Shenyin Shanhaijing

Chapter 84 The Origin of Jade

It is said that Lu Cheng drove home, first moved the jade into the basement, and then placed an order online to buy a large jade cutting machine, which cost more than 6 yuan.In this way, he does not have to cut stones outside in the future, but can take them home and cut them slowly.

He looked at the garden in the backyard and found that the Shu Jin grass was growing well, and the ling wheat and ling beans planted earlier had also sprouted.

He rejoiced in his heart: "This is a good thing, at least the spiritual valley can grow here, I don't know if it can bear seeds."

The growth cycle of grains includes sowing, emergence, tillering, jointing, booting, heading, flowering, filling, and maturity. Even if they can grow, they may not necessarily bear fruit.

Three days later, the cutting machine arrived.

Lu Cheng placed the cutting machine in the backyard instead of putting it in the basement.

After connecting the wires, he was ready to cut the newly bought stone that cost 800 million yuan.

By touching the rough stone, he felt that most of the rough stone was waste, and the real good jade was very concentrated. If another person cut it, if he accidentally cut it in the wrong place, he might not be able to get back the cost.

He fixed the rough stone and started the cutting machine before going to work.

When I came back from get off work, the rough stone had already been cut.

When I opened it, there was not only jade, but also a kind of old water. Unfortunately, there were too many cracks, and only one green pillar remained intact. The other parts, let alone making bracelets, are even difficult to make beads. If you are careful, you may be able to grind them out. Ring face.

Lu Cheng rearranged the jade and continued cutting. It took two days to cut out the green pillar in the middle.

This green column happens to have a bracelet, although it is not full of green, it is [-] to [-]% full!It is almost glass, but unfortunately the color is not imperial green, nor Zhengyang green, but apple green.

In these years, real good jadeite is too rare, and apple green is also good!
In the blink of an eye, it was another weekend, and Lu Cheng called Wu Xiang from Baoyuzhai.

"Mr. Wu, I'm Lu Cheng. I have some good jadeite in my hand. Can you introduce me to a local jade carver who is reliable and high-level...It would be a pity if I miss it..."

Wu Xiang said: "You bring the materials, I will take you to meet someone."

Lu Cheng drove to Baoyuzhai to pick up Wu Xiang, and then followed Wu Xiang's instructions to the "Yuanyuan" in Daicheng.

Wu Xiangdao: "This is the largest jade carving and processing company in Daicheng. It mainly processes high-end products from Daishan jade. Their carving skills are very good, and occasionally they also pick jadeite and suet white jade. Our Baoyuzhai products mainly come from Came in here."

He led Lu Cheng in, and saw a middle-aged man in his forties.

"This is Zhang Xinyu, a well-known jade carver in this province. He graduated from the Magic City Jade Carving College, and then studied under Chang Xichun, a master of northern jade carving. "Blessing Pot" won the 'Tiangong Award' Gold Award in 2017..."

"Master Zhang, this is Lu Cheng, a famous marathon runner. He has a piece of jadeite in his hand. I would like to ask you to show it to me..."

Lu Cheng was holding a medium-sized leather bag in his hand, and he unzipped it. Inside were not only newly cut jade pillars, but also materials brought back from Guangzhou and Yangzhou. There are big ones and small ones, the worst ones are the ice ones, and the glutinous ones are kept at home for making jade talismans.

Although Lu Cheng has carving equipment at home, he is not a professional jade carver after all, so he can't do this kind of delicate work. First, it will damage the material, and second, it will take time.

High-quality materials still need to be processed by professionals, so he brought all the good materials.

Wu Xiang was very surprised: "Mr. Lu, how can you have so many good jade materials? The total value of these things is more than 5000 million. If you process it carefully, you can double it!"

Zhang Xinyu looked at each piece of material one by one, and said: "You put the jade material here. Necklaces, bracelets and the like don't need superb craftsmanship. I will hand it over to the second apprentice to make it; let the first apprentice grind the ring noodles; I will do it myself To make decorations, choose that kind of irregular material..."

Material is one aspect, but carving is also very important.

Let’s just talk about making the noodles. The process of taking the noodles seems simple, but it is a thrilling operation. It is required to express the color and seed water of the noodles with the best effect. size.

In stone gambling, it often happens that a large piece of rough stone can only be opened with a small ring face, and the rest become waste.

The ring has high requirements for craftsmanship.Don't think that the ring surface is small in size and simple in shape, so it is easy to process. Its cutting and grinding process is very cumbersome.When buying a ring surface wool, you must first take out the part that you plan to grind the ring surface and polish it; after polishing, you need to see how to grind it to remove various blemishes; After that, it is considered qualified.

The carving of jade is more exquisite. This is a knowledge that has been passed down for thousands of years and requires a lifetime of study by jade carvers.

Lu Cheng knew well that playing with machine carving was okay, but if he wanted to become a master in this industry by hand carving, he needed to learn a lot of things, and it took him many years, no less than studying for a graduate student.

He discussed with Zhang Xinyu, and then left the material
According to Zhang Xinyu, after the finished product is finished, if the price is lower than 1 million, it will be considered a failure.

Not to mention anything else, seven or eight bracelets can be cut out of that jade pillar alone, each selling for at least 300 million.The remaining materials that are cracked like spider webs, if cut carefully, can be ground into some rings, even if they are as small as soybeans, the price is hundreds of thousands.

In addition, the [-]-kilogram piece of material he brought back from Yangzhou contained an oval-shaped yellow jadeite, which could cut out a glass-filled yellow jadeite bracelet, and two half-full yellow jadeite bracelets. Impossible to measure.

What's more, there are a few small pieces brought back from Guangzhou. Although they can't make bracelets, they can be cut into plaques for carving, or made into pendants and pendants.

As for the processing fee, it depends on the complexity of the craftsmanship. The cost of polishing bracelets and beads is relatively low, while the cutting and polishing of the ring surface is a little more expensive. The price of engraving crafts by masters is the highest.There are rules and fees for these things.

When Lu Cheng returned home, he saw a [-] kg rough stone left uncut in the corner.He didn't want to cut it for the time being, so he left it there and ignored it.

I walked to the backyard and practiced "Witch God Fist" for a while, and I also wanted to practice the tripod-carrying pose, but it was very inconvenient because of the lack of barbells.

He took out his mobile phone to search, found a phone number, and dialed it: "Hello, is this Shuanghe Fitness Equipment Co., Ltd."

A soft female voice came from the phone: "Yes, sir, what do you need?"

"I want to order barbells and dumbbells, is that possible?"

"Okay, what specification do you want?"

"Ordinary barbells are too light! I need a total weight of 5000 kilograms, with 250 kilograms for each piece of barbell and 500-1000 kilograms for each dumbbell."

"..." There was no voice on the other end of the phone.

"In addition, I also want a treadmill with a top speed of 200 kilometers per hour!"

"..." After a pause, the other side began to speak: "Sir, are you kidding? We have business, so we don't have time to chat with you."

Lu Cheng said: "No kidding, you can pay now."

(End of this chapter)