Jianbao life

Chapter 807 Join
The yellow Ruyi in Chu Chen's hand has a ganoderma-shaped head, and the edges follow the shape.The bas-relief carvings of chime, longevity and double bats are carved in the middle.The back of the Ruyi handle is hollowed, the front is raised, and a plum blossom is embossed on the central dome.The handle and tail are carefully decorated, which is a common decoration for objects in the court.

There are not many Ruyi carvings and decorations on this piece, which is concise but does not lose its identity, and it has all auspicious meanings.Over time, the surface of the utensil has gradually aged, forming a moist patina, which is really a rare masterpiece of the study.

It's just a pity that Ruyi had a slight bruise.But even so, this stick of Huang Ruyi should be worth more than 20 yuan, and Chu Chen is already quite satisfied if it can be bought for [-] yuan.

Holding the things, Chu Chen happily walked to his antique shop.

Walking into the shop, Chu Chen found that Zhou Wenping and the fifth child were there, so he greeted everyone with a smile.

Seeing that Chu Chen was in a good mood, the fifth child smiled and asked, "Boss, what good thing happened today, so happy?"

"Here, I just picked up two leaks..." Chu Chen smiled and showed what was on his hands.

Hearing Chu Chen say the word "picking up leaks", Zhou Wenping and Lao Wu couldn't help but cheer up, and hurriedly begged for the things and observed carefully.

Zhou Wenping saw the title left on the armrest, and let out a little surprise: "Hey, it's still Zhou Zhiyan's work?"
Chu Chen nodded with a smile: "It was indeed Zhou Zhiyan's work."

Before, Chu Chen also dealt with Zhou Zhiyan's work, but Liu Sizhe bought it that time. At that time, he only spent a few hundred yuan, and the value was higher than the armrest in front of him.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the armrest in front of me is not good. If you look at the artistic level shown, this armrest is also outstanding.

The rest of the knife on this arm is mostly carved in intaglio, unlike the high-relief or deep-layered sculptures of the early Ming and Qing Dynasties.The branches of the trees are cut with a blunt edge, and the knife marks are sharp, vivid and vivid, full of the charm of ink painting.

This arm rest is Zhou Zhiyan's early imitation of Juran's brushwork. It uses a knife like a brush. It is not a fake manuscript. It is natural and smooth. Everything is beyond the reach of others.In addition, there is Zhiyan's inscription in the blank space, which is quite literati.

However, because this piece of arm rest is Zhou Zhiyan's early work, it is not as sophisticated as the middle and late period, so the artistic level shown is lower than Liu Sizhe's Zhou Zhiyan's later work.

Of course, even so, it is extremely happy to buy an armrest with a market price of about 1000 yuan for [-] yuan.

After seeing both items, the fifth child seemed a little disappointed and said, "It's only a few hundred thousand!"

Chu Chen smiled and said, "Fifth Brother, how much value do you think we should have?"

The fifth child chuckled and said, "Based on your luck, at least it will cost millions!"

Chu Chen smiled and shook his head: "No matter how lucky I am, I can't pick up millions of leaks, right? Besides, millions of things are not Chinese cabbage, so how can there be so many to pick up?"

In fact, there was a period of time when Chu Chen also felt that he had so much money and supernatural powers, and it was really boring to pick up a leak of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.However, after he picked up a small loophole without using the ability, he felt that this idea was too naive.

After all, money is dead. As the old saying goes, no matter how much money there is, it is impossible to buy everything in the world.Picking up leaks is a kind of pleasure for him, no matter how small the leaks are, the joy he brings to himself cannot be bought by money.

Zhou Wenping patted Lao Wu on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Old Wu, don't be so ambitious, you don't seem to have even picked up the leaks of more than [-] yuan?"

The fifth child didn't care too much, he laughed and said, "How can I compare with the boss..."

As soon as I said this, everyone saw Xie Gong walking in from the door with a smile on his face.

After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, Chu Chen smiled and said, "Mr. Xie, why don't you come back after a few days of rest?"

"I don't have anything to do at home. I'm too busy. Why don't you come here early and exercise your muscles..."

At this time, Xie Gong's face no longer had the sad look some time ago, and his little grandson was recovering well, and his whole person looked a little radiant.

Afterwards, Xie Gong thanked Chu Chen: "Boss, I thank you on behalf of my grandson. If it weren't for you, it is still unknown whether he can survive."

Chu Chen waved his hand and said, "Mr. Xie, it's just a little effort for me, it's no big deal! Besides, you don't have to be so polite, just call me Xiao Chu!"

Xie Gong shook his head quickly when he heard the words: "What's the matter! You are my boss, and I call you Xiao Chu, isn't that really outrageous?"

Seeing that Xie Gong's attitude was very firm, Chu Chen said, "Why don't we call it that way in the workplace, and you can call me Xiao Chu in private."

