Jin Yutong

Chapter 272 Jade Carving School

The total value of this batch of silver was more than 200 million, and the fraction was crossed out by Chen Ran. The meal at noon was naturally invited by Huang Shang. After the meal, Chen Ran and Zhu Feng went to the Sword Factory to see Look, although Kunwu country's metallurgical technology is relatively fast in making weapons, it obviously takes time, and Zhu Feng can only do it in a hurry.

After a few days of busy work, the matter of hiding the treasure in the villa has come to an end, and Chen Ran's heart that has been carrying it has also fallen to the ground. When he arrived at the Baojian Factory, he began to think about the matter of the Baojian Factory.

Although the sword factory has started, except for old man Wu and his apprentices, in fact, there is only Chen Ran, the bachelor commander. Old man Wu is only in charge of forging weapons. Chen Ran also asked his opinion, and he said Except for forging weapons, he didn't care about anything else, so Chen Ran could only find another factory manager.

Chen Ran has no idea about the candidate for the factory director. His sword factory's business model is different from other sword factories. The factory director must find a trustworthy factory director. He really doesn't have a suitable candidate in his hand. Trustworthy There are only a few people, but now they are all doing things.

There is no suitable candidate for the time being, so Chen Ran can only give up.

After leaving the Sword Factory and separating from Zhu Feng, Chen Ran returned to the villa. He had to find a way to fill the hole dug out of the swimming pool. He went outside to buy a steel plate and came back.Plug the hole with steel plates, fill in the excavated sand and bricks, and then call the property for maintenance workers to re-lay the tiles.

During this process, Chen Ran naturally kept watching. Although the silver in the underground cave has been taken out, it is better not to be discovered by others in the cave below. After all, those diaries and ledgers of Li Jianjun are still there. placed below.

The decoration speed of these workers is really hard to say. They finished it in less than half an hour, and helped Chen Ran clean the swimming pool. After the workers left, Chen Ran put a pool of water and took off I took off my clothes, jumped in and thumped a few times, it was still more refreshing to take a bath like this.

After leaving the villa, Chen Ran drove to the old man's place. He had no choice but to call several times to urge him to go there.

"Read all these books first." When we arrived at the old man's place, the old man led him directly into the study without saying a word, then without saying anything, he pointed to a stack of books on the table and let him read first .

Knowing that Chen Ran has a good memory, the old man obviously prepared well. There are at least 20 books in this stack, which is more than last time.

Chen Ran's initial estimate was that opening a jade shop would require at least 4000 million yuan of funds. Now that the funds in his hands have reached this goal, opening a jade shop has also been put on the agenda. I have made preparations. This first-hand preparation is to win the position of executive vice president of the Jade Association. With this status, it will not only save him a lot of trouble, but also bring him great benefits. It is also very important for the jade shop he wants to open to gain a foothold in Tianzhong City.

Therefore, the most important thing now is to pass the old man's test and officially take over the position of executive vice president.

The old man asked Chen Ran to read the book, but Chen Ran didn't say much. He sat down and looked through it immediately. The old man sat on the side and made two cups of tea.

Knowing that Chen Ran has a good memory, the old man's study plan for Chen Ran has obviously changed.

This point can be seen from the fact that the old man let Chen Ran read the book. Yesterday, the old man asked Chen Ran to read books on jade testing, but now it involves all aspects, including jade testing, ancient jade appraisal, and so on. The carvers of the past dynasties, as well as the ancient jade culture, the jade road...etc.

"finish watching?"

After Chen Ran finished the last book, the old man, who was still squinting and smiling, immediately turned serious, looking like a strict teacher.

"finish watching."

Chen Ran saw that the old man was so serious, so he sat down properly.

"Is there anything you want to ask?" The old man is obviously a bit good at being a teacher.

"Old man, please tell me about the schools and origins of jade carving masters in China."

Chen Ran thought for a while, and he didn't have anything to ask about jade testing. After all, those things were clearly explained in the books. The problem was in jade appreciation and jade carving. Thinking of the jade carving competition, Lu Tianming and Ah Chen Ran also asked about Han's jade carving skills. After he appeared in the jade carving world, he would definitely meet many jade carving masters.

"Why do you ask this?"

Mr. Ma glared at Chen Ran angrily. He didn't want to answer Chen Ran's question, but when he thought of Chen Ran's eight-knife splitting wave carving method, he became enthusiastic and said cheerfully: "Since you asked, then I Let me tell you, among the jade carving masters in the world, if we talk about schools, they still recommend the four major schools of Northern School, Yang School, Shanghai School, and Southern School..."

The "Northern School" is naturally the carving style formed by jade carvers in Beijing, Tianjin and Liaoning. The "Northern School" jade carvings have the characteristics of solemnity, simplicity and elegance.

The unique craftsmanship of the "Yang School" jade carvers in Yangzhou. "Yangpai" jade carvings pay attention to rules, exquisite workmanship, and elegant and beautiful shapes.

"Shanghai style" is the jade carving art style centered on Shanghai. "Shanghai style" is characterized by exquisite vessels and vivid figures and animals. It is exquisitely carved, rigorous in shape, solemn and elegant.

