Long Yifeng decided to sell paintings to earn the start-up capital for his own business, so he and Xiao Jing returned to the rented place, took out some of the works he had painted before, and selected three paintings that he was more satisfied with and sent to Uncle Xiao's calligraphy and painting shop.

"Xiaolong, I think your works are very good, there should be a market, and the price will not be low. ”

When Uncle Xiao saw Long Yifeng's works, he said that he could sell them at a good price, and discussed with Long Yifeng to send the three works to a friend's calligraphy and painting shop in Beiping to try them out.

At the same time, he also suggested that Long Yifeng create some more works as soon as possible, according to the level of his works, it is inevitable to sell, but the price problem needs to see the market reaction.

The best, the little uncle repeatedly told him: "You need to raise funds now, and the works you create can be in any form, and you can even imitate some world-famous paintings." Although the price of those works is not too high, it can meet some ordinary home decoration use. As for the works you have carefully prepared, I guess it is easy to meet people who know how to appreciate them in Beiping and Su Yang. ”

Back at the rental house, Long Yifeng began to conceive and create with his left hand.

He feels that he is currently mainly based on Chinese paintings, and there can be a small number of calligraphy works, because his reputation is not very good, and the collection value of calligraphy may not be high. Of course, Ying Lin should try to copy as little as possible the works of the ancients, and now there are too many fakes, no matter how good the copy is, the price will not go up. Although I need money, I can't help but pay attention to the standard and scribble. That's not his style.

After thinking about it, he painted two ink landscape paintings that night, and wrote two words with emotion. He feels that his work still plays at his due level, and he is also satisfied.

After a night of creation, Long Yifeng felt that if he was working behind closed doors, the artistic conception of his work was not real enough. Therefore, he decided to find the time and opportunity to go outside and paint good scenery. Perhaps, those things still have some market in the local market.

In addition, you can also go deep into the countryside to sketch, find more materials, and then process them into ink paintings. Xiao Jing took the opportunity to suggest that it was better to use the landscape and ethnic cultural resources of Yumatang to create more works with national characteristics, such as Miao costumes, Miao family architecture, Miao family life, and so on.

Since it is not very convenient to carry pen and ink, Xiao Jing also suggested bringing a pencil and a camera, walking around after tea and dinner, and walking farther on weekends, taking pictures of what you see with a camera or writing it down in the form of a sketch, and then returning home to process it.

In that case, you can get more material.

Chinese painting is mainly divided into several categories: figures, flowers and birds, and landscapes. On the surface, Chinese painting is divided into these categories based on subject matter, but in fact, it is a concept and thought expressed through art. The so-called "painting is divided into three disciplines", that is, it summarizes the three aspects of the universe and life: figure painting expresses human society and the relationship between people; Landscape painting expresses the relationship between man and nature, integrating man and nature into one; Flower and bird paintings are expressions of various life in nature and living in harmony with people. The reason why Chinese painting is divided into the categories of figures, flowers and birds, and landscapes is actually the philosophical reflection of the sublimation of art, and the combination of the three constitutes the whole of the universe, which complements each other, and is the true meaning of art as art.

In the observation and understanding of objective things, Chinese painting embodies the traditional philosophical concepts and aesthetics of the Chinese nation, and in the observation and understanding of objective things, it adopts the method of viewing the big and the small, and sees the big in the small, and observes and understands objective things in the activities, and can even directly participate in the things, rather than making the appearance of the game, or being limited to a fixed point.

It permeates people's social consciousness, so that painting has the cognitive role of "a thousand years of loneliness, and the picture can be learned", and also plays the educational role of "evil to warn the world, good to show the future". Even the objective objects of pure nature, such as landscapes, flowers and birds, are consciously related to people's social consciousness and aesthetic feelings in the observation, understanding and expression. Fun is linked, lyrical through scenery, and words and aspirations reflect the Chinese concept of "unity of heaven and man".

Therefore, in addition to the depiction of realistic scenes, Chinese painting also requires the painter's own ideological realm and artistic accomplishment to reach a certain level in order to achieve something. Long Yifeng understands that realistic photos are just external things for himself to borrow, and the most important thing is to integrate his own thoughts and feelings into the paintings, as well as the cultivation of ancient Chinese culture.

