The three big men of Pan Jiayuan were actually satisfied that they could participate in such a large auction. Moreover, they also had their own knowledge and knew that few of them could compete for the works in this auction, so they had already formulated a bidding plan, that is, no matter what, they could not return empty-handed, and they had to take one. The work they were interested in was the "Crassic Book" by Wang Duo, a master of calligraphy in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

Among the 28 items in Bohai this time, this "Crassic Copybook" is not the best, but it is not the worst. Therefore, the three bigwigs can bear the price. For them, winning this work is equivalent to completing the task and retiring successfully. For Lin Yi, all he has to do is help them give advice and finally win.

In fact, during the preview, Lin Yi has made profound identification and research on this work.

Lin Yi's calligraphy is inherited from Wang Duo, so in Lin Yi's opinion, this "Crassic Book" is not Wang Duo's best work. To put it bluntly, it is a post made by ancient literati in their spare time to practice calligraphy. However, with the popularity of Wang Duo's calligraphy in the international market in recent years, many of his works have been sold at sky-high prices. According to Lin Yi's estimate, in terms of the artistic value of calligraphy, the price of this work should be between 5 million and 8 million, but according to the current market conditions, it will have to double, and the auction price should be around 10 million to 16 million. Why is this happening? This is like putting a gem of the same value in the display cabinets of different shopping malls. Generally, the price of shopping malls is lower, while high-end shopping malls are much more expensive.

With a plan, just implement it well. For the three big shots of Pan Jiayuan, all they have to do is to bid with other auction houses, leave a no-in-vain impression, and use this auction to increase their value.

There are 28 works of art, not many, but in just one-third of them have been auctioned in just one hour. Among them, the highest auction price is a "Lady's Picture" of the Song Dynasty, authored by Zhao Mengfu, a descendant of the Song Dynasty royal family.

Lin Yi clearly remembers that when he was a child, he introduced Zhao Mengfu's works in calligraphy and painting. Later, he found out that this person was really amazing and was also the most controversial person in the history of ancient Chinese calligraphy and painting.

To be precise, Zhao Mengfu is the 11th generation grandson of Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, and the descendant of Zhao Defang, the king of Qin.

His father Zhao Yugu was once the Minister of Revenue of the Song Dynasty and the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Pacification of Zhejiangxi of Lin'an Prefecture. After the fall of the Song Dynasty, he returned to his hometown to live in vain. In the 23rd year of Zhiyuan, Xingtai relied on the imperial edict to search for the remains of Jiangnan. The Yuan Dynasty Shizu praised his talent and appearance. Two years later, he served as a scholar of Jixian, a fourth-ranked scholar. Unfortunately, because of his special status, he was always regarded as an alien in the court, but was not valued. The Yuan Dynasty's meaning was very simple, and he treated the Song royal family to show the mighty emperor's grace of the Great Yuan Dynasty.

In this way, Zhao Mengfu became an embarrassing existence in the Yuan Dynasty court. For this reason, Zhao Meng, who was aware of himself, begged for his return by the illness. However, his fate loved him very much. By the third year of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu's fate changed. The crown prince Aiyulibada became interested in him. In the third year of Yanhu, he was appointed as the first rank of official position and was famous all over the world."

In general, Zhao Mengfu was a master of calligraphy and painting in the generation. He experienced a life of complex contradictions and gloriousness. As a descendant of the Southern Song Dynasty, he served in the Yuan Dynasty. There were many controversies in history books. "If you miss someone, you will miss your calligraphy", the fundamental reason for belittling Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy style is that he despises Zhao Mengfu's character. Zhao Mengfu is knowledgeable and talented, good at poetry and literature, understands economics, is good at calligraphy, is proficient in painting, is good at painting, is good at metal and stone, is proficient in rules and luminaries, and understands appreciation. In particular, calligraphy and painting have the most achievements. Gao founded a new style of painting in the Yuan Dynasty and was called the "Crown of the Yuan people". Since he was five years old, Zhao Mengfu began to learn calligraphy. He still read and wrote calligraphy before his death. He was very fond of calligraphy. He had a special love for calligraphy. He was good at seal, clerical, regular, running, and cursive script, and was especially famous for regular and running script. His calligraphy style was graceful and elegant, with a rigorous structure, and a mature brushwork. He was known as the "Zhao style" in the world. He was known as the "Four Great Masters" of regular script together with Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Ouyang Xun.

Zhao Mengfu has many calligraphy works passed down from generation to generation, and his representative works include "Thousand Character Classic", "The Goddess of Luo River", "The Monument of Danba", "The Book of Returning to the Return", "The Thirteen Postscripts on Lanting", "The Red Cliff Fu", "The Tao Te Ching", "The Inscription of the Tombstone of Qiu E", etc. The authors include "The Notes of Shangshu", "The Collection of Songxuezhai" and so on. Zhao Mengfu's paintings almost inherit the legacy of the Song Dynasty and have achieved outstanding achievements in figure painting, especially ladies' paintings. The most famous one is "The Picture of Man Riding". The round-shaped maid and tall horse combined together to form a special painting style, and this work has become a national treasure and preserved in the Palace Museum.

Since ancient times, there has been an unwritten rule in the collection industry. The more controversial the works of an artist, the more valuable they have in collections. The same is true for Zhao Mengfu. Since the Yuan Dynasty, his character has been criticized, so his works have been "understood". Until now, Zhao Mengfu's works have become rare treasures. This time, the auction of "Lady Pictures" has been auctioned for nearly 97 times, and it soared directly from the base price of 1.8 million to 58 million. It was finally won by Wan Jianhao, forming the first one in this auction.

