Jianbao life

Chapter 919 Gu Gongyi's Collection
In fact, if Chu Chen is willing to spend money, it is no problem to buy a research institute directly.But he likes to enjoy the process, and he is not in a hurry, he can take his time, and step by step, the staff in the laboratory can know the basics.

"Okay, I just like research." Gu Gongyi had already planned to cooperate with Chu Chen, and as soon as Chu Chen finished speaking, he nodded in agreement.

"You can't just do research, I'm going to leave the experiments to you." Chu Chen said with a smile.

"This..." Gu Gongyi scratched his head. Although his small kiln factory is not bad, and can make a profit of [-] to [-] yuan a month, but after what happened today, he has no confidence in himself.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "We don't have many people in this laboratory for the time being, and based on your ability to manage a kiln factory, there must be more than enough, so you don't have to worry about it."

Gu Gongyi thought for a while and asked, "Boss Chu, how many experts have you found?"

"Just two for now..." Chu Chen introduced Du Hou and Qian Lao.

"No! No! How can I lead them!" No matter how ignorant Gu Gongyi was, he still knew about these two seniors. This surprised him, and he repeatedly waved his hands to express his refusal.

"They are just consultants I hired, and now you don't have any employees under your command, so you won't have any worries anymore, right?" Chu Chen said with a smile.

"This...then I'll try it first!" Gu Gongyi thought for a while before nodding his head in agreement.

"Okay, let's talk about the conditions. I mean, you own a part of this research laboratory, and..."

Next, the two sides discussed some terms of cooperation, but it was basically Chu Chen who said that Gu Gongyi had no opinion at all. The reason for this was that he was very satisfied with the terms Chu Chen offered. What else could he say?
After Gu Gongyi confirmed all the conditions one by one, Chu Chen took out the contract template that had been prepared and filled it out, signed and signed by both parties, and the matter was completed.

Youdao was looking for a job in his position, and after the contract was signed, Gu Gongyi said with some embarrassment:

"Boss, you are going to start researching from the porcelain of the Three Dynasties of the Qing Dynasty. I have already achieved a lot of results. Other aspects are fine, but the formula of porcelain clay has not yet been perfected..."

Hearing this, Chu Chen interrupted him, and asked, "Old Gu, I have seen your flat bottle too. As far as the quality of the flat bottle is concerned, I think it is pretty good, right?" ?”

After hearing this, Gu Gongyi shook his head and said, "I don't think it's good. At least if you look at it with a magnifying glass, you can find that it is quite different from the real thing."

Chu Chen still admires Gu Gongyi's attitude of striving for perfection, and he is not short of money, so he can let Gu Gongyi continue to study. However, he was curious about one thing, and asked, "Old Gu, do you have a genuine product?"

Gu Gongyi said with a smile: "Of course I have the real ones, otherwise there is no comparison, it's not like a blind man feeling an elephant, but the real ones I'm talking about are just porcelain pieces, and I can't afford a complete one. Speaking of which, the porcelain pieces I have collected over the years There are quite a few, official kilns and folk kilns of all kinds, almost filling up a room."

Hearing this, Chu Chen immediately became interested and said, "Old Gu, can you let me appreciate your collection?"

"no problem……"

With that said, Gu Gongyi stood up and led Chu Chen and the others to a room guarded by a thick security door.Gu Gongyi took out the key and opened the door, then turned on the lights in the room, and invited everyone in.

The room is indeed as Gu Gongyi said, almost the whole room is full of all kinds of porcelain pieces, but even so, the room is still cleaned in an orderly manner, and there is not much smell in the room, which shows that Gu Gongyi cares about these porcelain pieces. The film is still cherished.

Gu Gongyi first gave a brief introduction to the tiles in the room, and then said: "My wife has always said that I pick up rags, but there is nothing I can do about it. We don't have the strength, so we can only 'generalize', and , Without these tiles, I would not have the current technology."

Chu Chen smiled and nodded in agreement.

Speaking of it, collectors have always emphasized the word "full" in collecting porcelain. If the porcelain is damaged, its value will be greatly reduced.Scattered tiles are even less valuable.

In the past, collectors knew and collected porcelain from complete wares. Now, if you work in a large museum, or if you work in a large museum, or if you have rich family background, you have the opportunity to get in touch with a large number of porcelains from past dynasties. Can be an expert.

But there are not many people in the world who have such superior conditions, and those who can take the road of "generalizing from everything" are always a minority.The new generation of collectors, young collectors, do not have so much money and such good conditions, they can only find another way.As Gu Gongyi said, "overgeneralization" is also forced out.

Of course, "generalization by partiality" also has the advantages of "generalization by partiality". The first is that the tuition fee is low, and the purpose of studying complete porcelain can be achieved by studying porcelain pieces.

