Chapter Eighty-Nine: Ruili
Maybe even Zou Xintong didn't notice it herself, such a simple little poem suddenly attracted her mind.
Zou Xintong is not a girl who likes to write poems and lyrics, and she is not very interested in these landscape paintings and other things. But as soon as I saw this long-necked bottle, I immediately liked it, and this is the reason why the craftsmanship has arrived at home.
Not only is Du Mu's poem well written, but the landscape painting on this bottle is very tacit with the poem and the font color, which makes people resonate at a glance. Looking at such a work of art, you will find that it seems that this thing should be done like this, and a little change may not have such a magical effect, as if it was born like this.
This is indeed the case, even Xie Bin himself has to admit that although the font of this porcelain carver is very ordinary, it has a faint worry, of course, only this long-necked bottle is like this. Perhaps it was because the porcelain engraver had a similar experience and had a special feeling for this poem that made such an excellent bottle.
And this kind of realm is what Xie Bin has been pursuing, but the effect is not very obvious. It's like painting, you don't have anything in your chest, no matter how skilled you are, you can't draw any heirlooms.
If you want to make your paintings emotional, the most basic point is that you must have a strong experience, otherwise you can't feel it at all.
From this aspect, Xie Bin still lacks experience and knowledge. Painters like to collect wind and go to the field to paint on the real scene. This is because you can have the strongest feeling when you are immersed in the scene, and you can express that feeling intuitively and truly on paper.
If you want to depict the landscape on paper with a radius of tens or even hundreds of miles, this is not only for the author to see it in his eyes, but also to be able to remember it in his heart, and even more so to be able to draw it on paper. When painting, it should also be able to carry the momentum and temperament between heaven and earth.
For example, the majesty and vigor of Mount Tai, the beauty and ethereal of the Yellow Mountain, the majesty and turbulence of the Yellow River, etc., is to paint a stream, but also to draw that kind of delicate and euphemistic temperament, otherwise it is difficult to call it a masterpiece.
There is no problem with Xie Bin's skills, what is lacking is the kind of bearing and experience that has the world in mind, which is not something that can be possessed in a few days and months, nor does it appear on his own when he is old, but he must continue to see with his eyes and experience with his heart, so that he can feel it slowly.
And this is not something that can be pursued deliberately. But it's complicated to say, but it's not difficult to do, as long as you are willing to experience and feel with your heart, that's enough.
In this regard, Xie Bin certainly has his own opportunities, and his life is not long, but it is not short, which is enough for Xie Bin to slowly travel all over the mountains and rivers in China.
In fact, this is not only the case with painting, but also with calligraphy and sculpture, and what is a person's style and characteristics is the different feelings about the same thing. is also painting Mount Tai, but it is obvious that there is a very big difference between Wu Changshuo and Dong Qichang's painting to others.
This is naturally not about who is good and who is bad, it is very difficult for everyone like them to distinguish between high and low. The difference is that two people have different feelings and views on the same Mount Tai, and after being portrayed on paper, the visual experience brought to people is also completely different.
There is no way to force these things, and Xie Bin knows it in his heart, so he is not in a hurry to go to the mountains and rivers. Traveling in the mountains and rivers mainly depends on the mood, if you are in a good mood, the small hills at the door have a unique charm, if you are in a bad mood, you are really in those scenic spots, and you can see all the poor mountains and bad waters.
In fact, if you really want to talk about it, there may not be no big scenery between the markets, just like the "Qingming Riverside Picture", although it depicts the ordinary scene in the market, it is also a famous painting that has been passed down through the ages. Therefore, Xie Bin is not in a hurry to go to the mountains and rivers to find inspiration.
You can't find it, if you can become a master by playing in the mountains and rivers, then there are too many masters in the world. Moreover, Xie Bin's main business now is carving. Although it is said that sculpture has the same vein as calligraphy and painting, there are still differences, and the difference in expression is even greater.
Just like the porcelain carved long-necked vase that Zou Xintong is holding in his hand at this time, although it is also a landscape painting and an ordinary poem, compared with the painting on paper, it has a more intuitive and vivid feeling, which is easy to attract people's attention, especially laymen.
However, Zou Xintong naturally would not lose her temper because she saw such an object, although she had more feelings in her heart, but she still covered it up very well, and said to Xie Bin with a smile: "Thank you, I like it very much," said like a little girl, she hugged the long-necked bottle in her arms, turned around and went back to the bedroom.
In the next few days, Xie Bin didn't really make a loss of the cost of the booth, and he made a small profit, and Zou Xintong also received two orders with a large number of finished jewelry, which were sold in Zhang Lu's shopping mall.
