Riding the wind of rebirth

"Let me ask, if I want all these things, how much will it cost in total?" Zhou Zhi's eyes fell on Wu Feitian and Shan Zi, and he didn't even look at the account manager when he spoke.

The pair of flying dancing stars are carved from a piece of [-] to [-] kilogram material. Except for digging out a piece in the middle and then cutting it in half to make a pair of jiao pictures that imitate the auspicious beast holding the door knocker on the door, the rest is The outer skin of the lower part was completely peeled off, and only the purest and oily jade flesh was used to carve it into a pair of flying dancing girls holding pipa and flute.

The carvings of the jiao pictures are very exquisite. Now the jade ring in the animal's mouth imitates the characteristics of the jade carvings in Tracestan, creating a double-twisted effect. It can also rotate freely in the animal's mouth, which is a masterpiece of craftsmanship.

But what's even more exaggerated is that for Wu Feitian, they almost completely ignored the loss of jade materials and directly made a pair of three-dimensional carved dancing girls. No matter how exquisite the craftsmanship is, the key is the luxury of cutting off the flesh. The thoughtfulness makes you speechless. .

On the contrary, "Music from all directions is played in Khotan" has a little bit of the relief style that later generations cherished Hetian jade. It uses golden skin color to carve deserts, camel caravans, and dancing crowds. Only the upper part is used to create snow peaks. The effect is to peel off the jade meat like mutton fat.

"You guys, aren't you here to see Adelaide Silk..." The account manager was a little unsure whether the young people in front of him were joking about themselves. The shocked and unbelievable expressions on their faces could not be concealed no matter how much training they did. .

"I want all of this autonomous region's [-]th anniversary gift series." Zhou Zhi smiled and tapped the glass of the display window with his nails, making a slight "de" sound: "But your price is an external price, if I want to take it all , you have to give me the internal price."

"Then...then please wait a moment, I will call our manager over..." The account manager hurriedly greeted: "You guys sit down first, Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu will serve tea to the guests, I will go find Manager Zhou!"

Xiao Liu is another little girl in the hall. She looks good and is probably used to leisure. After hearing this, she came over quickly, but her movements seemed a bit hurried.

When Manager Zhou came over, he saw Xiao Liu standing aside at a loss, while a young man was showing the tea ceremony to two other young people: "... This time it is called Guan Gong patrolling the city, these times it is called Han Xin ordering troops... …”

"How many of you are here to buy jade?" Manager Zhou stepped forward to shake hands with everyone. When he saw Ayiguli's appearance clearly, he couldn't help but feel dazed for a moment.

Such a beautiful girl is considered outstanding in Urumqi, a city full of beauties.

Fortunately, Manager Zhou is also well-informed and calmly adjusted: "Looking at their ages, they should have just started working, right? Are there any elders in the family who like our Hetian jade?"

Obviously, Manager Zhou was not optimistic about the ability of the young people in front of him to buy jade, so he put forward his point of view tactfully.

After all, this hall was built on my own initiative. According to colleagues in Suzhou, it is called "not open for three years, but managed for three years after opening." Only two months after it opened quietly, customers came to the door, and they wanted to buy it. Such a great weapon, Manager Zhou couldn't believe that such good luck would happen to him.

However, Zhou Zhi is very experienced in dealing with such a situation, and the best way is to raise the flag and pull the tiger's skin: "I think Mr. Sun and Director Qin of the jade carving factory, as well as President Zhao of the Bank of China Autonomous Region Branch, and Manager Zhou are all familiar with it, right?" ?”

"We are all familiar with these people." Manager Zhou nodded: "I had dinner with President Zhao just two days ago, and I heard from him that someone from Urumqi came..."

As soon as he said this, Manager Zhou's eyes suddenly brightened up: "Here you go...you are...that...that...young..."

"Yes." Zhou Zhi also poured a cup of tea for Manager Zhou and brought it over: "I am the person who purchased jade materials a few days ago. I also bothered Sun Gong to follow me for several days. My name is Zhou Zhi."

"Ah hello, hello, we are still the same family!" Manager Zhou quickly stretched out his hands to take the cup: "Why are you so embarrassed to ask Mr. Zhou to pour me tea? Your great achievements in the past few days have turned the Urumqi jade industry upside down. Oh my God!" "Where is it?" Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "Please ask Manager Zhou to introduce these jade carvings to us. If the price is right, I also want to bring a perfect end to this trip to Urumqi."

"Oh, please wait a moment." Manager Zhou enthusiastically sent everyone business cards, and then said to the account manager: "You and Xiao Liu are here to say hello first, and I will go get the relevant information. Talk to Mr. Zhou in detail."

It took a while to get there, and Zhou Zhi estimated that Manager Zhou had gone to find some acquaintances he had just provided to inquire about the situation.

Anyway, when Manager Zhou came back with a stack of information, his expression and tone were different again, full of enthusiasm.

The information that Manager Zhou brought was very detailed, including the receipt of the invoice issued when the jade materials were purchased that year, as well as the business trip reimbursement documents of several staff members when they took the jade materials to the Suzhou Jade Carving Factory.

Then Zhou Zhi discovered a particularly funny thing, that is, the cost of purchasing jade materials in [-] was not as expensive as the cost of staff traveling on business in [-].

The Suzhou Jade Carving Factory was the most famous large-scale unit of jade carving in the country at that time. At its peak, there were hundreds of workers, and all the factory directors were national craft masters.

"Su Zhuo" has been very famous since the Ming Dynasty. It is said that "although good jade is gathered from the capital, but skillful workmanship is from Su County", there have been jade masters such as Lu Zigang, Wang Xiaoxi, He Si, Jiang Haochen and so on.

Lu Zigang, in particular, is regarded as the founder of the jade carving world and is known as the "Jade God".

Manager Zhou took the invoices and receipts aside and said, "These have no reference value anymore, but retaining them as data can still show how much we value this collection of crafts."

Zhou Zhi opened his mouth, but there was one thing he still didn't say, that is, if you attach so much importance to it, why put it out for sale? This thing should be placed in the Museum of Arts and Crafts, or the showroom of the Autonomous Region Light Industry Department.

However, Manager Zhou quickly answered Zhou Zhi's question. It turned out that the engraving component was an "organizational decision" of the Gongmei Store at that time. It was a spontaneous act and did not rely on financial allocation. Therefore, it was the "own asset" of the Gongmei Store.

After being dragged back from Suzhou, although it attracted considerable attention and was published in national pictorials and newspapers, after the tour ended, the government had no intention of footing the bill.

In fact, it was not expensive to pay the bill at that time, but the government cannot set this precedent. As long as it dares to make this hole, countless units will "cut it off first and then tell it later" in the future.

Therefore, although this set of jade carvings has a high level of craftsmanship and is often borrowed for exhibition by the Department of Light Industry, the Department of Culture, and even the Ministry of Culture, the ownership has always been in the Art and Crafts Store, and the items will be brought back after every exhibition.

Later, the policy began to change. In the [-]s, Gongmei stores and department stores merged into large shopping malls. This set of jade carvings was never sent to exhibitions and has been kept in the warehouse.

Years ago, the company organized a trip to the south to investigate advanced experience. When he came back, he asked Manager Zhou to dig out the items in the warehouse of the original Art and Crafts Store and find ways to monetize them. Only then did this set of jade carvings have a chance to see the light of day again and became an important display in the newly established Art and Crafts Hall.