Jianbao life

Chapter 938 Qi Baofu's Collection
Chu Chen explained the process of removing the patina carefully, and said: "However, if you are going to clean the mercury mirror, you must think twice before cleaning it. The thinner patina can be cleaned with vinegar, and the large rust can be cleaned. It’s enough to just release’. Otherwise, it’s not so easy to destroy Mercury Ancient.”

Qi Baofu and Fang Jinbo nodded repeatedly to express their understanding.

Afterwards, Qi Baofu said with a smile: "Listening to what you say is better than studying for ten years, but I'm a big bastard, and I can't do things like detoxification if I can learn it."

"I don't think you can learn or do it."

At this time, Qi Baofu's wife came over with a bowl of fruit, she warmly greeted Chu Chen and Fang Jinbo to eat the fruit, then pointed to Qi Baofu and said, "Look at you, since you made this antique, you can't talk about it if you don't make money. , do you see how much money you lost?"

Qi Baofu smiled coyly and said, "Looking at antiques, you will always pay for the teaching fee at the beginning. If you don't believe me, you can ask Mr. Chu if that's the case?"

"Don't think I don't understand anything." Mrs. Qi snorted when she heard this, "It's normal for you to pay tuition fees, but let me ask you, after paying so much tuition fees, how much progress have you made? How much money did you make?"

"This..." Qi Baofu hesitated and couldn't speak after hearing this.

"How about it, I have nothing to say, I see you, you should do business honestly, don't play with antiques!"

Mrs. Qi sneered. Although Qi Baofu was able to make money, he spent a lot of unjust money on antiques, and the quality of life at home did not deteriorate, but he bought a bunch of fake goods for hundreds of dollars. It hurts to think about it. Of course she It won't give Qi Baofu a good look either.

"I'll show you what it means to pick up leaks!" Qi Baofu was a little unhappy when he heard this, so he stood up and walked to the room. After a while, he sat back in his original position holding a box.

He opened the box and said with a smile, "This is the material for two pieces of chicken blood stone that I bought for 3000 yuan, isn't it good?"

Before Chu Chen could observe carefully, Mrs. Qi frowned and said, "Old Qi, when did you buy this thing?"

Qi Baofu paused, and then said with a chuckle: "I bought it yesterday."

When Madam Qi heard the words, her face was full of anger, and she reprimanded: "Didn't you already buy three things this month, why are you still buying them?!"

After all, he was wronged, and Qi Baofu was a little lacking in confidence when he spoke, and said, "Ah! It's hard to see something good, so you can't miss it, right? Just buy one less item next month."

Mrs. Qi said angrily: "You didn't say that. As a result, the ones you bought are fakes. Next month, you will still do your own thing. You say you are still a man who spits every nail!"

Qi Baofu smiled awkwardly, and waved his hand: "Okay, okay! If I don't pay attention to what I say next month, you will be in charge of the family's money, right?"

Mrs. Qi took a deep breath: "Okay, this is what you said. Teacher Chu and Xiao Fang can both testify. If you go back on your word, I will ask them to judge for me."

Qi Baofu patted his chest: "Okay, I promise you about this, just rest assured."

Speaking of this, he smiled at Chu Chen and said, "Mr. Chu, what do you think of my two bloodstones?"

"Let me take a look first and then talk."

"OK……"

Next, Chu Chen carefully observed the two chapters one by one, and finally shook his head at Qi Baofu who was smiling.

Seeing this situation, Qi Baofu was immediately dumbfounded, and after a while, he said eagerly: "Mr. Chu, my two bloodstone chapter materials should be correct regardless of the pattern, color, and pattern. Why is there a problem?"

Fang Jinbo also felt a little tempted by this conclusion. He also read the two chapters just now. From his point of view, it should be quite natural, not like a fake. How could Chu Chen say it was a fake?

Mrs. Qi also looked at Chu Chen, wanting to hear Chu Chen's explanation. Although she was used to buying fakes from Qi Baofu, she didn't feel that the money was too much, and wanted to let the 3000 yuan be wasted.

