As the night wore on, at dawn the next day, the whole of Hong Kong, including China, seemed to explode, and the front pages of various news media, websites, and newspapers were all about the news that two of Chen Yi's calligraphy were auctioned yesterday, and the total transaction price reached 31 million Hong Kong dollars.

If Chen Yi was a calligrapher in his fifties and sixties, then these media would never attach so much importance to it and put it on the front page, but now it is different, Chen Yi is just a young man in his twenties, and with the calligraphy written by a young man, he has reached this price, which can be called a genius.

What's more, the Chinese calligraphy world has always been extremely chaotic, all kinds of interests, all kinds of identities are mixed together, as long as a little power, a little money, can be a calligrapher and self-style, the whole society, very much need a kind of calligraphy positive energy, to bring a breath of fresh air to the calligraphy world.

And Chen Yi's two pieces of calligraphy auctioned at the Hong Kong auction house this time reached such an astonishing price, but they were exactly the breeze they were looking for.

When it comes to Chinese calligraphers and painters, many people think of some old people, but Chen Yi's situation undoubtedly shows that calligraphy has entered the young group and has been greatly promoted.

Especially in Hong Kong, almost every newspaper published the news of this auction, and it is unimaginable that one calligraphy has reached 11 million and one calligraphy has exceeded 20 million.

Originally, many media thought that the most concerned about this auction was probably the grievance between Chen Yi and Wang Shijie, as well as the September Chrysanthemum Flower God Cup, but now it was completely unexpected by them. The most talked-about. But it became an auction taken out by Chen Yi. Two pieces of calligraphy that they didn't care about in the slightest before.

These two pieces of calligraphy have become the stars of this auction, and the level of each calligraphy is very high, and the structure of the calligraphy, the use of brushwork, and the meaning contained in it are enough to make people breathtaking.

They are before the auction starts. The manuscript of this news has been prepared, roughly that Chen Yishun won the Huashen Cup, and Chen Yi did not get the Huashen Cup, but most of these drafts were useless, because after yesterday's Internet heat, everyone's attention was placed on Chen Yi's two calligraphy.

At such an age, Chen Yi created such valuable and high-level calligraphy, which is enough to attract the attention of the entire Chinese people. Even Zeng Fanzhi, who is known as the beckoning cat of Chinese contemporary art, was in his twenties. He was still studying at the Academy of Fine Arts, and the price of one of his paintings was only $2,000.

However, Zeng Fanzhi's painting is an oil painting, which belongs to Western art and has not been widely disseminated by some Chinese media, and among the contemporary Chinese traditional calligraphy and painting art, the most famous is Fan Zeng.

Fan Zeng is also a figure in the thirties and forties of the last century, it can be said that he is a contemporary Chinese Confucian, a master of Chinese studies, a master of calligraphy and painting, when he was twenty-two years old, he only entered the studio of the famous painter Jiang Zhaohe, and after graduating at the age of twenty-four, he began to really create, but he painted a picture and gave it to his tutor, and he got a long poem inscribed by Mr. Guo Moruo, which shows how talented he is.

It's just that Chen Yi is only twenty-four years old now, and his achievements in calligraphy and painting may not be as good as Master Fan Zeng, but when he was in his twenties, he was not as good as Chen Yi.

Moreover, even Fan Zeng, He Jiaying, Cui Ruzhuo, they say that they are calligraphers and painters, but in fact, there are more paintings, and there is very little calligraphy, and most of the time they are just writing a few words on the painting, which is precisely because of the difficulty of the calligraphy road, but also because of the chaos in the calligraphy world.

In the Chinese antique art circle, there is often this paragraph, that is, good words are not as good as bad paintings, this is because most painters' paintings are dozens of times more expensive than calligraphy, such as the paintings of the Ming Dynasty calligrapher and painter Chen Jiru, the highest single piece has reached more than 50 million yuan, and calligraphy is only more than 2 million.

This is because painting is a kind of figurative expression of art, for the public, relatively easy to understand, easy to accept, the object of the expression is ever-changing, the means of use are varied, and the object of calligraphy is Chinese characters, Chinese characters are limited, the strokes are fixed, the way of communication is white paper and black characters, and the form of the table is relatively single.

This has prompted many calligraphers and painters to focus on paintings, and neglect calligraphy, in addition to its value, calligraphy is more difficult than painting.

Chen Yi is different from these calligraphers and painters, his two calligraphy levels are very superb, and they can resonate more, which already shows that his calligraphy level has reached a realm, and can reach a level that people can understand and resonate with Cheng dù, such a character can not get the attention of others, and can not be on the front page news that some high-ranking officials and mistresses can appear, which is enough to show that Chinese calligraphy culture has fallen to a certain point.

