Jianbao life

471 - Song Lei

Just as Song Lei fell into deep self-blame, Chu Chen finished the "High Picture of Lushan Mountain" meticulously, and then he turned his head and asked Song Lei, "Mr. Song, how much do you plan to sell this work for? "

When the people around heard what Chu Chen said, they couldn't help being stunned. Cao Hui asked incredulously, "Young Master Chu, are you really going to buy this painting?"
"Why, can't I buy this painting?" Chu Chen asked strangely.

"But, this..."

Chu Chen interrupted Cao Hui and said, "Mr. Cao, I think you have been in the calligraphy and painting business for a long time, haven't you heard what Lao Fang said?"

Cao Hui was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and then hurriedly went to check it out, and immediately blushed with shame, and then said with a wry smile: "It's really an old copy!"

As he said that, he kept blaming himself in his heart, why didn't he find out about this earlier, and made himself embarrassing in front of Chu Chen.

In fact, if it was someone else, then Cao Hui would not be so sloppy. In fact, he has seen the calligraphy and painting works brought by Song Lei countless times before. Under the circumstances, he no longer had any hope for what Song Lei brought.

Song Lei really didn't expect to encounter such a thing as Liu Yinhuaming, so he asked excitedly: "Young Master Chu, how much do you plan to charge for this work?"

"It's yours, and it's really inappropriate for me to ask you a price."

Speaking of this, Chu Chen saw the unconcealable excitement on Song Lei's face, so he poured cold water on him:
"However, Mr. Song, I have something to remind you. No matter how good this work is, it is just an imitation. The price must not be very high, and the author of the imitation should not be a famous artist, but the imitation is more refined. , superb painting skills are not enough.”

In the field of calligraphy and painting, there has always been the phenomenon of "imitation paintings". Not all of these works are worthless, and some fine works of imitation paintings also have considerable collection value.Among these paintings, in addition to the works of "famous masters imitating famous masters", there are also a large number of fine works of "fake daimyo" from old masters imitating famous masters.

The so-called "false daimyo" masterpieces generally come from the hands of painters in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.Although these imitation paintings are mainly used for profit, quite a few of them have superb painting skills, and are old and exquisitely mounted. These works also have certain collection value.

For example, in 2000, an auction launched three "fake daimyo" boutiques to participate in the auction, and all of them fetched good prices without exception.One is a silk hand scroll "Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix" in imitation of Zhao Lingrang from the Qing Dynasty, with a transaction price of 1.6 yuan; Zhao Yong's color silk hand scroll "The Immortals Offer a Longevity" was sold for 8 yuan.

The reason why the three imitation paintings fetched high prices is that the most important thing is their precision.After all, art has nothing to do with authenticity, as long as you paint well and wonderfully, there will always be people who will appreciate it and reflect the corresponding value.

Song Lei originally thought that he was going to get rich, but when he heard Chu Chen's words, his heart immediately cooled down. However, he was already broken, and after pondering for a while, he opened 20 Wan, this is an unbelievable price for everyone else at the scene.

Hearing this price, Cao Hui wanted to curse, Chu Chen waved his hands and said, "Mr. Song, this work of yours is not imitated by any famous artist. If it is the "High Picture of Lushan Mountain" imitated by Mr. Qi Baishi, let alone 20 200, even 20 million, I will buy it, but for your picture, if it is [-], I can only ask you to take it back."

Song Lei also had a thick skin, seeing Chu Chen put on a posture that he didn't want to talk anymore, he quickly smiled and said: "Young Master Chu, I was joking just now, for 2 yuan, this painting belongs to you! "

Chu Chen shook his head and said, "I can pay up to eight thousand!"

Song Lei pleaded: "Don't tell me, Young Master Chu, you are also a big shot, so please take pity on me, let me save more money, and I don't want more, what do you think of [-]?"

If it were someone else, it would be possible for Chu Chen to agree in ten thousand, but for a person like Song Lei, don't even think about it, he spread his hands and said: "Even if I have money, I can't spend it recklessly, right? If you really want to sell it, then I will offer up to twelve thousand, if you want to go higher, then please go ahead!"

Hearing what Chu Chen said, Song Lei turned his head and glanced at Cao Hui, but Cao Hui stood there with a serious face, unable to see any other signs, but this is normal, unless his brain is broken, Only then can he stand up and grab what Chu Chen likes.

If Chu Chen wasn't around, Cao Hui would have bought the painting, but let alone [-], he wouldn't even give [-].