Not to mention the rich people who participated in the auction gave Wan Jianhao a thumbs up, they were so willful that they were rich. Even the media focused on this super big man who spent half a million to buy a Song Dynasty work. It is certain that after the auction ended, the auction of this work alone would be hotly hyped by the media.

The auction will continue next, including some calligraphy and painting works from the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, including Zheng Banqiao's painting "Suizhu", Dong Qichang's calligraphy "Thousand Character Classic", and Fu Shan's "Looking at the Green Mountains from afar", etc.

The most impressive one is a broken "Zhong Kui Picture" in the Tang Dynasty. According to research, the author is Wu Daozi, a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty.

Wu Daozi was respected as the "Sage of Painting". He lost his father at a young age and lived in poverty. He started working as a painter and a sculpture worker very early. He studied calligraphy by Zhang Xu and He Zhizhang, but his grades were not great. Later, he specialized in painting. Because of his hard work, he made rapid progress. He was "not weak in his year, and was poor in painting." He was once the magistrate of Xiaqiu County, Yanzhou, and resigned soon. Later, he lived in Luoyang and engaged in mural creation. During the Kaiyuan period, he was summoned to the palace for good painting. He served as a polite doctor and Ning Wangyou. He followed Zhang Xu and He Zhizhang to learn calligraphy. He learned calligraphy by observing Gongsun Daniel's sword dancing and experienced the way of using the brush. He was good at Buddhism, gods and ghosts, figures, mountains and rivers, birds and beasts, plants and trees, towers, etc., and was particularly skilled in Buddhist and Taoism, figures, and good at mural creation.

The style of this "Zhong Kui Picture" is quite special. Unlike the previous portraits of Zhong Kui, either holding a demon-catching sword or a folding fan or a Kuixing fight. Instead, it is very interesting to cover half of its face with a big red robe, showing a strange smile like a child playing hide-and-seek, which looks a bit unique.

Here, as long as you are an expert, you know that the folk demon-catching Tianshi "Zhong Kui" was a man from the early Tang Dynasty. In other words, Zhong Kui appeared in the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, there are very few "Zhong Kui Pictures" in the Tang Dynasty, and those that can be preserved are rare treasures. Moreover, the paintings of Wu Daozi, the "painting saint" are even more precious.

However, it is precisely because of these two points that many appraisers find it difficult to determine the authenticity of this picture. In other words, many people think that this picture is "fake" from the bottom of their hearts. The reason is that there are fewer paintings passed down from generation to generation, and even if they are circulated, they are collected by large museums. Zhong Kui happened to appear in the Tang Dynasty, and the Zhong Kui paintings that were preserved during this period are so coincidental.

Because it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, the Bohai Auctioner listed this work as a "special lot" and displayed it during the preview, and invited all appraisers to give it an appraisal. The final conclusion is still---to be determined.

Because it was "to be determined", when this work was filmed, many collectors were afraid and didn't know whether to bid for the auction. The appraisers were also hesitant, all looking at Tan Jinfu to see how he decided.

Tan Jinfu did not hesitate and pointed at Wan Jianhao: "Photo take a photo!"

Wan Jianhao holds a sign here, and other collectors look at me, I look at you.

The base price of this picture is 3.5 million, not more than more, not more.

If it is a genuine product, it is definitely worth the price, not even 35 million yuan, but if it is fake, it will be a pity.

However, with Tan Jinfu, the master of appraisal, others hesitated to follow the photo, and believed in their hearts that since Tan Jinfu dared to take action, the authenticity of this painting would be higher.

The three big men of Pan Jiayuan were also a little itchy and looked at Lin Yi with their eyes. Lin Yi neither supported them to participate in the filming nor stopped them. So Manager Bai plucked up his courage to follow the filming.

So the controversial painting Saint Wu Daozi's incomplete "Zhong Kui Picture" rose from the base price of 3.5 million to 15 million, then 25 million, and then 28 million, and was about to exceed 30 million. At this time, Wan Jianhao's bid for 29 million was already the highest.

The other collectors were all excited, and shopkeeper Bai and others couldn't help but want to continue to increase the price. At this time, Lin Yi stopped them and said, "Let's wait!"

With just a short pause, some collectors have already bid 30 million. Everyone was accustomed to waiting for Wan Jianhao to continue to increase the price, but what surprised everyone was that Wan Jianhao would not raise the bid this time.

“30 million, once!”

“30 million, twice!”

“30 million, three times!”

After the auction host shouted three times in a row, he decided, "The deal was completed---!"

The collector who was asking for 30 million was a little confused. He was just following him, because in his opinion, Wan Jianhao was sure to show his face and make a name for himself, but... why did he take a picture?

The collector looked at Wan Jianhao with a bitter face and looked at Tan Jinfu--

Tan Jinfu just said in a low voice, "Is the fake ears from the Tang Dynasty worth 30 million yuan?"

What? Fake!

Everyone was shocked again.

Since it is a fake, why should he raise the price? Since it is a fake, why should he raise it so high?

Everyone looked at Wan Jianhao and Tan Jinfu who was smiling beside him, and suddenly a thought came to his mind: the follower will die!
Chapter completed!