Cambridge is a place with many bridges, and it can be regarded as a special place, so it is no wonder that Xu Zhimo was able to write a poem with charm like "Farewell to Kangqiao".

Standing at the bridge at night, hugging the girl you love, it feels really wonderful.

"Husband, didn't you say you wanted to paint a 'reunion bridge'? Is it finished? ”

Xie Bin smiled, "What's the hurry, you take me here first to have a good time, only what you draw in that way can you feel it, and the things drawn by imagination alone are a bit empty." ”

"Hmph, you can't draw it," Li Jingjing snorted twice, but hugged Xie Bin's arm hard, "Husband, our school also has art courses, why don't you come and accompany me, and the art atmosphere here is very strong." ”

In addition to cultivating scientific pioneers such as Newton and Darwin and astronomical explorers such as Hawking, Cambridge University has also cultivated literary and historical scholars such as Bacon and Keynes, and art masters such as Milton and Byron Byron.

Just by looking at the bridges over the River Cam, you can see how artistic it is. It seems that this Western-style classical atmosphere is permeated everywhere.

Xie Bin and Li Jingjing held hands like ordinary couples, and they were left on the benches on the lawn, in the riverside churches, in the convents, and of course, more often than not, they preferred to stay in the bedroom and do what they loved to do. In addition to Li Jingjing's class.

In other words, Xie Bin is not idle, he concentrates on practicing his miniature carving every day when Li Jingjing is in class. Now Xie Bin is in a very happy mood, and his skills are also rising very fast, almost every time he re-engraves, he can engrave a few more words. And that's without using an ability.

In fact, using the ability doesn't have much effect on miniature carving, and no matter how sensitive the ability is, it needs to be carved by hand. Such a subtle movement, but it takes practice again and again to slowly master, it is purely a test of patience and physical strength and skill.

Of course, when carving jadeite, he still has to rely on his ability, without which he can't process any piece of jadeite. You know, from ancient times to the present, there should not be a person who can use a woodworking knife to process jadeite, let alone micro-process.

Now Xie Bin has been able to carve nearly six hundred blessing characters on a bead with a diameter of one centimeter, and he can meet the requirements of that Young Master Mu with a little more effort. Of course, if you really want to compare with those miniature carving masters, Xie Bin is nothing, but thinking about it, he has only been learning miniature carving for less than two months, and it is very good to be able to do this.

Of course, Xie Bin doesn't mind comparing himself with those carving masters in the future, and there is no reason why he Xie Bin can't do the work they can accomplish. According to this rhythm, it should be a logical thing for Xie Bin to surpass those people.

When she was free, Li Jingjing also dragged Xie Bin to their school to audit. I have to say that the classroom atmosphere in these Western universities is really good, and the interaction between teachers and students is very good, which is very different from the domestic ones.

Of course, Xie Bin went to the art department to listen to the lectures, the kind of big classrooms, the kind where hundreds or thousands of people listen to the lectures together, but just pure theory classes. But in this way, Xie Bin also gained a lot, especially about Western sculpture.

In the twelfth and second centuries B.C., the political system gave the ancient Greeks great freedom of thought, and they could discuss politics, art, philosophy, natural continuity, and so on at will, which produced a lot of philosophers, artists, and scientists, and also gave birth to many great works.

And this idea of directly celebrating the beauty of the human body has been passed down to the present day, especially in sculpture, which has been the most influenced by this, and many great works are human-oriented, perfect expressions of all aspects of the theme of human beings, such as the Venus with the Broken Arm, the Contemplative and so on.

In the process of pursuing this kind of beauty, the kind of technique they need is exactly what Xie Bin values, and the depiction of details and the outline of lines have brought Xie Bin great help.

If it weren't for the fact that the time was almost up, Xie Bin really wanted to stay for a while longer.

Before leaving, in addition to the two of them, Xie Bin fulfilled his promise and painted a reunion in Kangqiao and stayed in the apartment. I guess I want to leave an introduction for the next meeting.

This "Reunion in Kangqiao" does not take much thought, it can be regarded as a small testimony of the relationship between the two.

In the painting, Xie Bin's imagination of Kang Bridge is just an ordinary small bridge, with two stone sculptures faintly standing at both ends of the bridge, and two people standing embracing each other on the bridge.

The artistic conception is very simple, and the ink is relatively light, but Li Jingjing likes it very much, and after Xie Bin painted it, she sent a big French fragrant kiss.

With the take-off of the plane, Xie Bin sighed faintly in his heart, but then laughed again, he didn't have to be so sad, he wanted to see Li Jingjing in the future, it was no problem to go back and forth once a week, with his father-in-law's relationship, it was very easy to apply for a visa.

But if he is really allowed to run once a week, Xie Bin really can't stand it, in that case, he will almost not do anything, almost two days a week will be on the plane, and then there will be a few days left to apply for a visa and so on. If it were changed to once a month, it would be about the same.

