How did I become an old artist?

Chapter 209 The Palace Museum, interviewed by a CCTV reporter!
The Palace Museum.

Wu Weimin, director of the Palace Museum, Huang Yongyu and Yang Wulong, masters of Chinese traditional Chinese painting, greeted Zhao Chen in the living room.

Wu Weimin was very happy.

"Master Zhao, you see that "Mountains and Rivers" has achieved such a good result, have you ever thought about drawing another one?" Wu Weimin asked directly.

Since Zhao Chen's Mountains and Rivers was exhibited in the Palace Museum, the exhibition hall has become extremely popular.

Almost all masters in the field of Chinese landscape painting, college teachers, and folk Chinese painting lovers have come to appreciate this top contemporary landscape painting.

Moreover, after appreciating it, everyone's evaluation is very high.

Therefore, "Mountains and Rivers" has vaguely become a representative work of modern Chinese landscape painting.

"Dean, I'm not ready right now. If I draw another one, it's impossible to draw such a charm. Maybe I need some inspiration." Zhao Chen replied directly.

Several others nodded.

Everyone knows in their hearts that artistic creation is sometimes a glimpse, creating shocking works at a certain time and under certain circumstances.

It will be difficult to replicate such success.

However, Zhao Chen has already reached another state, that is, if he wants to paint, he can completely achieve this state through long-term accumulation.

However, the preparation time of several months is a bit long for Zhao Chen now.

"Indeed, I heard that for this painting, you spent several months from the materials to visiting the mountains. It is really not easy."

"After Wang Ximeng created "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", it took more than half a year to create the second painting."

Wu Weimin nodded.

Then, Wu Weimin told Zhao Chen another thing.

For Wu Weimin, it is really rare for a master like Zhao Chen to come to the Forbidden City, and he should cherish this opportunity if he can use it.

Wu Weimin said again: "Master Zhao, there is one more thing. I heard that the Association of Traditional Handicrafts recently approved your status as a national official kiln porcelain art master. Congratulations!"

"Thank you." Zhao Chen replied politely.

"It just so happens that I have a set of Southern Song official kiln porcelain here. Two pieces of porcelain are slightly scratched. Let's see if they can be repaired. It just so happens that CCTV 3 wants to come here to shoot a special topic on restoration of cultural relics. It just happened to come together."

Hearing this, Zhao Chen suddenly became interested.

"Southern Song Dynasty official kiln porcelain cultural relics? Where is the place of origin? Can I see what it is first?"

Wu Weimin replied: "It is produced by the orthodox Xiunei official kiln. It is a sunflower wash, a spinner vase, and a cup holder."

"Sunflower wash? It's an eight-petal sunflower-style brush wash. The patterns are intertwined like a net. There is no glaze on the bottom of the foot, revealing the black iron body."

"Spin bottle, there should be 7 swirls from the neck to the belly of the bottle, and the glaze layer is relatively thick."

"The cup holder must be made of cracked ice, and the glaze color is more lustrous."

Zhao Chen answered like a treasure, and replied directly.

Wu Weimin was startled, and said, "Huh, amazing! There are two exhibits that have never been exhibited before, and you know that."

Hearing this, Zhao Chen just smiled and said, "I've seen the pictures, so I understand."

"Then Master Zhao, go over and see if you can fix it?"

"No problem, I'll look into it."

Then, Wu Weimin took Zhao Chen to the place where the porcelain was stored.

Porcelain is kept in a closed room with a constant temperature, and the specifications are very high.

Seeing these familiar but vicissitudes of porcelain, Zhao Chen felt excited.

These antique porcelains are indeed from Xiu Nei Si official kiln.

The works of official kilns are almost all standard production, so he knows the details very well.

Each of the few pieces of Southern Song official kiln porcelain in front of us is priceless, worth hundreds of millions or more.

These are all really good babies.

Zhao Chen put on sterile gloves, held up a piece of porcelain, and looked at it carefully.

The researchers of the museum who are in charge of repairing and maintaining the official kiln porcelain watched from the side, admiring and excited.

Zhao Chen is the only state-level master of official kiln porcelain art!

In terms of understanding of official kiln porcelain, no one in Huaxia is better than him!
In this way, Zhao Chen carefully looked at it for about 10 minutes before putting down the porcelain.

"It can be repaired, but sufficient preparations must be made."

Zhao Chen turned his head and said to everyone.

"Really?" a researcher of official kiln porcelain said excitedly.

"We didn't dare to repair it before, for fear of breaking it," another researcher added.

Dean Wu Weimin was also full of excitement, "This is great, then I will contact the reporter of CCTV [-]."

"They have long wanted to shoot a special issue on the restoration of cultural relics."

"Just right this time."

Zhao Chen took another look at the porcelain, and calculated the success rate in his mind, and there was no problem.

He couldn't be more familiar with these porcelains.

It is not difficult for him to fix a little blemish.

"I will try my best." Zhao Chen nodded.

At this time, Wu Weimin, the director of the park, was afraid that he would be under pressure, so he said politely: "It doesn't matter if it can't be repaired well. Before, when the museum made mistakes in repairing cultural relics, anyway, it's fine to edit the show even if it fails. It's nothing."

"And no one was able to guarantee that this piece of official kiln porcelain could be restored before."

