things smuggled out through him will be sent to the private collection rooms of those wealthy businessmen.
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"Boss Qin, that's not what you said."
Dou Jianjun thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "Everything must be the same. If all the items I took out were identified as fake, then Dou would no longer be able to work in this industry..."
Dou Jianjun also had far-reaching thoughts. Qin Feng's approach could certainly greatly reduce his risks.
But again, a fake is a fake. As long as it is a fake, there is a possibility that someone will spot it. Once or twice is fine, but if it happens too many times, it will destroy the foundation for Dou Jianjun’s survival.
"That's exactly what Boss Dou said."
Qin Feng thought for a moment and said: "Let's do this. If the things I give you are found to be fakes twice, then our cooperation will be over. What do you think?"
Qin Feng is still quite confident in his own methods of counterfeiting... This is also a craft.
Since the Han Dynasty imitated the jade wares of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, and passed them down from generation to generation during the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, from bronzes to ceramic calligraphy and paintings, there are very few utensils that have not been imitated. A trade has gradually formed, and I don’t know how many people rely on this to make a living.
Generally, artificial fakes are made according to the shape of the book using modern technology. This is an assembly line operation, and anyone with a little professional knowledge can recognize it at a glance.
As for those who are more advanced, they have certain artistic attainments. Not only are all their processes made by hand, they restore the shape of the objects they create, and they can also figure out a hint of flavor in terms of artistic conception.
Such items can be called high imitations. Although the high imitation antiques bought in some regular antique stores are far less expensive than the real ones, they are exquisitely made and usually cost more than 10,000 yuan. This shows how realistic the high imitation antiques are.
Already.
As for the real masters of counterfeiting, the things they produce can no longer be called high imitations, because the time and energy they spend in the process of imitation is not at all easier than when they made the originals.
The objects made from their hands are all carefully crafted and are at least 99% similar to the original ones. Even experienced appraisers have a hard time identifying the authenticity of the objects.
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And in terms of artistic attainments, the things produced by these people are no worse than the genuine products, or even better. These masters of forgery can be called master-level figures in their own right!
During the Republic of China, there was such a genius named Zhang Daqian. In his early years, he spent a lot of time and effort copying ancient masterpieces. In particular, his imitations of the works of Shi Tao and Bada Shanren were so lifelike that they were almost unreal.
In history, the paintings that many people copied were generally only able to copy their appearance, but failed to penetrate into their context. However, Zhang Daqian's pseudo-ancient paintings are so close that they resemble the real ones.
In order to test whether his pseudo-ancient works can be authentic, he asked Huang Binhong, Zhang Congyu, Luo Zhenyu, Wu Hufan and other famous connoisseurs as well as experts from famous museums around the world to appraise them, and left many interesting anecdotes.
The artistic value and status of Zhang Daqian's many forgeries in the history of Chinese art are even greater than those of authentic works by ancient famous artists.
Many museums around the world now have his forgeries in their collections, such as his "Three Hidden Visitors from Wuzhong" collected by the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, his "Landscape of Stone Tao" and "Landscape with Plum Blossoms" collected by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and his "Landscape with Plum Blossoms" in London.
The British Museum has his "Drawing of Giant Forests and Mountains" and so on.
Zhang Daqian was famous for his copying in his early years, but in fact, there are many people who surpass Zhang Daqian in copying, but they are just invisible behind the scenes and their reputation is not obvious.
However, many of today's famous works are actually the work of these people. Until now, they have not been identified and are regarded as authentic works and are included in some domestic and foreign collectors and museums.
Zaijiu once told Qin Feng that an ancient painting from the Song Dynasty now collected by the National Palace Museum in Taiwan was his work made in the past 30 years, and it is still regarded as an authentic painting.
Qin Feng himself learned a complete set of cultural relic restoration and forgery skills from Zai, and he also had some related knowledge in the inheritance of the Outer Eight Sects in his mind.
In addition, Qin Feng has now learned systematic pharmaceutical distribution and chemical applications in college. It can be said that if he wants to make something, there is no possibility of anyone seeing through it.
Seeing Qin Feng's confident look, Dou Jianjun was also infected by him. Anyway, if fakes appeared once or twice, he could explain it to him. If Qin Feng's road failed, if it was cut off in time, the impact on Dou Jianjun would also be great.
not very big.
"Okay, Boss Qin, I'll do this business, but I have a condition..." After thinking for a long time, Dou Jianjun finally nodded and agreed.
"Oh? What are the conditions? Boss Dou, please tell me."
They had been in the steam room for almost half an hour now. Qin Feng and Dou Jianjun were dripping with sweat, but neither of them said they wanted to go out.
"In all transactions, I have to take someone to see the goods first..." Dou Jianjun stared at Qin Feng and said, "Only when you can pass my test can you send things out."
Even if Dou Jianjun has never eaten pork, he has seen pigs running away. After so many years of smuggling cultural relics, Dou Jianjun himself is already an expert, and he also has a special appraiser under him.
However, compared to the top experts in China and those from Hong Kong, Macao and abroad, Dou Jianjun considers himself a little inferior, so if the objects Qin Feng takes out cannot pass his discernment, then there is no need to send them away.
"This is totally fine..."
Hearing Dou Jianjun's request, Qin Feng couldn't help but laugh and said: "Well, if Boss Dou has nothing to do these days, just come back to the capital with me this afternoon..."
"Going today?" Dou Jianjun was stunned for a moment after hearing this. You must know that Zhao Fengjian's funeral affairs have not been settled yet.
"Okay, I'll have someone book a flight soon."
However, compared to the future business transformation, Zhao Fengjian's funeral is obviously not that important. It only needs to be notified to Zhao Fengjian's family and then handed over to his subordinates.
"Okay, then let's make it a deal!" Qin Feng stretched out his right palm, and Dou Jianjun quickly reached out and gave Qin Feng a high-five.
After the matter was settled, Qin Feng said with a smile: "Let's go, Boss Dou. Let's go out and sleep for a while. It's been a lot of work today."
"No, Lao Zhao is really unlucky." Dou Jianjun sighed and looked at Qin Feng, with knowing smiles on their faces at the same time.
After the two of them went out, Li Yongqian and others who had been soaking in the pool had already gone to rest. Dou Jianjun asked someone to arrange a room for Qin Feng, but he made a phone call. He wanted to go to the capital for this trip.
I brought a few people there.
The flight took place at around four o'clock in the afternoon. Since it still took more than an hour to get from Jie to Shantou Airport, Qin Feng, Zhu Kai and others got up at around 11 o'clock. After lunch, it was almost noon.
As for Li Yongqian, he also received an invitation from Qin Feng and was going to visit Zhenyufang in the capital, so he rushed back to the village early in the morning, arranged the jadeites properly, and then rushed to the sauna club.
"Boss Dou, are you taking us to the airport?" After getting into the eight-passenger business car, Li Yongqian discovered that Dou Jianjun was also sitting in the car.