Chen Wenhui looked at the confused face of the teacher Qiu Zijie, and knew that Qiu Zijie must be in a sad mood now, because he scattered his family wealth and traveled all his life, and his family and children suffered for the great cause in his heart, but he suddenly found that it was meaningless for him to do this, because others had already done a good job in this matter. This sudden sense of loss is very uncomfortable.

Chen Wenhui said: "Teacher, what you think is wrong, the Hei family is doing very well, the Hei family's calligraphy and painting hall has a long heritage and far-reaching influence, but he has an influence in Nanyang, especially on Yizhou Island, have you heard of it in Dachu?" ”

This sentence woke up Qiu Zijie: "Yes, I have been specializing in painting for so many years, and I know almost all the painters, why haven't I heard about the Hei family?" It can be seen that in Da Chu, they still haven't carried forward the way of painting. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "I told the teacher that there are two reasons for the black family. One is that the Hei family has a heritage of more than 1,000 years, which is more profound than the 200-year inheritance that the teacher obtained. But when I think about painting, there was a dividing line thousands of years ago. It can't be said that it was a thousand years ago, it should be hundreds of years ago, that is, the time of Emperor Guanglie. At that time, some of the painters went to Nanyang, Yizhou Island. It's the black family. The Hei family has a long heritage, and then added the tropical style of Nanyang, Yizhou Island and other places to the long-term inheritance, becoming a unique family. Some of the Hua family stayed in the Central Plains and continued to develop, and they were also independent. This part branched out again when our Great Chu was established. Part of the seclusion should be the inheritance of the painting that the teacher encountered, and part of it continues to develop, which is the style of the current Da Chu. Teacher, you actually have an opportunity to integrate these three branches together to form an all-encompassing and complete painting path, and to carry it forward, which is the great thing that will make merit for generations to come. ”

Qiu Zijie was overjoyed when he heard this.

Chen Wenhui continued: "This is the first point, and the second point I want to say is about how to carry it forward. We can follow the Hei family's practice on Yizhou Island, set up a calligraphy and painting academy, and then regularly select talents every year. Once he is selected, he can become a member of the Academy of Painting and Calligraphy, and our Academy of Painting and Calligraphy will support him for him to specialize in painting. In this way, after a long time, more and more painters will appear. Can painting flourish? ”

Qiu Zijie was overjoyed: "I knew you had a way, so that everyone who came to participate in the selection should be people who like to paint, and there are people who can be selected through the selection, so where can there be no good talent." However, although I don't know how to do things, I still know that this should be a very expensive thing, and now my family's field and our painting hall are actually supported by your little girl. Could it be that this whole painting road is for you to feed? Even if you have this heart, you don't have so much money, right? ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said, "Teacher." I have a lot of money, you can't imagine it, but all this money I have is useful, I have my own plans, and I can't use it all for painting. Like this, I bought a house and land for my teacher. Building a painting hall or something like that is a small amount of money, but it's just a matter of 100,000 taels, but if you want to carry forward the painting road, it will cost a lot of money, and I can't support it alone. Therefore, I want to follow the example of the black family to run the calligraphy and painting hall. In this way, we can be self-sufficient, and we can support ourselves without relying on external forces. ”

Qiu Zijie asked: "How can you support yourself?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "In fact, calligraphy and painting can also make money. It's really those painters like the teacher who are not good at management. If only we find some people to specialize in it. Then the rest of the people specialize in painting, and if they take the paintings to the people who run them, they won't be able to make money. Just like the black family, the works of their calligraphy and painting hall are all Jinming shops, which specialize in business to operate, and the calligraphy and painting hall only needs to collect money. ”

Qiu Zijie said: "Then we will specialize in painting." And then hire someone to sell paintings specifically, right? ”

Chen Wenhui said: "We can't just sell paintings. We can take many forms, for example, the paintings of the apprenticeship are still immature, and such paintings are worthless. In this way, they can paint some ordinary things for others, such as painting bottles for porcelain shops, painting doors and corridors for wealthy families, and so on, such as painting New Year paintings for ordinary people. And those who have been able to learn and have extraordinary painting skills are to build a gallery by the shop that runs it, and holds art exhibitions on a regular basis, so that people who want to buy paintings can go to the gallery to see the art exhibition, buy it if they like it, and use it to decorate the walls or collect it, isn't it great? ”

Qiu Zijie nodded and said: "It's not easy for you to think of so many methods for a while, I think it's very good, let's do it." ”

Chen Wenhui said: "In fact, there are conditions for such a calligraphy and painting hall to be opened. ”

Qiu Zijie hurriedly asked, "What conditions?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "First, this calligraphy and painting hall must have appeal. ”

