Portable Museum

"Thank you, Master Zhang, for the meal.

My old buddies are all good craftsmen, but this kind of ancient architecture is not popular now.

Their craftsmanship is no longer popular, and they are hungry and full, and there is nowhere to go. "Lao Yang said slightly sadly.

"Born at the wrong time! It's a pity that they are very skilled." Zhang Junping also sighed slightly

Among the artisans in front of me, the youngest one is more than 40, almost 50 years old.

Due to the pressure of life, everyone looks like a more than 60-year-old person.

As Zhang Junping said, this group of craftsmen was born at a bad time.

Many people may have caught up with the war just after leaving the army.

Who spends money on house repairs during the war years?
In the 30 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country has basically not done many large-scale infrastructure projects.

Just rely on some tinkering to live.

"Yes! We were born at the wrong time!" Lao Yang said with a sigh.

"It will be great if you join the company in the future! Help the company train more craftsmen and pass on their skills. The company will provide them with retirement benefits in the future." Zhang Junping promised with a smile.

"Really?" Lao Yang excitedly said.

"Of course it is true! It is a pity that their craft is lost.

Especially your old Yang's craftsmanship, let alone be lost, help me train more apprentices.

You can choose the apprentices yourself, whether it is your son, grandson, or someone else, in short, cultivate a few more apprentices. "Zhang Junping nodded very affirmatively.

"Training my son, grandson also counts?" Lao Yang was stunned.

After all, Lao Yang came from the old society, and he had a serious traditional concept of a craftsman in his heart.

That is not to pass on art lightly.

Just like style thunder, for hundreds of years, craftsmanship has been passed on from male to female.

It is also a coincidence that he has achieved today's achievements by relying on his talent of never forgetting.

Ninety percent of his skills were learned by stealing, and the remaining ten percent was learned from Lei Xiancai.

Therefore, Lao Yang had some resistance to Zhang Junping's talk about passing on the skills.

It was only because Zhang Junping was his food and clothing parent now that he didn't directly refute it.

However, he didn't expect that Zhang Junping would actually say that if he passed on his skills to his son, it would be the same for his grandson, so he would pass on his skills.

"Lao Yang, I know that all of you veteran craftsmen have a concept, that is, don't pass on art lightly, even from male to female.

So, I respect your idea, all I want is that you pass on your craftsmanship, it doesn't matter who you pass it on to.

Instead of taking the craftsmanship accumulated over hundreds of years into the grave like Shigeru. "Zhang Junping said with a smile.

Of course it doesn't matter who you pass it on to, the important thing is that your successors should also serve me.

After chatting with Lao Yang for a few more words, Zhang Junping took his leave and left Baylor Mansion.

There is nothing to see here. The carpenters are busy processing the beams, cornices, columns, doors and windows because they can't build walls and bricks in winter.

Back to Dashilan, just in time for lunch.

Today is white flour steamed buns, and the dish is stewed mutton with radish vermicelli.

This kind of food, those super-large state-owned factories can't keep up.

In the past, they often came out to do private work for others.

In this era, small carpenters are more popular than big carpenters.

Carpenters are divided into big carpenters and small carpenters. The big carpenters build houses, while the small carpenters make furniture.

The group of carpenters brought by Lao Yang in the Baylor House is a big carpenter.

And Lao Ma and his group are small carpenters.

Lao Ma and the others have never met such a generous owner.

I thought that if I could give them steamed buns with three-in-one noodles and two-in-one noodles, it would be considered generous.

Even, some homeowners directly feed them corn bread.

It's not that I don't want to feed them good food, it's because they are short of food in this day and age.

Zhang Junping also served himself a bowl of stewed mutton with radish vermicelli, took two big steamed buns of white flour, went to Lao Ma's side, and asked with a smile: "Old Ma, is the food okay? If you are not satisfied, tell me come out.

I promised you, Director Yang, that I must let you eat well. "

"Master Zhang, if any of us say anything bad about you, we will be struck by lightning." The old horse grinned and said to Zhang Junping with a mouthful of big yellow teeth.

"It's good if you're satisfied! I'm also very satisfied with your craftsmanship, it's very delicate, and every piece is like a work of art!" Zhang Junping praised with a smile.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for your compliment! The main reason is that the furniture you designed looks good.

It was an eye-opener for us, and we didn't expect that furniture could do this.

