Return To 1977 Chapter 728: Open your eyes
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In fact, it is not difficult to achieve this goal.
Don’t forget, Hong Yanwu has been working in the arts and crafts market for so long, and has been working as an internal agent in many arts and crafts stores, and has made many friends.
These people are short-tongued when it comes to eating people and short-handed when taking others. They are willing to give him advice after receiving small favors from him, so that he can easily understand the inside story.
Since the water was deep here, he felt that the items in the store were not worth it, so he remembered buying furniture from the "Beijing Hardwood Furniture Factory".
He asked these people again, "Can I go directly to the factory to buy jade? Can they sell it to me? Do you have any acquaintances in the jade factory or jewelry factory?"
Originally Hong Yanwu wanted to find a way through these people.
Because according to the prevailing regulations, all industries adopt the method of "supply of raw materials, processing and ordering, technical guidance, acquisition and underwriting" for manufacturing enterprises, and manufacturers are not allowed to sell products on their own.
The private sale of furniture by "Jingcheng Hardwood Furniture Factory" is an illegal operation.
If we really find out, not only the factory leaders, but also Wang Hanping will be implicated.
This is why he asked the "little daughter-in-law" couple to pretend to be Hong Kong businessmen.
But he really didn't expect that when it came to jade, the reality was much better than he expected, and he could actually buy it openly.
Since the reform and opening up, the relevant departments in Beijing have gradually increased the number of handicraft companies that foreign guests are allowed to visit to eleven.
It’s just that after foreigners visit, they buy the products they like when they see them on site. This creates a huge conflict with our supply and marketing system.
For example, when Churchill Jr., the grandson of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, visited an arts and crafts factory in Beijing, he was extremely fond of a new cloisonné product, a large bottle, and immediately asked the people accompanying him to buy the large bottle.
But due to policy restrictions, the factory said it could not sell it and declined repeatedly.
It just so happens that little Churchill still has a bit of a "shaft". People just don't understand it and they just have to buy it.
With no choice, the factory had no choice but to call the superior company for instructions, and then the superior company asked its superiors for instructions.
On this day, little Churchill waited from 1 p.m. to around 4 p.m. When the factory was about to get off work, he finally got a reply that he could buy this product.
As for the problem of the one-meter-tall cloisonné bottle being unpackaged, the factory cannot solve it. Then we can only rely on little Churchill to carry it away on his shoulders.
Needless to ask, at that time, this kind of thing was definitely not an isolated case.
As more and more of these "gangsters" come from overseas, the resulting disputes and troubles are increasing.
In the end, the superiors had no choice but to give special approval to these eleven factories and allow them to sell their own products.
Although in order to comply with the procedures, it is not possible to go directly to the manufacturer's account.
Any product sold to foreign guests must also issue a commercial invoice, and then complete the intermediate purchase and sale procedures, which is regarded as commercial delivery from the factory.
But this means that manufacturers have a certain degree of independent pricing power, and they are no longer completely bullied by the commercial sector like in the past.
So in fact, Hong Yanwu didn't need to ask anyone. He just took the money and went to these 11 special arts factories to buy it.
The only thing to note is that you must trade with foreign exchange certificates.
That said, given the characteristics of our human society, having human feelings and not having human feelings are completely different things. Hong Yanwu, who is extremely shrewd, will not ignore this.
What I didn’t expect was that God would give me a pillow if I wanted to sleep.
When he inquired about the situation of these eleven factories, he discovered that the two largest jade factories in Beijing were located at No. 11 Guangming Road, north of Longtan Lake, Chongwen District, and the other at No. 1 Yushuguan, Beili, Chegongzhuang, Xicheng District.
Hey, one is under Xu Bingquan's rule, and the other is under Song Guofu's sphere of influence.
This is so beneficial, wouldn’t it be easy to handle?
In this way, he begged Xu Chongya and took Song Guofu with them to accompany him on the road.
Not to mention, it is different to have the favor of the district chief and section chief as a stepping stone.
For the Jingcheng Jade Factory in Chongwen and the No. 3 Jade Factory in Xicheng District, one was received by the deputy director in charge of business, and the other was accompanied by the business section chief in charge of sales.
Everyone takes it seriously and is very enthusiastic.
When I heard that they were coming, they wanted to buy some good things. They were all promised on the spot, and he took the initiative to say that he would give them the lowest price, and then personally took them to the finished product exhibition room.
As a result, this visit was an eye-opener for Hong Yanwu and others.
Because to be honest, there are so many good things in the two jade factories that even a store can't compare to them.
This issue is mainly determined by the commercial sector's capital costs and procurement targets.
After all, if the commercial department comes to acquire it, it must have a certain amount of funds, and it is impossible to want everything.
As for the purpose of purchasing, it is to sell to earn foreign exchange.
If you take into account the price and the inconvenience of foreigners carrying them when traveling, then of course it is easy to sell small items, but difficult to sell large ones.
