Zhou Zichen also wanted to go home to cook for Wang Zitao, but he didn't expect to be delayed by this matter.
After the meal, Wang Zitao consciously did exercises on the side, while Zhou Zichen picked up "Appreciation of Famous Calligraphy and Paintings" and lay on a somewhat shabby recliner to read leisurely.
"Dong dong dong..."
A crisp sound woke up Zhou Zichen who was immersed in the book.
Zhou Zichen picked up the mobile phone that had been used for three years and was stuck when running small games. There was a WeChat message on it. The message was from "Pretty girl, don't be a princess". First, there were a few bloody knives, followed by a sentence.
: "Are you done with your work? You promised to accompany me to see paintings in the afternoon."
Zhou Zichen hesitated for a moment and replied: "Do you really want me to help you read calligraphy and painting?"
Zhang Daqian's paintings are not cheap. As long as they are authentic, the cheap ones cost millions.
Zhou Zichen and the little girl just met today. Zhou Zichen originally thought that the little girl would not come to him after she regained consciousness. After all, it was indeed a bit hasty to find someone unfamiliar with her to palm her eyes.
The little girl replied: "Isn't it true that it can still be cooked? Look at the painting for me, and I'll treat you to dinner then!"
The little girl sent several more animated pictures of people kneeling and worshiping, with seven words on them: "Please, help me!"
Zhou Zichen laughed dumbly: "One meal is not enough!"
"Then what do you want?"
"Your attitude is insincere. Zhang Daqian's paintings are just one meal away?"
"If I buy an authentic work by Zhang Daqian, how about I give you a big red envelope?"
“Talking about money hurts feelings!”
It's not difficult to guess that the little girl's family must be very rich. She wants to buy Zhang Daqian's paintings all the time. How can she not have money? The red envelope given to her will probably not be small.
But what Zhou Zichen is worried about now is not how many red envelopes the little girl will give him, but whether he can appreciate the original work. There are books in the library for comparison. If there are no books for comparison, he doesn't know whether the eyes have special powers.
efficient.
After all, when you are doing things for others, you can't do anything casually.
If Zhou Zichen is absolutely sure, it doesn't matter much if he goes with him. It will only take some time anyway.
The little girl's message came quickly: "Then for the sake of our relationship, will you help me go and have a look?"
Zhou Zichen is actually a little moved in his heart. He just read part of "Appreciation of Famous Calligraphy and Paintings" and wants to go to the antique market to verify it.
I was just helping the little girl look at the paintings, but I was still a little hesitant. There were millions or even millions of calligraphy and paintings. If you look at them, millions would be wasted, and not a single one would be lost.
Seeing that Zhou Zichen didn't reply for a long time, the little girl sent another message: "Then what do you want? Just make a condition and I will try my best to agree to it. I really can't find anyone to show me the painting."
Zhou Zichen still had a good impression of the little girl. Although he was rich, he was not arrogant. He hesitated for a while and replied: "I can help you go and have a look, but I'm not sure either. You have to be prepared to come back empty-handed."
Prepare."
The little girl immediately made a happy and circling expression: "No problem, I've searched all over the ancient antique market, and there is not one that is definitely authentic. There is only one, and there are a few that everyone can't identify. Can you help me?"
I’ll just take a look at that one!”
"Where are you?"
"I'm already at the antique market!"
"Wait for me twenty minutes."
Fifteen minutes later, Zhou Zichen rode his motorcycle to the Yangmao Antique Market. As soon as he parked the car, he was patted on the back.
Looking back, I saw the little girl standing behind me: "It's harder to hire you than to hire those experts! Others are talking about money, but you still have to talk about feelings!"
Zhou Zichen smiled and said: "I'm afraid that I'll slap you in the eyes and make you suffer. Besides, feelings are more valuable than money!"
The little girl's face turned slightly red and she said coquettishly, "You are a bit glib."
Zhou Zichen was a little helpless: "You said so."
The little girl took two steps forward and took the lead: "Let's go! By the way, my name is Guan Xiaoxue."
"Zhou Zichen!" Zhou Zichen simply said his name.
Guan Xiaoxue didn't know why, but she felt her heart beating very fast. She said 'oh' and changed the subject: "Actually, I invited several experts from Songjiang Province to look at that painting, but they couldn't tell. You can't see it right."
It doesn’t matter if you come out, I’ll find another way.”
It seems that Guan Xiaoxue's mentality of inviting Zhou Zichen here is to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.
The two chatted casually and entered an antique shop called Shangguzhai.
Shangguzhai is not big, but the decoration is very ancient. When the waiter saw the two people entering the door, he wanted to come up to greet them, but a middle-aged man walked out of it and waved to the waiter, indicating that the waiter did not need to come up to greet them.
The middle-aged man said with a smile: "Ms. Guan, why don't you come and see that painting?"
Guan Xiaoxue nodded: "This is my friend Zhou Zichen. I'm a little unsure, so I asked him to come and hold the eyes."
The middle-aged man said understandingly: "Zhang Daqian's paintings are extremely valuable. It's always a good idea to get a good look at them. Please come in."
Under the guidance of the middle-aged man, the two entered the inner room.
There are more than a dozen display cabinets in the back room, including porcelain, jade, the Four Treasures of the Study, etc., and four paintings are hung on the wall.
The middle-aged man led the two of them to a painting: "Take your time and take a look!"
Zhou Zichen and Guan Xiaoxue both responded politely, and Zhou Zichen also began to look at the clothes painting carefully.
What I want to look at this time is a landscape painting. At first glance, it is completely an authentic work by Shi Tao.
