Chapter 188
After Tu Weimin received the call, he was very puzzled.
He didn’t understand what Lin Xiao was based on to offer a daily rent of 200,000 yuan.
But Lin Xiao mentioned it twice, let him pay more attention to the news.
So he opened his phone and looked it up on the Internet.
You don’t need to search to see news about Christie’s auction.
After a while, he saw another piece of news.
“The real thing?”
His heart skipped a few beats, and he carefully read the news over and over again in disbelief.
This is Lin Xiao’s original words, he himself said in the live broadcast room, this is a genuine work, and is on the way to the appraisal.
He is different from most people, and others may think that the five experts will not change their words.
But his first reaction was that Lin Xiao had missed it!
This is the real thing!
He finally understood what Lin Xiao meant by this phone call to himself.
He is giving himself a reassurance.
Private museums require a lot of artifacts to sit.
But as he said to Lin Xiao when he came to the capital last time, if it is the true work of the “Orchid Pavilion Preface”, then this calligraphy alone can fully support a museum!
If this “Orchid Pavilion Preface” is a genuine work, then his museum is unique in the country.
This is one of the few treasures in history.
If it continues to operate in the later stage, there is a chance to make it into the Mona Lisa of the Dragon Kingdom!
It can even be made into a city’s calling card!
As long as Lin Xiao can prove that this is a genuine work, Tu Weimin will not hesitate to go to his museum to be the director at all, which is nothing to hesitate at all.
He immediately dialed Bao Shuwen’s phone: “Old Bao,!” ”
“Going again?”
“Very important thing!”
During the ride, he has been paying attention to Lin Xiao’s live broadcast room.
While arriving at the airport and checking in and waiting, he saw that the five experts had all arrived, and he saw Lin Xiao unfold the calligraphy.
He saw five experts begin to identify.
And then……
He heard the findings of five experts.
For this result, he was not surprised, but felt normal.
What does this mean?
It shows that these five experts and Lin Xiao are not joining forces.
They did not overturn their previous findings.
But Lin Xiao was so sure.
Therefore, he must have found evidence that the experts did not find.
……
In the live broadcast room, the online has exceeded 30 million at this moment.
Netizens listened to the identification results of the five experts and were surprised.
“Facsimile?”
“It’s amazing, I didn’t change my words.”
“Wrong experts.”
“Boss Lin won’t bother his eyes, right?”
“Ten billion to buy, not counting the eyes, 360 is worth this money even if it is a copy.”
In London, Christie’s executives breathed a sigh of relief and looked a little better.
Things didn’t seem to be the same as they thought.
Golf course.
Mr. Wang also rarely watched the live broadcast, he took a sip of iced tea, and suddenly smiled: “Is this young man trying to pick up leaks?” ”
What is done and not done, now it seems that this is not the case.
The assistant introduced: “This young man’s name is Lin Xiao, he is a professional in the antique circle to pick up leaks, his eyes are very poisonous, and he has missed a lot of treasures during this time. Just by picking up leaks, he has almost accumulated two or three billion worth of money. ”
“Oh? So powerful? ”
Mr. Wang was a little surprised, and the assistant continued to introduce, detailing some of Lin Xiao’s experience of picking up leaks.
After listening, Mr. Wang chuckled and said, “If you say so, he really sees some problems with this Orchid Pavilion Preface?” ”
At this time, he saw Lin Xiao pointing to the painting and asking the experts to see the seal.
He stopped asking and looked into the live broadcast room.
At this moment, his curiosity was also hooked.
He wondered what was wrong with this up-and-coming star in the antique world.
……
The reactions of everyone at the scene were mixed.
Ma Weidu breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that he was blindly worried.
President Yang also let out a gentle breath.
“Seal?”
Listening to Lin Xiao’s words, five experts followed his fingers to distinguish these seals.
There are many seals on calligraphy.
They looked at them one by one, and after reading them all, they still didn’t find a problem.
Teacher Zhang said, “Mr. Lin, is there anything wrong with this seal?” ”
Lin Xiao said, “Let me talk to a few teachers about the creation process of “Orchid Pavilion Prelude”…”
Teacher Zhang waved his hand: “There is no need to say, Mr. Lin, if you find any evidence, just say it, don’t sell it.” ”
Lin Xiao said with a smile: “Don’t worry, a few teachers should listen to me first, and when I finish speaking, maybe you will make new discoveries.” ”
After speaking, he did not wait for a few to speak, and said to himself: “During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Xizhi, who was the auditor of the internal history at that time, invited a total of 41 people, and this group of people included famous scholars and poetry calligraphers at that time, some traveled here, and some were specially invited. They gathered at the Lanting in Huiji San’in and held a gathering party. ”
“This kind of collection had a very high name at that time – Qu Yu Liushui.”
“But no matter how high the pressure is, it is actually a drinking order.”
“Whoever has his turn will have to write a poem, and if he can’t do it, he will be fined three glasses of wine.”
“There were 41 people who participated in the rally, wrote 37 poems, compiled a book of poems, and Wang Xizhi wrote the preface to the collection.”
“This preface is the famous “Preface to the Lanting Collection”.”