If you replace it with those high-end items, few people can wholesale them in batches. And even if it's wholesale, can Xie Bin make it?
Besides, this thing is not processed on an assembly line, where can it be shipped in batches? However, when it comes to the wholesale of artworks, Xie Bin remembers that last year, the descendants of a certain master of Chinese painting advertised on TV stations to sell their works at a unit price of 15,000 yuan each.
At that time, Xie Bin really felt ridiculous when he looked at it, even if he was a prolific painter, he had never done such a thing. Let's not say that your painting is worth so much money, just this clear price mark has greatly depreciated the value of this painting.
What's more, the signboard played by that person is not her own painting, but her own identity, she is the granddaughter of the master. To put it bluntly, she is not selling paintings, but selling the face of the master, or selling it at a clear price. If the master knew underground, he would probably be able to jump out and slap her angrily.
It's just that there are more people in this world, what kind of people don't? Masters are not saints, and no one knows what will happen to their children and grandchildren. Not to mention that it has been almost a hundred years, even when the bones of those masters are not cold, their children can do some things that are immoral.
In life, you can't escape a sharp word. In the face of huge interests, some people will really be desperate. Not to mention that he just sells paintings under the fame of his grandfather, it is not for nothing that he really digs up his ancestors' funeral goods and sells them.
When the expo ended, Xie Bin asked Uncle Li to go back with the old birthday star of Fulu Suxi first, but he himself stayed in Yun Province, one was invited by the old man of the Mu family to go to Ruili as a guest, and the other was that Xie Bin wanted to take the opportunity to have fun.
When you can't get out, you don't have a chance, but now you have the opportunity to play, if you miss it, it will only be a pity. You can't go all the way to Yun Province, and then rush back to participate in such an expo, right? Lijiang is not the only fun place in Yunnan Province.
Ruili is located in Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, which is a border port trading city, a domestic transportation artery to Southeast Asia and South Asia, and the last checkpoint. It is also the only border trade zone in the country with a special management programme.
The main reason for these is Ruili's special geographical environment and cultural environment. The terrain is flat and open, with no natural obstacles, which is in stark contrast to some other cities in Yun Province. Moreover, it has a humid monsoon climate in the south subtropics, which attracts a lot of tourists.
This also makes this originally remote town have a lot of interesting attractions, such as Wan Town Forest Park, Ruili River Scenery, Zaduo Waterfall, Wan Town Ecological Park, Mengxiu Jingpo Cottage, Yunjing One Inch Two Countries, and so on. What attracts Xie Bin more is the jade trade market, or jade trade market.
To be honest, I have known that Ruili's jade is famous for a long time, but when you walk in Ruili, you can truly appreciate what is called a jade jewelry city. According to Mu Feng, the sales of Ruili's finished A-goods jadeite jewelry account for more than 50% of the country.
In addition to small merchants from other places, there are also businessmen from the capital Shanghai, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to buy goods here, and the reason for this is that the goods here are cheap, and it is said that in previous years they were even 50 percent cheaper than the market price.
Xie Bin didn't believe it, but after arriving in Ruili, he had to admit that Ruili had this capital because he was too close to Myanmar. Not to mention two countries on one street, two countries on one bridge, some of the same yard can be divided into two countries, and it is even more exaggerated that a well can be divided into two halves.
And the border seems to be non-existent to the locals, and there are no heavily guarded soldiers to manage it, and those people are so arrogant that they move back and forth between the two countries, carrying all kinds of goods, big and small, as if there is no such thing as tariffs.
Of course, it is precisely because of this that the state will implement a very special management model of "inside and outside the customs" here. In this way, Ruili's border trade zone has almost become similar to the existence of a third country, which is indeed a lot more convenient for some foreign trade businessmen.
In this way, it is not difficult to imagine why Ruili has become the largest jadeite trading city, and this jadeite rough is really convenient to transport. Xie Bin didn't believe that these people's jadeites were all transported in through the border and customs. It's just that everyone is making a fortune quietly and doesn't want to make a noise.
Xie Bin himself conservatively estimated that almost half of those jadeite rough stones were parallel imports, that is, the kind that did not pay tariffs. Just like a big family like the Mu family, whether it is in Ruili or in Myanmar, the power of the past 100 years is definitely not trivial.
Mu Feng didn't give a clear answer to Xie Bin's curiosity, but just changed the topic with a smile. It's no wonder that Mu Feng, although everyone knows about it, but it won't be good if you say it, after all, according to the law, this is a crime.
Just like Xie Bin's tasting, withdrawing those top works and not going through the store's account is actually no different from the Mu family's behavior. But it is impossible for Xie Bin to say such a thing to others.
(To be continued)