Zhao Chen said to Wu Weimin: "You can try it, I will talk about the plan first, and then do it after confirming that there is no problem."

The work of restoring cultural relics does not start immediately.

It is often necessary to be ready and try to have no problem before repairing.

There are many cultural relic restoration experts in the museum.

The person in charge of porcelain restoration is a highly respected old expert named Wang Liwu.

After Zhao Chen made a plan, Wu Weimin called Wang Liwu over and let him and Zhao Chen be in charge of repairing these pieces of porcelain.

Seeing Wang Liwu coming, Zhao Chen's expression changed, and he immediately stepped forward to say hello:

"Mr. Wang, long time no see."

Wang Liwu glanced at him and said, "I never expected to see you in this way. You really exceeded my expectations."

Seeing this scene, Wu Weimin was slightly taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "Old Wang, do you know Master Zhao?"

Zhao Chen explained with a smile: "I am a student of the History Department of Kyoto University. Mr. Wang is a professor of the History Department of Kyoto University and one of the teachers of our history class."

Only then did Wu Weimin suddenly realize that Zhao Chen and Wang Liwu had a teacher-student relationship.

Wang Liwu, 73 years old, was hired back as a professor in the Department of History by Kyoto University. He is also an expert in the restoration of cultural relics in the Palace Museum.

Such a person is already a living treasure in the traditional industry.

But Wang Liwu said: "When I was in school, this kid often pissed me off. I didn't have a good impression of him. I didn't expect to have such achievements in the field of handicrafts."

Wu Weimin was a little surprised again.

Zhao Chendao: "We have differences in the history of the Song Dynasty, especially regarding the evaluation of several historical figures. I think the evaluation in history books is not accurate enough. Teacher Wang thinks my opinion is wrong."

"Of course your opinion is wrong, let's not talk about Xin Qiji and Wang Anshi, just talk about Li Sisi, you said she married to the south, but there is no record in the history books, and Li Shishi is a famous prostitute, so how can there be a saying that literati are obsessed with her. "

Wang Liwu became interested, and argued with Zhao Chen again.

"Li Shishi was quite famous in the Song Dynasty. Let's put it this way, Li Shishi at that time was equivalent to the earliest traffic star. I don't know much about her pictorials and stories. Many people have inquired about Li Shishi's gossip."

"At that time, there were not a few people who were obsessed with her, ranging from eight-year-old children to 60-year-old people. How could it be summed up by a famous prostitute!"

Zhao Chen argued hard.

The culture of the Song Dynasty was prosperous and prosperous. Li Shishi was indeed very popular at that time. He experienced it personally. It is comparable to the current top actresses.

Wu Weimin, the director of the Palace Museum, suddenly felt dizzy.

Good guy, a master of state-level official kiln porcelain art, and a professor of history at Kyoto University, quarreled in the Forbidden City about the evaluation of historical figures in the Song Dynasty.

Both of them are serious people, with their own persistence, it seems that neither of them can convince the other.

"Two, let's leave Master Li alone, it's important to restore the cultural relics first."

"I made an appointment with a CCTV reporter. I heard that Master Zhao is here. They will send someone over tomorrow."

"Let's think about the process of repair."

Wu Weimin hurriedly made peace with the old man.

Zhao Chen stopped talking, Wang Liwu still wanted to show his research report to Zhao Chen, but he held back.

Accompanying him were several younger researchers from the museum, all of whom graduated with Ph.D. degrees from the Department of History and Cultural Relics.

They admired Zhao Chen very much.

"It's really courageous to be a master of art, to argue with the old professor about history!"

Afterwards, Zhao Chen led the people from the museum and began to tell some details about the restoration of cultural relics.

In this respect, Zhao Chen knew more about the characteristics of official kiln porcelain than they did, so everyone benefited a lot from Zhao Chen's details.

Wang Liwu also listened carefully.

In the field of official kiln porcelain, Zhao Chen can be said to be No.1 in China.

Especially the characteristics of the ancient judge's kiln, no one knows better than him.

The plan described by Zhao Chen was very professional. After listening to the researchers of the museum, they unanimously agreed with Zhao Chen's restoration plan.

The director of the museum, Wu Weimin, was deeply moved, and even secretly thought about how to invite Zhao Chen to reside in the Palace Museum.

After all, the light of Zhao Chen, who was born out of nowhere, was too dazzling.

The next day, CCTV reporters arrived as scheduled.

The people at the museum are already waiting.

CCTV's shooting often represents the highest level in an industry.

Zhao Chen knew that this shooting was very important to him.

He has just been selected as a national official kiln porcelain art master, which is the time when he needs the most results.

There must be some voices of discussion from the outside world.

And this time, the invitation from the Palace Museum and the three sets of CCTV shooting are platforms that other craftsmen can hardly match.

Zhao Chen also intends to cherish it.

The next day, the shooting started. In order to pursue the shooting effect, Zhao Chen wore a traditional embroidered cloth.The clothes are naturally from Dream Millennium Factory, so this is also an opportunity for self-promotion.

The photographer arranges the camera position, and the shooting is ready to start.

The female reporter stood beside Zhao Chen, ready to start the interview.

This time, Zhao Chen is the absolute protagonist in the maintenance of cultural relics.

(End of this chapter)