"Got it, my grandfather's face turned red."
Gu Weijing said with a smile into the phone.
"Well, well, even if I don't care, my face will be red. I have been with Mr. Cao Xuan for so long, but I have never gotten such a good thing. Don't talk about me, after all these years "This is the first time I've seen Mr. Cao writing for a junior like you, Xiao Gu."
Lao Yang echoed through the microphone.
He wiped his mouth with a napkin.
"Classmate Gu, it’s not Lao Yang who sticks green onions in my pig’s nose and insists on guiding you to do things. But I still need to tell you that Mr. Cao’s calligraphy is worth thousands of dollars. Collect it. Don't even think about selling it. It doesn't matter if you are short of money, I can still get it for 1.8 million yuan, but... The share is much more valuable than the money itself."
"Since we finally got this kind of opportunity, which is hard to find even with a lantern in the world, let's hold it firmly and hold it tight. You must not rush out.”
“After working hard outside for so many years, I have come to the conclusion that money cannot buy you. It is not easy to cherish the blessings you have in this life. It's even harder to hold it firmly in your hand."
Old Yang said with a smile, "That's not a good thing to say. That's the truth. You're right, Xiao Gu."
There are many young talents that Mr. Cao likes.
But there is only one person in the world who can make an old man have such thoughts after he has passed seventy years of age.
Cao Xuan’s calligraphy is not valuable.
That was specifically in comparison with the old man’s paintings.
Give me an example.
Tang Dai, the court painter who was the number one scholar in late Qing Dynasty, his apprentice Wu Zhongjin, Wu Zhongjin’s apprentice and Tang Dai’s grandson Zhao Xianting, were court painters for three generations.
As early as the Qianlong period, there was a consensus in the collecting community.
Some of Wu Zhongjin’s works are attributed to his teacher Tang Dai, and the calligraphy is more valuable than the paintings.
Occasionally, Wu Zhongjin made a withdrawal from Zhao Xianting's works, and the words were more valuable than the paintings.
It is said that there is a painting that Zhao Xianting practiced when he was a child. On the back of the scroll, there are four words "Two Days of the twelfth lunar month" casually written by Tang Dai. They repeatedly told the framer to leave the last four words when re-mounting.
Collectors say bluntly that these four words are what they play with.
As for Zhao Xianting’s paintings, they are only about a hundred pieces of Yuan Datou’s stuff, so it doesn’t matter.
Although this three generations of master and apprentice sounds a bit like the favorite mantra of the old lady Jiujin in the Lu Xun scandal, "One generation is inferior to the other".
This is generally true, but there is not much to laugh at.
Wen Zhengming and Tang Yin, these great talents who are famous in the entire Eastern Xia art history, have any ordinary people heard of the names of their descendants and disciples
Even the kings of the Wei and Jin Dynasties , big and small Li in the Tang Dynasty, these father and son pairs were lucky enough to break throughThe great artistic reputation is still somewhat greater than the reputation of the elders.
The law of the entire art circle is nothing more than this. The succession of masters and apprentices is like the decline in the succession of princes, princes, and ministers.
The Duke was demoted to Hou, Hou was demoted to Bo, and Bo was demoted to Zi.
In the minds of collectors, as a rule, the weight is always downgraded by one or even several grades. Even the dignified "Hua Zhuangyuan" cannot escape this circle.
It may not be that the younger generation was born in a wealthy and famous family, so they did not work hard at painting, nor may it be that the tiger father and dog son did not teach well, and the painting skills of three generations of painters lost their luck in passing on the brush and ink.
It is the status of a painter.
It is composed of countless factors such as opportunity, luck, the environment of the times, etc.
The quality of the work only accounts for part of the factors, and more of it is external opportunities.
It can only be said that it is time and luck.
Just because Kangxi appointed Tang Dai as "the number one scholar in painting" in the Palace of Qianqing, regardless of whether this guy stepped on shit or not, the level of Emperor Kangxi's artistic aesthetic vision It is enough to judge the quality of painters in the world.
Just one sentence on this appropriate occasion directly surpassed the lifetime efforts of countless junior painter colleagues like Gu Weijing in the painting palace.
Like the young Holbein and the old Holbein, the strong master is better than the ancestor, the youth is better than the master, and one mountain is higher than the other. This is definitely an example of the smoke rising from the ancestor's grave.
It was such a beautiful thing that my father was lying in a cemetery in the countryside of Bavaria, and he wanted to jump up and dance three times before lying back down.
