Chapter 636

Yang Rui knew that at the auction, some famous people's calligraphy and paintings easily reached tens of millions, even hundreds of millions. Of course, this kind of calligraphy and painting is rare every year, and most of them belong to those familiar names, such as Wang Xizhi, Mi Fu, Tang Bohu, Dong Qichang

But Yang Rui is very sure that no matter how cheap the calligraphy and painting of Ming Dynasty are, they will not be as cheap as tens of thousands of yuan.

What's the asking price of calligraphy and painting in this business department? It's just a few hundred dollars.

Easily thousands of times of growth, or even tens of thousands of times of value-added, let Yang Rui look at these cabinets, head tossing all kinds of ideas.

"Yang Rui, what do you think of these two paintings? They are both Wu Changshuo's black plum. Wu Changshuo was a master in the period of the Republic of China. He was good at drawing plum. He called it sweeping plum, which is a bit like Mi Fu's "brush calligraphy". Wu Changshuo claims to be a "plum confidant from the bitter Railway". He planted dozens of plum blossoms and painted them every day. Well, there are more plum blossoms he painted, but it's still good. I think these two vertical scrolls are very brilliant. They should be Wu Changshuo's masterpieces... "Wang Yongtao talked about the paintings he chose, and he really liked them.

"That's them." Yang Rui doesn't have any opinions. Anyway, they are all given away.

Lao Zheng came to have a look, checked the price book, and said, "these two are expensive. One is 165 yuan, the other is 180 yuan. Do you want them?"

Wang Yong hesitated and said, "it's a little expensive."

Of course, he didn't mean to bargain. He really thought it was too expensive for state-owned stores to bargain.

"The plum blossom painted by Wu Changshuo is really brilliant, but since it's a gift, there's no need to force the plum blossom. Wu Changshuo's Chrysanthemum should be cheaper." Wang Yong said and went to the cupboard to search.

The big cabinet against the wall is similar to the old-fashioned wardrobe. It is made of wood and is rather heavy. There are carved and hollowed out double doors. For the convenience of keeping, a layer of paper is pasted inside and a lock is added.

Yes, just pasted paper and locked it.

If it is in a modern museum, such paintings, not to mention constant temperature and humidity, should at least be placed separately and properly. At the very least, each painting must have its own box. Anyway, it is tens of millions of things. The owner should agree to provide a box for himself.

However, in 1984, the state-owned shops didn't pay attention to these. From their point of view, a large cabinet for hundreds of paintings was good. Many people didn't have such a grand cabinet when they got married.

Moreover, although the price of paintings is expensive, it is not as expensive as exaggeration. For now, 180 yuan is a little more than Wang Yong's monthly salary.

Thirty years later, a professor can't even afford to buy the paintings of contemporary painters with a monthly income of ten thousand pieces. The most important thing is to buy a few paintings of young writers. In modern studios, the works of young painters are still stacked together. Of course, there may be a box, depending on life.

Yang Rui has never been short of money since he earned 2000 yuan of contribution fee. In fact, his living standard in the 1980s is better than that in the 21st century. Therefore, Yang Rui didn't think much about Wang Yong's tangled price. Seeing that he was carefully searching, he couldn't help laughing: "Professor Wang, since it's famous for plum blossom, let's give it away, It's no less than thirty or fifty dollars. "

"Wu Changshuo's chrysanthemum is half cheaper than plum blossom." Sitting at the door of the old Zheng indifferent to a sentence.

"Ah," said Yang Rui, "it's less than 100 yuan?"

Lao Zheng made a gesture in the air and said, "it's small."

"That's so much!" Yang Rui is not shocked by 90 yuan or 82 yuan and 50 cents. He is shocked by the cost savings of 100 or 200 paintings. He doesn't have much money at present, but it's OK to buy more than 100 paintings. If these paintings are put in 30 years, they will be a billionaire. It's interesting to think about them.