The "Southern School" refers to the jade carvers in Guangdong and Fujian. Due to the long-term influence of bamboo and wood ivory carving techniques and Southeast Asian culture, they are also unique in the carving of hollow carvings, multi-layered jade balls and high-end jade jewelry. The shapes are plump and vivid. , with exquisite craftsmanship, forming the "Southern School" artistic style.

Mr. Ma not only explained to Chen Ran the four major schools and the representatives of the four major schools today, but also the origin of the formation of these four schools and the originator of jade carving, such as the originator of jade carving of the Northern School is Qiu Chuji.

"Grandpa, why hasn't there been a faction in our province? According to what I said, our province seems to be the largest jade carving production base in the country. The jade carving masters in our province are also spread all over the country. The number of jade carving masters is as high as 50 million. The scale is the largest. Yes, there are also two fifth-level jade carving masters and 68 fourth-level jade carving masters. Compared with these four major schools, it seems not bad, and in the national jade carving competitions in the past few years, our province has the highest winning rate... ..."

After listening to the old man, Chen Ran understood the general situation of the domestic jade carving industry, at least he had some understanding of the domestic jade carving masters, but there was one problem that he never understood.

In the library of the Provincial Jade Carving School, Chen Ran had seen the data of jade carvers in Central Plains. There were two fifth-level jade carvers in Central Plains, who were also known as national jade carvers. The Lu family accounted for these two national jade carvers. One, and the other is old man Wang, the principal of Yudiao School.

68 fourth-level jade carving masters, and fourth-level jade carving masters are also called provincial-level jade carving masters. These 68 provincial-level jade carving masters all have statues in the jade carving school. In terms of the number of people, the Central Plains Province is by no means inferior to the four major schools. Well, the number of five-level jade carvers is about the same as the four schools, and the number of four-level jade carvers is far more than the four schools, not to mention the total number of jade carvers. school?

This made Chen Ran puzzled.

"If you don't ask about this, I'll tell you." Mr. Ma nodded first, and then sighed, "There are two reasons why the Central Plains Province has no style. The first reason is that there is no national jade carving master."

Seeing that Chen Ran opened his mouth to interrupt him, the old man waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, listen to me, although the Lu family has a national jade carving master, the Lu family is not a local jade carving family in the Central Plains, but split from the Lu family in Yangzhou. Yes, the jade carving style of the Lu family in the Central Plains also belongs to the Yang school. Lao Wang is a decent Central Plains native, but Lao Wang lived in the capital since he was a child. After retiring, he returned to the Central Plains, so neither Lu Daohong nor Lao Wang of the Lu family was recognized as a member of the Central Plains School. One reason is that the carving styles of the jade carvers of the Central Plains school are somewhat heterogeneous, and they have not formed their own style..."

Speaking of this point, the old man was also a little bit embarrassed. He is not a jade carver himself, but as a jade lover, it is quite regrettable that he has not formed his own jade carving school in his hometown.

Hearing the old man's explanation, Chen Ran understood what was going on. He really didn't know the inside story, and he had never seen it in books. Only the older generation knew about the Lu family's affairs. I don't blame him if I know.

When Chen Ran left the old man's place, it was past ten o'clock in the evening. The old man was very excited. After dinner, he dragged him into the study and forced him to read the book for two hours, almost making the old man's book read quickly. finish watching.

Needless to say, the old man's collection of books, after reading so many, for Chen Ran, it was like taking a big tonic. No matter in terms of knowledge or vision, he felt suddenly enlightened.

Originally, the old man asked him to stay overnight, but Chen Ran still left. It was so late, and he didn't go home, so he went directly to the villa.

On a new day, he got up at six o'clock. After Chen Ran washed up, he came out to exercise in simple clothes. He had been busy with the affairs of the villa for the past few days, and he hardly practiced the weird dance.

The weird dance is still at the fifth movement, but Chen Ran has practiced the first five movements so well.

These movements can be said to be more and more difficult. When doing them, the requirements for physical fitness, strength, flexibility, and reaction all need a certain level.

Just like the sixth movement, Chen Ran can't do it for the time being. If he can't do it, Chen Ran is not discouraged. Since he can't do it now, then take his time. First, let's practice the body first. Yes, it was done naturally.

First, I practiced the weird dance for a while on the balcony of the villa, and when I was sweating, Chen Ran took a shower on the balcony. After taking a shower, my body didn't feel tired at all, but I felt a fever all over my body. , as if the whole body is full of strength.

Standing on the roof, staring into the distance, the front is the endless lake, and the back is the lush mountain peaks. Chen Ran was excited, went into the villa, picked up the key, and ran to the back garden.

There was another back door in the back garden. Chen Ran opened the back door, and there was a forest outside.

After finding the mountain road, Chen Ran breathed the fresh air, and ran along the mountain road towards the top of the mountain. Needless to say, his physical fitness, even after running back and forth, there was only a little sweat on his forehead.

When he returned to the woods behind the villa, Chen Ran found that this place was a good place to practice tan legs. After he came out of the detention center, he hadn't practiced tan legs seriously. At most, he practiced them twice in the room. I can't let go of my hands and feet when practicing in the room, so it's naturally very uncomfortable to practice.

Now that he found this place, he practiced Tan legs in this woods.

There are twelve legs in total. After Chen Ran practiced twice, he stopped. When he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly found a person standing not far from him...