Craftsman: I continue to learn for the sake of the saints

Chapter 144 Talk about money, talk about jade

"What time is it, are you still asleep?"

On the big bed, Sister Cha half-covered her words and urged her shyly.

Qin Luo was still sitting on the sofa in front of the window, looking at the computer and meditating from time to time.

His thoughts were interrupted, Qin Luo pursed his lips and smiled, and said softly: "Hey, you go to bed first, I still have some things to think about, I'm not done yet."

She simply lifted the quilt, jumped out of the bed, walked towards Qin Luo with bare feet, and leaned on her back.

"Sleep..."

Exhale like orchid, charming Tiancheng.

Qin Luo sighed for a long time, also a little dumbfounded: "Okay, go to sleep."

It has been almost half a year since I practiced Wu Qin Xi, and I feel extra energetic, as if I have returned to my old days, a spirited young man.

This situation, obviously, cannot be avoided tonight.

After handing in the homework in a hurry, Qin Luo found it increasingly difficult to fall asleep looking at the woman who was satisfied enough to fall asleep, so she got up, sat back on the sofa again, and concentrated on contemplating.

It seems that after exercising, thinking becomes more and more agile.

After carefully reading all the techniques about the living ring and chain carving, Qin Luo didn't sleep peacefully until late at night.

……

the next day.

Early in the morning, Yang Jianjun sent a message.

"Master Qin, are you awake? Do you want to come to my house today? I have a lot of good materials here."

For this matter, Yang Jianjun is still very concerned.

Qin Luo's technique in jade carving has already been witnessed with his own eyes, and he is definitely the posture of a future master.

But the beauty is that his current fame is far from worthy of his strength.

If you can ask him to carve a few works now, it is definitely equivalent to "picking up leaks".

Not only treasures can be leaked?
People can too.

Qin Luodang immediately replied: "Yes."

So Yang Jianjun immediately sent the location: "What time is it convenient for you? I'll ask the driver to pick you up."

"Ten o'clock."

Qin Luo shook his head and smiled.

This man is really caring.

In the field of jade carving, Yang Jianjun may be limited, but he is really a successful businessman.

After eating, washing, and tidying up, the driver downstairs was already waiting, and Qin Luo happily boarded the car with Sister Cha.

The Maybach with double color matching drove steadily all the way to the mansion complex in the capital. Yang Jianjun was already waiting in front of the gate of the villa.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Qin Luo was slightly stunned when he entered the door and just entered the living room.

The huge living room is not like a home at all, but like a small museum, with the structure of Huizi surname. On the shelves on the three walls, there are various kinds of jade, and there is also a "counter" in the middle. The materials are displayed impressively.

It reveals a kind of ultimate luxury.

"Hey, ha, it's really... a lot of accumulation."

Qin Luo's eyes were almost blind. To put it bluntly, it seemed that Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden. This was indeed a bit too arrogant. However, for a moment, Qin Luo also thought of Zhao Dehan who dared not spend a penny. .

Save so much?

You don't carve?

Can you hold back this too?
Yang Jianjun laughed: "I've been in this business for almost 40 years. From the time I searched for jade by the river to now, I've made it step by step. The accumulation over the years is nothing. Many of them are actually myself, and I am reluctant to sell them."

"Hey, that's all there is to love in life."

"Watch at will."

He explained with a smile.

Qin Luo nodded, didn't say much, and checked one by one.

These jade materials seem to be of good quality, covering almost all the origins of mainstream jade.

Not only Hetian jade, but also Qinghai jade, and Russian jade.

Under normal circumstances, although Qinghai jade also belongs to Hetian jade in a broad sense.

However, the jade world is as concerned about the origin of a piece of jade as if it is of "noble blood", and the price is several grades lower.

The collections here are not all priceless items.

The main thing is just a characteristic.

scarcity.

rare.

"This piece is not bad, smoked purple jade..."

Qin Luo stopped in front of a lavender jade and said with some interest.

"Yes, Yan Ziyu. I bought it in Qinghai before. It was not worth much. However, in the past two years, the price has been rising year by year."

Yang Jianjun smiled modestly.

Smoked purple jade belongs to Qinghai materials, and it is a very distinctive kind, because of its color, it presents a grayish purple color, which belongs to mountain materials.

This piece is mainly superior in its pure purple and good fineness, like a piece of purple silk, it can be regarded as the best among smoked purple jade.

Purple, in classical culture, is also an extremely noble color.

