Rebirth of the Nine-Three Era

In the evening, the organizers of the Provincial Artists Association held a welcome party for young painters from all over the country at Shanya Hotel.

Several leaders of the National Artists Association were also present.

The most famous painters in China, Qi Guanyu, Huang Zishi and Qiu Zhoutong, also came.

Yin Yuan also met many famous painters in the painting world.

Knowing that Yin Yuan was the author of "Miner" at the last Yangcheng Art Exhibition, several people praised the quality of his paintings.

At this moment, the scene of going to several lumber receiving points in the morning appeared in his mind.

Who would have thought that in ten or eight years, Hainan Huanghuali would face the dilemma of extinction.

He decided to paint a huanghuali tree that stood proudly on the top of the mountain and had been growing for hundreds of years.

Several villagers holding axes under the tree were looking up at the tree more than ten meters high in front of them, with smiles on their faces.

I specially painted a series called "The Catastrophe of Hainan Huanghuali".

Painted huanghuali has grown on the unique land of Qiongdao for thousands of years, standing proudly among the mountains and ridges, and has become one of the precious woods in the past.

In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and shipping was also difficult. Occasionally, large ships from the north came to transport wood, but the yellow rosewood in the mountains was not affected.

Later, although the blast furnace ironmaking movement and the national rafting tree caused some damage to the famous tree, it did not shake the foundation.

The saplings were used as medicinal materials and were cut down on a large scale. Pharmaceutical factories went to the countryside to purchase huanghuali wood.

Then the price of huanghuali wood skyrocketed, and wood purchase points were set up everywhere in every city, county, and village on the island.

The villagers searched for all the huanghuali trees on the mountain, starting from the mountains near the road to the old forests deep in the mountains.

No matter how steep the mountain forests or dense river valleys, all the huanghuali trees of different sizes have been chopped down and cleared away.

After cutting down the trees on the mountain, they began to search the villagers' homes. All the wood used in the construction, as long as it was huanghuali, was purchased at a high price.

Ancient furniture such as tables, chairs, beds and stools, as long as they are made of huanghuali wood, have skyrocketed in price a hundred times.

It only took a few decades for the giant beast of capital to swallow up all the huanghuali trees growing in the mountains.

When Yin Yuan was speaking to the leaders of the Artists Association, he took out a notebook and used a pencil to sketch in it.

Sketch what you have in mind and then go back and paint it on canvas.

Because Chen Dongsheng and Yang Zhiguang are from the same province as him, they still need to have some superficial unity.

Although I don't agree with him in my heart, we still have to sit together in public places.

I saw him busy in his shorthand notebook.

Chen Dongsheng also teased him: "Master Yin, isn't it because inspiration bursts out? How many strokes do you have to draw in the few minutes you have to eat?"

Yin Yuan said: "I was really touched by an idea, so I recorded it in time."

The two people sitting next to him glanced at the contents of his shorthand notebook.

Just some mountains, some trees, nothing special.

Yang Zhiguang also said: "When I came to Shanya, instead of painting beach seascapes, I painted trees. It seems that the direction is a bit wrong."

Yin Yuan said to Chen Dongsheng: "This series of mine adopts the form of Brother Chen's comics. In the process from rise to decline, many of the painting techniques of comics have to be borrowed."

Chen Dongsheng said: "Comics must have a story. Comics without stories are like people without souls."

"Brother Chen is right. The protagonist of this series of paintings is wood like huanghuali."

The two said they could not understand his profound meaning.

After dinner, the two of them discussed it with him.

"Huanghuali wood is still everywhere in the mountains. How can it be extinct? It has not disappeared even in the 70 years of steel smelting. How can it be extinct now in the 90s?"

Yin Yuan said: "You two still remember the giant yellow croaker, which is going extinct now, right? How much has the price increased? Are there fewer and fewer wild yellow croakers? There are only artificially cultured ones. In the future, huanghuali will be the same as the giant yellow croaker. The fate will be the same..."

Chen Dongsheng said thoughtfully: "Master Yin is right, I can draw a comic about the giant yellow croaker."

He got up and left to find his shorthand notebook.

Yang Zhiguang said: "You two have material to draw, and I'm still scratching my head."

Everyone is holding back their enthusiasm for the art exhibition in Beijing in a few months.

Yin Yuan used his evening time to conceive of the concept of the series of paintings and draw several sketches.

Of course, he was not very familiar with the huanghuali trees growing on the mountain, so he would definitely use the time during the creative exchange meeting in Shanya these days to go to the mountain to sketch seriously.

The shapes of various trees are different.

The trunk surface of Huanghuali wood has some lines, and the leaves are dark green in color and long oval in shape.

