At ten o'clock in the morning, the finals of the gold medal competition and jade carving competition officially began.
Compared with the enterprising competition, the competition for the gold medal is undoubtedly more exciting. There is no doubt that the competition in front of us will also be the most intense one in the jade carving competition. This can be seen from the nervous and expectant looks on the faces of the audience.
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When Professor Xie's voice announcing the start of the competition echoed throughout the audience, warm applause and cheers erupted from every corner of the audience, and the focus of the audience suddenly shifted to the contestants' seats.
After the audience's eyes swept over the top ten players, they all stopped on Chen Ran. In the competition in front of them, Chen Ran was undoubtedly the biggest variable. Although in the selection, Chen Ran created a miracle.
, but it is rumored that Chen Ran’s carving skills are only mediocre, so can he create miracles again?
"Friends in the audience, let us now welcome the contestants to the entrance. I don't think I need to introduce the first person to enter. Everyone should know who it is. In this competition, Longfengyu is a blockbuster.
Friends in the jade carving world are aware of his existence. Now the competition is about to begin. Let us wait and see his performance. I hope he can create miracles for us again..."
As Professor Xie's somewhat excited voice sounded, Chen Ran took a deep breath. At this moment, his eyes unknowingly brought a bit of expectation. After waiting for such a long time, he finally
This moment has arrived.
The Eight-Sword Wave-Splitting Sword Technique, which is called a miracle by the jade carving community but has been lost for thousands of years, will finally reappear in the world. Chen Ran is looking forward to the moment when he uses the Eight-Sword Wave-Dividing Sword Technique, which will impress the whole audience.
What a shock!
At this moment, Chen Ran seemed to be a little excited.
After walking onto the stage, Chen Ran took another deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and calmed down his mind. As he walked onto the stage, the audience once again burst into loud cheers.
The most eye-catching people at this moment are Guo Hai and Yang Long. I don’t know who had the idea to put two chairs together. The two of them stood tall on the chairs.
They were shouting almost at the top of their lungs, causing other spectators to look in their direction frequently.
Seeing this scene, Chen Ran couldn't help but smile, and his mood became more peaceful.
When Li Baoping came on the stage, he and Chen Ran looked at each other. The two people exchanged eyes for a moment, and then smiled. It seemed that they understood each other's meaning, but Ma Jian didn't even look at Chen Ran. As for Lu
Tian Ming stared at Chen Ran with a gloomy face. In addition to the four of them, there were also six contestants including Jiang Xiaotong. These contestants also had different ideas. Of course, there were three contestants standing on the stage. These three contestants
The players are the three players who made it into the top ten in the enterprising competition just now.
After experiencing the preliminaries, the trials, and the enterprising competition, Ah Han has already adapted to the atmosphere of the competition, especially Chen Ran's encouraging eyes, which relieved a lot of the tension in his body, and he also looked at him.
Chen Ran smiled.
There were a total of thirteen contestants. Except for Chen Ran, all twelve of them brought their own tools. Only Chen Ran was left empty-handed. At first glance, he seemed a little unprofessional, which made the expert judges on the stage couldn't help but frown.
He frowned.
Although everyone else brought their own tools, they did not bring jade materials, because in the competition, they are not allowed to bring jade materials. In the enterprising competition, the players have to carve according to the theme drawn by lot, but the competition is different.
In the competition, the players are completely allowed to express themselves freely. This is also to allow these outstanding players to better utilize their knife skills and carve the best jade works.
Of course, if the contestants bring their own materials, they can carve better jade works. Just imagine this. Wouldn’t it be better to choose the most suitable materials at home based on the carving theme you are best at?
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That's good, but it's unfair to the competition itself. Some contestants have chosen suitable materials, and some contestants have not. What should we do? After all, some contestants have backgrounds, and some contestants have no backgrounds.
Just like what kind of material Lu Tianming wants, how can he not get it with his family's channels? But if Chen Ran wants to find the most suitable material, it will undoubtedly be very difficult. Another thing is that there is
Contestants may not necessarily be able to afford it, because at this stage of the competition, the cost of jade materials for carving is already very high.
