After the restaurant was a little quieter, the speaker pressed his palm downward twice,

Of course, the invitation also made it clear that this root-seeking trip is not a competition. It's just that what they want to find is the root of Chinese landscape painting, and they are walking the famous mountains and rivers of our motherland, so we have to pay attention to it, not to say what to do with those international friends, but at least it can't be ashamed, right? So this time, we specially arranged this sketching competition, I hope that the contestants who received the notice at that time can try to find time to participate in this root-seeking trip, if there is a problem with the time arrangement, please also explain it early, we can change people in time. Okay, it's okay, it's hard work, let's eat. ”

It was time to eat, but the restaurant was not quiet. Including the staff, there were a total of five tables, about 60 people, and the tables were all in small meetings, among which there were disdainful, indignant, and cautious, and the topic did not leave this so-called root-seeking journey anyway.

"Zhen Nima is insidious, running our family to compare our ancestors' things with us, it's normal to lose, this has to be accidentally let them win, ha!"

Li Yingying drank all the wine in the cup, and then slammed the wine glass on the table.

"If you want me to say, we shouldn't have dealt with them at all! Nima, just from which corner to get a few rammed goods, let us catch a competition, don't those people in the organizing committee know that most of the people here have been preparing for the competition for several years or even more than ten years? ”

"Lao Li, you can't say that, after all, this is an international exchange ......"

"Communicate with a fart! Let me ask you, do you want to send an article to the painting associations in Europe and the United States to try it now, saying that there are oil painters on our side who are going to do some kind of activities in the past, which will last for a month, and you can see how people deal with you? Damn it, they all dare to give you a whole bunch of amateur painters! ”

"Huh? Listening to Lao Li say this, this is really the truth! But it's not that you don't know the urine nature of those bureaucrats in our country, and if it involves foreigners, if it's a big deal, I'll give you a ...... on the platform."

"Hehe, if you want me to say, let's just boycott collectively this time, and let the organizing committee choose a few from the contestants who signed up in the first stage! It lasts for a month, who has time? I didn't have it anyway. ”

"Hehe, this is their insidiousness, like our group of people, who are usually busy with farts hitting their heels, it's okay for a day or two, a month, how many can take out such a large period of time? If you want me to say that these staff members of the Painting Association are really pigs! Isn't it over if you ignore them in the first place? Now it's okay, not only did we catch the competition, but also solemnly chose people, and it was not appropriate to lose face if we didn't choose, and it was not appropriate to choose if we didn't go, and others thought we were afraid! ”

Li Yi didn't take this seriously, because since he said it publicly on such an occasion, it was mostly according to the ranking, and if there were 5 places, he wouldn't be able to count it.

However, after listening to the analysis of these people, he found that it was really possible that those little Japan had already been calculated as they said.

The real master is likely to have no time, and people may not take this seriously if they have time, and most of those who have time and want to participate are not their opponents, and this matter should be carried out quietly in private.

"Lao Huang, since they sent an invitation, did they say who will participate over there?"

Suddenly, the person at the other table asked a crucial question, which silenced the restaurant for a moment. Also, no matter how enthusiastic they are talking here, they don't know who the opponent is, what if they really send a bunch of elite soldiers?

"On the Japanese side, there are currently three confirmed participants, one of whom is Yuzo Tezuka, the eldest disciple of the famous contemporary Japanese painter Shibusawa Qing, and the other is a close disciple of the Japanese neoclassical pathfinder Morimoto Sosuke, and the young grandson of Higashiyama Kaii, who is known as the saint of contemporary Japanese painting, Higashiyama Shiro......"

As soon as these names were pronounced, there was a uniform gasping sound in the restaurant, because let's not say who the master of these two players is, and don't investigate their origins, just say that these two people themselves are not good stubble, and one of the 40 players present is counted as one, and those who dare to say that they are sure to stabilize their head should not exceed the number of palms!

"Everyone who leads the team here in South Korea should be no stranger, Bai Shengyun, he is studying for a master's degree in landscape painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, right? I remember that some people still called him Xiao Li Keran...... On the Singapore side, it is Fan Xiaoyan, the eldest grandson of Fan Changqian, and on the Taiwan side, ......."

As familiar names popped out of the speaker's mouth, the atmosphere in the restaurant became more solemn, except for the occasional sound of chopsticks accidentally touching the plate, a huge restaurant gradually became extremely quiet, and the pin drop could be heard.

After a while, the spokesman smiled bitterly and said:

"So we're not making a big fuss this time, they're really not good."

