The Qiangong eight-step bed is ready. Although it is the simplest and most elegant Ming Dynasty style eight-step bed, it is still an eight-step bed.
The seat covers and mattress covers are all ready, and now we are waiting for the time to come, to get married, and to spend the night in the bridal chamber.
All the temporary furniture at home was replaced with new furniture.
Although Zhang's mother complained about Zhang Junping's wasteful spending, she was still very satisfied with the new bed.
In fact, setting grooves on beds and chairs and installing cushions and mattresses are not Zhang Junping's original inventions.
As early as the Song Dynasty, a kind of rattan bed and rattan chair had appeared.
Just replace the original bed boards and chair seats with rattan ones to increase comfort.
But a bed, the kind Zhang Junping slept on in his previous life.
Not as comfortable as a rubber mattress.
After things at home were settled, Zhang Junping began to focus on his art company.
The report on their study trip to Europe has not yet been approved. Even if it is approved, it is impossible for them to leave now.
Not to mention Zhang Junping's unwillingness, even if he was really selfless and willing, Zhang's mother would break his legs and keep him.
If you want to go out for a wander, you must first marry me your daughter-in-law and hatch an egg.
Seeing that Zhang Junping finally came to work, Chen Lijun hurriedly came to see him with an artist training plan that had been revised several times.
Zhang Junping took the plan and looked at it carefully.
"The promotion standards for this level are too general. There should be clear promotion standards." Zhang Junping pointed to the paragraph above about the promotion standards and said.
"Manager, our Art Association has always divided things like this!" Chen Lijun said.
"The Art Association can do this, but we can't!
We are dealing with collectors, not fellow calligraphers and painters.
Be more direct and clear!
If you start as an ordinary contracted artist, as long as you sell ten paintings, you will automatically be promoted to the first-level contracted artist. Twenty paintings will be the second level, forty paintings will be the third level, eighty paintings will be the fourth level, and the second level will be the second level.
One hundred paintings are grade five, five hundred paintings are grade six, one thousand paintings are grade seven, eight, and nine are not determined by the number of paintings sold.
But it is determined by its reputation around the world!
For example, my master and uncle can directly appoint eighth-level contract artists."
"What about level nine?" Chen Lijun asked with some confusion.
In her opinion, people like Wu Xinping already represent the highest level of domestic calligraphy and painting artists, but they can only sign for level eight.
"If my master or Mr. Daqian are still alive, they can sign a ninth-level artist." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"You mean that living people can't be rated as level nine?" Chen Lijun blurted out, thinking quickly.
"Who told you that you can't sign for level nine while you're still alive? It's just that their level really can't be reached!
If you look at mountains, they are mountains, and if you look at water, they are water; if you look at mountains, they are not mountains, and if you look at water, they are not water; if you look at mountains, they are still mountains, and if you look at water, they are still water.
Of these three realms, which realm do you think my master and the others have reached?" Zhang Junping asked with a smile.
"It seems, it seems that the mountains are not mountains, and the water is not water!" Chen Lijun said unconfidently.
"Haha! Then look at my level!" Zhang Junping stood up and walked to the painting desk.
Li Wenjuan, a clever little girl, had already run to the painting desk and started studying ink, while Xia Guoxiang was also busy laying out the rice paper.
Zhang Junping picked up the pen and soaked it with ink. He did not lick the pen and directly splashed the ink on the rice paper.
After a while, a view of the Great Wall appeared on the paper.
"Sister Chen, look at the level of my painting?" Zhang Junping put down his brush and asked with a smile.
Chen Lijun came over to take a look and was immediately shocked. From the angle just now, it looked like the Great Wall and the towering mountains. From the angle now, it looked like a giant dragon flying in the sky.
Although Chen Lijun did not study painting specifically, she had been trained in painting shops for twenty years and her eyesight was not bad.
"Manager, are you looking at mountains instead of mountains, and water instead of water?" Chen Lijun asked tentatively.
