Chapter 244: Communication and Realm

Hearing this, after several old men looked at each other and smiled, Lu Chengen Lu Lao said: "It is not easy to reach the realm of 'Dao' in carving, it is not like 'skill', as long as you study and practice hard, you can achieve it." And the breakthrough in the 'Tao' must go through the experience of life, the precipitation of the years, and the broadening of the horizon before we can realize the Tao. Of course, this also means that if many people are trapped in the 'technique', they may not have a chance to break through!"

Lu Lao's words made the more than forty woodcarving masters around him also nod with affection, and they are now at the peak of their 'skills' like Liu Dong, and they can't break through for a long time!

After listening to Lu Lao's words, Liu Dong nodded thoughtfully.

"Liu Dong, if you want to reach the realm of 'Dao' in wood carving skills, I have a way to help you!"

"Old Wu, please speak, I'll listen to you!" Liu Dong's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said.

"Hehe, in fact, many people know this method, but there are few that can do it!" Wu Chengqing shook his head and continued, "Actually, this method is also very simple, that is, travel!"

"Travel?" Liu Dong was surprised.

"Yes, as the old saying goes, 'it is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles', and the same is true for carving, rather than thinking hard, it is better to put down a qiē, down-to-earth to feel the nature of heaven and earth, everything and everything, experience different customs and customs around the world, the richer the experience, the more natural experience, the deeper the understanding, and when you carve again, nature will be different. ”

"But this kind of thing is too bitter and tiring, and even has a certain danger. So very few people have made up their minds to do so. Therefore. Success or failure. It's up to you!"

"Thank you, Elder Wu!" Liu Dong said sincerely.

Hearing this, Wu Chengqing smiled and nodded.

"Xie doesn't need it, the shopkeeper knows these things, even if we don't say it, he will sue you!"

"But you will also be the shopkeeper of Taiyi Pavilion in the future, and now we are here to watch you do carving, and we have been standing for most of the day. And now it's noon again, shouldn't you care about our meal?"

"This is natural!" Liu Dong nodded hurriedly.

"You old Wu Tou, you really can't forget to take advantage of it anywhere!" Uncle Long scolded with a smile and continued: "Okay, come with me! I have already booked a banquet for you at 'Baiweiju' just now!"

"Hehe, Baiweiju's grilled chicken is a must, it makes my old man drool when I think about it, let's go!" Tang He said first.

"You know how to eat!" Lu Lao next to him scolded with a smile and walked down.

As the new shopkeeper of Taiyi Pavilion, Liu Dong naturally has to accompany him. During the banquet, everyone toasted one by one, and Liu Dong did not refuse. The wine is dry, the refreshing atmosphere and the amount of wine like the sea make everyone admire, and at the same time, he is also truly accepted by everyone.

Coupled with the carving in the morning, plus this meal of wine at noon, Uncle Long's purpose of calling Liu Dong over today has been exceeded.

The meal was eaten until three o'clock in the afternoon, and then Liu Dong accompanied Uncle Long to personally send the group away, and then followed Uncle Long back to Taiyi Pavilion.

"Xiaodong, this is the contract I prepared when I go, you just need to sign it!"

"Uncle Long, is this too little?" Liu Dong hesitated.

In addition to the land of the furniture factory and all the wood collected by Uncle Long, according to the price agreed before, 100 million yuan was given to Liu Dong, and the 560-square-meter façade of Taiyi Pavilion in the antique city, as well as the wood carvings placed inside, Uncle Long sold it to him for only 500,000 yuan!

This is too cheap, not to mention anything else, just talk about the land value of these shops in the antique city, one square is 3,000 yuan, and the area of 560 square meters is at least 2 million. And as many as hundreds of pieces of wood carving handicrafts are not inferior to the value of the land.

"Hehe, didn't I tell you at the beginning? I don't have to use the money too much! Just do it!" Uncle Long waved his hand and smiled.

"But, Uncle Long, ......!"

"Okay, don't mother-in-law, I'll be angry if I don't sign it again!" After waving his hand to interrupt him, the old man said with a stiff face.

Hearing this, Liu Dong was moved in his heart, and after a long time, he said in a slightly choked tone: "Okay, Uncle Long, I listen to you, I will sign this contract!"

"Hehe, is this right?" After saying it with a smile, Uncle Long took out a few yellowed pieces of paper from the black box next to him and handed them to Liu Dong.

"Xiaodong, this is the title deed of Taiyi Pavilion, of course this is the old yellow calendar, keep it as a souvenir!" the old man sighed.

Now all the land in China is owned by the state, and private individuals can only lease it, but do not have the ownership of the land.

