Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

Chapter 233 The factory intends to appoint Li Feng as the head of the light-colored brocade group.

After receiving instructions from Director Wei, Deputy Director Zhu quickly hung up the phone. After all, Deputy Director Zhu had already gotten the answer he wanted, and all he needed to do next was to have Li Feng receive guidance from a master of light-colored enamel painting in Jingdezhen.

Compared to inviting Master Wang, this task is actually easier to complete, at least it will be completed quickly. After Deputy Factory Director Zhu reported the situation to Factory Director Wei, he then began to check the summary that Xiao Zhou had given him. He didn't have much time to read the reflections written by the thirty-one employees.

After all, Deputy Factory Director Zhu has so many things to handle every day. In fact, he sometimes has to get involved in things at the factory, so he has even less time.

Xiao Zhou basically handles all the daily work and record-keeping here.

Xiao Zhou did not slack off at all. Every day during his evening rest time, he would review everyone's experiences and insights, then summarize them, and finally compile a summary.

Therefore, Xiao Zhou's work is very busy every day.

of course!

This only refers to the busyness in terms of written materials. Although Li Feng and other employees have also been busy these past few days, at least they can go to sleep after finishing their reflections.

So Li Feng and the others have had a good rest these past few days.

At least they still have energy.

the other side

After parting ways with Xiao Zhou, Li Feng quickly returned to his room, where Wang Liu and Zhou Jianjun were chatting and bragging.

When they saw Li Feng return, they surrounded him and asked him with a smile.

"Where did you go?"

"Why have you been gone for so long!"

"I thought you had disappeared!"

"That's right!"

"Where have you been?"

Li Feng walked into the room, and upon hearing their question, he couldn't help but answer them.

"What can I do?"

"Of course I'm going to study, just like you guys."

The two men paused for a moment, then asked Li Feng a question.

"study?".

"Is that possible?"

“Jianjun and I both passed by the Porcelain Photo Studio. We both saw Zhang Jiefang and Jiang Fei, but we didn’t see you.”

“We heard from the two of them that they’ve been staying at the porcelain painting museum the whole time, but you haven’t been there.”

Upon hearing this, Li Feng smiled and explained to the two of them.

"I see."

"I did go there to study, but not to a porcelain photography studio, but to a painting studio that paints light colors."

When the two heard Li Feng mention "light ochre," they asked him with some confusion.

"Do we have anyone in our factory who can paint light blue and white paintings?"

"I've heard of blue and white porcelain, famille rose, and your new color porcelain, but I've never heard of any light glaze porcelain!"

"What is that?"

At this point, both of them began to have doubts.

It was only then that Li Feng began to explain the knowledge about light-colored porcelain to the two of them.

After listening to Li Feng's explanation, Zhou Jianjun said something directly.

"Isn't this just like pastel?"

"Something is missing."

"It's made to seem like something very mysterious."

At this moment, Li Feng shook his head at Zhou Jianjun.

"It sounds simple, but it's actually quite difficult to use and really tests one's brushwork skills."

"Even a master painter who is good at pastel painting may not be able to paint light ochre well, because it requires a lot of skill in brushwork. Because there are few colors used in light ochre painting, you can basically only see the lines."

"So you need to draw lines with a lot of character."

"Some things, like flavor, are hard to describe. Last time, Master Deng taught me for quite a while about how to use lines to draw Buddhist and Taoist figures, and how to bring out that kind of charm."

"If there is no charm or appeal, then it is not a painting."

"And most importantly, the line drawing skills required for light ochre are even higher, because there are fewer colors, so as I just said, what everyone is looking at is the lines."

"You know about meticulous brushwork painting, right?"

Wang Liu and Zhou Jianjun thought for a moment and then replied to Li Feng.

"You seem to have said that."

"how?".

Li Feng continued.

"This fine light ochre is like the line drawing in meticulous brushwork, and it is the skeleton of a painting. Even without the contrast of color, it is still a perfect painting."

"This is probably what is called light ochre."

"Moreover, the current famille rose enamelware has been improved, featuring calligraphy, seals, poems, or personal names."

"It incorporates almost everything from poetry, calligraphy, painting, and seal carving."

"Don't you think this is innovative? Isn't this a groundbreaking change?"

