God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 286 Open-minded
The origin of the term "running fee" comes from the story of Sui Wen Emperor Yang Jian and his classmate Zheng Yi during the Sui Dynasty.

Zheng Yi was Yang Jian's classmate and played a big role in Yang Jian's proclaiming himself emperor, but he was demoted by Yang Jian because of corruption and perverting the law, and was later recalled to Kyoto by Yang Jian to recuperate, and directly announced the restoration of Pei Guogong's status at the reception banquet With the title and official position in Shangzhu Kingdom, Li Delin was ordered to draft the imperial edict. At this time, Gao Ying, who was accompanying the wine, joked to Zheng Yi: "The pen is dry," meaning that the ink is not enough, so I am playing with Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi laughed and said, "I was the governor when I left, but when I came back, I was on crutches and I didn't have any money. What can I give you to retouch your pen?" Yang Jian laughed heartily with one sentence.

Since then, people have called the tips given when asking people to write something to be the brush fee. However, with the development of calligraphy and painting culture, it gradually evolved into the remuneration received by calligraphers and painters for selling calligraphy and paintings. In the Qing Dynasty, Dai Yi clearly marked the price of the brush fee. Selling characters on the gate is the same as selling vegetables, so many people imitated it, and even produced a term, which is "bibang", which is similar to a menu.

But if you want to say that the most influential person in the "pen list" is none other than Zheng Banqiao, a generation of geeks. This man linked the size of calligraphy and painting with the price, and said that "giving cash will bring joy to the heart, and both calligraphy and painting are good."

With Zheng Banqiao as a geek, people are used to this practice. Since then, the custom of calligraphy and painting has gradually spread and been accepted by the public, so that calligraphy works can be freely circulated in the market like other commodities.

However, this kind of behavior of clearly marking the price of art as a commodity is not on the table after all. After all, calligraphy and painting have always been the representative of elegant taste. The price of the work is clearly marked.

But calligraphers and painters also have to eat, so what should we do?Give me a pen fee.

Listen, how elegant is the refill fee.So now people use this term when they talk about remuneration with calligraphers and painters.

Of course, now is a market economy, most of the new generation of calligraphers and painters sign contracts with art companies like actors, and have their own brokers and studios. , Guaranteed buyout and other methods fell into the hands of calligraphers and painters, and each of them made a lot of money.

Of course Xu Jingxing would not despise this kind of behavior, because he relied on it for a living.And speaking of it, he is just a craftsman, and he doesn't have anything to do with the so-called "elegant people", so he never thinks it's wrong to sell his works with a clear price, anyway, his works are all made by himself , No OEM or perfunctory, no matter the price is high or low, he is open-minded.

Thinking of this, he asked directly with a smile: "What size of work does Qian always plan to paint? What kind of subject matter do you want? How much do you plan to pay for the finishing touch?"

When Qian Dong heard his words, not only was he not annoyed, but he clapped his hands excitedly, "Little Master Xu is really cool, you come with me." After that, he dragged Xu Jingxing straight to the reception hall. The reception hall has also been decorated, the counter, Coffee tables, sofas, stools, etc. should be there, but the wall facing the door is still empty.

"Master Xu, look, it's here, ahem, according to my opinion, the content of the painting should be based on the scenic spot as the prototype, and you can figure out the rest, as long as it can be combined with the decoration of this hall. As for Pen fee, this, Master Xu, tell me the number."

Xu Jingxing pondered for a moment, and made a gesture, "One hundred thousand, pay half of the deposit first, and draw it for you within two days."

"Really so fast?" Qian Dong asked in surprise.

"Hehe, my work is known for its high efficiency. Otherwise, how did you build this resort in three months? How could it be possible for someone else to complete such a huge project in four or five months?" Xu Jingxing was a little bit nervous at this time They are not humble, not because he wants to be so arrogant, but because he has to do so, to give Qian Dong a little confidence, if he doesn't even have this bit of arrogance, why should he pay such a high retouching fee?
If he kept being modest and low-key again and again, it would make people see it clearly, and even make Qian Dong feel that the 10 yuan retouching fee was not worth it.

On the contrary, his boasting like this will strengthen Qian Dong's confidence in him. After all, the exquisite wooden arched bridge and wooden tower group are on the opposite reservoir, which is an iron fact.With evidence to prove it, coupled with his firm and confident attitude, it will naturally make Qian Dong feel worthy of entrustment.

Sure enough, Qian Dong didn't hesitate at all, and directly transferred 5 yuan to Xu Jingxing's account, "Master Xu, do you want me to help you find a calligraphy and painting studio?"

"Thank you, Mr. Qian, but I don't have high requirements for the environment, and I can finish it in the hotel." Xu Jingxing shook his head and said goodbye, "Then Mr. Qian, I'll go back to the hotel and let you know after the painting is done."

"Okay, okay," Qian Dong rubbed his hands happily, thinking that it was such a bargain to buy Xu Jingxing's painting for 10 yuan.Of course, for painting and calligraphy, one is willing to suffer and the other is willing to fight, so the buyer and the seller really can't talk about taking advantage of it and losing it.

Xu Jingxing brought An Xin and Cheng Lin back to the hotel, and after a simple meal, he spread out the rice paper to prepare for painting. An Xin and Cheng Lin were not idle either. like.

As soon as he started to write, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the paper and ink, even turned off his mobile phone, and ordered takeaways for meals at Anxin, and even Ding Shuhuai didn't care about entertaining, but let Cheng Lin deal with it .

Even when the final dividend arrived, he wasn't distracted.

A day and a half later, he wrote an inscription on the left side of the painting, and stamped it with the four-character regular script white seal he had just carved.

Looking at this huge picture scroll with a length of 1.4 meters and a width of [-] meters, he let out a long breath, and smiled at Cheng Lin who was beside him: "It's really not easy to make money these days, I'm exhausted." gone."

Cheng Lin curled her lips, "It's cheap and good-looking. In less than two days, 10 yuan has been credited to the account. I don't know how many people are envious. If you paint ten or eight paintings a month, it will become tens of millions in a few years." rich man."

"Come on, Sister Lin, do ten or eight paintings a month? You want to exhaust me to death, no, this job is too energy-intensive, and I will never paint such a large-scale painting in the future. It's terrible," Xu Jingxing shook his head. It's not that he's exaggerating, it's just that he's really tired and he's in good health. After all, his physical fitness far exceeds that of ordinary people, and it's the spirit that's tired.

Although he didn't stay up all night to paint this huge large-scale picture scroll, in order to ensure that every detail of the picture scroll was consistent with each other, he was highly focused, and he hardly took a break from the beginning to the end. It's no wonder he wasn't tired.

(End of this chapter)