novellhall Chapter 291
Chapter 291
Chapter 291
Back in China, Zhang Junping was immediately surrounded by various praises.
Compared with the wanton exaggeration of the Xiangjiang media, the domestic media is much more subtle, but even more domineering.
All-round publicity on TV, radio, newspapers and magazines.
For a while, Zhang Junping became the hottest young artist in China. Both adults and children knew that there was a young artist named Zhang Junping who won glory for the country in Xiangjiang and made overseas Chinese see the charm of Chinese art.
Before Zhang Junping came back, a Zhang Junping personal art exhibition had already been organized in China.
This is also the state's compensation to Zhang Junping, a compensation that will not be made public.
After all, Zhang Junping's introduction of Toyota and Honda Motor Company and his donation of shares to the country for free are not easy to publicize.
Zhang Junping didn't want to be too high-profile, so at the beginning, Zhang Junping raised it, hoping that the state could keep it secret.
This also catered to the wishes of some department leaders, so everyone tacitly handled Zhang Junping's introduction of the car company in a low-key manner.
The state publicized the introduction of Toyota and Honda to build a joint venture factory, but it didn't mention Zhang Junping's matter.
After three days of busy work, Zhang Junping finally escaped from various presentations and entertainments.
In the hutong courtyard of Dongmi City, the old lady was lying on the rocking chair that Zhang Junping made for her, swaying leisurely, holding a cattail fan in her hand to gently pat the mosquitoes, smiling at Zhang Junping who was sitting beside her. Junping asked, "How do you feel?"
"Oh! Just one word, tired!" Zhang Junping sighed and smiled wryly.
"Hehe, it's good that you feel tired, it means that you are not fascinated by the word fame and fortune." The old lady smiled gratifiedly after hearing this.
"Fame and fortune are really tiring! However, one cannot live without these two words in this world.
Unless you are a hermit in the mountains, how can the world get rid of the word fame and fortune?
Everything I do in Xiangjiang is inseparable from fame and fortune.
However, I am like Ye Gong in the book, who loves dragons but is afraid of dragons.
I don't know whether to say that I am a hypocrite or a living contradiction. Zhang Junping grinned and expressed his inner feelings.
"You are real, whether you are hypocritical or contradictory, this is life.
Come on, tell me carefully what earth-shattering events you have done in Xiangjiang. "Facing Zhang Junping's psychological self-analysis, the old lady just smiled kindly and asked instead.
In the past few days, Zhang Junping has been busy with various entertainments every day, so he really didn't have time to sit down and report Xiangjiang's experience to the old lady.
"I..." Zhang Junping told the old lady one by one what he had done in Xiangjiang.
"Are you speculating in foreign exchange with the money I gave you? You are quite courageous." The old lady was startled by Zhang Junping's bold decision, and couldn't help interrupting Zhang Junping to ask.
"I feel that the country will not allow Hong Kong's exchange rate to keep falling, and will definitely find a way to solve it, so I..." Zhang Junping naturally would not say that he remembered the sharp drop in the Hong Kong dollar in his last life, and then Hong Kong implemented a fixed exchange rate against the US dollar. The exchange rate can only be explained in this way.
"Well, you think well, you are the one who speaks boldly and carefully!"
Zhang Junping continued to talk about his experience in Xiangjiang. When Zhang Junping finished speaking, the old lady fell into deep thought and muttered to herself for a long time: "Jiangmen, Jiangmen..."
Then he got up and walked into the house. After a while, the old lady came out again and handed Zhang Junping a sign.
Zhang Junping took it over and saw that it was a jade plaque carved from Hetian blue and white jade.
The jade quality is delicate, the patina is thick, and the slightly yellowed stone skin makes the characters carved on the jade plaque more vivid, just like real people.
The jade tablet is not big, six centimeters long and four centimeters wide, but there are five groups of bas-relief patterns and five seal characters of gold, wood, water, fire and earth arranged on it.
The figure group picture on the jade card has smooth lines, just like half of the outline drawn by a famous calligrapher and painter, round and flawless.
"Zigang card?" Zhang Junping turned over the jade card secretly guessing, his eyes widened all of a sudden.
On the other side, there are two large characters engraved: Jiangmen.
Under the two embossed large characters, there is another small character, earth.
"This..." Zhang Junping looked at the old lady in surprise.
"Hehe, maybe this is fate!" the old lady chuckled.
"I believe you can also see that this is a real Zigang card."
"Grandma Liu, this craftsman..."
"Jiangmen is a sect formed by a group of craftsmen. It is said that a sect is actually the product of a group of craftsmen reporting to the group for warmth.
Jiangmen was founded by five top craftsmen at the time during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. One of the founders was Lu Zigang, a generation of jade carving masters.
The Carpenter's Gate is different from other Jianghu sects. The Carpenter's Gate has no master. As for the five elders of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, they are in charge. "
Zhang Junping was still in a daze. What the old lady said seemed to be a story from an online novel.
"Jiangmen is a very loose organization, and there are no restrictions on the artisans under the door. It can almost be said that they can come and go freely."
"Grandma Liu, what about this shop now?"
"It was disbanded a long time ago. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, animals were not allowed to become spirits, so the Jiangmen naturally disappeared. Only some old craftsmen may still remember that there is such an organization as the Jiangmen."
"What the hell is that craftsman's door for?"
"Jiangmen is similar in nature to your charitable foundation. It is an organization for craftsmen to discuss and exchange skills and inherit skills. It also aims to help those craftsmen who are old, frail, unable to work, and have no savings..."
After listening to the old lady's explanation, Zhang Junping basically understood that this artisanship is similar to the current Arts and Crafts Association, Calligraphers Association, and Painters Association.
"This piece is the token of the Jiangmen Tuzitang..." the old lady continued.
"Earth character hall? Then there are fire character halls, water character halls, gold character halls, and wooden character halls?"
"Yes, back then Lu Zigang used a whole piece of Hetian green white jade to carve five jade plaques, which were five tokens of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, each of which was in the hands of five master craftsmen at that time, as status symbols."
"Grandma Liu, so you are the elder of this generation's Tuzitang?"
"Didn't I just say that? The Carpenter Sect has already been disbanded, so what elders are there?" The old lady smiled and shook her head.
There was a sense of bleakness and sadness in the smile.
"Grandma Liu, I will definitely do a good job with the Jiangmen Mutual Aid Charity Foundation and let it resound throughout the world.
Let people all over the world know that there is a craftsman in China! "Zhang Junping solemnly promised.
"Boy, you have a heart!
No need to comfort my old lady, times change and all things are renewed, this is the trend of historical development. The old lady smiled and patted Zhang Junping's hand.
The old lady suddenly asked again: "Are you curious about my old lady's life experience? How can I get so much money as a lonely old lady?"
It is impossible for a eunuch to be a eunuch, but he is busy with work, and the child is not in good health recently, so there is no update.
(End of this chapter)