It is said that Lu Cheng drove home, first moved the jade into the basement, and then placed an order online to buy a large jade cutting machine, which cost more than 60,000 yuan. In this way, he would not have to cut stones outside in the future and could take them home.
Cut slowly.
He looked at the garden in the backyard and found that the musk grass was growing well, and the ling wheat and ling beans that had been planted earlier had also sprouted.
He was happy in his heart: "This is a good thing. At least the spiritual valley can grow here. I don't know if it can produce seeds."
The growth cycle of grains includes sowing, emergence, tillering, jointing, booting, heading, flowering, grain filling, and maturation. Even if it can grow, it may not bear fruit.
Three days later, the cutting machine arrived.
Lu Cheng placed the cutting machine in the backyard instead of putting it in the basement.
After connecting the wires, he was ready to cut the newly purchased stone that cost 8 million yuan.
By touching the rough stone, he felt that most of the rough stone was waste and that the real good jade was concentrated. If someone else were to cut it and accidentally cut it in the wrong position, he would probably not be able to get his money back.
He fixed the rough stone and started the cutting machine before leaving for work.
When I came back from get off work, the rough stone had been cut.
When I opened it, I found that not only was there jade inside, but it was also planted with old water. Unfortunately, there were too many cracks, and only one green column remained intact. It was difficult to make beads, let alone bracelets. If you were careful, you might be able to grind them out.
Ring face.
Lu Cheng rearranged the jade and continued cutting. It took him two days to cut out the green pillar in the middle.
This green pillar happens to have a bracelet position. Although it is not full of green, it is 60 to 70% full of color! It is almost glass-like. Unfortunately, the color is not imperial green or Zhengyang green, but apple green.
In these days, real good jadeite is too rare, apple green is also good!
In the blink of an eye, it was another weekend, and Lu Cheng called Wu Xiang from Baoyu Zhai.
"Teacher Wu, I am Lu Cheng. I have some good jade in my hand. Can you help me introduce a local jade carver. I need someone who is reliable and of high quality... It would be a pity if I miss it..."
Wu Xiang said: "Bring the materials here and I will take you to meet someone."
Lu Cheng first drove to Baoyu Zhai to pick up Wu Xiang, and then followed Wu Xiang's instructions to the "Source of Jade" in Daicheng.
Wu Xiangdao: "This is the largest jade carving and processing company in Daicheng. They mainly process high-end products from Daishan jade. Their carving skills are very good. They also occasionally use jadeite and mutton-fat white jade materials. Our Baoyu Zhai mainly produces goods from
Entered here."
He led Lu Cheng in and saw a middle-aged man in his forties.
"This is Zhang Xinyu, a well-known jade carver in this province. He graduated from the Jade Carving College in Shanghai. He later studied under Chang Xichun, the northern jade carving master. His representative work "Jiulong Daishan Jade Brush" is permanently collected by the Great Hall of the People, as well as "Dai Jade"
"Blessing Pot" won the 'Tiangong Award' gold medal in 2017..."
"Master Zhang, this is Lu Cheng, a famous marathon runner. He has a piece of jade material in his hand. I want you to show it..."
Lu Cheng held a medium-sized leather bag in his hand and opened the zipper. Inside there were not only newly cut jade pillars, but also materials brought back from Guangzhou and Yangzhou.
There are big ones and small ones, and the worst ones are also the ice ones. The glutinous ones stay at home and prepare to make jade talismans.
Although Lu Cheng has carving equipment at home, he is not a professional jade carver after all, so he cannot do such delicate work. On the one hand, it will damage the material, and on the other hand, it will take time.
High-quality materials still require professionals to process them, so he brought all the good materials here.
Wu Xiang was surprised: "Mr. Lu, how come you have so many good jade materials? The total value of these things is more than 50 million. If processed carefully, it can be doubled or tripled!"
Zhang Xinyu inspected each piece of material one by one and said: "Put the jade material here with me. Necklaces, bracelets, etc. do not require superb craftsmanship. I will leave it to the second apprentice to make it; let the first apprentice polish the ring surface; I will do it myself."
When making ornaments, choose irregular materials..."
Material is one thing, carving is also very important.
Let’s just talk about making the ring noodles. The process of removing the ring noodles seems simple, but it is a thrilling operation. It requires expressing the color and seed water of the ring noodles with the best effect, and preserving them to the maximum extent after removing impurities.
Dimensions.
In stone gambling, it often happens that a large piece of rough stone can only produce a small ring surface in the end, and the rest become waste.
Ring face has very high requirements on craftsmanship. Don't think that ring face is easy to process because of its small size and simple shape. Its cutting process is very complicated. When you buy a ring face wool, you must first take out the part where you plan to grind the ring face and polish it;
After that, it depends on how to grind it to remove various flaws; then polish it, grind it again... repeat it many times, and it will be considered qualified only after it reaches the ring surface standard.
The carving of jade is even more exquisite. This is a knowledge that has been passed down for thousands of years and requires jade carvers to study for a lifetime.
Lu Cheng knew very well that it was okay to play with machine carving. If you want to hand carve and become a master in this industry, you need to learn a lot of things and spend many years, which is no less than studying for a graduate degree.
He discussed it with Zhang Xinyu and then left the material.
According to Zhang Xinyu, after the finished product is produced, if the price is less than 100 million, it will be considered a failure.
Not to mention anything else, seven or eight bracelets can be cut out of that jade pillar alone, each of which can be sold for at least three million. The remaining materials are as cracked as spider webs. If they are cut carefully, some bracelets can be made.
Jie noodles, even if they are as small as soybeans, cost hundreds of thousands.
In addition, the 20 kilogram piece of material he brought back from Yangzhou contained an oval yellow jadeite that could be cut into a glass full yellow jadeite bracelet, and two half-full yellow jadeite bracelets. The price
Impossible to measure.
What's more, there are a few small pieces of material brought back from Guangzhou. Although they cannot be made into bracelets, they can be cut into signs, engraved, or made into pendants and pendants.
As for the processing fee, it depends on the complexity of the process. The cost of polishing bracelets and beads is relatively low, and the cutting and polishing of ring surfaces is slightly more expensive. Asking a master to carve handicrafts costs the highest. There are industry regulations and charging standards for these things. When Lu Cheng returned home, he saw a 15.8-kilogram piece of rough stone left in the corner that had not been cut. He didn't want to cut it for the time being, so he just left it there.
I walked to the backyard and practiced "Witch God Fist" for a while. I also wanted to practice the tripod carrying pose, but I felt very inconvenient because of the lack of barbells.
He took out his mobile phone to search, found a phone number, and dialed it: "Hello, is this Shuanghe Fitness Equipment Co., Ltd.?"
A soft female voice came from the phone: "Yes, sir, what do you need?"
"I would like to order barbells and dumbbells, is that possible?"
"Okay, what specifications do you want?"
"Ordinary barbells are too light! I need a total weight of 5,000 kilograms, each barbell plate weighs 250 kilograms, and each dumbbell weighs 500-1,000 kilograms."
"..." There was no sound on the other end of the phone.
"In addition, I also want a treadmill with a top speed of 200 kilometers per hour!"
"..." After a pause, the other side started to speak: "Sir, are you kidding? We have to do business and we don't have time to chat with you."