Chapter 58 Business introduced by Yuan Xueyu!

Yuan Xueyu leaned closer and lowered her voice. There was a hint of ambiguity in her eyes." It won't affect your love, right?"

I couldn't help but laugh at her playfulness and whispered,"She is sleeping soundly and won't wake up for a while, but she told me to send you to work last night..."

After a pause, I added,"I'd love to. It's my pleasure."

Yuan Xueyu looked apologetic when she heard that." I'm sorry to disturb your sleep."

"It's okay. I run every morning. Sending you off is equivalent to running." I laughed heartily, trying to reassure her.

Soon, we went downstairs together.

Breakfast stalls in the community, steaming steamed buns, fragrant soy milk... added a bit of fireworks to the morning.

After breakfast here, we walked side by side towards the airport.

At this moment, the streets had not fully awakened. The breeze gently blew, carrying the elegant fragrance of Yuan Xueyu's body. The fragrance seemed to have magic power, refreshing and intoxicating.

Her waist-length hair was also gently swaying in the wind, brushing my face and arms from time to time. It was soft and delicate to the touch, like feathers, stirring up waves of ripples in my heart, and my heart also inexplicably felt a little more tender.

Yuan Xueyu, who was beside him, was extremely beautiful. Every frown and smile emitted a charming charm. Walking side by side with such a beautiful woman, anyone's mood would become happy.

" Zhang Yang, you are really strong. That guy must have been scared to death by you last night." Yuan Xueyu's pretty face was slightly red. She seemed to notice that her long hair brushed against my body, but she didn't deliberately avoid it. She continued to keep a close distance with me.

I smiled confidently and said,"I used to be a fitness instructor. Of course, my strength is great. Dealing with such a guy is simply a piece of cake."

Actually, I didn't use my full strength to deal with that man last night!

She nodded gently and said mysteriously in a low voice," I contacted a rich man. He has a painting by Shi Tao, but it was damaged. It was torn into five or six pieces by a child and urinated on by a child. In the end, it was blurred. Now, he is waiting for us at the airport with the painting. Go and take a look. Is there any possibility of repairing it?"

"Shi Tao's painting?" I couldn't help but gasp, my heart set off a storm.

Shi Tao's name is like thunder in the art world. He is a brilliant superstar in the history of China painting. His artistic achievements and legendary life have left a colorful chapter for later generations.

Shi Tao's surname was Zhu, and his name was Ruoji. As a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty, and the son of Zhu Hengjia, King of Jingjiang, he came to the world in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1642) of Ming Dynasty.

However, the wheel of fate in the times of great changes in ruthless crushing, after the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, he encountered a great family changes as a child.

His father, Zhu Hengjia, was arrested by Zhu Yujian of Tang Dynasty for trying to call himself a supervisor. From then on, his family fell.

In order to avoid disaster, with the help of eunuchs, he had no choice but to escape into the empty door, become a monk, his Dharma name is Yuanji, one is Yuanji, and then in the name of Shi Tao, as well as other names such as Dadi Zi, Qingxiang Old Man, Bitter Melon Monk, Blind Venerable, etc., he wrote legends in the art world.

He traveled all over the world, visited famous mountains and rivers, and had a panoramic view of the magnificence and beauty of mountains and rivers. In his later years, he chose to settle in Yangzhou and finally died in the 46th year of Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1707).

Shi Tao's attainments in the field of landscape painting are at the peak. He takes nature as his teacher, and his mountains and rivers are magnificent and changeable.

His brushwork is flexible and changeable, sometimes bold and free, like a storm; sometimes delicate and rigorous, like a spring silkworm spinning silk delicate and subtle. Ink is a must, dry and wet blend each other, rich in layers, lasting flavor.

Just like the "Search all the strange peaks draft map," the composition is novel and bold, the rock shape is unique and strange, but it is harmonious and unified with the overall picture, the lines are smooth and full of motion, each stroke seems to contain endless vitality, perfectly showing his unique understanding of mountains and rivers and extraordinary expression.

His flower-and-bird paintings are also unique, often showing the vitality and charm of flowers and birds vividly with unrestrained pen and ink and extremely tense composition.

In "Ink Grape Painting," he splashes ink with wild grass-like brushwork, vines dance like dragons, ink is dripping, grape fruits are round and full, as if people can feel the sweet fruit fragrance, showing the artistic style of simplicity and freedom.

Even though figures make up a relatively small proportion of his work, each one is a masterpiece. He is good at capturing the appearance and temperament of characters. He can outline lifelike characters with simple lines, full of rich flavor of life.

Shi Tao's "One Painting Theory" injected new vitality into China painting theory. He believed that painting should start from the method of "one painting", and transform the image in his heart into flexible brush and ink through profound perception and understanding of all things in nature, so as to create unique works of art.

At the same time, he advocated artistic ideas such as "pen and ink should follow the times" and "search all the strange peaks and draft", encouraging painters to go deep into life, observe nature, break away from the shackles of tradition, innovate boldly, express their true feelings and unique artistic opinions.

These ideas have had a profound and lasting impact on the development of painting in later generations and have become the inspiration source of countless painters.

Shi Tao, together with Hongren, Yu Can and Zhu Da, was called "the four monks of the early Qing Dynasty", and his artistic achievements were highly respected.

His painting style and artistic concept not only caused waves in the painting world at that time, but also guided the direction of future generations like a bright lighthouse.

Modern painting masters such as Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian and Pan Tianshou all absorbed nutrients from Shi Tao's art treasury, constantly enriched and developed their own artistic creation, and pushed China painting art to a new peak.

Shi Tao's works have passed through the baptism of time and have become treasures collected by museums, art galleries and private collectors all over the world. They are like shining pearls embedded in the treasure house of China painting art, emitting eternal light.

Moreover, the value of his works in the art market is also eye-catching, with auction prices ranging from hundreds of thousands of yuan to hundreds of millions of yuan.

On January 3,2020, Shi Tao's Gengchen (1700) was sold for 230,000 yuan; on December 4,2017, Du Fu's Poetic Album was sold at a high price of 69 million yuan; in 2015, the volume of Strange Peak Stone Painting was sold for 64.4 million yuan; At the classic autumn auction in Nanjing in 2011, after intense bidding,"Fujian Tour Free Farewell Landscape Volume" finally sold at a sky-high price of 135.52 million yuan, creating the highest auction record for Shi Tao's single work.

There is also the set of Shi Tao Arhat Hundred Opening Album, which is Shi Tao's masterpiece of fine brushwork characters in his youth. There are 100 opening albums in total. The essence of characters, mountains and rivers, flowers and birds in the painting gathers here. According to conservative estimates, its value is as high as RMB 3 billion yuan.

Thoughts churned in my mind, and before I knew it, we had arrived at the airport. From afar, a black Rolls-Royce Phantom was parked quietly by the roadside. Its body was shiny and it emitted a luxurious aura under the sunlight.

Standing beside the car was a wealthy man in a suit. Beside him was a burly bodyguard with sharp eyes. One look and one could tell that he was no ordinary person. He must be the one waiting for us.