Chapter 10 chapter Ten

Jiu Ju Fengyue's energy is getting more and more energetic, and he looks like a different person from before. Although his chin was still sharp, the blood on his face was much better, and the sunken face was plump.Those big eyes seemed to be shining with confidence. "I also feel as if I have touched the essence of Yutang. When I paint and paint, it seems that Yutang is attached to me." As usual, he wrinkled his tall nose and smiled again, his mouth was wide open, and his voice was so powerful.Throwing away that high-spirited look, it is completely different from when I first came to Tokyo.

One of the reasons, of course, is that he is richer in his pocket.When Lu Jian sold "A Picture of Payroll in Autumn Mountains" to Tian Shi, Feng Yue got 100,000 yuan.Later, there were also living expenses for the family members in Kyushu, etc. Adding them together, he had already obtained a lot of money from Lu Jian. To Lu Jian, this was just an investment, but to Feng Yue, it was never I have never had such a large income. I taught painting with him in the coal mines of Kyushu, and each received two or three hundred yuan, which is so much better.This sense of economic fulfillment not only made Feng Yue strengthen Ashin.And it also changed his appearance, making him stand upright and full of strength.

"Your paintings are becoming more and more famous." I say to this genius of forgery. "Look, here, people say so in the article." I took out the Japanese Art magazine and gave it to him.Fengyue's eyes were shining, and he read it with all his attention. One time was not enough, so he repeated it two or three times. This was because he couldn't restrain his joy and satisfaction. "I'm totally confident." As Feng Yue said this, his airy look was obviously intoxicated by the taste of this article. "You've worked very hard, but. Don't be careless. As long as you are a little negligent, you will be noticed. This is the most dangerous thing."

Feng Yue nodded.In today's situation.It seemed that these admonitions could not go deep into his heart. "I heard Mr. Jian said that we are going to accumulate a lot of works and sell them all at once." Feng Yue said so.I remember telling Shigeru once.Tell him not to tell Feng Yue until the last pass. "I've drawn twenty-six pieces now. Are these all useless? Each one is up to the level of "Akiyama Suoqiantu". Of course, I can draw good things in the future." Feng Yue's face already revealed a look of conceit, and even some expressions of dissatisfaction.At this time, I already felt a sense of uneasiness.

"Although you feel good, there are only one or two pictures that are acceptable to my eyes." My voice was a little harsh. "If you can't draw something better, you won't be able to get it out. What would Lu Jian tell you? I don't know. But with regard to the auction, nothing has been decided yet.People's eyes are not so easy to talk about. " Feng Yue remained silent.His eyes looked inward, and his lips were tightly closed. It can be seen from his expression that the complacent mood just now has changed into a feeling of displeasure.I was almost annoyed at his expression of self-satisfaction, but I held myself back.Just said these few words and left.

After that, I still often went to this farmhouse in Takeno.But twice out of the three times, Fengyue was found not at home. According to the people downstairs, he went to the city, and sometimes stayed for two nights before returning. Such a situation had never happened in the past. Speaking of which, Feng Yue's attire is also much better than before.Originally, like me, he always wore crumpled clothes, but recently he changed into a suit when he went out.Wearing the finest leather shoes, with a camera hanging from his shoulder.In the attic where he went to raise silkworms, there was still a brand new suit wardrobe.All this speaks to the drastic change in his financial circumstances.

I can't help but be a little skeptical.It is very possible that Lu Jian and Mencang will collude to sell two or three paintings of Feng Yue without telling me.Lu Jian would not have given Feng Yue so much money just for a picture of "The Picture of Asking for Salary in Autumn Mountains".In order to prevent this kind of thing from happening, I made such strict regulations with them.I couldn't help but lick my tongue.But thinking about it again, people like Lu Jian and Mencang, seeing that they can make so much money now, of course they don't want to endure like that forever.I may have gone too far in exhorting them to be patient; but, at this point in the matter, there was no room for hesitation for a moment.

One day, I went to Fengyue's place again.He was practicing calligraphy with Yutang's photocopy open.Seeing such hard work, I am somewhat relieved.Looking out of the window, the woods in this area have been reduced, and winter has gradually come.This change in scenery shows the passage of time since Fengyue came here from Kyushu.This is also the time necessary for such a change in a country painter like Jiuju Fengyue. "Sir." Feng Yue said. "Yesterday, I went to the street and ran into a classmate from the time at the Kyoto Painting School. This guy is amazing now. Mister probably knows his name too. His name is Shirota Seiyang."

"Oh, are Shirota Jingyang and you in the same class?" Chengtian Jingyang, I have heard the name before.Yes, about the same age as Feng Yue.When he was twenty-seven or eight years old, some of his works won prizes in Japanese painting exhibitions, and now he has attracted the attention of the society because of his brand-new style.He is a Japanese painter who is at the forefront of the contemporary stalwarts.Every time an exhibition was held, his name was always praised by appearing in the "Academic Column" of the newspaper. What kind of situation will it be like the encounter between Chengtian Jingyang and Jiuju Fengyue, who are as promising as the rising sun?The incident somewhat intrigued me.

