Chapter 93 Mingren Gathering
Zhou Xia absolutely believed in Xu Yaohui's ability. If he knew the authenticity and Huan was deceived by Li Weiguo's hands, then his antique business would have been no longer able to continue.
Now he looks at the fakes in the store, where they are all fake. This is also a way to make a living. In the future, he can tell the same quality at a glance without having to think about it.
After Xu Yaohui and Li Weiguo agreed to the business and transferred money from the bank, they greeted Zhou Xia and left the store together.
This time I went to Li Weiguo's store. Although I didn't buy anything, the stingy Li Weiguo of Wu Changshuo refused to pay it at a low price. Xu Yaohui felt quite satisfied overall.
After leaving, Xu Yaohui, who was relaxed, settled the score with Zhou Xia and said, "Just just now, this painting of Pan Tianshou was sold to Li Weiguo for 100,000 yuan. We will follow the previous agreement that each person is half. I will take advantage of you if I want to?"
Zhou Xia smiled and replied, "It's nothing, it's me who follows the trend, and taking advantage of Uncle Xu."
Xu Yaohui smiled and said, "Zhou Xia, it would be wrong for you to be humble at this time. If you hadn't been looking at that painting, we might have missed such a good opportunity. This song will be yours."
Zhou Xia was not polite to him, but the accounts still had to be settled clearly. He said, "Uncle Xu bought this painting for two thousand just now, and I have to reduce the cost, which is what I deserve."
Xu Yaohui said happily, "You don't have to worry about that little bit, okay, let's continue to the next company! The gains that can get today are much better than doing business in the past. This is the power of knowledge."
Seeing the two of them openly sharing the spoils, Su Xiaoru was also envious. It was difficult to make a fortune if she had to make a fortune by taking a net profit of nearly 100,000 yuan. In comparison, Zhou Xia's annual salary of one million was nothing. Moreover, she knew in her heart that private transactions like this did not have to pay taxes at all. If she wanted to go to the auction, the auction company would have to help with tax deductions. Therefore, many people in the industry prefer to trade in this way. They are safe and secret, not showing their wealth, and can evade taxes, so why not?
Xu Yaohui led him to move forward. He had really made a lot of appointments today, but he also knew very well, "These old foxes are all very cunning. Although they will not fool us with those too low-level license plates, judging from the situation of the two companies just now, the situation is not optimistic. Even experts will be fooled if they are not careful, let alone us who have just started. Wait more carefully, Zhou Xia, Xiaoru, please help me to keep it a close. I will treat you to a big meal in the evening. When the golden autumn hairy crabs are delicious, I have been coveting for a long time."
Su Xiaoru laughed and said yes. Although she is not qualified to participate in the sharing of spoils, she can still eat a delicacy, which is also her favorite thing.
Zhou Xia had no objection. He did not have particularly high requirements for what he had, but he heard that there were delicious foods that always made people happy.
Soon, several people entered a store that mainly operates works, and Xu Yaohui greeted the owner enthusiastically. Although before that, the two were just nodding acquaintances, it did not prevent them from making their friendship very hot, making them look like old friends for many years.
The owner of the shop was named Wang Mingzheng. He asked a few people to take a look in the shop first. Zhou Xia looked around and found that there were obviously more calligraphy works in his shop than calligraphy and painting works. From Wang Mingzheng's gentle and elegant appearance, and when they came in just now, when they saw him holding a pen, Zhou Xia guessed that Wang Mingzheng should be quite proficient in calligraphy.
This is a great challenge for Zhou Xia. He still knows a little about the various eras. However, it would be quite difficult to identify those calligraphy works that are not very famous, but on the market, the most are not famous masterpieces, and there are not so many good things that you can see. The most circulated are some calligraphy works that are not very famous in the past but have certain influence and value.
Especially, Zhou Xia felt very stressed when he wanted to pick up a bargain in such a shop owner who was proficient in calligraphy.
Xu Yaohui could also feel the pressure. He was the one with the most profound attainments in calligraphy among the three. Although he mainly focused on porcelain, under Xu Zhendong's guidance, he practiced calligraphy a lot. Although he could not be a famous master, he still had an appreciation.
It is precisely because of this experience that he has a very deep understanding of the calligraphy works circulating on the market. If he wants to practice calligraphy, he starts with copying. The copying process may last decades or even decades. For example, some talented calligraphers, many of the works of famous artists copied by them have also flowed into the market and are treated as genuine. It may be undoubtedly faked by copying, but in the market, they are not able to do so.
In short, you cannot take it lightly. Every work must be carefully verified.
