Chapter 631

In fact, Chu Chen also wanted to say that he could take the painting for half a million yuan, but now Xie Gong has not believed his judgment. If he really said that, it would inevitably make Xie Gong feel that he wanted to buy Wen Zhengming's real work at a low price.

Hearing Chu Chen give the price, Xie Gong's heart is also greatly relieved, heart, the money should be able to support the child cured!

After a moment's silence in the carriage, Chu Chen said, "Mr. Xie, I want to discuss something with you."

"What's the matter?" Xie Gong was stunned and then asked.

Chuchen said with a smile, "I saw those carved lacquer works in your room just now. Your craftsmanship is very good."

Speaking of lacquer carving, Xie Gong's spirit was a little better. He said with a smile: "ha ha, this craft was handed down to me by my father. At that time, my father was also one of the best lacquer carving masters in the capital. However, I didn't strive to catch up with my father, let alone blue."

Chuchen said with a smile: "Mr. Xie, you are too modest. Although I didn't appreciate your work carefully just now, I can see that your craftsmanship is not inferior to that of the master of lacquer carving. Maybe you will become a master of lacquer carving the next time you make it?"

"Where! Where Xie Gong waved his hand modestly and then asked, "boss Chu, what do you want to discuss with me? If you want me to help you make some lacquerware, it's a matter of one sentence. "

Chu Chen said, "what I'm talking about is really related to this, but I don't want you to help make some lacquerware, but I want you to come out of the mountain again."

"What?" Xie Gong was surprised to hear Chu Chen say so.

"That's what I think, Mr. Xie." Chu Chen said: "I think you know that there are few masters who don't talk about the current situation of carving and painting in the capital, and there are few people who study it. If this continues, this craft will probably be lost in the near future..."

There are two kinds of carved lacquer in Beijing: metal and non-metal. They are painted layer by layer, one layer after drying, and two layers a day. Then, according to the design draft, the relief patterns of landscape, flowers and figures are carved with a knife instead of a pen.

The paint used is mainly vermilion, with yellow, green and black as the base color. The process is very complicated. It has to go through more than ten processes, such as tire making, blue burning, primer making, painting, carving and polishing. The technical requirements of each process are very high.

For example, a 30 cm high carved lacquer vase should be painted at least 5 mm thick. 1 mm of lacquer needs 16 layers. 5 mm means at least 80 times of lacquer. It takes at least one day for one coat of paint to dry, and it takes 80 days to carve.

According to a master of carved lacquer, it took him four months to make a one meter carved lacquer bottle. It took him eight months to finish it all.

It is precisely because of the time-consuming and time-consuming nature of lacquer carving that very few young people have the patience to enter this field. Now, the number of lacquer carving masters in China can be counted with one hand. In the long run, carved lacquer, a high-end handicraft product commonly seen in the Beijing tourism market, will soon be lost.

Chu Chen continued: "I mean, I want to invite you to work in my shop. At that time, I will help you according to a studio. I will give you a fixed salary every month, and all the materials will be provided by me. You can also share the products you sell at that time, just a little bit. During this period, I hope you can bring some apprentices."

"This..." When the time comes, he will not be able to teach his apprentice well.

"Thank you, let me say something!"

The old five, sitting in the co pilot's seat, said: "you still have your grandson to take care of in the future. Let's not talk about the cost of child treatment. In the future, the cost of clothing, food, housing and transportation is 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 and said, "I know that boss Chu has given me a lot of conditions, and I want to promise. However, I really don't have much experience in teaching apprentices. If I can't teach them well at that time..."

Hearing this, Chu Chen also understood what Xie Gong was worried about. He said with a smile, "don't worry about it, Mr. Xie. At that time, if you want to recruit apprentices, it's up to you to interview and finally decide the candidates. It doesn't matter if you don't have the experience of a professor. Everything starts from scratch. You can't do it at the beginning, but you can do it slowly."

Seeing that Chu Chen said so, Xie Gong had no worries in his heart and agreed: "OK, I should do this, but this is the working time..."