At this moment, Qiu Zijie didn't understand: "What is appeal?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Is it appealing? I can't explain it to you clearly for a while, let me tell you this, it is necessary for famous people to sit in the calligraphy and painting hall, for example, if the teacher sits in the calligraphy and painting hall, saying that he wants to recruit disciples from his relatives, there must be many people to sign up. If a little-known person came to the calligraphy and painting hall and said that he wanted to recruit disciples, no one would care. ”

At this time, Qiu Zijie understood: "This is simple, then I won't go anywhere, just sit in the calligraphy and painting hall." It just so happens that I'm old now, and I can't run anymore, so I'll train my disciples in my old age. But there are so many people here who come to learn painting, what if the good and the bad are mixed, do I have to teach? ”

Chen Wenhui smiled: "Teacher, we don't recruit everyone, let the senior brothers draw up a charter, regardless of men and women, origin, as long as they can pass the test of our several passes, they can enter the calligraphy and painting hall." ”

Qiu Zijie said: "Oops, I forgot about this." Yes, yes, so I don't have to work hard, just leave it to your senior brothers, and I'll just sit and wait to accept the apprentices. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "The level of these apprentices is also different, and we have already assigned them a good level when we recruited them. The low-level ones were taught by the senior brothers, and the high-level ones were taught by the teachers themselves. If you are a low-level student, after a few years, you will learn it, pass the guò test, and become an advanced one, and you can also get the opportunity to be personally instructed by the teacher. These levels are also set to make it easier for us to operate. Although the low-level painting hall provides them with food and housing, paint, paper and the like, and can also pay monthly money, they also have to paint for the porcelain workshop according to our requirements, and some paint the walls and beams of the big families, and so on. For the senior ones, we can let them stay as teachers, or we can give their paintings to the gallery to run. Our calligraphy and painting hall commission to subsidize the cost of the calligraphy and painting hall. ”

Qiu Zijie nodded.

Chen Wenhui continued: "This is the first point, the second point, we must have a quiet environment, and the establishment of the Black Iron City by the Hei family is convenient for them to select disciples. How about we build the calligraphy and painting hall in this beautiful mountain village, the scenery is good and quiet, but we still have to plan this mountain village, build roads, and build schools. After a while, the teacher will look at it again, and it will definitely be like what the teacher saw in the secret realm, like a fairyland outside the world. ”

Qiu Zijie pulled his beard happily, thought about it, and asked with some hesitation: "But, this requires a lot of money, right?" Where do we get all this money? ”

Chen Wenhui said: "This money is a lot, I plan to plan this mountain, a variety of flowers and trees, fruit trees, as well as build roads, but also to build pavilions, buildings, but also to dig a small lake, but also to have a water pavilion, but also to have a school, there are student dormitories." Well, there is also a need to build housing for teachers. Good thing the place is big enough. It should be sufficient. ”

Qiu Zijie was even more worried: "How much does it cost to come down like this?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Teacher, don't worry, I'll leave this to me." I'm really richer than you think. It's my own money, in addition to the shops of the black family, I have a lot of money-making industries, you can rest assured, this money is really a small amount of money for me. I estimated it, and it was only about seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver, which is trivial. ”

Qiu Zijie couldn't keep his tongue up.

Chen Wenhui continued: "As for the initial investment, you don't have to worry about the teacher. The key is to see if this calligraphy and painting hall can be operated well in the future. Therefore, the third point is to run this calligraphy and painting hall well. You have to find someone to specialize in it. ”

Qiu Zijie said: "This is easy to do, just leave it to you to manage." ”

Chen Wenhui said: "That's not good, I have too many things, and I have to help the imperial concubine in the palace to build a hospital, raise a good hall, and manage our family's industry, as well as my own business to take care of, I told the teacher, I still have a foundation in Nanyang, under construction, maybe I will go to Nanyang next year to stay for two years, where is the time to manage the calligraphy and painting hall?" ”

Hearing this, Qiu Zijie was worried: "Then what should I do?" This is a big deal, whether this calligraphy and painting hall can be passed on or not is the key. ”

Chen Wenhui thought for a while and said, "I have a way. The elder brother in the teacher's family has already entered the classroom with the teacher to learn to paint, and you can ask him to help the teacher manage the teaching of the calligraphy and painting hall. The second brother and the third brother have no talent for painting, but since they were children, they have seen the teacher paint a lot, and their vision is still good, and they have nothing to do now. In this case, why don't you call the second senior brother and the third senior brother to manage the gallery? ”

Qiu Zijie hurriedly waved his hand when he heard this: "No, absolutely not." ”

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