To be honest, we didn't understand why we did this at first.

After making it, I realized that your design is really ingenious.

Master Zhang, you are a man of great talent. "Lao Ma gave Zhang Junping a thumbs up sincerely.

"Haha! Ma, if you flatter me again, I can't give you a raise.

How about I talk to your factory manager Yang and promote you to be the workshop director. "Zhang Junping said with a smile.

"Master Zhang, you are joking, I am not destined to be an official.

As far as technology is concerned, in the entire woodware factory, I have never convinced anyone except Director Yang.

But my personality is too straightforward, so I am not suitable for being an official.

Thank you Mr. Zhang for your kindness. The old horse smiled and shook his head.

"Then there is no other way!" Zhang Junping said with a smile.

He really can't help with the salary increase, because the old horse is getting an eighth-level salary.

This is already the highest salary among workers, [-] yuan a month.

There is no way to go up, unless it is promoted to a leadership position and gets an administrative salary.

After eating, Zhang Junping also started to do his own work.

Li Wenjuan and Xia Guoxiang didn't come, so he was alone, fine-tuning the rough embryos of the furniture parts that had been made before.

Not long after Zhang Junping did it, Scarface came back with the cart.

Because there were too many things, Scarface not only called all ten of his own scooters, but also called ten scooters from outside.

Twenty carts are fully loaded.

"Master Zhang, it's great that you're here! Where do you see these things?
Move them all to the backyard and put them in the house. "Zhang Junping simply put down the work in hand and directed everyone to unload the truck.

Scarface called more than 100 people to come to work.

The hundred and ten people worked together, and quickly moved the things on the twenty carts into the backyard.

"Master Zhang, Lord Hu asked me to ask you, what is your standard for collecting old objects?"

"You tell him, before the founding of the People's Republic of China, as long as there are objects with collection value and artistic value, I will take them." Zhang Junping said very simply.

"Okay! With your words, it will be easy!

Before, Mr. Hu didn't know your specific requirements, so he picked up old objects from before the mid-Qing period. "

"Tell him, I want antique calligraphy and paintings, wood and bamboo root carvings, jade carvings, porcelain, bronzes, and all kinds of old objects.

Not limited to domestic ones, but also foreign ones. "Zhang Junping thought about it and explained again.

"Understand Master Zhang, please please! I promise to empty the warehouse of the trust store for him." Scarface said with a smile.

"I'm waiting for your good news!" Zhang Junping patted Scarface's shoulder vigorously.

After sending off Scarface and his group, Zhang Junping went into the backyard room.

Looking at the room full of things, Zhang Junping resisted the urge to put everything into the museum space, and slowly looked at the old objects that Scarface had just brought back.

The most common ones are rare ancient books, twenty carts of old items, and rare ancient books account for half of them.

In addition, there are some calligraphy and paintings of famous people, but they are all from the middle and early Qing Dynasty, and there are no works by famous masters.

Zhang Junping took a look at the porcelain, and it was mainly from the Jiaqing, Daoguang, and Xianfeng years. He only saw two pieces of porcelain from the Qianlong period.

From this point of view, the last time he went to the trust store to buy so many high-quality goods from the third generation of the Qing Dynasty, he was completely lucky.

Catch up with things that have just been collected, and have not had time to send them away or have not been discovered by interested people.

Zhang Junping waved two Qianlong blue and white porcelain plum vases into the museum space.

In terms of price alone, these two plum vases exceed the combined price of all other porcelains.

In addition to the two major categories of antique calligraphy and painting and porcelain, the classification of antiques includes jade, bronze, wood, and miscellaneous items.

Jade, especially ancient jade, is a very important category in the collection circle.

Most collectors hope to own a piece of ancient jade with Qin.

Zhang Junping looked at the jade wares brought back from the trust store, including more than 20 pieces of jade carvings; more than 30 pieces of jade pendants; more than 100 pieces of scattered jade accessories.

The value of jade, in addition to the material of the jade itself, the most important thing is the carver, and whether it is a famous work.

Zhang Junping flipped through it, these jade wares, only a few carvers could catch his eyes.

Others, the jade is of good quality, whether it is jadeite, Hetian jade, Lantian jade, or Nanyang jade, they are all above the middle grade.

