Chapter 164: The richest man was cheated when buying antiques? Was it intentional by foreign countries?

He was surprised at first, and after looking at Gu Shengsheng for a while, he sighed: "She is indeed a young and promising girl."

"I've seen the news about you helping the archaeological team in Anxi, so I came to see you."

His tone was sincere, without any airs, and there was even a hint of urgency in his words.

Gu Shengsheng asked, "What do you want me to do?"

He hurriedly answered a phone call, and then hurriedly prepared to go out, saying, "Let Wang Yu explain to you."

"Ms. Gu, I added your WeChat. Please approve it. If you are willing to help me, please let me know."

"good."

With that, Shang Jinhao left quickly.

Gu Shengsheng was completely bewildered. He looked at Wang Yu and Zhang Zhengyi and asked, "What's going on?"

Wang Yu sighed: "I wonder if you've paid attention to what's going on at the Forbidden City recently."

"No." She was very frank. "I've been too busy lately."

"The Palace Museum is holding an exhibition in three days, and Shang Jinhao specially bought a painting from the United States. It cost him over 3 billion yuan."

Gu Shengsheng: “……!”

Sure enough, the way a big boss spends money is completely different from that of an ordinary person like me.

Zhang Zhengyi said, "Don't be so shocked. Shang Jinhao knows nothing about cultural relics or antiques. He bought these because they were appraised by the American appraisal laboratory and are considered to be the most powerful cultural relics in the entire 21st century."

Gu Shengsheng was speechless. "...That's impossible. This American identification laboratory is considered the most authoritative institution at the moment. How could they possibly say something like that?"

The state of cultural relics is always unknown. We don’t know what the outcome will be even if we spend one more day. It is also possible that every good thing will come in the future.

Gu Shengsheng was a little curious: "What kind of cultural relic is it?"

"I don't know much about foreign cultural relics, so I'd like to learn more about them if possible."

As he spoke, Wang Yu laughed self-deprecatingly: "What do you mean by foreign countries? They are just cultural relics from China. A painting is said to be from Sima Xiangru."

"......!" Gu Shengsheng's eyes widened. "Is there something wrong with this foreign appraisal agency?"

You know, Sima Xiangru lived during the Han Dynasty, whose capital was in what is now Anxi City.

In this case, it makes sense that they all want to come to Anxi.

It's just that Sima Xiangru probably didn't have any ancient paintings. He was famous for his "Shanglin Fu" and "Zixu Fu". He was a famous scholar.

But this painting...it's hard to say.

After all, according to historical records, Sima Xiangru was indeed a good writer of poetry and composition, but as for the authenticity of this painting, it is difficult to judge...

China has a history of 5,000 years of civilization. How come this culture, which no one knows about, is being talked about by people from abroad, and how come such a painting is so certain to be by Sima Xiangru?

What went wrong?

The more Gu Shengsheng thought about it, the more his brows furrowed.

Then Zhang Zhengyi said, "Although I'm not a professional treasure appraiser, I think this matter is not simple. Moreover, Sima Xiangru has such a famous painting, and it's in the hands of Americans?"

"This is ridiculous. At least I don't agree with it. Even if China lost so many cultural relics back then, it couldn't be this, because none of them have been unearthed."

Gu Shengsheng also thought it was ridiculous.

Then he said, "You said it's on display in the Forbidden City, and Shang Jinhao spent a huge sum of money to buy it. Could there be a conspiracy over there?"

"Shang Jinhao is our richest man. If it turns out to be fake, they will come and slap him in the face..." Gu Shengsheng speculated secretly.

Wang Yu nodded as he said this: "Actually, in my opinion, any expert with a little bit of experience in this country knows that this thing is a fake."

"It's really hard to understand why a US identification laboratory would do something like this. So we also shared our thoughts with Shang Jinhao. He's doing fine now."

"Thirteen billion is a lot, but isn't face the most important thing? If it's fake, we should withdraw it early. That way, we won't suffer any further losses."

"That makes sense." Gu Shengsheng asked, "So what should we do?"

Although, she had been here for a long time and knew that her purpose of coming here was not to listen to anyone's analysis.

Wang Yu sighed, "We questioned the authenticity of the painting, and naturally, the foreign side pushed us back. Now, Shang Jinhao is talking about inviting their team over."

"This matter has been going on for almost a month. It's been an endless dispute. Now, the two sides are getting together to discuss what to do."

"That means the lab sends five researchers, and we send five experts, to compete with each other."

“We’ll see what the decision is in the end.”

Gu Shengsheng nodded: "So I am one of them."

"Yes, originally we had five of us, but something happened to the other two, so you and Teacher Zhang Zhengyi are here to fill in."

Zhang Zhengyi's arrival was fine, given his experience. But Gu Shengsheng's arrival...it was much harder to say. To put it bluntly, she was just a lucky anchor, and standing in a position like this, her experience was definitely lacking.

Seeing Gu Shengsheng's worry, Wang Yu said, "We'll still have to rely on you. This matter is so serious now. If no one can identify it, it will be a problem."

"Besides, it's not just Shang Jinhao who thinks you can do it. Several other experts also think you can do it."

Gu Shengsheng asked, "Who are the other experts?"

"Do you remember the appraisal competition you participated in last time? Mr. Qiu Xiaojun from Hong Kong, Ms. Zhang Rulan, and I were all there."

"And then there's you and Professor Zhang Zhengyi."

Gu Shengsheng nodded.

Said: "Well, they are both really good."

"Then the appraisal will be done tomorrow?"

"Yes, the foreign researchers just arrived today. They need to adjust to the time difference. We'll see tomorrow."

Gu Shengsheng asked, "Can we take a look at what the artifact looks like first? I haven't even seen it, so what can I say tomorrow?"

"We can only see the real appearance of the cultural relics tomorrow. We haven't seen them yet. But I have photos."

Gu Shengsheng looked at the patterns on the picture.

It is indeed the style of the Han Dynasty.

It seems to be part of it, not the whole thing.

Gu Shengsheng always felt that this painting style was very familiar, but she was also sure that she had never seen it before.

But if it's an ancient painting... maybe the system can help tomorrow.

It is indeed as Wang Yu said. Even if this so-called ancient painting is real, it could not have been made by Sima Xiangru.

Gu Shengsheng thought that only those few lines of words added to the calligraphy looked like Sima Xiangru's.

And it seems to have been forcibly added. It's quite interesting. What are these top treasure appraisers from abroad going to do?

At this moment, Lu Shijing called.

Said: "Shengsheng, do you want to go to tomorrow's negotiation?"

Hearing that Gu Shengsheng didn't answer, he said, "It's okay. If you don't want to go, I can make sure you don't go."

He wanted to know what she really thought.

(End of this chapter)