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Chapter 194 Do you call this a fake?
After cleaning up, Lin Ran rushed directly to their residence.
Without any delay, he gently knocked on the door of Wei Chengbin's workshop.
An alert voice came from inside: "Who is it?"
"It's me." Lin Ran replied.
Hearing Lin Ran's voice, the door of the workshop was opened. Lin Ran walked in and felt that the room was extremely stuffy. He couldn't help but asked curiously: "On such a hot day, don't you feel uncomfortable being stuck in the room?"
Wei Chengbin had taken off his shirt and was sweating profusely. The air from the electric fan in the room was hot.
"It's uncomfortable, but if you don't dry it, it's too late." Wei Chengbin led Lin Ran to see their works.
Lin Ran couldn't help but his eyes lit up. He picked up the three-color camel figurine and looked at it carefully. It was perfect. He weighed it in his hand and found that there was no difference in feel between it and the real thing.
"You are really a genius." Lin Ran couldn't help but admire. This time, he took out the three-color camel figurine, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to identify it as a fake.
"No way, thanks to Mr. Lin's ingenious idea, I was able to make it so seamless." Wei Chengbin said with a smile. With his experience in dealing with tomb robbers, if these things were buried under his house, they would be stolen by others as genuine the next day. .
"Yeah." Lin Ran nodded slightly. In fact, what he gave was just a method. Really realizing it was another matter.
In a sense, Wei Chengbin is also a rare talent in the world!
"Mr. Lin, you are here." Li Yuanhao's voice came from behind.
When he came in just now, Li Yuanhao was sleeping on the wire bed. He still had a dark circle under his eye, which made him look a little funny.
Lin Ran said: "Did you stay up late to catch up on work?"
"He's not staying up late to catch up on work. He's staying up late to practice the heavy coloring method you mentioned." Wei Chengbin said with a smile, "Ever since he learned the new coloring method from you, he has been practicing as if he was poisoned."
"Besides, you also hid a lot of treasures in the soil." Li Yuanhao replied without giving in.
The two of them had been growing up, and they lived together during this period. Naturally, they had a good relationship and even joked with each other.
After joking, Li Yuanhao led Lin Ran to his table.
Two "Ink Banana Pictures" hang on the wall.
Lin Ran's eyes widened. Li Yuanhao was so professional. Not only did he copy it perfectly, but he also framed it exactly the same.
Simply looking at them from a distance, you can't tell any difference at all, even the gray marks on the marking frames are exactly the same.
"Mr. Lin, can you tell which painting is your original painting now?" Li Yuanhao started a riddle with Lin Ran with some pride.
Lin Ran shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't put my original work up for auction."
"Don't worry." Li Yuanhao took down the two paintings and showed them in front of Lin Ran. The handwriting, colors, and edges of the paintings were exactly the same.
Li Yuanhao turned the painting over, pointed to the corner of the frame and said, "I made a yellow mark in the corner of the fake. If you don't look carefully, you will just think it is a trace of history."
He proudly pointed out the differences between the two paintings.
Lin Ran was shocked. The level of copying was really too high, and the imitation level was also top-notch. If it was taken to the museum for appraisal, they would probably accept it as the genuine article.
"You'd better keep this authentic painting." Li Yuanhao carefully handed the authentic ink banana painting back to Lin Ran.
This thing is also a priceless treasure, so it cannot be lost or dirty.
Lin Ran put the painting away, and the two of them also took all their imitations.
Three Tang Dynasty tricolor paintings and two Chinese paintings.
Lin Ran took out a magnifying glass to appreciate it, while the two of them waited aside.
After Lin Ran's inspection was completed, they asked anxiously: "Mr. Lin, did you find any flaws?"
They have also checked it themselves, but they also understand that their appreciation skills are low. They can imitate it, but it is very difficult for them to identify the real thing.
Lin Ran's expression was solemn.
The two of them felt nervous, thinking that there was a major flaw. If something went wrong now, it would be too late to catch up with this month's auction.
"Mr. Lin, if you have any problems, you might as well point them out directly." Wei Chengbin said anxiously.
However, Lin Ran quickly laughed out loud.
"The works of the two are so perfect that Lin can't tell whether they are genuine or fake." Lin Ran's answer put their minds at ease.
Li Yuanhao also joked: "Then what do you mean by your solemn expression just now? Are you trying to scare us?"
"No, I'm just wondering if imitating cultural relics to the extreme will become history." Lin Ran said with a smile, this is a philosophical question.
After all, in a hundred years, after they are gone, will the fakes dug out of their graves be passed down as genuine?
unknown.
However, he soon felt relieved.
Because science and technology will advance, in the future people will not only rely on the naked eye and experience to judge the age of cultural relics. Using instruments, they can calculate the precise year instantly by simply checking the half-life of the material.
Craftsmen like them will also be eliminated by time.
Li Yuanhao and Li Yuanhao also fell into deep thought, and they also began to consider this issue.
"Tuk Tuk Tuk"
A rapid knock on the door interrupted their contemplation. Wei Chengbin approached the door alertly and asked in a low voice: "Who is it?"
"It's me, Yang Jianlong." A carefree voice came from outside the door.
The four-person team finally gathered and sat around the table. Although Yang Jianlong's appreciation level was low, he was stunned when he saw the Tang Sancai and Chinese paintings in front of him.
"Is this...is this the work of these gentlemen? Jianlong is willing to give up!" Yang Jianlong was really convinced now.
"No, no, we are just working. The real strength is Brother Lin's methods." Wei Chengbin rarely smiled.
In the past, he made fake goods just to make money, which put him under a lot of psychological pressure.
But now, it is to give China a breath, without the ideological baggage, to accept the praise of others, naturally I am very happy!
"It's really amazing what you can do." Yang Jianlong said seriously.
"Okay, now is not the time to flatter each other." Lin Ran interrupted their chat and asked: "Jianlong, have you finished your affairs there?"
"Of course." Yang Jianlong said seriously, "I have already obtained a spot, I just need to think of a name for the company."
These are new concepts to Wei Chengbin and Li Yuanhao, so it is naturally difficult for them to interrupt.
Lin Ran thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Zu Long, what do you think?"
Zulong is a term used by the people of the Qin Dynasty to specifically refer to Qin Shihuang.
Seeing that everyone had no objections, Lin Ran said with a smile: "We will be like the ancestral dragon Qin Shihuang, sweeping across the eight wastelands, sweeping across the world, and taking back all the treasures of Chinese civilization that have been exiled overseas!"
The three of them stared at Lin Ran dumbfounded. In a daze, they seemed to see the general boosting morale in front of the battle.
The impassioned and heroic feelings are endless!