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Chapter 4: Drawing
That is hand-painting, giving people a portrait.

Li Yizhi believes that with his current level of sketching, as long as the color pencils are complete, the portraits drawn by hand can definitely compete with color photos.

Nowadays, although there are color cameras on the market, black and white photos are the mainstream, and the cost of taking pictures is not low.

Therefore, there is still a market for hand-painted portraits.

It's okay even if the price is set higher, because there is no shortage of rich people in Kyoto University.

Just do what you want, Li Yizhi went out and bought all kinds of tools, including colored pencils, drawing paper, and drawing boards.

With the money matter settled, Li Yizhi felt relieved.

He was not in a hurry to practice martial arts, but sat down at the desk, picked up the 'Guoshu Theory' given by Chen Zhen, and carefully read it.

Li Yizhi still understands the truth that haste makes waste.

As a pure novice, it is best to figure out the key points of all aspects of cultivation first, so as not to make mistakes in the practice and hurt the body.

The first half of the "National Art Theory" is an introduction to various key points of cultivation. Li Yizhi can memorize it easily with his photographic memory.

He found that Chen Zhen had covered the key points in more or less detail, but not in detail. It was not a complete set of cultivation theory system like in the book.

It can also be seen from it that Huo Yuanjia's cultivation level is indeed very high, at least he is a master of Huajin.

As for the latter part, it introduces various schools of art in China and their representative figures.

Generally speaking, domestic martial arts can be divided into five schools: Wudang, Shaolin, Emei, Kunlun, and Kongtong.

Under these five schools, there are hundreds of boxing styles, all developed on the basis of these five schools.

For example, under the Shaolin sect, it includes the southern and northern Shaolin, the three masters, and the four sects.Among them, Tan Tzu and Tongbei Quan belong to Northern Shaolin, while Hongjiaquan and Caijiaquan belong to Southern Shaolin.

Another example is under the Wudang School, whether it is Xingyiquan, Taijiquan, or Baguazhang, they all belong to the Wudang school.

Of course, there are still many boxing techniques created by strange people, forming a family of their own, and it is impossible to list them all.

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Early the next morning, Li Yizhi went out.

In the yard, Yoshiko Sawada was washing clothes by the well.

She looked at Li Yizhi, with a smile on her face, and said, "Brother Yizhi, good morning."

"Morning, Yoshiko!"

Li Yizhi stepped forward, took out the portrait that he had filled in with colored pencils last night, and said, "Fangzi, this is a painting I gave you, I hope you like it."

Yoshiko Sawada looked at her hand-painted portrait, her eyes lit up instantly.

She stood up in surprise, quickly dried her hands on her body, took the drawing paper, and her eyes began to blur.

"The painting is so beautiful, am I really so beautiful?"

Yoshiko Sawada blushed, she secretly raised her head to look at Li Yizhi, but she quickly hid her eyes away, her heart pounding like a deer.

Li Yizhi didn't notice the change in the girl's mind, after all, in his eyes, the 14-year-old Yoshiko Sawada was just a little girl.

"Nature is so beautiful. When Fangzi grows up, she will be even more beautiful."

To be honest, although Mitsuko Yamada is beautiful, when Yoshiko Sawada grows up, I am afraid she will be really inferior.

Li Yizhi smiled slightly, waved his hands and said, "Okay, Fangzi, I'm going to school, goodbye."

"Goodbye, Brother Yi!"

Yoshiko Sawada watched Li Yizhi go away, and then looked at the portrait in a daze.

Suddenly she thought of something, quickly and carefully rolled up the drawing paper, then ran to her room and hid the drawing.

The landlady's wife shouted loudly from outside the house: "Fangzi, where did you go, you dead girl, and you can't wash your clothes."

"Oh. Mom, I'm in the room. I'll be out right now."

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Kyoto University.

Chen Zhen and Mitsuko Yamada were very curious when they saw Li Yizhi's drawing paper and drawing board.

Li Yizhi smiled, and said calmly: "I'm short of money recently, so I'm thinking of painting portraits for people, hoping to make some money."

