Chapter 409 Internal Affairs (4)
After dinner, Wang Lezhi checked the children's studies and the characters he wrote. Although the East China government also attached importance to the education of traditional culture and also offered calligraphy classes in schools, it did not require too high requirements. It was enough to write two characters a week. After all, writing a pen is the development trend of the times, and Chinese calligraphy can only exist as a traditional art.
However, Wang Lezhi required his children to finish writing a piece of characters every day, and to write two more pictures during Sunday break. Although Wang Lezhi did not intend to make his children become calligraphers, it is still necessary to learn a certain level of calligraphy skills. Practicing calligraphy also helps children develop the habit of sitting posture, and can hone their patience and increase their cultivation, which has many benefits.
Because they were young, the characters written by the children were all regular script. Although the brushwork was a bit naive, they could see that they were thoughtful. Therefore, after reading the characters written by the children, Wang Lezhi was also very satisfied. He praised each child a few words and took out the gifts prepared for each child and gave them one by one.
The next day was just off, so Wang Lezhi took his family to West Lake for a trip, and visited Yuewang Temple, Yu Qian Temple and other places on the bank of West Lake. Yue Fei and Yu Qian's story was told in school that there were also books for children when they were published in this era. Although the children were still young at this time, they might not be able to truly understand the spiritual meaning represented by Yue Fei and Yu Qian, it is also necessary to instill the spirit represented by Yue Fei and Yu Qian into the children since childhood, so that they can develop a correct view of history.
After a day of traveling, everything was back on track. The children went through school procedures in Hangzhou and started their study life. Wang Yu began to prepare for the affairs of the Zhejiang branch. Wang Lezhi also dispatched various land reform teams to various parts of Zhejiang to carry out land reform work in full.
After the land reform team arrived in various places, they replenished personnel from various places, and at the same time, all places also dispatched guards to protect them and went to various villages to carry out land reform work. At this time, the East China Government had accumulated considerable experience in land reform. Therefore, when they went to various villages, recruited villagers, promoted land reform, formed village committees, interviewed landlords and rich peasants, checked the land, etc., all of which were carried out in an orderly manner. Although the local gentry and local sages in Zhejiang were unwilling to accept it, they did not dare to resist at this time. After all, the general trend was gone and they were unable to make a comeback. Of course, there were a few landlords who usually did evil in the countryside and knew that they could not escape the liquidation and could only do everything they could to resist. However, in front of the army, the resistance of the landlords was difficult to become a general trend.
Wang Lezhi did not relax in Hangzhou. In addition to taking care of normal government affairs, he had to take a certain amount of time every day to review the land reform reports sent by various places to understand the progress of the land reform work. At the same time, he had to send supervision and review personnel to various places to check the progress of the land reform work, whether it was excessive, because he liquidated the landlords who did more evil, whether it was appropriate, etc. Wang Lezhi was still worried, and went to the villages around Hangzhou to inspect it, and it was generally very smooth.
After returning to Hangzhou, Wang Lezhi took another time to visit Xiling Seal Club again. This time, of course, he negotiated the business model of Xiling Seal Club.
Ding Fuzhi, Wang Fu'an, Wu Yin, Ye Weiming and other four also warmly received Wang Lezhi. Some time ago, Wang Lezhi brought a lot of donations to Xileng Seal Society, with a total of more than 10,000 silver dollars. The Seal Society made a small fortune and was much more relaxed in finance. Several houses that had been suspended were also reopened. The Seal Society also bought a lot of assets and took back two fine seals that had no money to purchase. Therefore, the four of them were naturally very happy.
In addition, Wang Fu'an and Wu Yin came back from Tianjin and explained to others in detail the operating mode of the Tianjin Academy of Calligraphy and Painting. Because the Tianjin Academy of Calligraphy and Painting is withdrawn by the government, it can ensure the normal operation of the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting.
At the same time, members who join the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting are divided into three levels: masters, famous artists, and art craftsmen, and there are also special masters. However, they are not permanent. Members at each level have a fixed income. Although it is not too high, they are enough to support themselves and their families. In this way, there will be no worries and you can devote yourself to the research and creation of calligraphy, painting, calligraphy, and calligraphy.
However, members of the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting must regularly submit some works to the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, or complete the artistic creation designated by the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, and other works other than that can belong to individuals. Of course, the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting has also set up a work appraisal team to appraise and evaluate the submitted works. On the one hand, it is determined that it is a serious creation, not a perfunctory work; on the other hand, it is also a basis for rating levels.
Of course, the government's withdrawal of money can only ensure the normal operation of the Calligraphy and Painting Academy, but if you want to purchase treasured art, the government's withdrawal of money is not enough. After all, the cost of purchasing treasured art is a bottomless pit. Unless it is a national treasure-level fine product, you can review and ask for additional money, but most of the acquisition costs still need to be raised by the Calligraphy and Painting Academy. Of course, the government can provide some preferential policies for calligraphy and painting.
