Jin Yutong

Chapter 54

Everyone got up in an orderly manner and walked towards the competition hall along the corridor outside the hall. On the way to enter, special detection equipment and body searches were set up to prevent contestants from wearing cheating tools such as headsets and microphones.

Just as everyone was entering the arena one after another, there was a sudden sound of pedaling, and people couldn't help but look back. Chen Ran was no exception, but saw Ah Han running panting and anxious. over here.

At first he didn't see Ah Han in the hall, Chen Ran thought that Ah Han had already been eliminated by the first level, and felt sorry for him, but now he saw Ah Han running towards him, so he stopped in his tracks.

"It's... not bad!" Ah Han ran over panting, running so fast that he almost ran into Chen Ran. Chen Ran hurriedly supported him, patted his back and calmed his breath: "Don't worry !"

Ah Han raised his head and smiled gratefully at Chen Ran, a little silly.

"Hurry up and follow!" The young man saw the two of them stop, and took a light drink impatiently.

Chen Ran quickly supported Ah Han and followed him.

Stepping into the venue, the field of vision suddenly widens. Needless to say, the scale of the provincial gymnasium is just a few more things, such as a large video screen in all directions of the venue.

The entire seat was full of people, and it was dark. At this moment, everyone turned their attention to these contestants.

Of course, the seats were allocated in advance, and those sitting on the high platform were naturally those heavyweights and judges, and those sitting in the first row were invited guests.

Entering the venue, Chen Ran saw Yan Ruyu on the judges' seat at a glance. He guessed that Yan Ruyu would be invited to the competition, but he didn't expect that Yan Ruyu was also a judge.

He saw Yan Ruyu, but Yan Ruyu didn't see him. After all, there were more than 100 contestants.

"All contestants have already taken their seats. Now let me talk about the rules of the competition. Please listen carefully to the contestants. The ranking of the competition is calculated by points. Subtract sixty points from your written test scores and divide by two to get your current points. , then your points will be added on this basis, the competition will be divided into two rounds, with a break of 10 minutes in the middle, and the first exam will be in charge of Teacher Xie Zuomiao from the History Department of Zhongdu University!"

The host above the venue is the host of the TV station. While she was speaking, an old man in his 50s stepped onto the high stage.

"Hello everyone, I'm Xie Zuomiao. Now we are taking the first test. There are 130 contestants. Now I will divide you into ten groups. There are 13 people in one group. Do you see the big screen in front of you? There is a number on the screen, whichever big screen your number is on, which group you belong to, and then you stand under which big screen, well, let’s start grouping now.”

Before he finished speaking, Chen Ran raised his head and looked at the big screen. Soon he found his number, which was on the eighth big screen. After finding it, he came to the bottom of the eighth big screen , he glanced at Ah Han, and found that Ah Han was standing under the fourth big screen, and in his group, he didn't know anyone except Lu Tianming.

"Did you see the long tables in front of you? There are 48 jade wares on each long table. Among the 48 jade wares, only thirteen are real ancient jade. From now on, within 10 minutes, every contestant Participants only need to pick out a real ancient jade to pass the test, three points will be added to those who pass the test, and three points will be deducted from those who do not pass the test!"

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar!

The contestants or people related to the contestants exclaimed that the first round was so difficult, not to mention identifying 48 pieces of ancient jade, but even identifying one piece of ancient jade, 10 minutes is not enough time, which is undoubtedly quite rewarding. Difficulty, without certain eyesight and experience, it is impossible to pass the test.

In addition to exclaiming that the first game was so difficult, more people were amazed at the great handicraft of the Jade Association. There are 130 pieces of ancient jade on a long table, and [-] pieces of ancient jade on ten long tables. Yu, for this competition, the Jade Association has really invested heavily.

Even if we don't talk about how well this competition is held, just these jaw-dropping ancient jades will definitely cause a sensation in the collection circles across the country. more exciting.

"Old Wang, what a great handwriting!"

There were eight judges on the judging table. After hearing the rules announced by Xie Zuomiao, Yan Ruyu turned to look at an old man sitting next to him.

The old man was not humble at all, he smiled complacently, and looked at Yan Ruyu: "Thank you, Xiaoyu, for your help!"

Yan Ruyu came to Zhongdu this time, apart from some personal matters, it was actually for this competition. She was called Huaxia Jade. Apart from her fame, there was a bigger reason that the ancient jade she collected could be said to be There are the most in the whole of China.

In this competition, she provided a lot of ancient jade.

Yan Ruyu said a few words modestly, then turned her head to look at the contestants below, as if unintentionally, and as if she had her own will in the dark, she suddenly saw a familiar figure, seeing this familiar figure, she was She was taken aback for a moment, and then thought of an old man's entrustment, she suddenly smiled.

Reach out and tap lightly on the color screen on the desktop, enter a name like Chen Ran on the search, and a document will appear immediately. After seeing his written test score, a look of surprise appears on his face look'.

"Ah! This kid actually came to compete!"

The old man accidentally saw the color screen in front of Yan Ruyu. After seeing the photo, he was taken aback for a moment, and then his face turned black.

"Old Wang, do you know him?"

Yan Ruyu was also slightly surprised. He didn't expect that this piece of wood knew quite a few people, but since he knew Mr. Wang, why did Uncle Liang find him a master jade carving? Isn't Mr. Wang in front of him a master of jade carving?

"I don't know!" The old man shook his head resolutely, and then added angrily: "I don't even know him when he turns into ashes!"

