But today, if Qiao Meng wants to keep a low profile, others will not give him a chance. Everyone in the Bai family wants to hear more from him, and the remaining two paintings will definitely not escape.
"Xiao Meng, why don't you work harder and take a look at these two paintings?" Tian Tian said, knowing what his family members were thinking.
"It should be the junior who is showing off his shame."
As he spoke, Qiao Meng walked over to the scroll and gently picked it up, uncovered the protection wrapped on it, and then slowly unfolded the scroll. In the process, he had begun to digest a series of information given by the treasure appraisal ability.
This is the first time Qiao Meng has seen such a work. He is not familiar with it himself, and he does not know the author of the original painting. However, the evaluation given by the treasure appraisal ability is very high. Of course, this is an evaluation of the genuine product. Qiao Meng unfolded
This painting is just a fake, not worth much money at all and has no collection value.
If a special collection like a painting is not by the original artist, the price will definitely be reduced a lot, and if the person who copied it is not well-known, it will basically be considered a plagiarism. No one will recognize it at all, and it will only be regarded as garbage.
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There are many masterpieces in history that have been handed down, and many copies of them by later generations are now regarded as treasures. This is because the person who copied them has a good reputation and skills, and his status is even more extraordinary. In addition, the original works have long since disappeared.
Only then can imitation be achieved.
And the current painting is not a work that has been passed down for thousands of years, nor is it copied by a great writer. It is just made by a painter who is indeed very skilled.
The original artist of this painting is Zhang Daqian, a painter who lived from the early 1990s to the late 1990s. In fact, his original name was Zhang Quan and later he was called **, Daqian, and his nickname was Ji Ai.
"How about Xiao Meng, is there anything strange about this painting?" During the day, I saw Qiao Meng staring at the painting without saying anything or making any movements, thinking that he had discovered something, so I asked.
"Oh, I'm really sorry. I just discovered some clues, so I was a little confused." Qiao Meng said a little embarrassed. It was indeed the first time he came into contact with works of this type and era, so he was a little distracted.
"What about this painting?"
"It's a fake."
The people of the Bai family did not expect that the two newly bought antiques were fakes. This has never happened before. Generally, the treasure appraisers sent out are relatively experienced and skilled. It can be said that they are fake.
It is puzzling that a master with such a great reputation would make such a mistake.
If this treasure hadn't been for Qiao Meng to show off, it would have been stored away long ago and would never have been discovered to be a fake. From this point of view, perhaps this is not an accident, but more like someone deliberately bought it.
He came back with this fake product and pocketed the money he could use to buy the real thing.
Originally, if the Bai family found out on their own that it was not a huge amount of money, it would be fine. At least it would be okay to take a little more for helping the Bai family for so many years. But if it happened to be assessed by Qiao Meng, it would be a huge loss of face.
The face of the Bai family is the most important, so we must find out who went to find these two treasures. If we don't deal with this matter, it will appear that the Bai family is very disorganized.
"Call me the person who went shopping for these two items this time." Bai Tian ordered very displeasedly.
After a while, two middle-aged men were brought here. They still looked calm and didn't know what was going to happen, as if they were just going through the motions and looked very casual.
"Did you get these two things?"
"Yes, head of the family, we worked hard to get it back with a lot of money. Originally, they didn't plan to sell it to us. This is really not easy to say, but it is worth the hard work for the head of the family." One of them said.
After hearing the question during the day, I was very smart and flattered him, thinking that I would get a better reward.
"Okay, very good, you did very well." Bai Tian said with a smile on his face.
"Thank you very much for the compliment, Master. This is all part of my duty. From now on I will continue to do whatever I want without hesitation!" The other person who just didn't have time to flatter me immediately seized the opportunity to show his loyalty.
"Haha, is that right? Then just go ahead and take them down and do what they say." Tian Tian gave the stern instructions.
"No, Master, what have we done wrong? Why do you treat us like this?" The two asked in confusion, and they still haven't woken up until now.
"Why do you know it in your heart, take it down!" Bai Tian said angrily.
At this time, an elder came out and spoke, "Master, we can let these two people listen to Xiao Meng's appraisal explanation here first, so that they can understand it, so as to avoid spreading the news that our Bai family is indiscriminate."
"Well, it's also a good idea to bring the two of them over here and listen carefully to why you ended up like this." Bai Tian agreed with the elder's suggestion.