This leads to the fact that most of the products taken away by commercial outlets are small products.
In addition, these collected items will be distributed to jade sets in many stores, and new products will be collected only after they are sold.
So there is no possibility for the factory to set aside several large warehouses to display all the fine products accumulated over the years together.
On the other hand, as manufacturers, in addition to expecting the state to purchase their large and high-quality products, put them on display in places like the "Great Hall", "Diaoyutai", and museums, or give them away as national gifts, it seems that There is no other place to go.
Even after participating in ministry and city exhibitions, many award-winning works had to be sent back to the original factory.
From the founding of the People's Republic of China to the present day, there are still masterpieces that have survived almost every year, which is naturally astonishing.
This is also the reason why jade factory employees have always been underpaid.
Think about it, the profits are not high in the first place, the profits turned over are high but the profits are little retained, and then the limited funds are spent on the creation of large-scale works. How can there be money to subsidize the employees?
This is called a vicious cycle.
The real good times for the two jade factories were in the past two years when the ban on receiving foreign guests was lifted and they were allowed to sell their own products.
Because these days foreigners are also stupid and have too much money, and their mentality is actually similar to our overseas tour groups today.
When you come here to visit, you will be visually shocked. There is no need to fool you, and you will often spontaneously "buy".
As a result, the factory suddenly became rich and the employees were much better off.
Of course, the good things in the factory are not only "plentiful" in quantity, but the artistic level of these things is also very high, as well as "exquisite" and "beautiful".
You must know that the jade factory not only has the master craftsmen who play the leading role today, but also sends out outstanding works for awards every year, and there are also many rare treasures preserved by famous artists.
For example, before liberation, there was a jingle circulated among artists in the jade industry in Beijing.
"Beggars, Pan Bingheng, Xiaojiao, Liu Deying, Xiao Zhuge, Wang Datou, Xia Sanlan, it's He Rong."
This is not a curse word, but refers to the "Four Big Monsters of Northern Jade" in the jade shop in Beijing. Each jingle mentions its own outstanding characteristics.
These four people were later absorbed into the Jade Factory in Beijing, and each of them had excellent works preserved.
Like Pan Bingheng, the leader of the "Four Great Eccentrics", he is devoted to carving jade and lives a slovenly life.
In his later years, he was nicknamed "Jade Taoist", which shows his obsession.
His main technological achievement is the invention of the method of extracting materials from nests.
In 1937, the lost technique of pressing gold and silver wire on jade and inlaying treasures was revived during the Qianlong Dynasty. This technique was later called the "gold inlaid jade" technique.
Today, some of his works that can still be seen in the factory include "Waiting for the Moon in the West Chamber" of jasper, "Er Qiao Makeup" of turquoise, etc.
They are all works that combine various precious materials such as gemstones, ivory, and coral. Their beauty, ingenuity, and magnificence are far beyond what people can imagine today.
In particular, the coral "Six-Armed Buddha Locked Dragon" is Pan Bingheng's pinnacle work.
His artistic level far exceeds the "Coral and Jade Playing Parrot" and "Pretty Agate Clam Buddha" which have been collected by the Louvre Museum in Paris, France and the Blog Gallery in Philadelphia, the United States. These are also masterpieces by his hand.
As for Liu Deying, he is praised in the industry as the master of three-dimensional flowers.
His flower works combine three-dimensional round carving, deep and shallow relief carving and hollow carving in terms of craftsmanship, and are known as "Kung Fu is reflected in craftsmanship".
You must know that most of the flower works on jadeware from the capital during the Ming and Qing dynasties were plane reliefs. Single-piece products that combined round carvings and hollows were extremely rare, and even if they were, they were only shallow reliefs.
But Liu Deying was able to start an innovative path by improving tools and craftsmanship skills.
He is best at making coral flowers, using the shape of multiple branches. In terms of production techniques, he often uses diamond thallium or small hooks to connect the branches and stems with the turning and folding of the flowers. Make the three layers of flowers, leaves and stems coherent.
Although due to the limitations of the tools, it can only do one side of the dense flowers and leaves (i.e. the front).
However, due to the proper arrangement of the composition and the orderly and varied folding and folding of flowers, leaves, and stems, the work can ultimately achieve a three-sided viewing effect.
Not many of his works have been preserved in the Jade Factory in Beijing. The only one he created was "Hundred Birds Paying Attention to the Phoenix", which was conceived and created using a piece of coral material with a thick main branch and not many branches.
On one side of the bottle is a peony in full bloom, and on the other side is a sycamore with tall branches and tall leaves, connected to the branches and leaves on the bottle cap and leading directly to the top of the bottle.
Beside the parasol tree stands an auspicious phoenix, lowering its head to peer at the rich peonies.
On the branches of the sycamore trees, the birds are in pairs, spreading their wings and ready to leap, like a new autumn scene.
This thing is extremely eye-catching among the many fine products.
Because it is so vivid and vivid, all the details and forms are perfect expressions that people cannot imagine.
