Li Yi was not very interested in participating in competitions, but Hu Jinquan and his wife were very serious.

The reason is that the young and middle-aged calligraphers and painters who are recognized by everyone are basically the ones who have been killed in bloody battles from all kinds of competitions, and Hu Jinquan and his wife also want Li Yi to take this path.

Calligraphers and painters have many ways to become famous, such as being famous teachers and apprentices, such as guiding public opinion to create momentum, holding art exhibitions everywhere, operating prices, etc.

But in the eyes of those who are discerning, Hu Jinquan, Zhong Haoqing, all these are wrong ways. It’s not that those who are certainly not good at their level, but those who climb up through this method will most likely be despised by their peers.

If the pen is really strong and capable, then go to the national competition!

Several of their disciples participated in the competition back then. Except for Zhong Qi who participated in the competition and barely won the third prize, the rest of the people had poor results, which made the two masters lose face.

Now I finally got a genius and my level has indeed reached that line. Therefore, both of them couldn't wait to push Li Yi to the front.

This is actually the same as parents showing off their children. When a person gets old, his achievements have long been recognized by everyone, and there is nothing to compete for. The only thing that can make them argue and show off is the next generation left to train.

Therefore, this time Li Yi has to go even if he wants to go, and even if he doesn't want to go even if he doesn't want to go.

After a few words, Li Yi was sure of participating in the competition. Next, we should study which category of competition they were participating in.

Since ancient times, Chinese Chinese painting has been saying that "painting is divided into three subjects". The three subjects of characters, landscapes, and flowers and birds are: figure paintings express the relationship between people, landscape paintings express the relationship between people and nature, and flower and birds are about the various lives of nature.

These three constitute the whole of the universe, are philosophical thinking sublimated by art, and are the reason why art can become the true meaning of art.

Therefore, this competition was divided into these three subjects according to the subject, but there were no specific requirements for the specific performance methods and the materials used.

"In simplest terms, these three subjects can be divided into fine brushwork and freehand brushwork, or both skilled writing. There is no difference between these painting methods. However, because those participating in the competition are young painters, the problem arises. Generally speaking, fine brushwork should be taken with some advantages in figure painting and flower and bird painting, while freehand brushwork should be taken with more advantages in landscape painting."

Hu Jinquan nodded. Zhong Haoqing was right, there was indeed a problem, because Li Yi was good at painting, but the subject matter he was good at was the flowers among flowers and birds...

"In this way, this month will focus on freehand landscapes first, and at the same time, freehand flowers and birds cannot be thrown away. At that time, the level of freehand landscapes will be high, and the freehand landscapes will be high. If the level is not high, you can only use freehand flowers and birds to fight."

In the end, Zhong Haoqing made the final decision and decided the direction of Li Yi's main attack in the next month.

"You just came back and there should be some things to deal with. Lao Hu and I also have to study the course schedule during this period, so you can go to the studio you visited tomorrow morning and start the closed training."

Nodded, Li Yi was driven out of the house by two masters before he even had lunch. He stood at the entrance of the corridor and thought about it for a while, took out his phone number, called Chang Huaizhi, and after confirming that the old man was in the store, he drove home, picked up the plum vase and broken porcelain pieces he had made in the box he found on the bottom of the Taiwan sea last time, and went straight to the door.

"Is this...the blue and white plum vase from the Yongle period? It was caught in the sea?"

Chang Huaizhi was particularly sensitive to the blue and white jars of Yongle during the Yongle period because he had studied before, and although he had no style, he soon recognized the origin of this plum vase.

"Well, there are these things that are taken up together. This should be another piece of Ruyi plum vase and a pair of blue and white underglaze red dragon pattern plum vases. There should be a lot of them, but I don't know if they can be restored."

Chang Huaizhi carefully picked up a few slightly larger pieces of broken porcelain and looked at it, nodding. These were all real rare objects. Unfortunately, they were broken like this, even if they were restored, their value would be greatly reduced.

"Where did you get this?"

"I found it while diving in Taiwan. At that time, they were all packed in a box of golden nanmu. The box also read the Huagai Palace Collection, so I suspect it was the secret collection of Emperor Yongle's palace."

"Where is the box?"

“It’s not easy to get at home.”

"Let's go, I'll take a look with you."

After collecting the porcelain and the pieces, Chang Huaizhi explained to the store and walked out of the market with a steep pace.

"Hurry up, I'm not as good as my old man's legs and feet! By the way, Li Yi, Dean Huang of Yenching University kept saying that he wanted to invite you to sit together. What they did last time was indeed inauthentic, but..."

"Old Mr. Chang, nothing happened there. Besides, it's been so long. I don't think it's necessary?"

