When Wu Haogu saw Madam Gao, he immediately looked happy and said nothing. He walked forward quickly and said a fat man: "Brother Gao, Madam Gao, Gou Yixue, I wish you good luck every year, and you have a good time inside."

Kaifeng Wu Family is a legend in Kaifeng Painting and Calligraphy Industry this year. It is still in trouble in spring. This family is about to lose, but in the middle of the year, it is a turnaround. Wu Haogu suddenly became the "No. 1 person in painting", and it will be even more prosperous by the end of the year.

Such an encounter will naturally be better to celebrate. Therefore, today's New Year's Eve banquet should be held. The last one should be held. The Threads were invited for hundreds of times, not only did Wu Chengzhi's old friends on Panlou Street, but also Wu Haogu's new friends and subordinates of the Hanlin Academy of Pictures, as well as Wu Haowen's classmates and teachers when he was in the palace, and of course, the clan relatives of the Wu family in Luoyang.

Nowadays, sheds are set up in the yards of the Wu family's mansion to shelter from wind and snow, and square tables and chairs are placed in the sheds. The servants of the Wu family and temporary hired helpers are waiting there, waiting for the table to start.

However, Gao Qiu, Master Gou and Lady Gao were all distinguished guests, so they naturally could not eat in the shed. Wu Haogu invited them all the way into the main hall of the Wu family mansion, which was the place for distinguished guests to eat.

Wu Chengzhi and Wu Haowen and his son stood under the dripping eaves outside the main hall. When they saw the visitor, they went up to see the guests and greeted each other.

Both the father and son of the Wu family knew Gao Qiu and Gao Madam, and they were even more familiar with Dushi Gou. The young man who came in with Dushi Gou was very jealous and had never seen him before.

"The right way," after the greetings, Master Gou first said to the young man, "Take the "Silent Snow Picture of Guanshan" by Xu Daoning in Chang'an."

Xu Daoning was a painter in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty. He was originally a businessman of Kaisheng Pharmaceutical Shop. He was good at forests, flat and wild water. When he was running a pharmacy shop in Kaifeng, he attracted customers with paintings and delivered paintings with medicine. He gradually got his name. He was called "Li Cheng, the prime minister of Xuanma in the second and third dynasties of Ren, and "only Xu Daoning in Chang'an". This means that Xu Daoning and Fan Kuan, the landscape painting master of Li Cheng and Fan Kuan, were compared in the early Northern Song Dynasty.

However, the price of Xu Daoning's paintings is still not comparable to that of Li Cheng and Fan Kuan, because he gave too many paintings when he sold medicine in his early years, which lowered the price. Although he has been dead for almost fifty years, the market price of his paintings is only between two or three thousand.

How can Master Gou give me a "little gift"? It's just that he is a subordinate who expresses his feelings. He is different from Du Yongde, who is determined to be a leader. He relies on his eyes and skills to be a leader. He has long been flattered to King Duan Zhao Ji. Although he is not a friend of Zhao Ji, he is still loved by Zhao Ji with his pair of golden eyes.

"I picked this up in Daxiangguo Temple," said Gou Chushi, "It should be used to serve as the direct commander of the attendant."

The so-called "picking" is of course not the meaning of someone accidentally losing it and letting Dushi Gou pick it up. It is to pick up the bargain!

In the calligraphy, painting and art circles, you can often hear about picking up bargains. However, there are actually more things about picking up bargains!

Finding a bargain not only tests your eyesight, but also tests a person's mood.

Only those players who have both eyesight, patience and mood can find a vacancy. If anyone is holding on to the Daxiangguo Temple Market or Guishi, they must pick a vacancy. They will probably have to be aware of it.

Although Wu Haogu and Mi Youren have good eyesight, they are busy doing business and flattering and have no mood at all, so they never want to find a bargain.

"Pick it up?" Wu Haogu took the scroll and looked at the mounting pieces. It was not well maintained, very old, and there were traces of insect worms. Then he unfolded the scroll and saw the mountain steep and thick on all sides, covered with dense snow, and the momentum was extremely grand. There was a pavilion on the left side of the mountain, looking at the distance, and the wild water layered.

However, there is no signature or seal on this painting, nor can it be proved that it is written by famous artists by Xu Daoning in the Song Dynasty. "Three No Paintings" without seals and no seals are very common.

Generally speaking, painters who have not become famous will not sign and seal the seal unless they are painted by a famous hero outside Donghua Gate.

Even if he became a famous painter, if he was a waiter, art, or abide by the painting academy, he would generally not sign and seal the paintings painted for the court unless there was a special order. Therefore, many famous paintings of the Song Dynasty that have been passed down have no sign and seal. It is either based on expert identification (guessing?) or the records in the Xuanhe Painting Book.

In addition, as a painting preserved in murals, there is usually no signature stamp. This is the famous "Eighty-Seven Immortals Picture" which is considered to be a certification after research and speculation by Xu Beihong and Zhang Daqian.

The authority in calligraphy and painting is so awesome!