"Where did porcelain from the past come with so many pieces?"

After listening to Li Feng's words, Wang Liu and Zhou Jianjun were somewhat confused, but they felt that he seemed very impressive.

At this moment, the two of them nodded in agreement.

"All right!".

"I don't really understand it, but it seems really impressive."

Finally, Li Feng said something.

"Is it something that sounds impressive but is actually quite confusing?"

After Li Feng finished speaking, the two felt that Li Feng had summarized it well with those few words.

in the afternoon
When Deputy Factory Director Zhu announced that everyone could take a half-day off, everyone cheered happily.

After all, these past few days have exhausted them. Now that they have some rest in the afternoon, most of them are sleeping in the hotel, but some energetic people want to go out and have fun.

As for Li Feng, he simply chose to rest at the hotel.

After all, in Hongdu, we've already been to all the places we wanted to go and all the places we wanted to visit.

Moreover, he had almost finished writing his reflections, so Li Feng felt there was no need to go out anymore. He figured it was better to stay in the hotel and rest.

Li Feng heard about it.

Tomorrow I will take a long-distance bus to Fuliang.

At that time, there were no direct trains to Fuliang; the only trains available went to Yingtan.

However, going to Yingtan would be going in the opposite direction, so taking a car is still the most convenient option.

However, in this era, there were no true highways; having a paved road was considered a very good road.

But most of the roads were dirt roads, muddy roads. So Li Feng had already anticipated how bumpy the ride would be, and he thought it best to get some rest early, otherwise taking the bus would be a real headache.

Time flew by and the next day arrived.

Li Feng and the others soon woke up from their sleep.

The meeting time was around nine o'clock in the morning, so Li Feng and the others got up at around seven o'clock. After washing up and having breakfast, it was almost eight-thirty.

Afterwards, everyone took all their luggage out of their rooms and gathered in an open space not far from the hotel.

After everyone has assembled.

Deputy Factory Director Zhu summarized the performance of Li Feng and others over the past few days, and overall it was very good.

Everyone here must abide by the rules and strictly follow the factory's requirements and regulations.

So Deputy Factory Director Zhu praised Li Feng and the others, then asked everyone to pack their personal belongings, and led them to the Qingshan Long-Distance Bus Station in Hongdu. At that time, Hongdu had two bus stations: the first was the Long-Distance Bus Station, and the second was the Qingshan Bus Station.

This time, Li Feng and his group went to Qingshan Bus Station because they were going to the area around Hongdu, and currently only Qingshan Bus Station has buses to Fuliang.

After boarding the train, Deputy Factory Director Zhu suddenly called out to Li Feng.

Then, Deputy Factory Director Zhu asked Li Feng to sit with him. Li Feng was surprised that Deputy Factory Director Zhu would suddenly ask him to sit with him, but Li Feng did not refuse. Then, to everyone's surprise, Li Feng and Deputy Factory Director Zhu sat down in the back row.

After the car started moving.

Wang Liu suddenly whispered a question to Zhou Jianjun.

"Why did Deputy Factory Director Zhu suddenly ask Li Feng to sit with him?"

"Has something happened?"

Zhou Jianjun shook his head at Wang Liu.

"I don't know either, but it shouldn't be a bad thing. In this car, Li Feng has the highest skill level, he's already at the master level."

"At this time, it's quite normal for Deputy Factory Director Zhu to have something to discuss with Li Feng, isn't it?"

Wang Liu thought about it and then agreed with Zhou Jianjun's opinion.

After all, Wang Liu believed that if Deputy Factory Director Zhu wanted to find someone, he would definitely prioritize people with higher professional titles, since those on the bus were either apprentices or first-level workers.

Li Feng is only a fourth-level worker, so it's normal for Deputy Factory Director Zhu to look for him.

After discussing it with Jiang Fei, Zhang Jiefang and Jiang Fei agreed.

At this moment, Li Feng sat down next to Deputy Factory Director Zhu, while Commissioner Zhou sat on the other side of Deputy Factory Director Zhu.

Next

Deputy Factory Director Zhu couldn't help but speak to Li Feng.

"Regarding Wang Shichu, I reported to Factory Director Wei about Master Wang's suggestion, and Factory Director Wei agreed to Master Wang's suggestion and is preparing to have you take over the factory's famille rose porcelain business."

