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Eight o'clock in the morning!
Qin Yu returned to the hotel. Half an hour later, everyone came out of their rooms, and Qi Rui was already waiting in the lobby.
Today is the opening day of the Nanyang Tiangong Cup Jade Sculpture Competition. At the same time, there will also be a preliminary round today. Five hundred players will select the top 100 players today.
Tiezhu did not come to the hotel last night. All the contestants stayed in a hotel arranged by the organizer. However, Jiang Tingting went to visit last night, accompanied by Mo Yongxing.
After having breakfast, Qin Yu and his entourage followed Zhuang Rui and drove to the venue of the competition. The opening ceremony of the competition was held in a square in Nanyang. The Tiangong Jade Sculpture Competition is a major event in Nanyang, attracting citizens and countless people every year.
tourists come to watch.
Therefore, when Qin Yu and others arrived at the square, the square was already crowded with people, and the four roads near the square were temporarily controlled by the traffic police. Except for cars with passes granted by the organizer, no cars were allowed to pass.
Yu Rui naturally has a pass. You must know that Yu Rui is not only a big jade businessman in China, but also the vice president of the Jade and Jewelry Association. In addition, he is also well-known in the jade carving industry. Most people can only get one.
He got three passes.
After the car stopped in the temporary parking lot on one side of the square, Yu Rui led Qin Yu and his group to the center of the square, where there was a temporary high platform covered with carpets, and below the high platform,
It's a row of tables and chairs.
There are twenty-five tables and chairs in each row, and there are ten rows in total, which means a total of two hundred and fifty tables and chairs.
"These tables and chairs are prepared for the contestants who will participate in the competition. Since there are a total of 500 contestants participating, it will be divided into two rounds, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The iron pillars are arranged in the morning round."
Yu Rui explained from the side.
Don’t underestimate this arrangement. This arrangement also has a lot of history. Generally speaking, only those contestants with connections will be arranged to the first round, because by the time of the second round in the afternoon, even though it is already the golden autumn of October
, but there is also a saying that the sun in autumn is like a tiger, and the tiger in autumn is not much better than in summer.
Jade carving is a delicate job. Just imagine, sitting in this open-air square under the scorching sun, sweating all over your body, how can you devote 100% of your energy to creation.
Therefore, those who are familiar with the rules of the competition will know that generally speaking, the top 100 players will be born among the players who participate in the morning. Of course, this does not mean that this competition is full of shady events. Generally speaking, the relationship between being able to be arranged to participate in the morning
There are only a hundred or so households, but there are a total of 250 contestants in one round, and the remaining 150 contestants are arranged according to the carving level of the jade objects sent to the organizer by these contestants.
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Of course, it is precisely for this reason that Tiangong jade carving competitions often have such scenes. The carving level of the jade that a certain contestant handed over to the organizer is very high, but the carving level of the jade created on the spot is very average.
, this is actually the contestants deliberately taking the jade carved by others or the elders of the sect in order to get a chance in the morning.
In this world, no system is perfect, and the organizer has nothing to do about this situation. Anyway, as long as it can take care of some related households after ensuring general fairness.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the opening ceremony began. There was nothing much to say about the opening ceremony. There were only a few procedures: first, the organizer came to the stage to speak, then, a leader from Nanyang came to the stage to speak. Then, some judges came to the stage to deliver speeches. Even Lian Xi
Rui also came on stage once, and when Yu Rui came on stage, the applause was very warm. This made Qin Yu realize that Brother Zhuang's reputation in the jade industry is indeed quite good.
After the opening ceremony, it was time for the contestants to come on stage to create. On each table and chair there was a piece of jade and some knives needed for carving. In addition, under each table there were
A box of mineral water.
"Uncle Qin, Tiezhu is on the stage." Jiang Tingting's eyes searched for the contestants, but she quickly found Tiezhu.
When Jiang Tingting said it, Qin Yu actually also saw Tie Zhu. Three years have passed, and Tie Zhu has changed a lot from what he was back then. If Tie Zhu was a stubborn donkey back then, he would put everything aside.
On the face, the current iron pillar is just a dark, restrained piece of steel.
The jade carving industry requires care and patience, and Tie Zhu has been in this industry for more than two years, and his character has been polished. Although he is not old, Qin Yu believes that in terms of maturity, Tie Zhu is not inferior to any adult.
"Brother Tiezhu will definitely win." Qiaoqiao said while holding her pink fist.
"Tie Zhu has worked very hard in the past two years. He studied jade carving while going to school. It can be said that except for the time for eating and sleeping, Tie Zhu spent all the rest of his time on jade carving." Yu Rui said.