So the two of them were left again, looking closely at the antiques they brought back. They still felt very guilty, but when they saw that it was Qiao Meng who came for appraisal, they suddenly felt hope again. They thought that such a young man was not worthy at all.
You may have won them over, and as long as you catch some loophole later, you can find an excuse to hide it again.
And then Qiao Meng also knew what he should do, and began to say: "The reason why I think this painting is just a fake is because the original painting's dimensions are 82 centimeters in width and 165 centimeters in length. This painting is also very large.
Rigorous, but foolishly calculating the size of the painting into the mounting area.”
"Impossible, you kid is talking nonsense. How do you know what the original painting looks like? You must be making it up here to frame us."
"Young people want to use this method to step on our heads and go out. Master, we are wronged. Don't believe this kid's nonsense. He may have some ulterior motives when he comes to the Bai family.
Purpose!" One of them pointed at Qiao Meng very dissatisfied, eager to turn over as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.
"Oh? You actually think that the person I invited back has another agenda. Does that mean that I, the head of the family, also have a problem? Does my son also have a problem?" Bai Tian stared at the two of them.
"No, no, that's not what we meant. We just want to remind the owner to be more careful." The two explained anxiously.
"Do I need you to remind me to do something?" Bai Tian said angrily.
The two of them were immediately frightened. They lowered their heads and did not dare to say anything more. Their whole bodies were trembling, as they were worried about what they would face next.
In the Bai family, as long as a crime is discovered and punished, there is only one result. This result is death, but the process will be different. Yuan is extremely cruel. Besides, they have also seen some people who were quite happy with their misfortunes.
I didn't expect that it would be my turn now.
"You two asked me why I know the original painting. It's because I have seen the real thing. Does such a simple truth need any explanation?" Qiao Meng said casually.
"Also, in Zhang Daqian's paintings, especially the lotus flowers, his focus is not on the leaves at all, but on the lotus leaf stems. He believes that this is the most important, just like the pillars of a house, it must be able to support
The lotus leaves support the entire painting." Qiao Meng added.
"This painting is indeed different in this aspect. The overall look is that there is nothing important at all. It is bland and has no meaning at all. It's okay if you don't know this. After you know it, it feels too simple and not unique no matter how you look at it.
Rhythm." After listening to Qiao Meng's words during the day, he compared the content in the painting and said.
"Also, the most important flaw in this painting is that the color of the seal and the seal style are not from the same period at all. The original painting was from the Ming Dynasty, and the style is not consistent at all." Qiao Meng said.
"Oh, let me see if this is true." During the day, he took the scroll and examined it carefully. He found that it was exactly the same as what Qiao Meng said, and nodded in approval.
Then he directly rolled up the fake painting and threw it towards the two middle-aged treasure appraisers and said: "This is your treasure, isn't it? You are really courageous, and I think you should eat the sword."
"I said very casually during the day.
"No, no, Master, we were wrong. We won't dare to do it next time. Please spare us!"
"Yes, head of the family, we will do our best from now on, and we will never get a penny more!"
The two people's desire to survive is still very strong, but there is no practical meaning. Such people have lost their original value. Even if Qiao Meng is given the choice, he will not be lenient, but it is not so bloody.
Just violence.
"Okay, take them down. I don't want to see these two people. If anyone does something like this again that will embarrass the Bai family, they will be punished with the same crime!" Bai Tian snorted softly and said.
After the two were taken away, the rest of the Bai family acted as if nothing had happened. They looked indifferent and didn't say a word. No one wanted to ask for mercy or anything.
Of course, asking for mercy at this time is not a good thing, and one of them will be implicated, but these two people should be in the Bai family for a long time, so they don't have a single friend.
At least there must be some other accomplices, but at this juncture, he still chose to stay out of the matter. The ruthlessness in it made Qiao Meng feel a little sad.
"My people will never be able to develop into such a situation in the future. How can we develop if the top and bottom are not united? They all think about their own interests. Fortunately, it has not expanded too fast yet, otherwise we might have similar consequences.
The question is, how valuable are the people under my command?" Qiao Meng sighed in his heart as he looked at it.
He learned a lot of new things this night, and he also understood a lot of the current situation, and even broadened his horizons. It seems that the world of treasure appraisal is just a matter of buying and selling treasures.
Later, I felt that I needed to be organized into different groups, otherwise I would be outcompeted by others. Now I know that not only should I be divided into different groups, but I also need to implement a center-based mechanism, otherwise it will all be a mess and useless.