Today, Chu Yunwen was going to visit his home, so Xiao Yao specially organized several of his works, placed them in his study.

At half past nine, the doorbell rang, Xiao Yao opened the door, and Chu Yunwen was standing outside the door.

"I've been waiting for you, come in quickly."

Chu Yunwen didn't come empty-handedly, and he was holding two things in his hand.

"Why are you still carrying something? We don't have to be so polite."

Chu Yunwen handed the two things in his hand to Xiao Yao, "It's not a valuable thing. I'm also a calligraphy enthusiast. This is a calligraphy piece I wrote last year. I think it's okay. Please give it to you. The box is a square yellow stone seal. The raw stone I touched when I was young. I didn't expect that the things I opened were pretty good. I gave it to you as a souvenir."

Chu Yunwen dared to give his calligraphy works to Xiao Yao as a gift, obviously his level was not inferior, otherwise he would definitely not have given this ugly thing.

Xiao Yao was particularly interested in his calligraphy work and couldn't wait to appreciate it.

"Let's go to the study room, the table in my study room is big."

Although it has not been opened yet, Chu Yunwen's calligraphy work is obviously a long scroll, and ordinary tables cannot be placed.

Chu Yunwen followed Xiao Yao and walked into the study.

The study room is very large, with eighty or ninety square meters in size, and the bookshelf on both sides are filled with books.

His eyes swept past these books, and what attracted him the most in the study was the painting and calligraphy hanging on the walls.

But now is not the time to appreciate these works. Xiao Yao has already opened his calligraphy on the long desk, and the handwriting on the long scroll slowly appears:

In the ninth year of Yonghe, the year was in Guichou. At the beginning of late spring, I met at Lanting in Shanyin, Kuaiji to practice the work. After all the wise men arrived, they gathered together. There were high mountains and ridges, lush forests and bamboos in this place; there were clear and turbulent flows? The left and right reflecting the left and right, which was taken as a stream of water? The second was the second. Although there was no such thing as silk and bamboo orchestra, a cup and a song were enough to express the secluded feelings...

The work Chu Yunwen gave him turned out to be the "Preface to the Lanting Collection" imitated by Wang Xizhi.

Xiao Yao really didn't expect Chu Yunwen would give him such a calligraphy work.

When the two were chatting, Chu Yunwen once said that he had appreciated Xiao Yao's "Thousand Rocks Competition Picture" at the Han Academy of Fine Arts? Naturally, he also understood Xiao Yao's calligraphy level.

He clearly knows how high Xiao Yao's calligraphy is? He dares to use his calligraphy works for Xiao Yao to appreciate it, and it is the most famous "Preface to the Lanting Collection" in the calligraphy world? It can be seen that Chu Yunwen is quite confident in his calligraphy attainments.

If he thinks that his calligraphy works are not good, he will definitely not give them to his friends as gifts.

Open the entire scroll? Xiao Yao carefully appreciated it, and his eyes showed an appreciation.

"Preface to the Lanting Collection" has 28 lines, 324 words? Since the Saint of Calligraphy? Anyone who has some attainments in calligraphy has basically copied this article.

Want to copy the masterpiece of the calligraphy master? Be sure to understand the essence of this calligraphy.

Everyone's fonts may be different, but copying this work? It is necessary to do: literary but not gorgeous? Quality but not wild? Not exciting or sharp?

The masterpiece of the Calligraphy Saint? The brushwork is combined with both hardness and softness, and the lines are flexible. The dots and strokes are concise, and the style of calligraphy seeks to be correct in dispersedness, with a sense of respect, courtesy and contrast? It has become a model of the "beauty of neutrality" style of calligraphy.

When copying this article, is not about resemblance? The criterion for judging whether a masterpiece is a good one is the understanding and display of the beauty of neutrality.

This volume of calligraphy by Chu Yunwen is calm and gentle, with a strong and concise spirit. The layout is sparse and orderly, the brushwork is varied, the style is straight and elegant, and the momentum is free and erect, the whole article is graceful and elegant, and every word is exquisite, the dots and strokes are like dances, and each stroke seems to break through the air.

Just looking at the richness of the brush, there are various wonderful changes such as hiding the tip, calling the ornament, hanging the pen back, pulling the thread, reflecting the belt, turning from square to round, and turning from round to square. Some horizontal and waves have the legacy of official script, which obviously achieves the original work. On this basis, there is a strong personal style, the elegant and free font, unrestrained and flying freely.

Xiao Yao admired it for a quarter of an hour before he started to praise: "This article is elegant and graceful, calm and gentle, profound in skills and extraordinary inspiration. It is truly a rare masterpiece.

I didn’t expect that Brother Chu, you have such a deep attainment in calligraphy. At your level, there are not many calligraphers in the world who are better than you.

You have hidden so deeply. With such powerful calligraphy attainments, you can even admire yourself. If you communicate more with others, you will probably be praised as the master of calligraphy today."

Xiao Yao had already guessed that Chu Yunwen's calligraphy attainments were not low, but he did not expect that Chu Yunwen's calligraphy attainments were so high. With the level of his calligraphy, he was no less than any living contemporary calligrapher. As long as he communicated with industry insiders, he would have become famous long ago.

With such a powerful calligraphy attainment, he is actually unknown. This shows that Chu Yunwen must be a lone person.

"Although I don't like doing business, my main business is commercial investment after all. I am a businessman full of money. It's better not to contact those artists, so as not to tarnish the art in their hearts."

Xiao Yao looked up at Chu Yunwen, "Why do I listen to what you say? What story should be here?"

