It is said that Lu Cheng drove home, moved the jade into the basement, and then placed an order online for a large jade cutting machine, which cost more than 60,000 yuan. In this way, he does not have to cut stones outside in the future, but can take them home and cut them 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 they can grow, they may not be able to 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.
By touching the rough stone, he sensed that most of the rough stone was scrap, and the real good jade was concentrated. If someone else 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.
By the time I got back from get off work, the rough stone had already 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 surface.
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's almost a glass type, but unfortunately the color is not imperial green or Zhengyang green, but apple green.
In these days, real good jadeite is so 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 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 drove first to Baoyu Zhai to pick up Wu Xiang, and then followed Wu Xiang's instructions to the "Source of Jade" in Daicheng.
Wu Xiang said: "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 Sculpture College in Shanghai. He then 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 and wants 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? These things together are worth more than 50 million. If processed carefully, they 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 after removing impurities, preserving them to the maximum extent. size.
In stone gambling, it often happens that a large piece of rough stone can only produce a small ring face in the end, and the rest become waste.
Ring faces have very high requirements on craftsmanship. Don’t think that the ring surface is easy to process because of its small size and simple shape. Its cutting process is very cumbersome. When you buy a ring surface material, you must first take out the part where you plan to polish the ring surface and polish it; after polishing, it depends on how to grind it to remove various flaws; then polish it again, and polish it again...repeat many times until the ring surface standard is reached. After that, it is considered qualified.
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, but if you wanted to hand carve and become a master in this industry, you needed to learn a lot of things and it would take many years, 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, and each one can be sold for at least three million. The remaining pieces of material are as cracked as spider webs. If they are cut carefully, some rings can be ground out. Even if they are as small as soybeans, the price is hundreds of thousands.
In addition, the 20 kilogram piece of material he brought back from Yangzhou contained an oval-shaped yellow jade bracelet that could be cut into a glass-filled yellow jade bracelet, and two half-full yellow jade 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 the bracelets and beads is relatively low, while the cutting and polishing of the ring surface is slightly more expensive. Asking a master to engrave the handicrafts is the most expensive. These things have regulations and charging standards.
When Lu Cheng returned home, he saw that there was still a 15.8 kilogram 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 and ignored it.
I walked to the backyard and practiced "Witch God Fist" for a while. I also wanted to practice the tripod-carrying pose, but it was 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 okay?"
"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; 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 person started to speak: "Sir, are you kidding me? We have to do business and we don't have time to chat with you."
Lu Cheng said: "No kidding, you can pay now."
