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Chapter 240 Unlocking a New Profession, Let's Burn Porcelain Boy (Please recommend, ask for a monthly pass)
This time, before Zhang Yueqing reached out, Lin Mu took the plum blossom cup in his hand first.

Holding it in the palm of the hand, the body of the cup is still warm, like a piece of warm jade.

Zhang Yueqing on the side was in a hurry, and kept muttering, "Be careful, take it easy!"

Lin Mu couldn't help but want to give the other party a big roll of his eyes.

Lin Mu directly placed the plum blossom cup on the table next to it, and in an instant, a group of people surrounded it!
Lu Zhengqing and Lu Wenlong, father and son, looked at the cup with bright eyes, wishing they could put their faces on it!

Zhang Yueqing also no longer had the appearance of a worldly expert just now, as if he had never seen the market before, he took out a magnifying glass from his pocket, stuck it on the cup and began to look at it!
More and more people heard that the legendary white porcelain with the "beauty of white ben" appeared here, and they all gathered here!
Seeing this scene, Lu Zhengqing hurriedly said, "Everyone, don't squeeze, I will put this plum blossom cup on the exhibition stand outside for a half-day exhibition later, everyone, don't squeeze anymore!"

When everyone heard this, they all dispersed!
After Zhang Wei saw Lin Mu put the cup on the table, he didn't look at it. It felt a bit strange, but he didn't care!
Lin Mu closed his eyes slightly, and the system's voice had already sounded in his head!

[Touch the fine white porcelain in Dehua white porcelain with the "beauty of white beige", and start a new career: porcelain master. 】

[Novice task: Burn a high-quality white porcelain teacup, and get the reward: the complete skill of He Chaozong, the porcelain sage of Ming Dynasty. 】

Lin Mu couldn't help but gasped!
Although there are not many works handed down by He Chaozong, because he attaches great importance to the artistry of his works, he is not a mature work, so he will definitely not burn it lightly.

He Chaozong is a devout Buddhist. In his early years, he made clay sculptures of various gods and Buddhas for palaces and temples, such as Avalokitesvara at Bixiangyan in Dehua, ambassador at Xiawei Palace, Shancai at Chengtian Temple, and little ghost at Dongyue Temple. lifelike.

Before He Chaozong, religious sculptures were basically all large-scale sculptures, but He Chaozong changed this style and completed sculptures independently, which is called the No. 1 religious sculpture art.

His skills can be said to be No.1 in the history of Dehua white porcelain!
However, it is really not easy for Lin Mu, who has no foundation, to make a high-quality white porcelain teacup!
Porcelain is divided into five types according to the specifications, residual products, ordinary products, high-quality products, rare products and unique products!
Needless to say, defective products, as long as there is a little flaw, it is considered a defective product.

Fanpin accounts for the majority of the porcelain that comes out of the kiln every time.

As for high-quality products, they are a little better than ordinary products, but much inferior to rare products. This level has a wider range!

The treasures are naturally similar to the statue of Wenchang Emperor!

And the unique product, just like this plum blossom cup, is unique and independent!
A treasure may not be seen once every time it comes out of the kiln, and a rare one may not be able to appear for decades!
The way Lu Zhengqing and Lu Wenlong looked at Lin Mu became complicated!

For those who burn porcelain, what they value most is luck.

When firing porcelain, the most important thing is luck!
Because no matter how good a porcelain worker you are, even a porcelain master like He Chaozong cannot control the changes in the kiln.

Whether the fired porcelain is good or bad depends on God's will!

The firewood kiln of the Lu family has been fired for decades, and it has fired dozens of treasures, but there has never been a rare white porcelain!
As soon as Lin Mu came, such a superb white porcelain appeared. If you say that it is not a matter of luck, no one will believe it!
In the hearts of the Lu family father and son, Lin Mu is a person with great luck!

Continue to open the "blind box".

It seems that the previous treasure, a peerless product, has already used up its luck, and most of the products that come out after that are ordinary and high-quality porcelain.

Lin Mu picked up a high-quality porcelain teacup, and looked at it carefully!
Delicate and translucent, Lin Mu put his fingers on it, and through the light, he could see the imprints of his fingers.

Can I really make such a beautiful teacup by myself?
Lin Mu doubted himself for the first time!
After the opening of the blind box, it was really joyful and sad for some!

