In fact, Chu Chen still wanted to say that he could accept this painting for 500,000 yuan, but now Xie Gong has not believed his judgment, if he really said this, it will inevitably make Xie Gong feel that he did not say that on purpose before, in fact, he wanted to buy Wen Zhengming's authentic work at a low price.

Hearing that Chu Chen gave the price, Xie Gong's heart was also relieved, and he said in his heart, this money should be able to support the child's cure!

There was silence in the carriage for a while, and Chu Chen spoke: "Old Xie, I want to discuss something with you. ”

"What's the matter?" Xie Gong was stunned when he heard this, and then asked.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "I saw those carved lacquer works in your house just now, your craftsmanship is very good!" ”

When it came to carved lacquer, Xie Gong's spirit was a little better, and he smiled slightly: "Hehe, this craft was passed on to me by my father, and my father was also one of the best lacquer carving masters in the capital at that time. ”

Chu Chen smiled: "Old Xie, you are too modest, although I didn't appreciate your work carefully just now, but I can also see that your craftsmanship is not much inferior to the master of lacquer carving, maybe you will become a master of lacquer carving when you make zuò next time?" ”

"Where! Where! Xie Gong humbly waved his hand again and again, and then asked, "Boss Chu, what do you want to discuss with me?" If I were to help you make a few pieces of lacquerware, it would be a matter of one sentence. ”

Chu Chen said: "What I said is really related to this matter, but I don't want you to help make a few pieces of lacquerware, but I want you to go out of the mountain again." ”

"What?" Xie Gong heard Chu Chen say this. The expression was very surprised.

"Old Xie, that's what I think." Chu Chen said: "I guess you also know. Now the current situation of the carved lacquer industry in the capital, the master rarely does not say. There are not many people who have learned it, and if it continues like this, this craft is likely to be lost in the near future......"

There are two kinds of metal tires and non-metallic tires in Beijing, and the paint is painted layer by layer, one layer is painted, and then one layer is painted after drying, and two layers are painted a day. The coating is less than dozens of layers, and more than three or five hundred layers. Then, with a knife on behalf of the pen, according to the design draft, carved out of the landscape, flowers, figures and other relief patterns.

The lacquer used is mainly vermilion, yellow, green, black, etc. as the background color, the process is very complex, it is necessary to go through more than a dozen processes such as tire making, blue burning, bottoming, lacquering, carving, polishing, etc., and the technical requirements of each process are very high.

For example, a 30 cm high carved lacquer vase with a lacquer thickness of at least 5 mm. 1 mm of paint is applied in 16 coats, and 5 mm means at least 80 coats of paint. It takes at least one day to dry the lacquer, and you have to wait 80 days before you can carve it.

According to a lacquer carving master, he made a 1-meter lacquer bottle. It took him four months to paint it all, and it took him eight months to complete it all.

It is precisely because of the time-consuming power consumption of carved paint that young people nowadays. There are very few people who can really step into this industry with patience, and now the number of domestic lacquer carving masters can be counted on one hand. And so on. Carved lacquer, a common high-end handicraft product in the tourism market in Beijing, will be lost in a short time.

Chu Chen continued: "I mean. I would like to ask you to come to work in my shop, and then I will help you according to a studio, I will give you a fixed salary every month, and I will provide all the materials, and you can also share the products sold at that time, but there is one point, during this period, I hope you can bring a few apprentices. ”

"This ......" The conditions given by Chu Chen are not rich, and Xie Gong is also very excited, but he really has no experience with apprentices, and if he doesn't teach well at that time, he will have no shame to face Chu Chen.

"Xie Lao, let me say something!"

The fifth child sitting in the co-pilot said: "You still have your grandson to take care of in the future, let's not talk about the cost of the child's treatment, the cost of food, clothing, housing and transportation in the future, 500,000 yuan is really not much, in case the child wants to study abroad in the future, this money is not enough at all......

"You say I understand!"

When Lao Wu said this, Xie Gong interrupted his words and said: "I know that the conditions given by Boss Chu are very generous, and I also want to agree, but I really don't have any experience with the disciples, in case I can......'t teach it well."

Hearing this, Chu Chen also understood what Xie Gong was worried about, he said with a smile: "Old Xie, don't worry about this, if you recruit apprentices, you will also interview and finally decide on the candidates, as for the experience of no professor, it doesn't matter, everything is starting from scratch, it doesn't work at the beginning, and it will be okay slowly." ”

Seeing Chu Chen say this, Xie Gong had no worries in his heart, and agreed: "Okay, I should do this, but this time to go to work is ......."

