Inside a quaint, antique-style room, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties was pacing back and forth with a frown on his face.
"Mr. Li, Mr. Li..." The middle-aged butler who had previously entertained Lin Yun and Yun Yi hurried in, panting as he spoke.
"Wu Bo, what happened that made you so anxious?" Li Ji asked, his brows furrowing even more.
“Someone is coming…” Wu Bo continued.
"I was just about to say this. Don't you know? Don't send people to the living room while I'm writing. You interrupted my thoughts..." Li Ji said calmly.
“No, the people who came this time are unusual,” Wu Bo said.
"What? Could he be the number one leader?" Li Ji shook his head.
It wasn't that he wanted to blame Wu Bo, but the interruption of his newly formed emotions made him feel quite uncomfortable. However, having practiced calligraphy for many years, he gradually calmed down.
"Although I'm not the number one leader, I'm almost there." Unexpectedly, upon hearing Li Ji's words, Wu Bo smiled bitterly.
"Oh? Who is it?" Li Ji's interest was piqued, and at the same time, he was also surprised.
It's not just the top leader, it's close enough. What kind of important person has come to him? Although he is very proud, he is not immune to the common practice. If such a person comes, he really can't be presumptuous.
“Lin Yun, the boss of Qingyun Company,” Wu Bo said, taking a deep breath.
"The boss of Qingyun Company has arrived?" Li Ji's expression changed as well.
He knew that Qingyun Company was now famous all over the world. He knew about it, whether it was the video of the battle between Qingyun Company's experts and China's experts some time ago, or the global game that Qingyun Company recently launched.
That game, in particular, had a great impact on him because it was extremely helpful to him.
He never expected that it would be the boss of Qingyun Company who came in person. Could it be that the boss of Qingyun Company also wanted to ask him for a calligraphy?
He thought to himself.
To be honest, he had always wanted to meet the senior management of Qingyun Company, the company that launched the game "Future Storm". Now that the boss of Qingyun Company was coming, it was even more important than the arrival of the top leader.
"The boss of Qingyun Company is here. Why didn't you say so earlier? Quick, let's go to the living room!" Thinking this, Li Ji glared at Wu Bo and said irritably.
As he spoke, he quickly went outside.
Soon, they arrived in the living room.
"This must be Mr. Lin Yun from Qingyun Company, right? It's an honor to meet you!" Upon seeing Lin Yun at the head of the group, Li Ji's eyes lit up, and he walked over, smiling as he spoke.
"You must be Mr. Li Ji. I've heard of your great reputation for a long time," Lin Yun said with a slight smile.
As they spoke, Lin Yun was also a little curious. When he came, he had his personal computer check Li Ji's information. It was said that Li Ji's personality was not like this... So why is he so enthusiastic now?
Could it be because he is the owner of Qingyun Company?
The two shook hands and then began to talk.
Soon, Lin Yun got straight to the point, pondering for a moment before saying, "The main reason I've come to Mr. Li's place is to ask you about something."
“Mr. Lin, please speak,” Li Ji nodded.
"I want to know, can every piece of calligraphy by Mr. Li possess a spiritual quality? And what is required for a piece of calligraphy to possess a spiritual quality?" Lin Yun asked.
"You know about spirituality?" Li Ji was slightly surprised, then said with relief, "You are the boss of Qingyun Company, and Qingyun Company is doing so well, so it's normal for you to know about the existence of spirituality."
"I don't know, Mr. Lin, do you know about a profession called a spirit seeker? I know about the existence of spirits because a spirit seeker friend told me about it. The question you asked, Mr. Lin, is not exactly secret. However, I have a small request. I wonder if Mr. Lin can help me with it? If so, what are your conditions?" Li Ji paused and said somewhat embarrassedly.
"Please speak, Mr. Li," Lin Yun said with a smile.
It turns out the other party also needed his help; no wonder they were being so polite.
However, it's unclear what the other party needs his help with.
“I’m also playing the game Future Storm, but I’m not very good at it. I wonder if Mr. Lin could help me improve my mental strength…” Li Ji rubbed his hands together, his old face slightly red, and said.
"If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Li's mental strength was only recently upgraded to level one through the game, right?" Lin Yun looked at Li Ji deeply and said.
Indeed, Li Ji's mental strength has reached level one, which surpasses that of many ordinary people. Even if Li Ji achieved this through the game, Future Storm has only been running for a few days, and he has already reached this level, which is still quite remarkable.
Furthermore, for a work to possess spirituality, the creator of the work generally needs to have a certain level of spiritual power.
It can be inferred that Li Ji's original mental strength was not bad either.
"You can tell my mental strength level? That's right, you're the boss of Qingyun Company, and the game Future Storm was launched by Qingyun Company, so it's not surprising that you can tell my mental strength." Li Ji was surprised at first, then nodded.
Mental strength level is a classification of mental strength in the game Future Storm, and the game Future Storm can detect a person's mental strength level.
Apart from that, Li Ji has never met anyone in real life who could discern his level of mental strength.
No wonder he was so surprised when Lin Yun immediately revealed his mental strength level.
