Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 326 Famous Paintings
"Because of his wife Xiao Qiong, Jiang Zhaohe and his family were able to return to Beiping in the early days of the victory, while his younger sister Jiang Wanqi was an ordinary bank clerk. It was already the end of summer in [-] when she was reunited with her family."

"In the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, Jiang Wanqi fled for eight years. Among the four children, only Qichun's eldest son was left alive. When he returned home, he was so thin that only a skeleton was left, dirty and infected with infectious diseases. .”

"The boy in "Returning the Native" is a portrayal of the image of the painter's nephew when he returned, deeply expressing Jiang Zhaohe's compassion, sympathy, sympathy, and caring heart."

"Hunger and cold make me wander, when will I go to my hometown? Behind "Return to the Native" are the voices of millions of refugees, and it is a painful history in China."

"He is a great painter, his status should be above Xu Beihong." Zhou Zhi said softly.

"Xu Beihong had a great influence on him, which can be seen from the painting style." Fei Guan said: "However, Xu Beihong's realism has a strong color of idealism, while Jiang Zhaohe's realism is full of realism. .”

"Traditional Chinese dialects pursue tranquility and subtlety, with hidden charm. Until Xu Beihong began to make breakthroughs and improvements, but the works with realistic themes are only "The Ba Man Draws Water" and "The Poor Woman of Ba". Of course, there is still support. The representative work "The Foolish Old Man Moves Mountains" made during the Anti-Japanese War."

"It was only when Jiang Zhaohe came here that the realism-themed figure scrolls entered a period of completeness. From leaders to workers, from old intellectuals to rural children, all of them are vivid images under the artist's pen."

"His painting style took shape, and we think it started with this "Second Brother Out of Sichuan"."

"Is this a work created in [-]?" Zhou Zhi asked, "I think it was in August of [-] to form an army out of Sichuan."

"Yes, after that there will be 300 million children from Central Sichuan, rushing to the battlefield."

In the picture, before the Sichuan Army is about to set off, relatives are surrounded by relatives to see them off, and they are nostalgic.

The background of the picture is the streets and alleys and countless starting figures.The theme is Jiang Zhaohe's consistent style - group portraits.

The second brother of the Sichuan Army wore a British steel helmet, a cloth military uniform, an armed belt, a quilt bag, a long gun on his shoulder, leggings, and straw sandals.

Described as thin, with a look of anxiousness on his face, but a little girl in patched clothes in front of him eagerly grabbed the water bottle strap. Although the second brother was in a hurry, he couldn't bear to blame him, so he had to say hello to the adults next to him. .

And there were two old people among the adults. The old woman was obviously sad and couldn't bear to see her son go to the battlefield. She turned her back to the second brother and buried her head on her wife's shoulder.

The old man also had a look of reluctance, but he beckoned to his son to let him go quickly.

Beside the old man was his sister-in-law, who bent forward, as if he wanted to hug the girl who was holding the uncle's kettle bag, but was stopped by a man beside him, meaning to let his daughter and brother stay longer.

This is a painting with the theme of sacrificing a small family and going to the national crisis. It is a microcosm of the 300 million families of Sichuan Army children at that time.Regardless of the subject matter, technique, expression, body shape, posture, and relationship between characters, they are all presented in a real and delicate manner, which immediately hit Zhou Zhi's heart.

"Great work." Zhou Zhi murmured, "I want it, how much?"

Another advantage of buying things in Gongmei shopping malls is that the prices are clearly marked.

The prices are estimated by experts before, reviewed and approved by the committee, and then written into labels, after which any salesperson can sell them.

No matter whether you are pushing the goods to the sky or demoting them to the mud, Gongmei will neither raise prices nor lower prices, and there is no such thing as watching people order dishes.

So even though Zhou Zhi was so shocked by these two paintings that he used "great" to describe them, Manager Fei still flipped through the tags: ""Returning Home" has a mature style, exquisite painting skills, profound expressions and inner feelings of the characters, and has been exhibited many times. , it is also included in many published albums, and it is a masterpiece with an unquestionable inheritance and orderly identity, so the price given by the mall... [-]."

"As for "Second Brother Out of Sichuan", we collected it from the folks, and it belongs to the artist's style of forming period. The brushwork is a little lacking, and he has not been famous before. Although it is also a major historical event subject, it is still slightly insufficient compared with "Returning to the Native". , so the final selling price at the mall was... 3 yuan."

"It's a bit too much." Zhou Zhi pointed to a picture of Qiu Ying's lady on the wall: "That one is only [-]."

"That's US dollars." Manager Fei said flatly.

"Isn't the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the renminbi one to one?"

"Hehe...you can trade one for one, that's fine too."

"These two paintings are not easy to increase in value. Have you held them for a long time?" Zhou Zhi hesitated: "They are not festive themes. Can't they be lowered?"

"There are also festive themes." Manager Fei said with a smile: "Jiang Zhaohe's teacher Xu Beihong's work, "Kyushu No Matter, Happy Farming", is festive enough, do you want it?"

"What?" Zhou Zhi's heart skipped a beat. Although this painting is not as well-known as Xu Beihong's "Eight Steeds", he knew it himself: "Look at the painting?"

"It's okay to see, but you can't negotiate the price." Fei Guan took out the trick of rigid state-owned enterprises: "Let's talk about my elbows first, 38, not a penny less."

"I'll go..." Zhou Zhi even raised his eyebrows in excitement.

The reason why he was impressed with this painting was because of the news that year.

The head of the auction house in the news excitedly claimed that although the painting was sold for [-] million yuan, it was not surprising at all.

Because 15 years ago, this work created the highest price of art auction at that time, 190 million.

At that time, it was the number one in the country, but it has increased by 15 six times in 130 years.

Then the person in charge also mentioned: This is the result of the Chinese auction market being in line with international standards. It coincides with the 200th anniversary of the country's accession to the WTO. Compared with the bleak situation of the first international auction with a total turnover of [-] million yuan, it shows that today's country It is indeed rich and powerful, and the people are indeed abundant.

At that time Zhou Zhi was still watching TV and sneering, but now he has a key clue.

China joined the WTO in 2001, the tenth anniversary is 2011, and 15 years before that is 1996.

In other words, the painting of Gongmei will be worth 190 million if it is auctioned in four years, and it will be worth 20 million if it is auctioned in 2.3 years, plus a commission of 2.668 million!
And now, only 38 is needed!
If you can't buy it, you will lose money, if you can't buy it, you will be fooled!
Human psychology is very strange. It is reasonable to say that Zhou Zhi already has a lot of good things in his collection, but until now, Zhou Zhi has never had such a happy mood of "picking up leaks".

First of all, those things are different from modern calligraphy and painting. For some things, Zhou Zhi didn't plan to sell them at all, so no matter how much they can be sold in later generations, it has nothing to do with him.

The second is that those things come too "easy". Manzhou is almost all cultural and entertainment deserts. There are scrap yards, residents' homes in various towns, and many places where old things can be found. As long as Zhou Zhi asks, there is no one who is unwilling to sell.

However, Zhou Zhi doesn't pay much attention to modern painting and calligraphy. These things, just like the stamps he used to sell, are "commodities" that he uses to cash in to make money and sell his favorite things.

So until now, Zhou Zhi had truly experienced the fun for the first time, and couldn't help but feel elated.

(End of this chapter)