When Li Feng heard Deputy Factory Director Zhu say that the factory was going to hand over the light-colored porcelain business to him, Li Feng was also very surprised.

At this point, Li Feng hurriedly explained to Deputy Factory Director Zhu.

"Director Zhu, I have only just learned how to use light ink wash painting. I am not up to the task."

"Besides, I only painted new colors at the factory, you should know that."

At this moment, after hearing Li Feng's words, Deputy Factory Director Zhu calmly began to explain to Li Feng.

"I know all about these things."

"Besides, don't be so modest. I've seen your light ochre painting."

"You drew very well!"

"Therefore, the factory is preparing to set up a new group."

"certainly!".

“You also take care of Xincai, after all, you came from Xincai.”

"So you are still in the new color group, this newly formed light color group, you are just doing it part-time."

Li Feng hadn't expected that the factory would be forming a light-colored painting group, and that he would be asked to be the group leader just like Master Deng. So Li Feng immediately declined the offer to Deputy Factory Director Zhu.

"I haven't been learning damascening for very long, maybe only an hour or two at most. How can I be a group leader with that kind of experience?"

However, Deputy Factory Director Zhu only offered advice to Li Feng.

"I've seen your light color painting, and it's already at the intermediate level. You've captured the most important charm. The only thing you're lacking in light color painting right now is the lines."

"So the factory decided to send you to Jingdezhen to learn the art of famille rose enamel painting properly, because Jingdezhen currently has the most and most skilled famille rose enamel painters."

"So the factory is planning to form a new light-colored painting group after you complete your studies."

After hearing what Deputy Factory Director Zhu said, Li Feng was a little worried that if he got into university, he wouldn't have much time to deal with the group's affairs, and he would also have to go to school.

So Li Feng told Deputy Factory Director Zhu about his concerns.

Deputy Factory Director Zhu thought Li Feng was worried about something else, but it turned out to be this. So Deputy Factory Director Zhu immediately expressed his concern to Li Feng.

"You're just going to college, it's not like you're never coming back!"

"Since you're back, why don't you just keep doing it?"

"Right now, you're the best at painting light ink wash paintings in the factory. Although Master Deng can also learn light ink wash painting, he's about to retire, so we don't know if it's feasible to let him continue working."

"Anyway, Master Deng has already designated you for the new color group, so it's just a side thing for you to also take on the light color group. Normally, you'll just be explaining some details to the new group members."

"Besides, the factory trusts you. If they didn't trust you, they wouldn't have given you such a heavy responsibility."

"For example, the group leaders of various painting styles in the factory are basically the best painters in their respective groups."

"This is also the factory's recognition of your abilities."

When Li Feng heard that Deputy Factory Director Zhu had said so, he could only nod in agreement.

After all, for Li Feng...

If you refuse again, then you're being ungrateful.

Next

After traveling for more than five hours, the car finally arrived at Fuliang.

However, after arriving in Fuliang, we had not yet reached Jingdezhen, as Fuliang is still some distance away from Jingdezhen.

However, there are no shuttle buses or public buses from Fuliang to Jingdezhen, so you can only rely on large trucks.

Before arriving, Deputy Director Zhu had already informed the director of Jingdezhen Hongfeng Porcelain Factory that the place for everyone to participate in the training was Hongfeng Porcelain Factory.

Hongfeng Porcelain Factory is one of the top ten porcelain factories in Jingdezhen.

However, in terms of level, it is actually only slightly lower than a five-star ceramics factory.

These ten porcelain factories are all genuine departments at the division level.

In terms of level, it's already considered very high in a place like Fuliang.

This state-owned enterprise, at the level of a division chief, wouldn't be considered a large organization in a place like Beijing, but in Fuliang, it would be considered a top-tier organization.

After all, Fuliang is only a county now.

Even a county magistrate is only at the division level, while these ten porcelain factories are all at the division level, which means...

These ten porcelain factories are considered to be of a very high level here. Although the Five Star Ceramics Factory is of a higher level than these ten porcelain factories, they are not under the jurisdiction of the Five Star Ceramics Factory, but are directly under the jurisdiction of the Jiangxi Provincial Government.

It belongs to the state-owned enterprises under the provincial government.

(End of this chapter)