"It's not that complicated. Even when I was young, I came into contact with several so-called calligraphers. I may not be very good at level, but each of them has a very good temper. I am not in the art circle, so I can't talk to them, so I stopped coming into contact with them later." It was already ten years ago. Although Chu Yunwen had already let go, he had prejudice against those so-called artists.

"Art is a display of personality. It cannot be said that artists are not sociable, but it is also true that most of them are not easy to contact. But you cannot kill a group of people with one stick. There are always people who can chat with you in the calligrapher, it depends on whether you want to contact them." Xiao Yao explained.

"When I was young, I had a higher pursuit of art, but I had this idea. Over the years, young people always matured, and the thoughts I used to fade. For me now, artistic creation is pure self-entertainment. It doesn't matter whether anyone recognizes and appreciates it." Chu Yunwen has indeed taken these lightly.

"I know your indifferent nature. But people are social, and so are artists. Otherwise, we can't just meet the same thing just after we meet. Art also needs to be more exchanged. Even if it is treated as a hobby, it is a pleasant thing to have a group of like-minded people discussing together.

We have similar personalities. I will introduce you to a few friends in the art circle in the future and keep it to you."

"The friend you introduced must be wrong. If you have such a party in the future, remember to call me."

Chu Yunwen does not have prejudice against all artists. He is not a person in the art circle, and his main energy is to invest in the investment company, so he has been wandering outside this circle.

If he can really talk, he will of course be willing to have more like-minded friends.

"Your work is a rare masterpiece, and I have to collect it well. As the saying goes, it is impolite to come but not to behave. If I accept your gift, I have to give you a gift. How about I write a letter to you? "

Since you are friends, it is normal to give each other your works. As for the value, there is no need to worry about it.

Of course, it depends on what kind of friend he is. Although Chu Yunwen, a friend, just met him, Xiao Yao hit it off at first sight. Giving the work is just a thought and he will not consider the value at all.

"Then I can't ask for it. If I accept your calligraphy works, isn't it obvious that I will benefit from it? It's okay to take a little advantage, but even friends should pay attention to the same degree. Everything is too much or too little. I can't ask for your calligraphy works and dare not ask for it.

If you really want to give me a gift, you might as well draw a sketch for me. Maybe I can still leave my name to art history for this.”

Chu Yunwen has his own rules of conduct. Although he really wanted to collect a calligraphy work by Xiao Yao, he would never accept Xiao Yao's gifts.

Although Xiao Yao has not yet been published in calligraphy works, his inscriptions in "The Thousand Rocks Competing Picture" have fully demonstrated his calligraphy attainments.

His calligraphy attainments are the same as his painting level, and his charm is natural, and they have far surpassed those of contemporary artists. Once Xiao Yao's calligraphy works are launched on the market, they will inevitably be at a sky-high price.

Chu Yunwen gave his calligraphy works to Xiao Yao entirely out of friendship among friends, but if he accepted Xiao Yao's calligraphy works rebirth, the nature would be different.

Although love is priceless, valuable works cannot be accepted with peace of mind just because of the word friendship.

Xiao Yao's attitude was very frank, and he couldn't just refuse so bluntly, so he simply made a request himself.

Compared with Xiao Yao's calligraphy works, Xiao Yao created a sketch for him. The meanings of the two are the same, but the value is very different.

Even with Xiao Yao's reputation, if his sketch works are put to the market, the price is at most a few million or a few million. This value is not very high, and Chu Yunwen can accept it with peace of mind.

"Then let's make a decision. I'm very inspired now. Why don't I draw a sketch for you now." Xiao Yao always felt that Chu Yunwen's temperament was very special and he had the desire to create with him as a model.

"I can't find it, but will it take too long?"

"I draw roughly, half an hour is enough. The drawing is too fine. I'm afraid you can't wait, so I'm still quite tired of being a model." Xiao Yao said and began to prepare.

Chu Yunwen is very much looking forward to it. Not only is he very knowledgeable in calligraphy, he has a wide range of artistic hobbies, and has both knowledgeable knowledge in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. He has also achieved great success. Although his oil painting level is not as high as that of Chinese painting, he is also professional. He urgently wants to see Xiao Yao's sketching level.

Although sketching is just the basis of oil painting, it can best show a person's skills. He really wants to appreciate what Xiao Yao's sketching portrait will look like.

Xiao Yao was very fast. Just half an hour later, he stopped the movements in his hand.

He handed Chu Yunwen the sketch paper in his hand, "Let's see if it's okay?"

Chu Yunwen took the sketch paper into his hand, his eyes fell on the portrait, and he could no longer move.

Half an hour was too short after all. He thought the portrait would definitely be rough, but things were completely beyond his expectations - in such a short time, the sketch Xiao Yao drew for him was very detailed.

If he hadn't seen Xiao Yao take a blank sketch paper with his own eyes, he would have thought that the sketch seemed to have been drawn by Xiao Yao in advance.

Xiao Yao's half an hour of results, even if he is given 5 hours, he will definitely not be able to do so finely.

He was very curious. How did Xiao Yao draw it with such a fast speed?

This extremely fast speed will definitely affect the quality, but it is not the case - this portrait of him is simply awesome!

I won’t talk about my solid foundation. For Xiao Yao, this is just a basic operation. There must be a lot of things worth learning from, but there is no need to be amazed.

What really shocked him was the indescribable charm revealed in the portrait. He couldn't even believe that the handsome middle-aged man with a calm eyes and a breath of indifference all over his body was him!
Chapter completed!