In this small shop, it seems that Chenguang Art is always so busy.

Du Chenguang was busy on the workbench in work clothes, and when Xu Lili walked into the store, he didn't even look up.

Xu Lili glanced at Du Chenguang's workbench and saw that he was framing a billboard that had just been printed.

"Lao Du!" Xu Lili quietly walked to his side and suddenly shouted loudly, which immediately startled Du Chenguang.

He raised his head and looked at Xu Lili standing in front of him, and suddenly a strange expression appeared on his face. At first, he was a little panicked, but then he changed to a laughing expression.

"Oh, I said why the magpies kept barking outside this morning, it turned out that there were distinguished guests coming, Xu Dami came to the shop today, why are you doing it?" Du Chenguang said with a smile, and then put down the work in his hand.

"Don't talk nonsense, what about my words? I didn't come for so long, and you didn't say to send it to me? Xu Lili stretched out her hand and said unceremoniously.

"Words? What word? Du Chenguang said with a puzzled look.

"Lao Du, don't pretend to be confused for me. I'm too busy to take care of it, but don't think I've forgotten. The mural orchid that I took more than two months ago, Chu County wrote it for me personally, you said you were going to take it to Yanjing to mount, why haven't you done it yet? After such a long time, even if you get it to the United States, you should frame it! ”

As soon as Du Chenguang heard Secretary Xu talk about this, his face suddenly became bitter.

Time goes back to more than two months ago, when Miss Xu came here to frame it with Chu Yang's handwritten "Muriya Lanxiang", she suddenly shocked Du Chenguang and a group of book friends in Zhongxian! In the face of such a superb Ou Kai boutique, Du Chenguang did not dare to frame it lightly, for fear that he would accidentally damage this work. He then discussed with Xu Lili. Take this character to Yanjing to frame it.

Du Chenguang was born in the Academy of Fine Arts, and studied with a very famous calligrapher in Yanjing. The latter opened a calligraphy and painting shop in Yanjing, and the craft of mounting calligraphy and painting is also very famous in Yanjing. Du Chenguang then thought about taking this painting to Yanjing for mounting.

He stepped on the train to Beijing the next morning. It was an ordinary haze day, Du Chenguang got off the train with the carefully loaded words, and then took the subway to Chaoyang District, Yanjing. It is located in the Jinshi Painting and Calligraphy Institute across the street from the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

The owner of the Jinshi Painting and Calligraphy Institute is surnamed Jin, himself named Jinshi, born in a scholarly family, his parents are university professors, and his father is a member of the Chinese calligraphy and painting industry, and he is the vice chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers Association. He himself worked at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, teaching calligraphy and Chinese painting. In his spare time, he runs this calligraphy and painting academy, relying on his own fame and connections in professional circles. Jin Shi ran this painting and calligraphy academy quite successfully. Many people with a certain level in the calligraphy and painting circle in Yanjing like to come here to frame calligraphy and paintings and exchange works. It is also the designated calligraphy exhibition and sales point of the Chinese Calligraphers Association.

Jin Shi is in his early fifties this year, if for an official, this age is already the time to stand aside, but for an artist, especially those who are engaged in Chinese studies, this age is the golden age. There is such a tradition in the Chinese circles of Chinese studies. That is, the older a person gets, the more fragrant he becomes, and this is true of calligraphy and painting. This is true of Chinese music, and the same is true of antiques, as if the older you are, the more authoritative you are, which has almost become a "law".

When Du Chenguang came to the Jinshi Painting and Calligraphy Institute with the word, Jinshi was splashing ink in his own exclusive studio on the second floor, painting a freehand peony. Peony is also his favorite Chinese painting. He likes the extravagance and atmosphere of the king of flowers, and the peony pictures he paints are all rich and colorful, and he uses the pen unrestrainedly, often painting a large-scale work of four or six feet.

When Du Chenguang was painting. There were a few people standing next to him, and they didn't look young, these people were all his friends, and the people who could make friends with people of his level were not ordinary people themselves. One of them, an old man with white hair and a thin face, is Mr. Du Xingzhi, a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and an authority on Chinese Chinese painting. His Chinese paintings have been selected for many national exhibitions, and he has been selected into the "Who's Who of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting", especially good at painting flowers and birds. According to the market price, one of his works has reached 20,000 yuan per square foot!

Another half-bald and chubby old man is the vice president of Haijin Nanda University, the famous Chinese calligrapher Chi Liren, and he is also the deputy secretary general of the Chinese Calligraphers Association.

The two of them watched as Jin Shi splashed ink and painted, and from time to time let out a sound of admiration.

When Du Chenguang walked upstairs with the word, it happened that Jin Shi had also completed his work - a six-foot central hall, "Flowers Bloom and Wealth"!

Du Chenguang is a student of Jin Shi, and he is also familiar with the clerk in this store, so he can enter this studio dedicated to Jin Lao.

He gently pushed open the door, and saw that Jin Shi was inscribed the peony picture that had just been completed. His inscription is very simple, just write "Yiwei Autumn Moon Golden Stone in Yanjing" in the blank space of the picture, and then use the seal.

