Zeng Shaoxiang quickly said with a smile on his face: "Qin Feng, don't be impulsive. I was delayed because of something, so I came late.
As your elder, I will naturally not break my promise. Since you have come to get this book on behalf of your mother, just wait a moment and I will get the book for you."
After saying that, Zeng Shaoxiang signaled Qin Feng to wait a moment, and he turned and left.
Now that Zeng Shaoxiang showed up, he was naturally no longer anxious. He waited patiently.
More than ten minutes later, Zeng Shaoxiang held an antique book in front of Qin Feng and said with a smile: "Qin Feng, take a look. If there are no problems, I will return it to its original owner."
Got it." After handing the book to Qin Feng, Zeng Shaoxiang kept his eyes fixed on Qin Feng, with an extremely nervous expression on his face.
Qin Feng took the book and read it carefully for about seven or eight minutes, then slowly raised his head, with a disdainful sneer on his face: "Uncle Zeng, this is the last time I call you, from now on.
After that, we became just like passers-by. So now, I want to ask you a question. If you give me a fake copy of the Tao Te Ching annotated by Master Hanshan from the Ming Dynasty, what do you want? Do you want to hide the truth? Or do you want to steal the truth?
?To be honest, don't you think it's a little too shameless for an old man in his sixties to play such a trick in front of a young man like me?
Who are you? You are a famous master of calligraphy and painting. You are shameless to do such a thing."
Zeng Shaoxiang's old face changed from red to blue. He was angry and ashamed, but speechless.
But Zeng Shaoxiang is an old fox after all, and has very rich experience in dealing with it. He immediately said with doubts in his eyes: "Oh, is the book wrong? No, I got it from my study. Come on, I'll read it again
look."
After saying that, he took the ancient book from Qin Feng's hand and pretended to read it. After reading for a while, Zeng Shaoxiang nodded and said: "I'm sorry, Qin Feng, I really picked up the wrong book. Usually this
The books are all placed on my desk. When the nanny was cleaning up the room, she put the real one somewhere else and the fake one on my desk."
Qin Feng said coldly: "Boss Zeng, I'm very curious. Since you usually read the real book, why did you prepare a fake one? Is it specially prepared to deal with me?"
Zeng Shaoxiang said quickly: "No, no, Qin Feng, you misunderstood. The reason why I prepared a fake copy was to prevent some thieves with ulterior motives. I had no choice but to do it because something was stolen from me some time ago.
So for such an important thing, I must focus on protecting it..."
Afterwards, Zeng Shaoxiang talked eloquently for more than ten minutes, but still did not mention the matter of handing the real book to Qin Feng.
After Qin Feng listened for a while, he understood what Zeng Shaoxiang meant. Regarding this kind of cultural hooligan, he said straightforwardly: "Boss Zeng, you don't have to tell me so much. I just want to ask you one question, do you want it?"
Return our things to me. If you want to, just say yes. If you don't want to, just say no. Don't judge others. It's a waste of everyone's time."
Seeing that he couldn't be fooled, Zeng Shaoxiang immediately showed a serious look on his face and said: "Qin Feng, it's not that I don't want to give you this book, but this book is of great importance and is of immeasurable value. With your current situation,
Identity and status are simply not enough to control this book, and may even bring death to you. You are Qin Ruijie's child, so I naturally have to be responsible for you.
If you really want to get this book back, let your mother do it. As long as she opens her mouth, I will never say anything."
After hearing this, Qin Feng couldn't help but his face darkened, and he thought to himself: "If my mother can come, why would I ask you for this book? The purpose of asking for this book is to save my mother."
Of course, in this case, Qin Feng could not tell Zeng Shaoxiang directly, but said coldly: "Boss Zeng, you don't have to play around with me. I can tell you clearly that my mother is traveling abroad now.
Now, she has to come over, but now I really need this book, so I hope you won’t play tricks on me. I believe you should know the relationship between our mother and son, my mother’s things and my things.
There is no difference."
Zeng Shaoxiang couldn't help but frown, and after pondering for a moment, he slowly said: "Qin Feng, the reason why I say this is not to be a hooligan, but because this book has extremely high historical research value and calligraphy research value.
, even the illustrations and paintings in the book have extremely high painting research value, which has extremely high reference value for us to study the history, calligraphy, and painting art of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, in order to ensure that the excellent things in our country do not become dusty, I ask you to keep this book with me. This is based on overall considerations."
Qin Feng sneered and said: "Boss, you don't have to put the overall situation on me. I can do whatever I want with my own things. Even if it is set on fire, it has nothing to do with you. What's more, why do you think that
What can only you research? What you can do, I can do."
Zeng Shaoxiang smiled, he had been waiting for Qin Feng's words.
Zeng Shaoxiang said in a deep voice: "Qin Feng, if you say that, I will have to test your level. Otherwise, Qin Feng, write a few words for me and let me see.
Can it reach a certain level?"
Qin Feng shook his head and said: "Boss Zeng, with all due respect, I despise your ink calligraphy art, closed-eye calligraphy art, especially ugly calligraphy art. I think it is not art at all, but hype and rubbish."
.So, there is no common language between us. And you are not qualified to evaluate my artistic level."
Zeng Shaoxiang smiled: "It seems that people of different minds do not agree with each other. Otherwise, Qin Feng, when you think your calligraphy and painting skills can surpass mine, you can come over to me at any time.
Challenge, as long as your level is higher than mine, I can give this book to you at any time."
Zeng Shaoxiang is very good at calculating. In his opinion, Qin Feng is so young that he may not be interested in calligraphy and painting at all. Even if he is interested, it is impossible to surpass Zeng Shao, who has been in this industry for more than 30 years.
