Siheyuan: Starting from the Pig Killer

Chapter 213

CAFA is located in Xiaowei Hutong, Wangfujing. Xiang Yunduan had been there when he was strolling around Wangfujing before, but the campus was far smaller than it is today, and there were only a few departments such as Chinese painting, Western painting, and architectural design, and there were not many students.

This is the case with most art schools, such as CAFA, the Central Academy of Drama, the Central Conservatory of Music, etc. There are not many people, especially the Central Academy of Drama, which has only one class of students, and many of them are recommended by various art groups to pursue further studies.

Because the school is not big, the scale of the security department is naturally small. When major colleges and universities established police dog patrol teams some time ago, many schools in the city sent invitations to the police dog base, but among them were none of the art schools that became famous in later generations. Xiang Yunduan therefore paid attention to it out of curiosity.

"How did you tell others?" Xiang Yunduan asked.

"What can I say? I'll just say that our director is not here and no one can make the decision on this matter. Let's wait until our director comes back!"

Ye Xiaoshan said: "Then the person in the office said that he would call back later."

"Ok!"

Xiang Yunduan nodded, not taking it too seriously. It was normal for students from art academies to sketch, which was equivalent to engineering students doing internship in a factory workshop.

Moreover, for art students, the importance of school is relatively unimportant. I have never heard of any artist who learned in school.

But why would this sketch be about a police dog base? Even if it was a slaughterhouse, that scene would obviously be more impactful.

The morning passed quickly, and sure enough, in the afternoon, CAFA called again. This time it was Xiang Yunduan who answered the call personally. He asked some questions casually and agreed. The other party said that they would come tomorrow. The specific duration of time had not been decided yet, so we would have to wait and see.

Xiang Yunduan naturally didn't care. As for whether it would affect the training of police dogs, it was actually not that important. In any case, the teachers and students of CAFA came to sketch, which could be regarded as a publicity for the police dog base.

Soon, it was the next day.

I just got to work early in the morning, not even nine o'clock, and the teachers and students who had been scheduled to come yesterday came.

Fortunately, Xiang Yunduan and other comrades in the base talked about this matter yesterday. Everyone was mentally prepared and did not show too "enthusiasm".

College students are extremely rare these days, not much more numerous than monkeys in a zoo. If Xiang Yunduan hadn't warned them in advance, those rough guys in the base might have really treated them like monkeys.

The key is that how can ordinary people see paintings? I am actually very curious and want to see how those beautiful paintings are drawn!

"Professor Li Yongshun?"

As the director of the base, Xiang Yunduan naturally expressed his welcome to the teachers and students of CAFA on behalf of the base. Afterwards, the two sides naturally introduced themselves to each other.

In fact, the number of people who came was less than Xiang Yunduan had imagined.

He originally thought that the entire school had come, but in fact only some teachers and students from the Chinese Painting Department came, about twenty people in total.

When people go out to sketch, it is impossible for them to pick just one place. Some people like this place, some like that place. This is all very normal. Maybe some people really go to the slaughterhouse to watch pigs being slaughtered, or go to other factories to actually experience the daily life of the workers.

However, what surprised Xiang Yunduan very much was that he knew the professor who led the team to the police dog base this time.

In the 20th century, there was a saying in the domestic painting world about the "Four Wonders of Ink Painting", three of which were "Qi Baishi's Shrimp", "Xu Beihong's Horse" and "Huang Zhou's Donkey". As for the last one, it belonged to the master in front of us, and his painting was the "Cow" which was highly praised by painters of all generations.

Needless to say, the image of the cow in ancient times is still of great significance even in this era. In today's words, the cow is a very important "means of production"!

Master Li saw that when Xiang Yunduan, the base director, heard his name, his expression was a little subtle, and he asked with some doubt: "You seem to know me?"

"I've heard of your name for a long time, but I've never met you. I didn't expect to meet you today on such an occasion. It's a pleasure to meet you!" Xiang Yunduan said politely.

The reason why he knew this master was also related to his experience before traveling through time. He himself basically didn't understand painting, whether it was Western or domestic, and his appreciation level was at best just to watch the fun. In comparison, when it came to appreciating calligraphy, he could at least pretend to know a lot and say something like "Jianghu style".

