The growth system comes at the age of 30

Chapter 217: Don't ask for a gift of 88 yuan (4K)

Looking at the many skills that Chen Jingle has learned, the most profound ones are cooking, calligraphy and painting.

All three have reached master level in the industry.

Among the three, cooking has the weakest monetization ability.

"It is said that being a chef is one of the three major jobs for the poor, but this industry is just about making ends meet and it is difficult to achieve true financial freedom. At this stage, the catering industry is becoming more and more difficult to do, and few young people are willing to work in this industry. It is hard and tiring, with little pay and a lot of work."

If Chen Jingle were asked to become a professional chef, he would not be happy.

Maybe top restaurants pay a little more, but there are a lot of rules and regulations. Opening your own restaurant requires costs and risks.

"It would be better to sell turkey noodles at the school gate and live stream to netizens to learn how to make money from the kids."

At this stage, turkey noodles + the Internet are the son of versions.

But it's really meaningless to earn just a few dollars a day and have to show your face in the sun and rain.

It is difficult for people who have made quick money to calm down and make three or five thousand yuan a month.

What's more, the quick money Chen Jingle made came from legal sources, without stealing, robbing or cheating.

"Instead of selling them for one or two yuan a copy, it's better to give them away for free and ask them to recite Moonlit Night on a Spring River or Yueyang Tower. Forget about the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng. The People's Education Press textbooks in Jiangbei don't require them to recite it."

The main feature is one picture and one fun.

In short, Chen Jingle gave up the idea of making money by cooking.

Unless absolutely necessary.

His original intention of learning this was to eat delicious food and thus improve his sense of happiness in life.

"On the other hand, calligraphy and painting can make money much faster. A piece of calligraphy and painting starts at 30,000 yuan, and now some people are bidding up to 50,000 yuan. 50,000 yuan! How many servings of turkey noodles do I have to sell? The kitchen staff will have to swing the spatula until it smokes!"

At his current creation speed, he can produce one piece every two or three days on average, easily making over ten thousand yuan a day, which is more profitable than being a gigolo, and he doesn't have to worry about spending money.

How good!

If it weren't for the fact that calligraphy and painting require a lot of inspiration and are mentally taxing, he would be happy to work for 30 days straight for this price!
After all, no one can resist money.

Therefore, Chen Jingle’s current priority is to continue to improve his calligraphy and painting skills.

Blacksmith need its own hardware.

His current strength is similar to that of ordinary famous masters. If he moves further, he will be a master who is capable of founding a new school.

At this point, it's basically the limit.

As for the levels above Grandmaster, it is not just a matter of technical skills, it requires great opportunities and good fortune.

Since the birth of Chinese civilization, there has been only one calligraphy saint, Wang Xizhi, and one painting saint, Wu Daozi, in thousands of years. In addition, in each dynasty, there are only three or five calligraphers and painters whose names are recorded in history.

Three or five is an excessive number.

It is not easy to reach their level.

Compared with the top masters who stood at the pinnacle of an era in history, the general masters are only one or two levels apart, but in fact there is a huge difference.

To give a simple example:

Generally, famous masters are equivalent to ordinary masters of online novels. They are quite capable and their works are recognized by many readers. They are more stable and valuable than ordinary authors with 10,000 subscriptions, but they are still a little behind top platinum authors. They are slightly inferior in terms of both hard power and influence.

The "platinum" of calligraphy and painting are those who can stand at the forefront of every era and leave a deep mark in history books.

Such as the calligraphy of the Two Wangs, Yan and Liu, and the Four Masters of Song Dynasty, and the painting of Gu Kaizhi, Wu Daozi, and Yan Liben.

They are all qualified to stand on the pyramid of calligraphy and painting history.

From the perspective of artistic attainments, ordinary masters may have reached a proficient level in techniques and can gradually form their own personal style, but they still lack innovation and are more about inheriting the skills of their predecessors.

As for the top masters, first of all, they are more proficient in techniques, such as Wang Youjun who was very skilled in calligraphy, and Zhang Boying who learned calligraphy by the pool; secondly, they have distinct personal styles, and have walked a path that is truly their own, and are able to gain public recognition and truly establish their own schools, such as Zhong Yao, the originator of regular script, and Zhang Xu, the master of cursive script; and finally, they are able to express their own ideological realm and literary accomplishment through art, such as Bada Shanren.

Finally, the work must stand the test of history.

This can stand the test of time. It is not enough for you to just say it. It needs to be evaluated by the world and even future generations.

People naturally have a scale in their hearts to judge whether it is feasible or not.

Ordinary masters may be good enough, but top masters are like the main peak of a mountain range, towering into the clouds, overlooking all the mountains, and determining the direction of the entire mountain range.