The second advantage is that the teaching materials are authentic.In the past, counterfeiters focused on complete devices, because complete devices can be profitable.Therefore, there are fakes among the complete utensils handed down from generation to generation, and even in the collection of the Forbidden City.

Therefore, for those who become experts by studying complete instruments, the possibility of fakes in the textbooks they study and research cannot be ruled out.These complete fakes may be seen through by them in the process of study and research, but it is more likely that they will worship them as sacred authentic products.

However, this kind of loss can be largely avoided with a generalized collection research method.Generally speaking, as long as you have a reliable way to obtain porcelain pieces, you can basically eliminate the interference of fakes when you study the kiln mouth porcelain.

The third advantage is that you can see the real situation of porcelain.Through the tiles, you can see the color of the glaze, the soil, the thickness of the tire, the thickness of the glaze, how the glaze flows, how the soil is formed, etc. In short, studying porcelain, you Can grasp the rules and mysteries of porcelain making from the inside.

And this is exactly what cannot be seen from the complete vessel, because it is impossible to break the complete vessel of precious cultural relics.

Moreover, the third point is particularly important for an artist like Gu Gongyi who studies the production of antique porcelain. After all, if he wants to make fakes to the point of confusing the real one, he must thoroughly study the glaze and other aspects. big.

Chu Chen looked around and said with a smile, "Old Gu, you have spent a lot of money on the tiles here, right?"

"At least millions of dollars have been spent."

Gu Gongyi said with some emotion: "This is because my family and my wife support me, otherwise, I couldn't even afford porcelain tiles at the beginning. But from last year to now, I have almost earned back the money I spent on this , overall, the investment was worth it.”

Seeing Gu Gongyi's high-spirited appearance, Chu Chen and the others all smiled. This investment is not worth it, but too worth it.

Next, Chu Chen and Wu Ke browsed all the tiles in the room together. There are many tiles here, all of which are quite precious. For example, the tiles from the Xiunei official kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty are relatively rare. There are also some porcelain pieces, which also gave Chu Chen a lot of insight.

However, due to time constraints, Chu Chen could only pick and choose from the many tiles in the room, which made him feel very regretful.

In the blink of an eye, it was past five o'clock, and the sky was gradually getting dark.

Chu Chen stood up and said regretfully, "Forget it, let's enjoy it next time!"
Gu Gongyi said: "Boss, if you don't dislike it, you can live with me."
Chu Chen smiled and said, "There's no need to dislike it, but I still have things to deal with in the capital. I'll deal with the kiln business tomorrow and leave directly. Let's talk about it next time."

"Okay...boss, my wife is ready for the meal, let's go together..."

After a sumptuous lunch, everyone chatted for a while, and Chu Chen was about to leave.

At this moment, a friend of Gu Gongyi came to visit with a box in his arms, saying that he wanted to ask Gu Gongyi to help identify the contents of the box.

Gu Gongyi opened the box and found that there were several complete Ru kiln wares with seven or eight kinds of glaze colors inside. However, judging from the cracks on the surface of the wares, these complete wares should be pieced together.

But what made Chu Chen's expression a little weird was that these few pieced together complete utensils were even more beautiful than many complete Ru kiln utensils handed down from ancient times. What made him even more amusing was that two of them were still handed down Ru kiln utensils None of the varieties.

Seeing these complete pieces, Gu Gongyi asked, "Lao Xia, did you buy all these porcelain pieces from the same person?"

"Yes." Lao Xia nodded, and then asked expectantly: "Xiao Gu, are these genuine?"

Gu Gongyi said: "Let's not talk about authenticity first, I will just ask a few questions, such perfect Ru kiln wares, why did the kiln workers break them at that time? Why were these porcelain pieces from different kilns and different furnace temperatures discarded at the same time?" Together? In the end, why can you piece together a few composite pieces from your pile of porcelain pieces so coincidentally?"

"Lao Xia, you have to know that the unqualified porcelain in ancient official kilns must be broken and thrown away, but the kiln workers will not break all the porcelain in a small range."

Seeing that Lao Xia was a little stunned, Gu Gongyi continued with some earnestness: "I don't know if you haven't read the ancient tomb excavation report of the cultural relics magazine. In one tomb, there are only a few pieces of porcelain. Clean up and search, and the transported soil has to be sifted through a sieve.”

"But even so, it is rare to assemble a complete vessel. How likely do you think it is that today, nearly a thousand years later, the porcelain fragments broken by the kiln workers in the past can be assembled so easily? Can you put together five pieces?"

"This..." Hearing this, Lao Xia just woke up like a dream, and after saying a few simple words, he took the box and left in a daze.

(End of this chapter)