"Mr. Fu Changyong, you still have a chance to quit now, do you choose to quit immediately?" "I don't quit." Immediately after, with a crisp sound, the beautiful cup on the treasure table instantly became a pile of "beautiful fragments".
This is a scene that occurred on October 28, 2012, the recording scene of the "World Collection" program, the holder of the "treasure" is Mr. Fu Changyong from Hebei, and the cup smashed by the host of the program Wang Gang is the "sweet white glazed hand cup" that he regards as a treasure. Before coming here, Fu Changyong had found a number of appraisal agencies to identify his pair of "sweet white glazed pressed hand cups", and the conclusions were all "this pair of cups is old and valuable." Some appraisal agencies even released harsh words: "This pair of cups is worth 200 million yuan." ”
Fu Changyong came to the program group full of hope, but left with disappointment. Perhaps because he was not satisfied with the judgment of the program group, Fu Changyong later found many authoritative appraisal agencies with the cup fragments taken back from the program group, and these appraisal agencies also believed that this cup was worth a lot. In a fit of rage, Fu Changyong sued the "World Collection" program group and Wang Gang in court. After many years, how was this case finally determined? Is the "sweet white glazed hand cup" that Wang Gang smashed on the show really worth 200 million yuan?
There is a saying in the explosive antique industry of "The Collection of the World" that "it will not be opened for three years, and it will be opened for three years." "As we all know, the mainland is a country that attaches great importance to culture, and almost every dynasty has a very distinctive cultural product. Most of the cultural products of the early years came from the families of high-ranking officials and nobles, so they were also very valuable. It is precisely for this reason that people throughout the dynasties will take the objects handed down from the previous dynasties to sell or auction. Antiques are valuable, but there are very few people who can identify them.
In today's society, even if a certain family has extremely valuable objects, it is possible that antiques have lost their value because they do not have a treasure eye. The state also attaches great importance to this aspect, and since the introduction of the Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics, local governments have strengthened the collection and preservation of cultural relics. In the folk, more and more people are beginning to study the old objects in their homes, if they are antiques, but it is of great significance. Especially after the law allows for the personal collection and trading of cultural relics in certain circumstances, many people are counting on antiques to get rich overnight.
The waters of the antique industry are extremely deep, which also leads to the reluctance of many people to hand over treasures to unfamiliar people to identify. After perceiving this, Beijing Satellite TV launched a very meaningful program, that is, "The World Collection". "World Collection" focuses on the authenticity of ordinary people's cultural relics, anyone, as long as they want to identify the cultural relics in hand, then they can sign up to participate in this show. On the show, many antique industry experts will carefully study the treasure and finally give a very authoritative answer.
In order to make the show more attractive, the program team also specially found the "old drama bone" Wang Gang. Speaking of Wang Gang, many people's impression of him may stay on "He yan". As everyone knows, this old actor also has a special hobby of "collecting antiques". According to Wang Gang himself, he is very obsessed with antiques, and when he was very young, he often "Taobao" with his father in the antique market, and when he grew up, Wang Gang was even more intoxicated with "antique collection", and because of this, Wang Gang was called "the best collector in the show business circle".
After receiving the invitation from the program group, Wang Gang readily agreed. Unlike other treasure hunting programs, this show called "The Collection of the World" has its own unique feature, that is, it adds a very exciting link to the treasure hunting. When the participant's "treasure" has been identified, the host Wang Gang will process the "treasure" according to the answers given by the experts, if the collection is genuine, then Wang Gang will congratulate the participants; however, if the collection is a fake, then Wang Gang will use the "treasure hammer" in his hand to finally treat it, that is, smash it.
The program team accurately grasped the psychology of the audience, and many viewers, even those who were not interested in antiques at all, were looking forward to the moment when the hammer fell. From the perspective of improving ratings, such a practice of the program group is undoubtedly the "finishing touch", but for the participants, they come to the program recording site from thousands of miles away and see their collections identified as fakes, which will inevitably be very lost, not to mention that some of the participants' "fakes" are also collected from others at high prices. The program team obviously took this into account, in order to ensure that the participants would not disagree with the judgment, before the identification of the collection, the participants would sign a "life and death agreement", as long as this agreement was signed, then the participants could not make any overreaction to the act of "smashing the fake".
After the broadcast, many viewers fell in love with the show and began to pay attention to the cultural relics protection system. At the same time, many contestants who participated in the show also became rich overnight because they were identified as "treasures". On October 28, 2012, a Hebei man named Fu Changyong came to the recording site of "Tianxia Collection" with his "baby". Like many of the participants, Fu Changyong is not a professional antique collector, his job is a doctor, and he is not interested in antique collecting at all. The reason why he came here is because after seeing the show, Fu Changyong thought of a pair of cups in his home.
This pair of cups was not collected by Fu Changyong himself, nor was it handed down from Fu Changyong's family, but was given to him by a patient that Fu Changyong had treated. At that time, after curing a patient, the patient was very grateful for Chang Yong's medical treatment and care, and wanted to give something to Fu Changyong. After knowing that Fu Changyong was an honest and honest doctor who did not accept red envelopes, the patient gave him a pair of precious "sweet white glazed hand cups" from the Ming Dynasty in his hand.
Moreover, in order to make Fu Changyong accept it, the patient did not disclose the price, but said that there was a certain collection value. After watching several episodes of the "World Collection" program, Fu Changyong learned some basic treasure hunting knowledge from the Internet, and then compared the pair of "sweet white glazed pressed hand cups" according to this knowledge. The more he studied, the more Fu Changyong discovered that this cup had a long history. Therefore, Fu Changyong thought of coming to the "World Collection" to identify this pair of "sweet white glazed pressed hand cups". Fu Changyong is busy with medical work on weekdays, in order not to let himself run in vain, before going to the program group, he contacted several antique identification agencies to identify the pair of cups. Almost every identification agency has told Fu Changyong that this is of high value to the cup for a long time and a high probability.
