Master Chen and Master Qi are true. If Wu Daozi's painting skills were also randomly imitated by later generations, how could he be named "Painting Saint"!

You should know that Wu Daozi's painting style is unique and his painting achievements are unique in the world. In terms of ranking, even his ancestor Gu Kaizhi has to be inferior to him. This shows his superb painting skills, and more importantly, Wu Daozi himself created a painting school alone, which is also the reason why he has such a superb status in the Chinese painting world!

As far as they know, there are many great painters with amazing writing skills and outstanding achievements in later generations, but no one can match the painting saint Wu Daozi!

So they naturally don’t believe that anyone in this world can imitate Wu Daozi’s paintings!

"Have the two masters heard about Hu Busi, the wonderful pen of painting?!"

Lin Yu asked at the two masters with a smile, and asked calmly.

"Hu Busi?!"

The two masters looked at each other with confusion, and they both shook their heads, obviously they had never heard of this name.

"Jiarong, I've heard of it!"

Zhou Chen was instantly excited when he heard Lin Yu's words, and said to Lin Yu with great excitement, "What do you mean is that the two paintings on this table are the hands of Hu Busi, known as the "magic painting brush" of the late Qing Dynasty?!"

"Yes, because he is low-key and has a quirky personality, he was very well-known at that time. In fact, he was the owner of Yancaotang and died during the Republic of China. Unexpectedly, Brother Zhou knew about him!"

Lin Yu nodded at Zhou Chen and said with some surprise.

"I know, I know, oh, my grandfather kept telling me his story at that time. He knew Hu Busi very well and admired him very much. He told me that Hu Busi was a genius in the painting world. To use a poem that praised Li Bai in Du Fu to describe him as "the pen was shocked by the wind and rain, and the painting was so heartbroken that ghosts and gods were sobbing". Unfortunately, Hu Busi was born in the wrong dynasty. If he was born in the Tang Dynasty, Wu Daozi could share half of the world in the painting world!"

Zhou Chen said excitedly that he had heard his grandfather tell the story of "Hu Busi with a wonderful pen in painting" since he was a child, and his grandfather's evaluation of Hu Busi was extremely high! He did not hesitate to praise him!

"It is not enough to split half of the painting world equally with Wu Daozi, but he is definitely a master among the masters of Chinese painting!"

Lin Yu nodded at Zhou Chen with a smile, then shook his head and sighed, "It's a pity that this person has too strict requirements on himself. If the paintings he made are flawed or dissatisfied, he will tear them down on the spot. Therefore, there are very few works in his existence, and it can be said that there are not. Even if there are, those in existence are all fakes imitating the previous dynasty. I guess they have been lying quietly in the homes of some rich people!"

Paintings of this level can definitely be faked and real. Many people even know that they are fake, but they are willing to buy them at a high price!

"Yes, my grandfather also told me that this person has a very weird personality!"

Zhou Chen nodded vigorously, "Not many works have been passed down!"

"Mr. He, what do you mean is that these two paintings are written by Hu Busi with this wonderful painting?!"

Master Chen and Master Qi were stunned by Lin Yu and Zhou Chen's words, and asked in confusion. If Hu Busi was so powerful as Lin Yu said, then there would be a certain possibility if he imitated the painting of the Painting Saint.

"no!"

But to their surprise, Lin Yu shook his head with a smile, looked at the two paintings on the table and said, "Although these two paintings are as skilled as Hu Busi, they are not made by Hu Busi, because I have carefully smelled the smell of these two paintings just now, and I can smell a very light ink smell from them. It can be seen that this painting was made recently, and it only took two or three months to get the current appearance after being made with special craftsmanship!"

"Ah? Recently... I drew it recently?!"

Master Chen and Master Qi's faces suddenly changed again, and they were shocked. Obviously, they didn't expect that they would go astray to this level!

"The old-fashioned art of this painting is very superb. It is understandable that the two masters were deceived by it!"

Lin Yu smiled at them. In fact, it was not only Master Chen and Master Qi, but also himself, who were almost deceived. He looked at the two paintings on the table and continued, "And the most important thing is that we all know that this is "Confucius's Teachings", but none of us have seen the real "Confucius's Teachings". Since we have never seen the authentic ones before, we naturally cannot compare them. It is normal to see a fake with such superb skills and be deceived by it!"

Master Chen and Master Qi nodded when they heard this, and their expressions were relieved a little. Lin Yu said this to the point. They had never seen the original works before. They were close to the few authentic works left by Wu Daozi in the world to infer them. It was indeed not very meticulous and it was inevitable that they would make mistakes.

"Jiarong, you said that this painting was made recently, that is, this is not the work of Master Hu Busi?!"

Zhou Chen said in surprise, "That means that there are still people in the world who have painting skills that are comparable to Master Hu Busi?!"

"Yes, if I guess correctly, these two paintings were definitely made by Hu Busi's descendants or apprentices!"

Lin Yu narrowed his eyes and swept the picture of Confucius's teachings on the table, his eyes stayed at Confucius' fingers, and said with a smile, "This person can be said to have learned all his life skills in Hu Busi, and the painting methods in some places are exactly the same!"

In fact, the reason why he could see that this painting was related to Hu Busi was because he noticed this subtle detail. When drawing characters' fingers, Hu Busi was accustomed to using a brush-picking technique, which was also a symbolic style of his personal painting. Hu Busi, a descendant, learned his technique together.

"oh?!"

Zhou Chen looked happy and said excitedly, "Who is there any descendants in this world?!"

"So I'll say, this matter is not necessarily a bad thing for us! It may be an opportunity!"

Lin Yu smiled and said to Zhou Chen, if they could dig up Hu Busi's descendants, it would definitely be a huge gain for them!

"Yes, if we hire him, we will be developed!"

Zhou Chen also understood Lin Yu's idea and said excitedly, "With his level, he can not only help us identify fakes, but also regularly make some paintings for us for auction. I believe that the price of paintings of this level will definitely not be low, and we will share the money with him at that time!"

"Oh, this...this idea is good!"

Jiang Jingren was immediately excited when he heard this, and was extremely excited. If Lin Yu and Zhou Chen invited this person over, he might be able to ask for a painting from this person. After returning to Qinghai, he would pretend to be with his "friends".

Lin Yu did not seem so excited to them. He turned around and looked at the brush wash on the table with a calm expression, and said, "Since this brush wash appeared with these two fake paintings, I infer that this Yancaotang is very likely to be still there! If we can cooperate with them, it will be very beneficial to our future development!"

The counterfeiting process of Yancaotang can be said to be one of the best in the world, and all kinds of precious and famous Yancaotang can be imitated. If Lin Yu and the others can cooperate with this Yancaotang, they can even take orders and customize their favorite imitation crafts for customers!

This is a huge vertical expansion for their auction house’s business!

It will also make their company's future development prospects broader!

Zhou Chen also had a lit up when he heard this and said anxiously: "You are right, Jiarong, if we can go with Yancaotang..."

As soon as he said something, he suddenly stopped. He suddenly remembered something, turned his head and said to Lin Yu with a bitter face, "Jiarong, but this Yancaotang has already cooperated with the Great Wall Auction House?"

He was happy for a long time before finally realizing that the Yancaotang and Great Wall Auction House had established a cooperative relationship, otherwise how could the Great Wall Auction House have so many Yancaotang things?!

"This is not impossible!"

Lin Yu nodded, "But it is also possible that Great Wall just bought these things from Yancaotang at a high price!"

"I hope they don't form an alliance, otherwise they will join forces and our newly opened company will really be ruined!"
Chapter completed!