Wang Mingzheng quickly took out a few works and enthusiastically greeted Xu Yaohui and others to come forward for appreciation. He said with a glamorous look, "These works are all carefully collected by me. Since you are willing to develop in this regard, I will contribute them. If you like something, just tell me directly, and we can discuss the price."
Xu Yaohui laughed and joked, "I thought you were going to give me a gift!"
Wang Mingzheng responded with a smile, "The small business cannot withstand such troubles. I hope Lao Xu can understand it."
Of course Xu Yaohui could understand that there was no free lunch in the world, so he could still understand this truth.
Zhou Xia and Su Xiaoru also discussed that they were just here to join in the fun and learn from each other. In terms of calligraphy works, they mainly look at Xu Yaohui.
What Wang Mingzheng took out this time, the so-called collection of fine products he mentioned was indeed works of some origin and are quite old.
The famous ones include Wen Zhengming and Zhu Zhishan. Needless to say, even ordinary people who do not understand calligraphy can know from the movie that these two people are from the Ming Dynasty. They are also called the so-called "Four Talents in Jiangnan" together with Tang Bohu and Zhou Wenbin. They are so young and rich, handsome, dressed and angry, and show mercy everywhere.
Of course, this is just a movie, which is too far from a few people in real history. Take Tang Bohu for example. He has many fates and is not that rich. He had a romantic and unrestrained time when he was young, but the good times did not last long. When he was poor, he had to make a living by selling paintings, and often failed to make ends meet.
Moreover, in history, there was no such figure as Zhou Quanbin. Xu Zhenqing, who was as famous as the other three, was one of the four talented men of the Wu family.
No matter what, just targeting this title is quite scary.
In addition, there are two calligraphy works, the authors are Zhang Ruitu and Xie Dong. Both of them are from the Ming Dynasty and are known as one of the four major calligraphers of the Ming Dynasty.
After Zhou Xia saw this, she couldn't help but want to complain, Wang Mingzheng, what are you doing?
Preparing for enlightenment of the great people in the Ming Dynasty
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Deep down, Zhou Xia did not feel that the works Wang Mingya brought out were all genuine. He was sure that there must be high imitations among them, and maybe they were copied by some later calligraphy masters.
Without further ado, he took the attitude of studying and appraising and went to Tiger Mountain.
Su Xiaoru found it very interesting. After seeing these works, her eyes suddenly became more stunning. This is the big scene she hopes to see! The small-scale fight is not very meaningful. The bigger the name, the more fulfilling it becomes. The works that have never heard of the author's names several times, even if they are genuine, they may not be able to distinguish them in front of her, and they cannot appreciate the beauty. That's so boring!
Of course, for her, the most familiar ones are the calligraphy characteristics of Zhu Yunming and Wen Zhengming. The other two four major calligraphers of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Ruitu and Xie Dong, were also very famous, but she was not familiar with them!
Therefore, Su Xiaoru paid special attention to the works of Wen Zhengming and Zhu Yunming Zhu Zhishan.
What made her a little disappointed was that Wen Zhengming's calligraphy work was not big, just the size of a fan. In the works of art, as a general rule, the larger the area, the higher the value of the same author. Otherwise, how is it called judging the price by a ruler? When talking about the market conditions of the works of a certain calligrapher and painter, everyone often says that the works of a certain painter have increased from tens of thousands of yuan per square foot to more than tens of thousands of yuan per square foot, etc.
Of course, in the true case, the factors considered are not only size, but also comprehensively considering the degree of sparseness of the work, whether it has historical document value, which period the author was from, what style and subject matter, and so on.
Just like this running script by Wen Zhengming, Su Xiaoru quickly estimated it in her heart. If it was a genuine product, the price should be less than 200,000 yuan. If it was a imitation, it would be a different matter.
From this she could see that these bosses of the Tang Dynasty were still very conservative and of very high-value works, and they would not be easily taken out.
Take Wen Zhengming's works as an example. If the same running script works are larger and more characters on them, the price can easily exceed one million. Wen Zhengming's works have been sold at a high price of more than 50 million, but that is a running script works of 16 or 31 pages, and are not of the same weight level as this small work at the moment.
It is said that those who are close to red are red, while those who are close to ink are black.
Su Xiaoru is now affected, but she has learned the characteristics of Zhou Xia and others in the appraisal. In this appraisal, she has also made a comment on the material of paper and ink. As for how well this running script is written and whether it matches Wen Zhengming's style, she will not consider it for the time being, so as not to be influenced by subjective impressions.
Whether it is the teacher or Zhou Xia, they have taught her that the most taboo thing is to do the appraisal with a strong subjective emotion.
Whenever an appraisal is done, there is only one result, the authentic product or not the authentic product, and there is no ambiguous conclusion, so it must be treated with an objective and fair attitude.
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