Chu Chen said: "It's not bad that you said the texture is right, because this is 'real leather and fake bone'."

"Real leather and fake bone?" The three of them were a little surprised by this statement.

Chu Chen nodded and said: "Yes! To put it bluntly, it is the counterfeiter who made up his mind on the bloodstone. He cut the real bloodstone into thin slices with modern precision cutting machines, and then used modern high-strength chemical adhesives to seal them. Stick it on ordinary Chang fossils or other stones, but it must be a square cylinder with six sides bonded seamlessly, so that it can have the effect of being fake."

"In addition, the common Changhua stone with better permeability is cut into thin slices, and then the stone inside is painted with bright red pigment. The 'bloodstone' produced in this way is more beautiful and lower in cost. These two materials are indeed That's the first method."

In fact, this method of counterfeiting real leather and fake bones has been widely used now. Some ancient furniture, Ming style, Qing style, red sandalwood, huanghuali, and chicken wing wood, are pasted with a layer of real wood on the outside, and the inside is messy. Inexpensive wood.No matter how you look at it, it is red sandalwood, huanghuali chicken wing wood, and it is an old wood from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but in fact it is 'Li Gui'.

So now some antique dealers specialize in collecting some incomplete Ming and Qing furniture. After some operations, they can conjure up a few complete pieces of Ming and Qing furniture.

After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, everyone was quite surprised, Qi Baofu asked: "Then how do you know it is such a fake chicken blood stone?"

Chu Chen took a chicken blood stone and explained: "If it is a natural chicken blood stone, then no matter which side it is, the lines should be a line that can be connected, but this kind of 'leather fake bone' is made of several pieces of chicken blood stone. If it rises, there will inevitably be places where the lines cannot be connected, this is its flaw, look here..."

Said it happened, Chu Chen pointed out a place on the chapter material, and everyone saw it, and it really happened.

"Hey!"

Qi Baofu sat back in his seat, and said with a wry smile: "Now that the technology is advanced, there are endless ways to make fakes. In the past, even if they came up with such tricks, they still had more than enough energy."

Chu Chen nodded and said: "That's true, let's take the current jadeite for example. Everyone should know that jadeite is valuable, and jadeite with good water head and beautiful color is even more valuable. The profit is high, and some people have turned their attention to jadeite counterfeiting. Above, even the latest technology is used.”

"Don't customers like the crystal clear jade? They use ultrasonic technology to put the jade in the water, and the ultrasonic generator is also placed in the water, using the vibration of the ultrasonic wave and the washing of the water molecules. It will not take a few days. Within a few kilowatt-hours of electricity, a large vat of jadeite carvings will be polished, so crystal clear that they can even be illuminated, even if it is a stubborn stone, it will shine like a gem."

"Also, don't customers like emerald green? They use the most advanced laser technology to punch in the color. You can print any color you want, and you can print as many colors as you want."

Hearing this, everyone seemed very surprised. Fang Jinbo asked in disbelief: "The laser can still have such an effect? ​​Can't the bloodstone be faked like this?"

Chu Chen replied: "That's true. Some people have used this method to make bloodstones. However, if the bloodstones and jadeite produced by this method are placed for a period of time, the color inside the jadeite will become less and less. will turn black."

"Think about it, some people are happy to spend a high price to buy back a piece of emerald green jade, or a top-quality chicken blood stone. It was originally intended to maintain and increase in value, but now it has become a stone. One can imagine their anger."

When Mrs. Qi heard the last word, she said with righteous indignation: "These people are too wicked, and they will be punished sooner or later!"

Qi Baofu curled his lips and said: "They don't care about retribution or not, as long as they can make money, they can think of any crooked ways, and the current social atmosphere is like this. Many people are not ashamed but proud. Based on our personal Is it impossible to control the ability?"

Everyone nodded.