Lu Zhengqing took the exquisite plum blossom cup and walked to the exhibition stand outside, and put the plum blossom cup in the glass display case above, so that everyone can enjoy it to their heart's content!
The news quickly spread throughout Dehua, and everyone who knew the news hurried over!

Lu Zhengqing smiled and said, "Xiao Mu, it's thanks to you this time. What are you going to do with this plum blossom cup?"

Now Lin Mu is also a shareholder of the porcelain factory, and this plum blossom cup was opened by Lin Mu himself, which is very meaningful, so Lu Zhengqing wants to ask Lin Mu what he thinks!

Lin Mu pondered for a while, and asked, "Uncle, how much do you think this plum blossom cup can sell for?"

Lu Zhengqing stroked his chin and said, "I remember two years ago, at the auction, there was a similar white porcelain plum blossom cup, which was sold at a price of 340 million, but ours is much cheaper than before. That one is better, it should be able to sell for 400 million!"

This one cup can cover the income of the porcelain factory for a year, no wonder Lu Zhengqing smiled so happily!
Lin Mu looked at the firewood kiln being cleaned and asked, "Uncle, how often does this firewood kiln need to be used?"

Lu Zhengqing said, "It's not necessarily true. When you're busy, you have to burn it twice a month. When you're not busy, you don't necessarily have to open the kiln once every two months."

Lin Mu asked curiously, "Is there only one kiln in our porcelain factory?"

Lu Zhengqing smiled slightly and said, "How is that possible? This kiln is only opened when a large batch of porcelain is fired together. Usually small pieces of porcelain are fired. We have an electric kiln in our factory. Gas kilns have everything, but serious porcelain craftsmen still like this primitive firewood kiln!"

Hearing this, Lin Mu felt relieved. He was afraid that there would be no place to burn the things he had made.

When Lin Mu expressed that he wanted to learn some knowledge about firing porcelain in the factory, and wanted to fire a few pieces of porcelain by the way, Lu Zhengqing naturally wouldn't stop him!
Lu Zhengqing immediately recruited a few old porcelain workers, and asked Lin Mu to learn from these masters!
These old porcelain workers were not interested in a young man like Lin Mu, but when they were teaching, they seemed a little careless!

But, slowly, the questions Lin Mu asked made them all look at each other in blank dismay!
Is this kid really a layman?

Why does every sentence sound straight to the core?

Gradually, these old porcelain workers became more and more appreciative of Lin Mu.

For a long time, these old porcelain workers have always felt that the world is going downhill, because porcelain firing has become more and more modern, and the pure manual method is slowly being eliminated!
Although there are still people who like pure handmade porcelain, there are fewer and fewer people who know this craft!
They often feel that in order to learn this craft, they worked from dawn to dusk, and were scolded and even beaten by the master every day, just to learn a little craft.

But now, this craft is about to be lost, and the technique of firing porcelain by hand has been slowly replaced by machines.

In the past, one person could make a few plain tires a day, but now, machines can make thousands, or even tens of thousands, a day!
When a large number of machine-made porcelain is flooding the market, handmade porcelain has been slowly squeezed out of the market!
After all, a cup for drinking tea, made by machine, costs 9 yuan and 9 free shipping.

However, handmade, from the outside, you can't see much difference, but the price is much higher.

Ordinary people, who would choose handmade teacups?

9 yuan 9, isn't it delicious!

When the bad money squeezes all the good money out of the market, it is the time when hand-fired porcelain will disappear completely!
At that time, porcelain had lost its proper soul!

Therefore, when they saw such a studious and extremely intelligent young man, they immediately had the feeling that someone would succeed him!

For a few days, Lin Mu stayed in Dehua, earnestly asking these old porcelain workers for advice, and Zhang Wei, as his assistant, followed him every day!

Zhang Wei and Lu Wenlong were sitting in the office drinking tea and chatting. After these days of contact, the two of them actually had a feeling of hating seeing each other!

"Xiaowei, you are Xiaomu's good buddy, tell me, why Xiaomu has changed so much in the past two years!"

Lu Wenlong asked curiously!