After returning to the island city this time, he can first make the Wanfu bracelet that Mu Feng ordered. 100 million US dollars, it is very refreshing to think about Xie Bin, although he doesn't use much money, so much money is just a number, but sometimes he feels very happy to think about it.

In Xie Bin's view, it is one thing to earn more and earn less, and it is another thing to be able to make money, and being able to make money shows that he Xie Bin has the ability to support himself and a family. Whether it is 100 million or 10,000, Xie Bin is very happy.

If you are like the eldest young master of Mu Feng, Yilai stretches out his hand to eat and open his mouth, and lives by relying on his parents' skills, it will be too boring, although people yearn for that kind of life, but after a long time, they will also feel bored.

After getting off the plane, it was Zou Xintong who came to pick him up, and he also took a pocket. I haven't seen him for another month, and this guy around Xie Bin's heels refused to leave, so he almost tore his trouser legs.

Zou Xintong said with a smile: "If you don't come back, the little guy has eaten a lot less these days, if you don't show up again, I don't know what will happen." ”

Xie Bin smiled, reached out and touched his head, looked at it and enjoyed it, and laughed softly: "I'll take it with me when I go abroad in the future," and asked, "How is the store?" ”

"Nothing?" Zou Xintong shook his head, "It's that Mu Feng who came here again, and I will leave soon after seeing that you are not there." ”

Thinking of Mu Feng's strange appearance, Xie Bin was amused in his heart, but he knew that he was a Kaizi, if he didn't slaughter it, he wouldn't slaughter it, and if he slaughtered it, he would slaughter it in vain, and he would be able to slaughter it in a few days. 100 million US dollars, that's more than 600 million yuan. If there were only a few pieces of imperial green beads, it would be very high if it could be worth 100 million, but after he carved it like this, it could be doubled six times, well, this sense of accomplishment is full.

In fact, the price of these things is really hard to say, to put it mildly, this top jadeite material and unique craftsmanship, the created works should also be regarded as priceless. It's just obvious that in this economic society, pricelessness is actually just that, there will always be a price, it just depends on how much people like the work.

It's like an antique, the same piece of art, in the hands of connoisseurs and traded at auction, the price difference is too much. And Xie Bin's unborn imperial green Wanfu bracelet was sold for 100 million US dollars, which is indeed inflated when the price is high, because the value of jadeite is here, and the material is heavy; It can be said that it is a loss, after all, the craftsmanship of this carving is absolutely unique.

But there is a premise for this, Xie Bin will never make similar works in the future, so that it will be called a unique product. If Xie Bin had made three or five similar bracelets every year, the value would have fallen quickly.

Back to the island city, Xie Bin first looked in the store, this month only sold a piece of jade carving smooth sailing ornaments, that is also one of Xie Bin's own carving boutiques, the whole work is more than 30 centimeters long, 10 centimeters high, the bottom is slightly worse is the material of low ice species, the color is good.

Xie Bin was originally priced at two million, but later he was taught a lesson by his father-in-law, and it was directly doubled to four million, but he didn't expect that someone would really take it, Xie Bin thought that this thing would be left for sale at a reduced price. It seems that there are really some people who "only choose the expensive ones and don't choose the right ones" as the legend goes.

However, this piece is not bad sailing, although the foundation is slightly worse, but it is also relative, if it is placed in other jewelry stores, this can also be sold as a high-end material. Xie Bin's high-end material is simple and low-cost, which is a bit of a treasure not a treasure.

"By the way," Zou Xintong thought of something, took out a business card and handed it to Xie Bin: "This is left by a Jiangsu person, he wants the Guan Gong statue, and wants to ask you if it can be a little cheaper, after all, the price is a bit too high." ”

Guan Gong is like a good thing that Xie Bin listed as not for sale, and the price was 100 million when it first opened, and it was later changed to US dollars. This price is indeed very high, especially since this Guan Gong statue is not a full-body glass type, and the color is also a little worse, a little darker. If it had just opened, it might have been sold by Xie Bin.

It's just that after Li Guohui's lesson, Xie Bin also knew that he almost did a big wrong, such a big and clean material, 100 million US dollars is higher, but it is still possible to sell it for 300 million yuan. In other words, just the glass material, if you cut it, you can make two bracelets and a few small pendants.

Xie Bin looked at the business card, the businessman's name was Li Moxuan, a native of Jiangsu, but it was indicated that he was mainly engaged in all kinds of precious timber and timber. Xie Bin, who didn't take it seriously, suddenly became interested when he saw the business he was running.

Precious wood, that is, there are good things such as sandalwood and boxwood. This is what Xie Bin has always longed for. At the beginning, he relied on a piece of African sandalwood that he had picked up, and then carved a sandalwood version of Ma Ta Feiyan and sold it to Xue Yuying for 100,000 yuan.

Seeing this, Xie Bin decided to contact this big timber merchant.

(To be continued)