Chapter 283: The more precious comic book manuscript
Seeing this, Liu Dong couldn't help but shook his head helplessly. Talking to someone like Mu Gang about collecting antiques was like playing the piano to an ox.
"Xiaodong, please stay here and watch. I went out to buy some food. I didn't eat enough at noon and I'm hungry!"
"I know, Brother Mu, come back soon and don't cause trouble outside!" The reason why I said this was not because I was afraid that Mu Gang would suffer a loss, but because I was afraid that he would hurt others.
"Don't worry, I know!"
Watching Mu Gang's figure disappear outside the door, Liu Dong shook his head and refocused his attention on the little book in front of him. Then the expression on his face became joyful.
Holding the "Water Margin" that Mu Gang had just thrown down in his hand, Liu Dong carefully read page by page, and the more he looked at it, the more joyful he looked on his face.
The comic books of "Water Margin" were produced and published by the comic book editing room of People's Fine Arts Publishing House, which brought together six of the best comic book masters in the country at that time: Xu Yansun, Bu Xiaohuai, Mo Lang, Chen Yuandu, and Ren Shuying
, Wu Guangyu. By 1957, 21 volumes of "Water Margin" were published. The remaining 9 volumes were not published until 1987, when comic books were published after the end of the Cultural Revolution. That is, three volumes of "Water Margin" were published.
The ten volumes took thirty years to prepare.
The "Water Margin" in Liu Dong's hands is the first edition printed in 1987. What's even more rare is that it doesn't have any damage, stains, or creases, and its condition can be called "Ten Grade", which means it is 100% new.
As the collection of comic books becomes more and more popular, these old versions of the novels, which are 100% new, are basically not traded on the market, and are all traded secretly.
Stacked the Water Margin books one by one and sealed them with kraft paper. Then he took the second package of opened comic books over.
Turning to the front, the words "Yangtze River Trilogy" made Liu Dong's eyes light up.
He also learned a lot about this little book after paying attention to its collection.
The authors of "The Yangtze River Trilogy" are Wang Guoxin and Zheng Guilan. They are husband and wife. They spent nearly ten years traveling up and down the Yangtze River from Shanghai to Chengdu in order to create this comic strip.
Their son was in their backpack, sleeping in the open air with the wind, from one year old to ten years old.
"The Yangtze River Trilogy" was published in 10 volumes from 1982 to 1990, with a total of 1,666 paintings, none of which has the same composition. Many film techniques were used in the creation, and it won the third national comic book award
Second Prize for Painting and Second Prize for Literary Script.
The volume in Liu Dong's hands at this moment is the first edition of "The Yangtze River Trilogy", and it is also 100% new.
After finishing the "Yangtze River Trilogy", Liu Dong took out the carving knife he carried with him from the mustard space, carefully cut the tape, and opened the kraft paper cover. "Armed Forces Behind Enemy Lines" Liu Dong also watched when he was a child.
The little book with several characters was revealed.
Next, as Liu Dong opened the cowhide book covers one by one, "Red Detachment of Women", "White-Haired Girl", "Harbor", "Shajiabang", "Red Lantern", "Surprise Attack on the White Tigers", "Outsmart"
Weihushan", "Ode to Longjiang" and other revolutionary-themed novels, as well as color picture books of "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", "The Card of Life and Death", "The Mulberry Garden Party", "The Peacock Flies Southeast", "Xinbai"
"The Legend of the Lady", "The Female General of the Yang Family", "Mulan Joins the Army" and other folklore and mythological short stories appeared in front of Liu Dong one by one.
Even more rare is this large wooden box. The 112 kinds and 545 volumes of miniature books are all 100% new and rare.
After reading this, Liu Dong looked forward to the little book in the other box even more. Because when the original light of the relics enveloped these two wooden boxes, the light emitted by the latter one was much stronger than the two.
After finally opening the box, Liu Dong was not disappointed. In 1951, the first ethnic minority literature comic strip "Little Naughty" was published by Inner Mongolia Publishing House; in 1953, the first foreign language comic strip was published by Foreign Languages ​​Publishing House.
Comic strip "Chicken Feather Letter".
"The Romance of the West Chamber" painted by Wang Shuhui, "Reconnaissance Crossing the River" painted by Gu Bingxin, "White-Haired Girl" painted by Hua Sanchuan, "Sun Wukong Three Fights against the Bone Demon" painted by Zhao Hongben and Qian Xiaodai. These are all true masterpieces.
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In addition to these masterpieces after the founding of the People's Republic of China, there are also "Journey to the West", "Water Margin", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Feng Shen Bang", "The Biography of Yue Fei" published by Shanghai World Book Company during the Republic of China, and "Mr. Wang" by Ye Qianyu
and Zhang Leping's "The Wanderings of San Mao", etc.
Of course, the quality of these works is not as good as the ones in the first box. However, there are probably not many people who can collect so many precious comic strips from the Republic of China and the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
In addition to these printed comic strips, Liu Dong also discovered the first drafts of thirteen comic strips at the bottom of the second box, including the pencil line drawing "La Traviata" by Chen Jian, a master of hard-line drawing; and Wang Shuhui, a master of meticulous color painting comic books.