Seeing Qin Luoyi move, Yang Jianjun said: "Why don't you come and give it a second life? Hahaha, it hasn't changed in more than ten years. This color is still quite difficult to control. The shape of the device is different. It’s so good to match, our chief jade carvers have given me design proposals before, but I’m not very satisfied with them.”

Purple is graceful and elegant, without a suitable device, it is really difficult to match it.

Qin Luo smiled and nodded.

"Look again."

Putting it down for the time being, and looking at more than a dozen pieces, Qin Luo's footsteps stopped again.

Emerald material.

It is still Qinghai jade, but it is another unique existence.

Among Qinghai materials, emerald materials are unique. The material alone can give people a sense of vitality.

This kind of material not only has the color and freshness of jadeite, but also has the warmth and solemnity of Hetian jade. It is white with green in it, which is very moving.

Yang Jianjun thought of a question at this time, so he asked with a smile: "Master Qin, I don't know, how do you calculate your current salary?"

"It's a bit of a bad topic, but, hahaha, market economy."

The price, still have to ask clearly.

There is no fixed price for jade carving masters, most of them are one price per work and one price per person.

A powerful jade carver may receive more than tens of millions of yuan for a piece of work, and a junior apprentice can do it for dozens of yuan.

Yang Jianjun felt that Qin Luo must be a bit "expensive".

Qin Luo glanced at him, and pondered slightly: "The price is the same as jade."

Uh.

Hearing this, Yang Jianjun was stunned for a moment, and secretly gasped in his heart.

This……

This quotation can be said to be quite "confident".

Same price as jade.

This is probably a jade carver who is extremely confident in his craft, confident that he can double the fair price of a piece of jade by relying on the carver.

Is it expensive?

In fact, it is very expensive.

But, think about it, Qin Luo spent [-] million yuan to take that piece of pink-skinned white jade, and then through his hands, carved it into the imperial concubine's smile. The price could really double.

Is it worth buying it for [-] million?

At least Yang Jianjun felt it was worth it.

That is definitely a national treasure, and it can be regarded as a family heirloom.

"I think it's fine."

"Hahaha, it's also a beautiful story."

Yang Jianjun laughed in agreement.

Qin Luo waved his hands, smiled slightly, and continued to read without saying anything.

"Wow, this is so beautiful."

Suddenly, Sister Cha made a sound of surprise, and couldn't move her eyes away.

When the two were talking, she did not follow, but was on the opposite side of the jade frame. At this time, she was obviously deeply moved by a piece of material.

Qin Luo glanced at her, and then walked along with her. After taking a look, although he was not surprised, he still nodded in agreement.

"Sure enough, girls have no resistance to pink and tender things."

This is a piece of "lotus root powder jade" material.

Compared with Fenpi Hetian, the color is much lighter, but there is a little pink in the white, like the fair skin of a [-]-year-old girl, and also like apricot or cherry blossoms in April.

Fenpi Hetian is a bit of peach blossom, or thick powder of lychee.

The material of lotus root powder jade also belongs to Qinghai jade, which is a relatively rare variety.

The uncanny workmanship of nature is really amazing.

Jade grows out of a stone, and it is ever-changing.

"Mr. Yang, can I part with this piece of material? I want to carve a jade ornament for my girlfriend."

Seeing that she liked her so much, Qin Luo also looked at Yang Jianjun and asked with a smile.

The color is good, but the price of Qinghai jade is so high, this one is hundreds of thousands, no matter what.

Although I am now in debt of tens of millions, this point is still there.

"Hey, if you like it, I will give it to you."

"Swords are given to heroes, beautiful jade is given to beautiful jade, hahaha..."

He seemed very bold and said.

This small amount of money is really not a problem.

"Brother Yang, don't make trouble. I don't dare to take what you gave me. My husband will be angry and say I'm ignorant."

Sister Cha said with a smile like a flower, she didn't want to take advantage of this.

If Qin Luo refuses this kind of topic, it will seem inappropriate to some extent.

For her, it's perfectly fine.

Sure enough, Yang Jianjun understood it in seconds. He laughed and waved his hand: "Then give me a friendly price, 20 yuan. About ten years ago, I bought it for 2 yuan. In ten years, you will earn ten times."

This is of course a joke.

The market price of this piece of jade is more than 20 yuan, which is almost a [-]% discount, which is a genuine and friendly price.

Hearing this, Qin Luo couldn't help laughing.

