Chapter 80 Everything is under control.
"Journey to the West" embroidered with gold thread.
Although Xu Yonghe repeatedly emphasized that the illustrations for Journey to the West were not all completed, Journey to the West was not a short story.
The text part alone is a huge expense.
That was gold...and it was gold that truly represented precious metals in an era when mining capabilities were relatively scarce.
Fifty centimeters, or half a meter, of embroidery is thick. Even if half of it is unfinished illustrations, there are still at least twenty-five centimeters of gold thread text.
The value of this is self-evident, and what is even more exaggerated is that due to the stability of gold itself, the novel text embroidered with gold thread still retains a very high level of clarity.
The entire "Journey to the West" embroidered with gold is more than just a national treasure.
The value of gold itself, coupled with the embroidery craftsmanship and the written books from hundreds of years ago.
The most important thing is that the paper pattern used in embroidering it is the first edition of "Journey to the West", the most famous of the four great classics.
They couldn't imagine the value of this thing in that era, but nowadays, "Journey to the West" is well-known among the whole nation, even overseas.
Such an embroidery painting, even if all the cultural treasures of Donghuang were gathered together, would be completely unrivaled.
And the most amazing thing is that this thing is actually a "cultural relic" with a complete family inheritance.
In other words, the ownership of this thing belongs entirely to the big guy in front of you.
If it is a museum or archaeological institution across the country, you can also purchase or lease it from the owner.
But the problem is that Xu Yonghe is not only an industry leader who has helped Donghuang recover countless lost national treasures, but even the courtyard in front of him where such treasures are buried has a very profound red cultural background.
They have thought about lobbying for this purpose, using reasons such as "preservation conditions" as they usually do.
But this thought only flashed through my mind for a second before being automatically blocked.
They are all engaged in historical research. When they reach their position, everyone knows that the person in front of them has a collection of cultural relics comparable to that of the National Museum.
And then there is no need to mention her husband, who is the director of the Xian'an Museum and a top "calligraphy and painting restorer".
Even their apprentices are the best of the new generation in the field of cultural relics restoration and craftsmanship.
Coupled with the Yongan College they currently run, in terms of preservation and maintenance conditions, the Yongan system can definitely be said to be the undisputed pinnacle in the country.
Then there is no need to talk about the linkage between industrial image and IP.
If it is an ordinary national treasure, the top museums such as the National Museum can still rely on reasons such as "the image of the national museum" to strive for the rental of top cultural relics.
But now the first phase of construction of Yongan Theme Park is based on the theme of "Journey to the West".
In addition, Xian'an itself is the starting point of the journey to the West in "Journey to the West".
This is a top-notch cultural relic that can fully represent the local image and cultural industry.
What's more, this set of golden thread Journey to the West still has many pictures and embroidery that have not been completed.
At this point, looking across the country, how many institutions dare to say that they have the ability to gather so many embroidery experts at one time to complete this masterpiece together like Yong'an College.
The more the archaeologists on site thought about this chain of cause and effect, the more confused they became.
They even began to suspect that the reason why Xu Yonghe asked people to dig the boxes at this time was because it happened to be the Asian Games and the promotion period of Wing On Theme Park.
In conjunction with the broadcast of "Journey to the West", the embroidery major of Yong'an College can fully announce that it will cooperate with the broadcast of the animation of "Journey to the West" to improve the entire embroidery.
And if their memory serves them correctly, the embroidery and Chinese painting majors at Yong'an College seem to have been studying the mapping of various famous scenes in Journey to the West during this period.
If this finished product can be ready in time for the opening of the Journey to the West theme park next year...
This woman... is so scary.
The more the experts at the scene thought about it, the more they felt that Xu Yong and this person were unfathomable.
At the same time, as the embroidery became clearer, the people at the scene finally realized that the top and the striped patterns around the bronze box were most likely the magic weapons of Tang Monk and his five disciples in Journey to the West.
Tang Seng's magic staff, Sun Wukong's golden hoop, Zhu Bajie's nine-toothed rake, Sha Seng's crescent shovel, and Xiao Bailong's long sword.
It's just that most people's stereotyped thinking about the "four masters and apprentices" makes them ignore the white dragon horse who also completed the journey to the West.
And to be honest, in terms of seniority, White Dragon Horse's rank in becoming a disciple is even before Zhu Bajie.
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Archaeologists took advantage of the time of cleaning the cultural relics to collect as much relevant information as possible, and at the same time, the "original version" of "Journey to the West" was unearthed.
Once the news came out, it quickly swept the entire domestic history and literary industry.
"Old Zhen, I heard that your wife dug up the original manuscript of Journey to the West in the yard."
