Chapter 477: There are horses trampling flying swallows in the north, and ox-tiger bronze cases in the south.
Although Chen Wenzhe believed in Xue Jianming's character, where could he be more reassured by spending money to bribe him?
Or is this called courtesy?
People were always very concerned about his affairs, but Chen Wenzhe never even invited him to dinner.
When he entered society and had some human interactions, he was indeed lacking something.
Now that he had the opportunity, Chen Wenzhe smiled and said: "Old Xue, we are our own people, and you have always taken good care of me. You choose one of the jade stones on this table, and I will stay a few minutes longer to carve one for you."
It would also be a good idea to take the jewelry back and give it to my sister-in-law to play with."
"Ah?" Xue Jianming finally came to his senses, but after hearing what Chen Wenzhe said, his face turned red.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm a little distracted, mainly because I've never seen such a big material."
The main reason is that I have never seen such a big and good performance. Of course, Xue Jianming would not say this.
Li Jinli said with a smile: "This is the second time I have met. The last time those two people came to sell jade, I followed them to the car to have a look. There were too many materials and I couldn't tell for sure, but the boss was still awesome.
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"Boss Xiao Chen is really great, but just give it to me, I won't be rewarded for my merit." Xue Jianming said embarrassedly.
His behavior just now should have made Chen Wenzhe think that he likes these jade stones, right?
Otherwise, why would someone give him jade for no reason?
Chen Wenzhe really wanted to be a virgin today and see what a smart man like Xue Jianming could do.
"Old Xue, there's no need to be polite between us. Besides, these are just gadgets. They cost two hundred yuan each. Just pick one and I'll cut it open to see what's inside."
"Is it really two hundred?" Xue Jianming's eyes looked at Li Jinli.
Li Jinli nodded. Of course he had to say that. Did he also say that the bigger ones cost tens of thousands of dollars? The largest one cost 1.6 million?
Xue Jianming was a little moved. If it was two hundred yuan, it wouldn't be a big deal for him to take one piece. It was a courtesy. You know, he had helped Chen Wenzhe a lot recently.
Otherwise, his brother's stall in the market would be so smooth?
Also, in his store, he only has to be on duty at night, but he often comes to patrol. Even if he is not on duty, he still tells the staff on duty to pay careful attention!
Besides, if you don't have a better relationship with Chen Wenzhe, why should people trust the bodyguards you send out?
These are what Chen Wenzhe is thinking about. He has just joined the society and does not understand many things. Now he is just trying to accumulate more human relationships.
Not to mention other things, the things Li Jinli reminded were worth Chen Wenzhe's payment.
If anyone is the boss of Antique City, then no one is more boss than Xue Jianming.
If anyone knows the things about this antique city best, there is definitely no one as good as Xue Jianming.
Therefore, he should be very clear about the transactions of the shops within the antique city, and he must also know what the current transaction situation of the shops is like.
As long as you get some information from him, even if you pay three to five hundred thousand jade, what does it mean?
However, Xue Jianming is indeed a smart man. He did not choose a large material, so he picked up the smallest piece of gold-sprinkled leather material, which was only about the size of an egg.
This golden skin is definitely made, but the inside is indeed Hotan seed material.
I have to say that Xue Jianming is very lucky.
Chen Wenzhe took it, thought for a while, and said: "With this shape, it is impossible to carve a pendant. If the handle is too small, how about carving a ring?"
While using a tool to knock off the outer skin, Chen Wenzhe used his ability to check the shape of the jade inside.
After looking at it for a while, I finally decided to just take out a ring because the shape of this piece of jade was indeed not very good.
There is a layer of ring-shaped jade on the outside, but there are black impurities on the inside. After removing the impurities, it is a standard jade ring.
"A ring? It's also very nice. Since it's a ring, I'll give it to my son. The carving you made is more fancy. Today's young people should like things like that."
Seeing Xue Jianming's happy face, Chen Wenzhe's heart moved, this is the deep love of licking a calf, right?
As the jade was dug out of his hand, an idea emerged in Chen Wenzhe's mind involuntarily.
It's fancy, but the carving is more complicated, but he doesn't have much time, so he just uses ready-made themes.
Young people today all like to draw pictures of dragons and tigers, right?
Forget it if you are a dragon, if you are too showy, give him a tiger.
Well, don’t forget about the affection of licking a calf. Let’s have an old cow, so some black impurities can also be used.
Naturally, the old cow protects the calf, so that the black impurities inside and outside can be used.
A tiger and two cows, this is the outside.
It is not easy to carve the images of these three animals on the ring.
However, he has a ready-made specimen that he can imitate.
What he imitated was a bronze vessel called the Niuhu Bronze Case. It was a national treasure unearthed in Caiyunnan and the treasure of the town hall there.
In the late 1990s and early 1970s, there were two astonishing discoveries in the Chinese cultural relics and archeology community.
The first is the bronze galloping horse "Ma Treading the Swallow" unearthed in Wuwei, Gan Province. This is so famous that many people know it.
But there is another thing that few people know about, and that is the Niuhu Bronze Case.
The bronze sacrificial vessel "Ox and Tiger Bronze Case" unearthed in the south of Caiyun is no worse than a horse trampling a flying swallow.
This exquisite sculpture with one north and one south, one horse and one cow, should be well-known in China and sensationalize the world.
But not many people know the reputation of "horses in the north, flying swallows in the south, oxen and tigers in the south".
This bronze case is a ritual vessel made of bronze during the Warring States Period in ancient Yunnan.
Its shape is composed of two oxen and one tiger, which are cleverly combined.
It takes a strong bull as the main body, the four legs of the bull are the legs of the desk, and the back of the bull is an oval desk surface.
A fierce tiger pounced on the cow's tail, clamped its four claws on the cow's body and bit the cow's tail, staring at the table with eager eyes.
A carefree calf stands under the big cow's belly, with its head and tail slightly sticking out of the big cow's belly.
A strong cow, a tiger crawling behind the cow, and a calf under the old cow.
All "dynamic" balance is in "stillness".
The structural stability is unified with the bloody and cruel connotation.
The old cow was very peaceful, gentle, and unmoving, with no expression of pain.
The tiger, on the other hand, is a sneak attack.
The bull's head has two curved horns. It should have turned around and pointed at the attacker, but it didn't. Instead, it stood in the opposite direction, willing to suffer the pain of being eaten.
There are various interpretations of this picture.
Some people say that a tiger was added to the oxtail for the sake of formal beauty.
Some say that the calf was added to move the center of gravity downward.
Some say that the two cows have a deep love for each other, some say that they risk their lives to protect the calf, some say that they contrast cruelty with kindness, and good with evil.
No matter what the explanation is, it proves that this bronze is a work worth imitating.