"Thanks."

……

After chatting about prices, the atmosphere became more and more friendly.

All in all, character is seen most in money.

Both feel that the other is fair, not the kind of person who cares about every detail, nor the kind who is greedy for cheap, and has principles and measures in doing things, so naturally the impression is good.

Finally, Qin Luo stopped in front of a familiar piece of white jade.

It was seen at the auction before, the 95 Yutian white jade, huge and white, like a peerless beauty, independent and independent.

This piece of jade also sold for more than tens of millions at the auction.

It was taken down by Yang Jianjun.

"Master Qin thinks, how about using this piece of jade to make living rings and chain carvings?"

Yang Jianjun asked with a smile.

He has always been obsessed with the works of living ring and chain carving.

Qin Luo pursed her lips and smiled wryly: "It's very suitable, but I'm really not sure right now, so wait a little longer, don't worry."

"You can't let Meiyu be ashamed because of your poor craftsmanship."

"Otherwise, it would be too reckless."

Such a large and white material can actually be used for anything. Although it is suitable for making live rings and chain carvings, it still feels a bit wasteful.

However, other people's things, naturally they have the final say.

It's not a problem if you really want to go all out and give up.

It's just that if you let yourself do the carving, you have to be responsible.

Temporarily not fully sure, Qin Luo really does not want to get started.

"Hey... I know, don't be in a hurry, take your time, go, go up to the second floor and have a look, I bought a living ring jade carving in the year of Qianlong, that's where the dream started."

Yang Jianjun somewhat "shows off his wealth".

Of course, the attitude is not enough to be annoying.

So, the three of them went up to the second floor.

Here, there are treasures everywhere.

There are antiques and modern ones, each of which can be called a treasure, no matter the material of the jade itself or the carving technique.

Before he had time to see the living ring and chain sculpture, Qin Luo's eyes were attracted by an "inner painting".

The so-called "inner painting" refers to a very special carving technique.

Conventional jade carving works, no matter what patterns are carved, are all on the surface of jade.

But inner painting is not the case.

Not on the outside, but on the inside, the pattern is painted into the jade, and a thin layer of skin is left on the outside. From the outside, the light is refracted, and the pattern inside will have a feeling between hazy and real. beauty.

This kind of craft, in terms of technique, has some similarities with thin-bodied jade wares, both of which need to dig out the middle of the jade material.

However, the thin tires are completely removed, while the interior paintings are removed and some are kept. The difficulty in arts and crafts is to use a hook-shaped knife and pen to find various tricky angles, go deep into them, and painstakingly depict them.

"This one is the work created by the former chief of our company."

"Apart from the inner painting, did Master Qin see anything else?"

Yang Jianjun asked with a smile, somewhat showing off.

After thinking for a while, Qin Luo said, "It's really good to gouge out the dirt and remove the locks, and turn the blemishes into good things."

Gouging out the viscera and turning the flaws into jade are also unique skills in jade carving techniques.

Gouging out the dirt and removing the grains refers to removing all impurities such as dirt and grains in the jade material, which is equivalent to secondary processing of the material, which is not an easy task.

It's okay to goug out.

It's hard to get rid of the locks.

Locks are natural cracks inside jade.

The most difficult part of this job is to design the pattern according to the trend of the lock, avoid defects to the greatest extent, and even make the lock a part of the pattern itself.

This piece of jade itself should have extremely serious internal impurities and cracks.

However, after removing all the messy places, the secondary processing was carried out, and three Buddhas were carved inside, and the cracked lines were used as the reflection of the Buddha's light, which looked really beautiful.

His company can grow so big, there are still top experts.

This work, even if I let myself do it, is nothing more than that.

Qin Luo looked at it for a few more minutes before looking at other works.

Each piece is unique and exquisite.

Until... I saw this living ring jade carving from the Qianlong period.

Carved from pure white jade, it is a pendant, the ring is a "rope", and the pendant is a plaque. The whole body is white and crystal clear, and the shape is beautiful and elegant. It is an out-of-print treasure made by the imperial court.

Anyone who wears this will have tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of people walking.

"One year."

"I'm sure I can learn it."

Qin Luo heaved a long sigh. After seeing the real thing with his own eyes, the desire in his heart became more and more intense.

No tire of skill!
Work tirelessly!

Hearing this confidence, Yang Jianjun was a little moved and couldn't help feeling emotional.

Really, very high-spirited...

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(End of this chapter)