Mitsuko Yamada praised in surprise: "I didn't expect you to be good at painting. After school, you must draw one for me."

"Yizhi, since you have the confidence to make money by painting for others, the level of painting must not be low. I also want to look up at that time." Chen Zhen also nodded and said:

Li Yizhi shook his head and said: "It's over, and I'm forced to do nothing. Now that the current situation is turbulent, it's really hard to find a job outside. Photon, I'll draw you for free after school, which is also an advertisement for me! "

"Okay, I know a lot of classmates." Mitsuko Yamada readily agreed.

The three of them chatted for a while, and the class bell rang.

There are a lot of classes today, and school is not over until 03:30 in the afternoon.

After school, Li Yizhi walked towards the playground with his schoolbag and drawing board and drawing paper, followed by Chen Zhen and Mitsuko Yamada.

Infiltrated by Mao Zedong Thought, martial arts practice is very prevalent in Kyoto University.

Many people were running, practicing martial arts, or even sparring on the playground, shouting loudly.

Finding a relatively quiet place, Li Yizhi took the drawing board and began to draw.

Mitsuko Yamada was sitting on the opposite stone. She looked at Chen Zhen behind Li Yizhi with a sweet smile on her face.

rustle!

The pencil is on the drawing paper, rubbing quickly.

Li Yizhi moved his brush like a god. In less than 10 minutes, Mitsuko Yamada's overall sketch appeared on the drawing paper, which made Chen Zhen standing behind him amazed.

Afterwards, Li Yizhi began to use colored pencils to complement the sketch.

As time passed, a lot of people, both men and women, gathered behind him, forming a large circle.

These are all students of Kyoto University. They couldn't help but marvel at the more and more realistic portraits. This is simply a magical skill.

After more than 20 minutes, the hand-painted portrait was finally completed.

"Oh my God, this person is too powerful. This portrait is exactly the same as the real person, and the photos are nothing more than that."

"It's amazing, it's really amazing, if only he could help me draw a picture."

"This is definitely a master-level painting skill. I am afraid that the whole world can do this, and it can be counted on one hand."

Hearing the amazement of the people around, Mitsuko Yamada ran over impatiently. She looked at herself on the drawing paper, and she was stunned, covering her mouth with her little hand.

I saw myself in the painting, sitting on a stone, with eyes full of autumn waves, and a faint smile on the corner of my mouth, as if there was laughter, as if it was about to be uploaded from the drawing paper, full of charm, this is far from what the photos can compare of.

She had guessed that Li Yizhi's painting level should be very high, but she didn't expect it to reach such a level.

Coming from a family, she is also good at painting, so she knows that the level of this painting skill is a master-level painting skill.

Li Yizhi took the drawing paper off the drawing board, handed it to Mitsuko Yamada, and said, "Photon, here it is for you."

"Thank you Yizhi, your drawing skills are really great." Mitsuko Yamada took the drawing paper and said excitedly.

Li Yizhi smiled slightly, looked up at the people around him, and said loudly: "Everyone, do you want a portrait, five yen a piece."

Don't think that five yen is very cheap. In fact, the yen in this era is still very strong.

According to the current exchange rate, two yen can be exchanged for three silver dollars.

And three silver dollars is almost a month's salary for an ordinary worker in a domestic factory.

After such an exchange, you can know that the price is five yen, which is actually not low.

"It's only five yen, I'll do it."

"I want one too, I'll come first."

"Here, here's five yen, I'll go first."

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Among the surrounding students, there are quite a few from wealthy families.

It's really worth it to get such a master-level painting for only five yen, so they scrambled for it.

Facing the chaotic situation, Chen Zhen quickly stood up to maintain order, while Mitsuko Yamada was responsible for collecting money and asked everyone to line up and come one by one.

Looking at the Japanese Yen on the bus in Mitsuko Yamada's hand, Li Yizhi was full of energy and immersed himself in painting.

It's just that he didn't see the two young students outside the crowd. They looked at each other with a greedy and sneer flashing in their eyes, and then they turned and left quickly.

(End of this chapter)