God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 1514
In fact, the name Wang Hui, like Zou Yigui, is not well-known among the people. Those with a better memory may know words such as "Four Kings in the Early Qing Dynasty" or "Four Kings Wu Yun", but if they are more specific, they may not know. Yes, only those in the art circle and antique circle understand the weight of this name.

As for Xu Jingxing, he is not only a master of traditional Chinese painting, but also an old oilman in the antique circle, so he was shocked when he heard this name, because he never thought that he would encounter Wang Hui's paintings here. .

His psychological activities are so strong, not only because Wang Hui is famous, powerful, and his works are valuable, but also because Wang Hui's paintings are relatively rare among the people.

Wang Hui is a relatively prolific painter with a large number of works in existence, but because of this, he has been targeted by major auction houses and collectors early on, and the scattered folks have been scraped early, and almost not many slip through the net fish.

So even though he knew that Wang Hui was famous, it was the first time he came across Wang Hui's paintings in real life. There was one in the old courtyard in the capital, but he missed it by accident a few times when he went there. see.

Now, this opportunity suddenly fell on his head, which made him not shocked.

However, he still observed carefully, compared with the relevant data of Wang Hui in his brain, and finally gave his own appraisal result-this painting is real, and it is a work of Wang Hui in his later years. Although Wang Hui has many perfunctory works in his later years, he also has fine works, and his works from his later years are very perfunctory, but as long as he draws with his heart, they are all rare works of the highest standard.

Although this painting is not a rare work, it is also very careful, and it can also be ranked first among Wang Hui's many works.

It's a pity that the size is a bit small, only less than three feet long, more than 80 centimeters long, and more than 30 centimeters wide.

But even so, it is quite rare.

The seals are also those commonly used by Wang Hui in the later period, such as "Shigu", "Shiguzi", "Wang Hui's Seal", "Gengyan Sanren was seventy-nine years old", "Picture History Self-Entertainment", "Qinghui Old Man", "Laiqing Pavilion" and so on. seven.

When it comes to seals, this Wang Hui is also a stamping maniac. He often has to stamp several stamps for a painting. Basically, he stamps all the places that can be stamped, and the stamping is very clever, so as not to damage the original painting. The picture and artistic conception, on the contrary, have a feeling of complementing each other.

But it is indeed a bit exaggerated to paint a picture with about ten personal seals. It has the taste of "putting your own seals so that you have no seals to stamp". I don't know if I realize that there will be another more in ten years The exaggerated stamping maniac was born, so he crazily used the seal to occupy the land.

Of course, these seals are all first-class good seals, with impeccable chopping and knife skills.

Among other things, the seven seals for Wang Hui's own use on this painting can be sold for a lot of money, and the painting itself, as well as the two seals of "Descendants of Tang Village" and "Yeshi Layman", are even more valuable. .

"Descendants of Tangcun" and "Yeshi Jushi" haven't verified their specific identities for the time being. We only know that this person is a collector who was active in the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods. Many famous paintings before Yongzheng and Qianlong have his seal. Financial resources, connections and vision should be They are all very good. Some people speculate that this collector may be a descendant of Liang Qingbiao, a great appraiser in the Kangxi period, because Liang Qingbiao is the surname of Tangcun, Zhending, Zhili. Of course, it is only speculation. It is not that there is no clearer evidence for the time being.

Anyway, there are such a pair of well-known connoisseurs and collectors, which can add a lot of value to this painting.

Not only that, this old Zhou also produced a full set of proof of procedures when he bought the painting. On December 11, 12, it was auctioned at Xiling Yinshe Autumn Auction, and the transaction price was 30 million.

Xu Jingxing made a special search and found that there was such a thing. Although there was no record of who the seller was on the website, other information was correct.

Lao Zhou said very sincerely: "Mr. Xu, this painting was photographed for 374 million yuan. I don't want to open my mouth too much. If you make up the whole thing, you can take 400 million yuan. Isn't it interesting?"

This price is indeed very interesting, the price of things in the early ten years has only increased by tens of thousands.

Of course, Lao Zhou is not at a disadvantage, because this painting will be sold at an auction house. It may be sold at a price of 500 million 600 million, but the income after paying taxes and fees is only 400 million. However, if the transaction price is only about 400 million, then even the capital will not be recovered. This is also the case.

So this can barely be regarded as a win-win choice, Xu Jingxing bought a high-quality old painting at a low price, and Lao Zhou realized the old painting in his hand at the fastest and most stable price.

But Xu Jingxing didn't nod directly, but pointed to other boxes: "Whose paintings are those?"

"They're all famous artists," Lao Zhou proudly opened a box, "This is still Wang Hui's, but I didn't buy it from an auction. It was used by an old friend who owed me money to pay off the debt. It's also a landscape painting. It's paid off." 120 million."

While talking, Lao Zhou opened all the boxes one by one, took out all the scrolls inside and introduced them one by one.

