Jin Yutong

Chapter 177 The Competition Begins

After a registration turmoil, the live jade carving final of the Central Plains Jade Carving Competition finally came.

Originally, Chen Ran was about to give up this competition, but he unexpectedly ran into Cao Guoxiong, whom he had met yesterday, and Cao Guoxiong's words made him eligible to participate in the competition again. It was an unexpected surprise.

Without much room for emotion, Chen Ran immediately entered the arena after parting with Guo Hai and Yang Long under the eyes of everyone.

In fact, the arena is an empty field in the imperial city of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The field is about 63 square meters. As a backup, Zhang built a 'chairman' platform directly in front, where the expert judges sat, while on both sides of the venue, there were guest seats, and the guest seats were all sponsors of the competition. Yudiao and his party are relatively well-known people.

Guo Hai and Yang Long were also present, but they were favored by Zhu Feng. Zhu Feng was acquainted with the boss of a jewelry company in Tianzhong City, so he sat at the seat reserved by their company. Chen Ran was the current champion of the competition , naturally also has its own position, which happens to be the first row of the guest seats on the side where Guo Hai and Yang Long are sitting, or the first position, and Li Baoping is on his right, followed by Ma Jian, Lu Tianming ...Obviously, Lu Tianming's complexion was a bit ugly, and he stared at Chen Ran with a gloomy face from time to time.

Before the start of the competition was announced, everyone sitting in the guest seats chatted in low voices. Li Baoping and Chen Ran also chatted a few words, but they were all trying to test Chen Ran by Li Baoping, and Chen Ran dealt with some unnutritious words.

"Everyone, please be quiet!" In front of the 'Chairman' stage, Professor Xie was the host. Professor Xie held the microphone to maintain the order of the scene, and then briefly talked about the rules and regulations of the competition.

The jade carving competition is sponsored by the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department, the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, the Provincial Human Resources and Social Security Department, the Provincial Science and Technology Department, the Provincial Committee, the Provincial Jewelry and Jade Jewelry Industry Association and the Provincial Jade Association, and is co-organized by the Central Plains Geological Bureau, Cultural Heritage Bureau and other units , the purpose is to promote the level of jade carving in the Central Plains, improve the status of the jade carving brand in the Central Plains, and accelerate the development of the jade carving industry. The purpose is to create one of the most influential jade carving works selection activities in China.

The competition includes "two competitions and one activity". The "two competitions" are the enterprising competition and the Hundred Flowers Cup gold medal competition. Give the gift of a boutique collection.

Among them, the participants in the jade carving competition are mainly jade carving masters in the province. There is a jade carving award in the competition. The winners will be jointly awarded certificates and bonuses by the provincial jade association and other sponsors. The title of "Provincial Jade Carving Master" and a bonus of 1 yuan will be awarded. The second and third places will be awarded "No. 20 Jade Carving Master of Central Plains Province" and "Tan Hua of Jade Carving Master of Central Plains Province" respectively, and bonuses of 10 yuan and 5 yuan will be awarded respectively, among which they will enter the final The top five contestants will be rated as third-level jade carvers, and those who enter the top 3 will be rated as second-level jade carvers. In addition, the best creative award winners will also be awarded award certificates and bonuses of [-] ten thousand yuan.

Professor Xie announced the rules and regulations of the competition, and then handed over the microphone to Cao Guoxiong who was sitting on the 'chairman' platform.

After Cao Guoxiong took the microphone, he cleared his throat and said to everyone: "Good morning, everyone! I am very glad to be here with you to participate in the opening ceremony of the final of the Peony Cup Central Plains Jade Carving Competition! This year is the first time that we have held such a A large professional art competition, here, I would like to thank..."

After some scene talk, Cao Guoxiong handed the microphone to Professor Xie. After Professor Xie took the microphone, he introduced the judges of the final. The judges of the final and the judges of the trial competition almost changed, but this was because of the trial competition. At the time, the test was mainly on theoretical knowledge and jade identification, and the final test was on carving, so the judges naturally needed more professional judges. Except for Lu Daosen, almost all the judges present were well-known in the province. Great jade carver.

Like this time, the vice-principal of the jade carving school, Shi Shucheng, a fourth-level jade carving master, was among the judges. Besides Shi Shucheng, there were also some other jade carving masters, all of whom were famous fourth-level jade carving masters in the province.

