Chapter 228: Seeking Words
Approaching New Year's Day, the last batch of equipment from Germany of the branch had also arrived, and snowflakes had begun to fall in the north in the morning, and Qin Fang stepped on the snow and went out.
At the scene, Qin Fang personally presided over the installation and commissioning of the equipment, and was busy until noon.
The success of the equipment installation also indicates the formal establishment of the Kyoto branch of the Tang Dynasty Group, and now the Tang Dynasty has become a veritable large group company.
Looking at the glittering golden sign at the gate, Qin Fang's heart swelled with as surging glory and pride as when the Yellow River flooded.
At this moment, Ye Yuncong coldly came out and said to Qin Fang: "Master, look at our signboard, is there something missing?" β
Qin Fang glanced at Ye Yuncong suspiciously, and then looked at the door of the company's compound carefully, slowly, slowly, and looked back, and it seemed that he didn't see anything famous.
"Oh, yes!" Qin Fang's head was also flashing at that time, and he suddenly remembered that in general, larger companies or something would invite some literati and artists to help with the inscription.
If the strength is not good, write a few words and frame them and hang them in the boss's office, and if the economic strength is very strong, then write a couplet directly, and then frame it with gold and silver and hang it at the gate, which looks magnificent.
The Tang Dynasty Group is still short of this, and there is not even a group headquarters, Qin Fang tilted his head and thought: The original one is not there, but now in Kyoto, the place is different, and the practice has to be changed.
But the problem is that New Year's Day has not yet arrived, Bai Laili and Bai Lan have been missing for so long, and I heard Liu Xiaoxiao say that they will not be able to come back until New Year's Day.
Except for these two people, Qin Fang really couldn't think of anyone who would know famous literati, Liu Xiaoxiao and Eagle Falcon were both military attachΓ©s, and it was unlikely that they would deal with those literati.
Seeing that Qin Fang was in a dilemma, Ye Yuncong said sarcastically: "Master, I see that you are a fool, why don't you even know a calligrapher after coming to Kyoto for so long, it's really not good, you can go to Yenching University to find a student to learn calligraphy!" β
When he mentioned Yenching University, Qin Fang's heart moved, and at the banquet when he first arrived in Kyoto to attend Bai Laili, Qin Fang knew a professor from Kyoto University, Liang Binghui.
Liang Binghui is not only a professor at Kyoto University but also a senior member of the Chinese Calligraphy Association.
His character is a veritable word of gold, once someone offered him a high price of 5 million per word, but Liang Lao is an honest person, who does not like to use the art of calligraphy as a tool for profit and defile the ancient artistic and cultural treasures of China, and was rejected on the spot.
After listening to Qin Fang's introduction, Ye Yuncong's face was embarrassed, "Master, it seems that this Professor Liang is a person who likes it, we are not the material, I think it's better to forget it, save it and be buried by others!" β
You must know that now everyone's title has become the atmosphere of Huaguoda company, and many people look at the strength of a company, most of them first look at whether your company has any ink treasures, especially famous works.
For this reason, many nouveau riche who have not graduated from elementary school learn what to do all day long in an attempt to perfunctory trends, but they are often toddlers in Handan and make jokes.
Qin Fang touched the tip of his nose, and the corner of his mouth showed a faint smile, "I'm not an idiot from a toddler in Handan, your master and I can not only cure diseases but also play ball!" β
Immediately, Qin Fang and Ye Yuncong went to visit Liang Bingkun, and on the way, Ye Yuncong asked Qin Fang if he wanted to bring some meeting gifts, Qin Fang said no, for such a quirky literati, the more you give gifts, the more you will miss a big thing.
Qin Fang returned to Yanshan Villa and wrote the word "Yong" by himself, Ye Yuncong didn't know why, and after the ink of the word was dry, Qin Fang and Ye Yuncong rushed to Liang Binghui's house together.
Liang Binghui's family lives in the teacher's apartment of Kyoto University, because the two of them came almost empty-handed, Ye Yuncong has always felt uneasy, and when he arrived at the door, Qin Fang was about to knock on the door, Ye Yuncong hurriedly stopped, "Master, you have to think twice, are you so empty-handed, aren't you afraid of being swept away?" β
Qin Fang took out the white piece of paper with the word "Yong" written on it and showed it in front of Ye Yuncong, "Don't talk nonsense, you kid, where am I empty-handed?" β
Ye Yuncong immediately showed a bit of a crying and laughing expression, "Master, don't be funny, you said that you are a rich man, a nouveau riche who writes a broken character and dangles in front of other calligraphers, aren't you playing a big knife in front of Guan Gongmen, don't cut it yourself when the time comes!" β
Just when the two of them were chattering at the door, the door of Liang Binghui's house opened by itself, in fact, Lao Liang heard movement at the door and came out to see, "Who is making noise here!" β
Seeing the master come out, Qin Fang and the others inevitably showed a trace of embarrassment, but fortunately, Qin Fang knew Liang Binghui, "Hello Professor Liang!" β
Liang Binghui also recognized Qin Fang at a glance and stretched out his hand enthusiastically, "It's you, Doctor Qin, why do you have time to come to see me today?" β
Qin Fang laughed dryly, "Professor Liang, I actually have something I want to ask you about!" β
Liang Binghui became interested when he heard this, and hurriedly led Qin Fang and the others into the house.
