The total value of this batch of silver was more than 42 million, and the fraction was deducted by Chen Ran. Huang Shang naturally invited Huang Shang for the lunch. After dinner, Chen Ran and Zhu Feng went to the sword factory together.
After taking a look, although Kunwu's metallurgical technology can make weapons faster, it obviously takes time, so Zhu Feng can only worry.
After a few days of busy work, the matter of hiding the treasure in the villa has come to an end. Chen Ran's heart has dropped. When he arrived at the sword factory, he started to think about the affairs of the sword factory.
Although the sword factory has started working, apart from Old Man Wu and a few of his apprentices, there is actually only one bachelor commander, Chen Ran. Old Man Wu is only responsible for forging weapons. Chen Ran also asked him for his opinion. He said
Apart from forging weapons, he doesn't care about anything else, so Chen Ran can only find another factory director.
Chen Ran had no clue about the choice of factory director. The business model of his sword factory was different from other sword factories. The factory director also had to find a trustworthy director. He really didn’t have a suitable candidate who could be trusted.
There are only a few people, but now everyone is doing something.
There is currently no suitable candidate, so Chen Ran can only give up.
After leaving the sword factory and separated from Zhu Feng, Chen Ran returned to the villa. The hole dug out in the swimming pool had to be filled in. He first went outside and bought a steel plate. He used the steel plate to block the hole and dug it out.
The sand, gravel and bricks were filled in, and then I called the property management company to ask maintenance workers to re-lay the tiles.
During this process, Chen Ran was naturally watching. Although the silver in the underground cave had been taken out, it was better not to be discovered by others in the cave below. After all, Li Jianjun's diaries and account books were still there.
It's placed below.
The decoration speed of these workers is really unparalleled. They finished it in less than half an hour. They also helped Chen Ran paint the swimming pool. After the workers left, Chen Ran filled a pool of water and removed it.
I took off my clothes, jumped in and splashed a few times, it felt better to take a shower like this.
After leaving the villa, Chen Ran drove to the old man's place. He had no choice but to make several phone calls to urge him to go there.
"Read all these books first." When he arrived at the old man's place, the old man took him directly into the study without saying anything. Then without saying anything, he pointed at a pile of books on the table and let him read first.
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Knowing that Chen Ran had a good memory, the old man was obviously well prepared. There were at least twenty books in this pile, which was more than last time.
Chen Ran initially estimated that opening a jade shop would require at least 40 million in funds. Now that the funds in his hand have reached this goal, opening a jade shop will also be put on the agenda, and it will naturally start now.
He has prepared for it. This first-hand preparation is to win the position of executive vice president of the Jade Association. With this status, it will not only save him a lot of trouble, but also bring him great benefits.
, it is also important for the jade shop he wants to open to gain a foothold in Tianzhong City.
Therefore, the first thing now is to pass the old man's test and officially take over the position of executive vice president.
The old man asked Chen Ran to read a book. Chen Ran didn't say much. He sat down and looked through it immediately. The old man sat aside and made two cups of tea.
Knowing that Chen Ran has a good memory, the old man's plan for Chen Ran's study has obviously changed.
This can be seen from the books that the old man asked Chen Ran to read. Yesterday, the old man asked Chen Ran to read books about jade testing, but now they cover all aspects, including jade testing, ancient jade identification, and
Carvings of past dynasties, ancient jade culture, jade road...etc.
"finish watching?"
When Chen Ran finished reading the last book, the old man's face, which was still squinting and smiling, immediately turned serious, looking like a strict teacher.
"finish watching."
Chen Ran saw that the old man was so serious, so he sat down properly.
"Is there anything you want to ask?" The old man obviously seems to be a good teacher.
"Old man, tell me about the schools and origins of domestic jade carvers."
Chen Ran thought for a while, but he didn't have anything to ask about jade testing. After all, those things were clearly stated in the books. The problems were related to jade appreciation and jade carving. Thinking of the jade carving competition, Lu Tianming and Ah
Chen Ran asked about the stupid jade carving skills. After he appeared in the jade carving world, he was bound to meet many jade carving masters.
"Why are you asking about this?"
Mr. Ma glared at Chen Ran angrily. He didn't want to answer Chen Ran's question, but thinking of Chen Ran's eight-knife carving method, he became excited and said cheerfully: "Since you asked, then I
Let me tell you, among the jade carvers in the world, in terms of schools, the four major schools are the Northern School, the Yang School, the Shanghai School, and the Southern School..."
The "Northern School" is naturally the carving style formed by jade carvers from Beijing, Tianjin, and Liaoning. The "Northern School" jade carvings are characterized by solemnity, elegance, simplicity and elegance.
"Yang School" is a unique craft performed by jade carvers in the Yangzhou area. "Yang School" jade carvings pay attention to composition, exquisite craftsmanship, and elegant and beautiful shapes.
"Shanghai Style" refers to the jade carving art style centered in Shanghai. "Shanghai Style" is characterized by the exquisiteness of the utensils and the vivid and expressive shapes of characters and animals. It is delicate in carving, rigorous in shape, solemn and elegant.
The "Southern School", that is, the jade carvers in Guangdong and Fujian, have long been influenced by bamboo and wood ivory carving techniques and Southeast Asian culture. They are also unique in the carving of hollow carvings, multi-layered jade balls and high-end jade jewelry, with plump shapes and echoes.