Chu Chen said: "it's not urgent for you to go to work. This is my plan. Originally, I had contact with the owner of the shop next door and wanted to buy the shop. The other party also had a certain intention. These days, I'm going to give you the working time. Wait until the shop is repaired. What do you think?"

The reason why Chu Chen wants to sell the shop next door is that the business on feicui is too good. When there are too many people, it's a bit crowded. Moreover, the high-end jadeite with tens of millions of people is sold in public, which seems too casual.But if you ask the guests to talk in the VIP room next door, Chu Chen thinks that it's too much trouble for the customers' psychology, so he thinks of putting down the shop next door.

The shop next door is not big. Chu Chen plans to build the shop into a VIP room to trade high-end jadeite. In this way, the room upstairs can be used as Xie Gong's studio.

See Chu Chen so arrangement, Xie Gong also busy agreed to come down, say, because of the child's things, now let him work, he really can't settle down, want to wait for the shop decoration, the child should be able to recover almost!

When it comes to the store, Chu Chen suddenly thought that he should contact him today, so he said to Lao Wu, "brother five, you should go to the boss now and ask him what he thinks. If he has any conditions, you can also try to talk about it. You should know our bottom line, right?"

"I know!" Old five nodded: "then I'll go now..."

Chuchen pulled over to the side of the car, put the old five down, and drove straight to yuhuating.

At this time, Liu Shuchen came to the living room to read the classics.

"Master (old Liu) good!"

Two people first greetings, and then Chu Chen put the origin of a simple say.

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

Liu's appraisal time was not short. When they finished their tea, he raised his head and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Ah Chen, what's your opinion?" Liu asked.

"I think this work should be written by you Qiu and Wen Zhengming himself..." At this point, Chu Chen repeated what he had just said to Xie Gong.

Although Chu Chen has basically confirmed his judgment from the results of his powers, this is not his real ability after all. Finally, he said:

"master, you know that calligraphy and painting identification is a great knowledge, and I usually focus on porcelain and jade, so I'm not sure about this result, so I want to hear your opinion."

Identification is a special subject, especially the identification of calligraphy and painting is more difficult than the identification of bronze and ceramics in some aspects. It all depends on "eyesight", which is formed by the knowledge of experience, history, culture, art, science and other aspects accumulated on weekdays.

Therefore, to be a good expert in calligraphy and painting appraisal, you must read more ancient books. Otherwise, you can't even understand the meaning of calligraphy and painting and the classification of paintings, which can be called appraisal.

To say this, Chu Chen still has an advantage. After all, he has the ability to remember things by rote. He is the best at it now. However, since he wants to understand the meaning of painting and calligraphy, rote learning is not enough. The key is to understand it.

Because of this, in the case of no power, the calligraphy and painting appraisal is Chu Chen's most bottomless one.

Liu said with a smile, "ah Chen, I'm glad you think so. If you don't understand our business, you just don't understand it. Don't pretend you don't understand it. Otherwise, you will harm others and yourself."

At this point, he pointed to the painting in front of him and said, "I agree with your conclusion about this painting, but there are still a few points you didn't notice..."

Next, Mr. Liu pointed out the details he had observed one by one and said the problems, which benefited Chu Chen a lot.

However, Xie Gong was extremely disappointed by Liu's conclusion. In the past, if the painting was not true, it would not be true. But now it is the most difficult time for his family, and both of them are old. If the painting is authentic, the money they get will make their children's life carefree in the future. In this way, they will be more confident about their future life.

But now this painting is only worth 500000 yuan. As Lao Wu said before, 500000 yuan is worth more than 500000 yuan. When it comes to use, it's really unlikely that it will be enough. But the result has been like this, and he can only accept it. Fortunately, he still has a craft. Even if he doesn't have the 500000 yuan, he still has no problem to support his family.

Seeing that Xie Gong had learned the result, Chu Chen was so dejected that he simply said something about his family, and heard that Liu's father and daughter were all very sorry.

Mr. Liu said, "I'm not sure whether this painting is especially for ghostwriting. Otherwise, let's put it here first. Tomorrow I'll invite some of my old friends to come and have a look. In case the ghostwriter is more famous than you, this painting can be sold for more money. What do you think?"