Jianbao life

Chapter 625 Invitation

In fact, Chu Chen wanted to say that he could accept the painting for 50 yuan, but Xie Gong still doesn’t believe his judgment. If he really said that, Xie Gong would inevitably make Xie Gong wonder if he said that on purpose before. In fact, he wanted to buy Wen Zhengming's authentic works at a low price.

Hearing Chu Chen give the price, Xie Gong also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, the money should be able to support the child's recovery!
After a moment of silence in the carriage, Chu Chen said, "Mr. Xie, I want to discuss something with you."

"What's the matter?" Xie Gong was stunned when he heard the words, and then asked.

Chu Chen smiled and said, "I saw those carved lacquer works in your room just now, your craftsmanship is very good!"

Speaking of carved lacquer, Xie Gong's spirit improved a bit, and he smiled slightly: "Hehe, this craft was passed down to me by my father. Now I can't catch up with my father, let alone surpass the blue."

Chu Chen smiled and said: "Mr. Xie, you are too modest. Although I didn't appreciate your work carefully just now, I can also see that your craftsmanship is not much inferior to that of a master carving lacquer. Maybe when you make it next time, Can you become a master of lacquer carving?"

"Where! Where!" Xie Gong waved his hands humbly, and then asked: "Boss Chu, what do you want to discuss with me? If you want me to help you make some lacquerware, that's a matter of one sentence."

Chu Chen said: "What I said is really related to this matter, but I don't want you to help make some lacquerware, but I want you to come out of the mountain again."

"What?" Xie Gong was surprised when he heard what Chu Chen said.

"Mr. Xie, that's what I think." Chu Chen said, "You must know that the current situation of the lacquer carving industry in Beijing is very rare among masters, and there are not many people who learn from it. The craft is likely to be lost in the near future..."

There are two types of Beijing carved lacquer: metal tires and non-metal tires. The paint is applied layer by layer, one layer, and then another layer after drying, and two layers a day.The coating is as few as dozens of layers, and as many as three to five hundred layers. Then, with a knife instead of a pen, according to the design draft, relief patterns such as landscapes, flowers, and figures are carved.

The lacquer used is mainly vermilion, with yellow, green, and black as the background color. The process is very complicated. It has to go through more than a dozen processes such as tire making, bluing, bottoming, painting, carving, and polishing. The requirements are very high.

For example, for a carved lacquer vase with a height of 30 cm, the lacquer thickness should be at least 5 mm, 1 layers of lacquer should be applied to 16 mm, and at least 5 coats of lacquer should be applied to 80 mm.It takes at least one day to dry the paint once, and you have to wait 80 days before you can carve.

According to a master of carved lacquer, it took him 1 months to make a 4-meter carved lacquer bottle, and it took him 8 months to finish it all.

Because of the power consumption of lacquer carving, very few young people today have the patience to step into this industry, and the number of lacquer carving masters in China can be counted with one hand.If things go on like this, carved lacquer, a high-end handicraft product commonly seen in the Beijing tourism market, will soon be lost.

Chu Chen continued: "What I mean is, I would like to invite you to work in my shop. Then I will help you set up a studio. I will give you a fixed salary every month, and I will provide all the materials. You can also share the products sold at that time, but for a little while, during this period, I hope you can bring a few apprentices."

"This..." The conditions that Chu Chen gave were not unreasonable, and Xie Gong was also very moved, but he really has no experience in leading apprentices. If he can't teach well by then, he will have no face to face Chu Chen.

"Thank you, old man, let me say something!"

Lao Wu, who was sitting in the co-pilot, said, "You will still have your grandson to take care of in the future. Let's not talk about the cost of the child's treatment. In the future, 50 yuan is really not much for the cost of food, clothing, housing and transportation. What if the child wants to study abroad in the future?" , this amount of money is not enough..."

"You say I understand!"

When the fifth child was talking about this, Xie Gong interrupted the conversation and said: "I know that Boss Chu's offer is very generous, and I really want to agree to it, but I really don't have much experience in teaching apprentices. If you can't teach well..."

Hearing this, Chu Chen also understood what Xie Gong was worried about, and he said with a smile: "Mr. Xie, don't worry about this matter. If you recruit apprentices, you will be the one who will interview and finally decide on the candidate. As for those who do not have a professor Experience doesn't matter, everything starts from scratch, it won't work at the beginning, but it will be fine with time."

Seeing what Chu Chen said, Xie Gong lost his worries, and agreed, "Okay, I'll take care of this matter, but the working hours..."