He knew about Master Li because he once attended an auction where one of Master Li’s works was sold for over 100 million yuan. Just one painting alone was worth over 100 million yuan!

Later, out of curiosity, I learned more about him. He was very good at landscape painting, and of course, he was also very good at painting cows.

"Am I so famous?" Master Li said with a smile.

He said he didn't know he was famous, but that is obviously being modest. He even visited East Germany with a delegation last year. How could he have gone there if he wasn't famous?

However, he felt that his fame was only in the painting world. People who didn't paint or were not involved in this field should not know him. What's more, Xiang Yunduan was so young and worked in public security, so how could he know him?

"Famous! I don't understand painting, but I know some antiques and porcelain. I often visit Liulichang and have seen people collecting your paintings!" Xiang Yunduan made up an excuse. He couldn't say that in four years, you would paint a painting called "Red Mountains All Over", which was later sold for more than 2.9 million yuan!

"By the way, how did you come up with the idea of ​​sketching at our police dog base?" Xiang Yunduan changed the subject.

"Of course I'm here for the police dogs!"

Master Li said: "Students have just learned animal painting recently. In Chinese painting, this is also a very popular subject, and cats and dogs account for a large proportion of it.

However, the dogs that were painted by the ancients were either guard dogs or hunting dogs. This is the first time I have heard of a police dog, so I wanted to see what the difference is between a police dog and an ordinary dog!"

"So that's how it is!" Xiang Yunduan nodded.

After the explanation, he realized that the reason these students targeted the police dog base was because of the news reports a few days ago.

After returning from the disaster area, the reputation of their police dog base reached a new level. After all, they rescued so many people in the disaster area. CCTV also conducted a special interview, and newspapers and radio stations mentioned it, so many ordinary people knew about the police dogs.

After all, those who study painting and those who train police dogs are two completely different fields and usually have almost no intersection.

Speaking of which, the reason why it is so famous may be related to Tao Xiaoye’s report.

When Tao Xiaoye was in the disaster area, he not only interviewed Xiang Yunduan, but also other people, including ordinary people and officials. The report he wrote was very comprehensive. Moreover, he was able to be transferred to CCTV because of his delicate writing style, especially his rich emotions.

This report was naturally written in a very touching way, giving people who read the newspaper and listen to the radio a sense of being there.

In a word, the article is very emotional and hard to forget after reading it.

"Then you can observe freely, but try not to go into the training ground to avoid disturbing the training!

Moreover, I believe you must want to see what real police dogs look like at work. The difference between police dogs and ordinary dogs can only be fully demonstrated at work!" Xiang Yunduan finally said to the students.

"Director Xiang, can we actually have some contact with these police dogs? This will help us observe their condition and expression more comprehensively!" a classmate asked.

"Well...how about this, you guys observe from the outside first, and when the training is over, I'll arrange for you to have close contact with the police dogs.

Remember, don't get close to the police dogs without permission, as they may easily provoke an attack, and it would be bad if they bite you!" Xiang Yunduan said after thinking for a while.

As long as there are trainers watching, there is no problem in allowing these students to have close contact.

Chinese painting is all about artistic conception, and if one wants to express the artistic conception, one naturally has to be very familiar with it. This familiarity is not just about appearance, but also about the aura and expression.

Seeing that the students were observing the training on the training ground with great curiosity, Xiang Yunduan looked at Master Li beside him and asked, "Why don't you show us your skills?"

"My dear young comrade, although I am older than you, I am not old at all. Why do you always call me old?" Master Li said with a smile.

He had actually just returned from sketching in the south, having painted dozens of paintings along the way. He also held a solo exhibition after returning. He was in a relatively relaxed state during this period and had no desire to paint.

Xiang Yunduan didn't know this, he just wanted to get close to her out of habit and see if he could ask for a painting.

Although Master Li's works are very valuable in later generations, Xiang Yunduan is not collecting for the money. He just has a little bit of collecting habit in his heart, and also has a sense of recording history.

If Master Li could make a "Police Dog Training Picture" of this scene, it would naturally be of great historical significance. After all, it is conceivable that this moment and this place are groundbreaking for the domestic police dog industry.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the starting point of your career.

