Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

Chapter 78 Li Feng's Thoughts

In the morning, Li Feng was instructing Han Ming and others on painting while he himself painted a porcelain plaque of Lang Shining's flowers and birds. After that, he had time to talk to Director Zhou and Master Deng.

The morning has almost passed.

Li Feng spent the entire morning painting a porcelain plaque depicting flowers and birds by Giuseppe Castiglione.

In other words, Li Feng earned two yuan in one morning.

But now Li Feng has become a full-fledged apprentice. As long as he passes the Level 1 worker assessment in April, Li Feng will be considered to have made it big.

Li Feng thought about how, after these past few months of hard work and study, and with the help of the system, he had saved himself at least two years compared to others.

Without the help of a system, I would not have been able to become a ceramics apprentice and graduate so quickly.

Thinking of this, Li Feng couldn't help but feel a little sentimental.

But that's life.

Many people go through a lot of things, but the things they experience have both similarities and differences.

The result may not be as good as you hoped, but it may also be as successful as you imagined.

Master Deng!
He's like one of the successful apprentices among us, but what are his thoughts?

We have no way of knowing.

This is the problem we recognize.

However, at present, what Li Feng hoped for is being accomplished step by step in a down-to-earth manner.

Li Feng hopes that he can have a better life in this world.

And I also hope to have more options in the future.

After thinking about this, Li Feng quickly calmed himself down.

After taking that first step, Li Feng believed that things would only get better for him in the future.

noon
In the ceramics factory canteen
At this time, many people in the ceramic painting workshop were talking about Li Feng's promotion to a permanent position.

After they spread the word, the whole factory soon knew about Li Feng's successful completion of his apprenticeship and becoming a full-fledged employee in just three months.

Moreover, this applies to ceramic painting.

Therefore, Li Feng became a topic of conversation for many people.

Many of them hope that their children can have the same talent as Li Feng.

After all, the profession of ceramic artist has a tradition of inheritance.

There are fathers who work in this line of work, sons who work in this line of work, and even grandsons who work in this line of work.

After all, porcelain has existed for more than 3,000 years, dating back to the Shang Dynasty. However, before the Song Dynasty, it was still in the exploratory stage. It was only in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties that porcelain flourished.

Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain is renowned worldwide.

Li Feng recalled that the blue and white porcelain jar depicting "Guiguzi Descending the Mountain" fetched over 200 million yuan at auction.

of course!

This is what Li Feng saw in the news.

However, this also shows that porcelain is very famous in China and even the world.

Moreover, I had heard Wang Liu say that his porcelain paintings were already being sold abroad.

This also indirectly shows that porcelain was a source of foreign exchange.

Many of the porcelain pieces made in the factory are now sold overseas, so the factory workers usually talk about them during their leisure time.

perhaps!

This is a kind of competitive mentality.

After having lunch with Wang Liu and the others, Li Feng went to the pastel section to find Master Lin.

After all, when you talk about it...

I am Master Lin's apprentice.

Without Master Lin, Li Feng would not have had the opportunity to paint ceramics.

Therefore, Master Lin deserves a lot of credit for my success today.

After Li Feng arrived at the pastel group.

Li Feng noticed that Master Lin was resting and drinking tea.

When he saw Li Feng, he immediately smiled, then pointed to the small stool next to him and asked Li Feng to sit down.

Li Feng nodded and immediately sat down next to Master Lin.

At this time, Master Lin also learned about Li Feng's promotion to a permanent position, and he was very happy about it.

After all, Li Feng was discovered and nurtured by Lin himself. How could Master Lin, Li Feng's mentor, not be happy with such a promising future?
Moreover, Li Feng was officially hired in the morning and came to see him at noon, which made Master Lin feel that Li Feng was very thoughtful.

At this moment, Master Lin spoke first to Li Feng.

"Little Li!"

"I'm quite surprised that you were promoted to a permanent position so quickly!" "However, I'm very pleased that you received Master Deng's approval."

"This also shows that you have learned something from Master Deng."

"Moreover, I didn't expect Master Deng to be able to do this."

What Master Lin said was all true. He didn't expect that Master Deng would actually go to Factory Director Wei for Li Feng's promotion.

When Master Lin got to this point, he seemed to be thinking about something.

Then he sighed and said to Li Feng.

"Master Deng had no children his whole life."

"His mind was on his apprentices, but despite his excellent skills, few of them learned them."

After hearing what Master Lin said, Li Feng was a little puzzled, because he didn't know that Master Deng was so old and had no children.

As for why few of Master Deng's apprentices learned the skills, Li Feng knew some of the reasons.

Li Feng knew that Master Deng's Western-style paintings, also known as new colored tapestry paintings, had a realistic style that traditional ceramic painting did not possess.

Master Deng was able to learn the techniques of painting Western-style figures without any prior training in sketching, which demonstrates his remarkable learning ability.

However, Li Feng believes that Master Deng may know that certain parts must be drawn that way, but when teaching others, he may not be able to clearly describe the principle behind it.

This could be one of the reasons why apprentices fail to learn.

and!

This Western-style painting had the characteristics of enamel painting, and after being improved, it became a new painting genre, especially before the liberation.

The paints used in Western-style polychrome painting were all imported from abroad.

It was only after liberation that it was produced domestically.

Therefore, the history of Xincai (new color porcelain) is not worth mentioning compared to that of Famille Rose and Blue and White Porcelain.

Furthermore, because the new color technology is relatively new, there is very little learning experience available.

Even Master Deng only learned it when he went to Jingdezhen to study.

Earlier!

Master Deng did not come from a background in painting new colors.

It was only later that it was changed to Xincai.

Originally, Master Deng painted five colors.

That is, ancient colors.

Li Feng was also very shocked when he learned about this!

The difference between ancient and modern polychrome is much greater than that between famille rose and modern polychrome.

However, it is truly remarkable that Master Deng was able to learn the new coloring technique during his year of study in Jingdezhen.

Moreover, he learned it very well.

Li Feng learned from Zhang Jiefang that Master Fan and Master Liu had also returned from studying in Jingdezhen.

However, neither of them could paint as well as Master Deng.

This may be because they are younger than Master Deng.

After all, Master Deng had been painting in the ancient style for more than ten years, and then he switched to painting in the new style for nearly twenty years.

Master Deng's understanding of Xincai alone is very different from theirs.

However, since Master Deng has been painting new colors for so many years, he must have taken on apprentices before.

Li Feng thought of this.

He couldn't help but ask Master Lin.

"Didn't Master Lin's previous apprentices learn Master Deng's skills?"

After hearing Li Feng's words, Master Lin nodded to Li Feng.

"Um!".

"Master Deng had taken on quite a few students before, but most of them switched to other painting styles midway through."

"For example, there are quite a few people who study blue and white porcelain."

"And then there's the matter of being transferred to another factory."

Upon hearing this, Li Feng asked Master Lin in surprise.

"Are there any other ceramic factories in Beijing?"