"Along the River During the Qingming Festival" has re-entered the eyes of ordinary people because of Zhang Zhong's new book.
Many people are clamoring to go to the Forbidden City to see the original painting, but the problem is that "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" is not a regularly displayed cultural relic.
As a scroll that has been preserved for nearly a thousand years, in order to prevent it from being damaged, it is usually exhibited only every few years.
The last time "Along the River During Qingming Festival" was exhibited in 2020, the year before last.
I don’t know when the next exhibition will be. A conservative estimate is that it will take at least three years, maybe even longer.
And even if it is exhibited, it may not be the full picture.
Since we can’t see the real thing, we can only take comfort in looking at the pictures online.
Some people saw business opportunities and made printed plates to sell, and many people bought them.
The most famous high imitation is a Qing Dynasty imitation.
This original copy of the painting has sold for millions.
This time, taking advantage of this trend, the collector put the painting up for auction, and it sold for more than 12 million yuan.
Although everyone knows that this painting is a forgery, this imitation is very popular among collectors because of its unique use of colors, skillful and meticulous brushwork, rigorous details, and high craftsmanship.
The collector who bought the painting for 12 million was a businessman himself. After buying the painting, he built an exhibition hall in Yanjing and placed the replica in the exhibition hall for people to appreciate.
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Of course, it is not free to enjoy. You need to pay a ten yuan ticket to enter the museum.
When this incident first came out, some people were still laughing at this person, saying that his idea was too idealistic.
Who would want to pay to see a fake.
There were also enthusiastic netizens who settled the accounts for this businessman.
The cost is 12 million yuan, and the tickets are 10 yuan. Even if labor costs and venue fees are not taken into account, 1.2 million people will be needed to recover the cost.
But no one expected that within a few days of opening this exhibition hall, the number of visitors would exceed 10,000 in a single day.
The boss is very blatantly riding on the popularity of Zhang's new book. In the exhibition hall, there are not only the high-quality imitations he took, but also many things related to the new book.
There is a long wall hanging with various partial photos, with the characters mentioned in the book circled on them and annotations underneath.
In this way, the exhibition hall has become the "Code of Along the River During Qingming Festival" exhibition hall.
Although everyone knows that this is a fake, it is a fake that has been affirmed by many people, otherwise no one would spend so much money to buy it. And after all, this is also a work of the Qing Dynasty, and it can be regarded as an ancient relic.
Anyway, it's better than looking at pictures online.
The most important thing is that the tickets are really not expensive.
Ten yuan is not enough for lunch.
If things continue like this, maybe the boss will be able to make back the money he spent on the paintings in a few years.
After making the money back, he got a painting for nothing.
Of course, some people criticize his approach, because the painting on display is also very rare. If it continues to be displayed like this, it will do great harm to the painting itself. This is not something that a person who loves painting can do.
The boss said that although the painting is rare, it is rarest to have people who appreciate it. Exhibiting the painting may be a wrong thing, but he is willing to bear the infamy just to let more people who like this painting see it with their own eyes.
He made himself great.
Although the boss's statement is a quibble, there is some truth to it.
If he puts the painting in his hand, wouldn't everyone be able to see it?
Many people go to see paintings while cursing, and they feel very conflicted anyway.
Many of the people who come to visit are foreigners. Some people have made rough statistics, and there are as many as hundreds of foreigners coming to visit every day, all coming from various countries.
At this time, a reporter was interviewing a foreigner at the entrance of the exhibition hall.
"Hello, I am a reporter from XX News, sir, where are you from?"
"Canada."
"What are you doing here today?"
"Of course I want to go in and watch "Along the River During the Qingming Festival"."
"Do you know that the painting "Along the River During Qingming Festival" in it is a fake?"
"Of course I know, otherwise why would I spend ten yuan and only have to queue for a while to get in."
"Since you know, why do you still want to go in and take a look?"
"Because I really can't see it. I heard that this is the best imitation. It's a cultural relic from the Qing Dynasty. Don't you think it's worth ten yuan? I read pz's new book and went to Yanjing to read it.
"Along the River During the Qingming Festival", but after I came here, I discovered that "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" cannot be seen every day. Someone told me that if I wanted to see it, I would have to wait at least another three years. Oh my god, I don't want to see it at all.
It may take that long. Many of my friends know that I came to see "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". I can't just go back without doing anything. Fortunately, I have this fake to see, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to do anything.
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"When you go back, will you tell your friends that what you saw was a fake?"
"Of course not. Instead, I will tell them that "Along the River During Qingming Festival" is very beautiful."
"Why?" The reporter was stunned.
"Not seeing the real thing makes me very sad, so I need friends to help me share the burden. Haven't you heard a saying? Sharing happiness doubles happiness, sharing pain halves pain? This is Bob Linton's golden saying
, By the way, I have watched all of "Bob's Life"." The Canadian who was interviewed smiled playfully and then walked into the exhibition hall.
In fact, many people, like this Canadian, were "cheated" here. They only knew that the painting was in the Yanjing Palace Museum, but they didn't know that it was not on display every day.
Not only foreigners, but also many locals didn't know about it. They came here excitedly after reading the encyclopedia.
After arriving, I discovered that there were no real artifacts at all.
Many people settle for the next best thing and come to see high imitation products.
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Zhang Chong did not expect that his book would "deceive" many people into going to Yanjing, nor did he know that he had brought a lot of business to a certain exhibition hall.
Chen Qing called to tell him that the results of this year's Youth Literature Award were out.
There was no surprise. The winning work was Zhao Re's "The Falling Leaves in Cold Autumn". In the end, the Youth Daily did not pull any big stunts.
"It's good. Zhao Re deserves this award. It's his turn. Does he know about this?"
"Youth Daily sent the news directly to my person, and I haven't told him yet."
Zhang Chong said with a smile, "I should criticize you now. You should tell me when you can't tell me when. You should inform him as soon as possible. Okay, I understand. Go and inform him quickly."
"Okay."
Not long after Chen Qing hung up the phone, Zhao Re called again.
Seeing the caller ID, Zhang Zhong guessed that Chen Qing had already told Zhao Re about the matter.