In addition to newspapers, there are also some cultural columns in all parts of the country, including Hong Kong, where some famous calligraphers have been specially invited to explain to the general public the mystery of the brushwork contained in Chen Yi's two calligraphys, so that some people who love traditional Chinese culture can understand what these two calligraphy represent.

For a time, Chen Yi can be said to have become a household name in the land of China.

Of course, in addition to Chen Yi's two calligraphy paintings at auction, there are also some mentions about Wang Shijie's flower god cup, but the space occupied is really very different from Chen Yi's calligraphy.

At the same time, the Chinese Calligraphers Association directly stated that it would absorb Chen Yi to become the director of the Calligraphy Association, so that he could use this platform to better carry forward the art of Chinese calligraphy.

Chen Yi got up this morning, exercised in the room for a while, and then came to the hotel restaurant, and when he was about to go to breakfast, he suddenly found that many people in the restaurant looked at him a little wrong, and most of them had newspapers in their hands.

"Mr. Chen, can you sign it for me?" Suddenly, a middle-aged man couldn't help but walk towards Chen Yi, holding a newspaper in one hand and a paper and pen in the other.

Chen Yi took a pen and paper with some confusion, signed his name on it, and then looked at the newspaper in the middle-aged man's hand, and then showed a surprised smile on his face.

At this time, seeing some of the actions of the middle-aged people, the remaining people in the restaurant, one by one, regardless of their identity, came to Chen Yi's side to ask for an autograph, Chen Yi did not refuse, after signing the book of more than 20 people, he came to a vacant seat, and at this time, in a box on the table, there were already a few newspapers.

Chen Yi picked it up one by one and looked at it, with a sigh on his face, although before this auction, he had estimated the possible impact of his calligraphy, but after thousands of calculations, he did not calculate, this impact was greater than he estimated.

It seems that the traditional Chinese calligraphy really needs to inject a new vitality, and he just caught up, he took out his mobile phone, turned on, and landed on some news websites in the mainland, sure enough, in the headlines on the homepage, the news of his calligraphy auction also occupies a position in it.

At this time, after his mobile phone was turned on, text messages kept coming, and then, the phone calls of familiar people also kept dialing, most of which were congratulatory words.

Chen Yi thanked them one by one, picked up the phone again, and it was his master who called, "Haha, Xiaoyi, congratulations on becoming the most famous person in the Chinese calligraphy world, as your master, I feel very honored." ”

"Master, thank you, I didn't expect these two pieces of calligraphy to have such a big impact." After Chen Yi softly thanked Zheng Lao, he said truthfully.

"Oh, can you tell me what you feel in your heart at this moment." Zheng Lao said with a smile.

Chen Yi looked at the huge front-page news in the newspaper and said slowly: "In such a society full of fame and fortune, the art of calligraphy and painting is like a boat sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat." ”

"Master, I know your worries, but what I can guarantee is that calligraphy and painting are for me, just like appraisal, they are born for interest, what I want is how to raise the art of calligraphy to a higher level, any calligrapher and painter, in their life, must go through the tempering of fame and fortune, so that they can get out of the mud without staining."

Chen Yi pondered for a while, and then said: "However, for now, a temporary fame is enough, too long a fame will make people tired, and it will make my future travel very troublesome, so I can only ask the master to help me." ”

"Haha, you kid, you are really omnipotent when you are a master, and besides, others want the news media to report three times a day, but you think that the impact of other people's reports is great, but I am very relieved that you can have such a clear state of mind, and see the pros and cons of fame and fortune, fame and fortune, as long as it is in this society, whether ancient or modern, it is essential, mainly to see how to treat and use, not to let fame and fortune use you."

Zheng Lao laughed with relief, and then smiled and told Chen Yi some of the truths.

"Master, I understand." Chen Yi said with a smile that when everyone asked him for autographs just now, he also had vanity in his heart, but it was vanity, in fact, it was more appropriate to say that it was a sense of achievement.

The problem is not to be like Fang Zhongyong, a young prodigy, but because of his fame, he became unenterprising, indulged in fame and fortune, and in the end, he still became a farmer and ended up useless.

With the appraisal system, his horizons have become broader, and these fame and fortune are really not worth mentioning compared to the higher level of art he wants to pursue, so they can have a slight impact on his state of mind, but it is impossible to make him indulge in it.

Zheng Lao smiled, "Since you have something to ask, then I, as a master, have to make some efforts, news and news, are all new, even if you don't say it, their enthusiasm will drop in a few days, and I will find some friends later, so that these websites, and major media in China, try to shorten the reporting time of this matter." (To be continued......)