Zhang Wei waved his hand and said, "Brother Long, what you said is wrong, not in the past two years, but in the past six months, half a year ago, although Mu Mu still had talent, it was not as exaggerated as it is now , he seemed to be enlightened all of a sudden. Not only did he sing better and better in Peking Opera, he could also sing, and then he knew everything about calligraphy, painting, and sculpture. It's enviable!"

Lu Wenlong nodded and said, "Indeed, when I was young, every time Xiaomu came to our house, I didn't see that he was so powerful now. It's really strange. Didn't you ask Xiaomu?"

Zhang Wei smiled indifferently and said, "Brother Long, actually, this kind of thing is really not a big deal in the art world. Many artists become omnipotent after they suddenly become enlightened. Even in our Beijing opera circle, our teacher told us a story, that is, a Peking opera actor who used to play tricks suddenly became enlightened one day. , so, for this kind of thing, it can only be said that the wood is the patriarch's meal!"

Lu Wenlong laughed, and said, "I don't think Xiaomu is not a patriarch to enjoy the meal!"

"Oh, what is that?"

"Xiao Mu, the patriarch is chasing after him to feed him, and several patriarchs are feeding him together!"

Lu Wenlong's words made Zhang Wei laugh out loud, agreeing!
After a few days of study, Lin Mu has already made up his mind!

These days, Lin Mu not only learned the process of firing porcelain by hand, but also observed the process of firing porcelain by machine.

A set of assembly lines is down, for example, making a bowl for eating on weekdays.

First, make mud, and then send the mud into the rotary machine, and soon, the prototype of a bowl appeared.

Next, bake the clay bowl first to dry the moisture inside, so that it can be transported by negative pressure suction.

The edge of the bowl for eating must be smooth, with a wet sponge on the top, and the clay bowl below rotates through the assembly line. After a few turns, the edge of the clay bowl will be smooth and round!

The machine prints a pattern on the bowl and then fires it. A bowl for eating is considered complete!
After this series of projects, porcelain workers are not needed at all.

This is machine fired porcelain.

Most of the bowls at home are made in batches like this!
However, the real good things cannot be made by machines!
Lin Mu washed his hands and came to the workshop.

To make white porcelain, the first thing is to have a design drawing.

What Lin Mu wants to make is a lotus covered bowl imitating the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, which is quite difficult!

However, since Lin Mu wants to do it, he must do it well!
The first step is to model, first make the model of the cup to be made!
For Lin Mu, this is not difficult at all!

The second step is grouting, which is to inject the blank into the modeling.

In the third step, after the blank is formed, the mold is removed, and the blank is trimmed to remove some irregularities, and then painted with a specific glaze.

This step is crucial and is related to the success rate of subsequent firing.

Lin Mu also ingeniously carved a lotus flower on it. The exquisite carving made the whole cup even more beautiful!
The final step is firing!

The electronically controlled high-temperature furnace can not only control the temperature accurately, but also can see the firing of the porcelain inside through the hollowed out place!
Of course, Lin Mu would not be so extravagant. He only baked a teacup like himself in a high-temperature furnace.

He made twelve cups in a row, all of which were carved with different patterns, and put them all in this small electric-controlled high-temperature furnace!
From the outside glass, you can see the changes of the twelve cups inside under high temperature.

After 12 hours, the staff turned off the high temperature furnace and slowly opened the kiln door!

A suffocating hot air gushes out!

Another hour or so later, Lin Mu returned to the factory this time and took out the twelve teacups with his own hands!

Wearing heavy gloves, he put the twelve cups on the plate on the table, and everyone gathered around!

Those porcelain workers also looked very excited, wanting to see how good their apprentice is!

Lu Zhengqing and Lu Wenlong also rushed over, and Zhang Wei naturally followed!
When seeing these twelve cups, everyone showed amazing expressions!

Those porcelain workers were even more excited and speechless!
Lin Mu's carvings were added to the plain white porcelain, and it suddenly became vivid!

There are twelve cups, on which Lin Mu used twelve different flowers, representing twelve seasons.

"They are all exquisite?"

Lu Zhengqing couldn't help swallowing, and looked at Lin Mu in disbelief!

Several porcelain workers were even more excited and shed tears!
Even they can't guarantee that if twelve cups are made, twelve high-quality products will be produced.

The Lu family's father and son looked at Lin Mu, and became awed!
Top craftsmen are always the most respected in this kind of place!
(End of this chapter)