Li Jinli looked at the large pile of jade materials placed on his desk and was a little dumbfounded.
Although he was the customer he contacted, he really didn't expect that Chen Wenzhe would buy so much at once.
Chen Wenzhe's transaction speed was so fast that it could be said that millions of funds were paid out before he even gave a little reminder.
Although I believe in Chen Wenzhe’s vision, is it really a good idea to spend so much money?
In fact, in his heart, Li Jinli also wanted to not regard money as money, and also wanted to be so unrestrained.
I’m afraid, this is what financial freedom feels like, right?
"Those two guys may really be from the Western Regions, and their families should have some wealth, otherwise the quality of this batch of ingredients would not be so good." Chen Wenzhe answered the question.
Chen Wenzhe seems to have encountered this kind of thing several times, such as Wang Qianli's shop selling ancient coins, where he picked up many genuine ancient coins.
It was obviously a fake factory, but in the end even the factory templates were sold.
The same goes for these two people from the Western Regions. Did they mix the good ingredients passed down from their families into fake ingredients and bring them out?
No matter what, Chen Wenzhe made a big mistake this time.
Chen Wenzhe moved two pieces of jade, one large and one small, to the side. Chen Wenzhe selected among the remaining materials, and finally took out a cone-shaped piece.
This piece of material is not big, only four centimeters long, narrow at one end and thick at the other.
Of course, it's not too regular, but if you throw it away from the middle, you should be able to get two pieces of pendant material.
The wider lower half can be used to carve a fat Maitreya Buddha.
The other half, if cut well, is slimmer and longer, and is naturally carved into Guanyin.
Chen Wenzhe has just acquired the technique of sculpting Guanyin, and now he is trying it out.
The power tools he had asked Li Jinli to buy before were returned to the store. As for his home, he naturally bought a better and more complete set.
I looked at the time and saw that it was only eight o'clock in the evening. There were still two hours until the door was locked. It should be quick to carve two small pendants.
It just so happens that Li Jinli is getting married, so this can be considered a wedding gift for him!
Of course, it can also be regarded as the reward he mentioned earlier.
Although the material Chen Wenzhe selected this time is not large, it is material sprinkled with golden skin.
The exterior looks flawless and very smooth, but Chen Wenzhe knows that this beautiful leather shell has been made from scratch.
Therefore, when carving, you must not use the gold-sprinkled skin outside.
He first used a cutting machine to cut open the material to expose the jade meat inside.
After the cutting was completed, Chen Wenzhe was relieved when he opened it and saw that the jade meat inside was just as he saw, it was mutton fat white.
This piece should be the only mutton-fat white jade.
Other white jade cannot reach the level of mutton-fat white. The most common white jade is ordinary white jade, and there are also some topaz.
Three pieces of raw mutton-fat white jade, one weighing thirty-four kilograms, one weighing ten kilograms, and the last small piece weighing only a few hundred grams.
After removing the outer skin, it only weighs more than 70 grams.
After dividing it into two pieces, one piece weighed less than thirty grams, and the other piece weighed more than forty grams.
Peel off the outer skin and rinse it with water. You can already see how extraordinary this piece of material is.
The white-yellow jade, under the light, really looks like sheep's fat. It feels smooth and looks oily. Although it is not too white, it looks very comfortable.
Turn it over and look at the worn-off outer skin. Now that there is no layer of fake leather, it looks even more beautiful.
This may be the reason why it is made of a fake leather shell, because it seems that there are still some black lines on it.
The black lines mixed with the gold-sprinkled leather shell appear more dazzling, but with a little carving, wouldn't these black lines set off the golden lines formed by the gold-sprinkled leather become more beautiful?
Taking the power tool and slightly trimming the shape, Chen Wenzhe started carving on the leather case.
The excess black impurities must be removed, but some will remain to form a vertical and horizontal grid.
Add some gold threads formed by sprinkling gold leather and crisscrossing them to create a cassock-like effect.
This is what Chen Wenzhe wants to feel. A huge monk is wrapped in a seemingly mottled cassock that exposes most of his body.
After the general effect is revealed, the next step is to open the face.
This is what Chen Wenzhe is best at. He carved out the face of Maitreya Buddha in just a few strokes, then started trimming it, and finally added the finishing touches.
He has done this kind of thing several times, and as he keeps working in his dreams, his skills have improved rapidly.
Therefore, even if it was his first time to carve Maitreya Buddha, his movements were very fast, and the effect of the carving was exactly as he imagined.
In just a few minutes, a lifelike smiling monk appeared in front of Chen Wenzhe and Li Jinli.
Although it is not polished, the Maitreya Buddha carved by Chen Wenzhe's fantasy sculpture, Guanyin sculpture and finishing techniques is really one of a kind: a big belly can accommodate things that are difficult to tolerate in the world; a smile is always open.
The demeanor of someone who laughs at the ridiculousness of the world!
In only fifteen minutes, a small pendant was basically completed.
After some trimming, the only remaining step is polishing.
With power tools, carving these small things has become very easy.
After the repairs were completed, Chen Wenzhe simply handed the Maitreya Buddha into Li Jinli's hands.
"I see you have used these power tools. Do you know how to polish them?" Chen Wenzhe said with a smile.
"You know how to do it, right?" Li Jinli was a little hesitant. He was not very good at appraising antiques, but he was good at appraising jade.
Could he still not recognize the quality of this cut jade?
So he knew that what Chen Wenzhe treated so casually was a piece of mutton-fat white jade.
Any piece of white jade of this grade would cost at least several million.
But it only took him about ten minutes to carve it out easily and lightly?
Thirty grams, based on 50,000 per gram, would cost 1.5 million.
But in the market, who would sell mutton-fat white jade like this?
For such a small piece, if it were priced at 100,000 per gram, it would be sky-high.
Thinking about it, this Maitreya Buddha is likely to be sold for three million, which makes Li Jinli tremble!
What would he do if his hand shook and broke it?
"Don't tremble with your hands. If you really break it, you will still be the loser."
Chen Wenzhe looked at Li Jinli funny, this guy is making a lot of money now, why is he still looking so petty?
"If you say that, I won't dare to move. I'm really going to break it. This year, no, it should be the next many years, won't all my hard work be in vain?"
When Chen Wenzhe said this, Li Jinli was even more restrained. He really didn't dare to deal with such an expensive pendant casually.
"I won't let you pay for it. If I say it's your loss, it's really your loss, because if it's broken, it's your own thing."
"My own thing?" Li Jinli was a little confused, why did it belong to him?