Xie Gong shook his head and said, "You always say that, what else do I not believe!" ”

Liu Lao said: "After all, I am a human, not a god, and although this work is ghostwritten, it is still very good, although we say that its ghostwriter may be Youqiu, not from the level of creation, than You Qiu's other works, the surface is still better, so I think it is better to let others confirm it." ”

Hearing Liu Lao say this, Xie Gong was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Liu Lao, what do you mean by this, this painting is very likely to be someone else's work?" ”

"It's not!"

Liu Lao explained: "From the point of view of the brushwork and style of painting, the possibility of ghostwriting is still greater, and as for why it looks better than other works, there is also a factor in it." ”

Xie Gong was a little disappointed when he heard this, and asked, "Just now Boss Chu told me that the market value of this painting is 500,000, if it turns out to be someone else, will the price be higher?" ”

Liu Lao pondered for a while, and then said: "The price of 500,000 yuan is very reasonable for this painting, if it is higher than this price, I think it is impossible unless it is Qiu Ying's work, but from my point of view, this painting is basically impossible to be made by Qiu Ying." ”

"Forget it then!" Xie Gong shook his head directly.

"Old Xie, if you think that the money for the child's treatment is not enough, I can help, and I think it's better to figure out some of the transactions!"

The reason why Chu Chen said this was also because he didn't want Xie Gong to have any knots in his heart in the future, if he was a stranger. He wouldn't be so troublesome.

Xie Gong smiled and said, "What do I have to worry about this, as the saying goes." If you don't want people to know, you can't do it unless you do. I'm going to go to work when you're going to be in a while, so there's nothing to worry about. At that time, if there is a result, you can sue me for a letter. ”

When Old Liu's father and daughter heard that Xie Gong was going to work at Chu Chen's, they all showed a curious expression.

Seeing this, Chu Chen smiled and explained the reason to the two.

After hearing the cause and effect of the incident, Liu Lao immediately asked with some surprise: "Are you the son of Brother Xie?" ”

"yes!" Xie Gong nodded and said, "I also followed my father back then, and I met you a few times!" ”

Liu Lao said happily: "It's been almost thirty years since we last met, I didn't expect to meet you today!" Ay. What a pity! At that time, I was in charge of archaeological work in the field, and I couldn't come back to see him for the last time! ”

Xie Gong also sighed: "Yes, before my father died, he also talked about your old age!" ”

Liu Lao shook his head and sighed, and then said, "Xiao Xie, since you have difficulties at home, why don't you come to me?" Besides, the address of my house is not difficult to ask, can I still pretend not to know you? ”

Xie Gong smiled a little embarrassedly, he actually didn't think about coming to Liu Lao. But after all, the two have not seen each other for decades, and Liu Lao said that in this case, he did have worries in his heart, of course. If there was really no way, he could only come over with a cheeky face.

After all, Liu Lao is already in his eighties, how can he not see Xie Gong's thoughts. He didn't say much about it, and asked, "How is the child's condition now?" ”

Mention the grandson. Xie Gong couldn't help but worry again, and replied: "Sometimes it's good and sometimes it's bad." Professor Zhu is going to help the child have another operation, and the specific situation will not be known until after the operation. ”

Liu Lao nodded: "I think it's best to let the experts consult now, what do you think?" ”

"I'd also like to have a specialist consultation, but ......"

"You don't care about that!"

Liu Lao waved his hand and said, "You leave the child's information to me, and I will ask the expert to help you contact you immediately, and you should be able to have a consultation tomorrow morning." ”

"Thank you! Mr. Liu, thank you so much! Xie Gong bowed deeply to Liu Lao.

Liu Lao shook his head: "Xiao Xie, you are too much of an outsider, as an elder, you should do what you can." ”

Xie Gong smiled innocently, and then said: "Old Liu, since this is the case, then I will go back first, and my mouth is estimated to be in a hurry in the hospital." As for the money for this painting, just transfer it to me. ”

"You're not waiting for this painting anymore?" Liu Lao confirmed again.

"No, I'm sure I trust your judgment on this matter." Xie Gong waved his hand, indicating that it didn't have to be like this.

Chu Chen said: "Since this is the case, I will accept this painting for 500,000 yuan." ”

"Boss Chu......"

"Xie Lao!"

Chu Chen interrupted him and said with a smile: "Since your family and my master's family are also world friends, you can just call me Xiao Chu." ”

Xie Gong shook his head: "How can this be, I will work under your hands in the future, it is too unruly to call you like this." ”

Liu Lao smiled: "I think so, you two use formal titles during working hours, usually, don't be so polite, what do you think." ”

Of course, Chu Chen had no opinion on this, but Xie Gong hesitated for a while, and under the persuasion of Chu Chen and Liu Qinshu, he agreed.