Just looking at such an inscription, you can understand that this painting is a work of self-entertainment, not a gift. It is said that with Jin Lao's reputation in the Chinese calligraphy and painting circles, this painting will be sold for 100,000 yuan. Although according to the standard of Runge given by the Calligraphers and Painters Association, it is not so high, but at his level, it is impossible to completely look at Runge.

It is also the Qin who contacted Du Chenguang and Mr. Jin Shi, otherwise, at his level, it would be a little difficult to make friends with a character like Jin Shi.

"Good painting, good painting! Jin Lao's freehand peony is getting more and more sophisticated, this picture is hearty with a pen, peony almost wants to paint, it is really a rare boutique! Du Xingzhi saw that the golden stone had run out of seals, and then he exclaimed.

"The pen is atmospheric and exquisite, the layout is natural, without the slightest artificiality, especially the blank space here, the subtlety of the end, the subtle beauty of the subtlety, rare, rare!" Chi Liren also praised loudly, his voice was strong and confident.

"Mr. Jin has made a big deal again." Du Chenguang walked into the house with the painting in his arms, and smiled and admired.

Jin Shi was looking at the work he had just done, when he suddenly heard a voice outside the door, raised his head and looked at it, saw that it was Du Chenguang, and nodded at him with a smile.

"Xiao Shi is here, you haven't been here in a few days." Jin Shi said with a smile.

Speaking of which, Du Chenguang is still very good at being a person, and often comes to ask for calligraphy and painting, or asks Jin Shi to help, frame some works, etc., of course, every time he takes full account of the highest standard of working hours and runge to give. He runs the small shop by himself, so he naturally can't afford to play with such high-end things, but among some of the bosses and officials he has befriended, there are many good people, and he doesn't have to make much effort to thread the needle in it, and he can also make some high-level people, which is also a source of income for him to run this small shop.

"The main thing is that I'm afraid of disturbing Mr. Jin." As he spoke, Du Chenguang walked into the room with a smile, greeted the two teachers, and commented on the painting together. Of course, all that is used is a few words of praise.

After chatting for a while, seeing that the topic was almost over, Du Chenguang turned to the topic, only to see that he put the words that Xu Lili asked him to frame on the workbench of Teacher Jin Shi, and said with a sincere smile: "Teacher Jin, this time I have something to trouble you again." There is a friend in the county who loves calligraphy and painting, and asked for a leader's word, and wanted to ask me to frame, but I was afraid that the level was not good, and the framing was not good, so I made a special trip to trouble the teacher, and by the way, I will learn from you. ”

Hearing his modest words, Jin Shi smiled and waved his hand, and followed with a few modest words, but the expression on his face was very happy. His fame in the calligraphy and painting world, although not as big as his father, but this method of framing calligraphy and painting, that is a must in the capital, can be called famous, of course, the fee is also very high, the ordinary framing of a pair of calligraphy and paintings, generally a few hundred yuan at most a few thousand yuan, but he here are tens of thousands.

Jin Shi didn't say anything, but Chi Liren on the side had already opened his mouth first.

"The word of the official? Hehe, you officials in a small county, write a few words, and use them here for Jin Lao to frame? It's just some small staff who want to please the leader, what is the identity of Jin Lao? framed this kind of person, and lost his identity in vain. ”

He said it very politely, with a look of disdain, without the slightest concern for Du Chenguang's feelings.

In ancient times, the land of Beijing and Tianjin is a place with profound cultural heritage, just as the people of Huhai see that the people of the whole country are from the countryside, and the famous Chinese scholars who have some reputation in the land of Beijing and Tianjin say that those cultural people who look at the place are similar to the feeling of watching the hillbilly. In particular, the so-called "works" of local officials are even more scoffing, thinking that what they write is not called "calligraphy" at all.

"That's it, Xiao Du, we are our own family, and we have known each other before, so this private exchange is nothing, but in the future, don't bring these mundane things over. Now even the head of the Central Committee has said that some leading cadres can't even write regular script, so they have to write cursive script, and they dare to frame it and give it away! This is obviously art corruption, when you are a leader, you should be a leader, what are you doing in the art circle? Isn't it a waste of art? Du Xingzhi also said unceremoniously.

was criticized by two people in a row, Du Chenguang was not angry, he was already soft-spoken, and he had heard such words more than once, he knew that these people were all high, but in the end, for the sake of money, they would make a move, after all, calligraphers and painters also have to eat.

"Yes, yes, the two teachers criticized right, I can't help it, it's all friends who have spoken, hehe, don't take it as an example, but a few teachers, what I got this time is really not cursive, but regular script, Ou Kai, authentic Ou Kai!" Du Chenguang said with a grin.

"Oh? Actually wrote Ou Kai? What does that have to look like? How dare you write! As soon as he heard Du Chenguang's words, Du Xingzhi smiled, he pointed to Chi Liren next to him and said: "This is Ou Kai's great expert, the friend of Tian Yunzhang, the first person in Jinmen Ou Kai, you open this word and let the experts palm their eyes!" (To be continued......)