It is vivid and exquisite in craftsmanship, forming the "Southern School" artistic style.
Mr. Ma not only explained to Chen Ran the four major schools and the current representatives of the four major schools, but also talked about the origins of the four major schools and the originator of jade carving. For example, the originator of jade carving in the Northern School was Qiu Chuji.
"Old man, why hasn't a faction been formed in our province? According to what I said, our province seems to be the largest jade carving production base in the country. Our province's jade carving masters are also all over the country. The number of jade carving masters is as high as four to five million. It can be said that the scale is...
The largest one also has two fifth-level jade carving masters and sixty-eight fourth-level jade carving masters. Compared with these four major schools, it seems not bad. Moreover, in the national jade carving competition in recent years, our province’s winning rate is also
Highest……"
After listening to what the old man said, Chen Ran finally understood the general situation of the domestic jade carving industry, and at least had some understanding of the domestic jade carving masters. However, there was one problem that he still did not understand.
Chen Ran had seen the data of jade carvers in Central Plains Province in the library of the Provincial Jade Carving School. There were two fifth-level jade carvers in Central Plains Province. The fifth-level jade carvers were also called national jade carvers. These two national jade carvers were accounted for by the Lu family.
One, the other is Old Man Wang, the principal of the Jade Carving School.
Sixty-eight fourth-level jade carvers. The fourth-level jade carvers are also called provincial jade carvers. These sixty-eight provincial jade carvers all have statues in the jade carving school. If we want to compare the number of people, Central Plains Province is definitely not comparable.
The difference between the four major schools is that the number of fifth-level jade carvers is about the same as the four major schools, while the number of fourth-level jade carvers is far more than the four major schools. Not to mention the total number of jade carvers, only in the Central Plains
Why hasn’t a school formed in the province?
This point puzzled Chen Ran.
"If you don't ask this, I will tell you." Mr. Ma nodded first, and then sighed: "There are two reasons why the Central Plains Province has not developed a style. The first reason is that there is no national jade carver in charge."
Seeing Chen Ran open his mouth to interrupt him, the old man waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, listen to me. Although the Lu family has a national jade carver, the Lu family is not a native jade carving family in the Central Plains, but split from the Yangzhou Lu family.
Yes, the jade carving style of the Lu family in the Central Plains also belongs to the Yang School. Lao Wang is a serious Central Plains person, but Lao Wang has lived in the capital since he was a child. He studied carving under the Northern School and has been working in it.
He returned to the Central Plains only after his retirement, so neither Lu Daohong nor Lao Wang of the Lu family were recognized as belonging to the Central Plains sect. It was precisely this that caused the Central Plains sect's embarrassing situation in the jade carving world.
The main reason is that the carving styles of jade carvers from the Central Plains School are somewhat mixed and they have not formed their own style..."
Speaking of this, the old man was also a little sad. He was not a jade carver himself, but as a jade lover, it was a pity that his hometown did not form his own jade carving school.
After listening to the old man's explanation, Chen Ran understood what was going on. He really didn't know the inside story. He had never seen it in the book. Only the older generation of people knew about the Lu family. He didn't
I don't blame him if I know.
When Chen Ran left the old man's place, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening. The old man was in high spirits. After dinner, he took him to the study and forced him to read for two hours. He almost finished the book.
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Needless to say, the books collected by the old man, after reading so many, for Chen Ran, it was like taking a tonic pill. No matter in terms of knowledge or vision, there was a feeling of sudden enlightenment.
Originally, the old man asked him to stay overnight directly, but Chen Ran left anyway. It was so late, so he didn't go home and went directly to the villa.
On a new day, he got up at six o'clock. After washing up, Chen Ran wore simple clothes and went out to exercise. He had been busy with things in the villa these days, and he almost didn't practice his weird dance.
The weird dance is still at the fifth move, but Chen Ran has practiced the first five moves to the point where he is extremely familiar with it.
These movements are becoming more and more difficult. When doing them, they require a certain level of physical fitness, strength, flexibility, and reaction.
Just like the sixth move, Chen Ran can't do it no matter what he does. If he can't do it, Chen Ran won't be discouraged. Since he can't do it now, he should do it slowly. First, he can train his body. Then he can train his body.
Yes, it will be done naturally.
First, he practiced the weird dance on the balcony of the villa for a while. After sweating, Chen Ran took a shower directly on the balcony. After the shower, his body did not feel tired at all. Instead, he felt warm all over his body.
, as if the whole body is full of strength.
Standing on the rooftop, looking far into the distance, there was the endless lake in front and the lush mountain peaks behind. Chen Ran was so excited that he entered the villa, picked up the key, and ran to the back garden.
There was a back door in the back garden. Chen Ran opened the back door, and there was a forest outside.
After finding the mountain road, Chen Ran breathed in the fresh air and ran along the mountain road towards the top of the mountain. Not to mention his physical fitness, even after running back and forth, there was only a slight sweat on his forehead.
When he returned to the woods behind the villa, Chen Ran found that this place was a good place to practice Tan Kou. After coming out of the detention center, he had not practiced Tan Kou seriously. At most, he practiced it twice in the room.
You can't free your hands and feet when practicing in the room, so it's naturally very uncomfortable while practicing.
Now that he found this place, he practiced tanning in this forest.
There were twelve tan legs in total. After practicing it twice, Chen Ran stopped. When he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly found a person standing not far from him...