"This guy is very impressive. He took an art reporter and a few admirers rather than friends for a walk in Ginza. He was very handsome, and the suit was very beautiful. When he saw me, he asked in surprise. Said: "When did you come to Tokyo? ’ and said, ‘I’m very busy right now, let’s talk slowly another day. ' That attitude was obviously very contemptuous of me.In fact, what would be so great?When he was in school, this guy's drawings were not too different from mine. " Feng Yue said that his paintings are not much different from those of Jingyang. I think (①Tokyo's bustling district.) It is either his own ignorance, or he insists on not admitting defeat.This is of course impossible. At that time, there was obviously a distance between their abilities.

"So, what do you say to Jingyang?" "I said to him, 'I just paint for a living,' and he looked at me again and said, 'I haven't seen your work in an exhibition.' So I said, 'Where, ambitious works It will be painted soon, and now, because I have accepted a commission from others, I am desperately painting for others.' So he said, 'So,' Business is not bad, very good.If you have a chance, you must come to my house to have fun, 'Just break up like this.He saw that I was not so poor, so he said such things to me. "Fengyue wrinkled his nose again and smiled. For some reason, I felt unhappy when I saw the wrinkles on his nose. This bitterness is not so much natural. It's better to say that this tall and thin man It is caused by the expression of the nose itself. This expression gives people a feeling of melancholy instead of amiability. Although I have cultivated him to this day. But every time I see this wrinkled nose and thin lips, I feel as if There is always a feeling of disgust. "You, it's better not to go out too much," I said, "if the mind is tired, it's okay to take a walk nearby, but I hope to be patient, don't go too far to play, before the painting that is going to be auctioned Before everything is done, it’s better to be more stable.” Feng Yue generally accepted my advice with a nod.And honestly replied: "Just follow orders." However, judging from the expression on his face, the unhappiness in his heart has not been completely removed, and a sudden feeling of uneasiness flooded into my heart again like a tide for the second time. My "career" had to be done quickly—I was getting more and more anxious.This is not just a matter of time dragging on for too long, but a feeling of fear in my heart, as if a flaw has been exposed somewhere, and it is a mood that I just want to break something and escape quickly. Mencang bought many fake paintings from Okayama, including Yutang's works, as well as Daya's and Takeda's works.It is my wisdom to add some fakes of Daya and Takeda.I told him, anyway, the price is cheap, and this little investment is still essential.If all of them are Yutang's works, or all of them are excellent works.This is all easily suspicious. "Let's make the time earlier. There are already twelve paintings by Feng Yue that can be fooled. It's not good to have too many things in Yutang. I think there are more than a dozen of them. It's not good enough. It's better to hurry up." Just get ready." Ashian and Mencang also agreed with my thoughts, but they were too embarrassed to say: We are getting impatient. We selected Jinjing Jiyuntang in Shiba District as the agent, and approached Qinglujian.This is a first-class merchant specializing in ancient artworks. Now I teach Lu Jian a way of saying: such a large number of Yutang works turned out to be in the collection of a certain old daimyo's Chinese family.Now it has been entrusted by a certain party to conduct the rationale.This Chinese family is unwilling to come forward, but the so-called certain aspect must be the royal family. This royal family has a relationship with this famous Chinese family, and this Chinese family has a close relationship with Yutang—— — Just say so.It is always easy to invent a set of reasons. It may not be unusual for a merchant specializing in ancient art to discover so many Japanese treasures, because everyone knows that there are quite a lot of buried things, and their discovery is also possible. This kind of psychology is an important condition for me to make this plan. Jinjing Jiyuntang couldn't help being amazed when he saw the real objects brought by Lu Jiancai Gutang.Needless to say, his eyes were focused on Yutang, and Daya and Zhutian's things were not in his eyes.Still, the sleight of hand was necessary.Because, otherwise, it is not enough to win the trust of antique dealers.The performance this time was also very successful. Ji Yuntang looked at these paintings one by one repeatedly, thinking that these are the real works of Yutang. "What Mr. Kaneko wrote in "Nihon Art" is also with these works?" It is said that the owner of Jiyun Hall is still so amazed.He spoke the spoken language of Kyoto. "Okay, let us act as an agent." When Lu Jian heard him say this, he thought it was a complete success. "However, for the sake of prudence, we must first obtain the recommendation of Mr. Iwano, and print the recommended articles together in the catalog and distribute them to various parties. As long as Mr. Iwano promises, we will immediately accept this agency business." Ji Yuntang finally answered like this. After all, it was Ji Yuntang, and he was still half suspicious of these Yutang works he had collected.This is not so much about the paintings themselves, but rather doubts about the fact that these paintings were brought by a second-rate antique dealer like Ashimi Saigudo.Therefore, he had to print the recommendation of Iwano Yuyuki, the authority of literati paintings, in the catalog, so that even if it is fake, it can be believed to be true.Therefore, not only is it easy to sell, but it can also relieve future