Xiang.
Therefore, Zeng Shaoxiang believed that the condition he proposed was enough to stump Qin Feng.
But he didn't expect that Qin Feng said directly and lightly: "Zeng Shaoxiang, can you keep your words? I hope you won't break your promises like before?"
Zeng Shaoxiang said with a smile: "I speak calmly and mean what I say."
Qin Feng said: "Okay, in that case, we will challenge you tomorrow afternoon, because I can no longer believe what you say. Of course, in order to prevent us from cheating, I think we should hire some people in our entire north.
Scholars and experts come to serve as judges for the famous Big Bowl in the literary and art circles. The judges must be unanimously recognized by both of us. What do you think?"
Zeng Shaoxiang nodded: "That's for sure. Don't worry, I will definitely find some top expert judges to evaluate our painting and calligraphy skills. I wonder if you have heard of the famous art museum in Yanjing City
The curator, Zhang Entai, is very famous in the calligraphy, painting and collection circles of Yanjing City. And I heard that several big bowl collectors are also in Yanjing City recently. I plan to ask him to help.
Two top collectors will serve as judges,"
Qin Fengting When Zeng Shaoxiang mentioned Director Zhang Entai, he immediately remembered the Director Zhang who he met at the entrance of Xinyuan Hotel before and wanted to buy Huangfu Yun's four-character calligraphy work. He remembered that Director Zhang
The name written on the business card is Zhang Entai.
Qin Feng hesitated for a moment, frowned and said, "Wait a moment, I'll check his information first."
Zeng Shaoxiang's face immediately showed a confident smile and said: "Check it out."
Qin Feng immediately searched on his mobile phone. After searching for a while, Qin Feng said with a smile: "Okay, this Zhang Entai seems to be a celebrity in the collecting and art circles in Yanjing City. Let's take him. As for the judges he invited,
It must be confirmed on site by both of us, how about it?”
Zeng Shaoxiang nodded: "Okay, no problem. We will implement the judging arrangements tomorrow morning. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, we will hold the challenge directly in my art museum. How about it?"
Qin Feng nodded: "Okay, that's no problem. But how to determine the content of our game?"
Zeng Shaoxiang said: "Well, our competition is divided into three levels. The first competition is antique appraisal. The reason is that this book is an antique. If you want to take it, you must understand antique appraisal. You must understand this book.
It’s a test of your ability.”
Qin Feng frowned and said, "Isn't that good? Antique appraisal involves all aspects of knowledge. Doesn't this seem unfair?"
In fact, what Qin Feng meant was that it was unfair to Zeng Shaoxiang.
But Zeng Shaoxiang misunderstood, thinking that Qin Feng was saying that it was unfair to him, and immediately retorted: "There is nothing fair or unfair. The content of a super classic book like the Tao Te Ching
The value cannot be described in words. In addition, this book was personally annotated and supervised by Master Hanshan of the Ming Dynasty. Its cultural relic value is so high that it cannot be measured by economic value. Therefore, if you do not know how to appreciate antiques,
and protection, how can we ensure that this book can be preserved forever? Qin Feng, I don’t think there is anything fair or unfair in this regard, but we must set up such an evaluation, whether it is for you or me, both
is required."
Qin Feng frowned and said, "Then where did this antique come from?"
Zeng Shaoxiang said: "Of course he was brought here by the judges. Judge Zhang Entai, you have also learned about him. I believe you should know that Director Zhang is not only a calligrapher, but also a painter and a collector.
His collection is all-encompassing, wouldn't it be more fair and reasonable for him to bring an antique over for us to appreciate and compete?"
Qin Feng hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded helplessly and said: "Okay, since you said that, I have nothing to say, so what should we compare between the second and third items?"
Zeng Shaoxiang said: "This is too simple. The second item is compared to the art of calligraphy, and the third item is compared to the art of painting. To put it bluntly, experts are invited to give questions on the spot, and the two of us each create a calligraphy work according to the content of the questions given by the experts.
And paintings. How about it? Do you have any objections?"
Qin Feng sighed and said: "Boss Zeng, you are forcing yourself to do something difficult."
When Qin Feng said this, Fan Hongjian and Zhuge Qiang both snickered, but they all tried their best to hold it in.
Zeng Shaoxiang focused all his attention on Qin Feng, and naturally could not see other people's expressions. Seeing Qin Feng's dissatisfaction and unwillingness, he felt more and more comfortable, and immediately said: "Qin Feng, I have to
Let me tell you something carefully. There are some things that only virtuous people can follow. Otherwise, if people without virtue follow them, it will bring disaster. I hope you can understand my painstaking efforts."
Qin Feng nodded with a stern expression: "Okay, I understand. Then let the two of us share this sentence!"
After saying that, Qin Feng led everyone out of Zeng Shaoxiang's art museum.
Seeing Qin Feng and the others leaving, Zeng Shaoxiang showed a sinister smile on his lips: "Qin Feng, Qin Feng, why don't you be more tender when fighting an old fox like me?"
After saying that, Zeng Shaoxiang took out his mobile phone and dialed Zhang Entai, director of the curator Zhang. On the phone, there was another round of flattery, and then he proposed to Zhang Entai that he should come over to be a judge and invite two people to be judges.
After Zhang Entai listened, he pondered for a moment before agreeing.
After hanging up the phone, Zeng Shaoxiang waved his arms vigorously and said: "Okay, tomorrow's challenge is done, Qin Feng, you will lose! This book will belong to me from now on!"