At the same time, this can also be regarded as his youth in the cloud.

Xiang Yunduan did take a lot of photos to record these moments, but photos are naturally inferior to the paintings by famous artists.

Unfortunately, Master Li seemed to have no intention of painting, so Xiang Yunduan had to give up on his idea. He couldn't just force him to do it.

In that case, even if people reluctantly agreed, they would probably just draw a picture perfunctorily, which would be meaningless to him.

"Okay, then you guys just observe here slowly. I have other things to do, so I won't keep you company!" Xiang Yunduan said, and prepared to go and see this guy Tan Pingzheng.

Ever since Tan Pingzheng was rebuked by Xiang Yunduan last time, he has completely gotten rid of his mental burden. He no longer has to be sneaky in his research, but can do it openly. Not only that, he applied for a sum of money from Xiang Yunduan a few days ago.

Xiang Yunduan approved the money, but he also had to keep an eye on Tan Pingzheng's research progress.

He had recently been studying the relevant books that Tan Pingzheng had brought to him, and with his enhanced luck, he could barely understand them.

"Wow~"

Just as Xiang Yunduan was about to leave, a clear sound suddenly came from above his head.

It had been a while since he heard this cry. He was stunned for a moment before he realized it was Xuanfeng! The golden eagle that he had strengthened!

Looking up, it was indeed a golden eagle. Not only Xuanfeng was there, but Chaofeng was also there!

After returning from the Northeast last time, the two golden eagles didn’t stay there for long before running back to the Northeast again. Perhaps they thought the forests there were bigger and there was more food.

Xiang Yunduan strengthened the two golden eagles for the sake of luck and naturally would not restrict the range of activities of the two golden eagles. So although he knew about the trip to the Northeast, he did not pay attention to it.

I didn't expect that these two guys would come back at this time.

Moreover, he is very polite and does not come empty-handed.

A sika deer was caught in mid-air and slowly descended. When it was about three to five meters above the ground, the eagle's claws loosened and the deer fell down with a bang.

The sika deer was still alive and was struggling on the ground, trying to stand up.

"This... this looks like it weighs nearly 200 kilograms, right? Can it be caught and flown?"

Xiang Yunduan observed the sika deer. Unlike the cub that the golden eagle brought over the first time, this sika deer looked like it was almost an adult.

Although the sika deer was caught by the two golden eagles Xuanfeng and Chaofeng and flown here, he was still surprised by how big it was.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

Hu Zi was the first to run over. He circled around the deer, but he didn't bite it. However, he kept making noises to threaten the deer.

As for the other police dogs, none of them were as brave as Hu Zi and they all stayed away.

After being strengthened, Xuanfeng and Chaofeng became incredibly large in size. It would be strange if the police dogs were not afraid. To some extent, large birds of prey like golden eagles are very restrained against canines.

"Xiaoshan, go call Uncle Lame and Uncle Bao over. This sika deer will be a snack for everyone at noon today!" Xiang Yunduan said to Ye Xiaoshan.

Lao Bao is the cook at the base and his cooking skills are quite good.

Soon, Song Lao Que and Lao Bao came over. Xiang Yunduan specifically instructed them that he would keep things like deer penis, deer blood, etc. for himself to make wine.

In addition, a few pieces of venison were specially set aside to be given to Fang Jinglin, Director Liu, Cui Mingliang, Yuan Weiguo, and Fan Guoyong. Five pounds per person, so that they could try something new. The personal connections must be maintained.

"Director Xiang, are these two eagles raised by you?"

When Master Li saw Xiang Yunduan finished his instructions, he came over impatiently and asked him.

The moment the two golden eagles appeared just now, Master Li was attracted. He had seen eagles before. There was also a professor colleague in the Chinese Painting Department who was particularly good at painting eagles and even kept an eagle at home.

But compared with the two in front of us, the difference between that eagle is really like the difference between a cat and a tiger.

It's not just the difference in body size, the most important thing is the difference in expression, which is as different as heaven and earth!

Eagles are supposed to belong in the sky. If they are kept in cages with their eyes covered, they will naturally become useless.