Compared with the fourth-level jade carver and the fifth-level jade carver, although the difference is only one level, the gap between them is huge. Even if a few jade carvers can become a fourth-level jade carver, generally speaking, the fourth-level Jade carvers are already their limit. Most of the fourth-level jade carvers will hardly become fifth-level jade carvers in their lifetime. Otherwise, the fifth-level jade carvers will not be so rare. It's just digits.

However, the fourth-level jade carving masters already belong to the Taishan class in the jade carving industry, especially some famous fourth-level jade carving masters, who are already considered to be the jade carving masters standing at the pinnacle of the jade carving industry. They are well-known in the industry. Almost every time Professor Xie introduces one, there will be a burst of applause from the audience. For most jade carvers, the fourth-level jade carvers are already the existences they look up to.

When Professor Xie introduced the judges, Chen Ran was also staring at the judges' seat in a daze. Not long ago, that woman was also sitting on the judges' seat. At this moment, Chen Ran seemed to see that woman laughing again. Looking at him with a 'groan'... It's just a pity... Sighing lightly, Chen Ran shook his head, and threw out the beautiful face in his mind. He had tried his best not to think about this face, But often this face inevitably appeared in his mind.

After introducing the judges of the competition, Professor Xie announced the start of the competition. With the start of the competition, 11 contestants ranked between No.60 and No.[-] immediately entered the arena with their respective tools.

Generally speaking, the competition provides each contestant with a set of tools, but just like the swordsmen's knives in martial arts novels, each jade carver also has his own set of tools, and some jade carvers use their own tools and habits. Yes, if you suddenly change a set, you may feel uncomfortable, so the competition allows players to bring their own tools.

Not only the tools are brought by themselves, but also the jade materials to be carved are generally brought by themselves.

Chen Ran brought neither tools nor materials, but he was not worried. The tools were provided by the competition, and the materials would be left for a period of time before the competition for the top ten contestants to choose on stage. , These materials are provided and sponsored by major jewelry companies. Of course, they are not provided for free, but after the jade carving works are auctioned, the cost will be deducted.

For a long time, the tools Chen Ran used to carve jade were common tools on the market. It wasn’t that he didn’t want those exquisite jade carving tools, but that in the past, how could he have the money to buy them? It will cost thousands of dollars to buy it. Therefore, if you want to become a jade carver, the initial investment cost is still very high. Of course, this is for ordinary people.

Seeing that everyone else was carrying their own tools, Chen Ran also thought about choosing a set of tools after the competition. Now that he doesn’t lack the money, he naturally wants to choose the best set of tools. What he didn’t know was that the last Good tools are hard to come by.

Because for jade carvers, the best tools are not those tools that are sold in the modern market.

The exquisite Huaxia ancient jade has amazed the world. What tools and techniques did the ancients use to carve such a hard material thousands of years ago?It can be guessed that since ancient times, it was possible to forge a sword that cut iron like mud, so why not forge such a carving knife.

Fifty jade carvers, at first glance, can be described as full of men, but judging from their eyes and expressions, after going through a preliminaries and trials, and facing this more grand final, there are already many eyebrows between them. A calm.

After these contestants enter the arena, they must first draw lots. According to regulations, each contestant must match the theme and use their own ideas and creativity to create carvings on jade stones of specified sizes.

Immediately after the lottery was drawn, these contestants waved their diamond-made carving knives and sketched everything they had imagined on Yushi's body. The crowd of onlookers also became quiet as the game began. Look inside with binoculars.

The contestants who participated in this enterprising competition have a total of one hour, and after one hour, it is time to gamble. Gambling is also bidding. Each of the fifty contestants on the field has a number. The following guests You can choose your favorite players to bid after they have finished carving and before the experts have evaluated them.

Of course, there are only [-] jade works on the field, so not everyone can bid, only some guests who have obtained the indicators can bid, and the prices of the jade works of the contestants are obviously different before and after the expert evaluation Yes, if it breaks into the top ten after being selected by the experts, the price will immediately increase by more than ten times.

After the fifty contestants started carving, Chen Ran carefully observed each contestant's carved jade. His eyes were better. Although they were a little far away, they were almost the same as standing next to the contestants. This was his first time. Watching other people's carving of jade once, from this, I also watched it with great interest.

In particular, the contestants present are all selected from the best, and almost everyone has their own unique style and characteristics in their carving methods. Look, it can be said to have benefited him a lot, especially when dealing with some details, it made him feel suddenly enlightened frequently.

And just as he was watching carefully, someone stabbed him in the back suddenly.