The five experts, everyone on the scene, listened patiently.
In the live broadcast room, many people learned the origin of “Lanting Preface” for the first time.
They only know that the “Orchid Pavilion Preface” is the first book in the world, but they have never known the creative background behind it.
When he said this, Lin Xiao paused for a few seconds, and suddenly asked: “Several teachers, may I ask, how did you identify this “Orchid Pavilion Preface” as a copy?” Excuse me, on what basis? ”
Teacher Zhang didn’t know what he wanted to say, but he still said patiently: “Word.” ”
The other four also said: “We have studied Wang Xizhi’s characters for decades, and whether it is the true work of Wang Xizhi can be known at a glance.” ”
Lin Xiao nodded and asked again: “Then what do you think of the calligraphy compared to Wang Xizhi’s real work?” ”
Teacher Zhang said, “Very good!” ”
“It can be said that this calligraphy almost perfectly inherits the essence of Wang’s calligraphy, and there is no trace of copying, which is very natural. If you look at the calligraphers who study Wang Xizhi’s true works, they may not be able to see it. ”
“Yes.”
“What about the ink on it?”
“What about the seal?”
Yang was silent, and shook his head for a while: “We only identified the silk book. ”
Lin Xiao smiled and believed that you were a ghost: “With the existing technology, it shouldn’t be difficult to extract ink and imprints to identify the age, right?” ”
Mr. Yang was still silent.
Lin Xiao said, “Since Christie’s has no identification, let me guess.” ”
He pointed to the words on it and said, “The characters should be from the Sui Dynasty, and these seals should be from the Tang Dynasty.” Mr. Yang, right? ”
President Yang’s eyes showed doubt and surprise, how did he know?
Indeed, Christie’s has dated all of these, exactly the same as Lin Xiao said.
The silk book is from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the characters are from the Sui Dynasty, and the seal is from the Tang Dynasty.
The other collection seals were found in various dynasties after the Tang Dynasty.
Christie’s did not publish this information, only the silk information.
After all, if other information is published, there is no way to continue to say that this is the real thing.
He also can’t say that when others ask, they just haven’t identified it.
After all, the silk is indeed from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and this cannot be fake.
“Mr. Lin, what exactly are you going to say?”
“If, according to what you said, the character is from the Sui Dynasty and the seal is from the Tang Dynasty, doesn’t this prove that this is a facsimile?”
The five experts became more and more puzzled in their hearts, they did not come to listen to Lin Xiao’s tirade.
Although very professional, what they want to hear is not this.
Lin Xiao said, “A few teachers are not curious, why do traces of three dynasties appear in one work?” (Read violent novels, go on Feilu Fiction Network!) )
Teacher Zhang said, “That’s not the point. ”
“No, that’s the point!”
Lin Xiao’s expression was serious and said, “The reason why I am sure that this is a genuine work is because this calligraphy has traces of three dynasties!” ”
“The silk book is from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, this Christie’s has identified, there is no doubt. The other two points, although my guess, are well-founded. ”
“And these bases are the important reasons why I judge it to be genuine!”
“Emperor Taizong of Tang summoned the defense four times to enter Beijing and inquire about the whereabouts of the Orchid Pavilion Preface, and the defense talent responded with the true work being dead. However, it is clear that Emperor Taizong of Tang must not give up on his true deeds. This is indeed the case, Emperor Taizong of Tang later sent Xiao Yi to deal with this matter, Xiao Yi pretended to be a commoner, contacted the debater, and after getting acquainted, he finally learned from the mouth of the debater that the real work still existed, so he deceived it away and offered it to Tang Taizong. ”
“Before I saw this ‘Orchid Pavilion Preface’, I would think that Xiao Yi deceived the real work (biae).”
“But after seeing it, I was sure of one thing.”
“That is, what Xiao Yi deceived away was a copy!”
“This one is the real work!”
Without waiting for the expert to ask, Lin Xiao continued: “I said, ancient carriages and horses were very slow, and if you want to gather 41 people from Tiannanhai North, you may only have that once in your life. ”
“But this ‘Orchid Pavilion Preface’ has the seals of the 41 people who participated in the Yaji at that time.”
“Guys, who do you think would privately engrave 41 seals and stamp them after copying the Orchid Pavilion Preface?”
“What’s more, this is the “Orchid Pavilion Preface” written by the Sui Dynasty, but the chapter was stamped by the Tang Dynasty.”
“Why cover it?”
Lin Xiao’s question, they were also curious, yes, a copy, why should it be sealed?
It’s completely unnecessary, and it’s a back-facing cap.
The five experts had not thought about this aspect at all before, and listening to Lin Xiao’s words at this moment, they all felt very unreasonable.
The fact that the seals of the 41 people who participated in the rally appeared on a facsimile itself is unreasonable.
Even if it is a copy of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, if you copy it, do you still go to the homes of the 41 people one by one and ask them to stamp them?
Is it necessary to do this?
Combined with the few things Lin Xiao said, the five experts vaguely grasped something, but it was just a little bit worse.