It is for this reason that no matter how good Katsuko Sakai paints, no one dares to say that she can really replace her father Kazunari Sakai’s position in a few decades.
It is also for this reason.
Can Gu Weijing make it to the end and surprisingly become Cao Xuan’s disciple, or is he still his disciple as Lin Tao said back then? Even if Mr. Cao really likes it, he might personally give it a try when he is interested. .
It sounds like there may not be much difference in learning painting.
But for the market price of the painter himself, the gap is really too big. It is not a gap of one or two levels.
It is no different from an undergraduate degree from Peking University or a junior college degree from Beida Jade Bird. It is a valuable difference to attend classes at Peking University in college.
Lao Yang was really worried that Gu Weijing and his grandson either had too little vision or were obsessed with it. They picked up the sesame seeds and lost the watermelon, so they took the calligraphy outside and sold it.
Mr. Cao will definitely be very sad.
Even Lao Yang would think it was a waste of natural resources.
Don’t say it’s impossible.
Nothing is impossible when it comes to things that are genuine and can be exchanged for money.
Lao Yang has seen more or less all kinds of people and things, good and bad, noble and sinister.
Some people can hold Mr. Cao’s gifts, while others cannot.
I know Gu Weijing’s familyNot generous.
Lao Yang specifically said this, which was both a wake-up call and a good intention.
"Of course, thank you, Brother Yang. My grandfather sold it outside himself, and he would not be willing to sell this calligraphy." Gu Weijing made a little joke.
"That's not the case." Lao Yang also smiled.
"He has been clamoring to show this calligraphy to the ancestors before the ancestors' ranking every year when they worship their ancestors. From now on, this calligraphy will be combined with a set of old calligraphy passed down by the ancestors. Like a paintbrush, it is an heirloom passed down from generation to generation in our Gu family, an important tool for controlling the feng shui of the town."
"As for me," Gu Weijing said softly into the microphone, "I understand the old man's encouragement. I am very grateful and willing to cherish the blessing."
Change to the previous Gu Weijing.
He must respectfully express on the phone receiver at this moment how frightened and uneasy he was and how sleepless he was to receive this letter inscribed by Mr. Cao himself.
Besides, I am worried that I am not worthy of the Master’s gift, so I must be careful and careful to save it, worrying about gains and losses.
Not so.
He couldn't show how much he valued this generous gift.
After returning from the botanical garden.
Gu Weijing has grown up a lot and has seen a lot of things.
He thought clearly.
If Cao Xuan inscribed this painting to him, he must bear it.
The old gentleman did not write to keep him awake at night.
If you are anxious and timid, you are too petty.
“My grandfather said that Mr. Cao praised me for being outstanding. I know that Mr. Cao didn’t mean it, but I will try my best to make myself truly outstanding,” he said.
"If you are ambitious, just by what you said, classmate Gu, you are really better than me, Old Yang." Old Yang really made a thumbs up gesture on the other end of the phone that Gu Weijing could not see. .
There was a lot of smile in his tone, and there was really not much teasing in his words.
Put yourself in their shoes.
Even with Lao Yang's experience and state of mind today, if he were in the position of the young man on the other side of the phone, he might not have the courage to say the words "try your best to make yourself truly outstanding."
This is not a place for casual chatting.
"Great, this young man has a future."
Old Yang couldn't help but look at Gu Weijing again in his heart.
Tang Ning, Mr. Cao's youngest disciple, and Gu Weijing, the eighteen-year-old "quasi-disciple", Lao Yang inappropriately compared in his mind, one is like a lady of the old society, and the other is like Xiaojiabiyu.
Mr. Cao’s school is the largest prince’s mansion in the art world.
They each have their own style.
There are many artists who never care about other people’s moods and are inherently self-centered.
AlsoMany people handle social relationships carefully, always with a smile on their face, for fear of offending people they shouldn't offend, and people who plan carefully every day and walk on thin ice with trepidation.
Every lady is naturally domineering.
Xiaojiabiyu has always been cautious.
There are no advantages or disadvantages to things that are innate.
At least for now, Lao Yang felt that chatting with Gu Weijing was cordial and warm, which made him even more comfortable.
It’s just that when Xiaojiabiyu marries into a wealthy family, there are usually two outcomes.
Some people are born with ambitions and want to rely on the wind to fly up a branch and become a phoenix.
There are also some people who are used to being poor and careful. They tremble like quails every day, and their lives are not as good as those of slaves.
