Chapter 31: Carving the Pattern of the Spirit Gathering Array
After saying goodbye to Qi Jinxuan, Zhou Yu drove the car and went straight to the People's Square in the western suburbs of Jingcheng.
Along the way, his mood was also cheerful, and after raising Yulu for ten days, he finally had a harvest, 60,000 yuan, which is really a lot of wealth for him, when he worked before, it took one or two years to be able to do it, and now, only two Yulu has reached it.
It didn't take long for Zhou Yu to arrive at People's Square, then parked his car in a nearby parking lot and asked the staff about the location of Yayuxuan.
Then, he walked to Ya Yu Xuan, located on the side of the square, which did not look very large, only one house, and the faΓ§ade was barely decorated, which could not be compared with those large jewelry stores.
There are high-end communities all around, and I really don't know how this jade shop, which doesn't look very good, can survive until now.
Slowly walked into this shop called Ya Yu Xuan, Zhou Yu showed a touch of surprise on his face, the decoration inside was not bad, quite ancient, and there were some jade objects on the bright counter.
It's just surprising that there is only one middle-aged person in the shop, and it doesn't seem like there are any other staff at all.
"Young man, you want to buy something, ancient jade, modern jade, Hetian jade, or jade. The middle-aged man looked shrewd, looked Zhou Yu up and down, and asked with a smile.
Zhou Yu glanced at him, and then said, "I want to buy a few pieces of jade, and then make a few brands, a few hundred to a thousand or so, Qi Jinxuan asked me to come over." β
Originally, when he heard that Zhou Yu was going to buy a few pieces of jade, a glimmer of light flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes, and when he heard the words behind him, he suddenly became weak, "Qi boy asked you to come over, okay, let's talk about it, what are your requirements for jade." β
"I want to buy four pieces of Hetian jade, the quality should not be much different, the size is here, as I said just now, the price of a piece is a few hundred to one thousand. Zhou Yu said as he took out a piece of paper with the size of the jade written on it.
The middle-aged man rubbed his forehead with a headache, picked up the paper and looked at it, "You kid, you ask for a lot, four pieces of Hetian jade, wait, I'll go to the back and cut it out for you, by the way, do you need to carve, there are two options for automatic engraving by computer, and hand-carving by hand with me, a master." β
Zhou Yu shook his head, "No, thank you boss, I've already found a good master." "These pieces of jade, and the carvings that followed, are his secrets, and they can't be all done in one shop.
"Okay, then you wait. The middle-aged man said angrily, and then walked into the back compartment.
Seeing the middle-aged man's actions, Zhou Yu looked at the shop again, his heart was full of doubts, and the middle-aged man was not afraid that he would run away with a few pieces of jade.
Soon, the middle-aged man walked out from behind, holding a few pieces of cut jade in his hand and placing them on the counter, "Young man, four pieces of Hetian jade, let's see if you are satisfied." β
Zhou Yu stepped forward quickly, picked up the four pieces of jade and looked at them seriously, the color and size were basically the same, and there was a warm feeling in his hand, with his eyes, he couldn't tell whether this was real jade or fake jade.
However, Qi Jinxuan introduced it, so there must be no problem, "Boss, thank you, how much is four pieces of jade." Zhou Yu took the four pieces of jade and asked the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man smiled, "Since you were introduced by Qi Xiaozi, I won't ask you more, take eight hundred for one piece." β
Zhou Yu nodded, took out his bank card, swiped three thousand two hundred yuan on the POS machine in the middle-aged man's shop, and after thanking him again, he left the store with the jade.
Subsequently, he came to the ATM near the square, took out 20,000 yuan, drove a car, and went to the famous jade street in Jingcheng, although it is famous, but it is mixed, and it is very difficult to buy genuine jade.
After parking the car, Zhou Yu took the four pieces of jade and walked into one of the larger jade shops, many of which offer engraving services, and of course, most of them only have a computer.
Once inside, he inquired about the price of the engraving and took out a piece of paper for the shopkeeper to see.
On this piece of paper, the pattern that appeared was on the cornerstone of the Spirit Gathering Array, and before arranging the Spirit Gathering Array, Zhou Yu took pictures of the four immortal stones, and then drew them with software on his laptop.
After all, he graduated from computer science, and this drawing is nothing.
The four immortal stones used in the Spirit Gathering Array seemed to have immortal qi swimming, which was very different from jade, and he naturally couldn't take out the photos directly, which would undoubtedly attract the attention of others.
Seeing the pattern on the paper, the shopkeeper showed a look of surprise on his face, "Young man, the pattern on this is not simple, it is difficult to carve, how could you think of carving such a complex and incomprehensible pattern." β
"I'm engaged in art, and the jade pendant naturally has to have a sense of art, boss, if the carving is difficult, I'll change it." Zhou Yu said very calmly, the shopkeeper said that it was difficult, it was estimated that he wanted to increase the price, and he was going to go outside, and he didn't even plan to ask for the paper.
"Don't, young man, there is nothing that my Lao Li can't carve, fully automatic computer engraving, even if it is difficult, you can carve it, two hundred pieces, you have to carve a few pieces." The shopkeeper hurriedly stopped Zhou Yu and offered a price.
Zhou Yu couldn't help but smile, a piece of jade is only eight hundred, "Boss, my jade is only a few hundred, I want to carve two pieces, the pattern is different, two pieces of one hundred is about the same." β
"I don't want much for this price, if you just carve a word, I can charge you ten yuan, and this pattern, not you just take a piece of paper, I can directly use the computer to engrave, but also need to draw a three-dimensional image, which is the most time-consuming. The shopkeeper shook his head and said.
"Boss, you don't need to draw the image, I have the original drawing. Zhou Yu had a bright smile on his face.
The shopkeeper's eyes widened and he looked at Zhou Yu, "Young man, shouldn't you be a peer who came to find out my bottom?" β
"My peers are busy making money, who will come to your bottom, I'm engaged in art, how can I do it if I can't make pictures, now that the picture is there, the jade is mine again, two hundred should be fine. Zhou Yu said casually, in order to do this, he has been preparing for a long time.
The shopkeeper had to nod, the picture was there, the jade was also there, he just spent a little electricity, "Okay, two hundred, where is your picture." β
"In the mobile phone, you say the QQ number, and I will pass it to you. Zhou Yu shook his phone.
Subsequently, Zhou Yu sent the two original pictures in his mobile phone to the shopkeeper, and then took out two pieces of jade and began computer engraving.
When carving, Zhou Yu watched carefully beside him, and he was a little nervous in his heart, for fear that the carving would be broken, after all, it was a piece of eight hundred jade.
It took an hour for a piece of jade to be carved, and the shopkeeper took it from the machine, looked at it casually, and handed it to Zhou Yu, "Young man, take a look, my carving machine, the jade carved out is absolutely perfect." β
Zhou Yu took the jade, looked at it, and compared it with the picture on the computer, it looked exactly the same.
An hour later, the second piece of jade was also carved, and after paying the money, he watched from the sidelines, asked the shopkeeper to delete the picture, and removed the traces, saying that it was copyrighted to engage in art, and then left the shop.
Next, Zhou Yu found another shop far away, concocted it in the same way, and carved another piece of jade, and when the last piece was left, he left this jade street and found a jade shop that opened separately on the street in Jingcheng, and carved the last pattern.
Although he didn't know if he would succeed this time, the secret of the Spirit Gathering Array must not be revealed casually.