Chapter 996: A Grandfather Who Loves Art

In fact, Zhang Tianyuan didn't take Gao Qianqian's words seriously, some things are just said, in this era, the mind is open, and the so-called idea of serving the country with loyalty has been considered dross, even if you are loyal to a certain company and loyal to a certain person, you will be despised, considered to have no own thoughts, a puppet, and even worse scolded you for being a dog.

Zhang Tianyuan doesn't like this statement very much, but he can't change the world, so the only thing he can do is to be kind to his employees when he is the boss, and hope that his employees can be grateful for his kindness, at least a little more loyal to him.

As for those who don't change jobs, it is estimated that they are those who have a better relationship, even then, when it comes to a certain process, it may not be impossible to leave.

So Gao Qianqian's words, just listen to them, although he is very happy in his heart, but that's all.

"Brother Zhang, you don't seem to believe what I said, forget it, I don't swear anymore, just look at my actions! In fact, Brother Zhang, you have to know that my life when I was a child was very hard, my parents played mahjong and cards, and they didn't care about me at all, it was my grandfather who brought me up, and also taught me this craft, grandpa is now living a very hard life, and when he is old, he has to pick up rags for a living, and the money I sent him has also been saved by him, saying that he will buy me a house and buy me a dowry in the future. I've always had a wish that my grandfather could move to the city and live a comfortable life, but as you know, I didn't dare to let my grandfather know about the jobs I did in the past. ”

"Today you not only gave me a secure job, but more importantly. You let my grandfather's dream continue, he never thought that the craft of engraving seals would decline like this. I can't do it for nothing, though. But I can promise that from now on. As long as you don't drive me away, then you will always be my boss!" Gao Qianqian said and cried emotionally.

Gao Qianqian knew who she was, and she also knew that Zhang Tianyuan might not believe her words, but she didn't care, as long as he knew what kind of person he was in his heart, she might like money, but she was not a person who didn't know how to repay her kindness.

I thought of my grandfather who took him to set up a stall on the street to carve seals, and supported himself with the money from carving seals. She couldn't help but want to cry, at that time was too young, I didn't understand anything at all, and then for a while, all of a sudden, the craftsmen who wanted to carve the seal were industrial, the computer carved the seal, the machine qĂŹ carved the seal as if it had sprung up, his grandfather was equivalent to losing the livelihood of eating, and had to start picking up the rags to earn some expenses.

And because of that. Although she was admitted to high school, she did not go to school, and after graduating from junior high school, she went to Dongguang to work until now.

When she went back to talk to her grandfather. Grandpa would always mention the matter of engraving, saying that the current computer engraving is really not good, and there is no sense of art at all. also said that those chapters are the same, and ordinary stalls don't even do anti-counterfeiting. Others can imitate the chapter casually.

From the words, Gao Qianqian can find out. Grandpa felt very sorry for the loss of this craft, and when he heard that Gao Qianqian was still practicing engraving, he was very happy at first, but then he took a deep breath and sighed: "You better stop practicing, that thing is useless." ”

Although she said that, Gao Qianqian could clearly hear a very sad taste from her grandfather's tone, which was a kind of helplessness, a kind of lamentation, and a kind of confusion about the future.

And Gao Qianqian believes that as long as she tells her grandfather the good news, her grandfather will definitely hold her in circles like when she was a child. It's okay if she doesn't collect money, but she estimates that if her grandfather hears about this, even if he doesn't want a penny, he wants to come to work for Zhang Tianyuan, as long as he takes care of food and housing, after all, the old man still has to live.

"Sissi, you're laughing, how could I drive you away, if you're willing to stay, I can't ask for it. By the way, if you are not satisfied with the salary in the future, you can bring it up, don't leave quietly, for talents like you, how much money others dig you give, I can also afford it, but everyone should compare their hearts, I don't want some requirements to be too much, otherwise we don't look good...... Well, it's not convenient to talk here, let's go inside, I still have something to ask you. ”

At this time, there are more and more customers in the store, some plan to customize seals, and some look at other things, it is obviously not appropriate to speak here, and Zhang Tianyuan wants to say that it is still about the direction of the future development of the antique shop, and he can't let competitors listen to it, as the saying goes, the wall has ears, and he has to pay attention to it.

After arriving at the room, Gao Qianqian thought for a while and said: "That's it, Brother Zhang, I don't want a fixed salary every month, let's change the contract, in fact, you give me a 10% commission, I think it's very, very much, I didn't expect that such a piece of bloodstone would be so expensive." ”

Gao Qianqian didn't dare to ask for so much money, because if a seal was sold for 300,000 yuan, the bloodstone alone would be worth 2780,000 yuan, and the processing fee was only 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.