"Well, my request, Mr. Lin... To be honest, strong spiritual power is very helpful for a work to develop spirituality. If Mr. Lin can improve my spiritual power, I am willing to create some works with spirituality for Mr. Lin. Moreover, this spirituality is not ordinary spirituality..." Li Ji then said again, somewhat embarrassed.
"Not an ordinary spiritual being?" Lin Yun's eyes flashed as he slowly asked.
“Good, Wu Bo, go and get those few works I put on the collection shelf.” Li Ji nodded, turned to look at the butler Wu Bo, and said.
“Yes, Mr. Li.” Wu Bo nodded and turned to leave.
At this moment, Li Ji looked at Lin Yun again and said, "Presumably, Mr. Lin knows that there are attributes between spiritual entities, which is something that many people who know about spiritual entities know. But I wonder if Mr. Lin knows that there are also strengths between spiritual entities?"
"You mean, your work can already give birth to a higher level of spirituality?" Lin Yun asked in surprise.
Many works possess a kind of spirituality, but it is merely an ordinary spirituality, not even reaching the first level. Such spirituality is also sold on the Cosmic Trading System, and depending on its different manifestations, their prices range from a few spiritual crystals to dozens of spiritual crystals.
Could it be that Li Ji's work has already developed a level one spirituality?
Just like how, after he learned the peak level one painting technique, he was able to generate a level one spirituality when he painted that star map.
“It seems Mr. Lin knows, which makes things easier. My original works could only generate ordinary spirituality, which is unstable. Without a large amount of spiritual energy, this weak spirituality could disappear at any time. Therefore, I really don’t want to sell such works to ordinary buyers.” Hearing Lin Yun’s words, Li Ji’s eyes lit up and he nodded slightly.
Lin Yun's extensive knowledge gave him a sense of kinship.
A long time ago, one of his works could sell for more than one million Chinese yuan. He was not short of money, but he lacked kindred spirits.
Many buyers are drawn to his fame but don't appreciate his work. Some even buy his pieces simply for hype and to make more money later, without knowing the true value of his art.
He felt a certain aversion to this kind of person.
Over time, rumors spread that he was aloof and arrogant, but he didn't bother to defend himself. This saying is quite true: "A thousand cups of wine are not enough when drinking with a bosom friend, but half a step is too much when talking to someone you don't get along with." He really couldn't be bothered with those he didn't share common interests with.
It's better to make people misunderstand and dare not talk to him too much.
Now, Lin Yun's conversation with him was making him feel very comfortable.
Lin Yun knows that spirituality has different levels, which means that Lin Yun at least knows the true value of his work.
“Now, my works can give birth to a higher level of spirituality. This spirituality is very stable. Even if no one gives it spiritual energy, it can absorb free spiritual energy from the outside world. Mr. Lin may know the value of this spirituality. On the market, it is worth at least hundreds of millions of Chinese yuan. I wonder if these works can help Mr. Lin improve my spiritual power…” Li Ji paused and continued.
"I have a feeling that if my mental strength were stronger, the spirituality of my creations would also be stronger." Finally, as if afraid that Lin Yun would disagree, he added.
"Mr. Li, the calligraphy is here." Just then, Wu Bo returned, holding three framed calligraphy pieces in his hands, and said.
"Mr. Lin, please take a look. This is a stable spiritual work. You can feel it. I have some instruments here. You can test it later," Li Ji said, extending his hand.
As they were talking, Li Ji unfolded a calligraphy scroll and placed it on the table for Lin Yun and Yun Yi to see.
"No need for testing, this is indeed a higher-level spiritual item." Looking at the calligraphy, Lin Yun was surprised, then he nodded and said.
It's difficult to judge the quality of some characters just by looking at how they're written. Before coming here, he had also looked up this person's calligraphy online. From the pictures online, he could only feel that the characters were good, but to determine exactly how good they were, he needed to see them in person to make a judgment.
There is a certain artistic conception in it.
This kind of artistic conception is difficult to express in pictures on the internet.
Lin Yun estimated that this might be the reason why genuine and counterfeit items have different values. Even if they are exactly the same, the artistic conception is different, so naturally their values are different.
Some counterfeits are made to look exactly like the real thing, making it difficult to tell the difference from the outside.
At this time, some antique masters rely on their intuition to make judgments. Lin Yun guessed that it was this sense of artistic conception that they were referring to.
To Lin Yun's surprise, Li Ji's calligraphy was quite good. In his opinion, it was at least at the level of mastery of the second level of calligraphy, or even at the peak of the second level of calligraphy.
This is almost the level he has reached through rapid learning using the cosmic trading system.
He never imagined that among the world's renowned calligraphers, there would be someone who had reached this level.
No wonder the other party was confident that if their mental strength were stronger, they could create even more powerful spirituality.
Lin Yun vaguely sensed that his calligraphy was unlikely to generate spirituality, and there must be something wrong with it. Earth calligraphy should be similar to Earth painting. If one reaches the peak of the second level, one can create works that generate second-level spirituality.
If that's the case, and the other person's calligraphy has reached the peak of the second level, it's quite possible that they could create a work imbued with the spirit of the second level.
Currently, the exact level of the other party's calligraphy still needs to be determined by the Cosmic Trading System.
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