……

Chen Jingle had never thought so much before, and had never thought about becoming someone who could stand shoulder to shoulder with those historical figures.

I just want to make some money from calligraphy and painting, enough for me to live comfortably.

If you earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a month, don't get sick, don't have big expenses, and don't even have to pay rent, and spend 5,000 yuan a month on yourself, it's like living a god's life.

Save the rest as a guarantee for a comfortable life in the second half of your life.

If you can save two to three million, you can spend both the interest and the principal, which will conservatively last you another 50 years.

He will be 50 years old in 80 years. Even if he does not marry or have children, he will definitely have made money in this life.

It’s not possible now, there’s another person, Li Beixing, in the family.

Besides his parents, there is one more person in this world who deserves his concern.

If one just wants to lie down alone, a thousand yuan a month is enough for him to have enough food and drink, but if there is two of them, he has to think more about the future.

Love costs money, right?

Do you have to give a wedding gift?
Do you want to buy some hardware?
Are we going to hold the wedding banquet?
The above are just the expenses before marriage, and they are based on the premise that he has already bought a car and a house. After marriage, there are also pregnancy checkups, childbirth surgery and hospitalization, postpartum recovery, and even baby milk powder and diapers, etc.

In today's society where childbearing and raising children tend to be elite, an ordinary family cannot afford to manage everything from marriage to the birth of a child without three or five hundred thousand yuan.

The best example around me is Liang Cheng and his cousin Liu Guanghai.

Chen Jingle's conditions are slightly better than theirs, but only to a limited extent and far from being burden-free.

There are too many places where money needs to be spent in the future.

Not to mention that Chen Jingle himself is a person with a bit of anxiety disorder. Even with hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings, he only dares to buy a broken A4.

If it were someone else, they might just take out a loan to buy a Porsche 911 or Panamera, and then just do whatever they want.

He believed that Li Beixing was willing to eat at roadside stalls with him, but he didn't want Li Beixing to eat at roadside stalls with him for the rest of his life.

and so--

“It’s time to work hard to make money!”

When Chen Jingle is serious, he is still very serious.

Fortunately, after more than two months of system adjustment, his self-control and execution abilities are much stronger than before.

Calligraphy and painting are a good way to go.

At least until he finds new ways to make more money, he needs to continue working hard in this field.

He decided to improve his own strength first, and when he felt it was difficult to make further progress, he would consider expanding his influence.

Otherwise, if you don’t have enough strength but still hype your reputation, it will only make you a laughing stock. Then people in the industry will say, “Is that all? You look like a marketing master.”

Just because Chen Jingle doesn't care much about other people's opinions doesn't mean he is willing to tarnish his reputation.

On the one hand, he takes orders to make money, and on the other hand, he works hard to hone his skills. His skills are already very high, and he has initially condensed his own unique style in both calligraphy and painting, and is transforming towards a mature style.

When one day you have truly formed a mature style of your own, you will be qualified to establish your own school.

It’s not very good now. There are still shadows of others. After all, he became famous by imitating others, and it is difficult to completely eliminate the traces of imitation in a short period of time.

Fortunately, even if it is an imitation work, there are still people willing to pay a high price to buy it.

Calligraphy and painting creation is so exciting!

……

Let me tell you something a little interesting.

Mr. Yuan is such a wonderful person. He is now a regular customer of Chen Jingle. Not only does he buy calligraphy and paintings here, he has also introduced many friends here.

Most of his friends are enthusiasts in non-calligraphy and painting fields, from all over the country. They don't understand calligraphy and painting, and simply want to make some works to hang in their houses or give them as gifts.

It's a bit pretentious.

Of course, as long as the customer makes a request, Chen Jingle will try his best to meet it.

But Chen Jingle was a little curious about what exactly Mr. Yuan did and why he had such a wide range of business contacts.

But he didn't dare to ask about other people's jobs.

After all, this involves privacy. Just buy and sell. Why talk so much? We are just acquaintances now. Let's wait until we become real friends.

When someone helped to introduce business, Chen Jingle was very tactful and did not ask for a red envelope. Instead, he gave the other party a calligraphy piece.

Make friends through literature.

This is the only thing he can show off.

Mr. Yuan was very happy after receiving it, and expressed his gratitude to Chen Jingle on WeChat, because he had not considered these things at first, he simply felt that Chen Jingle's calligraphy and painting were very much to his taste.

After a few visits, the two became a little more familiar with each other.

But the reality is here.

After Li Beixing intervened in Chen Jingle's life, after a few days of intense excitement, his condition gradually stabilized.

Stable does not mean that the feelings have faded, but that you have started to get used to the state of being in love.