Guan Xiaoxue has already invited several experts to come over. If she is still struggling, it means that those experts are not sure either. There must be something fishy about this painting.
Zhang Daqian is good at copying, and many experts have seen the paintings that Zhang Daqian copied.
The experts invited by Guan Xiaoxue were not sure. It was still difficult for Zhou Zichen to see some clues.
Zhou Zichen was looking at it intently, when several paintings suddenly appeared in his eyes, including those by Shi Tao and some by Zhang Daqian. They were all paintings that Zhou Zichen had seen at noon today.
Zhou Zichen was secretly happy in his heart. He didn't expect that his eyes could have such a magical effect. He quickly compared several paintings quietly.
With the help of my eyesight, I can really see the difference.
Shi Tao's painting skills are based on the masterpieces of famous painters of all ages and are innovative. He draws inspiration from landscapes and is good at spotting moss.
Zhang Daqian can be divided into three stages: in his youth, he was a handsome painter; in his middle age, he was a powerful painter; in his later years, he was good at splashing ink and was capable.
Most people tend to think that this painting is an authentic work by Shi Tao.
Even an expert can only see that the lines outlining the mountain are a little too elegant and slightly different from Shi Tao's painting. On the contrary, they are somewhat similar to Zhang Daqian's painting in the early years, but only somewhat, so it is difficult to make a definite judgment.
However, with the help of his mutated eyes, Zhou Zichen also saw a crucial point, that is, the dots in this painting are Zhang Daqian's style in several places, but Zhang Daqian used the overall layout and dots to cover it up again.
, it is difficult to see it with the naked eye.
Zhou Zichen concluded that this was Zhang Daqian's work in his youth.
"The painting I bought last time was also bought here!" Guan Xiaoxue suddenly whispered.
Zhou Zichen was stunned. Last time, the painting was only an authentic work by Shi Tao, but he insisted on selling it to Guan Xiaoxue as an authentic work by Zhang Daqian. This store was really shady, and it was sold for millions.
Zhou Zichen understood clearly and said to Guan Xiaoxue: "These words are the same as what you said last time. They are also Shi Tao's authentic words, not Zhang Daqian's."
After Zhou Zichen finished speaking, he winked at Guan Xiaoxue while Boss Qi wasn't paying attention.
Guan Xiaoxue immediately understood that Zhou Zichen was hinting to herself that the painting was real, and said this deliberately to lower the price and help herself recover the loss last time: "That's a shame, my grandfather only likes Zhang Daqian's paintings."
Guan Xiaoxue said to Boss Qi: "Boss Qi, let's go look elsewhere first."
What Guan Xiaoxue meant was that we don't want this painting anymore.
Boss Qi has been in this business for many years, and he has seen many double recitals between two people.
"Little brother, what I say is absolutely authentic. Zhang Daqian is good at copying, and there are few flaws. Look at the lines of this mountain, which do not match Shi Tao's painting skills. Instead, they look like Zhang Daqian's style when he was young."
Zhou Zichen shook his head slightly: "Boss Qi, you only saw part of it. If you look at the whole painting, you will find that the writing force of the whole painting is weak. This bit of moss, this tree, and the lines
Simple and light in effort, this is definitely Shi Tao's authentic work."
"On the contrary, you said it was painted by Zhang Daqian in his early years. Is it possible to find any traces of it? Zhang Daqian's painting skills in his early years were clear and handsome. Although the outline of the mountain is light, it is definitely not the style of Zhang Daqian's early years. And this painting must be Shi Tao's
Authentic."
"Boss Qi, if you want to sell this painting as an authentic work by Zhang Daqian, it will probably be difficult to sell it unless you run into someone who is being taken advantage of."
Ban didn't expect that Zhou Zichen could already see so many tricks after just watching for a few minutes, and he was so confident in what he said. It seemed that he was really a master.
And this painting is indeed as Zhou Zichen said, it is not easy to sell at all. The last painting was done after encountering Guan Xiaoxue, a big enemy.
It seems that Zhou Zichen and the two of them really don't want it anymore.
Zhou Zichen saw some changes in Boss Qi's eyes, smiled slightly and said, "If Boss Qi is willing to sell Shi Tao's original work, I would be willing to collect it."
Boss Qi was unwilling. If calculated based on Zhang Daqian's paintings, this painting should be worth two to three million. Based on Shi Tao's original paintings, the size of this painting is only about one million at most. There is a difference of two.
Around one million.
"Since you two are not interested, let's forget it." Seeing that Zhou Zichen still wanted to buy it, Boss Qi suddenly became discouraged and wanted to test whether Zhou Zichen was cheating.
When Guan Xiaoxue heard what Boss Qi said, she became a little anxious. If they came back again, Boss Qi would definitely open his mouth. Grandpa's birthday was coming soon, and she was bound to get this painting.
Seeing that Guan Xiaoxue looked a little anxious, Zhou Zichen quickly grabbed Guan Xiaoxue's little hand, gently pulled Guan Xiaoxue, and signaled Guan Xiaoxue to hold on steady and not to expose any flaws. At the same time, he said to Boss Qi: "Since Boss Qi doesn't want to take action,
, then we’ll leave first.”
After Zhou Zichen finished speaking, he pulled Guan Xiaoxue and walked out without looking back.
As soon as she left the store, before she had gone very far, Guan Xiaoxue asked strangely: "Didn't you imply to me that it was an authentic work? Why didn't you buy it?"
"Why spend so much money on something you can buy cheaply?" Zhou Zichen said with a confident smile.