After the trunk is cut, the inside color is purple-reddish brown, which turns to dark red over time.

The next day he accidentally discovered a huanghuali tree in the front yard of the hotel. He could observe the shape of the tree in detail without going up the mountain.

Gathered in the hotel lobby at 08:30, the secretary-general announced the official start of the Shanya Young Painters Creative Exchange Meeting.

In the first five days, you can form your own team to go to various scenic spots in Shanya to carry out art sketching and creation activities.

A work review and exchange meeting will be held the next two days.

Finally, the outstanding works of twenty painters were selected for the exhibition selection.

The leaders of the Artists Association gave a passionate speech.

The organizer prepares drawing boards, brushes and paints, and then allows the painters to form their own teams. They can be divided into several groups, and it is best to go together.

Three or five people will do.

Yin Yuan naturally chose to paint mountain and tree scenes. Chen Dongsheng and Yang Zhiguang said they would paint coconut trees and sea scenes instead of going with Yin Yuan.

Feng Tianqing invited him to paint seascapes in the ends of the earth. Yin Yuan said that I had already chosen a painting theme this time, specifically painting huanghuali trees.

On the first day, he was going to find a dense forest, climb to the top of the mountain, find an angle overlooking the mountain, and draw a landscape with deep mountains and dense forests.

Among them, a female painter named Ye Tianlin from Sichuan Province and a painter named Xia Feng from Hunan Province said they also wanted to paint mountain scenes.

The organizer arranged for a young man named Jiang to be responsible for registering the artist’s destination for sketching that day.

Because Yin Yuan had a mobile phone to contact him, he was asked to be responsible for the safety of the three people.

Yin Yuan chose Cuiweishan Scenic Area, five kilometers away from the hotel, as today’s shooting location.

In addition to preparing painting tools, they also brought water, bread and biscuits and other food to satisfy their hunger.

When you climb to the top of a mountain to sketch, you may have to finish a painting before going back to the hotel.

Sometimes it takes hours to paint a painting.

Xiao Jiang asked them to carry a self-defense item up the mountain, and warned them to try to avoid sketching in places with deep grass and dense forests, because there might be wild boars, venomous snakes, or even wasps on the mountain.

Yin and Yuan brought a machete, a bottle of toilet water, and a bottle of snake venom-resistant medicine.

Yin Yuan asked the two of them to take his own car to Cuiwei Mountain.

He has read the tourist scenery introduction, and there is a road that can lead directly to the top of the mountain because there is a meteorological observation point there.

Xia Feng is shorter but has a more active personality.

Ye Tianlin is a beautiful woman with long hair and shawl, good figure and delicate face.

She looked only 32 years old, but she said she was married and had two girls.

Her husband is a Chinese middle school teacher in Shancheng City, and she is also a teacher, specializing in art.

Xia Feng said: "Brother Yin, why don't I follow you in sketching for the past few days?"

Yin Yuan said: "I want to paint a series of paintings these days, all of which are about huanghuali trees."

Xia Feng said: "I specialize in painting mountain peaks."

Ye Tianlin said: "I also paint landscapes. Today I will paint the weather observation station on the top of the mountain."

There is no charge for Cuiweishan Scenic Area. Young people only occasionally go up the mountain to explore on Saturdays or Sundays. No one usually goes up the mountain.

Fortunately, although the road up the mountain is bumpy and bumpy, it is basically passable.

We reached the top of the mountain half an hour later.

The three of them each found a shooting spot, set up their easels and started painting.

Yin Yuan found a huanghuali tree, which was 40 to [-] meters tall by visual inspection. There were several other trees of this type in the valley.

It is so lush and green that five of these trees that are more than a hundred years old can be painted on one picture.

Of course there are other tree species nearby.

First use white latex to base the drawing board, sand it flat and then use oil painting base material to make it smooth.

Ye Tianlin and Xia Feng also took a good angle and began to paint the oil painting base on the drawing board.

Yin Yuan squinted and observed for a long time, and finally chose a suitable angle. He had an idea of ​​the painting in his mind, and the relationship between distance and the proportion of the picture was mapped out.

Use a single color to draw a basic outline on the drawing board, paying attention to the weight of the color.

He glanced at Ye Tianlin from a distance and saw that she had made a warm background color on the drawing board.

The composition stage is in progress.

Xia Feng has just completed the second step of painting, using a single color pen to outline the landscape in front of him.

After Yin Yuan outlined the overall picture, he made appropriate modifications.

Start coloring the grass on the ground, and the background trees are also painted green.

Two winding mountain roads.

There are mottled moss on the rock wall next to it and dead branches and leaves that have fallen to the ground.