Wang yongdaiwei explained: "a small painting is probably a practice painting. The practice painting of young people is called practice painting. After becoming famous, people still want it. However, the price can't be like a large painting. Generally speaking, large-scale paintings are well prepared, either to give away or to draw a new idea, and the paper and ink used are better. The bigger the picture, the more expensive it is. "

Wang Yong picked out two chrysanthemums and said, "these two chrysanthemums are of medium or high standard. They are good in Wu Changshuo's paintings. No matter how bad they are, it's not easy to give them away."

"Lao Wang's eyes are very sharp." Lao Zheng looked at the number on the picture and said, "one 85, one 90. Do you want it?"

"Only two?" Yang Rui asked Lao Zheng.

Lao Zheng said, "if you come by yourself, you can't take any of them. There are quite a few of them.""Take three, two chrysanthemums, and the bigger plum." Yang Rui struggles with a smile.

"You're very polite, so take it. You take my ticket and pay for it, and then you come back to get the painting. " Lao Zheng licked his thumb with his tongue and wrote on the receipt.

After some tossing, Yang Rui put the two chrysanthemums away and gave the plum to Wang Yong with both hands, saying: "Professor, this painting is for you."

"Oh, what are you doing for me... Really!" Wang Yong's hasty refusal.

Yang Rui said with a smile, "I think you really like Wu Changshuo, but your family must confiscate some of them. My teacher's mother won't buy them for you."

"One is more than 100. If I buy it, your teacher's mother can burn it. Believe it or not." Wang Yongbai waved his hand and said, "OK, take it back and enjoy it. If I want to see it, I'll go to you."

"I work in Huarui, and I can't spend all my salary. If I give it to you, my teacher's mother won't burn it."

"I don't want to..."

"Take it. If I give it to other professors, you can't take it?"

"Other professors are other professors. I never accept these gifts..."

"Professor, take it. I have a piece of my heart. I specially want it from others..." Yang Rui forced the plum painting to Professor Wang Yong, feeling very happy.

Professor Wang Yong is also in a happy mood and can't put down his love for Wu Changshuo.

When they go home, Professor Wang Yong starts Wu Changshuo's plum blossom and appreciates it carefully. Yang Rui lacks interest in art, but he is very interested in the great value behind art.

Biological research will become more and more expensive. Yang Rui doesn't want to go back to the era of applying for funds by looking at people's eyes. Of course, he has to apply for funds now, but now he only applies for funds to supplement his own research. There is no danger of life and death, so he has a much more relaxed and peaceful attitude.

When the first phase of funding application is not available, and the experimental project that has been done for many years is about to end, Yang Rui will feel shivering when he thinks about the pressure.

Why is the scientific research in the laboratory so miserable? That's the pressure from the head of the lab from the top down.

Why is Yang Rui doing what he wants now? If you want to use two bottles of ink, you have to say hello to the logistics department. If you want to use 1000 yuan, you have to sign by the director of the Research Institute. If you want to use 10000 yuan, you have to go to the meeting to discuss. What about 100000 yuan? Young man, are you kidding? As for the fund of one million yuan, it's a year's expenditure of an ordinary scientific research institute. If you do research, hundreds of people in the Institute will have to drink the wind from the West.

The so-called dining finance exists not only in the government, but also in scientific research institutes. Peking University and Tsinghua University are the top research institutions in China. Professor Cai is the director of the Department of biology and a member (academician) of the Academy of Sciences. The amount of funds he can control is one million. It's not enough to use such a little money for international cutting-edge research, Academician Cai spends most of his time on change every year.

Foreign researchers also need to change money. Although they change more money, it is not necessarily true that foreign researchers are happier.

The truly happy researcher is the researcher who is not short of money, which is also the goal Yang Rui pursues.

At the very least, it is not up to the bureaucrats to decide whether their projects will survive or not. Yang Rui thinks that this should be where he surpasses his contemporaries and where his advantages lie.

"Let's make some contribution to science." Yang Rui looks at a chrysanthemum and appreciates it carefully. Then he calls Jing Cuncheng.

When it comes to the senior cadres of the party, Comrade Wang Yong is on the edge, while Comrade Jing Cuncheng is certainly on the edge.

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