stonecrandall Chapter 157
Chapter 157
Kyoto Jinxing Auction House
"The next piece of calligraphy comes from Jiang Yichen, a rising star in the calligraphy world."
"This is a piece of running script, which reads"Heaven moves vigorously, and the gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement."’"The host, Xiaoyin, held up a small card and explained."As you can see, this font style is unique and full of charm."
When the author of this font was mentioned, there was a slight discussion among the audience.
Some people who didn't know Jiang Yichen asked the people around them.
"When did a new calligraphy star emerge?"
"Oh, you don't know this? But it's true. This famous calligrapher has just started his career. At a calligraphy and painting exhibition a while ago, three of his works were bought by Su Zhenglin for 5 million yuan."
"Are calligraphy and paintings so valuable just after graduation?"
"Which famous family's son?"
"I heard that he was a student of Zhong Bingwen, the president of the Kyoto Calligraphy Association, and his level is super high."
"Looking at this calligraphy, the first impression is that it is very good. It is not the kind of calligraphy that is written randomly for the sake of being different. The structure, size, and the feeling of connecting and stopping the strokes are all very comfortable. Is the calligraphy attainment so high?"
The auctioneer Xiaoyin on the stage waited for the discussion in the audience to quiet down a little, and then she spoke loudly.
"The starting price is 1 million yuan, and each bid cannot be less than 10,000 yuan!"
As soon as the voice fell, the people in the field spoke again.
The starting price of 1 million yuan is not a small amount.
Before this, the starting prices of calligraphy and painting works of other calligraphers were all within 1 million yuan. Many of them were old people who had been famous for many years and had a certain reputation and prestige in the calligraphy world.
But now a rising star, Jiang Yichen, who has only heard of his name but never seen the real person, can actually have a starting price of 1 million yuan for a piece of calligraphy. This is simply incredible.
Some calligraphers who came to participate were a little unhappy.
But although they were unhappy in their hearts, they had to swallow their unhappiness when they saw Jiang Yichen's words. His unique calligraphy style will definitely be contested by countless calligraphers in the future. Learn from each other.
Compared with this, they may have slightly stronger writing skills and experience, but everything else is a complete failure.
Mu Shaoqing finally saw Jiang Yichen's calligraphy and was immediately attracted. But after looking at it for a while, with his cultural level, he only felt that it was very comfortable and beautiful to read, and had no other appreciation ability. He immediately turned his head to look at Su Zhenglin.
Su Zhenglin frowned slightly.
Eh!
It's strange, this calligraphy is Jiang Yichen's, and it has improved a lot, and the style is unique!
But why doesn't it feel like the paintings he bought?
This kind of metaphysics made him stop holding the sign temporarily.
Mu Shaoqing asked softly,"Mr. Su, don't you plan to bid?"
"I need to take another look." Su Zhenglin smiled, but did not explain much.
Hearing the host's voice, Mu Shaoqing thought for a moment and raised his card,"1 million."
Hearing the voice, Xiaoyin's smile became even brighter,"Okay, No. 89 bids 1 million, are there any other bidders?"
"1.05 million!"
"1.06 million!"
"1.1 million!"
After someone bid, others also started bidding.
Some people who are good at calligraphy appreciation wanted to take a picture of the words and study them carefully, but most of them were reluctant to spend so much money to buy a piece of calligraphy.
In the end, Jiang Yichen's ordinary calligraphy with Zhong Bingwen's"high-quality Hui ink" was sold for 1.13 million yuan.
It was not a particularly outrageous price.
The second painting, the Heart Sutra written in small regular script, was worth a little more.
I don't know if it was because there were too many words or because rich people believed in Buddhism, it was bought by a rich man for 1.5 million yuan.
The next two paintings were calligraphy and paintings written by Jiang Yichen with a Hanzhen brush.
The two paintings are related, they are two Nian Nujiao.
Both are in running cursive style.
They complement each other.
"These two pieces of calligraphy are the work of the new calligrapher Jiang Yichen. You can see that the charm of these two pieces is even better than the previous two pieces. When you look at them, you will feel peaceful and comfortable!"
"According to Mr. Jiang Yichen, this kind of work is only occasionally available. The charm of tranquility left in his calligraphy is enough to last for a year."
"The two calligraphy works are auctioned together with a starting price of 5 million yuan!"
"God, it’s so expensive!"
"This new calligrapher has so many works for auction? Doesn't he know that if he has too many works, they will be less valuable?"
"It's too expensive, not worth it!"
But when Su Zhenglin saw the two works, he immediately became excited.
Although they were a little far away, he could still feel a sense of tranquility.
These were similar to the two paintings he bought.
At that moment, without waiting for others to quote, Su Zhenglin immediately raised the sign."6 million!"
"hiss!"
"6000000?"
"Does Mr. Su really not regard money as money?"
"I heard that he also bought it a while ago. Is he so optimistic about the work of this newcomer?"
"You're not dragging your feet, are you trying to build momentum for the newbies?"
"Haha, you have money, why don’t you ask Mr. Su, who has a net worth of 30 billion, to build it for you?"
……
Many people were talking about it.
But there were also many wealthy people and bosses who came here for Jiang Yichen's calligraphy and painting.
After all, the magic of his calligraphy has already spread.
"6.1 million!"
"6.5 million!"
……
The price was slowly pushed up.
Soon, it reached 7 million!
The host Xiaoyin was very excited and even asked the staff to take one down and walk it through the crowd to let them watch it up close.
Once they got closer, the buff of meditation became more obvious, making him unable to refuse.
"I offer 8 million! Please give me some face." Suddenly a local tyrant stood up and raised the price by 8 million.
"Damn, is it the Niu CEO of Huaguang Bank?"
"He actually came to buy Jiang Yichen’s calligraphy?"
"It seems that this newcomer is really awesome!" Seeing the price of 8 million, Su Zhenglin also gave up.
This price is a bit high, and although the work is very good, it always feels inferior to what I bought.
So he gave up.
"8 million yuan 1 time"
"8 million yuan 2 times"
"8 million yuan 3 times"
"Deal!"
The host Xiaoyin slammed the auction hammer heavily and said excitedly.
Mr. Niu stood up and stretched out his hand,"Thank you everyone!"
"Next up is the last piece of Jiang Yichen's work in this auction. It is also a long scroll work, which depicts the phrase"The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward"."
"180cm long, 49cm wide! Jiang Yichen's cursive style font is extremely majestic, yet elegant and natural."
"More importantly, it can make people think quickly and feel enlightened!"
"His starting price is 5 million yuan, and each bid must be no less than 10,000 yuan!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Zhenglin was startled by the long banner and immediately jumped up, holding up the sign and shouting,
"I'm out……"