"Hmph, even if you want him to invite him now, he probably won't be in the mood! Last time, the Italian police cracked a case of forgery of Chinese goods. Some of the researchers involved in the crackdown were their signs. Now the school and the police are strictly investigating their academy, and they are all scared like quails..."

Li Yi raised his eyebrows and thought to himself that the matter was indeed caused by them, so he didn't want to have any interaction with Dean Huang anymore.

"So I'll entrust you to say hello to me for this matter. It's really unnecessary."

"Well, it's better not to pay attention to them. In recent years, Lao Huang has also changed a lot..."

Panjiayuan was not far from Yanyuan, so Chang Huaizhi soon saw the box.

"The Huagai Palace has a collection of Yi Shi Er, this is indeed the secret collection of Emperor Yongle's palace! Xiao Li, do you have the coordinates of that sea area? And, have you found anything else?"

Li Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head, knowing that he would ask this.

After explaining the situation at that time, Chang Huaizhi said regretfully, but then he became more energetic.

"No matter what its origin is, let's go, I'll take you to find Lao Ma! If this old guy can't repair these three plum vases, I'll see if I don't smash his signature!"

Lao Ma's family was not in the city, but in the rural areas of Shunyi. However, when Li Yi saw the house he lived in, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide in surprise. Is this?

"The boy from Lao Ma's family is doing ancient buildings, so their house has been built like this, which is also a model. Let's go in and visit."

The house of Lao Ma is indeed quite different. Surrounded by a group of modern small foreign buildings in the village, an ancient Chinese classical building is like a little green among the flowers, which is particularly eye-catching.

This house is divided into two places, but when the house is entered, there is no house built at all, but a garden-style garden with a corridor is built. It is midsummer, and the garden is lush and lush with various plants. In addition, small bridges and flowing water, rockery fountains, koi playing in the water, and golden cicadas sing, bringing a glorious place on earth!

"This old guy really knows how to enjoy it!"

The gate of the Ma family was not closed at all, so as soon as the two walked in, they saw in the pavilion on the side of the garden. Old Ma was holding a pot of tea, drinking and playing chess with a middle-aged man. But what a little ruined the atmosphere was that there was a head-shaking fan next to him, and the cool breeze was blowing there.

"Oh, Brother Chang is here. You don't call in advance, aren't you afraid of having a free trip?"

"Call it? After calling, you guy hides. Where can I make a living?"

"Hahaha, even if I'm not at home, can you still be without your food when you come? This one is..."

Lao Ma had long lost remember who Li Yi was, but Chang Huaiyi picked up the pastel disc that was split in half, and Lao Ma became enthusiastic.

After a few greetings, he glanced at the big box in Li Yi's hand and raised his eyebrows.

"Baby? Take it out and take a look. It's been a long time since I encountered something worth my attack!"

On the stone table in the pavilion, Li Yi took out the plum vase and broken porcelain pieces. Lao Ma frowned when he saw it.

"Haihaizhuang? You have not done the cleaning work thoroughly."

Li Yi shook his head helplessly. He had been running around for a while and had no time to greet these porcelain pieces. It was already good to be able to do this level.

"Xiaoyu, go to the house to get me paper and pen."

The middle-aged man who had just played chess with Lao Ma also greeted the two before, so Li Yi knew that he was Lao Ma's son Ma Hangyu.

After a while, the paper and pen were brought, and Mr. Ma began to draw pictures on the paper. A few thick strokes were made, and an antique plum vase pattern appeared on the paper.

After thinking about it, he modified a few more places, then put the paper aside and began to check the second pile of broken porcelain.

An hour later, Mr. Ma vomited a long breath of turbid air, concentrated and closed his eyes for a while, and then spoke:

"These three pieces of porcelain are the same as your Ruyi plum vase, which is best to repair. It can be repaired to about 80%. There are two dragon-patterned plum vases left. I guess it would be good to repair to 60%.

"So low?"

Chang Huaizhi frowned.

"Well, even if the newly broken porcelain is to be repaired well, it is necessary to repair porcelain and glaze. The biggest problem with these pieces is that they have been soaked in the sea for hundreds of years. Even if they are cleaned up, the newly added porcelain powder and glaze will definitely have color differences, so..."

Li Yi nodded,

"It's okay, you can repair it as you can. It's already a great luck to get these porcelain pieces. If you have too high expectations, wouldn't you seem too greedy?"

"Haha, the young man is good, better than Old Man Chang! He, as long as one piece of porcelain is repaired less than 90%, look at his bad face! Okay, it's all over the meal, let's eat and chat!"

ps: At 8 o'clock tonight, the book review area will answer questions, each question is 8.8 yuan, everyone is welcome to participate! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!