It’s not scary to have ambition written on your face.
The scary thing is that they don’t even dare to have ambitions.
After all, people who have eaten multi-grain steamed buns all their lives suddenly switch to eating white rice. Naturally, they want to eat in silence and eat whatever the host rewards them. Life is better than going back and eating black steamed buns that irritate your throat. .
Eating from the bowl and looking at the pot is certainly not a good word.
But if Gu Weijing was the kind of person who wouldn’t even dare to look up even if the pie was handed over to him.
On the contrary, Lao Yang looked down on him.
How can Cao Xuan’s closed disciple really be a meek clay figure?
There are some things that you were born without, and you don’t even dare to fight for them. You just hope that the crown will fall directly on your head. Why?
Why is your face so white?
What Gu Weijing said was ambitious, energetic but not arrogant, just the right amount of beautiful.
It completely exceeded his expectations.
Lao Yang couldn't help but cheer twice in his heart.
At this moment, he remembered the decision that Mr. Cao made to him on the plane two days ago that almost shocked him.
While Lao Yang lamented that the old man could see people accurately through his paintings, he also felt that this matter was not so unimaginable.
"Classmate Gu. Mr. Cao Xuan is resting in the hotel now, but he asked me to convey something to you. It's a surprise, so I originally thought of calling you tomorrow night." Lao Yang's voice became less serious.
"Well, Brother Yang, I'm listening."
Gu Weijing nodded, "This picture is not a surprise."
"Forget it, of course. "Yes, but that's not all, maybe only a small part. I believe that in terms of difficulty, what I'm going to say next is no less difficult than a large character."
Lao Yang paused. After a moment, he said slowly, "This is the European Art Annual Meeting."
The speakerphone was on at the other end of the phone. Gu Weijing, who was brushing the cat's fur, was stunned for a moment and stopped what he was doing.
Awang let out a "meow" dissatisfied.
Gu Weijing touched Awang's head and looked sideways at the phone.
"Can you please explain it clearly?What, I don’t quite understand. "
"Mr. Cao said that he knows that what Tangning said in front of the camera during the oil painting interview will make you feel wronged and resentful. But he won't comfort you like his mother-in-law on this matter. The career of a painter is like this, with ups and downs. Only if you can withstand harsh criticism can you withstand praise. If you want to go far on the road of art, this is something you must go through. There is no need to cry and beg for adults to hold you. He said that your wisteria flower picture has given a good answer. "
Gu Weijing rubbed the foam off his hand on Awang's back, picked up the phone and put it back to his ear.
"Brother Yang, I don't care anymore. Well, as Mr. Cao said, I think facts speak louder than words, it’s just Ms. Tang Ning”
“Stop”
Lao Yang smiled bitterly and motioned for Gu Weijing to stop.
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"Xiao Gu, if you are willing to call me Brother Yang, then I will tell you the truth from the bottom of my heart. "
"I believe you are telling the truth. But whether you really don't care or you are complaining about Miss Tangning in your heart, it's normal and you don't need to tell me. She is a great and respected painter, and you are Mr. Cao's favorite young man with a bright future. ”
“It’s best for you two to resolve your matters by yourselves, or you can talk to Mr. Cao, either way. "
"As the saying goes, when gods fight, little devils suffer. Brother Yang, I am just a little assistant. I am just repeating the old gentleman's words here. It's not easy to find a job. Mr. Gu, please don't make it difficult for me to be the villain in the middle, okay. "
Old Yang said pitifully.
"Mr. Cao said, but then again, seeing your wisteria picture is what makes him happiest this year. things. The old man is happy. Since you were wronged in the last interview, he said that you can watch the opening live broadcast of the annual art conference the day after tomorrow online. "
Gu Weijing was a little lost.
When Lao Yang said the word "European Art Annual Meeting", he was in a trance. Gu Weijing originally thought This time the matter was almost over.
He should have been satisfied with receiving a message from Mr. Cao.
But Lao Yang asked himself to watch the live broadcast of the opening. This statement makes people think a lot.
The opening ceremony of the annual meeting is more political than artistic, and more promotional than academic.
Why did Cao Xuan specifically ask him to watch it? p>
If it weren’t for the old gentleman and the young boy who had a bad temper and let the younger generation watch his heroic speech at the annual meeting
The answer would be obvious.
Mr. Cao Xuan's closing speech this time will be related to himself. Please remember to bookmark it and read it for free without any anti-theft.