Divide several huanghuali trees into priorities and draw them in different positions.

The size is different and the clarity is inconsistent.

He clearly drew the nearest tree, including a few red ants crawling up the stem.

The sun was a bit hot, and even though I was wearing a straw hat, it was still a bit uncomfortably hot.

When I first started painting, I was in the shade of a tree, but soon the sun came over.

What matters in live-action painting and sketching is reality.

Now that we have chosen an angle, we have no choice but to stick to it even if the sun is shining brightly.

It was almost lunch time. The three of them ate some food such as bread and biscuits they had brought, drank water, and found a place to rest under the shade of a tree.

Chat up.

"Brother Yin, do you run a company for business?" Xia Feng asked with interest.

"how do you know?"

"Yesterday I saw you taking a worker to Dongfang City, and you said you were going to Changjiang City and Ledong City."

Yin Yuan said: "I ordered ten tons of huanghuali wood, and yesterday I took a worker to the receiving point to inspect the goods."

Ye Tianlin said: "Painter Yin runs a furniture factory?"

Yin Yuan said: "I have a relative who runs a furniture factory. To be honest, I just sell trees to make money. Last time I sold [-] tons of Vietnamese huanghuali and I made a fortune."

The two knew nothing about lumber prices.

On the topic of business, he is also completely wrong.

After resting for a while, I continued my painting.

Draw leaves and branches, paying attention to the relationship between large colors and space.

The details continue to be carved, and the grass and space are harmoniously lit.

The light and shadow treatment is highlighted on the details of tree trunks and grass, and the colors are appropriately modified.

Add some flowers to clearly depict the grass under the trees, giving the entire picture a vibrant theme.

This painting is the first in a series of paintings, titled "Spring of Hainan Huanghuali".

After the entire painting was completed, I carefully made modifications in several places.

After Xia Feng and the others finished the painting, the three of them set off back to the hotel.

Maybe because they were close to the hotel, the three of them were the earliest to come back.

Yin Yuan received a call from Huo Buqiang: "The truck has been loaded, a total of 11 tons, 9 tons are old dry materials, and two tons are new materials for newly cut rafts."

"The driver said he would drive to Haikou and stay overnight tonight, then cross the river and deliver the goods to Jiangming tomorrow morning. After unloading the goods, he would try to return to the island on the same day."

Yin Yuan asked him to send the wood to the open space of the paint factory.

Responsible for making Lin Wanting pay to the foreign trade company.

The foreign trade company will arrange for the business manager to collect the money, including transportation costs.

Huo Buqiang also asked him: "The last batch of Vietnamese huanghuali was ordered on the way. Has the boss ordered this batch of Hainan rosewood?"

Yin Yuan said: "I'm going to call the furniture factory owners and ask them if they want the goods. But even if no one wants the goods, I can store them myself without any problem."

He first called his wife: "There are 11 tons of wood in total. We can bring it to Jiangming tomorrow. After unloading, we will be responsible for settling the payment with the business manager of the foreign trade company. We have already paid the deposit."

Wanting asked him: "How much do these timbers cost per ton?"

The purchase price is 6 per ton, plus freight.

Yin Yuan said: "Let's price it at [-] per ton."

Wanting said: "Is the price set too high?"

“I think it’s appropriate because the wood is over a hundred years old.”

After he hung up the phone with his wife, he called the bosses from whom he bought wood last time.

"Authentic Hainan huanghuali trees are all over a hundred years old, and there are several tons of trees over 300 years old, and they are all oil pear wood from the western region."

Several people asked him: "How much does it cost per ton?"

Yin Yuan said: "Ninety-five thousand one ton."

Several people said they needed one or two tons, and of course two others said, "I don't have an order yet. If I have an order, I'll ask him for the goods."

Of course Yin Yuan didn't force it.

He called his wife again and told her that after Huo Buqiang took the driver back, when unloading the goods, he selected more than two tons of trees over 300 years old and put them in another place, not to sell them for the time being.

Sell ​​those hundred-year-old trees first.

In the future, the older the wood, the more valuable it will be. He can consciously stockpile these old materials that are more than 300 years old.

For these trees that are about a hundred years old, there is an abundant supply of them here on the island, and they can be sold if anyone wants them.

At the same time, he called Dong Huajun.

"Manager Dong, I will order 20 tons of Hainan huanghuali from you, and I will also order oil pear wood from the western mountainous area. I will transfer the deposit to your company tomorrow."

Dong Huajun was naturally willing to accept his order.

He called his wife promptly and asked her to transfer a deposit to the foreign trade company tomorrow, and he ordered 20 tons of huanghuali lumber with them.