Tiezhu has talent, but talent is not equal to strength. There are many people who have talent but refuse to work hard, and end up wasting their talent.
"What is the test in this preliminary round?" Qin Yu asked Yu Rui.
"The preliminary round tests everyone's knife skills. You see there is a piece of jade on each of their desks and chairs. After a while, the organizer will take out a piece of jade, and the contestants will look at the jade for carving, and then
The jade is carved out within the specified time, and the final judging criteria are the exquisiteness of the carving and the degree of similarity to the imitation.”
"Then if someone knew in advance that they were going to imitate the carved jade and practiced in advance, wouldn't it be possible to cheat?"
"It can't be that simple. The jade used in each preliminary round is selected from the jade recommended by the judges. There are fifty judges in this competition. Each judge has to recommend two jade, which means there are
One hundred pieces, and it was only recommended to the organizer three days before the competition."
"Then, the organizer numbered the 100 pieces of jade, from one to 100, and temporarily pulled them out of the box this morning, and the person in charge of the extraction was the previous leader of Nanyang City.
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After Yu Rui explained this, Qin Yu understood. It seemed that in order to avoid a shady incident, the organizer had also made many precautions. First of all, the leader of Nanyang City had nothing to do with the jade carving industry, so he could not be bribed.
Secondly, the jade recommended by each judge is only known to them. It is not sent to the organizer until three days before the competition to prevent the organizer's staff from leaking the jade style.
And in three days, even if it was leaked, it would be too late to carve one hundred pieces of jade one by one.
While Qin Yu and Yu Rui were communicating, the preliminary competition officially began, and the reference object that Tiezhu would carve and copy in this round also came out, which was a Chilong jade plaque.
The so-called Chilong is one of the nine sons of the dragon, a kind of dragon without horns. On this Chilong jade tablet, the Chilong is rising upwards, and it has a very strong three-dimensional sense, both in form and spirit. It is definitely made by everyone.
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There is only one jade plaque, so it is naturally impossible to send it to every contestant for viewing. The organizer prepared a separate method by placing large projectors on all sides to project the complete style of the Chilong jade plaque on it.
After a while, the contestants began to use the knife one after another, and only the slightest sound of knife cutting could be heard in the square.
"Why is it so boring? I thought carving was the kind of thing where you take a knife and swish a few times, and then a jade carving comes out." Anna on the side said with some boredom as she watched the contestants bury their heads at the desk.
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"You've watched too many movies." Qin Yu smiled at Anna. The real jade carving work was actually extremely boring, at least in the eyes of outsiders.
Time is passing slowly. With Qin Yu's eyesight, he can clearly see the carving progress of every contestant present. However, after patrolling for so long, Qin Yu has locked in a dozen or so people.
Contestants, because these dozen or so contestants not only completed the process the fastest, but also carved out images that were very similar to the Chilong Jade Tablet.
An hour and a half later, one of the contestants put down the carving knife and raised his hand. At that moment, a staff member held a box and put the jade plaque carved on the contestant's table into the box.
There is also a timer put in, which contains the time it took the contestant to complete the carving, which is also one of the criteria for the judges' evaluation.
Qin Yu glanced at this player. He was a young man, about thirty years old. With this leader, a second player finished ten minutes later.
The third, the fourth...it wasn't until the twelfth that Tiezhu raised his hand.
Seeing this, Qin Yu frowned. He had seen the jade plaques carved by the twelve players in front of the iron pillar. Compared with them, the jade plaques carved by the iron pillar were not outstanding.
It can only be ranked in the middle. Looking at it this way, it is probably a little bit uncertain for Tiezhu to enter the top three in this competition.
"It seems that we have to give Tiezhu a little more time." Qin Yu touched his chin and said thoughtfully.
Contestants who have completed the competition can leave the square directly and wait for a call from the organizer. If they pass, they will participate in the top ten competition the next day, and the fifty judges will work hard at night to select these hundred.
Come by force.
"Tie Zhu and I will discuss something. If you don't want to see it, go back to the hotel first."
After leaving these words, Qin Yu walked towards Tie Zhu in the players' rest area and waved to Tie Zhu. Tie Zhu also saw Qin Yu and immediately left the rest area and walked towards Qin Yu.
"Tie Zhu, go to a place with me." Qin Yu took Tie Zhu and left the square. Qin Yu was accompanied by another person who drove to the airport to pick them up, Yu Rui's younger brother Peng Fei.