Seeing that Xie Gong still wanted to object, he quickly said: "Mr. Xie, public is public, private is private, and shopkeeper Zhou and I both call it that."

Zhou Wenping and Lao Wu nodded quickly, expressing that it was indeed so.

"OK then……"

Everyone did this, and of course Xie Gong chose to go with the flow, and then he said, "Boss, I want to start working today."

Seeing Xie Gong's urgent appearance, Chu Chen smiled slightly, and asked Lao Wu to sit here first, and then took Xie Gong and Zhou Wenping to Xie Lao's studio. .

To be honest, since buying the neighbors together, Chu Chen feels more at ease than before.This is also because the location of his vault used to be separated from the store he bought now. Although this aspect had been taken into account when the vault was renovated, it is undoubtedly safer now.

Chu Chen took the two of them upstairs. Except for the side close to the safe and another part separated, the rest of the place was used as a lacquer carving workshop.

"When I came last time, I said that this place is too big, and it's strange to be alone." Xie Gong said with a smile.

Chu Chen laughed and said, "Mr. Xie, if you want to be more lively, wait a few days and I'll fill you with ten or eight apprentices."

Mr. Xie also smiled and said, "Boss, you are planning to use me as a long-term worker..."

Everyone chatted and laughed, and Mr. Xie said: "I really can't take ten or eight apprentices, and I don't want to mislead my disciples. I will take two first."

"Okay!" Zhou Wenping nodded: "I'll write a recruitment notice in a while, and then I'll let you check it out yourself!"

"OK……"

Afterwards, Zhou Wenping brought the two of them to the storage room, and said, "Mr. Xie, I have purchased all the things written on your list and put them here. Please check if it is correct. If not, I will call again." Someone sent it over..."

The process of carving lacquer in Beijing is very complicated. It needs to go through more than a dozen processes such as design, tire making, painting, drawing, carving, polishing, etc., and each process requires high skills.

For example, there are seven kinds of paint materials, such as clean raw lacquer, wet paint, overcoat paint, and colored lacquer. In carved lacquer, they are mainly used to prepare tung oil for overcoat paint, as well as various pigments and tire materials.

There are two kinds of tire materials, one is copper material for making carved lacquer inner tubes, most of these tire materials are made of bottles, cans, boxes, washers, stoves and smokers, etc., and most of them are round inner tubes.

The other is the wood used to make lacquerware such as screens and furniture.It is best to use old wood materials that are not prone to cracking and deformation. Moreover, the wooden bodies of different carved lacquer products have different requirements for wood materials. In addition, during the production process of carved lacquer products, they need to be inserted dozens or hundreds of times. The hot and humid scenting box has to go into the drying fire box four to five times, so it is essential to choose and be picky about wood.

Carved lacquer in the capital before liberation inherited the traditional crafts of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and generally used wooden, tin and bodiless bodies.After liberation, apart from furniture and other objects, most of the lacquer carvings in the capital were made of copper, and the inner walls were lined with enamel glaze.

The wood in the storage room was found by Zhou Wenping after making countless phone calls, but before Xie Gong confirmed it, he still had no idea.

After Xie Gong looked at all the wood in front of him, he nodded with satisfaction: "These woods are very good, and they are all good materials that can be made into good carved lacquer!"

With Xie Gong's affirmation, Zhou Wenping also felt relieved. He smiled and said, "Mr. Xie, do you have any other requests?"

Xie Gong shook his head, and said eagerly: "The things are already complete, there is no need to delay, I plan to start working now, you just go to your work..."

Chu Chen said: "I don't have anything to do, so I will stay and appreciate your old craftsmanship."

"Boss, this is all labor-intensive work for me, and you may find it too boring."

Perhaps because he was worried about Chu Chen thinking too much, Xie Gong quickly explained: "Our carved lacquer generally includes design, tire making, varnish, drawing, engraving, drying, and polishing. These processes, design and tire making, want to come to the boss What steps should you take."

"As for the varnish, paint layers are repeatedly applied on the finished tire shape. After the first layer of paint is painted and waits for it to dry in the shade, then the second layer is applied, and so on until the thickness required by the process is reached. Generally The product is painted in several layers, with a thickness of about 6 mm. Except for the final second step of drying, everything else is a work of kung fu..."

After hearing Xie Gong's explanation, Chu Chen smiled and said, "It's okay, you do your job, I'll satisfy my curiosity, and I'll leave later!"

Chu Chen just wanted to see how the carved lacquer was made. Don't say that he is busy for a while, even if he is fine, he will not stay for a long time. After all, staying here for a long time will bring Xie Gong a little pressure. .

"That's fine, I just happened to talk about the craft of carving lacquer for you..."

Xie Gong nodded, and after Zhou Wenping said goodbye, he took out the drawing paper, put it on his workbench, and introduced it to Chu Chen while drawing...

　Thanks to "jioyo", "Li Xiaogou" and "chris Zhiyuan" for voting monthly

　　
　
(End of this chapter)