"Well! When you look at mountains, they are not mountains, and when you look at water, they are not water. There is another way of saying this state, that is, when you look at it horizontally, it looks like a ridge and when you look at it, it looks like a peak.
Now do you understand what I mean?" Zhang Junping asked with a smile.
"Understood!" Chen Lijun nodded.
Although Zhang Junping didn't say it clearly, his meaning was very clear, that is, Wu Xinping and others were not good enough and could not reach level nine.
We haven't even reached the second level, which is to see mountains as mountains and water as water. How can we talk about the ninth level?
"Manager, what would it be like to see mountains as mountains and water as water?" Chen Lijun asked carefully.
"I don't know either. If I don't reach the realm, who can explain it clearly?
Maybe it’s at the level of the painting sage Wu Daozi!” Zhang Junping said with a smile.
The second level corresponds to the intermediate skills in the museum space. It was only after he obtained several national treasure-level calligraphy and paintings from Lao Hu that he finally accumulated enough skill fragments and broke through to the intermediate level in calligraphy and painting at the same time.
Zhang Junping changed to another writing brush, dipped in ink and started writing.
The scenery of the North is covered in ice and snow.
Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, there is nothing but vastness; the rivers flowing up and down suddenly stop flowing.
This is the second time he wrote "Qin Yuan Chun. Snow". This time, although the creation was improvised, he had a different feeling.
"Okay! Let's continue discussing the plan to sign artists." Zhang Junping put down his pen and said with a smile.
"Okay!" Chen Lijun reluctantly took another look at "Qin Yuan Chun. Snow" that Zhang Junping had just completed.
"Qinyuan Chun. Snow" written by Zhang Junping is written in Mao style. It is so similar that unless you see it with your own eyes, you will definitely regard it as an authentic work by Mao Zu.
Returning to the reception area, Zhang Junping picked up the signing plan and continued to read it.
“Here, the cultivation of artists must also be made clear.
For example, what kind of publicity and training are given to first-level artists, what kind of publicity and training are given to second-level, third-, fourth-, fifth-, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-level artists.
Our publicity and training include but are not limited to: magazines, newspapers, TV publicity, art exhibitions at home and abroad, publicity at auctions, etc."
After Zhang Junping finished speaking, he saw that Chen Lijun was a little confused, so he explained: "For example, after becoming our contracted artist, we will publish an interview-like report for him in a decent magazine. At the same time, he will hang it in a local gallery.
his works.
Level 2: An expert review report on his works will be published in a magazine, and major galleries in the province will also recommend them."
“Manager, the gallery you mentioned doesn’t seem to exist in our country!”
"I know!
Next, we will open galleries in all first- and second-tier cities across the country at the same time.
Only in this way can we better discover and cultivate calligraphy and painting artists.
Don’t expect the gallery to make money in the early stage, and don’t expect the newly signed artists to make money.
After they have gained a certain reputation, at least the signed artists who have reached Level 4 or above can be promoted and sold in the international market."
Zhang Junping and Chen Lijun discussed it all morning, discussing and revising each clause in detail.
More often than not, Zhang Junping was talking and Chen Lijun was listening. The reason why it took so long was mainly to allow Chen Lijun to better understand and digest what Zhang Junping said.
Only when she fully understands it can she convey it better and implement it better.
In the afternoon, Zhang Junping called Zheng Dongmei, the chief of the personnel department, over again.
"Sister Zheng, have all the people I arranged to come here been arranged?" Zhang Junping asked with a smile.
"Everything has been arranged, and the onboarding procedures have been completed.
Do you want to meet them?" Zheng Dongmei asked with a smile.
"Let's go back later! I'll talk to them.
You'll go find my master later, and you can go to Central America and the Academy of Fine Arts together to contact us and see if we can get a few more freshmen this year.
We don’t want students majoring in painting or sculpture, but majoring in art research.
Of course, if there are other majors with higher emotional intelligence, we will also want them.
Anyway, let's see how much they can give.
Ask for as many as you can!”
"Okay, manager!
I will go to the secretary to report this matter soon." Zheng Dongmei nodded and agreed.