Teacher Zhang asked, “Why cover?” ”
Lin Xiao smiled and said, “It’s very simple, in order to deceive Xiao Yi, in order to deceive Tang Taizong, in order to protect the true deeds from being taken away!” ”
“This silk book is from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and if there is no accident, it should be a silk book handed down by the Wang family.”
“And the owner of the “Orchid Pavilion Preface”, several teachers should be no strangers.”
Lin Xiao pointed to one of the seals, and there were three words on the seal – Yongzen Master.
Teacher Zhang’s pupils shrank: “This is the true work of Zhiyong Zen Master?” ”
“Yes!”
“On the basis?”
“There are two points.” Lin Xiao said, “First, it’s the word. There are many calligraphy in the Wang family, except for the most famous two kings, Zhiyong Zen Master, who inherits the essence of Wang’s calligraphy. The “Orchid Pavilion Preface” that he copied is not a calligrapher, and there is no difference between it and Wang Xizhi’s authentic work. ”
“And his copy is also the most suitable for deceiving Emperor Taizong of Tang.”
“Second, it’s this seal.”
“The location of this seal is not the location of the collection seal, but the location of the money.”
Sure enough, several people looked at it again at this moment, and this Yongzen Master’s three-character seal was exactly where the money was dropped.
And below this seal is Wang Xizhi’s seal.
When they identified it before, they had a preconceived notion that they only regarded the seal of Yongzen Master as a collection seal.
But at this time, putting aside this concept and looking at it, the seal of the Yongzen master is the position that this work should have.
Wang Xizhi’s seal was added later.
Lin Xiao continued: “As I said, this copy was specially made by the defense talent in order to protect the true work from being taken away. ”
“Zen Master Zhiyong is the seventh grandson of Wang Xizhi, he himself loves calligraphy, and it is not surprising that he has a silk copy of the Wang family. And the Wang family silk book is extremely precious, and he usually does not write nonsense. It is only used when writing calligraphy such as the Orchid Pavilion Preface. ”
“This work is his real work.”
“And the eloquent is a disciple of Zhiyong Zen Master, and even such a supreme treasure as the Orchid Pavilion Preface is handed over to him, and the true works of Zhiyong Zen Master himself are naturally kept in the hands of Eloquent.”
“Emperor Taizong of Tang summoned the defense four times before entering Beijing and asked about the whereabouts of the Orchid Pavilion Preface, and the defense knew that Emperor Taizong of Tang would not give up. But if you want to preserve the real work, it is easier said than done, and sooner or later it will have to be handed in. ”
“If that’s the case, then it’s just another means.”
“It’s a clever approach.”
He took the main copy of Zen Master Zhiyong and engraved 41 seals on it. Also, there is a typo on one of the stamps. ”
He pointed to the seal of “Cao Li” who participated in the rally, and the salute on the seal was missing a stroke.
“In addition, it is the seal of Zen Master Zhiyong who is in this position.”
“These two points are difficult for ordinary people to detect, but for careful people.”
“In this way, this seemingly seamless “Orchid Pavilion Preface” has a fatal flaw, so that people can determine at a glance that this is a copy.”
“And such a copy, the debate has prepared two!”
“One of them is this one. The other one is truly seamless. There is no seal of Zen Master Zhiyong, no seal without strokes. ”
“If I am not mistaken, the defense first took out this copy for Xiao Yi to see, Xiao Yi pointed out the loopholes in the copy, and then the defense took out another perfect copy, and then Xiao Yi deceived it and presented it to Tang Taizong as a genuine work.”
Hearing this, everyone felt that Lin Xiao’s analysis was logically rigorous.
Although it is speculative analysis and speculation, based on the traces of the three dynasties on this copy, it is indeed impossible to find fault.
Take out two facsimiles and let Xiao Yi determine that one of the two facsimiles is the authentic work, no matter which one he picks, it is a copy.
But……
Teacher Zhang said, “But you also said that this is a copy.” ”
“Even if it is really as you said, the eloquent prepared two facsimiles that year, one with flaws and one perfect, Xiao Yi picked the other one back then, but the remaining one is still a copy.”
Moreover, if the eloquent can forge a perfect copy, why waste time forging two? Isn’t that redundant? ”
“These are just your speculations.”
“No, no, no.”
Lin Xiao shook his head: “This is not redundant. ”
“It’s actually very simple psychology.”
“Both are facsimiles, one of them is more like the real thing, even after Tang Taizong got it, he had doubts, and even sent someone to search Longjing Temple in private, but after searching, only the “Orchid Pavilion Preface” was obviously a copy. At this time, even if he had any doubts, he would firmly believe that what Xiao Yi offered was the real work! Moreover, it was the true work of Zen Master Zhiyong, and it was not easy to distinguish the true from the fake with the eyes of Emperor Taizong of Tang. ”
“In this way, this flawed copy has been successfully preserved.”
Teacher Zhang said, “But… Isn’t this still a copy? ”
“Yes, it’s a copy.” Lin Xiao nodded: “But, at the same time, it is a real work.” ”
“Given the situation in which he was at the time, how do you think he can best preserve the true work?”
“Quite simply, the most dangerous place is the safest place.”
He picked up the silk book, held the copy between his fingers, and said: “The real work is hidden in the copy!” “。