Chapter 737: Apology Press Conference
Historically, there have been many famous horse painters, and each of their works has reached a high level of achievement, and Han Gan is the best of the Tang Dynasty horse painters.
The practice of painting horses was at its height during the Tang Dynasty, when horses became a necessity for the ruling class, and horses also made many painters.
According to historical records, Han Gan's family was poor when he was young, living in Chang'an City, working as a helper in a restaurant, once, the shopkeeper sent him to the famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, when Wang Wei was in the mansion of Shangshu Youcheng to ask for wine money, when Wang Wei went out, he waited in his mansion, and learned to draw horses on the ground alone.
After Wang Wei went home, he thought it was quite interesting, and thought that this son was a material that could be carved, so he funded Han Gan with 20,000 yuan every year to learn to paint horses, until ten years of art, during the Tianbao period, Han Gan was called into the court to worship, and the official went to Taifu Temple.
At that time, many painters were imitating the paintings of the previous famous teachers, but Han Gan was different, when he was summoned into the palace by Tang Xuanzong, he took the real horse in the emperor's imperial stable as the sketch object, breaking through the previous imitation of the famous teacher's work of learning to paint, using the real thing as a model for sketching, so, the horse he painted is real and vivid.
At today's auctions, Han Gan also has a painting in the form of a handscroll of a horse drawing by Hu Ren, made of silk, and sold for 46 million yuan.
From the successful case of Han Gan's horse painting, we can know that some paintings need to be based on gods, some paintings need to be based on form, and there are some paintings that need to have both form and spirit.
However, Cao Ba still pays attention to learning the painting methods of famous teachers, while Han Gan uses real objects to create models, which can be said to be different styles. There is also a saying in the world. That is General Cao's painting of the horse god Shengxing. Han Cheng painted a horse-shaped victory god.
And Xu Beihong's painting of horses, is to give full play to the form, the painted horses have splashed ink freehand, there are part-time work with writing, shaping a thousand postures, dignified and free horses, or galloping and jumping, or looking back at the long neighing. When he was studying abroad, he sketched more than 1,000 manuscripts, familiarized himself with the skeleton muscles of horses, and observed their dynamic expressions in detail, which was the basis of his horse painting.
Xu Beihong's horse, Chen Yi has also watched a lot, for the horse animal, I'm afraid there is no man who doesn't like it, and has watched many costume TV series. Whether it's war-based or story-based, horses are an essential thing in it.
Now that I have the ability to draw. Then Chen Yi really wanted to draw his favorite horse and let everyone see how it looked.
In these days, Chen Yi has also watched hundreds of horses, sketching their figures and demeanors one by one, which is the basis of his horse painting.
With the number of identifications, he can know which horses are more powerful and why they are stronger, which undoubtedly provides a powerful help for his creation.
Chen Yizai did not waste rice paper, but first made a draft on a blank paper, first drew the base drawing, then looked at the revisions, and then drew on the rice paper.
At the time of his painting, Xiao Shenghua also communicated with some media, indicating Chen Yi's attitude, in view of the newspaper's sincere apology, so he accepted their apology, but was very dissatisfied with the amount of compensation, from 5 million Hong Kong dollars to 20 million Hong Kong dollars for compensation, this compensation will be donated directly to the Jockey Club Trust Fund, since some of the newspaper's previous remarks are mainly charity, so you might as well do something practical for charity.
As soon as Xiao Shenghua's news came out, these media did not hesitate to broadcast it, and put Chen Yi's response to the apology and compensation of a certain newspaper on the noon news or website.
When Chen Yi's response was put up, everyone saw the first half, and more or less felt that Chen Yi's compensation was a bit too much, but when they saw some of the words in the back, they directly expressed their admiration for Chen Yi.
Chen Yi's two calligraphy, which attracted a lot of attention in China, were sold for just over HK$30 million, but now, he is turning a blind eye to the $5 million compensation and asking the newspaper to raise it to $20 million and donate it directly to charity.
If the $20 million had been donated, the total amount donated by Chen Yat to the Jockey Club Trust Fund would have exceeded HK$250 million.
Everyone did not hesitate to choose to support Chen Yi, demanding that the newspaper apologize and compensate, and raise the compensation to 20 million Hong Kong dollars.
After this incident, everyone thought that Chen Yicai was a real calligrapher, with the style of the ancients, and regarded money as a passing cloud.
