Chapter 296: The First Color Poster of the Ming Dynasty
After He Bin walked out of Pan's house happily, he felt that his task was more than half completed.
The Pan family is the maritime merchant with the most sea ships in Guangzhou, and if his family can happily agree, then even if the Guangfa Logistics Company has not been formally established, then it can be regarded as established.
Before He Bin came to the Pan family, he knew in his heart that there must have been an arrangement in advance, and Manager Mei Lezhi may have already negotiated with the fourth son of the Pan family - he came just to send a letter.
At that time, of course, the big housekeeper also knew that now the head of the Pan family was very interested in transferring some industries to Taiwan for development...... Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to arrange for the eldest prince to go with him, and besides, he is now mostly obedient to the fourth prince's construction, and he doesn't need to corroborate it himself.
So the content of this reception banquet is well deserved, and only the two of them are sitting alone, so they are familiar with it.
Since there was no conflict of interest at all, the two sides were speculative, even though it was the first time they met.
The chief housekeeper of the Pan family and He Bin pushed glasses and changed lamps on the wine table, talked to each other, knew everything, said everything, and the psychology of both parties was not burdened, which seemed extremely relaxed...... The final decision is simply impossible for someone of their status to worry about, so both sides are very open.
After a while, a whole bottle of Zhang's 100-year loneliness was drunk very freely by the two.
He Bin smiled and said, "Big butler, what do you think of this wine?" ”
"I've been drinking this wine, and although it's a little expensive, before I drink it, it's mouth-watering, and it has a great aftertaste after drinking...... It's very suitable for drinking, and the Liu family is a little stronger, so they don't dare to drink more......"
"Hehe, the output of my Hantang Group for a hundred years is getting higher and higher, in my local Taiwan, this thing is no longer expensive, I don't know if the big housekeeper wants to operate?"
"Haha, it's really a good business for me to wait for, but it's a pity that all my net worth has been sold to the Pan family - my grandfather is old in the Pan family, and my father is old in the Pan family - the Pan family treats my family like a brother and sister, and my family treats the Pan family like a relative - how can I do this in private? The Pan family has no intention of this, and the daughter is not beneficial to me, and I will have all my net worth in the Pan family......"
He Bin smiled silently, and the two changed the topic to speak.
After a while, when He Bin felt slightly smoked and didn't even drink tea, he got up and said goodbye.
As he left, he felt a warmth behind him, and the butler had escorted him all the way to the gate, where he must have been smiling and smiling...... The Pan family's courtesy to themselves is high enough.
He Bin came with a note and a letter, and when he left, his hands were empty, but he had a promise from the Pan family in his heart - He Bin never doubted whether they could keep their promise.
He Bin pushed away the kindness of the Pan family to send him away in a sedan chair, and he couldn't be more familiar with all the places in Guangzhou City...... After a pleasant reception, he just wanted to take a walk and take another look at the cityscape of Guangzhou.
He Bin fully understood what the tasks assigned to him by the Hantang Group were, and all of them were in his heart, or rotten in his heart...... But he still doesn't quite understand, why is there such an arrangement, could it be that the people of the Hantang Group can influence people's life and death like heaven? It can't be—
It was a normal evening, late autumn, and the weather was a little cooler. Fortunately, there used to be a smell of rotting fermentation in the air, but now it is much better.
The city of Guangzhou is still full of people coming and going, very noisy, very lively, all the pedestrians' expressions are natural, not a single qiē is abnormal.
He walked south along the street, and along the street he saw various restaurants, calligraphy, lettering, ready-to-wear, jade books, and publication boards—when he arrived at the Guangzhou Changshi Division, he turned around in the southeast direction, and saw that in addition to the bamboo goods store and the lacquer shop on both sides, the others such as vegetable shops, somen shops, mutton shops, fish shops, poultry shops, etc., were still busy and cheerful, and the sound of bargaining was endless.
It wasn't until He Bin walked to the east of the first corner of the big corner, where there were some silver shops, satin shops, and clothing shops on both sides of the street, that he felt that the surroundings had quieted down...... There is less crowding.
He Bin looked all the way to the east and west, and was in a very comfortable mood, and suddenly thought, sooner or later, the Relanza market will be more lively than here.
In the days that followed, he ignored the construction task of the GF Logistics Company, and in his He Bin's plan, he knew that the company was just a simple building, bamboo, wood and cement, far from the building of the Narelancha Customs—although he sincerely hoped that such a building would be built on the banks of the Pearl River, and how good it would be then—but as the people of the Hantang Group often said...... There will be bread, there will be milk, and the implication is very clear, there will be a day, but not now...... How nice it would have been if it had come soon—
He also contacted several maritime merchants who had business in Taiwan, and almost all of them agreed with the arrangement of the Hantang Group and participated.
Originally, it was just a matter of borrowing the employment rights of each seagoing ship during the leisure period, and it did not conflict with each family's own right to use it—the ships of each maritime merchant would always have a free time, and it was impossible for them to go to sea collectively or rest collectively.
At that time, He Bin also asked many times before he understood this truth.
How to integrate, deploy, and plan - these are the places that He Bin had to slowly understand at that time, and he also learned to write the names of each sea vessel with small bamboo chips, and then write down the various arrangements for their use on a blank piece of paper, put out a diagram of the arrangement and operation, and then put up the listing arrangement.
