330 Fake Painting
“My ability to lie is really inferior to Elder Zhou’s.”
Elder Zhou knew that Gu Man was mocking him, but when he thought of her relationship with Elder Cui, he felt even more disdainful. It was clearly the truth, yet he couldn’t say anything? However, he was even angrier that Gu Man said that the painting in his hand was fake.
Because of the Fu Lu Shou earlier on, he was especially sensitive to authenticity. Now, he could not listen to any doubts.
“Are you questioning my ability? I’ve seen more calligraphy and paintings in my life than you’ve eaten rice. How can I be wrong? Do you really think Wang Zhi’s paintings are so easy to imitate?”
In fact, the reason why Elder Zhou could confirm that this was Wang Zhi’s real work was because the personal characteristics in Wang Zhi’s painting were too obvious. This also caused others to be unable to imitate his essence at all. It was rare to see Wang Zhi’s imitation on the market. Even if it appeared, it would be exposed at a glance.
That was why he was so sure that Gu Man was bluffing.
“Old Master Cui, even if you’re jealous, there’s no need to spread rumors that this is a fake painting, right?”
Elder Zhou was an extremely narrow-minded person. He was the one who started the rumors first, but when it landed on him, he was the one who was unhappy first. However, his actions were even more disdainful and he was just pretending to be noble.
“Zhou Ping, don’t think that you’re arrogant just because you know something. You once said that there’s always someone better.”
Old Master Cui hated it the most when Elder Zhou often used the attitude of an elder to educate others. In fact, he could not even do it himself. Instead, he acted like he was taking advantage of his seniority.
“I can’t say anything else, but this painting is definitely Wang Zhi’s real work.”
Perhaps it was because they had not gone to pick up the items for a long time, the manager sent someone to deliver them personally and happened to bump into this scene. He asked the person behind him to hand the items to them first and then leaned over with a smile.
“Second Master Xiang, Old Master Cui, Elder Zhou, are you guys catching up here?”
How could the manager not tell that there was tension here? However, in order to prevent another incident from happening at the auction, he could only be the peacemaker.
Elder Zhou looked at the painting in the middle of the tray excitedly. The outer layer was wrapped in good silk, afraid that the painting inside would be destroyed.
He seemed to have thought of something and pointed in Gu Man’s direction. “This person doubts that your painting is fake. I can’t accept it.”
As he spoke, Elder Zhou put down the painting and placed his hands behind his back with a serious expression.
When the manager heard this, he looked in the direction Elder Zhou was pointing. When he saw that it was just a young girl, his frown deepened.
However, because Xiang Yin and Old Master Cui were standing beside her, the manager could not figure out their relationship and spoke politely.
“Miss, perhaps you don’t know Wang Zhi well, that’s why you said this. On account of your good relationship with Old Master Cui and Second Master Xiang, our auction won’t hold it against you.”
The manager sounded polite, but he was actually testing Gu Man’s relationship with Old Master Cui and Xiang Yin. However, he did not think that their painting was fake.
The two big shots of the four great families had already attracted the attention of outsiders. Because of the manager’s sudden appearance, those who did not dare to discuss because of the four great families could not help but discuss.
“Wang Zhi’s paintings are not easy to imitate, so there are very few fake works of Wang Zhi circulating on the market.”
“This little girl is probably so arrogant because of Old Master Cui’s power. She’s self-righteous! Sigh, if Wang Zhi finds out that his work is called fake, I’m afraid his coffin lid won’t be able to hold it down.”
There were also many people in the crowd who laughed and scolded maliciously.
“Little girl, you don’t know anything. Don’t embarrass yourself here. This is clearly real. I don’t know Wang Zhi well. You can tell that it’s real just by looking at his work online.”
“You should be more down-to-earth at such a young age. Don’t think of using such a method to steal people’s attention.”
Because of Old Zhou’s slander, everyone had the preconceived notion that Gu Man was a vain girl. Once prejudice was established, it was difficult to push it down.
However, to Gu Man, she would use her actions to slap everyone’s faces. She had heard too many rumors and did not care anymore.