And that newspaper, after learning about this situation, all they could do was to smile bitterly, who let them provoke people who should not be provoked, and in the name of charity, it is impossible for them to refuse, if they refuse, it is estimated that the entire Hong Kong society will condemn them, and maybe some excited people will directly wave the bench to smash their newspaper, which is to use their own money to earn fame for others.
As the afternoon approached, the major media outlets prepared to divide into two teams, one team went to the local court to pay attention to the case of Wang Shijie suing the auction house, while the other team went to the hotel where the newspaper held a press conference to pay attention to the newspaper's apology plan for the Jockey Club and Chen Yi.
However, in the afternoon, the Hong Kong District Court issued a statement that because the plaintiff needed some time to sort out the litigation materials, the original time for the trial this afternoon was changed to tomorrow afternoon.
This made all the people who were looking forward to it can't help but scold Wang Shijie, you are the plaintiff, you didn't prepare the materials, and you let the court hold a trial, it's just a joke, they are scared.
Many people feel that Wang Shijie's lawyer feels that the winning rate is not large, so he wants to collect more information to deal with this case.
The whole Hong Kong society is paying attention to the development of these two things, Chen Yi's fame in Hong Kong has reached a new height, not only donated more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars, but also the calligraphy auctioned in Hong Kong is of a superb level, which is breathtaking, and many people are appealing for the district court to rule against Wang Shijie tomorrow afternoon.
Because in their eyes, a little Wang Shijie is really not as good as Chen Yi, a famous calligrapher.
Wang Shijie's lawsuit against the auction house was originally held at the same time as the newspaper's apology press conference, but now, I can only pay attention to the newspaper's apology press conference first.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the apology press conference of a certain newspaper officially began, at the press conference, the management of the entire newspaper, on the press platform, bowed deeply to the camera, and expressed the most sincere apology to the Jockey Club, to Mr. Chen Yi, and to the general public.
At the press conference, they said that they were willing to take responsibility for cooperating with others for the sake of their interests, which had caused great reputational damage to the Jockey Club and Mr Tan Yat.
Subsequently, they announced an apology plan, which will compensate the Hong Kong Jockey Club with HK$3 million and Mr. Chan Yat with HK$20 million for the apology, which will be donated directly to the Jockey Club Trust Fund in the future.
The whole scene suddenly burst into applause, and this applause was not an apology to the newspaper, but to Chen Yi.
In the following session of answering reporters' questions, some reporters who were full of affection for Chen Yi couldn't help but ask some very bitter questions to the newspaper, such as whether the name of the donation was in the name of their newspaper or Chen Yi.
There is also what the deal between them and Wang Shijie is, and why Wang Shijie wants to destroy Chen Yi's reputation in every possible way.
Regarding the question of the transaction, the people in the newspaper were naturally reluctant to answer, but they answered the latter question, Wang Shijie once said that Chen Yi had offended a person, so he wanted to be angry for that person, as for who that person was, they didn't know.
Since they have completely broken with Wang Shijie, they don't care, and let all walks of life in Hong Kong see their sincerity.
At yesterday's auction, Chen Yi mentioned that Wang Shijie's plans in Hong Kong were all masterminded behind the scenes, and he even asked Wang Shijie to go back and tell his master at the auction venue, and these accounts will be settled in the future.
These reporters naturally can't chase Chen Yi to ask this question now, and after digging deep into some of Chen Yi's deeds, many media found that Chen Yi did not have much grudge against people, at most it was just some small things, and most of these people did not know Wang Shijie.
Thinking that Wang Shijie has always lived in Tielijian, they also thought of this country, but Chen Yi's current activities are basically in China, and he has never been abroad, and it is impossible to have a grudge against someone abroad.
And this passage from the newspaper undoubtedly proves that Chen Yi and Wang Shijie know someone who has some grudges, but they can't guess who this person is.
Soon, this apology press conference ended with the failure of the newspaper's management, because all the reporters wanted to vent their anger for Chen Yi, and the questions they asked almost made the newspaper feel crazy.
Subsequently, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Trust announced that it had received two donations, one in the name of Chan Yat in the form of HK$20 million and the other in the name of the Jockey Club in the name of HK$3 million.
At the same time, they also thanked Chen Yat again for his contribution to charity, and the funds will be used for some charitable activities in Hong Kong and the Mainland.
After this statement, the major media have changed some news content, the famous Chinese calligrapher, two calligraphy with a total turnover of 31 million Hong Kong dollars, but donated 250 million Hong Kong dollars, this incident, shows that Mr. Chen Yi's heart, just like his calligraphy is as peaceful, which is the true portrayal of the character as his person. (To be continued......)