Of course, there are some private seafarers who do not like to join the company with the strange name, although they do pay more than they would normally pay for other merchants.
They also don't care about the conditions for the priority supply of Taiwanese goods, let alone some ridiculous little flags.
Haha, why should I wait for the sea ship to be arranged by others in advance? Besides, we're just transporting goods, so what's the use of those things? ——
He Bin didn't persuade much at this time, after saying goodbye, he turned around and left, in fact, the Pan family is enough, and there are others who can participate, which can be regarded as more benefits.
After being busy with all this, He Bin began to find someone to make Zuò Daming's first "poster".
At that time, Guangfa Logistics Company had just been built, and He Bin found an engraving and printing shop in accordance with the requirements of the task, and printed 1,000 "posters" with plates, which were posted all over the streets and alleys...... The paper and oil paint used in the poster were specially brought by He Bin from Taiwan.
After the invention of printing in the Ming Dynasty, some books and pictures were printed in monochrome, generally black, sometimes red or blue, with the development of culture, the requirements for printed matter became higher and higher, so it was created to print several colors of books on a piece of paper, and color printing began to appear. There are two main forms of color printing: overprinting and 饾 (sound bean) version.
Craftsmen print text or images in different colors on a single plate, known as multi-color overprinting.
This kind of overprinting has two kinds in the Ming Dynasty, the first is to engrave each color separately, and then overprint it color by color. The second is to brush different colors on one plate and print it at a time.
In He Bin's task, the Hantang Group clearly told him that he must not use the second printing method, no matter how cheap it is.
The people of the Han and Tang groups made this decision after carefully studying the printing technology of the ancient Ming Continent.
The multi-color overprinting of the Ming Continent originated in the Song Dynasty and was initially used for the overprinting of paper money.
In the Yuan Dynasty, vermilion ink overprinting of books began to appear.
After the Ming Dynasty, there were two-color or even four-color overprinted books, and they could also print graded layers called color printing, and this printing technology was called plate printing.
Its principle is also very simple, that is, the parts with different colors and different shades in the original manuscript are engraved into printing plates, and then overprinted color by color, and finally complete a color print similar to the original.
In the actual printing process, it divides the same page into several small pages of different sizes, each small plate represents a part of the layout, which is painted with different colors, printed on the same paper one by one, and finally assembled into a whole.
This kind of engraving is at the same time very delicate and complex work.
There are several colors on the picture, so you have to engrave a few plates. A picture with a seemingly uncomplicated color hierarchy often requires thirty or forty plates.
The pictures printed in this way, the shades of color, are exactly the same as the original paintings, that is, according to the color of the original color painting, after sketching and dividing, each color is carved separately, and then in accordance with the principle of "from light to dark, from light to thick", color by color overprint, and finally complete a color print similar to the original.
Because this kind of color separation printing plate is similar to "gluttony", so the Ming Dynasty called this printing method as panning printing, also known as color engraving printing, this printing method can best maintain the artistic characteristics of color pictures.
And the kind of printed matter that can be successfully printed at one time is the pattern on the common burning paper money in that world...... It's so vague that it can only be used by fools.
At that time, He Bin walked into a carving and printing shop with a hanging plaque of "Wan Mu Chun".
The shopkeeper in that line saw that a guest came to the door, and hurriedly greeted him, and said: "Xiaoxing carving, carving, mounting, and printing have four lines, I don't know what the guest officer needs?" ”
"I'm going to print a ...... Draw, I wonder if it can? ”
"Haha, Xiao Xing is doing this business, I must ensure that the guest officer is satisfied......" After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he hurriedly beckoned Xiao Er to wait for He Bin to sit down, and then send fragrant tea, and everyone took their time to discuss.
At this time, any merchant was like this, so He Bin was not polite, and sat down to drink tea and talk.
The shopkeeper saw that He Bin had nothing else, so he said: "I don't know what painting the guest official printed, and how many ...... will be printed."
He Bin put down the tea bowl, reached out and took out an object from his arms, and when it was unfolded, it was a beautiful and abnormal picture.
"That's it, I'm going to print a thousand copies...... The price is easy to say......"
The shopkeeper took the painting and immediately gasped...... There is such a delicate picture in the world! I saw that above the picture, there was a young man dressed as a rich man, handsome and chic; Beside him stood a noble lady, delicate and attractive—both of them stood sideways at the same time, looking affectionately into the distance. In the distance was a sea, and there seemed to be a land on the other side of the sea—and below them was a huge ship of fortune, sailing, the white sail covering the lower half of their bodies.
The hair and clothes of the two people are extremely realistic, and they are really exactly the same, especially their expressions, which are exactly like real people standing in front of them...... How can this be drawn?
A little lower than this painting, there are several fist-sized characters of "GF Logistics, Round Your Dream of Voyage...... the handwriting is stiff and abnormal, and there are a number of walnut-sized small characters at the bottom "Contracting Taiwan freight and passenger business, if you are interested, please contact the flagship store of GF Logistics Company".
The whole painting is sky blue.
The shopkeeper looked at it for a moment, and then said dryly: "This painting must be from Taiwan......"
He Bin paused for a moment and asked, "How did you know?" ”