With a foundation in mind, Fu Changyong took a leave of absence to come to the scene of the program recording. Fu Changyong's heart is excited and worried, under the guidance of the program team, Fu Changyong signed a "life and death agreement". When the "sweet white glazed hand cup" was brought to the stage by the staff, several experts present clearly showed a hint of excitement and excitement in their eyes. The "Sweet White Glazed Hand Cup" belongs to the official kiln, which is extremely rare in the market, and the only few identical hand cups left in the mainland are stored in the Palace Museum.
Several treasure experts took turns to play with Chang Yong's pair of cups, their brows stretched at times, sometimes tightening. During this period, Fu Changyong had always maintained a very nervous mood, because he knew that if the pair of "sweet white glazed hand cups" were genuine, then he would not be making a fortune. However, the result was not what Chang Yong had hoped. Several experts discussed and came to the same conclusion: "Although Fu Changyong's cup is exquisitely made, there are still certain gaps and flaws compared with the real thing, so this pair of cups is not genuine, it is more like an imitation under modern technology." Hearing the experts' conclusions, Fu Changyong was stunned, and he couldn't believe that the "treasure" in the mouths of several authoritative identification agencies had arrived here worthless.
Fu Changyong could not accept such a result, and his eyes were sluggish for a long time. In the middle of the night, a sentence from the host Wang Gang finally made Fu Changyong come back to life. "Mr. Fu Changyong, do you choose to quit immediately now?" The host Wang Gang held up the "treasure protection hammer" in his hand and made a posture that was about to "raise the knife in his hand". The audience present held their breath, they knew that at this moment, the fate of the pair of cups depended on Fu Changyong's words. Fu Changyong did not answer, he still did not want to believe such a result. Wang Gang asked several times in a row, but Fu Changyong finally did not choose to compromise.
"Don't quit." Almost at the same instant, Wang Gang's "Treasure Protection Hammer" landed accurately on this "sweet white glazed pressed hand cup", and this cup instantly became several fragments. Watching his "baby" disappear, Fu Changyong did not show particular excitement, he found the program team, hoping to allow himself to bring the fragments home. After some discussion, Fu Changyong finally brought back only two fragments.
But it was these two pieces that reversed the fact that the dust had settled. After the final conclusion of the program, Fu Changyong thought more and more unwillingly. At first, he thought that the several appraisal institutions he had found were not professional enough, so he found a more professional institution again with the fragments, but the appraisal results were exactly the same as those of the previous ones: "This cup is very precious." Fu Changyong was confused again, he did not understand why there were two different statements in two places.
After calming down, Fu Changyong thought a lot, and he made up a complete statement: this pair of "sweet white glazed hand cups" is indeed genuine, the program team may have misjudged, and after smashing the cup, the program team did not let themselves bring back the complete fragments may be because they were afraid of being found out by the owner of the baby later. After being persuaded by such an idea, Fu Changyong was very angry, and he took the program team and Wang Gang to court. In fact, there are many "victims" like Fu Changyong, and many people who participate in the "World Collection" cannot understand why the treasure they have treasured for many years is actually a fake. Wang Gang's "dare to be the first" approach has stirred up thousands of waves, and more and more participants have expressed dissatisfaction with the appraisal results of the program group and asked the program group to give themselves an explanation.
And Wang Gang, as the host of the program, was once pushed to the cusp of the storm. Many people began to question Wang Gang's "collector" status, and said that Wang Gang did not understand antiques at all, and participated in the show purely to make money. For a time, the ratings of the "World Collection" program fell sharply. In accordance with the legal process, the Chaoyang Municipal Court in Beijing tried the high-profile case. In order to enforce the fairness and transparency of the law, the court also specially found two of the most authoritative veteran experts in the antiques industry, who re-identified the fragments that were smashed on the show.
Fu Changyong thought that this time he could finally get a solution, but the result was still not as he wished - the cup was a fake, but it was not an imitation of modern technology, but an ancient imitation. As soon as this remark came out, the authenticity of the pair of "sweet white glazed hand cups" was basically finalized. However, Fu Changyong is still unwilling to end this, he believes that even if this cup is an ancient imitation, then it also has a certain value, at least worth tens of thousands of yuan. This kind of value thing, on the show said to be smashed is smashed, he demanded compensation for the loss. Therefore, Fu Changyong appealed again.
Obviously, because Fu Changyong signed a "life and death agreement" with the program team when he participated in the program, as long as Fu Changyong's collection is identified as "non-genuine", then the program team has the right to "smash" the collection. Therefore, the court once again pronounced the program team and Wang Gang and others at fault, and finally sentenced Fu Changyong to lose the case. After the storm, the "World Collection" program is no longer difficult to get attention, and Wang Gang also left the program group because he received too many gossip in the incident, and then the program was also suspended. After many years, when people have forgotten about this matter, the party Wang Gang responded positively to the matter on social media for the first time.
Wang Gang said that he was questioned because he "mistakenly smashed" a "treasure", and the reason why he did not speak out that year was because he knew that he could not compete with public opinion, and now he mentioned this matter because he wanted to give himself a clean slate. "In fact, the 'sweet white glazed hand cup' that I smashed was indeed a fake, let alone a fake, even if it was genuine, it was not worth the two hundred million they said." It has been many years since the incident, right and wrong are still controversial, but the incident has also played a certain role, that is, as ordinary people, we must pay great attention to cultural relics, and we cannot let old objects with great value be destroyed under our "unaware".