Wu Haogu did not have such eyesight. He was quite good at "Wu Family" (Wu Daozi and imitation Wu Daozi) and "Huang Family Fugui". He could read it. However, he couldn't see landscape paintings accurately, so he had to let his eldest disciple Mi Youren see it.

However, Master Gou’s “first eye” is not something he can exaggerate. He looks real, but it is probably true.

After putting away the scroll, Wu Haogu looked at Chushi Gou again with a smile, because he found that the young man who followed Chushi Gou had a scroll in his hand.

"Just, give your paintings to Wu Dizhao," said Master Gou, and said to Wu Hao's ancient road. "He was a talent I discovered when I was visiting Daxiangguo Temple. He was originally a scholar, but after some changes at home, he had to sell his paintings for a living and painted murals for Daxiangguo Temple.

But I am very talented. I brought him here today to recommend it to you as an apprentice.”

"oh."

Wu Haogu nodded, and was another apprentice. He looked at the young man carefully. He was about seventeen or eighteen years old. He looked very weak, with a long face, wide and high forehead, very white skin, and some freckles on his nose and cheeks.

"Take it and see it."

When the young man heard this, he held a scroll in both hands. After Wu Haogu took it, he spread it gently. He only took a look and saw a surprise on his face.

This is a boundary painting, which is painted in the Daxiangguo Temple Market. However, it is not the "super realistic style" of Wu Haogu, but also the work-based writing, which is semi-realistic and semi-freehand painting. The painting is pretty good, the architectural layout is reasonable, the layout is large, and the details are relatively detailed. The disadvantage is the proportional distortion and the perspective is not handled well.

In addition, there are many little people on the painting, all of whom are shopping. The painting is not very good, but it can be called lively and concise.

Seeing this painting style, Wu Haogu immediately remembered Zhang Zeduan, a famous Song Dynasty painter in later generations!

"What's the best painting!" Wu Haogu asked, "May I ask about the name Gao?"

The young young man breathed a sigh of relief, showed a simple smile, and bowed again: "In the East Wu Zhang Zeduan, I wish to be a teacher!"

It’s really Zhang Zeduan! And he also wants to be his teacher!

"Zhang Zhengdao!" Wu Haogu laughed, "Okay! From now on, you will be my student!" Then he handed the painting back to Zhang Zeduan, and bowed to Master Gou, "Second Brother Gou, thank you."

"A small matter, how can I thank you?" Mr. Gou smiled and said, "But I'm here today, I still have something to ask for."

Ask for something?

Wu Haogu nodded and thought to himself: He doesn't want to be the leader of calligraphy and painting, right? This position has already been approved by Du Yongde.

Gou Chushi said: "I would like to ask the rules of singing and selling a business?"

The meaning of asking the rules is to enter the industry!

The business environment of the Song Dynasty was different from that of later generations. There were guilds and trade leaders. All walks of life had their own guilds, trade leaders, and corresponding industry rules. If outsiders wanted to enter, they had to find the rules for the industry and ask the other party's consent before they could enter the industry in a harmonious manner.

The question from Mr. Gou said that the singing and selling business was regarded as a new industry independent of the calligraphy and painting business.

Because there is only one singing and selling house in Kaifeng Prefecture, Wu Haogu is naturally the first one of the singing and selling houses. This question from Dushi Gou is in line with the rules of the mall.

Wu Haogu cannot say "no opening". If you want to eat alone, he is not a court, so how can he be "unique"? However, he can put forward the threshold and rules for entering the industry. Of course, it must be reasonable, otherwise the Master Gu could also ask Kaifeng Prefecture's leaders from all walks of life to discuss.

"Singing and selling houses is a new business, and the rules are still being explored."

Wu Haogu carefully used the words, "I will be invaded immediately after I get off...why would you discuss what to do after I come back?"

This is also reasonable, state affairs are the most important!

Moreover, Wu Haogu did not want to eat alone... He couldn't grow up with eating alone! This singing and selling house is a subversive industry. Singing and selling calligraphy, painting and art are just the beginning. In the future, you can also sell land, real estate, bulk goods, etc. The transaction volume of a year (Kaifeng Prefecture only) is only a matter of time.

It is not realistic for Wu Haogu to swallow all of such a big industry. However, Wu Haogu cannot immediately let Gou Dushi enter the singing and selling house, because Christie's is just a pioneering business and has a solid foundation. So what he can do now is to delay, delay it for a few months to a year, and wait for the Christie's market to grow bigger, and then let others come in and do the singing and selling industry together.

Master Gou bowed and smiled and said, "Then it's a matter of determination!" He paused, "It's not to be hiding it. After the last time Fengle Tower sings and selling, many people in the calligraphy and painting business were thinking, and I'm just asking everyone for a way."

Because Wu Haogu went from calligraphy, painting, cultural and cultural businesses to singing and selling businesses, the first one to be affected was naturally the calligraphy, painting, cultural and cultural businesses. Many owners and shopkeepers of calligraphy, painting, cultural and cultural businesses who have already felt the crisis have long been discussing privately to find a way out.
Chapter completed!