"Okay, what I just said, let me regret it? If I Zhang Tianyuan said it, it would be a spit and a nail, how could I casually not admit it? In fact, the 10 percent commission is not much, and the kind of seals like hundreds of thousands of dollars are a minority after all, under normal circumstances, they are thousands, and at most tens of thousands of yuan, so you can accept your money with peace of mind. In addition, the monthly salary is your money as a regular employee of the antique shop, and when you don't usually engrave the seal, you also have to help take care of the store, so so be it, you don't talk about it. ”

Hearing Zhang Tianyuan's words, Gao Qianqian was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said: "Brother Zhang, you are using people solidly enough, but this is good, it saves me from being unsure." ”

I have to say that Gao Qianqian is a very real girl, as long as you explain things clearly to her, then you don't have to talk to her at all, and there is no pressure to stay with her. She doesn't have so many twists and turns, she just says what she wants. Even exposing their true nature.

It is difficult for such a person to survive in society, but if he meets the noble person of his fate. That's different.

Of course, some of the things she sometimes says are too straightforward, and she doesn't pay much attention to the occasion, it feels like she has low emotional intelligence, which makes Zhang Tianyuan very embarrassed, fortunately, the two people don't have much time to contact, as long as Zhang Tianyuan doesn't come to the store, basically she can't see her, so this crime can only be borne by the old shopkeeper. Although it may be a little pitiful for the old shopkeeper, who made him the shopkeeper here, he is not guilty and who suffers.

"By the way, Brother Zhang, you just said that you have something to say to me, what are you talking about?"

"Is that so, I heard that your grandfather is still alive?"

"Well, not only is he alive, but his body is quite tough, but he is relatively thin. Life is relatively poor, alas, he has suffered for most of his life, and he will not be able to let him enjoy happiness. In the past, someone asked him to engrave some private seals and give money. But he didn't want it, saying it was just a favor. There are many officials, businessmen, and celebrities in the collecting world. Grandpa and I have completely different personalities, it seems that he doesn't care about money at all, if it weren't for me, he wouldn't have gone out to pick up rags, even if it was a little bit of land at home, it was enough for him to live alone, after all, grandma died early, and he never looked for anyone again. ”

"Then the old man still has the skills in his hands, right?" Zhang Tianyuan asked again.

"Grandpa hasn't touched the carving knife for more than ten years, I guess it's not as good as me, there were a lot of people in their group at the beginning, our whole village will carve the seal, and it was also rated as a famous carving village, how much phoenix at that time, but unfortunately it didn't work all of a sudden, most of them changed careers, some threw themselves into the ground, some went out to work, and some started a business, grandpa couldn't help it, went out to pick up the rags. ”

"Oh, I see, it stands to reason that you can support yourself now, why do you have to go out to pick up rags, that work is tiring and dirty. Zhang Tianyuan asked suspiciously, "And don't you often send money back?"

"Don't mention it, I have a cousin who wants to buy a house and a car when he gets married, and asks for money for his grandfather, even if his grandfather gives him his life savings, it's not enough for him, how expensive is the house now, and this cousin is too much, he doesn't want to buy a car, he has to drive out decently for two or three hundred thousand, it's just angry with me." Gao Qianqian rose up as soon as she mentioned this.

"Oh, so that's the case, it's a pity that the old man's craftsmanship is gone, it's better like this, when will you let him come to the imperial capital, I'll see if I can arrange an easier job for him, even if he can't do it, but at least he can teach people, otherwise he won't be able to teach an excellent apprentice like you." Zhang Tianyuan was reluctant to interfere in other people's private affairs, although he also felt that Gao Qianqian's cousin had no skin and no face, but after all, it was someone else's business, and it was difficult for Qing officials to cut off family affairs, not to mention that he was just a businessman.

"Okay, if that's the case, it would be great, my grandfather didn't dare to say anything else, just the disciple brother, he was absolutely fine, he started carving seals from a very early age, and he knew all kinds of chapters by heart. Gao Qianqian was also overjoyed when she heard this, because she knew that Zhang Tianyuan was very good to her subordinates, even if she offended the guests, she was not willing to treat her subordinates badly, if her grandfather could really get a job here, then she would definitely be thankful.

"That's good, although now this craft is in decline, but it doesn't mean that it doesn't have the value of zài, just like Chinese painting and calligraphy, it can continue as an art, and the craft of engraving has integrated too many things, its artistic value, not at all Chinese painting and calligraphy are low, I really hope this thing can be carried forward in our HRE Group." ”

Zhang Tianyuan originally planned to let Gao Qianqian take his apprentices, but he considered that Gao Qianqian might be busy in the future, and secondly, Gao Qianqian's personality was too straightforward and not suitable for being a teacher at all, so after thinking about it, he thought of Gao Qianqian's grandfather, the so-called famous teacher produces a high apprentice, and the high apprentice also comes from a famous teacher, he thinks that Gao Qianqian's grandfather's ability in this regard will definitely not be worse than Gao Qianqian.

As long as he wants, this engraving craft can be fully active again, and with the innate advantage of engraving, as long as there are good materials in this art, its value is often higher than that of painting and calligraphy.

In this peaceful and prosperous era, collecting has also become a category to improve self-cultivation, many rich people in order to change their impression in front of others, are like to collect, and this seal, especially the bloodstone and Shoushan stone seal, will definitely become the object of these people's pursuit, after all, this thing is generally not understood by ordinary people, which seems to be of a relatively high grade. (To be continued......)