That's right, the carving work is poor, no matter how poor the quality of the jade is, it's impossible for Lao Hu to use it to fool himself.

On the contrary, there were two Tianhuangshi seals, which surprised Zhang Junping.

In the early years, it was said that there were one or two fields of gold and one or two gold. In fact, with the gradual depletion of the resources of Tianhuangshi, especially the best of Tianhuangshi, it has already reached the point of one or two fields of yellow and ten taels of gold.

These two Tianhuangshi seals, although the owner of the seal is not a celebrity, are both top-quality chicken oil frozen Tianhuangshi.

This also allowed Zhang Junping to go back to the furnace with confidence and boldness.

Coincidentally, he lacks this kind of top grade seal right now, so if he changes it, he can use it himself.

Waved the seal into the museum space.

Together with the seal, there are two Hetian suet jade pendants, one Lantian jade crouching tiger paperweight, two high-ice jadeite bracelets, and three jade finger rings.

What he puts into the museum space is the kind that would make you feel bad if you lose one.

After watching the jade wares, Zhang Junping turned to the place where the bronze wares were kept.

He didn't have any bronze wares in his space, and he hadn't deliberately collected bronze wares before.

When it comes to bronze ware, many people will think that bronze ware is not allowed to be traded, bronze ware is prohibited from being traded, and it is illegal and so on.

First of all, it must be clear that the earliest Cultural Relics Protection Law was implemented in [-].

Therefore, the country has not banned the trading of bronze wares at present, and buying and selling bronze wares is still legal.

In addition, the bronze wares prohibited by the state mainly refer to ancient bronze wares such as Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States.

Naturally, it is impossible for the trust store to have that kind of heavy wares, and all the bronze wares brought over are imitation bronze wares from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The only thing that makes Zhang Junping feel a bit interesting is one of the Zhaoming mirrors from the Ming Dynasty imitated from the Tang Dynasty.

Inner clear quality is clear, and the brilliance is like the sun and the moon.

Zhaoming Bronze Mirror originated in the Han Dynasty and reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty.

Strictly speaking, the Zhaoming Mirror cannot be regarded as a bronze ware, but should be regarded as a bronze ware.

Since the Tang Dynasty, bronze ware has basically disappeared, replaced by bronze ware.

The bronze wares of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties are more beautiful than bronze wares, and the materials used are more exquisite.

Bronze gilt, gold inlay and other crafts appeared.

For example, gilded Buddha statues and gilded bronze horses are all very beautiful.

This is incomparable to the bronzes of Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn, Warring States and even Qin and Han Dynasties.

After Zhang Junping played with the mirror for a while, he turned his attention to the wooden utensils.

Now the wooden utensils brought over are all small pieces, wooden boxes, wooden boxes, wood carvings and other small things.

The red sandalwood Guanyin Bodhisattva statue that Zhang Junping saw in the trust store was also inside.

Zhang Junping waved the Avalokitesvara into the museum space.

Also included in the museum space are several treasure boxes of red sandalwood and gold silk inlays from the Qing Dynasty.

After that era, it is really a miracle that the gold thread inlaid on the rosewood treasure box can be preserved so well.

In the past few decades, there have been many incidents where the gold and silver threads inlaid on the furniture of the Qing Dynasty, jade and jadeite and other jewelry were deducted and exchanged for money.

Many Qing Dynasty furniture were destroyed in this way.

Therefore, a lot of Qing Dynasty furniture has been handed down, not tens of millions of pieces, but millions of pieces.

When I was poor a few years ago, the gold and silver threads inlaid on the furniture, jade, agate and jadeite were seized and sold for money.

This can be regarded as a different kind of crime!

After looking at the wooden utensils, Zhang Junping went to Miscellaneous again.

Among the batch of things that Scarface sent back, there were the most miscellaneous items.

For the fans alone, there are more than 30 of them, all of which are well preserved, with complete fan surfaces, fan bones, and fan pendants.

Zhang Junping picked up a fan casually, opened it, and was overjoyed.

This is a sandalwood folding fan inlaid with silver cloud and dragon patterns. The fan is Qi Baishi's picture of a shrimp play, and the pendant is a Hetian mutton jade safety buckle and red tassels.

Zhang Junping can still recognize the authentic works of his master.

This kind of fan is specially used for collecting and playing.

Qi Baishi's fan, no one is willing to use such a fan to fan the wind.

