Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 179 Come Out, Little Book

"It's not early yet, so I'll go back first." After speaking clearly, Du Jinning planned to leave.

"Junior Brother Du, just sit down." Xu Chengyuan asked to stay, looking at her hesitant to speak.

Mrs. Xie was worried that he would bring up the marriage again, embarrassing the two families, and making it difficult to get along with each other in the future, so she hurriedly said: "Brother Yuan, didn't you write a new storybook? Are you going to ask Brother Ning to give you some advice?" ?”

"Junior Brother Du, come and sit in my room." Xu Chengyuan invited.

"Okay, let's bother Senior Brother Xu for a while." Du Jinning was also curious about what Xu Chengyuan wanted to say.

Xie had no choice but to show his son to stop talking nonsense with his eyes.

The Xu family is the first courtyard, with three main rooms, two east and west wing rooms, and an inverted kitchen and utility room on the north side.

Xu Chengyuan's bedroom and study are both in the East Wing.Du Jinning followed him to his study.

Although there is not much furniture in the study room, just a desk, a bookshelf, and two chairs, it is neatly tidied up and everything is placed very neatly.On the wall of the study room, there are two paintings and a letter. The inscription is Xu Chengyuan's own work.

"Brother Xu can still draw?" Du Jinning asked looking at the two paintings.

Among the two paintings, one is fishing in a lonely boat, and the other is drinking alone under the flowers. The painting technique is different from the current one, using a small freehand brush.The previous picture of rivers and heaven and earth was done with freehand brushwork, while the figures and lonely boats were done with fine brushwork; the same is true for the latter picture, with freehand brushwork used for trees and eaves, and freehand brushwork for tables, chairs, wine glasses and figures. Meticulous.But the combination of these two painting methods is exceptionally harmonious.

"It's just a random drawing, and it won't be on the stage." Xu Chengyuan smiled embarrassedly.

"Senior brother Xu, why doesn't he paint and sell? Instead, he learns to write scripts?" Du Jinning wondered.

Xu Chengyuan is not only proficient in painting, but also loves it.Doing what he likes and making money along the way is better than learning how to write scripts from scratch, right?Why put the cart before the horse?

Xu Chengyuan smiled wryly, and shook his head: "Although our family used to have no worries about food and clothing, it is good enough to send me to school. How can Master Yan teach me how to draw? I learned my drawing skills from an old scholar nearby. After I went to the academy, I realized that this painting method is not recognized by others. I have practiced this painting technique for seven or eight years, and my master has passed away. If you want to rely on it to make money, you can’t rely on it. You also know that people in Lishui County like Daxie. Even if the price of my painting is extremely low, it can’t be sold. So I stopped thinking about it. .”

"So that's how it is." Du Jinning was stunned.

She doesn't have much research on painting, but Guan Lehe is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and has a good reputation. People often come to ask for books and paintings.Under the influence of her ears and eyes these days, she also knows something about the painting and calligraphy circles in Lishui County.

There used to be a painter in Lishui County. This painter's painting skills were appreciated by the first emperor, and his paintings were also collected at high prices, and he was respected by the people of the time.And this painter's painting method is freehand brushwork. Under his influence, scholars in Lishui County also admire the painting method of freehand brushwork.

The farmers don’t know a single word, and they don’t know how to spend money to buy paintings to hang; those who can buy paintings are all arty scholars.Everyone in the county is fond of freehand brushwork, so Xu Chengyuan's painting style is naturally regarded as a small way, and it is reasonable that he cannot sell it.

However, this painting skill is nothing in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of Du Jinning, it is like a treasure.

"Senior brother Xu, I want to cooperate with you on this painting matter." She walked up to Xu Chengyuan and sat down, her eyes sparkling.

Xu Chengyuan called Du Jinning into the study, intending to find out Du Fangfei's thoughts from Du Jinning.But seeing the hint in his mother's eyes, and thinking about the fact that the Du family has no intention of getting married, even if he asked, it would be useless and would embarrass each other. I tidied up the books that hadn't been bound yet, and planned to show it to Du Jinning and ask for advice.

Hearing Du Jinning's words at this moment, he was taken aback for a moment, raised his head, and stared at Du Jinning in a daze: "What do you mean?"

"If you think about it, you also know that I wrote "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", and now the storyteller at Boyue Teahouse has said that it is very popular. I plan to buy a bookstore in the next year and sell these The two books were printed and sold. But there are not many people who can read, and more people are illiterate or can only read a few words. I saw your painting just now, and I thought, if you let the two books The plot is drawn page by page, and there are quite a lot of people who want to buy it. Would you like to cooperate with me?"

Speaking of this, she blinked her eyes: "There are two ways of cooperation. One is to draw a [-]-page picture book and give you five taels of silver; you can also get a commission based on the sales volume. For example, if I sell a You can get twenty cents for this album, the more you sell, the more money you will get."

The idea of ​​selling villain books had been planned as early as when Du Jinning wrote "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and handed it over to the storyteller.The villain books of the 80s and 21s and the comics of the [-]st century are all in the form of pictures and texts, so they should not sell too well.In the ancient times when there were no entertainment activities and a storyteller in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" could cause a sensation, if you want to come to the comic book, it will definitely bring a fresh experience to the ancients.

However, she plans to open a bookstore to sell story books and villain books. She intends to wait until the teahouse makes money and Shu Xiu, who is going to school, has a place to implement it. Firstly, she lacks money, and secondly, she also lacks the ability to draw villains. The painter of the book.At that time, she was thinking that after she went to the academy to study, she would slowly search among the students.I didn't expect it to come without any effort now.

Since Xu Chengyuan is willing to spend time learning to write scripts in order to make money, he would not refuse her request to draw a comic book for her, right?

"Is it really possible?" Xu Chengyuan's gloomy eyes lit up because of the rejection of his marriage.

He did this not only to make a lot of money right away, but also because he really liked the script of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

As a seventeen or eighteen-year-old senior brother, he was able to ask a ten-year-old child for advice, and said that "Legend of the Condor Heroes" played the most critical role in worshiping him as a teacher.After all, the master is a teacher, and the person who can write such a grand and wonderful storybook is not an ordinary thing, and he is sincerely convinced.

Now, Du Jinning actually took a fancy to him and asked him to draw this script and show it to everyone. This is a great honor for him.

Du Jinning nodded; "Of course."

"Then, when will it start?" Xu Chengyuan looked at Du Jinning with bright eyes, eager to try and gear up.

(End of this chapter)