One hundred and thirty seventh chapter two hundred thousand hardwood furniture
"Master Du, I believe you can definitely find the ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties that I want.
But I restore ancient Ming and Qing furniture not just because I like Ming and Qing furniture, I do it to study Ming and Qing furniture.
During the restoration process, we will learn more about and explore the manufacturing techniques of ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties." Zhang Junping explained with a smile.
Just when Master Du was a little disappointed and wanted to show that he had no chance, Zhang Junping spoke again.
"However, it would be best if Master Du could find ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
When we study the manufacturing techniques of ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties, we can’t just study damaged furniture, we also need to have well-preserved furniture as a reference.”
"Okay, just leave this to me.
When I got home at night, I contacted those old brothers and asked them to come to the factory.
Several of them also worked in the Yang Family Woodware Factory back then. Our boss treated us well. If they knew that you were an apprentice of the young master's family, they would definitely be willing to come.
Regarding furniture, by the way, the Beijing Woodware Factory has a lot of hardwood furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, including rosewood, small-leaf rosewood, ebony, golden nanmu, and rosewood, for all ages.
I didn't sell it when I wanted to sell it, and it's still piled up in the warehouse. I'll ask about it later."
"Then let me thank Master Du first." Zhang Junping suppressed the excitement in his heart and thanked him.
Master Du's words touched Zhang Junping's heart. He talked about how the old society oppressed the working people in the past.
However, in many century-old stores, the craftsmen and waiters in the store have been working for a lifetime, and even after the death of a father and his son, several generations have worked in the same store.
why is that?
Is it just because people of that era were honest?
There are some things here that are worth pondering.
After chatting with Master Du for a long time, Zhang Junping didn't let Master Du leave until almost noon.
After lunch, Zhang Junping arranged for Du Meili to take people to sort out the incomplete and damaged ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties that could only be used as wood, and classify them according to the material and age of the wood.
The reason why Du Meili was asked to lead people to do this was because there were only three people in the entire furniture factory who had this ability to classify.
One is him, the other is Master Du, and the last one is Du Meili. Among the three, I can only choose Du Meili.
Zhang Junping himself went back to his study to continue painting the characters in "Journey to the West".
Yesterday I was delayed for a day due to the onboarding procedures, finding a designated hotel, and printing meal tickets. Today I was delayed for another half day.
Zhang Junping doesn't like to procrastinate when doing things, unless it is determined that something cannot be done temporarily.
Drawing portraits is not as simple as imagined.
It’s easy to mention some of the more famous characters, such as Nezha, King Li Tianwang of Tota, Jade Emperor, Taibai Venus, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and Tathagata Buddha. These characters are familiar to everyone, and their images are easy to draw.
Some other small characters are not so easy to draw, such as Clairvoyant, Shunfeng Er, Lingji Bodhisattva and other characters who rarely appear in "Journey to the West".
They are not allowed to be doodles, they must always conform to the descriptions of them in the original works and historical materials.
Therefore, Zhang Junping spends less time painting than looking through books to find information.
If there is a detailed description in the original work, just follow the original work. If there is no description in the original work, look up historical materials.
Some people may ask why the images of gods and Buddhas are recorded in historical materials.
There are indeed records that all the gods and Buddhas in the sky were created by people or canonized by emperors, so there will naturally be historical records.
Zhang Junping painted very slowly, and there was no prompting from the crew of "Journey to the West".
At this time, Yang was still lobbying CCTV to persuade leaders to continue supporting the filming of "Journey to the West".
The filming of "Journey to the West" was really not easy. If Yang Jie relaxed a little, "Journey to the West" would not be filmed.
CCTV stopped the project twice in a row.
The first time was during this time period, because Yang Jie's trial filming of "Medicinal Black Chicken Country" was not ideal. CCTV leaders were not satisfied, the audience was not satisfied, and Yang Jie herself was not satisfied.
However, Yang Jie was determined. She held her breath and decided to shoot our own four masterpieces and our own traditional stories, and prevent foreigners from tampering with the masterpieces at will.
So, after a lot of hard work, she finally convinced the CCTV leaders to allow her to continue filming "Journey to the West".
However, something went wrong again. In 1983, "Journey to the West" was broadcast for three more episodes, and this time the effect was good.
As a result, someone was jealous and secretly reported that the reason why the filming was so slow was because Yang Jie used the money to take the actors on sightseeing tours and overseas trips, but did not use it for filming.
So CCTV sent an inspection team to the "Journey to the West" crew to inspect, and found that there was only one camera, not enough staff, and no funds. When they came back, they directly reported it and stopped the filming of "Journey to the West."
Yang Jie lobbied again and again, but finally CCTV leaders were moved by her persistence and took a step back. As long as Yang Jie could find funds, they would allow her to continue filming.
When everyone thought it was impossible, and when even Yang Jie was in despair, deputy production director Li Hongchang went to the 11th Engineering Bureau of the Ministry of Railways to borrow three million to allow the filming of "Journey to the West" to continue.
All in all, filming "Journey to the West" was not easy.
Zhang Junping now only hopes to do his best to make the filming of "Journey to the West" more perfect and make Director Yang Jieyang feel less regretful.
As for the reason, it must be for the craftsmanship spirit of Yang Jie and all the members of Juran.
Here, Zhang Junping worked hard to search for information and draw characters.
Master Du over there is really fast.
Sure enough, just as he said, he called some old brothers and old carpenters over the next day.
"Director Zhang, this is my senior brother, Zhao Jiazhu, this is my senior brother Qian Manfu, this is my old colleague from the Beijing Woodware Factory, Zheng Fugui..."
"Masters, welcome to you, and thank you for coming to the furniture factory to help me fulfill my wish." Zhang Junping shook hands with several gray-haired old carpenters in their sixties one by one.
There is no doubt that the calluses and scars on these hands are all from old carpenters.
"Director Zhang, you are so polite. You are an apprentice of Shaodong's family. You think highly of us and are willing to reward us with a bowl of rice. It's too late for us to thank you." Zhao Jiazhu, the oldest, said with a loud voice.
"Director Zhang, my senior brother is a bit deaf and speaks loudly. Don't mind it."
"No, no!" Zhang Junping laughed.
After greeting several old carpenters one by one, Master Du said again: "I also asked you about hardwood furniture. The director of the Beijing Woodware Factory said that it only costs 200,000 yuan. The woodware warehouse
All the more than 300 pieces of hardwood furniture are yours to own.
The price is a bit high…”
Master Du had a little bit of embarrassment on his face.
"You send a message back to the Beijing Woodware Factory and say that I agree with the price of 200,000, but you have to give me a few days to prepare the money." Zhang Junping didn't hesitate at all and agreed directly.
If you don't agree, you will be taken to Xiangjiang.