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    Seeing the triumphant expression of the nouveau riche boss, Zhao Qirui shook his head and said with a smile: "If this person doesn't know how to restrain himself after bringing this white jade tripod back, there will definitely be problems sooner or later. Ignore him, let's settle the account  Just settle the bill and go back." The four of them finished paying and were about to go back, but they happened to meet Yu Guangjie and others at the door.  Yu Guangjie raised the words in his hand and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhao, you must also like this painting. Do you want me to lend it to you for a few days?" Zhao Qirui shook his head and smiled: "That's not necessary.  Xiaoyu, you should read more books and learn more things when you have time, and don¡¯t be so stupid that you can¡¯t tell the difference between good and bad.¡± After saying that, he walked away with Chu Chen and others.  Yu Guangjie was stunned after hearing this. What does this mean?  Could this work be a fake?  It¡¯s not like that. The inscription, name and seal are obviously correct!  In fact, Zhao Qirui said this just to make a little mockery of Yu Guangjie's lack of knowledge and skills, but when Qian Changxing heard it, it reminded him of something, and his face turned pale.  When Yu Guangjie saw this situation, he knew something was wrong, and angrily shouted at Qian Changxing: "If something is wrong, I want you to look good!" In the car, Zhao Qirui couldn't restrain his curiosity, so he asked Chu Chen:  "Xiao Chu, what's going on with that painting?" Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "This painting should be a ghostwritten work by Shen Zhou. If you are interested, Brother Zhao, you can check out the work published by Cultural Relics Publishing House  Among the ancient calligraphy and painting pictures, there is a picture of "Mountain in the Rain" by Shen Zhou. The two can be said to be almost identical, and this situation is impossible for Shen Zhou. " "Some people may say that the picture is fake.  , this one is authentic, but a comparison shows that it is impossible. Let us use the promotion of celebrities as an example to prove the authenticity. I remember that Cao Shizhong, Dong Qichang and others promoted the work, and it was also  There are seals from the collections of celebrities. Based on these alone, there is no need to say more about the authenticity. " "What's more, judging from the brushwork, this painting should be made by Shen Zhou when he was in his seventies.  His brushwork has become quite mature, and his style has been finalized. At this time, his style can be described as a combination of hardness and softness, emphasizing "momentum" and meaning "quality". However, these aspects are not reflected in the work, so the painting  The other person is someone else." "In fact, there are records of Shen Zhou's ghostwriting in history. Shen Zhou was gentle and generous, and he never refused when others asked for paintings.  Therefore, the Youzhu Villa he built turned into a noisy hotel, with people seeking books and paintings constantly coming and going, and the desks and baskets were filled with papers and silk.  Some people who asked for paintings were not acquainted with Shen Zhou. They only took a silk scarf or other trivial gift, but they asked for several paintings in succession. Once the agreed time passed, they came to collect debts, which made Shen Zhou extremely annoyed.  He said helplessly: "As long as I am alive, this debt will never end; if I die, it will be over." In order to escape such harassment, Shen Zhou entered Gusu, but he did not dare to go to the bustling city, so he could only live in a remote temple to pray for help.  Get a brief moment of peace.  But later, such short-term peace was not available, because before he even boarded the boat and landed, those good people were already waiting for his arrival in front of the temple.  His friend Liu Bangyan once wrote a poem for him: "Send paper to the door and ask for a picture. There is nowhere to hide in the monk's building. Returning east to collect the debts from the south journey, I have to turn into a golden immortal with tens of billions of bodies." Wang Hao's "Ishida Epitaph"  "Inscriptions" said: "From the capital to as far as Fujian, Chu, and Sichuan, everyone bought his paintings as treasures, and the romantic writings illuminated them for a while, and they were also prosperous." In order to deal with the requests for paintings, Shen Zhou adopted dragging and ghostwriting  Two methods.  For people who were far away and sent letters to call for debts, he would not reply, but would just keep putting them off.  For those who came in person, he asked his students to write for him. Therefore, there are many fake paintings of Shen Zhou handed down from generation to generation.  Chu Chen smiled and said: "This work should be made by Shen Zhou's students or others. Then Shen Zhou promoted and sealed it. However, the artist's skill is still good. Of course, this may also be due to Shen Zhou's later polishing, so the painting is still  It has a certain value, but its value is not even 4 million, let alone 400,000." Zhao Qirui was a little stunned when he heard it. He had heard of ghostwriting before, but he had never encountered it, so he didn't have it.  He had cared about it, but he didn't expect that a famous person like Shen Zhou would actually have a ghostwriter, let alone other people?  