Chapter 67: Advanced Counterfeiting Technology - Folder

After hearing what Gu Shengsheng said, Mrs. Lu nodded quickly.

"Yes, that's what the old man paid 150 million for. This is what he used to propose to me."

"I don't care whether other things are true or false, but I don't want to be kept in the dark about this."

"It looks like there's nothing wrong with it," Gu Shengsheng said first. "Qi Baishi liked to carve seals, and he would put these seals on them to prevent counterfeiting. But later, counterfeiting became very rampant, almost ubiquitous, and this private seal is not so easy to identify."

"At first glance, there's nothing wrong with this thing. Even Qi Baishi himself might not be able to identify the problem."

Gu Shengsheng lifted the painting a little higher. Then, he moved closer to a very subtle ridge in the middle and rubbed it with his fingers.

Generally clear.

At this time, the system also sent a message from the property panel.

Item: Qi Baishi calligraphy and painting

Era: Modern times

Detailed Description: Fine workmanship, thick rice paper. Authentic paper and paint. Authentic Qi Baishi's private seal and painting. Recommended for collection.

Market price: 75 million

Repurchase price: 75 million

…

When Gu Shengsheng saw the price, he immediately knew what was going on.

The old man bought it for 150 million yuan back then, but now it’s only half the price. If the market price is halved, does it mean that... the calligraphy and painting are also only worth half as much?

It was just a guess before, but now it can be confirmed that this calligraphy and painting is real, but not completely real.

When she told Mrs. Lu about this result, she was very surprised: "What's going on? What do you mean by not completely true? Is it half true and half false? But it looks real to me."

Gu Shengsheng was about to speak when the doorbell rang.

Just at this time, Director Gao Liu also came over with several experts.

When I saw Mrs. Lu and Gu Shengsheng standing together, I was a little surprised.

Mrs. Lu smiled and introduced: "This is my granddaughter-in-law."

"It was because I asked her for help that she called you."

Gao Liu said respectfully, "No, no, I was indeed responsible for this matter back then. I still remember the auction process of the 'Flowers, Plants, and Insects' album."

"When Miss Gu mentioned this, I immediately called over the experts who were able to identify the treasures back then, but I could only find two."

The two experts were middle-aged before and are now old.

He said to Mrs. Lu, "Mrs. Lu, this matter is very important. After all, it is also jointly auctioned by the Beijing Museum. If there is any problem, it will naturally not work."

"We can guarantee that everything we auction off is genuine. Yours is fake. It's been out for so many years, and we can't guarantee it now, right?"

This means that let’s not talk about the goods being shipped at that time, and now things are one thing and the other, they are not prepared to take responsibility anyway.

Old Mrs. Lu has always been a decisive person. She also saw the attitudes of these people at this time and there was no need to be nice to them.

He said directly: "It's a good thing that you are experts. I am not even an expert at all!"

"I haven't even seen the work yet, and you're already trying to shift the blame. I'm saying there must be something wrong with you. Otherwise, how could there be two identical paintings? You haven't even asked clearly, so what's the point?"

These two people have some status in the treasure appraisal world.

It is really shameful to be scolded in front of juniors like Gu Shengsheng and Lu Linlin.

But this old lady Lu was not an ordinary person, so she didn't dare to say anything and could only swallow her anger.

Mrs. Lu refused to give in. She handed the painting to them and said, "Are you saying that I made a high-quality imitation to fool you?"

One of the experts said, "It's possible. Counterfeiters are so skilled these days that it's hard to tell the real from the fake. We need to investigate carefully. Of course, Bengzhen, Gulou Town, and Putian Town are all hotspots for counterfeiting."

The old lady also had a hot temper. She directly poured the hot water that Shengsheng handed to her onto the expert's face!

"What did they do to offend you? If they're counterfeit, you can just blame them. They made something comfortable and practical, and people bought it, so it's amazing, so what? I've lived all these years, and this is the first time I've seen such incompetent people like you."

"How dare you be so mean to me here!"

"I don't think you're qualified to appraise this thing. Get out! Get out! I bought it for over 100 million yuan. If we can find out the truth, you'll have to pay me whatever you owe me!"

This was the first time Gao Liu saw Mrs. Lu so angry, and he also knew who the financial backer was.

The two experts were quickly asked to leave.

He apologized to Mrs. Lu: "I'm sorry, Mrs. Lu, these people belong to our museum. I will definitely strengthen management in the future."

"Stop talking, it's bad luck." She was very annoyed, the kind that was extremely annoyed.

Gao Liu said, "How about I cooperate with Miss Gu in the appraisal? I trust Miss Gu, but for the sake of fairness, I will be the final reviewer. I think you should trust my ability."

"Okay." Grandma Lu sat on the sofa with a faint look in her eyes, and suddenly she started to act pretentiously.

Gu Shengsheng actually thought her grandmother was adorable. She knew right from wrong and would get angry when she needed to.

She said, "Linlin, give grandma some red date water to nourish her body. Don't let those two people make you angry."

Gao Liu looked at Gu Shengsheng and said, "Do you have any idea what's going on?"

"Well, I was about to say that when you came in and interrupted me."

"What I mean is that there are two paintings, and as you said, the other one was also authenticated as an authentic copy of Qi Baishi's 'Album of Flowers, Plants, and Insects' in Rui City. There's a long time between the two, so it's impossible for both of them to be wrong."

"So this means it's really not easy to identify. What I mean is, every painting has its real and fake parts."

"I just looked at my grandmother's 'Album of Flowers, Plants, and Insects'. At first glance, there's nothing wrong with it. Even the seals and the private seals that someone has seen are normal, and there's not a single flaw in the workmanship."

"But I found a slight difference at the crease in the middle. The rice paper is a little thinner in the middle, about 0.1mm thicker than other places."

Gao Liu was surprised when he heard this: "You can feel such a tiny thickness?"

Gu Shengsheng remained silent. Before she traveled through time, she worked as a cultural relic restorer. She had been weighing objects for three years and had measured this thickness countless times. Practice makes perfect; there was no need for any special technique.

"So I said, half real and half fake, it's two things mixed together. This way, it's hard for people to distinguish. I wonder if you've heard of a superb technique, Mr. Gao Liu, called "Jia Xuan" (a type of mixed text).

Gao Liu was shocked: "Jia Xuan, I've only heard of it, but I haven't seen it. I heard that even the top calligraphy and painting experts have difficulty distinguishing the authenticity."

"Yes, if grandma hadn't discovered this coincidence, two identical items would have appeared, and both were rare treasures. You and I wouldn't be able to tell whether they were real or fake."

(End of this chapter)