When he came to Chen Wuji this time, Li Yang's dragon stone jade raw material really gave him a big surprise.
With this piece of raw material, Chen Wuji would come out even if he was still sealing the sword. Good materials like this are hard to come by, and it's impossible to give up when you encounter them, unless you really can't move.
But he will not start work so early. He must be prepared and adjust to the best time before he can start work.
After chatting with Mr. Hong for a while, Li Yang finally understood why he appeared here.
Jieyang is the most famous jade carving base in the south, and Suzhou is the most influential city in the jade carving industry in the southeast. In order to expand their influence, the jade associations in the two places specially organized the Twin Cities Jade Carving Masters Competition.
Participants in the Masters Tournament are all well-known top players from both places. This event is very good and has great influence. It can also stimulate people's fighting spirit and allow people in both places to make healthy progress together.
This event did not just start this year. It has been held five times before, once a year, and this year is the sixth.
The event location is not fixed in Jieyang, it was held in Suzhou last year.
The jade carving masters coming from Suzhou this time include Mr. Hong’s disciple Huang Hao. He is also the most important member of the team coming from Suzhou to participate in the competition and is the team leader this time.
In the past, Huang Haoke won the championship for three consecutive years. This year, the masters in Jieyang have already shouted slogans to regain the championship.
According to common sense, Mr. Hong would not be alarmed by such activities now. He had never participated in any previous activities in Suzhou.
However, the situation this year was a bit special. He heard that Chen Wuji came out of the mountain again, which made him think about it. It happened that he was getting older, and he might not be able to walk if he didn't go out, so he simply followed him.
This is the reason why he appeared here with Chen Wuji.
Mr. Hong also had the idea of using this event to visit Chen Wuji, an old friend. Of course, he probably also had the idea of sitting in for his apprentice and supporting the show, but he would not admit it.
However, he did not expect to see a piece of perfect jade raw material in Chen Wuji's place.
Li Yang arrived in the afternoon, and in the evening, Chen Wuji, who was in a good mood, hosted a banquet in person to entertain Mr. Hong and Li Yang. During the dinner, Mr. Hong's disciple Huang Hao also came.
Huang Hao has just turned fifty this year, and is now in the glorious period of his career. However, compared with Li Yang at his age, he looks a bit old. He is almost twice as old as Li Yang.
Huang Hao was also surprised by Li Yang's youth. He had heard the name Li Yang before he became famous.
The first time he knew Li Yang was when he was processing glass emperor green pendants for him. At that time, he knew Li Yang, but at that time, in his impression, Li Yang was just a boy with good luck.
It is indeed good luck to find a piece of glass with imperial green jadeite.
But then he heard Li Yang's name more and more often. Nanyang exposed Zigang Yu, Pingzhou shined brightly, defeated Shao Yuqiang, a disciple of the Jade King, and won the title of Jade Saint.
This series of things surprised him, but he didn't pay much attention to it until the news of the Burmese jade auction came. Li Yang even won the jade. When Huang Haogang heard the news, his mouth was open.
long time.
The boy he thought was lucky at the beginning has now soared into the sky and become a giant.
Even a jade carving master like Huang Hao does not dare to have any contempt for Li Yang. The jade carving industry is closely related to stone gambling. Most of the raw materials for their work are jade, and the best raw materials in jadeite come from those stone gambling masters.
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So when he met Li Yang this time, Huang Hao respected Li Yang very much and didn't dare to put on airs at all.
In terms of seniority, the two happened to be of the same generation, so there was no embarrassment.
Li Yang was also very polite to Huang Hao. He also wanted to learn jade carving from Chen Wuji. From now on, he and Huang Hao could be regarded as peers.
No matter what the original reason was, Li Yang would do what he promised, and besides, he also wanted to carve the extracted raw materials into finished products with his own hands.
That will give you a greater sense of accomplishment.
At the banquet, Huang Hao's eyes were even bigger than those of his master Hong Lao when he heard about the jadeite grown from dragon stone. When he learned that this piece of raw material had been taken by Chen Wuji and was about to do it himself, there was no trace of jealousy in his eyes.
Cover it up, you can't cover it up.
Dragon Stone Seed, this is just like a game player who sees the most powerful and powerful equipment, he is so greedy and jealous, but it is a pity that this equipment does not belong to him.
And there is no second piece of equipment like this.
Facing a senior like Chen Wuji, Huang Hao did not dare to ask for part of the raw materials.
He could only lament in his heart, why Li Yang didn't get this perfect jade earlier, then maybe this piece of raw material would fall into his hands.
The depressed Huang Hao kept drinking. He didn't dare to look for Chen Wuji and Mr. Hong, so he had to look for Li Yang.
Needless to think about the result, Huang Hao finally walked back to the room. Fortunately, there were still two days left for the Masters. Otherwise, in his state, even if his level was really better than others, he would have lost in the Masters.
As you can tell from the name of the Masters Competition, the contestants are all jade carving masters.
