Chapter 247 The Trap That Can't Be Refused
The names of ancient people are complicated. Some people only have one name or one character in their lifetime, but like Jin Nong, his font sizes are so numerous that people roll their eyes. The names are Shoumen, Si Nong, Ji Jin, and Dong Xin, and Ji Liu Shanmin, Qujiang Waishi, and Xiye lay Buddhist, including: Taurus, Lao Ding, Guquan, Zhuquan, Ji Meizhu, Lotus lay Buddhist, Longsuo Xianke, Shame Chunweng, Shou Taoist, Jin Ji Jin, Xin Erliu Lang, Xiantan Flower Sweeper, Jinniu Lake Meeting Old, Bai Er Inkstone Field Rich Man, etc.
It is enough to show that Lao Jin likes to modify his "nickname", so when he saw the word Ji Jin, Zhong Yue's first reaction was that he was a painting by an old acquaintance. Jin Nong rarely uses the word Ji Jin, and the common signatures are signed with Shoumen or directly with the name Jin Nong.
Of course, Zhong Yue also understood that he knew that the character Ji Jin was written by Jin Nong, and he was not alone. If he was a collector who had a little research on calligraphy and painting, he would also know who wrote this character when he saw this character.
However, Zhong Yue did not intend to continue reading. This painting is indeed an old thing, but in terms of value...
Two thousand yuan may be overwhelming.
Before, Zhong Yue had been asking Jin Nong to teach him how to paint, but Lao Jin refused. Later, Zheng Banqiao's arrival pointed out the reason. Lao Jin's paintings were mostly painted by his apprentice, and he just used his reputation to make a living. This painter who signed Ji Jin, Zhong Yue heard from Zheng Xie that if there was no difference, it should be the work of Xiang Jun, the "cheap senior brother" he had never met before.
In the brushwork system, Zheng Banqiao also mentioned a few words to Zhong Yue. Nowadays, people in later generations all saw Jin Nong as "the first of the Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou" and "the master of calligraphy and painting in the Qing Dynasty". However, when they truly entered the era of that time, Lao Jin was just a literati who sold calligraphy and painting for a living. The so-called studio was a calligraphy and painting workshop.
Xiang Jun, Luo Pin and others are all employees of the "Old Gold Medal" calligraphy and painting studio, just young young people who cooperated with Jin Nong to sell paintings. The signature of Ji Jin was written by Xiang Jun.
The price of a writing substitute is either high or low.
The quality is different, and it is another point of deduction.
So even if this work is sold at a low price, it will be even more difficult to get rid of it. Zhong Yue was about to roll up the painting, but was stopped by the old man next to him.
Zhong Yue looked around and caught a hint of joy from the eyes of the local old man in Shanghai.
However, the old man seemed to be an old man. He immediately pretended to be careless and watched casually, and pushed Zhong Yue with his elbow, indicating whether to buy it or not, and let him sit there.
Zhong Yue smiled slightly, it seemed that this old man was going to pay his pension...
He turned around and left. Zhong Yue was too lazy to remind anyone who was in such a place with a depth of water and had nothing to do with him. If this painting looks good, it might be worth 30,000 to 40,000 yuan, but this look is really a big deal. If the old man understands the origin of the word Ji Jin, it is a trap for him, and an irresistible trap.
Jin Nong's original paintings have been very popular in recent years. A flower and fruit painting collection was sold at a sky-high price of 35 million a few years ago, and it also brought about the Jin Nong craze in the collection industry. To this day, any paintings of Jin Nong's paintings will basically not fail.
Of course, it is impossible for a painter's works to be sky-high prices, especially professional painters like Jin Nong who have high yields and pens, whose works range from tens of thousands to tens of millions. What tests collectors not only their eyesight, but also their ability to appreciate calligraphy and painting.
The reason why Zhong Yue didn't even ask about the price was that this landscape painting, whether in terms of composition or brushwork, did not attract his attention, so he didn't ask about the price. It was far from enough to rely on a signature of auspicious gold. He could only silently wish the old man less pension in his heart.
When he walked to stall No. 783, the old lady wearing a red and black plaid windbreaker was about to close the stall.
Zhong Yue raised his eyebrows, "It's not yet eleven o'clock, are you in a hurry to have a meal?"
"Young man, what to buy?"
Zhong Yue smiled, picked up a few copper coins at the stall, weighed them in his hand a few times. There are three types of coin castings. One is called coin samples, one is called carved mother coins, and the other is called cast mother coins. The coin samples are not real copper coins, but are just made to show them to the previous emperors. As for the mother coins, it is the most exquisite copper coins sample, which is a large number of samples when casting copper coins, so it is particularly precious.
However, most of the copper coins on street stalls are small flat coins, which are the most common shapes. They have a huge amount of existence and are not very valuable for collection. It is probably thankful that the seven or eight copper coins that Zhong Yue grabbed in his hand can be sold to an antique store and can be exchanged for ten yuan. Antique stores with ordinary flat coins are not collected and have no collection value.
"Sister, how do you sell this copper coins?" Zhong Yue glanced at the old lady. Seeing that there was no calculator on the stall, she had already spoken before, so he was not afraid of it. He directly called "Sister" close to her...
"You have to buy more for five yuan each, and you will get a few for you."
Zhong Yue smiled and grabbed a handful of them, "Take a plastic bag and put it on the beam at home. I want to find some old money to nail the beam."
When he saw Zhong Yue grabbing a handful, the stall owner's eyes lit up. He couldn't make much money by buying one or two pieces, but this young man grabbed a handful. Good guy, there are thirty or forty pieces here!
"Hey, okay. I'll find you a plastic bag." The old lady was worried about the bad business and didn't open it in the morning, but she didn't expect to catch up with a naughty young man.
After a while, the old lady came over with a black plastic bag, "Young man, come on. Put it inside, I'll count..."
Zhong Yue generously handed out three hundred-dollar bills, "When did this count the money? I saw that there were no fifty copper coins, three hundred yuan, do you think it was?"
"Finish!" The old lady was happy when she saw the three beautiful grandpa Mao. What a nice guy, she was generous enough to take action. "Since you call me sister, I can't cheat you, little brother. I'll exchange you a few more beautiful ones. Look at these ones, they are almost soaked."
"No." Zhong Yue pulled the plastic bag directly over and said with a smile: "My grandma asked me to take it to nail the lucky cloth on the beam of the house, no matter what the quality is related to."
"You kid, then, let's take these bracelets as my elder sister's gift to you. Let's take them to your grandma when you go back."
Chapter completed!