Ye Yuncong fell behind and shook his head and sighed: "Alas, master, aren't you embarrassed to run!" β
Leung Binghui's home is very simple but clean, all the furniture is just a table plus a few stools, sofas and bookcases, and the walls are covered with all kinds of calligraphy.
With Qin Fang's current full stomach, seeing these calligraphy is also praised.
Liang Binghui served a cup of tea to Qin Fang and Ye Yuncong and politely asked Qin Fang what was going on, Liang Binghui was very optimistic about Qin Fang when he was at the banquet, and then Qin Fang also cured him of some small problems of back and leg pain.
But in view of this small favor, Qin Fang felt that it was not enough to ask for half a word from Liang Binghui.
Qin Fang smiled and took out the word "Yong" he wrote and handed it to Liang Bingkun, Liang Bingkun took it in his hand and saw that his face changed, he trembled and looked at Qin Fang with the paper, "You...... Where did you find this word, did you write it yourself? β
There was still a smile on the corner of Qin Fang's mouth, and Liang Binghui hurriedly said that he wanted to take it to the room to take a good look, so he didn't say hello and entered the study in a hurry.
Ye Yuncong slapped his face and said with a wry smile: "Master, it's over, the old man went to find a stick on time and planned to coax us away, I said that if you ask for words, you can ask for words, it's okay to write a shameful person, are you a monkey invited to tease?" β
Qin Fang turned his head to Ye Yuncong suddenly, and suddenly grinned on his cold face, "I'm the monkey invited by teasing!" β
After a while, Liang Binghui walked out happily holding Qin Fang's piece of paper, and couldn't help praising in his mouth: "Horizontal and vertical hooks, dots and skimming, the strokes and structure secrets of square characters are all in this word, Qin Fang, do you also know the legend about Wang Xizhi?" β
Qin Fang nodded, "Old Liang, actually, I came here this time to ask you to see how I write this character?" β
Liang Binghui nodded and praised: "Okay, good, it's just that it has a shape and no rhyme, you must know that the key to the profundity of Chinese calligraphy lies in the two sons of Shen Yun, many people just ignore that the words written by Shen Yun are always "pictographic" characters, and they have gone astray, at most they are copying. β
Qin Fang stood up respectfully and arched his hand: "Please also ask Elder Liang for advice!" β
Liang Binghui nodded as if he was still admiring Qin Fang's calligraphy, and suddenly he suddenly looked up at Qin Fang and then laughed, "Okay, you Qin Fang, you didn't come to me to read, you actually came to me to write!" β
Qin Fang lowered his head and smiled awkwardly, "Sure enough, I can't hide anything from Elder Liang, I really came today to find you to write an inscription for my branch." β
Liang Binghui smiled: "Qin Fang, my words are never used for commercial purposes. β
This made Qin Fang's mood suddenly fall to the bottom, but Liang Binghui suddenly took another turn, "But today I can make an exception, first, I trust you, and second, I know that you are a person who really knows how to appreciate calligraphy!" β
followed Liang Bingkun and took Qin Fang into the study, he first picked up the pen and wrote more than a dozen couplets and calligraphy words for Qin Fang, and then Qin Fang took it back and framed it and hung it up.
Ye Yuncong, who was standing at the door, just wanted to slap his big mouth, and a wonderful conversation between Qin Fang and Liang Binghui made him listen to the clouds, mountains and fogs, and he really couldn't understand how Qin Fang could get a lot of words that people couldn't buy for five million with one broken word.
For this reason, he could only shake his head and smile bitterly, "One of these two people is a monkey invited by the monkey, and the other is a monkey invited by the monkey......"
Until he left Liang Binghui's home, Ye Yuncong was still living in a dream, and he finally knew that what he knew about Qin Fang was only the tip of the iceberg, and there were many secrets that he didn't know, and at the same time, he was secretly glad that he was right to choose to be with Qin Fang back then.
On the way, Qin Fang told Ye Yuncong the story of the word "Yong", which is a legend about the calligrapher Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty who apprenticed in Tiantai Mountain.
Wang Xizhi practiced calligraphy hard in Tiantai Mountain to wash the inkstone to create an ink pool, one day an old man came to praise its calligraphy is very good, Wang Xizhi humbly asked, the old man wrote a "Yong" word so that Wang Xizhi comprehended the essence of calligraphy, and then became a calligraphy master.
And the word "Yong" written by Qin Fang deliberately threw away the spirit of the pursuit of style, he also imitated Wang Xizhi's modesty, Liang Binghui did not have money and noble character, understood Qin Fang's good intentions, coupled with Qin Fang's sincerity, how could he refuse Qin Fang.
This is Qin Fang seized Lao Liang's weakness and asked him to obediently mention a lot of words to himself, each of which can be said to be worth a fortune, even if Qin Fang's group unfortunately closes down one day, the money from the sale of these words is enough for him to eat for several lifetimes.
Now everything is really ready, just waiting for New Year's Day to come, Qin Fang plans to invite Bai Laili and them to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the branch.
But less than a week before New Year's Day, a piece of news brought by Ye Yuncong actually made Qin Fang almost messed up.