Qi Baofu said with a chuckle: "Forget it, let's not talk about this disappointment, Mr. Chu, next, I will trouble you to show me my collection."

Mrs. Qi said: "What's so good about those things of yours, except for a few things, which one is not a fake?"

"What do you mean, what if something slips through the net?" Qi Baofu also knew that his things were not good things, but the probability was uncertain, what if some miracle happened?

Mrs. Qi sneered and said: "The fish that have slipped through the net, just because of your 'treasures' with a strange smell?"

Qi Baofu smiled mischievously, stood up and said, "Telling these things to you is talking about the piano."

Mrs. Qi sneered and said: "All right, all right, I don't have anything to say to you, you just need to remember what you said just now."

"Don't worry, I won't forget..."

Qi Baofu waved his hand, and brought Chu Chen and Fang Jinbo into his collection room.

After entering the room, Qi Baofu complained: "That one in my family is also real, she knows how to nagging all day long, and I am annoyed to death by her."

Chu Chen and Fang Jinbo looked at each other with a smile. To say that Qi Baofu is a good person, but he is too devoted to antiques, and to put it bluntly, he still has no self-knowledge. He knows that his talent in this area is relatively low, so he is still working hard. It's too dumb to put money into it.

However, it is not convenient for them to talk about this kind of thing for a while, so they can only find an opportunity to persuade them slowly, hoping that Qi Baofu can spend less money.

At this time, Qi Baofu said again: "Mr. Chu, I bought the things in this room over the years. Although most of them have been broken into fakes, I don't want to throw them away, so I keep them. , is also a work of art."

Chu Chen looked around, and found that with his eyesight, he could see that these were indeed false, and Qi Baofu said they were works of art, which was already flattering them, because there were quite a few things that were simply fabricated. Taste.

Although I haven't known Qi Baofu for a long time, Chu Chen felt that he was quite close to him, and Qi Baofu's personality was also good, so he told the truth: "Old Qi, the things here are really not good. In fact, the possibility of this happening in case is really not great.”

A look of disappointment flashed in Qi Baofu's eyes when he heard the words, but he had expected this, and said: "These are all on the bright side, and they are really not good things. I still have a few in the box, I will go bring here."

After finishing speaking, he ran to a camphor wood box placed in the corner to search for it.

At this time, Chu Chen said to Fang Jinbo: "Although the things here in Lao Qi are basically fakes, it is indeed a learning opportunity for you. If you can understand these fakes, you will be able to suffer less in the future. .”

After hearing this, Fang Jinbo nodded repeatedly and said, "Mr. Chu, I'll take a look now."

"Um……"

When Fang Jinbo was observing the fakes, Qi Baofu walked over with some gadgets.

Putting the things on the table, Qi Baofu took out a scroll and unfolded it, saying: "Mr. Chu, among these things, I like this calligraphy work by Liu Yong the most. They are all consistent with the real one, so I think it should be the real one.”

Hearing that it was Liu Yong's work, Fang Jinbo quickly put down his things and ran over.

Liu Yong must be familiar to everyone. He, together with Ji Yun and He Shen, was known as the three major halls of the Qianlong Dynasty. According to legend, he was extremely intelligent and upright as an official, and he was known as "Liu Luoguo" among the people.However, whether Liu Yong in history was really a hunchback, and whether he ever won the number one scholar, there is no conclusive historical evidence to test.

Liu Yong has profound attainments in calligraphy and is a famous calligraphy master in the Qing Dynasty. His calligraphy was started by Dong and Zhao, and then spread to Jin, Tang and Song Dynasties, especially Su Dongpo, Yan Zhenqing and Jin and Tang Xiaokai.The dots and strokes of his book are short and thick at the plump part, and firm at the fine and vigorous part, with a strong contrast.The cursive characters are restrained and simple, but never congested, dignified and stable, revealing elegance.The composition is light and heavy, and it is comfortable and graceful.

