After returning to China, Zhang Junping was immediately surrounded by all kinds of praises.
Compared with the wanton exaggeration of the Xiangjiang media, the domestic media is much more reserved, but more domineering.
Comprehensive publicity through television, radio, newspapers and magazines.
For a time, Zhang Junping became the most popular young artist in China. Both adults and children knew that there was a young artist named Zhang Junping who brought glory to the country in Hong Kong and allowed overseas Chinese to see the charm of Chinese art.
Before Zhang Junping came back, a Zhang Junping personal art exhibition had been organized in China.
This is also the state's compensation to Zhang Junping, a compensation that will not be made public.
After all, Zhang Junping’s introduction of Toyota and Honda Motor Company and his free donation of shares to the country are not easy to publicize.
Zhang Junping didn't want to be too high-profile, so from the very beginning, Zhang Junping raised the issue and hoped that the country could keep it a secret.
This also catered to the wishes of some department leaders, so everyone tacitly handled Zhang Junping's introduction to the automobile company in a low-key manner.
The state publicized the introduction of a joint venture between Toyota and Honda to build a factory, but it did not mention anything about Zhang Junping.
After three days of busy work, Zhang Junping finally got away from various seminars and social events.
In the courtyard of Dongmi City Hutong, the old lady was lying on the rocking chair Zhang Junping made for her, rocking leisurely. She also held a cattail leaf fan in her hand to gently swat mosquitoes, and smiled at Zhang Junping who was sitting next to her.
Junping asked: "How do you feel?"
"Oh! Just one word, tired!" Zhang Junping sighed and smiled bitterly.
"Haha, you can feel tired. That's good. It means you are not blinded by the word fame and wealth." After hearing this, the old lady smiled happily.
"The two words fame and wealth are really tiring! However, people cannot live without these two words in this world.
Unless they are hermits in the mountains, how can people in the world get rid of fame and fortune?
Everything I did in Xiangjiang was inseparable from fame and fortune.
It's just that I'm like Ye Gong in the book, I like dragons but I'm afraid of them.
I don’t know whether I should call myself hypocritical or a living contradiction." Zhang Junping grinned and expressed his inner feelings.
"You are real, no matter how hypocritical or contradictory, this is life.
Come, tell me carefully, what earth-shattering things you did in Xiangjiang." In response to Zhang Junping's psychological self-analysis, the old lady just smiled kindly and asked instead.
These days, Zhang Junping has been busy with various entertainments every day, and he really doesn't have time to sit down and report his experience in Xiangjiang to the old lady.
"I..." Zhang Junping told the old lady one by one what he had done in Xiangjiang.
"You use the money I gave you to speculate in foreign exchange? You are really brave." The old lady was shocked by Zhang Junping's bold decision and couldn't help interrupting Zhang Junping and asked.
"I feel that the country will not allow Hong Kong's exchange rate to continue to fall, and will definitely come up with measures to solve it, so I..." Zhang Junping naturally would not say that he remembered the collapse of the Hong Kong dollar in his previous life, and then Hong Kong implemented a fixed peg to the U.S. dollar.
The exchange rate thing can only be explained in this way.
"Well, you think so, you are the one who dares to speak carefully!"
Zhang Junping continued to talk about his experience in Xiangjiang. When Zhang Junping finished speaking, the old lady fell into deep thought and murmured to herself for a long time: "The craftsman's door, the craftsman's door..."
Then she got up and walked into the house. After a while, the old lady came out again and handed Zhang Junping a sign.
Zhang Junping took it and saw that it was a jade plaque carved from Hetian green and white jade.
The delicate texture of the jade, the thick patina, and the slightly yellowish stone skin make the characters carved on the jade plaque appear more vivid and like real people.
The jade tablet is not big, six centimeters long and four centimeters wide, but it has five groups of bas-relief patterns and the five seal characters of gold, wood, water, fire and earth arranged on it.
The figures on the jade tablet have smooth lines, just like half of the strokes drawn by famous calligraphers and painters, round and flawless.
"Zigang card?" Zhang Junping secretly guessed as he turned over the jade card and his eyes suddenly widened.
I saw only the other side, carved with two big characters: Craftsman's Gate.
Under the two large relief characters, there is also a small character, soil.
"This..." Zhang Junping looked at the old lady in surprise.
"Haha, maybe this is fate!" the old lady chuckled.
"I believe you can also see that this is a real Zigang tablet."
"Grandma Liu, this craftsman's sect..."
"The craftsman's sect is a sect composed of a group of craftsmen. The sect is actually the product of a group of craftsmen joining a group to keep warm.
The craftsmen's sect was founded by five top master craftsmen at the time during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Lu Zigang, a master of jade carving, was one of the founders.
The Jianghu sect is different from other Jianghu sects. The Jianghu sect does not have a sect leader. As for the five elders of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, they are in charge."
Zhang Junping was still a little confused, and what the old lady said seemed like a story from an online novel.
"The craftsmen's sect is a very loose organization, and there are no restrictions on the craftsmen under the sect. It can almost be said that they can come and go freely."
"Grandma Liu, what about this craftsman's sect now?"
"It was disbanded a long time ago. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, animals were not allowed to become spirits, so the craftsmen's sect naturally disappeared. Only some old craftsmen may still remember the existence of such an organization as the craftsmen's sect."
"What exactly does the craftsman's door do?"
"The Craftsmen's Sect is similar in nature to your charity foundation. It is an organization for craftsmen to discuss, exchange and inherit skills with each other. It also aims to help those craftsmen who are too old and too weak to work and have no savings..."
After listening to the old lady's explanation, Zhang Junping basically understood that this craftsmanship was similar to the current Arts and Crafts Association, Calligraphers Association, and Painters Association.
"This piece is the token of Jiangmen Tuzitang..." the old lady continued.
"Tu Zi Tang? Then there are Huo Zi Tang, Shui Zi Tang, Jin Zi Tang, and Wood Zi Tang?"
"Yes, Lu Zigang used a whole piece of Hetian green and white jade to carve five jade tokens, namely gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. They were mastered by five master craftsmen at that time and used them as status symbols."
"Grandma Liu, so you are the elder of Tuzitang of this generation?"
"Didn't I just say that? The craftsmen's sect has been dissolved long ago, so what elders are there?" The old lady smiled and shook her head.
There was a hint of desolation and sadness in the smile.
"Grandma Liu, I will definitely do a good job in the Jiangmen Mutual Aid Charity Foundation and let it resound throughout the world.
Let people all over the world know that there is a craftsman in China!" Zhang Junping solemnly promised.
"Boy, you are serious!
There is no need to comfort me, old lady. Times change and everything renews. This is the trend of historical development." The old lady smiled and patted Zhang Junping's hand.
The old lady suddenly asked again: "Are you curious about my old lady's life experience? How can I, a lonely old lady, get so much money?"