Regarding traditional culture, Long Yifeng is considered to be a leader among his peers, and through the cultivation of the Chiyou Codex, his ideological realm has reached a level different from others. It can also be said that the process of cultivating the Chiyou Codex is also a process of comprehension of the roots of Miao culture at a certain level, and Long Yifeng's thoughts at this time include not only traditional Chinese Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and other miscellaneous thoughts, but also the essence of Miao culture, which is the smallest proportion of traditional Chinese culture, and this essence is gradually recognized by Long Yifeng because of the cultivation of the Chiyou Codex, and it is gradually enriched.

After about half a month, Long Yifeng finally got the news from Xiao Jing's uncle - his works were very popular, and the three works were sold for more than 15,000 yuan in Beiping!

An average of more than 5,000 yuan a piece?

Long Yifeng felt that it was really a surprise!

In fact, Uncle Xiao was even more surprised, he felt that Long Yifeng's works had great market potential. In addition to having a certain degree of popularity, there are more possibilities for the collection of calligraphy and painting and the hype of the trading industry to sell at sky-high prices.

Of course, this is also related to the platform of the calligraphy and painting shop, Uncle Xiao's friend is also a well-known calligraphy and painting trading platform in the calligraphy and painting circle in Beiping, and the works they launch are generally more popular in the market.

With the success of the three experimental works, friends in Beiping hoped to introduce a large number of Long Yifeng's works and exhibit them in the art store. This news made Xiao Jing's uncle Xiao Yi full of confidence. He said that in the early stage, as Long Yifeng's encouragement, he could reduce the commission ratio and let Long Yifeng boldly create in batches!

Long Yifeng thought to himself that those three works were all works made by him in his spare time, and the effect might be better. Now that we have to fill in batches to carry out raid creations, the gold content of the works may decrease. No, one thing is good, that is, he is young, energetic, and imaginative, coupled with a good foundation in painting and profound traditional cultural cultivation, as well as the multi-ethnic, original and beautiful scenery resources in the Tongren area, which has brought him rich creative elements, and the inspiration has been endless for a period of time.

Figures, freehand, landscapes, folk customs, calligraphy, markets, life in the ancient city of Zhongnanmen, and so on, paintings of various themes were produced from his pen, which was simply a production line for the production of calligraphy and painting works! These works were sent to Uncle Xiao Yi, and then transferred to Beiping and Su Yang for exhibition and sale, winning him a lot of economic income. In just three months, excluding all kinds of intermediate handling fees, he actually earned more than 500,000 yuan!

"It seems that this is a good way to make money!" Holding Long Yifeng's bank card, Xiao Jing couldn't help but sigh.

"It's easier to make money, but I think it's a blasphemy against art to mass-produce paintings and calligraphy like that, and now the principal is almost enough, and I still have to create because of creation in the future, and I can't create because of money anymore." ”

After more than three months of continuous struggle, Long Yifeng felt that his biggest pressure was not how many calligraphy and paintings he had to create every day, but the pressure from his heart. He always felt that painting for the sake of making money was a desecration of art itself. Although he does not proudly classify himself as an artist or a cultural person, he still respects art itself.

Xiao Jing could understand Long Yifeng's thoughts, and gently held his arm and said, "Actually, you don't need to take it too seriously. In ancient times, those literati and also lived by selling words and paintings. Everything has a process of accumulation, we are still young, if we want to have a certain material foundation, we must have accumulation.

Although, the works you created in batches during this period may not be as good as some of the works that you have created with feeling, but they are also the deep feelings of your soul and a part of your works. Among them, some works are also quite valuable.

Didn't my uncle say that? Mr. Liu from Beiping also specially saved several of your works, and planned to do a personal exhibition of your paintings during the lunar month. That means that your work during this period is meaningful. ”

Long Yifeng understood that Mr. Liu from Beiping wanted to hold a small calligraphy and painting exhibition for himself, in order to hype his works and increase the market price.

However, it also shows that his works have room and foundation for hype.

"Sort of. Anyway, now that we finally have some capital, I recently asked my cousin to find an agent in Shenzhen, set up a computer company first, and then start to open an Internet café after the year. At the same time, you can also create a few good works during this time, so as not to be on the stage at the calligraphy and painting exhibition. ”

"Yifeng, I believe you can do it, come on. ”