Now every day I exercise, buy groceries, and share various daily things with Li Beixing, whether interesting or boring.

When it was time for class, she would focus on learning calligraphy and painting. After she was done, she would start cooking and wait for Li Beixing and Chen Qiyun to come back from get out of class to eat.

In my spare time, I play with the cat and water the flowers.

Life seems to have entered a new stage, but it has not reached the point where earth-shaking changes have occurred.

It's stable and improving, that's all I can say.

Chen Jingle is quite satisfied with his current life. Especially after completing an order, he sees the balance in his card increase little by little, and soon exceeds 70. His originally slightly anxious mood has gradually become more relaxed.

If he goes on like this, as long as his future mother-in-law doesn't ask him for a dowry of 88 yuan, he is confident that he can make Li Beixing live a happy life.

At least we can ensure that we have enough food and clothing and live a comfortable life.

If you have a baby, you don’t have to worry about the money for milk powder.

"Chen Qiyun, you need to practice your handwriting. I don't ask you to have any understanding of calligraphy, but at least write your characters correctly."

Maybe she has been too obsessed with calligraphy and painting recently. When Chen Jingle was checking Chen Qiyun's homework, he saw her sloppy handwriting, frowned, and decided to teach her how to write.

You should know that there is such a thing as paper scores for the junior high school entrance examination, the college entrance examination, and even the civil service examinations. Whenever there is an examination, those with beautiful handwriting are more popular with the examiners than those with ugly handwriting.

Although Chen Qiyun was a little reluctant because it meant that she would have less time to play with her mobile phone every day, she did not refuse in the end.

Her handwriting is indeed not very good. It would be best if she could improve it while she is still young. As Chen Jingle said, at least her handwriting should be neat.

Hard pen calligraphy is not difficult for Chen Jingle.

So there is one more item on the schedule.

There are just a few more things that need to be taught in the early stages, and the rest just depends on personal practice, which is okay.

Li Beixing was gloating at first, but Chen Jingle looked at her the next second and asked, "Do you want to practice your handwriting more?"

"Ah I?!"

Li Beixing's eyes wandered: "No need for that. I have limited talent and I don't plan to pursue calligraphy. This is fine now."

"If you are free during the holidays, can you practice with me?" said Chen Jingle.

Li Beixing thought about it and did not refuse this time. If he was just practicing with Chen Jingle without any requirements, then he could accept it.

……

Although this year is a warm winter, it is still very cold when it rains.

This Saturday it suddenly started to get colder and rainy.

It was just a drizzle, but with the north wind, the perceived temperature dropped from 25 degrees in the previous two days to 12 degrees.

Fortunately, Chen Jingle is very smart and chose an air conditioner with heating when decorating the house.

However, there is no air conditioning in the lobby on the first floor, so we can only rely on the small sun.

Li Beixing suddenly said, "How about we have hot pot for lunch?"

Chen Jingle thought about it and felt a little greedy, so he said, "Sure, should we eat at home or go out? I haven't had hot pot for a long time."

Chen Qiyun had no objection at all, as long as she had something to eat, it was fine.

"Let's eat at home. It's more convenient to eat out. I don't have to wash the pot. But I want to eat what you cook more." Li Beixing smiled.

“Do you want me to make the hot pot base myself?”

"Will you do it?"

"I can, but I've never made it before. The steps are a bit complicated, and it's okay if it doesn't start with boiling butter. The question is, what flavor do you want to eat?"

When it comes to hotpot, people usually subconsciously think of Yuqing Beef Hotpot or Rongcheng Spicy Hotpot.

In fact, there are many types of hot pot. In addition to the spicy pot in Chongqing and Chengdu, there is also the copper shabu-shabu in Beijing, the porridge-based hot pot, beef hot pot, clear soup pot in Lingnan, the mushroom pot and sour soup pot in Yunnan and Guizhou, etc.

There is also hot pot abroad, such as chocolate hot pot and cheese hot pot.

It sounds a bit heretical, just like when Chen Jingle first heard about chocolate-flavored sweet and sour pork.

Li Beixing looked outside and said, "It's so cold and damp today, so why not have the soup pot? I want something a little spicy to drive away the cold, is that ok?"

Chen Qiyun seconded: "Just don't make it too spicy."

"can!"

Chen Jingle also can't eat anything too spicy.

I originally wanted to make a sour soup hotpot, but I was afraid that they wouldn't be able to eat it, so I just made a regular spicy hotpot, the slightly spicy kind that is unique to people from the south.

There was not enough ingredients at home, so Chen Jingle went out to buy them without saying a word, and also bought some more side dishes and condiments.

(End of this chapter)