Even if it is a fan, as the old Guo Xiangsheng said, open the fan and shake your head.

Put this fan away, and then open the other fans one by one.

Only then did Zhang Junping realize that his surprise just now was a bit early.

These more than 30 fans are all masterpieces of famous masters. The bones of the fans are exquisitely made, the surfaces of the fans are all painted by modern masters, and the pendants are also very particular.

Zhang Junping guessed that these more than 30 fans were probably collected by one person, and then they were sold in trust stores because of the urgent need of money for livelihood or other reasons.

Of course, it is also possible that the person who collected these fans passed away, and the children took out the fans and sold them for money to share the spoils.

Such things are very common in the antique world.

Just like the son and daughter-in-law of the admirals of the Nine Gates under Zhengyangmen, they hoped that the old man would die quickly, so that after he died, he could sell the goodies that the old man had saved up all his life and enjoy life.

From another perspective, these prodigal sons are really great contributors to the antique world. Without them, the activity of the antique world would be reduced by at least one-third.It is their existence that allows the circulation of antique cultural relics.

Zhang Junping was playing with a folding fan, thinking in his heart: I wonder if my prodigal sons and daughters will also use these good things that I have collected so hard to contribute to the prosperity of the antique market after I die?

Maybe!

However, Zhang Junping immediately smiled sarcasticly, his wife hadn't married yet, so it was a little early to think about it.

At this time, Scarface came back with the cart.

Another twenty carts full of curios.

Lao Hu also followed the convoy to the Dashilan courtyard.

"Master Zhang, this time it's mainly furniture. Where do you think it's suitable?" Scarface approached Zhang Junping and asked in a low voice.

"You can just find a room in the backyard to store it, anyway, it's a temporary storage.

I'll have someone pull these things away later. "Zhang Junping said with a smile.

"Okay!" Scarface agreed, and ran to direct people to unload the car.

"Master Zhang!" Lao Hu came over and cupped his hands at Zhang Junping.

"Old Hu is here! I'm sorry to trouble you this time. There are a lot of things, and there are many interesting things in them, especially these fans. I like them very much." Zhang Junping held the fan in his hand and greeted Lao Hu with fists.

"As long as Mr. Zhang likes it, these fans are collected by an old friend of mine. If I can find a good owner for them, I believe my old friend Izumi knows, and I should be gratified." Seeing the fan, Lao Hu said in a depressed mood. .

"Old Hu, you have reached the age of knowing destiny, why can't you see it?

I was thinking just now that after a hundred years of me, those prodigal sons of my family will also bring the good things I have collected so hard to circulate in the market.

This can be regarded as a cycle of heaven! " Zhang Junping comforted with a smile.

"Ah?! Hehe! Master Zhang is in a good mood! Old Hu, I have been taught!

Master Zhang, although I know that your family has a great career, but I still want to persuade you..." Lao Hu said solemnly, clasping his fists.

"Old Hu, do you want to say that if you are lost in ancient times, you will be poor?" Zhang Junping interrupted Lao Hu and asked with a smile.

"Yes! As the old saying goes, if you know the ancients, you will be poor if you miss the ancients.

It's true that you like these old things, but you don't have to collect them all. "

After listening to the rumors of Scarface, Lao Hu wanted even old imitations of works of art before the founding of the People's Republic of China. This is not the normal behavior of a collector. If Zhang Junping was an antique dealer, Lao Hu wouldn't say anything, but Zhang Junping Junping was obviously not an antique dealer, so he followed him to try to persuade Zhang Junping.

"Old Hu, thank you for your kind words!" Zhang Junping said with a smile: "Don't worry, I understand the truth that if you lose sight of the past, you will be poor.

I bought a Baylor Mansion in Shichahai, which was burned to ruins by a fire, and now I am rebuilding it, and I plan to open it to the outside world after the rebuilding is completed.

Collecting these things now is to buy some good items from inside and put them inside.

As for the rest, after a dozen or 20 years, maybe I will put them back on the market.

The reason why I put away all these old things, regardless of whether they are good or bad, is that I am worried that some prodigal sons will take these old things abroad.

In that case, it will not be easy to get things back. Zhang Junping explained with a smile.

"Master Zhang, you are so virtuous!" Lao Hu clasped his fists again and said.

"I can't talk about high morals! I just do what I can!"