"How is that possible?"
Old Master Wu hurriedly refuted, but because of Liu Song's counterattack, he had to start facing Dong Zhen's problem.
When Duan Zhonglin saw this scene, he said a few words to the people around him. The other party nodded and quietly retreated.
Yu Shen was also a little nervous at this time. Whether his donation today would become a joke or not would largely depend on the outcome of the debate between Dong Zhen and Mr. Wu.
Fortunately, Duan Zhonglin said beside him, "Don't worry, Mr. Yu. Mr. Wu is a leading figure in the Beijing antique world. What he says must be correct."
Yu Shen nodded slightly. He was not stupid. From Duan Zhonglin's reaction, he could infer that there was something strange about today's incident. He also guessed some of Duan Zhonglin's thoughts, but he would not say it directly. It would be good for him to pretend to be stupid at this time.
Dong Zhen came to the Yuan blue and white porcelain and said again: "Mr. Wu, now please tell me in front of me, in front of Director Liu and everyone else, what is wrong with the composition of the figure portrait on this Yuan blue and white porcelain."
Old Master Wu said stubbornly, "Since it is Yuan blue and white porcelain, the composition of the portraits on it must of course conform to the style of the Yuan Dynasty, including the figures' demeanor and clothing. However, if you look at the portraits on this Yuan blue and white porcelain, there are obviously problems. There are problems with the clothing and the figures' posture. You can find the flaws if you look closely."
Dong Zhen sneered, "Flaw? Can you stop keeping us in suspense? Tell me what the flaw is. Is it that the characters' clothing doesn't fit the Yuan Dynasty style, or that their appearance doesn't match that of Yuan Dynasty people? You're being so vague, and you can't give any valuable clues. It's hard to convince anyone!"
"I even suspect that you did this on purpose in order to discredit this Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain!"
"How could I possibly do such a thing?"
Old Master Wu objected again, but in front of Dong Zhen, he really couldn't find any other "flaws".
As a result, Dong Zhen didn't need to speak this time, as someone in the crowd asked a question.
"Mr. Wu, since you said you wouldn't do this, and given your reputation, I'm sure you wouldn't bother doing it, then please clearly point out what the problem is with this Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain, so we don't have to guess here."
"I'm not afraid of being laughed at, but I really can't see any problem with the composition of this Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain. Perhaps my eyesight is not good enough and I'm not qualified to see it."
The last sentence may seem like self-deprecating, but in fact it is indirectly putting pressure on Mr. Wu, forcing him to say something useful.
But the problem is, Mr. Wu didn’t see anything useful at all, so what can he say?
Dong Zhen felt bored when she saw Mr. Wu's reaction. She thought that the old man surnamed Wu had made some remarkable discovery this time, but it turned out that he just used facial recognition.
If he wasn't here, the old guy surnamed Wu might have been able to succeed by using facial recognition.
Dong Zhen took out his cell phone, found a few pictures and showed them to the people around him.
"Everyone, please take a look at these. These are pictures of several other Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain portraits in my collection. You can look at the composition to see if there is any difference between these authentic Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain portraits and the Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain in Director Liu's collection. Anyone can spread rumors, but being able to find the truth among rumors is a real skill!"
Everyone hurried over to take a look, and compared it carefully with the Yuan blue and white porcelain in front of them, it was impossible to see any flaws in the composition of the Yuan blue and white porcelain in front of them.
With such an obvious contrast, the truth of the matter was about to be revealed. Everyone's eyes looking at Mr. Wu changed, as if they couldn't believe why a big shot in the antique world like Mr. Wu would do such a thing.
In the end, Liu Song was tactful and took the initiative to give Mr. Wu a way out.
"Mr. Wu, please take a closer look. Perhaps you made a mistake and made a wrong judgment. This is understandable. After all, you are already so old and your health is not as good as before. It would be better to re-examine it to avoid any mistakes."
Mr. Wu didn't dare to refute it anymore. He pretended to look at it again and compared it with the picture on Dong Zhen's phone. Finally, he said, "Director Liu, I was wrong just now. There is indeed no problem with this Yuan blue and white porcelain."
Liu Song smiled. "Since it was just Mr. Wu's momentary blurring of the eyes, then today's incident was just a misunderstanding. Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, it's nothing. Mr. Wu, please don't take it personally. I did this for the sake of fairness. After all, I represent the Beijing Museum, and the reputation of the Beijing Museum, to a certain extent, represents the reputation of our Beijing antique community, so there can't be any mistakes."
Mr. Wu didn't dare to have any other thoughts and nodded repeatedly.
Seeing this, Yu Shen felt depressed again. He had collected ten cultural relics with great difficulty, which were worth more than 100 million yuan. He thought that donating them to the Beijing Museum would cause a strong response. Unexpectedly, one collection in the Beijing Museum was far better than the ten collections he brought. Therefore, the welcome banquet specially prepared for him by the Beijing Museum obviously had other meanings.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Yu Shen’s contribution was not significant, he just happened to be in the right spot and was regarded as an example.
As the director, Liu Song had to take Yu Shen's feelings into consideration and added, "Mr. Yu Shen, I believe that the cultural relics of our Xia Kingdom cannot be simply discussed in terms of their value. Every cultural relic represents the cultural heritage of our Xia Kingdom and is an inseparable part of our 5,000-year cultural heritage. The purpose of our Beijing Museum is to allow everyone to see our cultural heritage. So, on behalf of the Beijing Museum, I would like to thank you for helping us fill in the gaps in our cultural heritage. From this perspective, your contribution is worth remembering by all of us!"
Liu Song's remarks did not emphasize the economic value of the cultural relics, but instead focused on their cultural value. This was equivalent to giving Yu Shen a big step forward, making Yu Shen feel much better.
After all, from a cultural perspective, any cultural relic is extremely precious, and can cultural matters be measured by money?
Yu Shen brought back infinite cultural value with limited money. Shouldn't this compliment satisfy him?
Yu Shen's expression immediately brightened, and he said sincerely, "Director Liu, you're absolutely right. It was I who was a little paranoid. I'm relieved to have the ten cultural relics I brought back in your hands."
Liu Song led the applause, "Then let us once again applaud Mr. Yu Shen for his contribution. You will always be our distinguished guest of the Beijing Museum!"
No matter what, he will try every possible way to promote Yu Shen today. Only in this way can he achieve the effect of buying a horse's bones with a lot of money.
Just when everyone thought the matter had ended, someone suddenly shouted, "That's not right, Director Liu! I just checked. The precious collection in the Beijing Museum isn't just this Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain. There are even priceless treasures like authentic works by the painting master Wu Daozi. I counted them carefully and there are over sixty of them, all donated by anonymous individuals. Can you explain to us why someone would donate so many precious artifacts, precious artifacts we've never seen or even heard of before?"
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