"The assessment at the end of the month coincides with my wedding, so I can only ask you to do it.
You, the HR section chief, must keep your eyes open! Kick those bastards out.
It doesn’t matter whose child it is or who introduced it, as long as it fails the assessment, it will be eliminated.
If you have any opinions, let him come to me!
In this regard, even my master will not give me face." Zhang Junping explained solemnly.
"I know! Anyway, I'm not familiar with the original people in the art company, so I should glare at them. I definitely won't give them face." Zheng Dongmei said with a smile.
"That's right! With me as your backing, everything will be done according to the rules, and you don't have to give anyone any face!
In addition, contact the streets around us and recruit thirty more apprentices next time."
"The recruitment requirements are still the same as before?"
"The original one can no longer be installed. The original one was to take care of the company's old employees.
When recruiting again, you have to keep an eye on me. The first thing is age, which cannot be more than twenty years old.
The second thing is appearance. You don’t have to be a handsome man and a beautiful woman, but you also have to have a decent appearance and be more approachable." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"Okay! I try my best to choose handsome men and beautiful women, but handsome men like the manager are hard to find." Zheng Dongmei also joked with Zhang Junping.
"It's okay, then just find someone who is one level below me, or two levels below me!" Zhang Junping laughed and said.
After sending Zheng Dongmei away, Zhang Junping called several of Lao Hu's apprentices and the people he introduced to the office.
The person was recommended by Lao Hu. Over the years, Lao Hu has trained many apprentices.
Before leaving, I was worried about the apprentice who stayed in the country and couldn't take him away, so I asked Zhang Junping to help take care of him.
Lao Hu used to be the shopkeeper of an antique shop, so his apprentices naturally learned about antique appraisal and antique trading.
It can be considered as hitting the mark.
Zhang Junping is worried about where to find talents who know porcelain, jade carving, and wood art.
Lao Hu took the initiative to deliver it to my door.
Among Lao Hu's apprentices, the youngest ones are all in their forties.
However, that doesn't matter.
Zhang Junping doesn't care.
After asking Li Wenjuan to make tea for them, Zhang Junping asked with a smile: "How are you, are you still getting used to it when you arrive at the new unit?"
"Habit! Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for taking care of me!" Lao Hu's eldest disciple Niu Wensheng said with a smile.
"Lao Niu, this is in the company. You will also be formal employees of state-owned units in the future. You can no longer keep talking about the world.
Just call me Manager Zhang." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
Niu Wensheng used to work in a trust store, but after working there for more than 20 years, he was still a counter salesperson.
I heard that whenever Zhang Junping came here, he would work as a team leader and enjoy deputy section-level treatment. I immediately quit my job in the trust store and came to join Zhang Junping.
Others are similar, and some are even worse. They have no real job and can only rely on Lao Hu to do some speculative business.
Commonly known as baggage guest.
I just buy some antiques on the street, and then sell them in a trust store to earn the price difference.
"Even if you don't care about Lao Hu's face, you are all people with real abilities. I will naturally take you seriously when you come here.
There is just one thing that makes our art company different from other companies.
We are facing the international market and there may be some strict rules. After all, everyone’s actions represent the image of the country. I hope you can understand.”
"Understand! Understand!
Mr. Zhang...Oh! Manager Zhang!
We have been here for two days and we still haven’t figured out what kind of art our art company does?
No one arranged for us to collect antiques." Niu Wensheng asked.
"Our art company does not make money by selling antiques.
Selling things passed down by our ancestors to foreigners for money is, to put it mildly, a prodigal act; to put it seriously, it is a traitor!
What our art company does is to help folk craftsmen pass on the craftsmanship of their ancestors.
What they sell are the products of those craftsmen.
For example, after a while, I will personally lead a team to JDZ to select porcelain, and I will also sign contracts with some porcelain factories.
The porcelain that our ancestors could make for hundreds of years cannot be made today? With the development of science and technology, we should make more exquisite porcelain.