Chu Chen said: "Don't be in a hurry to go to work. This is what I planned. I had already contacted the owner of the shop next door and wanted to buy the shop. The other party also had a certain intention. Given this, your working hours will wait until the shop is renovated, what do you think?"

The reason why Chu Chen wanted to sell the shop next door was also because the jadeite business was so good that it would be crowded when there were many people, and the high-end jadeites worth tens of millions were traded in public. Done, it also looks a little too casual.

But if the guests are invited to talk in the VIP room upstairs next door, Chu Chen feels that it is too troublesome from the customer's point of view, so he thinks of selling the shop next door.

The shop next door is not very big. After Chu Chen plans to sell the shop, he will turn it into a VIP room for trading high-end jadeite. In this way, the upstairs room can be used as Xie Gong's studio. .

Seeing Chu Chen's arrangement, Xie Gong hurriedly agreed. Speaking of which, because of the child's affairs, he is really uneasy about letting him work now. He wants to wait for the store to be renovated, and the child should almost recover!
Speaking of the store, Chu Chen suddenly thought that he should go to contact him today, so he said to the fifth brother: "Brother Wu, you should go to Boss Quan's place now and ask him what he thinks. If there are any conditions, you can also try to talk about it, you should know the bottom line on our side, right?"

"I know!" Lao Wu nodded, "Then I'll go now..."

Chu Chen pulled over and parked the car. After letting the fifth child down, he drove straight to Yuhuating.

The two followed Liu Shuqin to the living room. At this time, Mr. Liu was reading classics, and he was very happy to see Chu Chen coming.

"Master (Old Liu) is good!"

The two greeted each other first, and then Chu Chen briefly explained the history.

When Mr. Liu heard that this was the case, he immediately became interested in the painting. After Xie Gong took out the painting, he picked up tools and began to observe carefully.

Mr. Liu's appraisal time was not short, and he raised his head and let out a long sigh of relief when the two of them finished drinking the tea Liu Qinshu had made.

"Achen, what's your opinion?" Elder Liu asked.

"I think this work should be written by Youqiu and written by Wen Zhengming himself..." At this point, Chu Chen repeated what he had just said to Xie Gong.

Although Chu Chen has basically confirmed his own judgment from the results given by his abilities, but this is not his true ability after all, and finally he said:
"Master, you also know that the appraisal of calligraphy and painting is a great knowledge. I usually focus on porcelain and jade, so I am not too sure about this result. I just want to hear your opinion."

Appraisal is a specialized knowledge, especially the appraisal of calligraphy and painting is more difficult than the appraisal of bronze and ceramics in some respects. and other aspects of knowledge development.

Therefore, to become a good calligraphy and painting appraisal expert, you must read more classics, otherwise you can't even understand the meaning of calligraphy and painting and the classification of paintings, so how can you talk about appraisal.

To say this, Chu Chen still has an advantage. After all, he has the ability of photographic memory, and he is best at rote memorization. But since he wants to understand the meaning of calligraphy and painting, rote memorization alone is not enough. The key is to understand.

It is precisely because of this that, without using supernatural powers, calligraphy and painting appraisal is the most uncertain item for Chu Chen now.

Mr. Liu said with a smile: "Achen, I'm very happy that you think so. If we don't understand this industry, we just don't understand. We must not pretend to understand, otherwise we will harm others and ourselves."

Having said that, he pointed to the painting in front of him and said, "I still agree with your conclusion about this painting, but there are still a few points in it that you haven't noticed..."

Next, Mr. Liu pointed out several details he observed one by one, and said the problems involved, which made Chu Chen nod again and again, and benefited a lot.

However, the conclusion given by Mr. Liu made Xie Gong extremely disappointed. If this painting was not true before, it would not be true, but now is the most difficult time for his family, and their husband and wife are already old , if this painting is authentic, the money from the sale will make the child's life worry-free in the future.In this way, they will feel more at ease about their future life.

But now this painting can only be worth 50 yuan, just like what Lao Wu said before, 50 yuan seems like a lot, and it is really unlikely that it will be enough when it is used.But the result is already like this, and he can only accept it. Fortunately, he still has a craft, so even if he doesn't have the 50, he still has no problem supporting his family.

Seeing Xie Gong's eclipsed expression after learning the result, Chu Chen briefly talked about his family's affairs, which made old Liu, father and daughter all sigh.

Mr. Liu said: "I'm not too sure whether this work was written by Youqiu, or else, let me put the painting here first, and tomorrow I will invite a few of my old friends to come and have a look." , in case the person who wrote the painting is more famous than Youqiu, this painting can sell for more money, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)