Antique Dealer

Chapter 118
Of course, Fang Hao also admitted that there are indeed some tragic painters, such as this grassroots painter named Cai Gui. His current painting skills may be due to his outstanding talent, and also have a lot to do with his experience.

Ouyang Qing put away the scroll and said with a smile, "Mr. Fang, can you accept this painting?"

Speaking of this, seeing that Fang Hao wanted to decline, he quickly replied: "Don't get me wrong, this is not me borrowing flowers to present Buddha. He gave me another work at the beginning. This work is actually what he wanted to borrow from me. Then give it to someone who is destined. He told me that if someone can accurately say that he is a monk, he can give this painting to him, and all my friends know about it.”

Liu Ze and the others nodded in agreement.

Fang Hao thought about it, and asked, "Did he ask for anything?"

Often in this case, the giver must have other requirements, as the saying goes, there is no love for no reason.

Ouyang Qing said: "I don't have any other requirements. I just said that if it is convenient for the recipient, go to the temple where he became a monk to meet him. If you don't want to go, it doesn't matter if you don't go."

Since Cai Gui made a request, if Fang Hao chooses to accept this painting, he will definitely agree to it, otherwise he will not be able to feel at ease.

However, he was also very curious about Cai Gui, and wanted to get to know him when he had the chance, so he agreed.

Ouyang Qing was very happy. After giving the painting to Fang Hao, he told Fang Hao that Cai Gui is now a monk in a small temple called Heilong Temple in Xingzhou.

It should be said that there are not many Bailong temples in all parts of the country, and there are only a handful of black dragon temples. Moreover, the temple where Cai Gui became a monk did not even have a map for navigation. You will know as soon as you inquire.

Recently, Fang Hao's schedule is very full. He probably has to wait for Xijing to come back before going to see Cai Gui.

Ouyang Qing looked at the time, it was time for dinner, and he wanted to invite everyone to dinner, so the group went to a small Lu cuisine restaurant nearby.

Since it is a small restaurant, the area is naturally small. The business here is good, and it was a temporary idea. Naturally, there are no private rooms. Fortunately, Ouyang Qing is a frequent visitor here, so he arranged a table in a relatively quiet place.

After ordering, Ouyang Qing introduced to Fang Hao that this restaurant has been around for some years, and the chefs are all family members. It is said that the grandfather of the current boss used to be a chef in Dongxing Building, the first of the "Big Eight" Shandong cuisine restaurants. .Due to the death of the old boss, after the young boss came to power, he did not behave properly, so he resigned and opened a small restaurant by himself.

For various reasons, the restaurant reopened in the 90s of the last century. At that time, the owner's father took over, and then changed a few shops. It has been here for nearly ten years.

Ouyang Qing's evaluation of this small restaurant is that the taste is good, the quantity is sufficient, and the price is affordable. When the dishes are served, the quantity is indeed very large. After tasting, Fang Hao is full of praise. Xuan came here to try.

Everyone chatted while eating, Fang Hao took the opportunity to ask the doubts in his heart, why did Ouyang Qing open the gallery here?
Ouyang Qing swallowed the dry fried tenderloin in his mouth: "Do you think my gallery is relatively deserted?"

As I said before, there are quite a lot of people on this street, but there are not many customers in the gallery. From the moment Fang Hao entered, until they went out for dinner, only a couple came in at the end, and they just went out after walking around .

Ouyang Qing smiled: "I was also very surprised at the beginning. There are obviously a lot of people, but why are there not many customers? Later, I realized that it was because the target crowd on this street was small. I also thought about it at the beginning. Don't change the place. Later, when I thought about opening a gallery, I didn't rely on the gallery to make money, so I gave up the idea.

Speaking of it, I am a person who likes Chinese painting and calligraphy, and I have some ideals. I also regard the gallery as a platform to make friends, and I have some spare money, so I opened this gallery.After so many years, thanks to the support of friends, the gallery was able to continue.

I also discovered that after so many years of opening a gallery, my heart became calm, and I lost my previous impetuousness, so I said to myself, let’s just open a gallery for the rest of my life, don’t compete with others, compare with others, just do it A thing I like. "

Liu Ze said with a smile: "You are also playing the wrong game. According to my observation, if you just want to open a gallery to make money, it is absolutely wrong. There is no certain ideal, no certain ambition, and you can't calm down. If you can’t open a gallery, you will be very impetuous and always care about performance, but you will not be able to open it.”

Fang Hao has no right to speak about this, but considering the current business environment of the gallery, he can't calm down, and probably closes down not far away.

Speaking of opening a gallery, Ouyang Qing began to reminisce about the ups and downs he had encountered over the years. One of the experiences Fang Hao lacked was very helpful for him to open an antique shop.

Satisfied with food and drink, Ouyang Qing was about to get up to pay the bill. At this moment, he saw a fat middle-aged man coming in from the door. He looked at them, and when he saw Ouyang Qing, he left with a face full of surprise. Come over: "Hey, isn't this Teacher Ouyang? I didn't expect to meet you here!"

Ouyang Qing felt a little tired when he saw this person, but he just stretched out his hand not to slap the smiling person, so he couldn't show it, so he nodded slightly and said: "We have finished eating, you can eat slowly."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "I'm here to find someone."

"Then I'll delay your search for someone." Ouyang Qing stood up from the seat and was about to pay the bill.

The middle-aged man quickly said: "Mr. Ouyang, I would like to trouble you, can you help me with a friend's work and write a question?"

The inscriptions and postscripts of calligraphy and painting occupy a very important position in the art of Chinese painting, and are an integral part of the composition of Chinese painting.Generally speaking, the inscriptions before and after calligraphy, paintings, rubbings, etc., can be called inscriptions and postscripts.The text written in front of calligraphy, painting or rubbings is called "title", and the text written after is called "postscript".

The inscriptions and postscripts made by calligraphers are nothing more than seven categories: postscripts of poems, postscripts of books, postscripts of books (postscripts of calligraphy works), postscripts of inscriptions, postscripts of seals, postscripts of paintings and miscellaneous postscripts.Among them, the poem on the top is the title, and the text on the bottom is the postscript.

Hearing this, Ouyang Qing remembered that this guy took a rubbing book and asked him to write the postscript. The pattern of the rubbing book was blurred and the font was distorted. coaxed out.

It's just that this guy's skin is thicker than the city wall, he didn't take this matter seriously at all, so he did what he should do, just like brown sugar, let Ouyang Qing regard him as a bastard, and avoid him whenever he sees him.

Ouyang Qing knew that he couldn't give him a good face at this time, and said bluntly: "You should hire someone else!"

(End of this chapter)