Yan Ruyu was dumbfounded, what kind of logic is this.

When she looked at the old man, she found that the old man looked at the field with a dark face as if he was angry. She still understood the old man's temper. Looking at the familiar figure in the arena, a smile unconsciously formed on the corner of his mouth.

But at this moment, the old man's voice came from next to his ears: "Hey, what's the number of this kid?"

Hearing Teacher Xie's announcement, Chen Ran was also shocked by the generosity of the Jade Association. It was so difficult for him to get in touch with a piece of ancient jade, but the Jade Association sold 130 pieces of ancient jade. There must be more than that many ancient jades used.

The level of identifying ancient jade, Chen Ran knew that he would pass the test before he participated in the competition. This is also his weakest point. After all, he has come into contact with too little ancient jade, and his eyesight and experience are far behind. This is why he was so serious during the written test.

However, this was before, but now, obviously, it is no longer difficult for him to identify ancient jade.

As soon as the exam started, Chen Ran controlled the newly obtained ability to release an energy aperture from the position between the eyebrows to detect the jade on the long table. The first thing he detected was a simple jade wrench.

After the energy aperture detected it, the jade finger did not respond at all. Obviously, this jade finger was not ancient jade, and then he detected the next jade, which was a jade pendant.

This time there was a reaction, but the energy circle was absorbed on the jade pendant, so Chen Ran had no choice but to 'shoot' the energy circle again, releasing two circles in succession, and only then did three green and white streaks appear on the jade pendant. The color' aperture was absorbed by Chen Ran immediately, and two energy apertures were consumed, which shows that the carving of the jade pendant is a little better than average.

He originally had 35 energy apertures, but now he absorbs three and consumes two, which is equivalent to earning one and becoming 36.

The ancient jade was found, but Chen Ran did not pick out the ancient jade immediately. There were not many opportunities for him to get in touch with the ancient jade, so naturally he would not let this opportunity pass by now.

The first thing is to practice his eyesight, and gain experience in identifying ancient jade. Another point, and the most important point, is undoubtedly that the more energy apertures, the better. Now that he has this opportunity to get more, how can he let it go? .

So even though he found an ancient jade in less than a minute, he continued to look at the next one, just like that, while appraising the jade, he absorbed the halo on the ancient jade.

On the other side, in just 2 minutes, Lu Tianming found an ancient jade and handed it to Professor Xie. After Professor Xie appraised it, he gave it to all the judges. After the appraisal, all the judges nodded their heads. Then they all praised Mr. Lu who was sitting on the judge's table, and Mr. Lu couldn't help but secretly feel complacent. This Lu Tianming is his grandson, and his grandson made him proud, so he was naturally very happy.

Professor Luo also announced: "No. [-] pass, plus three points!"

Everyone looked up at the front big screen again, and found that No.1 had appeared on the big screen, and it was the number one, with 23 points.

Seeing this result, everyone present could not help but hiss. The full score of the written test is 23. Subtract [-] and divide by [-] to get [-] points, and add [-] points to get [-] points. This is equal to Lu Tianming's full score. .

Everyone seemed not surprised by this result. The Lu family was the number one jade carving family in the Central Plains, and Lu Tianming was also well-known, so it was only natural that he got such a result.

Some people have already cleared the test, which obviously put a lot of pressure on other players. For a while, some players couldn't help but get nervous. This nervousness made their minds mess up, which is equivalent to messing up their feet.

As time went by, there were only four people left in Chen Ran's group. Except for Chen Ran, the other three people had already lost their positions. Look left, look right, and get out in a hurry Sweating profusely.

Only Chen Ran is still observing slowly. Unlike other people, he doesn't feel right about this one, so he chooses other ones from a long distance away, while Chen Ran looks at one piece after another. After seeing this one, he takes it Starting from the next one, when he looked at each piece, he was very focused, even if it was a fake jade, he looked at it very seriously.

Obviously, if you want to increase your eyesight, you must not only look at real jade, but also look at fake jade.

As for the thirteen pieces of ancient jade on his long table, apart from the one identified by Lu Tianming, of the remaining twelve pieces, eight of them were absorbed by him, and his number of circles increased by three. Originally, there were more, but one carver was very good, and four of them were directly consumed.

Seeing that the 10 minutes was about to end, seeing Chen Ran still watching like this, although he seemed very calm, but he looked more like he didn't understand at all, and he was completely joining in the fun. After reading Chen Ran's written test results, Chen Ran's written test results would have been a big surprise to Chen Ran. However, the old man who still held some hopes could not help but shook his head in disappointment, secretly thinking that this kid must not have copied his written test results.

And when he cast his eyes on a young figure, his face suddenly became angry, and he almost wanted to scold. Although he didn't scold aloud, he scolded in his heart, why did I accept you so stupid? apprentice.

Yan Ruyu was a little strange. Although she didn't know how Chen Ran's ability to appreciate jade was, it should not be too difficult for Chen Ran. However, why hadn't he identified an ancient jade by this time?

Seeing that the time was about to end, she couldn't help worrying about Chen Ran.

As time goes by, there are fewer and fewer players in the field. In fact, the remaining players are basically weak, or players supported by small companies, like those supported by large companies. They all won quickly.

At this time, in their opinion, the result of this match has been settled, and the remaining players are all weak, so they will not pay attention to them. Now they are looking at these "chaotic" players The contestants seem to be watching a good show.

Just as everyone was looking at the rankings on the big screen and waiting for Professor Xie to announce the end, the whole ranking changed so suddenly!