responsibilities. Yutang's paintings alone have 17 dots, and even if each dot is estimated to be worth 1 million yuan, all of them can be sold for more than 17 million yuan. Buying and selling is also unwilling to miss, so I said these words. The venue for the auction is to rent a room at the Nippon Art Club in Shiba Ward, or a first-class hotel in Akasaka.When holding a preview, try to send out more invitation cards to invite all relevant parties and newspaper reporters to come and visit.Jiyuntang also decided to bring Ashi Jianya to introduce him when he asked Iwano Yuyuki for appraisal again. A few days later, the affair began to proceed according to plan. After meeting Iwano Yuu, Ashimi came back happily and reported: "Long live! Mr. Iwano was so excited that he almost burst into tears. He said, 'At such an advanced age, my work is not in vain. I can see so many masterpieces of Yutang at once, which is beyond my imagination!" He removed the sliding door, opened up the two rooms, spread out all twelve works, and stared at them breathlessly. It was amazing. Lecturers and so on, everyone stood for a while, sat down for a while, and took out their notebooks to write again.Everyone was so excited.Everyone said that this was an unprecedented discovery in the history of Japanese art. Mr. Iwano's recommendation is not a problem. In addition, "Nippon Art" magazine is planning to publish a special issue for this. All experts headed by Mr. Kaneko will write articles for this great discovery.When the preview was held, it was planned to designate these paintings as important works of art, so the Ministry of Education will also send photographers to work. Things got so big, I sat aside: I was a little panicked in my heart. "Ashi Yingying Gutang was so excited, his face turned pale. "Ji Yuntang said, in this way, it can be sold for more than 20 million yuan. He is really happy to die, he took my hand and thanked me repeatedly." Hearing this, Mencang went and hugged Lu Jian, with a humming sound in his throat, and couldn't tell whether he was crying or cheering. Then, the two of them saw Feng Yue standing upright like an idiot. At the side, he seemed to have discovered some enemy, and at the same time threw himself on him. —— Such a magnificent scene emerged in my eyes: the preview exhibition was held in the first-class hotel in Chipo District.Collectors, scholars, and art journalists came here one after another. The first-class antique dealers in Tokyo were all busy recording at the venue.Photographers from the Ministry of Education also came. The recommendation letter of Iwano Yuyuki printed in the sales catalog is likely to be written like this: "These are the real works of Yutang, and it is obvious that the masterpieces of the middle period and the later period have been accumulated together. This discovery is the It is an event worthy of great celebration in the history of ancient Japanese art.” Kaneko, Tashiro, Moroka, and other figures under Iwano Yuyuki’s school all wrote serious papers in pedantic terms, which were published in various authoritative papers in the magazine. Everything was going according to my plan, and Iwano Tachibana finally walked into the trap I set, and he couldn't escape no matter what.These gods of "Japanese art history" walked into my stripping workshop with serious and heavy steps. My homework is about to start.The second hand on the clock passed by one frame at a time, and the time I planned had come.I shouted loudly: These things are all fake! Like a sudden whirlwind, the entire venue fell into chaos.When the puff of sand smoke gradually dissipated, I could seem to see the posture of Iwano Yuyuki falling down top-heavy.Poor thing, the majestic authority has fallen from its throne! The counterfeit scholasticism has been moved to show its original shape, and it has fallen under the ridicule of the people! ——This is the scene that floated in front of my eyes.This is also my final goal.If a person pays too much attention to the goal he longs for, he will often be confused by a kind of illusion like a sudden scene. And I, the object of my fixation, ended up in a hallucination. What is the problem? Jiuju Fengyue's words were broken, he only leaked one sentence in front of Chengtian Jingyang.Of course, he would never say that he was making a fake painting, but he said this: "I, Yutang's ability can be done." His purpose, to show his talent before a former friend who had become famous as a leading painter, was the result of an antagonism.Although this is a secret that must never be known, he feels that he is too lonely buried in the sand of incompetence like this.He wished to reveal a little of his talent to a man--a little, really. In fact, he even showed Jingyang a painting that had not yet been signed, with pride! When the matter developed to this point, the loopholes rapidly expanded, and the whole plan collapsed under Feng Yue's action.Kanai Kiundo hastily canceled our appointment.Even more unfortunately, the catalog with Yuyuki Iwano's testimonials was still in print, so it was discontinued.As a result, this sub-catalogue was not made public, and the extremely dangerous Iwano Yuyuki was finally spared the fate of downfall. I can't blame Jiuju Fengyue.I myself wish to tell others of my existence. Unfortunately, my "career" suddenly and unexpectedly collapsed.However, I definitely don't feel that everything I do is completely at my own expense. I always feel a small sense of satisfaction, as if something has been accomplished.Thinking about it carefully, it turns out that I trained Jiuju Fengyue, a fake writer, on this matter.I've done an excellent job. In an instant, the fermented, damp, hot feeling between me and the woman climbed into my heart again. I raised my head full of white hair, and went to the street to look for my son-in-law again.