The responsibility of your business development department is to help the porcelain factory to produce more exquisite porcelain and collectible porcelain.
Then, the art trading department sells these porcelains abroad.
Only when we earn this kind of money can we feel at ease and spend it comfortably." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"I understand Master Zhang!
I call you Zhang Ye sincerely! You deserve this title!
Although I am old, the blood in my heart is not cold yet!
My master once said that China would rather die than sell its goodies to foreigners." Niu Wensheng stood up and bowed to Zhang Junping.
"Lao Niu, thank you for understanding my original intention!
Don’t those foreign devils want our Chinese porcelain? They used despicable means to steal a large number of our treasures, and then openly displayed them in their own country’s museums.
I just want them to know that they can’t take away all the good stuff from China.
Last time I went to France, I looked at the Yue kiln celadon from the Western Jin Dynasty, the Yue kiln celadon from the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the accompanying white glaze porcelain, the black glaze from the Tang Dynasty, the celadon glaze from the Yaozhou kiln in the Song Dynasty, the white glaze from the Ding kiln, etc.
First, it is not a national treasure porcelain.
If we can restore and fire these porcelains in large quantities, are the porcelains in their museums still valuable? Do they still dare to show them off in museums?
Of course, I also know that achieving this goal is not easy.
I hope you can help me achieve this goal." Zhang Junping solemnly stood up and clasped his fists at everyone.
"Master Zhang! We will do our best to help you achieve this goal!" All of Lao Hu's disciples were so excited by what Zhang Junping said that they all stood up and shouted to Zhang Junping.
"Master! There are us too!" Li Wenjuan and Xia Guoxiang shouted to Zhang Junping with their faces flushed with excitement.
"Okay! Lao Hu has a group of good apprentices, and I also have two good apprentices!
I'm replacing wine with tea, and I hope we can achieve this goal!" Zhang Junping picked up the tea cup and said with a smile.
Throughout the afternoon, Zhang Junping explained his ideas to Niu Wensheng and others and discussed how to achieve the previously set goals.
"There are now more than 50 interns in the company, and we will recruit another 30 interns next month.
I hope you can select some of them and train them as your disciples.
Of course, you decide who to accept, how to inspect and how to accept them.
If there are apprentices you can recruit from outside, or if you want to recruit them from outside, that’s fine too.
I can directly arrange to join you as an intern.
After passing the training and assessment, you can become a regular employee." Finally, Zhang Junping said his request with a smile.
It's a request, but it's also a piece of cake given to them.
It's normal for a group of people in their forties or fifties to have several apprentices under them. Even if they don't have apprentices, they will have children and so on.
"Master Zhang, can all our apprentices join the company? Is there a quota limit?" Niu Wensheng asked on behalf of everyone.
They had been here for two days and had heard that the current batch of interns in the company were all the children of old employees.
Every veteran employee has a quota.
Before, I secretly sighed that I was late and didn’t catch up with the good time.
Now, Zhang Junping suddenly threw a big cake and hit them on the head.
"For you, there is no quota limit, and there is no gender limit.
You come in as an intern first, and after passing the training and assessment, you can become a full-time employee." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhang! If my little brats fail to pass the training and assessment, I will clean up the house myself without your having to say anything." Niu Wensheng promised, patting his chest.
Zhang Junping patiently chatted with Niu Wensheng and others all afternoon, just to reassure them.
These people have a bit of charlatanism in them. Such people can be a thorn in the side if you don't use them well.
Once used, it becomes the backbone.
So far, it seems that the effect is pretty good.
"The disciples you accept are your subordinates.
Once you have the staff in place, you will start your business.
Contact well-known folk craftsmen, sign contracts with them, and then train and promote the handicrafts they produce.
You can communicate with Minister Chen about how to sign the contract and how to train him." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"I know, Mr. Zhang!
We are familiar with the craftsmen you mentioned and have regular contact with us." Niu Wensheng said with a confident smile.
"Haha, the craftsmen I'm talking about are not limited to Sijiu City.
We need to look at the whole country." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
