To tell you the truth, these furniture were bought by my teacher’s studio!
As for me, I received a task from the teacher to renovate and repair these old furniture!
So, I’m afraid I’ll be very busy in the next period of time!”
After hearing Zhang Junping's words, Wang Bin suddenly looked disappointed.
Sure enough, no!
Although it is his younger brother who has moved to a new home, Wang Bin believes that as the eldest brother, he has the obligation to help his brother.
"But!" Zhang Junping's words ignited hope in Wang Bin again, and he looked at Zhang Junping expectantly.
Zhang Junping also saw Wang Bin's expectant eyes, smiled and continued: "I have submitted an application for work-study to the school teacher!
Once approved by the school, I am going to find a place to open a furniture store!
If Webmaster Wang hasn’t bought any furniture at that time, you can be the first customer of my furniture store, and I will definitely give Webmaster Wang the best price!”
"Don't worry, I can wait. My brother's office has only confirmed the list of apartments, and we won't be able to move in until next spring at the earliest!" Wang Bin was overjoyed and said repeatedly.
"Okay, when my furniture store opens, I will notify Station Master Wang as soon as possible!"
"Master Zhang, if you don't mind, just call me Brother Wang!
If you have anything to do in the future, just come to me. Your brother Wang is still somewhat relevant near the overpass!" Wang Bin promised Zhang Junping, patting his chest warmly.
"Okay! Then I'll thank Brother Wang first!" Zhang Junping nodded with a smile and called Brother Wang.
It's not that Zhang Junping doesn't understand the ways of the world, he just didn't want to waste this time before.
Now, all the old furniture has been bought back by the old lady. Even if Zhang Junping was anxious today, it was useless. Naturally, he was happy to chat with Wang Bin.
After all, I am from old Beijing, no matter how powerful I am, at least I have someone I know.
After leaving the junkyard, Zhang Junping stopped by the post office to mail the letter. He also sent twenty yuan back with the letter.
After affixing the stamp, Zhang Junping looked at the zodiac dog stamp on the envelope and his heart moved.
"Sister, do you still have monkey tickets and chicken tickets?"
"Monkey tickets? There are no more! There are still a few chicken tickets!
Comrade, are you a stamp collector? Why do you think of buying it now?" The post office staff is a middle-aged woman in her thirties, and she is also a well-informed person. When Zhang Junping asked about the monkey stamps, she knew that he was a stamp collector.
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"I just started in the industry, and I heard that the country is planning to issue stamps with twelve zodiac signs, so I want to save a complete set!"
"In the whole of Beijing, you will definitely not be able to buy monkey tickets at the post office.
But you can go to Wangfujing and have a look. There is a newspaper, periodical and philatelic sales department there. There should be one somewhere!
Stamp collectors will also go there to gather on weekends and exchange collections with each other!" the middle-aged lady pointed out very patiently.
"Thank you, sister. Please give me a large edition of Xinyou chicken stamps and a large edition of Renxu dog stamps!" Zhang Junping felt a little regretful, but still politely thanked him and asked for chicken stamps and dog stamps.
Zhang Junping did not buy stamps to increase their value in the future.
Indeed, the first round of stamps with the twelve zodiac signs have appreciated to varying degrees, especially the monkey stamps. A large version of the monkey stamps is worth millions.
However, when Zhang Junping purchases and collects stamps, what he values more is the artistic value of the stamps themselves.
For example, the 1980 Monkey Ticket has a size of 26x31mm and a perforation of 11.5 degrees. It was painted by the famous painter Huang Yongyu, designed by Shao Bolin, and engraved by Jiang Weijie.
Huang Yongyu is a professor at Central Academy of Fine Arts, teaching Chinese painting. Zhang Junping’s predecessor was also fortunate enough to take an open class taught by Professor Huang Yongyu.
Shao Bolin is their senior fellow at Central Academy of Fine Arts, a famous stamp designer, and a famous photographer. He designed "Monkey Stamp", "Peony", "Selected Works of Qi Baishi", "Tang Dynasty Hairpin Lady", and "Zeng Houyi Chimes"
They all won the Best Stamp and First Day Cover Design Award of the year, and later won the State Council Special Contribution Award.
Jiang Weijie is also a famous stamp sculptor and designer. The monkey stamps he was responsible for engraving, under a magnifying glass, have straight and protruding hairs that can be counted, which shows his great carving skills.
If nothing else, Zhang Junping feels ashamed of himself.
The Monkey Ticket, which was completed by You three people, has both form and spirit in the original painting. It is spiritually vivid, the carving is lifelike, the lines are clear, and the artistic value is very high.
There are also chicken tickets, a colorful big rooster, painted by the famous painter Zhang Ding.
The original picture of the chicken ticket is a big rooster, and there is a story.
At that time, Zhang Ding was framed for painting a big rooster. He was falsely accused of "cooperating with the Soviet revisionist leader Khrushchev" on the "unfounded" charge. The reason was that Khrushchev had attacked "China is an aggressive rooster."
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As a result, Zhang Ding's rooster paintings were framed as "counterrevolutionary black paintings," and Zhang Ding himself was labeled as a black painter and was criticized and had his home confiscated.
It was not until the storm passed that Zhang Ding accidentally and miraculously discovered this crumpled and dirty rooster that had been confiscated by the rebels and caused him a lot of suffering in the trash pile in a basement.
The painting was treasured like a treasure.
This is how the "Xinyou Year" stamps feature a rooster that "resembles both folk paper-cutting and glass inlay painting" that was robbed and resurrected by fire, making the "Xinyou Year Chicken" an unforgettable and thought-provoking old stamp.
It can be said that the chicken stamp is the most legendary stamp among the twelve zodiac stamps.
Think about it in the future, when you open your own studio, or open a personal museum like Lao Ma, if you put genuine zodiac stamps in it, the quality of the entire museum will be greatly improved.
Especially, how does it feel when you receive envious and jealous looks from your friends?
Cool, just one word!
Collecting means meeting up with a few close friends to drink tea and talk about Taoism together.
Savor the cultural atmosphere and historical heritage contained in the collection, and reap the envy of close friends.
"Comrade, there are eighty genuine chicken tickets and eighty genuine dog tickets. The total is twelve yuan and eighty cents!" The middle-aged lady at the post office interrupted Zhang Junping's obscenity.
"Uh? Twelve and eight yuan?" Zhang Junping was dumbfounded. He only had four and two yuan left in his pocket, which was not even enough to buy a genuine copy.
"Sister, um... um... I don't have that much money with me..." Zhang Junping said with a blushing face.
The middle-aged elder sister's face suddenly dropped.
I didn’t bring any money, are you kidding me?
Don't think that just because you are handsome, you can tease me!
"Sister, how about I pay you a deposit first and you keep it for me? I will bring the money and come to you to buy it tomorrow!"
“Little comrade, we are a post office here, and it is against the rules to charge you a deposit!
In this way, if you really want to buy it, I will keep it for you!
Bring the money over tomorrow to buy it!
I will only keep you for one day. If it is too long, I won’t care if someone else buys it!” The middle-aged sister’s face softened slightly, and because Zhang Junping was tall, handsome, and had a sweet mouth, she gave it to him.
Save some face.
"Thank you, eldest sister, I will come over tomorrow!" Zhang Junping quickly thanked her.