"What if it's not good? We closed the door directly and let Lao Liu, Lao Ma, and Lao Shi ...... I don't believe it, can they still turn the sky upside down? ”

There was a burst of good-natured laughter in the restaurant, and Liu Keyi and Shi Chongxuan, who were sitting at the same table with Li Yi, also shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

"Lao Shi, I've already contacted my side, and I'm going to lead a team to several European colleges for academic exchanges in October, but I definitely can't participate, what about you?"

Shi Chongxuan frowned,

"I'm going to have an exhibition at the beginning of November, what do you say?"

"Actually, you don't have to be nervous, the above means, let's find a leader who can calm the field, and just go to a few others. What about this kind of thing, we have to take it seriously, but we can't pay too much attention to it, otherwise wouldn't it seem too faceless? Okay, it's to explain to everyone, it's okay, hurry up and eat, I can tell you, this hotel only has four rooms with mahjong, go late and have no place to blame me for not reminding ah! ”

As soon as the spokesman's voice fell, seven or eight people stood up in Hulala, and the night was long, how could I live without mahjong? Hurry up and grab your spot!

Li Yi and Ma Weizhong were in the same room, and it happened that neither of them played mahjong, so they returned to the room after eating.

"Hey Xiao Li, I heard that you are still an appraiser? That's right, after returning to Beijing, I went with me, and a friend of mine saw a painting by Tang Bohu and said let me help show it, I know something, but I can't get rid of it......"

Li Yi raised his eyebrows, Tang Bohu's painting is a rare thing, if you have the opportunity, you really want to see it.

"It's okay, call me when you have an appointment over there, I promise to be on call!"

Ma Weizhong nodded,

"By the way, what do you arrange for tomorrow? If you are not in a hurry to return to Yanjing, just come with me to Chang'an, I want to go to the Forest of Steles to see. ”

Forest of steles? Li Yi's eyes lit up suddenly, Chang'an's stele forest is well-known at home and abroad, not to mention the total number of more than 10,000 pieces, but those famous steles left by them are enough to make people fascinated and linger.

After thinking about it for a while, he took out his mobile phone and called Hu Jinquan, the two said a few words, and Hu Jinquan handed the phone to Zhong Haoqing.

"That's right, if you come back, I'm going to let you go to Chang'an again. There's a party over there the day after tomorrow, I'll see if there's time to pass it, and if you don't have time, you can attend it for me. ”

"Master, what party? Wouldn't it be appropriate for you to come and me alone? ”

"What's out of place? They are all appraisers of the older generation, and they will also bring juniors...... By the way, you usually have to prepare one or two antiques for a party, but you and I don't have to worry about it, don't we have two more days to go? If you just go around the streets, you will probably have ......"

Li Yi rolled his eyes speechlessly, the master really looked up to him too much, as if the antiques on the street were just like those in his house, and he could go around the street casually...... You know, many times he has to turn two or three times before he can touch one!

"How is it, your master approved it?"

Li Yi nodded, and as soon as he said that he was going to attend the party, Ma Weizhong's eyes lit up,

"Great! I've always heard people say how powerful your appraisers are, and a random leak is worth tens of millions, and this time I just followed you to see and see. In this way, let's not go to the stele forest for now, and then we'll talk about it when we get your side done! ”

Seeing Ma Weizhong's reaction, Li Yi shook his head with a smile. It's okay, get it done early, worry about it early, really hold it to the end, if you can't buy the right thing, you will be pitted, the internal gathering of the older generation of appraisers, and you have to bring the younger generation, and the things you take out are too bad, but you will lose face to the master.

Lying on the bed for a while, Li Yi arranged the itinerary, first went to the Xiaodongmen Folk Collection Market, and then went to the Eight Immortals Palace Cultural Relics Market, if you haven't bought the right thing, go to the Chang'an Antique Shopping Mall to go around, it should be about the same.

"Well, when the time comes, you can also go to the ancient culture street of the academy, I have been there once before, and the pen, ink, paper and inkstone there are good."

Huashan is very close to Chang'an, and if you take the bullet train, you can't use it for an hour, so although the organizing committee also arranged a bus, Li Yi and the two took the first cableway down the mountain after watching the sunrise, and then took the bullet train directly to Chang'an.

The Xiaodongmen folk collection market is the largest antique market in Chang'an, as early as the Ming and Qing dynasties, it has been a well-known "ghost market".

At present, the market has about 100 merchants who deal in antiques, and every weekend, there are many farmers from the province and outside the province who will come here to practice stalls, although most of the antiques in their hands are fakes, but if you have enough eyesight and good luck, you can still find some good things.

Li Yi and the others came over this time on the weekend, so as soon as they walked into the market, they saw that in addition to the merchants on both sides, there were also several rows of stalls neatly placed on the square, and the number was definitely hundreds, but those stall owners, although they were dressed in tatters, did not look like ordinary farmers. (To be continued.) )