What Chen Ran dialed was Fatty Luo's number. After the call was connected, Fatty Luo's somewhat impatient voice came.
"It's me."
Chen Ran replied calmly, but as soon as his voice came out, there was no sound on the other end of the phone.
"Do you know who I am?" Chen Ran leaned on the driver's seat and asked slowly.
Chen Ran spoke slowly, but it scared Fatty Luo on the other side. While wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, he said incoherently: "I know, I know, of course I know...it's Chen...Master Chen, right?"
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It’s no wonder that Fatty Luo is so scared. The fact that Zhou Jianyun was sent to the army by the old man of the Zhou family has spread in the circles of Zhongdu. Some say that Zhou Jianyun caused a big disaster, and some say that Zhou Jianyun offended someone...
Mr. Zhou will send him to the army. Fatty Luo also heard about this, and he also accidentally learned some inside information from Lu Tianming's mouth.
After experiencing that turmoil, Lu Tianming became much more honest. He stayed in the jade carving school all day long, practicing the carving techniques inherited from the Lu family. Whenever he lost his temper, he would go to the Yuyuan Building to watch Chen Ran.
After carving "Mountains and Rivers of the Motherland", he became motivated. It was obvious that he had regarded Chen Ran as his goal. Although he didn't say anything, he must be waiting to challenge Chen Ran one day.
Fatty Luo didn't know much about the inside story from Lu Tianming. He only knew that Zhou Jianyun was sent to the army by the old man of the Zhou family during a contest with Chen Ran. He didn't know the specific process. It was this reason that made him so
Afraid of Chen Ran, Zhou Jianyun was forced to leave Zhongdu and join the army, but Chen Ran did nothing. If he said that Chen Ran had no background and beat him to death, he would not believe it. You must know that the Zhou family is a very domineering person.
Even if Zhou Jianyun got into a big disaster and was sent to the army, Chen Ran would definitely not be better off if he had no background. But now Chen Ran is fine...
After knowing this, he was very worried. What he was most afraid of now was seeing Chen Ran.
"It's good to know." Chen Ran snorted lightly and said directly without talking nonsense to him: "Contact me the vice principal of the school, Shi Shucheng, principal."
"Okay, okay... Mr. Chen, just wait, I will contact you right away." Fatty Luo didn't dare to neglect, so he agreed quickly.
Chen Ran then hung up the phone. Not long after hanging up, the phone rang again. When the call was connected, it was Shi Shucheng who was calling.
"It's Chen Ran, right? Where did you go? It's not easy to contact you. Don't you want the bonus?" After the call was connected, Shi Shucheng happily chatted with Chen Ran.
What a joke, originally according to the rules of the competition, both the prize money from the competition and the auction funds for the jade carvings would be credited to the contestants’ accounts after ten days, but after ten days, Chen Ran could not be contacted.
Chen Ran called Fatty Luo to find Shi Shucheng for the funds. On the phone, Shi Shucheng was very enthusiastic about Chen Ran and even strongly invited Chen Ran to go to the jade carving school. Chen Ran
I can only say that I am a bit busy at this time, so I will go there after a while.
After finishing speaking, Shi Shucheng asked Chen Ran for his bank account number and said he would call Chen Ran immediately. Not long after hanging up the phone, Shi Shucheng replied to Chen Ran, saying that the funds had been received, totaling 1.8 million.
Chen Ran was a little surprised when he heard that it was 1.8 million. Although the bonus of 200,000 and the auction fund of 1.6 million for the jade carvings added up to exactly 1.8 million, this did not exclude the jade carvings.
The cost of materials and taxes.
Although the value of the jade carving material he used is not too high, it is still worth hundreds of thousands, not to mention the taxes. The funds from auctions like theirs are taxed at 20%.
Twenty percent is 320,000, which adds up to almost 500,000.
Chen Ran asked Shi Shucheng what was going on, and Shi Shucheng laughed and said, the school has already suffered a big loss by accepting your "Mountains and Rivers of the Motherland" for 1.6 million, what else can we do?
Can I ask you to pay this tax?
What Shi Shucheng means is that the cost and taxes are paid by the school. There are reasons for Shi Shucheng to do this. One is to win over Chen Ran, and the other is that what Chen Ran doesn't know is that his "Mountains and Rivers of the Motherland" is very popular in the industry.
Now the noise has reached nearly three million. This is because the jade material used by Chen Ran is of a low grade, otherwise...
Hearing Shi Shucheng say that his "Mountains and Rivers of the Motherland" had cost nearly three million yuan, Chen Ran considered whether he should start taking business, but after thinking about it, he gave up this tempting idea because it was just
Being a jade carver is no longer satisfying for him. If he only plans to be a jade carver in this life, then he can take this opportunity and make a lot of money. But he wants to be more than just a jade carver.
, he also wants to do this business, that is, be his own boss.
It is not common to be a jade carver. The reason why this "Mountains and Rivers of the Motherland" can be sold for such a high price is not because everyone comes here for the eight-knife dividing wave carving method, and this work is now a unique one.
, if he carves a lot of works at once, the price will naturally drop. If he wants to keep this price, he can only carve one every few years and take the high-quality route. This is completely a job.
The practice of eating every month for three years is obviously not what he wants.
If he carves another work, it may become more popular, but it will definitely not be too popular. But now that he is holding back, the price of this "Mountains and Rivers of the Motherland" will definitely rise more and more, even more.
Gao, wait for his next work...
This principle is like when you have an orgasm, do you release it little by little and feel good, or keep suppressing it and wait until you climax to let it out all at once.
The most important thing is that he not only wants to be a jade carver, he also wants to enter this industry and open a jade shop. If he carves now, then when the heat is over, he will open a jade shop and other jade shops.