Thinking of this, Zhao Qirui said angrily: "Isn't this fraud, and these painters are not afraid that their reputation will be damaged by doing this?" Chu Chen smiled and replied: "Actually, calligraphers and painters hire people to "ghostwrite"  The phenomenon has been around for a long time. For example, in ancient times Wu Daozi was "ghost-written" by Zhai Yan, Zhang Zang, etc., Dong Qichang was "ghost-written" by Shen Shichong, Zhao Zuo, etc. Tang Bohu and Wen Zhengming also did this, and in modern times, Zhang Daqian  , Qi Baishi also have their own ghostwriters."However, generally speaking, they have no choice but to hire ghostwriters. After all, a person's energy is limited, and when he is famous, there are too many people requesting the work, or he has special tasks, so he can only hire a ghostwriter.  And the ghostwriters are recognized by themselves, and their level is not too bad, so ordinary people can understand it." After hearing this, Zhao Qirui nodded and said: "This does make sense, but from us businessmen.  , I don¡¯t agree. It¡¯s like I ordered a batch of TV sets, and the parts inside are required to be original, but the only picture tubes he gave me are original. Do you think I will be satisfied? I think it¡¯s the reason for ghostwriting?  No matter how good it is, it still contains a certain degree of fraud. " Chu Chen smiled and replied: "I think we should talk about this separately. I think the ancient ghostwriters are excusable. After all, they didn't do it.  Only hire ghostwriters as a method, and generally they can withstand the test of morality. There is a bottom line. If the ghostwritten works can withstand the test of artistic level, then it is acceptable. " "However, if it is for commercial purposes.  I think the ghostwriting behavior is indeed an unhealthy trend. These painters often produce works in batches, and then after they have gained a certain reputation, they ask their disciples to ghostwrite them. The commercial paintings produced in batches are mixed with many ghostwritten works.  It is very hidden, and at the same time it reduces its artistic quality.¡± Zhao Qirui shook his head. He still could not accept this kind of ghostwriting behavior. Moreover, he could also authenticate calligraphy works, but as far as paintings were concerned, he could not accept it.  I can only get a rough idea, so I feel a little disgusted with this kind of ghostwriting behavior.  ¡°I think it¡¯s better for me to have less involvement in Chinese works in the future, otherwise I might buy a ghostwritten work one day.¡± Zhao Qirui said with a sigh.  Chu Chen smiled and said nothing more. Although he could understand the ghostwriting of the ancients, he believed in his heart that this actually encouraged the trend of fraud.  It can be said that the painters in ancient times were better at restraining their moral character and integrity in terms of interests.  But in modern times, some painters often hire ghostwriters out of financial needs to fulfill other people's bulk orders. This has no moral character at all, and it is also a harm to the spread and development of calligraphy and painting culture.  After discussing the ghostwriting thing for a while, Zhao Qirui suddenly became happy after thinking about it. He didn¡¯t know what Yu Guangjie¡¯s expression would be like when he knew that this was a ghostwritten work, especially if Yu Guangjie got an extra five hundred thousand, which made Yu Guangjie feel happy.  He felt secretly happy, as he had avenged the attack in the afternoon.  "By the way, Xiao Chu, is there something strange about the pen holder you took just now? Could it be that you missed it again?" Zhao Qirui suddenly thought of the bamboo carving pen holder Chu Chen bought, and suddenly became curious.  "I do have some problems with this thing, but I'm not sure whether it will be picked up or not." Chu Chen has carefully studied this pen holder before, and indeed found a problem, but is it what he thought?  In that case, we have to confirm it before we know.  "Oh, Xiao Chu, tell me quickly, what's going on?" Chu Chen handed the pen holder to Zhao Qirui, smiled and said, "Brother Zhao, you will know the depth inside with your fingers." Zhao Qirui was curious.  He took the pen holder and pressed his fingers into the pen holder. Unexpectedly, he reached the end of the pen holder not long after he put his finger in. Then he took his finger out and traced the outside of the pen holder, and found that it only reached half of the pen holder.  "Xiao Chu, are you saying there might be something in here?" Zhao Qirui returned the pen holder to Chu Chen with some surprise.  Chu Chen weighed the pen holder and said with a smile: "I really think so. If there is nothing in it, this does not conform to the style of the pen holder at all. And if there is nothing in it, don't you think it is a little heavier?  ?¡± Chu Chen turned the pen holder over and found nothing unusual at the bottom. It was just covered with a wooden base.  "Brother Zhao, do you have a knife here?" "Yes." Ah Chao opened a box in front of him, took out a fruit knife from it, and handed it to him.  Chu Chen used a knife to scrape the joint between the base and the pen holder, but he scraped out a layer of something like wax. This should have a role in bonding and sealing.  Gradually, the knife scraped deeper and deeper, and finally the entire base began to loosen.  Seeing that the scraping was almost done, Chu Chen used a little force to take off the base. When he looked inside, he looked a little strange.  "What's inside?" Zhao Qirui asked strangely when he saw this.  Chu Chen poured out the contents, but it turned out to be something that looked like a circle.??The same thing.  The height difference of this box is about seven or eight centimeters, which is exactly half the height of the pen holder. The box looks black and I don't know what it is made of. It feels a little smooth, but it doesn't look like jade. Chu Chen thinks it should be  A metal product that has been coated with something else.
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