Liu Dong took the title deed in the old man's hand and looked at it, and found that the earliest one was stamped with the official seal of the Great Qing Ji-Nanfu, and the time was July 1885. After that, there was the Beiyang government of the Republic of China, and later the Nanjing government, as well as the land deeds issued after the founding of the People's Republic of China, when the land ownership system had not been reformed. Of course, the most special chapter is the title deed issued by Shan-Dong Province during the Hongxian regime when Yuan Shikai became emperor.

"Here's what you're going to do!" said Uncle Long and handed a small red book to Liu Dong.

And this is the land certificate that proves that Taiyi Pavilion is owned by Liu Dong.

Later, the old man handed over the land lease certificate of the furniture factory and some other documents to Liu Dong one by one, and explained to him the information about these documents, and nearly an hour had passed.

"Alright, all of them are here, I'll put them all in this box, and you can take them later!"

"Well, I see, Uncle Long!"

Seeing this, the old man nodded and pushed the box aside. He asked instead: "Xiaodong, now that this Taiyi Pavilion is also in your hands, I want to ask, how do you plan to operate, the points you said in the morning are very good!"

"Uncle Long, I'm sorry, I didn't discuss it with you at the time, so I made my own decisions!"

Looking at the apology on Liu Dong's face, the old man waved his hand indifferently.

"These are nothing, Taiyi Pavilion will be handed over to you to manage in the future, and you will have to make your own decisions, so you don't need to discuss with me. ”

"If you ask me everything, then this Taiyi Pavilion will not be able to develop in your hands!"

After finishing speaking, the old man glanced at Liu Dong, "What is the matter with the previous saying that I would give them free wood for carving?

"I know, Uncle Long, but if we Taiyi Pavilion want to expand, after all, we can't just be in Dongshan Province, we have to go outside. But if you want to open the external market, you must have your own characteristics, and the most important thing is to have our own wood carving master, so I want to use this free supply of carved wood to attract wood carving masters from other provinces to join, first provide high-quality wood carving, and then open the market little by little!"

After listening to Liu Dong's words, Uncle Long pondered for a while and nodded, "Your method is really good, but I am afraid that there is a lot of investment in wood procurement in the early stage!"

Liu Dong naturally expected this, but like the precious huanghuali and small-leaved red sandalwood, Liu Dong did not plan to really buy it from the market, he preferred to go to Vietnam-South and India to participate in the local gambling wood, with his perspective ability, it is definitely a hundred shots, and there will be a lot of money left. Moreover, the use of these precious woods can also attract real wood carving masters to join.

As for others like wenge wood, mahogany, etc., the market price is not high now, generally at one or two thousand yuan a ton, and the cost of purchase is not too much.

"I know, Uncle Long! I made a lot of money last time gambling on stones, which is enough to support the expansion of Taiyi Pavilion in the early stage! In addition, although I promised to supply wood for free, I want to divide several levels specifically!"

"Oh, you say?"

"Hmm!" Liu Dong nodded.

"First of all, I define Taiyi Pavilion as a boutique high-end wood carving shop, so the wood carvings we buy in the future are all precious mahogany, sandalwood, sour branch wood, agarwood and other precious wood as carving materials, and other common wood carvings such as cypress, elm, and camphor wood We will not do it again. ”

"Then, according to the grade of these woods, as well as the craftsmanship of the people, we roughly divided them into three levels. Among them, the first level is the engraver whose wood carving skills have reached the peak of 'skill', can use mahogany, wenge and other woods, and can apply once every three months, a certain specification of yellow pear or small leaf red sandalwood. The second level, that is, Wu Lao and Tang Lao, who have reached the 'Dao' realm, can enjoy Huanghuali and small-leaved red sandalwood as carving materials, and can apply for a certain specification of gloomy wood as carving materials every three months. The third level is the top master of wood carving in China, and those who have reached the peak of the 'Dao' realm can enjoy all the wood in our Taiyi Pavilion wood warehouse as carving materials!"

After listening to Liu Dong's words, Long Lao pondered for a while, and then couldn't help laughing: "It seems that your kid is not too ambitious!"

Hearing this, Liu Dong smiled, the reason why he was able to think of these was thanks to Wang Qiang's reminder.

"However, this method is really good!But I'm afraid there are not many people who can reach the third level!' The peak of the 'Dao' realm is really too difficult!"

"Hehe, it doesn't matter if there are few people, as long as there are them, anyway, there are not too many top-quality wood in our collection!"

"Hmm!" Uncle Long nodded.

"That's right, Xiaodong, depending on what you mean now, the jewelry store, Taiyi Pavilion, and Lao Li's Agarwood Pavilion, it is estimated that you don't have time to take care of the three stores yourself, do you need me to find you a shopkeeper, and when the time comes, leave him to watch the store, you just need to control the general direction!"

Hearing this, Liu Dong's face couldn't help but show joy, originally he wanted to find a chance to tell Uncle Long about this matter, but he was afraid that his old man would say that he was lazy, so he didn't speak. (To be continued......)