Therefore, in the gold medal competition, contestants were not allowed to bring their own jade materials. Therefore, after the thirteen contestants came on the stage, they all came to the front of the arena, under the judges' seat.
Here, there are three tables about three or four meters long. On each table are neatly placed two rows of various jade materials. The small ones are only the size of a finger, the large ones are the size of a fist, and there are many more.
Large, but generally speaking, the larger the body, the worse the grade of jade. There is a small brand in front of each piece of jade material. There is a number on the brand and a line of numbers, which represents the piece of jade material.
value.
These jade materials are sponsored by major companies. Of course, they are not sponsored for free. After the works are carved and valued by experts and sold, the cost price will be deducted directly.
Generally speaking, for contestants who can reach this point, the jade works they carve out will be at least higher than the cost price. Therefore, those jewelry companies are willing to provide sponsorship, and they will not hesitate to apologize, and they can also gain the favor of the jewelry association.
The Jewelry Association will also provide them with other compensations, so why not?
Huang Shang's Jinlong Jewelry Company was able to obtain quotas for several competitions only because of its sponsorship. If he had not given up the quotas to Zhu Feng, the bidding just now would have almost earned back the jade materials he sponsored.
Of course, he must also get Chen Ran's guidance.
The thirteen contestants each walked towards the long table, but their expressions were different. Some were watching and walking around the long table, while some were bent over and stared at a piece of jade material in confusion, and some just glanced in front of the material.
The card number left immediately. Among such players were Lu Tianming and Ma Jian.
Although the competition tries its best to be fair, there is no real fairness in the world. Just like Lu Tianming and Ma Jian, they cannot bring their own materials, but the Lu family or Hanhai can completely choose them before the game.
The materials are passed to them through sponsorship, which is no different from bringing your own materials.
Neither Chen Ran nor Li Baoping started to act immediately. Both of their eyes fell on the pile of jade materials. They seemed to be thinking and observing... For a real jade carver, carving a piece
For jade, it is not the jade carver who chooses the material, but the material that chooses the jade carver.
No matter what kind of jade material is placed in front of you, you can carve the best work you can. This is the real jade carver.
Like Chen Ran, like Li Baoping... they don't even think about choosing materials. For them, they can carve the best on any piece of material in front of them, so naturally they don't need to choose.
The first piece of material that caught his eye was the material that Chen Ran wanted to choose. He didn't even look at the other materials. He just stared at the piece of material in front of him and thought about what kind of jade he should carve...
Lu Tianming and Ma Jian both picked out the ingredients they had chosen a long time ago, and looked a little excited. They glanced at the others who were still selecting, curled their lips in disdain, and immediately stood at their work holding the ingredients impatiently.
In front of the table.
Seeing this scene, Lu Daosen finally showed a smile on his face, but several judges couldn't help but shook their heads secretly. How could they not see the fishiness in it, and when they saw the focused eyes of Chen Ran and Li Baoping
When looking at it, they couldn't help but nod silently. This kind of look is what a real jade carver has. Only by devoting one's energy completely to the materials can one master the characteristics of each material and carve the best jade works.
After staring for a long time, Li Baoping seemed to have an idea. He suddenly smiled, picked up the materials in front of him, turned around and left. While leaving, he glanced at Chen Ran, who was still stunned, and his eyes flashed.
As time went by, one after another, all the contestants selected materials that suited them. Even Ahan also selected a piece and returned to the workbench. Only Chen Ran was still watching...
Naturally, Chen Ran had already chosen it. He was just thinking about what to carve and how to carve it. For him who had practiced the eight wave-splitting knife technique, this was the key point. Seeing everyone else returning to the workbench, he also
Without stopping, he carried the piece of material in front of him, which was about the size of a football, to the work table.
But at this moment, Lu Tianming, Ma Jian, Li Baoping, Ah Han... had already started to move.
Seeing Chen Ran coming to the work table, everyone present immediately turned their expectant eyes to Chen Ran. Although the huge square was crowded with people, at this time, it was silent and no one made a sound.
, at this moment, everyone seemed to have deliberately restrained their breathing, looking at Chen Ran who was preparing to carve the jade with a bit of curiosity and a bit of anticipation...