Needless to say, they are all celebrities.

Two horizontal scrolls of landscapes by Wang Hui, one vertical scroll of landscapes by Wang Shimin, one vertical scroll of large figures by Ding Guanpeng, a set of four screens for ladies by Fei Danxu, one horizontal scroll of landscapes by Jiao Bingzhen, and one landscape by Gong Xian On the horizontal axis, there is even a vertical axis of Shi Tao's landscape and a vertical axis of Qiu Ying's landscape.

You don’t need to look at the painting, just listening to the name can scare a large number of people, because these names are famous in the history of Chinese painting, and anyone who picks them up is a great person. Wang Hui is already a relatively common existence here. , Wang Shimin is Wang Hui's teacher, Ding Guanpeng is a top master in painting Buddhist and Taoist portraits, Fei Danxu's portraits of ladies are also outstanding, Jiao Bingzhen is not well-known but is indeed Tang Ruowang's disciple, very good at combining Chinese and Western painting methods, which was at that time It is also a trend-setting existence.

Gong Xian's attainments in painting are not as good as those of the previous ones, but he is a real talent. He can not only write poems, but also spent decades unswervingly collecting poems that were not included in books in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. Self-publishing after making selections is a huge contribution.

In addition, Gong Xian is also the prototype character of the protagonist of "Peach Blossom Fan", and he has written more than a dozen personal books. This is something that many painters can't match, and he is a very rare talent.

As for Shi Tao and Qiu Ying, let alone.

Shi Tao's weight is a level higher than those mentioned above.

Qiu Ying is the most representative painter of the Ming Dynasty. There are many works in existence, and most of them are of high quality. He is a true master of painting.

If these paintings are all real, then the total value should be more than [-] million yuan, and the two landscape vertical scrolls of Shitao and Qiu Ying with different styles add up to more than [-] million yuan.

but……

After reading all of them calmly, Xu Jingxing asked, "Boss Zhou, do we need to pack these paintings?"

"Yes, packing," Boss Zhou hurriedly explained: "I'm really in a hurry to use the money now, and it's too slow to send to the auction house, and it's also slow to release one or two pictures, so I want to find a capable expert to pack them all at once. Those who pay the bills are so annoying that they really don't have the energy to toss about this every day."

"Can't you be a little more flexible?"

"...Well, Mr. Xu, I'm really sorry, I'm really driven to a dead end," Lao Zhou embarrassedly rejected Xu Jingxing's proposal, which meant that he could only sell it as a package, not retail.

According to the modern consumer protection law, such buying and selling behavior is also a disguised form of forced buying and selling.

Of course, that is just a theory. In actual operation, such things are not uncommon, especially in private transactions in the antique circle. The things are in the hands of the seller and the money is in the hands of the buyer. The transaction is all a matter of your will, and there is no such thing as forced buying and selling, so although Lao Zhou said it a little embarrassed, his expression was very calm and his attitude was very clear-not for retail sale.

Xu Jingxing shook his head, roughly guessing Lao Zhou's purpose, but he still asked a bit unwillingly: "What's the price?"

"Wang Hui's 400 million and 180 million, Wang Shimin's 200 million, Ding Guanpeng's 50, Fei Danxu's four screens 160 million, Jiao Bingzhen's 100 million, Gong Xian's 80, Shi Tao's 800 million, Qiu Ying's one thousand 500 million," the old Zhou Bao reported the numbers one by one like the names of the dishes, and then added with great sincerity: "Mr. Xu, this price is already very generous. Apart from other things, the two paintings of Shi Tao and Qiu Ying are really going to be sent to the auction. In fact, I dare not say if there are too many, I will definitely sell them for 5000 million, if I am not in a hurry to spend money, to put it bluntly, you will not have a chance to see them..."

Xu Jingxing smiled, "Boss Zhou, these paintings are pretty good, but some of them are not my taste, so I just want to buy a few of them..."

Lao Zhou shook his head hastily: "That's no good, these paintings are a bit of a gimmick when put together, and it's almost impossible to sell them in a short time once they're taken apart."

"It seems that Boss Zhou is really in a hurry to spend money..."

"It's not how you get it, the life-saving money, the employees are waiting to be paid."

"How big is the gap?"

"There is a shortfall of more than 3000 million yuan, but there are [-] to [-] million yuan that can be temporarily rescued. At least the employees can have a safe year."

Xu Jingxing smiled: "Boss Zhou, how about this, I'll help you connect, get you a batch of [-] million loans, and get it back within a week, without charging you an agency fee, let me pick out a few of these paintings , the price remains the same, how about it?"

Lao Zhou's face froze all of a sudden, and he shook his head after a while, stammering: "Well, let's forget it, I don't really want to deal with banks, and the [-] million yuan loan can be drained by the interest alone. My little company..."

"Then how about I get you a batch of low-interest loans or even interest-free loans from private channels?"

(End of this chapter)