The first way for the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting to raise funds is of course social donations, and secondly, it is to sell the works of members of the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting. This is divided into two types: one is special high-end customization, which is mainly responsible by masters and famous artists; the other is to sell freely created works, which is responsible for art craftsmen, mainly for volume, and is also the main reason why the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting to require members to pay some of their works to the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting. In addition, there are self-raised expenses such as recruiting members, opening training classes, and holding exhibitions. These self-raised expenses will be deposited into a special fund. Once it is to be used, it needs to be discussed and voted by senior management of the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting. At the same time, the special fund statements must be published every month to ensure financial openness and transparency.
After listening to Wang Fu'an and Wu Yin's introduction, the other two and other members were also very interested in the operating mode of Tianjin Calligraphy and Painting Academy. After all, there are very few masters and only a handful of famous masters. Most of them are scholars, so it is not easy to support themselves. If you have a stable income, you will naturally be willing.
The method of self-raised expenses in Tianjin Calligraphy and Painting Academy has actually tried the Xiling Seal Society, but it is not successful. The premise of social donation is that the club itself must have sufficient popularity and influence. According to the level of Tianjin Calligraphy and Painting Academy, master-level artists must be in charge. Wang Fu'an, Wu Yin and other four people can only reach the level of famous artists at most. It is not difficult to support themselves, but it is indeed somewhat exempt from the difficulty of attracting large social donations to Xiling Seal Society. Tianjin Calligraphy and Painting Academy has several masters in charge, and secondly, they have endorsed by the government, so that they can attract a lot of social donations.
The Xiling Seal Society is also doing the work for sale, but most members first have to support themselves and secondly can create for the Seal Society. Only a few people such as Wang Fu'an and Wu Yin have more free time to create. However, Wang Fu'an and Wu Yin are still slightly less well-known and have a lot of high-end customization work. However, the creation of these few people is far from enough. Therefore, the Xiling Seal Society cannot completely imitate the operating model of the Tianjin Calligraphy and Painting Academy, unless it is like the Tianjin Calligraphy and Painting Academy, and the government endorses it.
However, the Tianjin Academy of Calligraphy and Painting was founded by Wang Lezhi when he was in charge of Tianjin. From the beginning, all the property rights were owned by the East China Government. The Xiling Seal Society was founded by Ding Fuzhi, Wang Fu'an, Wu Yin, Ye Weiming and others, and they invested a lot of effort and energy to give the Xiling Seal Society completely to the government. Several people were unacceptable. After all, although the operation of the Xiling Seal Society is difficult, it has not yet reached the point where it cannot be maintained, so several people naturally did not want to socialize Xiling Seal Society.
However, several people still have a good impression of Wang Lezhi. First, they are fellow men. Wang Lezhi's preference for calligraphy is not to be arty, but to have considerable foundation. Like-minded people will naturally be like-minded. Second, Wang Lezhi's arrival also solved many problems in Xileng Seal Society. At least the donation brought by a while ago did solve many difficulties for Xileng Seal Society, but this donation is not repeated. The other four people did see that Wang Lezhi suggested adopting the Tianjin Academy model, which was also really considering the development of Xileng Seal Society. Therefore, whether or not they accepted Wang Lezhi's opinion, several people were still very grateful to Wang Lezhi.
Several people invited Wang Lezhi into the club, and the host and the host took a seat. They politely spoke to each other and expressed their gratitude to Wang Lezhi again. After chatting for a while, Wang Lezhi said: "Brother Weiji and Brother Shiquan went to Tianjin. I wonder what they thought!"
Wu Yin said: "Governor Wang, this trip to Tianjin between Weiji and I is indeed worth it. Weiji and I have also increased a lot of knowledge."
Wang Lezhi nodded and smiled: "So what do you think of the operating mode of Tianjin Calligraphy and Painting Academy!"
Wu Yin said: "To be honest, the operating mode of Tianjin Calligraphy and Painting Academy is very good. It can be seen that Governor Wang has indeed spent a lot of effort and sincerely protects and carries forward the national treasures of China. We are deeply convinced, but..."
Wang Lezhidao: "It's just what? Brother Shiquan said frankly and was indifferent!"
At this time, Wang Fu'an said: "Governor Wang, we also said straightforwardly that the Xileng Seal Society was created by the four of us, and it can be said that it is all our lives to exhaust our lives. Although the Xileng Seal Society is not as good as the Tianjin Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, it is a priceless treasure in my heart and cannot be measured by the world."
Wang Lezhi smiled and said, "This is natural. Of course I can understand your feelings. Please rest assured. I suggest that Xileng Seal Society learn the operating model of Tianjin Calligraphy and Painting Academy. I just hope that Xileng Seal Society can develop better and thus better inherit and develop Chinese national treasures, but it is definitely not to win you all your love."
Chapter completed!