Who asked you to bring so many things?" Wu Xinping complained when he saw Zhang Junping carrying large and small bags of things.

"Master! This is my ritual gift.

Because time was tight, the season was wrong, and I couldn't find the six rituals, I had to imitate the ancient rituals.

Master, please accept it!" Zhang Junping took out ten pieces of bacon, held it in both hands, and handed it to Wu Xinping respectfully.

The ritual of binding and repairing comes from the Analects of Confucius.

Confucius said: "If you can cultivate and cultivate on your own, I will not be without teachings."

It means: If you take the initiative to give me ten pieces of dried meat as a gift for meeting, I will teach you seriously and will never shirk or refuse to teach you.

The dried meat mentioned here refers to pork bacon.

Pork was a cheap meat in ancient times.

Pork bacon as a gift is a very worthless gift.

What Confucius means is, even if you come to be a disciple with worthless gifts, I will teach you knowledge seriously.

What is reflected here is the fraternity of Confucius who teaches without distinction.

Confucius's teachings and Confucius' spirit are all good, but it is a pity that they have been wantonly misinterpreted by later generations.

First it became a tool for the feudal dynasty to consolidate its rule, and later it became a tool for Confucian descendants to fool the emperor and the people.

If there were ghosts and gods in this world, Confucius would definitely jump out of the coffin, flood the Qu Mansion with urine, and drown these unfilial descendants.

If I had known earlier, I should have sprayed it directly on the ground.

That's too far.

Regardless of whether you were willing before or not, now that you have kowtowed and worshiped as a master, you must take it seriously.

The proper etiquette between master and disciple must not be messed up.

"Okay, okay! I'll take this bunch of cultivation masters!" Wu Xinping laughed heartily and took Zhang Junping's bacon.

"Then what are these for you?"

"Master, it's my first time to visit my wife, so I can't go empty-handed, right?

These are my gifts to my wife." Zhang Junping explained with a smile.

At this time, a woman about forty years old came out of the kitchen, saw Zhang Junping, and asked with a smile: "Are you Xiao Zhang, Lao Wu's new disciple? Come and sit in the room."

The food will be ready soon!”

Zhang Junping looked at Wu Xinping and asked with his eyes who this was.

"Oh! Xiao Zhang, let me introduce to you, this is your wife!" Wu Xinping introduced Zhang Junping with a smile.

"Hello, Master! My apprentice is here to kowtow to you!" Zhang Junping knelt down quickly and kowtowed three times respectfully.

"Hey! Good boy, get up! Get up!" Zhou Yuzhen's eyes turned red with excitement, and he quickly stepped forward to pull Zhang Junping up.

Old couples and young couples will suffer

There were some criticisms, and her identity was a bit embarrassing.

Seriously, Zhou Yuzhen is a student of Wu Xinping and once studied painting with Wu Xinping.

But he's not an apprentice, he's just like a tutor.

Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhou Yuzhen's family was relatively wealthy, so he invited Wu Xinping to teach his children traditional Chinese painting at home.

As a result, the two people saw each other right and broke through the worldly barriers and became husband and wife.

Although Wu Xinping's first wife had passed away for several years at that time, there were still some unpleasant things to say about her.

It also had a great influence on Wu Xinping. Otherwise, given Wu Xinping's artistic achievements and his status, he would not be the manager of a painting shop.

The honorary president of BJ Painting Academy is also an honorary title only obtained in recent years.

Because of this incident, Wu Xinping's other disciples were somewhat resentful of this master's wife.

The master-disciple ritual of three festivals and two birthdays is just a decent way to maintain face, and some people even changed it to three festivals and one birthday.

The smart Zhou Yuzhen couldn't feel it, but all the grievances could only be swallowed in his stomach.

Now, Zhang Junping kowtows to her respectfully and performs the master-disciple ceremony, which makes Zhou Yuzhen's heart collapse instantly.

Excited, happy.

"Hurry up and sit in the room with your master. I have another dish that will be ready soon!" Zhou Yuzhen said and ran into the kitchen.

Zhang Junping was a little puzzled, there was something wrong with this mistress!

He saw the tears that flowed down the instant Zhou Yuzhen turned around.

Isn't it just kowtow to perform the ceremony of master and disciple? As for being so excited?

"Xiao Zhang, come into the house with me! I'm happy today. Let's have a nice drink together.

Wait a few days and call your senior brothers and sisters over so that you can get to know each other." Wu Xinping took Zhang Junping's hand and walked to the main room.

"After the new year, I will find another opportunity to officially announce to the public that you are my close disciple, Wu Xinping." Wu Xinping said happily.

This is to tell Zhang Junping his future status in the sect.

Among the disciples, there are two that attract more attention, one is the founding disciple and the other is the closed disciple.

The great disciple who founded the mountain and the disciple who closed the door are all successors of the mantle.

"Master, I plan to invite famous artists from all over the country to BJ just after the new year.

Hold a symposium and share the grand event.

When the time comes, you can introduce me to everyone." Zhang Junping said with a smile.

"In what name are you planning to hold the symposium?" Wu Xinping was used to it. This apprentice would often make some amazing moves.

"We'll wait until the city approves our plan.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the art shop to be restructured into an art company.

Hold a symposium and invite well-known artists from across the country to discuss how to promote Eastern traditional culture to the West.

How to revitalize and promote Chinese painting.

Look at the situation at Central America now.

Among the three Wus, Wu Zuoren studied under Xu Beihong, but his major was oil painting.

Not to mention Wu Guanzhong, who studied oil painting under Lin Fengmian and graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Among the slightly younger professors, Jin Shangyi, who is more outstanding, is also engaged in oil painting.

The entire Central Academy of Fine Arts is almost turning into a Western painting academy."

As Zhang Junping spoke, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

"Well, I don't know what you said.

This cannot be changed in a day or two.

I remember that in your plan, you mentioned market cultivation and artist cultivation.

Are you holding this symposium just to prepare for cultivating the market?" Wu Xinping nodded slightly, then asked with a smile.

After these few days of contact, Wu Xinping also saw that he was his apprentice.

The director may seem radical, but he is actually prudent.

He was laying the groundwork every step of the way, and then laying the groundwork, working steadily until he finally succeeded silently.

"Yes, it is to prepare for cultivating the market.

The market I want to cultivate is not in China, or in other words, the city asked me to come here not for the sake of the domestic art market.

My first goal is Xiangjiang.

I plan to select some artists and works of art to promote and hold exhibitions in Hong Kong." Zhang Junping said his plan without hesitation.

"How are you going to choose?"

"Sign! We will focus on promoting artists who are willing to sign with us."

"What about those who don't want to sign?"

"There is no way at the moment, especially for someone of your age who has become famous domestically and even has a certain reputation internationally.

All I can do is collect as many of his works as possible.

Then we will promote it." Zhang Junping said frankly.

"You kid!" Wu Xinping naturally understood the meaning of Zhang Junping's words.

The purpose of collecting as many works as possible is to maximize profits after promotion.

Otherwise, if I don’t have a few works in my hand, I will spend a lot of effort to push someone out, and the person will become famous, and the value of the works will greatly increase.

Zhang Junping would definitely not do this kind of behavior of taking advantage of others.
Chapter completed!