The overall style is reserved, restrained in spirit, like Taiji, dignified and peaceful, with the solemnity of a scholar and veteran, and the frivolity of arrogance and arrogance. It seems to be all-encompassing and unpredictable, and it is respectable.Because he liked to use thick ink, he was nicknamed "Prime Minister of Thick Ink".

The work in front of me is excerpted from "Fengyuetang Poetry Talk".The pattern on the wax paper is also very exquisite, especially the careful and exquisite writing.It does look like Liu Yong's style.

In addition, the seal and identification seal on the paper also look like authentic products.However, as soon as the work came into view, Chu Chen frowned slightly, because the work seemed to lack some spirituality.

So, Chu Chen took out a magnifying glass, and first read it word by word. Then, he checked the paper and other aspects.

"Old Qi, have you not authenticated this work before?" Chu Chen asked while putting away the magnifying glass.

Qi Baofu smiled wryly and said: "You also know my eyesight, and you dare not let others judge it. If it is true, then it's okay, in case it is false..."

Chu Chen shook his head: "Old Qi, what you're doing is completely deceiving your ears. The real one can't be fake, and the fake one can't be real. Even if you don't identify it, it should be so or so."

Qi Baofu chuckled and said, "I know this too, but no, I'll let you take a look."

Chu Chen smiled and said, "Okay, let me talk about paper first."

"It's over!"

Seeing that Chu Chen started talking about paper first, Qi Baofu's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that his calligraphy work was probably sentenced to death. He said with a sad face, "Say it."

Seeing Qi Baofu's expression, Chu Chen knew that he should have guessed the result. In fact, the reason why he started from the paper is that he hoped that Qi Baofu could gain some insight in this aspect, so don't take it easy.After all, we are friends, so we have to take care of them.

He said: "Generally speaking, the old color of ancient paper and silk should be intuitively natural, peaceful, and clean, with even colors on the front and back and clear texture. The surface is also not clean, the texture is not clear, and it is fuzzy. The old color of genuine paper is generally brown, yellowish brown and light gray."

"When you smell the genuine old paper silk, you can feel the smell of sunshine, smoke, etc. When you smell the newly made old-colored paper silk, you can feel the pungent smell of paint and glue..."

Chu Chen talked eloquently for five or six minutes, and explained to the two of them the method of identifying whether the paper for calligraphy and painting is old. Finally, he said: "Old Qi, do you think the paper for this calligraphy work of yours has been made?" old?"

Qi Baofu followed the several methods that Chu Chen said just now, learned and sold now, checked the paper, and then said dejectedly: "This paper should be made from old paper."

Chu Chen patted Qi Baofu on the shoulder, and said, "There is a way to gain wisdom by taking a fall. I hope you will not suffer from the same things in the future."

Qi Baofu cheered up a little, cupped his hands to Chu Chen and said, "Thank you, Teacher Chu."

Chu Chen waved his hand: "We are all friends, don't be so polite."

"Teacher Chu." At this moment, Fang Jinbo, who was standing beside him, called out.

"what's up?"

"That's right. I have seen Liu Yong's original work by an elder before. I feel that the calligraphy style of this calligraphy work and the artistic conception it expresses seem to be similar. What's going on?"

"That's right!" Hearing what Fang Jinbo said, Qi Baofu immediately realized that the reason why he thought this work was authentic was also because of the comparison with the original work in the museum. Now, due to the reason of the paper, it must be a piece of paper. It's a fake, but what about the style and artistic conception?

Chu Chen said with a smile: "Among the fake calligraphy methods, there are quite a few that can achieve this level, and there are two methods that can produce such an effect, one is 'revealing the second layer'..."

After speaking, he explained to the two of them what "Jie Er layer" is, and then said: "However, because of the paper, this work of yours, Lao Qi, is definitely not "Joi Er layer", so I think It should have used a 'slideshow drawing' method."

"Lantern drawing? Do you mean that this calligraphy was drawn?" Both Qi Baofu and Fang Jinbo felt a little unbelievable.

(End of this chapter)