What is a master? There is a saying in Jieyang that if you don’t have works worth more than one million, you can’t be called a master. From this sentence, you can know how powerful the master is. And the number of masters is also extremely rare. This year’s Shuangcheng
In the Masters Tournament, there are only six players from both sides participating, and these six players each represent the highest level in the local area.
Li Yang stayed directly at Chen Wuji's house at night. Li Yang originally wanted to get a hotel room, but Chen Wuji refused.
Thinking that he would study jade carving with Chen Wuji in the future, Li Yang didn't insist on it. Fortunately, there were not many people coming with him this time, so the villa was completely suitable for living.
Early the next morning, Chen Wuji went into the incense room and meditated.
The incense room is where Chen Wuji calms down his mood. In the past, he would sit in this room for a whole day when encountering important works. There is a burning incense burner in the room, which has a very good auxiliary effect on calming the mind.
He had only restarted this incense room the last time he carved the glass Supreme Yellow. He didn't expect to use it again so soon.
Chen Wuji would not start work today, but he would not go out either. After breakfast, Li Yang, who felt bored, simply took Wang Jiajia out for a walk.
Chen Wuji's villa is near Yangmei Road in Jieyang, and Yangmei Village here is the largest jade carving center in Jieyang.
Yangmei Village has a history of more than 100 years of jade carving processing and is known as the "Jade Capital of Asia". The jade carving industry here alone generates billions of dollars every year.
The saying that one cannot be considered a master without a work worth more than one million is not groundless.
At present, the entire Yangmei Village is processing jade, and there is no other jade. In fact, many famous jade carving cities are processing jade. In the jade carving industry in Suzhou, jade accounts for as much as 80%.
Chinese jade and nephrite are only processed more in Nanyang and Hotan now.
Jadeite comes from jadeite. Jieyang itself does not produce jadeite. All raw materials must be purchased. Therefore, Jieyang is also known as the "China's Jade Capital that does not produce jade".
Walking on Yangmei Road, Li Yang's biggest feeling was that he was in Pingzhou.
Pingzhou Jade Street is very big, but it is just a small street. Yangmei Road is very wide, much wider than Pingzhou Jade Street, and there are many jade shops around it.
But this place is not like Pingzhou where there are only jade shops. There are restaurants, teahouses, supermarkets and other shops on both sides of the street. Otherwise, this place would surpass Pingzhou.
The jade shop on Yangmei Road mainly sells finished jewelry. The shop is very luxurious and the price is not cheap. Many tourists will buy here. People who are really knowledgeable will go to other factory areas where the jade jewelry is cheaper.
Holding Wang Jiajia's hand, Li Yang walked a few steps towards the factory area.
These directions were all told to him by the person at Chen Wuji's home before he came here. He was a distant relative of Chen Wuji who was currently taking care of Chen Wuji at home.
The person who came out on his own was very relieved because he knew Li Yang's identity.
If the majestic Jade Saint, the Jade Saint who can defeat even the Jade King, is tricked and abducted here, Li Yang might as well find a piece of tofu and kill him.
"So many gambling stones?"
Not long after they crossed the main road and walked onto another street, Wang Jiajia couldn't help but scream.
This is a T-shaped intersection, and Li Yang happened to walk from the first vertical end of the T-shaped intersection. In front of him is a long, narrow street, but there are many stone gambling shops on both sides of the street. This place looks more like Ruili.
This is the Stone Gambling Street in Jieyang. Raw materials are needed for jade processing, so Stone Gambling is indispensable here.
Large factories will go to Pingzhou, Yunnan, Ruili or Myanmar to purchase their own materials, while small jade carving masters or apprentices will buy their own raw materials. The timid ones will buy raw materials directly, and the bold ones will buy gambling stones and carve them themselves.
Raw materials are being processed.
Seeing this lively scene, Li Yang was slightly shocked. He had not seen such a large stone gambling market for a long time.
Now that the special ability has just evolved, it’s time to come here to verify it.
"Come on, let's go inside and take a look!"
Li Yang took out sunglasses from his pocket, put them on, and pulled Wang Jiajia inside.
He is now the most famous person in the stone gambling world. If he doesn't dress up, it will be troublesome to be recognized. With the experience of Guangzhou Provincial Museum Square, Li Yang has made preparations in advance and bought a pair of large sunglasses.
After walking a few steps, I turned into a small shop. This shop was about a dozen square meters in size. There were a lot of stone gambling materials inside, and there was also a counter. Inside the counter were some obvious items.
material.
Liu Gang stood behind Li Yang, watching everything in front of him quietly, while Zhao Kui and Haidong followed not far away. They were now secret bodyguards.
"Guys, what do you want to order?"
There was a young shopkeeper and two customers in their thirties in the store. The shopkeeper was only 24 or 25 years old and looked younger than Li Yang. He was looking at Li Yang doubtfully.
The most important thing about stone gambling is your eyesight. In broad daylight, everyone would look there with a light. Li Yang actually came in wearing big sunglasses. This nondescript look really made him curious. He even thought that Li Yang and the others were here to play.
of idle people.
The other two customers also looked at Li Yang strangely, then shook their heads and continued to observe the wool they were interested in.
