Chapter 397. First draft
I have to say that Mr. Lu is definitely a master in the library industry. Not to mention anything else, the three calligraphy and paintings he displayed were actually works by Zhang Yangong, a geek in Yangzhou painting world, which shocked many people.
Those who cannot see the tricks of these three paintings only think that the painting is too frustrating and has the feeling of a child being able to doodle. Only experts like Dean Zhan can see at a glance that these three paintings are all "masterpieces" by Master Zhang Yangong when he was learning painting in his early days.
The "masterpiece" mentioned here does not mean mockery. Painting is like a child learning to walk, from staggering to running. No one is a genius. He will be blessed by colorful clouds and protect his body at birth. He is extremely awesome.
Whether it was Zhang Daqian, Qi Baishi, Shi Tao, and Zheng Banqiao, when they first learned to paint, their works were also childish and ridiculous.
However, it is difficult for these masters to find the early works that were learned to draw when they were young. First, over time, these ordinary and ordinary drafts have been lost and cannot be found. Second, these masters are embarrassed to display these drafts themselves, or even destroy them directly. Third, these drafts are too ordinary, even if they are circulated, no one will pay attention to them, and even throw them into the trash can as toilet paper.
Because of this, in the eyes of collectors, such master-level early drafts are definitely hard to find, and they are even more valuable than works from the masters during their popularity. They are rarer and more expensive. Through these early drafts, you can also conduct a comprehensive study of the master's early artistic level.
To put it bluntly, for example, Mo Yan, a great writer who just won the Nobel Prize in Literature this year, whose work frog, which was the most attractive to those collectors, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature at his peak, and his elementary school essays written during his school days?
The answer is absolutely amazing. At the "Hanhai Auction" not long ago, Mo Yan's thin "composition thin" book in elementary school. The cover of the essay reads: Gaomi County, Shandong Province, Grade 2, Class 4, Group 2, Grade 5. Guan Moye's Mo Yan's composition includes fish market, authenticity, good doctors, birds, drought resistance, etc., and even sold a sky-high price of 1.19 million yuan, even exceeding the manuscript price of his Nobel Prize-winning work, frogs, 870,000 yuan.
Master Mo Yan smiled when he knew about such an auction result, but he still sincerely accepted interviews from the media and told the media the specific origin of this sky-high "composition book".
He said
I remember when the teacher started to pay attention to me, it was the third grade, and the composition class. When writing about the May Day Labor Day, many students remembered the record. When they woke up in the morning of May Day, how to go to school, how to class, and how to go home. At that time, there was a state-owned farm near my home, where sports meets were held, so I wrote out the contents of the sports meet. Others wrote articles to describe the May Day Games, sometimes they wrote the table tennis courts, sometimes they wrote the track and field courts, all in all. I mentioned it in the previous chapter, and then focused on how the two basketball teams played. In the basketball team, they focused on two masters, writing their movements, their expressions, writing about the sweat beads on their foreheads and the shadows reflected on the ground when they were running, and how they overlapped with the shadows of swallows.
One day, after school, the teacher asked me to stay. I was so scared that I was so cruel. Because based on past experience, after school, the teacher asked me to stay after school that I would accept punishment. The teacher took me to the office, patted my composition book on the table, and asked me, where did you copy this composition? I said I didn’t copy it, but I wrote it myself. The teacher said you could write such an essay? I will give you another topic, and you will write an essay for me to show it. It is drought resistance. I want to have paper and pen, sit opposite him, and start writing on the spot. I have a "cannon" in a row, and the young man pushed ice into the ground, and the old man dug deep wells, and piled up many adjectives.
"With your arms, the wheels flew, and a shout, the ice rolled." The teacher looked at it and nodded and said, "You should not behave like a person, and the sea water should not be measured." You are so angry that you can even write a good article. Your composition is indeed well written. The next day, I took my composition to an agricultural middle school next to you to read it as a model for middle school students. I was a little famous in our school at that time. I attended two composition classes a week. The teacher commented on my composition, and the teacher also wrote a lot of comments. Until the mid-1980s, the composition text was still preserved. For me, this is also a rare memory.
From the above, we can see that for many writers and artists, these artistic manuscripts from their growth period are a great memory for them, but a great asset for many collectors.
It is precisely because of this that the three paintings of Master Zhang Yangong from his youth exhibited by Mr. Lu Sanye in front of him have even more high collection value.
However, for this bet, it was a bit difficult for Lin Yi.
First of all, these three paintings are all works by the same author Zhang Yangong, and secondly, they are all works from the same period. How do you ask Lin Yi to distinguish the value of these three paintings?
Not to mention Lin Yi, even Dean Zhan, who was watching the game next to him, had a headache when he saw this and said, "Mr. Lu San is so powerful, he has almost no trick to dismantle, and he doesn't know how these little friends do it."
Nalan Zhu looked at this moment, but couldn't help laughing and said, "This is called "no punishment for toasting and not eating, and causing humiliation to yourself. If he had listened to my kind words and sold that batch of books at a high price, he would not have been embarrassed today."
President Zhan smiled bitterly and said, "Miss Nalan may not understand. For book collectors, meeting good books is like encountering rare treasures and peerless secrets. Many people are eager to get them. How many of the guardians can keep their true intentions and never give up? People all say that money can buy everything, but is that true? In front of this wheel of history, in front of the temptation of money piled up, there are always some people standing, right?"
Nalan Zhu was speechless. She thought about it carefully. Lin Yi rejected Mr. Lu several times, rejected himself, and rejected the tempting sky-high price. It would never appear when it was put on ordinary people.
After thinking about it, Nalan Zhu suddenly realized that Lin Yi was not a hateful man, but rather a very strange man. Perhaps her disgust towards him was mainly due to his unyielding surrender to money and power, and this was exactly what attracted her the most. In the shopping mall, she was used to those who were low on power and flattering in front of money. Now that Lin Yi is a top-notch person, she is a little uncomfortable, so she "disgusted" him.
Suddenly guessing the true thoughts in his heart, Nalan Zhu was shocked, and then a wave of trouble arose. Looking at Lin Yi again, she was no longer so annoying. On the contrary, she was a little appreciative. To be continued.
Chapter completed!