"Old Chu ...... Xiao Chu, I also know a little about the acquisition of antiques, the market price is 500,000, and you also receive 500,000, isn't that too much of a loss? ”

Chu Chen waved his hand and said with a smile: "Not to mention the relationship between you and my master, since you are about to become my employee, of course there will be some benefits." Besides, I will definitely not suffer losses, in terms of the current antique market, after half a year, I will be able to make money, and then I am afraid that you will regret it! ”

"Surely not......"

Everyone laughed, and then signed the agreement, Chu Chen is still more cautious in terms of money, you must know how many brothers in the world will cut off their relationship because of money, in order to avoid this kind of seemingly unlikely, it is better to do a good job in advance.

When Chu Chen called the finance department to transfer the money to Xie Gong, Xie Gong also wrote down the information of his grandson and was ready to leave.

Seeing that Xie Gong was leaving, Chu Chen hurriedly said, "Old Xie, I'll send you!" ”

"Don't bother, I'll just take the car by myself......" Xie Gong resigned again and again, and Chu Chen saw that he insisted on doing so, so he went with him.

Sending Xie Gong to the door, Chu Chen went back to the living room, at this time Liu Lao was explaining to Liu Qinshu and asking her to contact the doctor as much as possible, and then she took a note and called.

"Hey!"

Elder Liu sighed, and then said: "Speaking of which, Brother Xie is also good to me, and he is also humble, has good skills, and knows a lot of skills that have now been lost. If it weren't for those years, because of his family composition, maybe those skills could have been passed on, and it would have been nice if I could have kept him at that time! ”

Hearing Liu Lao say this, Chu Chen immediately understood what was going on, but as far as he knew, the composition of the master's family was not good at the beginning, but his family was kind to a later big man during the Anti-Japanese War, so he survived, even so, he still avoided the limelight in the name of presiding over the archaeological work.

Therefore, with the situation at that time, the master could not even protect himself, how could he still take care of others, if he insisted on protecting, maybe even himself would be dragged in.

Chu Chen said: "Master, after all, you were also more difficult during that time, and you were also beyond the reach of the whip. And it's been so long, and it's only been a long time since you thought about it. ”

"That's what you said, forget it, I don't want to!"

Liu Lao shook his head, and after a while, he said to Chu Chen with a smile: "Ah Chen, you did a good job this time, in our society, capable people should contribute their own strength." ”

Chu Chen didn't understand what the master said at first, but after a little thought, he realized that what the master should be talking about was carved lacquer, and he smiled: "I'm actually in a hurry, if it weren't for meeting an artist like Xie Lao who has very good skills, I wouldn't have come up with such an idea." ”

Liu Lao said: "Then have you ever thought about how to do it if the apprentice learns for a period of time and feels bored and troublesome and doesn't want to learn, in this case?" ”

Chu Chen replied: "First of all, when choosing apprentices, we will definitely select more, if we can follow the interview, then at the beginning of the period, we will also give him a salary, so that he has no worries about life, in addition, there are some rewards and punishments I haven't thought about yet." Of course, before that, we will sign an agreement with him, and if he reverses at that time, he will pay a lot of liquidated damages. ”

Liu Lao nodded: "Then you mean, at the beginning, you were going to raise an apprentice?" ”

Chu Chen sighed: "Yes, after all, the craft of carving lacquer is really not easy at the beginning, if you don't solve the worries of the students' lives, it is likely to have an impact on the psychology of the students, especially in this somewhat utilitarian society now." When he can get started on his own, there won't be so many problems. ”

"And what do you think about starting a school?" Liu Lao asked again.

"It's hard!"

Chu Chen said: "There is a lot of capital investment alone, and it is not easy to find good teachers and good students. After all, carved lacquer is a high-end handicraft with an expensive price, and this thing is not like porcelain, there are so many people who like it, and there are really so many practitioners, and it is difficult to open up sales. ”

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Liu Lao frowned, and then sighed: "What you said makes sense, this matter is not something that can be solved by someone with money, it seems that under the market economy, some old crafts must be eliminated!" ”

Chu Chen didn't feel very comfortable when he heard this, although there are often people in society who call for the protection of traditional handicrafts, but the audience of some things is really small, it is difficult to make money, and learning has to endure loneliness, in this case, how many young people will choose to learn now?

Therefore, if you really want to protect traditional handicrafts, it is still difficult to rely on personal strength alone, and Chu Chen does not have so much energy to manage even if he has more money. (To be continued......)