No matter how artistic you are, you still have to look at it for a while before you can take your eyes away.
Let’s talk about the third Wang Shusen. He is famous for his “flower pieces” and “weird” sculptures.
Such as Bodhidharma, Jigong, Zhong Kui, Qu Yuan, Li Bai, etc.
The so-called "strange" is the expression of Wang Shusen's creative thought of "the best quality must be the best".
His "strangeness" lies in being unconventional and having its own form of expression.
His works that can be seen in the factory include "Qu Zi Xing Yin" on agate, "Guanyin Crossing the Sea" on coral, "Han Xiangzi" on turquoise, etc.
In addition, Wang Shusen also has a unique agate "pretty" technique.
The agate "Five Geese" he created is an "unprecedented and unprecedented" beautiful classic made from a piece of reddish white agate. It has fourteen beautiful spots that are very rare.
The five geese all have red crowns, white feathers and black pupils. Their shapes are lifelike, lifelike and rich in meaning. It's like "a living goose".
Undoubtedly, this is an "orphan piece" that will last forever, and its value is immeasurable. It is a metaphor for the peaceful and prosperous age of "plentiful food and clothing".
As for his representative works of "flower pieces", Gao Cui's "Dragon and Phoenix Presenting Auspiciousness" and "Tiannu Scattering Flowers" which were just completed by the Jade Factory in Beijing still exist.
The materials of these two works are of rare "beautiful jade and high quality". It is comparable to the "Immortals Congratulating Birthdays" he produced as a National Day gift in 1979.
You know, that work was awarded the title of national treasure and is permanently collected.
As for the last one, He Rong, he has specialized in round figures since childhood. Mainly works on Buddhist statues, but also dabbles in utensils, birds and animals.
His coral "Flying Buddha" works, white jade "Flying Sky" and "Imitation Tang Buddha" are all preserved in the Jade Factory in Beijing. They are all Buddha statues with a certain realm.
And his ladies emphasize the noble and graceful temperament. The six-centimeter coral work "Thirteen Sisters" is an example of masterpieces made from small materials, achieving the ultimate effect of applying techniques according to materials.
As for Xicheng Jade Factory No. 3, they also have many masterpieces of their own in their inventory.
For example, Zhang Yunhe, the "bird Zhang" who specializes in birds, Wang Zhongyuan, who is famous for carving jade flowers, and Dong Fengming, who can make a vessel carved from a whole piece of jade float on the water, which is known as "floating on water."
All in all, these fine products can only be described by "Oriental treasures".
Those are creations of the highest level, and they are sacred objects for people in the industry to worship. There is no possibility that they will be surpassed by future generations.
For no other reason than because there are so many distractions in modern society, no one can spend their whole life pursuing art so intently, meticulously and without any distractions.
So the so-called "masters" in the future are just scum when compared with these people.
Even a master like Hong Yanwu, who has seen a lot of the world, feels relaxed and happy and excited about these masterpieces that are beyond human imagination.
In fact, the key is that these things are unique national treasures that he has never seen before, and many of the skills will never be available again!
And these are only a small part of the inventory of the two jade factories. More are those award-winning works that participated in the selection.
For example, the beautiful agate "Hehe Fushou" from the Jade Factory in Beijing, the coral "Lotus Lamp", the coral "Rebound Pipa Music Lotte", the blue and white jade "Fanzuo Furnace", the coral "Flower Vase", the beautiful jadeite "Autumn Scenery" "Vase", agate "joy", Xiu jade "crane", "Phoenix peony", agate "dragon and phoenix wishful thinking", ordinary "eternal bottle", jade "five blessings together", lapis lazuli animal "everything" "Update", jade flower vase "Pastoral Sound and Color", agate pretty color "Amitayus Buddha", agate flower "Plum Blossoms, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum", agate pretty color "Mirage" and so on.
Jasper "Pheasant", "Lotus Kingfisher", Xiuyu "Yellow Chicken", "Peacock", "Danfeng Chaoyang", Jadeite "Songhe", "Egret Lying on Lotus", "Sanqiu" from Jade Factory No.3 Bottle", agate "Dragon Plate", "Shrimp Plate", "Crab Plate" and so on... countless.
These are still rare and extraordinary treasures. Any one of them can be displayed in a world-class museum.
So this is Hong Yanwu catching up a bit. Only then did he take advantage of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Don’t forget, the foreigners who come to visit basically buy small items, and almost all the large items are left untouched in the factory.
In the original history, except for a small part of these things, they were later sent to overseas auctions and were snapped up by foreigners.
Others were ultimately shelved for decades and finally admitted to the National Museum.
As for these working people, the last batch of truly capable craftsmen will soon reach retirement age. Such high-level creations will soon no longer be available.
So this is truly the last train. Unique acquisition opportunity.
In such a huge treasure house, one item you buy can be worth ten or hundreds of items outside. Isn’t this the same as picking up money?
No nonsense! purchase!