Zhen Yuan said: "It's not the original manuscript. If it was, it would have been gone by now. It's just an embroidery based on the original manuscript."
"That was also embroidered according to the original. Old Zhen, can you help me ask when your wife plans to exhibit that set of embroidery?"
"That's right. I contacted all the old guys in the Xian'an City Archaeological Team today. They all said that as soon as the things were dug out, they were taken back to Yong'an College by your wife and apprentice."
Zhen Yuan said: "My dear colleagues, I really can't help you with this. I think everyone should have known that the set of "Journey to the West Embroidery" is only a semi-finished product."
"And over the years, the embroidery and silk fabrics have inevitably been damaged to varying degrees."
"My wife and apprentice brought it back for restoration and research."
"Even I can't get involved at all."
"My wife said that there are enough experts in Yongan College now, and no external support is needed."
"But don't worry, after the restoration of the existing calligraphy and paintings is completed, they will cooperate with the subsequent illustration embroidery to carry out the corresponding work schedule introduction and program promotion after the weekly broadcast of Journey to the West animation."
"Everyone just needs to wait for news on this matter."
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Inside the Xian'an Museum, Zhen Yuandao, who had barely ended a series of fatal calls in the group chat, took a sip of the ginseng tea in the thermos cup.
"These old guys usually wish they hadn't contacted each other for 800 years, but now they all come out to join in the fun."
"What kind of exhibition exchange, or even exhibition tour, is it a bit too loud to call at this time?"
"When have the things I sent out for the cultural relics exchange and exhibition tour of Daxian'an ever been worse than others?"
"Let us take out the treasures that are ours to keep us in good stead, and then you can bring out a cultural relic of the same level to exchange with us."
"I haven't even touched the old man yet, how can you guys get there first?"
"Besides, the Golden Thread Journey to the West is a 'family heirloom' passed down from my wife's family. Not to mention that it is still under repair, even if it is repaired, it will never be able to leave Xian'an."
"No, not to mention Xian'an, even the Yong'an Museum cannot be released."
"Oh, by the way, I have to quickly tell everyone that the security level of the Yong'an Museum renovation must be raised one level."
"Otherwise, when the embroidery is restored and exhibited publicly..."
Thinking of this, Zhen Yuandao quickly picked up the phone again and continued to make arrangements.
At the same time, in the conference room of Yongan College, all the teaching and research groups of Chinese painting and embroidery majors gathered together at the first opportunity.
Mr. Liu from the Chinese Painting Department: "President Jia, is this the "Golden Thread Journey to the West" that you mentioned on the phone earlier?"
"Yes, Mr. Liu." Jia Wenyan nodded and replied quickly when she saw the person coming.
Liu Xuansong is the head of the Chinese Painting Department of Yong'an College and the former president of Donghuang Academy of Fine Arts.
Back then, Mr. Liu’s joining caused a sensation in the entire Donghuang art circle.
Because the first half of this year happens to be the time for selecting a new round of presidents for Donghuang Academy of Fine Arts.
As one of the few first-line painters at the junction of the middle and old generations, Mr. Liu is the definite successor to the principal in the eyes of all teachers and students.
However, who would have thought that at such a critical juncture when everything was ready and waiting for the official announcement, Mr. Liu suddenly announced his resignation and joined Yong'an College.
When the news first came out, it caught everyone off guard.
Although as the most prestigious art academy in Donghuang, the school can select a second substitute candidate in the first time even without Mr. Liu.
However, the fact that Mr. Liu gave up his position as the president of a top art school and went to Yong'an College still puzzled many people.
After all, no matter how good Yong'an College is, it is still a new industry that has just started, and those young inheritors of intangible cultural heritage going there can be classified as working hard for their careers.
But for Mr. Liu, a middle-aged man who is only a few years away from becoming a member of the older generation, even if he still has some time before retirement, there is absolutely no need for him to give up his position as the president of Donghuang Academy of Fine Arts and go to Yong'an College to start from scratch.
The most outrageous thing is that when he arrived at Yong'an College, not only did he not have the title of principal, he was even directly demoted to the head of the Chinese painting department.
From the capital to the northwest, from presidents of top institutions to deans of new schools.
The gap between before and after is so outrageous that it is hard to bear to look at, not to mention that the current person in charge of Yong'an College is a little girl who just graduated from university.
No matter how good Jia Wenyan's technical level is, she cannot escape people's stereotypes.
Not to mention the younger generation who are not aware of the situation, even his peers at the Donghuang Academy of Fine Arts could not understand Liu Xuansong's choice. But now with the emergence of the original embroidery of "Journey to the West".
A colleague who realized that Liu Xuansong was very likely to be the original illustrator of Journey to the West immediately flipped the table and picked him up:
"This old man must have received the news a long time ago."
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