Chu Chen said: "You don't have to rush to work, I plan to do this, I have already had contact with the owner of the shop next door, and I want to buy the shop, and the other party also has a certain intention, I plan to give this a few days, your working time, wait for the store pù to be renovated, what do you think?" ”

The reason why Chu Chen wanted to take down the shop next door was also because the business of jadeite was too good, and when there were many people, it was a little crowded, and millions of high-grade jadeite were traded in public, which seemed a little too casual.

But if the guests are invited to the VIP room upstairs next door to talk, Chu Chen feels that it is too troublesome in terms of the customer's psychology, so he will think of taking down the store next door.

The shop next door is not big, and after Chu Chen plans to take the store down, it will be turned into a VIP room, which is specially used to trade high-grade jadeite, so that the upstairs room can be used as Xie Gong's studio.

Seeing Chu Chen's arrangement, Xie Gong also hurriedly agreed, speaking of which, because of the child's affairs, now let him work, he really can't make up his mind, I want to come and wait for the store to be decorated, the child should be able to recover!

Speaking of the matter of the shop, Chu Chen suddenly thought that he should contact him today, so he said to the fifth brother: "Fifth brother, you should go to the boss now, ask him what he thinks, if he has any conditions, you can also try to talk about it, the bottom line on our side, you should know, right?" ”

"Yes!" Lao Wu nodded: "Then I'll go to ...... now"

Chu Chen pulled over, and after letting the fifth child down, he drove straight to Yuhuating.

The two followed Liu Shuqin to the living room, at this time, Liu Lao was reading the classics, and he was very happy to see Chu Chen coming.

"Master (Liu Lao) is good!"

The two first greeted each other, and then Chu Chen briefly explained the origin.

When Liu Lao heard that this was the case, he immediately became interested in the work, and when Xie Gong took out the painting, he picked up the tool and began to observe it carefully.

Liu Lao's appraisal time was not short, and when the two of them finished drinking the tea made by Liu Qinshu, he raised his head and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Achen, what is your opinion?" Liu Lao asked.

"I think this work should be written by You Qiu, and Wen Zhengming's own inscription is ......" Speaking of this, Chu Chen re-told what he had just said to Xie Gong.

Although Chu Chen had basically confirmed his judgment from the results given by the ability, this was not his true ability after all, and finally he said:

"Master, you also know that the appraisal of calligraphy and painting is a great science, and I usually focus on porcelain and jade, so I am not too sure about this result, so I want to hear your opinion."

Appraisal is a specialized science, especially the appraisal of calligraphy and painting is more difficult than the appraisal of bronze and ceramics in some aspects, all relying on "eyesight", "eyesight" from the daily accumulation of experience, history, culture, art, science and other aspects of knowledge.

Therefore, if you want to become a good expert in painting and calligraphy, you must read more classics, otherwise you can't even figure out the meaning of calligraphy and painting and the classification of paintings, how can you talk about appraisal.

To say this, Chu Chen still has an advantage, after all, he has the ability to memorize, rote memorization, he is best at now, but since you want to understand the meaning of calligraphy and painting, it is not enough to just memorize by rote, the key is to understand.

It is precisely because of this that without the use of special abilities, the appraisal of calligraphy and painting is the most bottomless item for Chu Chen now.

Liu Lao said with a smile: "Achen, you can think so, I'm very happy, if we don't understand this business, we don't understand, we must not pretend to understand, otherwise it will harm others and ourselves." ”

Speaking of this, he pointed to the painting in front of him and said, "I still agree with your conclusion about this painting, but there are still a few points that you haven't noticed......"

Next, Liu Lao pointed out several details he observed one by one, and said the problems, which made Chu Chen nod again and again, and benefited a lot.

However, Liu Lao's conclusion made Xie Gong extremely disappointed, if in the past, this painting was not true, but now is the most difficult time for his family, and the couple are already old, if this painting is genuine, the money from the sale can make the child's life worry-free in the future. In this way, they will also feel more at ease about their future life.

But now this painting can only be worth 500,000, just like the old five said before, 500,000 looks like a lot, and when it is used, it is really unlikely to be enough. But the result is already like this, he can only accept it, fortunately, he still has a craft, even if he doesn't have the 500,000, there is no problem if he wants to support the family.

Seeing that Xie Gong had a very gloomy look when he learned the result, Chu Chen briefly talked about his family's affairs, and all the old father and daughter of Liu were embarrassed.

Liu Lao said: "This work is not ghostwritten, I am not too sure, or so, the painting, put it here first, tomorrow I will invite a few of my old friends to come and take a look, in case the generation of pen people are more famous than Youqiu, this painting can be sold for more money, what do you think?" (To be continued......)