Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1684 There are really many ideas

What Li Yutang said are all facts, but Zhou Zhi believes that it is not just a problem of poor transportation and lack of public awareness. The government should also bear part of the responsibility for its inadequate guidance.

But there was no way to say this here. Besides, judging from Li Yutang's reaction, they had already realized this problem, so they smiled and said, "In fact, the state has many unique advantages. Take lacquerware for example, there is actually a lot of room for improvement."

"The Chinese lacquerware art is extensive and profound. The lacquerware factories in the autonomous prefecture do not need to restrict themselves to the production of ethnic lacquerware. In fact, whether it is the use of color or pattern, the lacquerware craftsmanship of the Yi people is very similar to that of the ancient Chu region."

"So can we do OEM for museums and tourist product sales outlets in the Wu and Chu areas? I think it's completely feasible."

"In addition to imitating Chu and Han lacquerware, we can continue to improve and develop red carving, rhinoceros carving, gold piling, and even the lacquerware techniques of the island countries such as mojin, flat lacquer, high lacquer, and meat-combined lacquerware, and export them to earn foreign exchange."

"In terms of craftsmanship, the craftsmen in our autonomous prefecture actually all know how to do it. What they lack is only the design of the shape and pattern, as well as the stacking of craftsmanship, the refinement of the process, and the processing of many details."

"But our labor costs are low, and what we lack the least is water-polishing skills. These are our advantages. As long as we can bring them into play, I believe we will have a place in the art market."

Li Yutang felt that Zhou Zhi's knowledge was already very impressive, but he did not expect that a lacquerware production would emerge here.

The lacquerware factories in the autonomous prefecture basically produce ethnic lacquerware, and the market is of course the tourist market in the autonomous prefecture and part of the tourist market in central Yunnan.

He knew about carving red, but he couldn't understand the carving of rhinoceros rhinoceros. As for the ones from the island country, he had never heard of them.

However, in Zhou Zhi's opinion, there is no secret at all about the so-called "Yamato-e" lacquer art. Those techniques have long been the stuff that the Chinese ancestors have reached perfection in. Now, they just need to make the patterns more modern and the techniques more complicated and meticulous. Ultimately, it is still a problem from 1 to 100, not a problem from 0 to 1.

"What does the lacquerware of the islanders look like?"

"How to describe this..." Zhou Zhi thought for a moment, and suddenly thought of a place: "By the way, who designed the large tile mural at our autonomous prefecture railway station?"

"That's the work of our prefecture's young artist Lesoag," Li Yutang said. "He is not only a muralist, but also an oil painter and sculptor. You must have seen the bronze statue of Zhige Along on Hangtian Avenue. That's also his work."

"Young artist, how old are you?" Zhou Zhi asked.

The mural above the ticket gate in the waiting room of the autonomous prefecture railway station is quite large. It depicts the grand occasion of the Torch Festival of the Yi ethnic group. Young men and women in Yi costumes hold hands and dance around a bonfire. Beautiful Yi girls holding yellow umbrellas sing "Dolohe" gracefully. People dressed in their best clothes watch the festival activities such as sheep fighting, bullfighting, horse racing, and wrestling with great interest.

The paintings also include a kind mother holding her baby and feeding her baby, women sitting together weaving wool, girls holding wine glasses and toasting and playing the moon guitar, and lovers herding in the mountains and talking about love...

The work is called "Liangshan Love", with a total area of ​​about 80 square meters and more than 100 characters. The design, layout, color and character portrayal are very precise and grand, so Zhou Zhi couldn't believe that the painter was very young.

"It seems... graduated in 1987?" Li Yutang was a little unsure.

"Ager went to the Affiliated High School of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 1980, and graduated in 1987. He now works at the State Cultural Center. He is already a member of the National Artists Association and a director of the Provincial Artists Association. He is considered to be a promising young man."

"I have to visit them if I have a chance, and collect a few paintings." Zhou Zhi nodded: "The style of Yamato-e lacquerware is actually a bit similar to the lines and composition of the mural "Liangshan Love", but the colors are more elegant." "For the base color, the Japanese generally like to use black lacquer, which is similar to the style of our Yi people." Zhou Zhi said: "If the lacquerware factory is interested, I can ask someone to send a few lacquerware albums from my country and the Japanese country. With a painter like Lesoag as an art consultant, there will be no problem in surpassing Yamato-e."

"In fact, the Yamato-e style developed into a 'Southern Barbarian style' later on. What the Japanese people referred to as the Southern Barbarians at that time were actually the Western colonizers such as Portugal and Spain that occupied the Strait of Malacca. To put it bluntly, it was a combination of Western painting styles."

"That's perfect. Actually, oil painting is Lesoag's main specialty." Liu Mei'e seemed to be very familiar with this painter: "The lacquerware factory is under the direct management of the Second Light Industry Bureau. Renzhong, can you take charge of it?"

"Me?" Wu Renzhong originally thought it was quite lively to hear everyone chatting, but now the task suddenly came to him: "But I'm in Lianhe Township, how can I take care of this matter..."

"I think this is a good idea." Zhou Zhi suggested, "Tomorrow we will go to the Second Light Industry Bureau to get materials about the lacquerware factory, and then go back to Lianhe Township to ask Renzhong to prepare a process report. When the information from my side arrives, the report will be almost ready. After the state gets these two things, we will organize artists like Lesoag to provide artistic guidance. Combined with the experience of the masters of the lacquerware factory, let's make something first."

"Isn't the mushroom season still two months away? We will then invite Japanese and Korean merchants to come for inspection. It will be easier for us to negotiate with them if they have samples."

"But..." Wu Renzhong wanted to speak more, but Shama Ricong stepped on his foot quietly and shut him up.

Wu Renzhong was still too young, and he was afraid that he would not be able to do things well and would not be able to explain to his brother-in-law.

But Zhou Zhi had said so much, how could he not know that Wu Renzhong knew nothing about lacquerware? Of course he knew.

Therefore, the process report must be mainly based on him, but why did they specifically mention that Wu Renzhong prepared the report? This is almost a clear statement that they are willing to give Wu Renzhong a back-up and give him the credit.

Except for Jike Azi and Wu Renzhong, the others present were all smart people and understood Zhou Zhi's meaning immediately.

Li Yutang even suspected that Zhou Zhi came here a few days ago and found out that Wu Renzhong was from the Second Light Industry Bureau. Then he put himself in Wu Renzhong's role and thought about his development, which led to the suggestion of transforming the lacquerware factory's craftsmanship today, combined with attracting foreign investors. This is a real great political achievement nowadays.

This young man really has a lot of ideas.

Nowadays, there is pressure to attract investment all over the country, especially foreign investment. However, for poor areas like autonomous prefectures deep in the interior, it is almost as difficult as climbing to the sky to attract foreign investment.

But Zhou Zhi said that this is not the case. The autonomous prefecture has many opportunities to attract foreign investment. Whether it is true or not, it at least provides some ideas for the prefecture to carry out work in this regard.

After learning about Zhou Zhi, Li Yutang really didn't find what he could exchange for. The only thing he discovered was that this kid seemed to be quite dedicated to the development of Lianhe Township. But when it came down to it, the beneficiaries were not only the villagers but also the two "leaders" Tu Liangzhi and Wu Renzhong, so it didn't seem to be of any benefit to Zhou Zhi.

But no matter what, we have to cater to their interests. Just recently, we heard about a project, so we said, "A few days ago, I heard from you that Lianhe Township can grow pomegranates. We asked the comrades at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences and found a project."

"Oh?" Zhou Zhi suddenly became interested: "What project is it?"