"The Romance of the West Chamber", Liu Jiyao's "Wu Song Fights the Tiger", "Havoc in Heaven", Ren Shuying's "The Peach Blossom Fan", Lu Yanshao's "The Immortal Tree"; Hua Sanchuan's "The Story of the Traffic Station"; Gu Bingxin's "The Crossing"
"Reconnaissance of Jiang", "Comrade Zhou Enlai in Meiyuan New Village" by Zheng Jiasheng and others, "Song of the Proletariat" by Tang Xiaoming and Chen Yanning.
As well as three original manuscripts of "The True Story of Comic Ah Q" created by the famous cartoonist Feng Zikai in 1939 during the Republic of China; the original manuscript of "Wen Tianxiang" by Zhao Hongben, one of the "four famous actors" in 1940; and Shen Manyun, who is also one of the four famous actors.
The original manuscript of "The Biography of Jigong".
Looking at the original manuscripts of these thirteen comic books, almost each of which can reach hundreds of millions, Liu Dong felt infinite joy in his heart. At the same time, he also understood that the things that the deceased Mr. Zhao probably liked to collect most were not porcelain, calligraphy and paintings.
, or something like miscellaneous literature and entertainment, but it is the comic strip in front of me.
"The reason why Mr. Zhao is able to collect so many comic strips is probably related to his previous job!" Regardless of whether his guess was accurate or not, Liu Dong immediately collected all the comic strips in the second box for himself.
In the mustard seed space, I did not rush to repair the stains on these comics with the relic Yuan Guang. Instead, I took out the jade pillow that exuded a rich red light.
The red light means that the things inside are at least more than a thousand years old. However, Liu Dong could not make an identification without touching the things inside with his own hands.
Taking the jade pillow in his hand, he turned it over. Using the perspective effect of the relic's light, Liu Dong could clearly see a slit on the jade pillow, not much thicker than a hair. This slit revolved around the pillow.
After looking around, it was obvious that this was where the things were originally put in and glued together.
This jade pillow wasn't worth much, and Liu Dong didn't even think about opening it through this gap again.
But just when Liu Dong picked up the diamond carving knife and was about to cut it from the edge of the jade pillow, he suddenly stopped.
"This jade pillow is almost six hundred years old, which means that the contents inside have been sealed for almost six hundred years. It would be bad if it was damaged when it was taken out!" Liu Dong
I thought to myself.
Jade originally had the function of keeping warm and moisturizing. It has been almost six hundred years since the jade pillow, and the oxygen inside it must have been extremely low. The environment in the jade pillow is now the same as that of an ancient tomb that has been buried for five or six hundred years.
During archaeological excavations, the 'oxidation' of antique cultural relics after they have been unearthed for a long time has always been the most troublesome thing. Liu Dong did not want the tragedy of the development of the Ming Dingling Tombs decades ago to happen to him. This jade piece
The things in the pillow are really precious.
Thinking of this, Liu Dong put his hand on the jade pillow, and then moved his mind as he pleased, slowly letting the antiques inside the jade pillow slowly absorb his relics. It was not until five minutes later that Liu Dong took back his hand, but looked at it.
The mustard space in my mind shrank by nearly half a meter, and I felt distressed.
"It seems that we need to search more for the power of this incense in the future, otherwise it will not be enough!"
He shook his head and let go of his thoughts for the time being.
Then, Liu Dong slowly cut off the section on the right side of the jade pillow with a hard carving knife. This carving knife was usually used by him to carve jade. It was very sharp. In addition, Liu Dong himself had extraordinary strength, so
Using this knife to cut a jade pillow is just like cutting tofu.
Soon, as a jade piece slightly larger than an adult's palm fell, the space inside the jade pillow appeared in front of Liu Dong's eyes.
"Ah, this smell is quite choking!" After sneezing a few times, Liu Dong rubbed his nose and took the jade pillow aside. The musty smell inside that had been there for nearly six hundred years was really choking.
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At this time, due to oxidation reaction, some blue coarse cloths originally inside the jade pillow also quickly lost color and hardened, but Liu Dong didn't care much about them. Even if they were intact, they didn't have much value, so Liu Dong also
He did not waste his relic energy on them.
At this time, Liu Dong no longer had the intention of pouring the contents of the jade pillow onto his bed. If any bacteria or the like got stuck on it, he would be too late to cry, even though the chance was very small.
But to be cautious, Liu Dong took off the white sheets from the bed, folded them a few times, spread them on the floor, and then dumped everything in the jade pillow onto the sheets.
Liu Dong had no interest in touching the gray and moldy coarse cloth fillings. Instead, he directly reached out and wrapped his hand around a roll of bright yellow, somewhat ancient-looking silk, and held it in his hands with great care.
Looking at the thick roll in his hand, Liu Dong's face became more surprised.
At this time, he didn't care about whether there were bacteria or not, and slowly spread the silk fabric on his bed. Then a rich lady riding a five-color divine bird appeared in front of Liu Dong. The woman was dressed in a luxurious cloud gown.
The sleeves are fluttering, and he sits cross-legged on the back of the bird. Sitting down is a divine bird with eagle wings, a crane body, a peacock head, and a long-feathered fan tail.
Turning back further, there is a green sacred cow, and then there is a man with a donkey head and six arms, and then the long-known characters in the "Five Stars and Twenty-eight Constellations" appeared in front of Liu Dong one by one. (To be continued)