Seeing this, although Song Lei really wanted to put away the painting and sell it to others, the experience during this period of time made him understand that the traders are very black-hearted, even if this painting is sold to others, it may not be given by Chu Chen The high price, the most important thing is that he is almost out of food, he really can't wait, and he doesn't want to experience the feeling that life is worse than death again.

Finally, in desperation, he pondered for a moment, then agreed.

After the transaction was completed, Song Lei carefully kept the money with him, then nodded and asked, "Young Master Chu, do you want to take a look at these paintings?"

Cao Hui said angrily when he heard the words: "I said, Lao Song, you have shown me these paintings three times. I don't want things that I don't want. Do you think Young Master Chu will want them?"

"Then you still didn't see it just now?" Song Lei muttered.

Hearing what he said, Cao Hui felt so angry. Isn't this why he didn't open the pot and lift the pot, and demolished him in front of Chu Chen?He was so angry that he wanted to go up and kick Song Lei a few times now.

Chu Chen probed with Baojue, then chuckled and said, "I still believe in Mr. Cao's eyesight, so I won't read these paintings!"

Of course, if there were really good things in these paintings, he would definitely not say that.

Hearing what Chu Chen said, Song Lei was a little disappointed, but today he sold a painting, which solved his urgent need, so he didn't try to persuade him any more.

Next, Cao Hui saw that it was time for dinner, so he quickly proposed to invite Chu Chen to dinner.Chu Chen originally wanted to go home for dinner, but thinking that Cao Hui had helped him after all, if he refused even to eat, it would be a bit of a waste of time, so he agreed. ...

After a fairly relaxing lunch at a restaurant near Liulichang, Chu Chen bid farewell to Cao Hui, but when he walked towards his car, he saw Song Lei approaching sneakily.

Chu Chen was not surprised by this, because when he and Cao Hui were walking towards the restaurant, he had already noticed that Song Lei was following them furtively.

Although he roughly guessed what Song Lei was thinking, Chu Chen didn't have a good impression of following things, so he asked blankly, "Mr. Song, I don't know what you are doing with us?"

Song Lei quickly nodded and bowed and said, "Young Master Chu, I think you are also a collector. I still have some collections at home. I wonder if you are interested."

Chu Chen replied: "I am interested, but if you only have these things on your back, then I can only say sorry."

Song Lei waved his hands again and again: "Young Master Chu, don't worry, I still have two very good works in my house, which are no worse than the one you bought just now, and I also have a lot of porcelain in my house, maybe there is one you like?"

"Porcelain?" Chu Chen said with a half-smile, "I heard Mr. Cao said that you sell porcelain. I have no luck with that kind of porcelain!"

Song Lei smiled awkwardly and said, "Well, I admit that there are some fakes in it, but not all of them are. You can find out what it is, and the price is guaranteed to be cheap."

Chu Chen chuckled, and then asked, "Since you still have porcelain, why don't you sell it?"

Song Lei sneered, and didn't know how to answer. Could it be that others sent him away after seeing it?

Seeing this, Chu Chen thought to himself, and let Song Lei get into his car, and then went to Song Lei's home in the suburbs of Beijing according to Song Lei's guidance.

Song Lei now lives in an old one-bedroom apartment. Now his drug addiction is serious and he spends a lot of money. Not only has the original house been sold by him, but the money is almost spent.

Song Lei opened the anti-theft door of his house, and suddenly a pungent smell rushed towards Chu Chen, making him a little bit unable to step in.

Seeing this, Song Lei hurriedly opened all the windows, and then opened the dead fan in the living room. It took nearly 10 minutes of wind to blow away the smell.

Chu Chen shook his head, and didn't bother to talk nonsense when he walked into the room, so he asked Song Lei to take out the two paintings he was talking about.

Of these two paintings, one is the same as the one just now, imitating Qiu Ying's "Lin Ting Jia Interesting Picture" in the Qing Dynasty. There is that light and bright green color, which is somewhat similar to Qiu Ying's style, and it is also a good product.

What makes Chu Chen feel a little strange is that this painting is not only original and old, but also mounted with master-level craftsmanship. You must know that this is just an imitation painting, unless it was painted by a famous artist at that time, otherwise It's really not worth it.

But if it is really painted by a famous artist, then it is reasonable to say that he should leave his own promotion and seal. The key is that although the copy of this painting is not bad, it cannot be said to be very exciting. Looking at the whole work, Chu Chen feels that it can only be painted. It can be regarded as a painting by a painter, and it is unlikely to be the work of a famous artist.

But it is such a painting that uses master-level mounting techniques. Chu Chen couldn't help but feel strange, and it immediately made him think of a possibility. Could this work be another picture-in-picture?

Thinking of this, he quickly used Lingbao Eye on it.

(End of this chapter)