The trade is not very competitive. Although it will attract some people, it will soon be suppressed by other jade shops. After all, the market is now saturated and the competition is huge. Wait for it to emerge.
At that time, I am afraid that he will become a public enemy immediately, and other jade shops will definitely jointly suppress him. It is better to keep suppressing this energy and wait until he opens a jade shop to become famous. Even if other jade shops want to suppress him, they will
It's too late.
In other words, he must establish a foothold in this industry before other jade shops can react.
Forty million!
Chen Ran's current task is to earn 40 million in funds as soon as possible.
Great effort!
Thinking of the agreement with Zhou Jianyun, Chen Ran took a few deep breaths and just did it. He didn't hesitate and immediately called Mr. Hou.
Mr. Hou came very quickly and treated Chen Ran very respectfully. He obviously regarded Chen Ran as a young man like Zheng Le. Zheng Le had already explained everything to him, so there was nothing to talk about, so he just
I took Chen Ran to go through various procedures.
It only took half an hour for the Huangquan Sword Factory to become Chen Ran's. Correspondingly, Chen Ran also paid a huge sum of eight million, which almost drained his net worth, although it was not completely
squeezed them dry, but only 800,000 were left.
After rejecting Mr. Hou's invitation, Chen Ran returned home for lunch. Yesterday he brought back a wild boar of more than 200 kilograms and several pheasants and hares. The lunch was also very rich, plus Chen Xiaowen and
Chen Xiaomei was at home, having a meal, and there was a lot of chirping in her ears, and the brother and sister bickered a lot.
After dinner, Chen Ran started to get busy.
In the next two or three days, Chen Ran was preparing for the opening of the furnace. Although he would definitely hire a casting master in the future, the prerequisite was that he had to prepare the formula first. After all, he could not make Kunwu Country's
The metallurgical technology and formulas are all passed down to the forging masters. First, the effects of the forged weapons are used, and then the formulas are matched as appropriate. Different formulas will result in different effects of the weapons created.
Chen Ran doesn't have to worry that this technology will be leaked in the future, because even if he taught the forging master the metallurgical process, without his unique formula, the forging master would not be able to create the ancient sword of Kunwu Kingdom.
To make a good sword, you must have good iron ore, good pine iron, and good water... After dozens of processes such as refining, forging, shoveling, filing, engraving, quenching, and grinding, etc.
Some have more than twenty channels, some have more than thirty channels, some have hundreds of channels...
For example, the metallurgical technology of the Kunwu country is hundreds of ways. In addition to the exquisite weapons forged, the metallurgical technology of the Kunwu country also has another characteristic, that is, it is fast. This is why the metallurgical technology of the Kunwu country was so famous at that time.
The reason is that after all, cold weapons were used in wars at that time, and it took several months to build a weapon. Even if the weapon is the best, it may not be of much use in the war.
The casting process of Kunwu Country is so fast because of its unique formula.
Chen Ran spent a whole day preparing the steel materials needed for casting. In addition to steel, there is also a special kind of soil called kaolin. People who have heard of Jingdezhen must be familiar with this kind of soil.
Everyone is familiar with it. Jingdezhen’s ceramics are fired from this kind of clay. In addition to making pottery, kaolin has many other uses, such as making paper.
Its main function is to resist high temperatures and fire, improve the plasticity of the sword, have glossiness and electrical insulation. It was originally supposed to be another kind of soil, which is called outcrop or magnet.
Since "outcrops" only exist on the surface, their reserves are very limited. By the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, they were on the verge of depletion. Now they are hard to find. Chen Ran could only use kaolin instead. The effect of both is the same.
Nowadays, swords produced in many places are made of pure steel. The forging process is relatively simple. It only needs to be heated and directly forged into shape. However, the metallurgical technology of Kunwu country has a unique formula and uses magnets.
It is made of steel and head ash as raw materials and smelted by local methods.
The head ash is a material made by stacking the burnt ash of Wolf's tail grass and limestone one layer at a time. It has been decomposed and artificially urinated on it during the decomposition.
Why are the ancient swords forged in the Kunwu Kingdom so immortal?
Naturally, the steel material used is incorruptible and immortal. To create such steel, you need raw materials such as head ash. It is smelted through local methods. It can not only make the sword incorruptible, but also increase the toughness of ancient swords.
Some people may not know about head ash, but there must be people who have heard of or eaten the raw material of Peng Hui. The raw material of Peng Hui is a wild plant that grows on dry mountains and ridges - Peng Peng grass. It turns yellow in late autumn.
The burned ash is called ash.
Today's beef ramen has this kind of ingredient. Only when you use Penghui beef ramen, you will feel the suppleness of the tendons.
Sometimes when you eat ramen, you feel a little nauseous. That’s because the ingredients added exceed the standard.
The properties of fluffy ash and head ash are similar. Both fluffy ash and head ash can be used for metallurgy in Kunwu country, but the effect of head ash is better.
Kunwu is the inventor of pottery manufacturing, so Kunwu's metallurgical technology also has the shadow of many pottery raw materials, such as kaolin and ash.
This is the iron ore needed for smelting in Kunwu country. There is also high-quality water, which is also prepared through a unique formula...
There are also many kinds of smelting techniques in Kunwu Kingdom, and there is also a kind of sword that is specially made for the nobles. Not only is it beautifully made, but there is also a fragrance floating on the whole sword, just like the fragrance of ambergris.
After three or four days of preparation, I was finally completely ready. Now I was just waiting for Chen Ran to act as a blacksmith.
[The first two chapters have been slightly modified. Brothers who have read it can go back if they want to go back. If they don’t want to go back, forget it. The main purpose is to let future brothers read it when they follow along... Also, thank you to the two brothers Fall in Love and Victoryan.
Rewards, I lost some tickets yesterday, I hope I can make up for it today...]
