Chapter 34: The First Contest 'Choosing Stones'
Yun Buregret was completely unaware of what was happening in this hall now, and now he was being dizzy by Su Qiu's question after question.
"Don't regret brother, tell me how you deceived the stone carving master just now, since the master has already checked it, it is impossible that there are cracks in the stone. Also, why did you act so calmly at that time, weren't you angry? Don't you want to go up and slap him directly? Especially that master's apprentice is really annoying, you don't want to drag him over and beat him hard. ”
After Yun Buregret heard this, he glanced at Su Qiu, who was standing next to him, and secretly summed up in his heart, this is not Su Qiu's character!
Presumably, this Su Qiu also realized the thoughts in Yun Buregret's heart, and couldn't help but laugh coquettishly: "What do you see, no matter how you say that my sister is also a woman, women have curiosity, don't you know?"
After hearing this, Yun Buregret was completely defeated by her. Wan Wan smiled helplessly, but didn't say anything, because he knew that it was not wrong to say anything at this time. The competition of the stone carver competition is on the third floor, and the first written test is the selection of stones. As a stone carver, choosing your own stone carving materials is quite crucial.
There are many materials that look similar on the surface, but the structure inside is completely different. Whether it is jade or ordinary bluestone, he has his own vein direction. If you carve a lake that clearly looks like a river going down the river, the end result is that the lines of the stone you choose are straight up and down, which will make your work very bad.
A good stone carver is the use of all the lines, sometimes this natural pattern is more vivid than your acquired artificially carved looks. In addition to this, the value of this stone platform is also stone, but not every stone is suitable for carving. Some stones are relatively loose in density, and if you just have a moment, you will drop a large piece directly, and this kind of stone naturally cannot be used as a material for carving.
Especially in the process of carving, jade is the most common, but there are many types of jade, and the quality of jade is also high. Therefore, if you can't choose a high-quality jade, especially as a master carver, you will find that the jade material inside is simply unsightly, and all your achievements will be in vain.
Therefore, stone selection is a necessary part of the carver, not only to choose a piece of stone that is in good condition and easy to carve. Even the direction of the jade's texture, including its own value, is a necessary lesson for stone selection. When he came to the competition venue on the third floor, Yun Buregret found that there were really a lot of people participating in the competition this time.
The stone carver carving competition is divided into three parts. The first link is the selection of stones in front of you. The second link is to distinguish the stone, and the third link is the real carving. And those masters will compete with them at the same time in the third link.
Of course, there are some masters with relatively high status and high level of stone carving who will not end the competition, and they come here to be referees and referees. Yun Buregret looked at these stone carving young people who were standing here, all of whom were about the same age as himself, and a sense of war also rose in his heart. He has never compared himself to other stone carvers when he is so big, and this time he wants to show it well, and he also wants to see what level his stone carving level has reached.
Almost as everyone was standing at the venue, they saw an old man in his sixties with a wrinkled face, smiling from below.
"I didn't expect that our stone carving world is getting better and better day by day! Seeing so many dense little heads standing in the audience, I am really happy in my heart. You are the hope of our stone carving world, and the development and growth of the stone carving world will count on you. ”
"Before I took the stage, I took a look at the number of places to participate in the competition, and there were more than 300 newcomers participating in the stone carving competition this time. If our stone carving world continues to expand on such a huge scale, it will definitely be able to create new brilliance in the future. Having said all this, there must be people who don't recognize who I am, right? Let me introduce myself, my surname is Wei, and my name is Wei An. ”
"I have been studying art with my father for 52 years since I was eight years old. It's just that my qualifications are dull, and it wasn't until ten years ago that I reached the level of second-grade carving. It's really a shame to think about it, it's a shame to have such an achievement at this age. ”
However, after these words fell, there was a bang in the audience, and everyone was completely in an uproar. People have long heard that this carving master competition invited a shape master, but they didn't expect that the one in front of them was the legendary shape master in front of them. In this way, everyone in the audience looked at the form master in front of them with fiery eyes.
"There is no end to the study of stone carving, and maybe today you feel that my stone carving skills are above you. But if you study carefully, it will not be difficult for you to surpass me one day. I grew up in a different era than you. There is no such convenience as yours, and there is no learning environment like yours. ”
"Originally, I just came here today to sit here and chat with you, but other masters recommended me to preside over this competition, and I had no choice but to make it difficult. I would like to promise that anyone who participates in this contest will be able to ask me a question in their free time. Of course, it has to be stone carvings, and I won't answer any other questions. ”
"No matter how good it is, it's better for us to see the real chapter under our hands, the first level is the selection of stones, I think each of you knows it. However, this time the selection of stones is different from the previous ones, and as the game begins, a large high-definition screen will appear in front of you. The numbered stones will then appear on the screen. Each stone will continue to show you all its positions, including the yin and yang sides. ”
"All you have to do is to judge the stone you want to choose by the pattern that appears on the big screen. It's a bit difficult, and people who don't have some skills can't do it. But this competition is very meaningful, and the winners of this competition, I will lead them to another competition. ”
"At that time, you did not represent a single household, but the carving community of our entire province, so this time I asked for excellence. After saying this, the people in the audience were shocked again, never expecting that after winning this competition, they would be able to follow this master of the form to participate in another more high-end competition. In this way, all of them are full of fighting spirit.
With Master Wei An's order, the game officially began. It was only at this time that everyone was looking at the big screen in front of them with their eyes wide open. At this time, a large stone appeared on the big screen, and the skin on the outside of the whole large stone was pale white. As the camera moves around, you can see that the stone is sharp and angular.
Especially under the sunlight, it can occasionally reflect a ray of light. That's because the stone is too smooth, and when the sun shines on him, the light reflects off when the camera moves in a certain direction.
The entire first stone was displayed in detail in front of everyone, including a man striking it with a mallet. The sound that came after the blow was crisp and dull. There was even a person who kept slapping the stone with his hand, and the force of the shock formed when the stone and the hand hit each other.
Everyone was staring at the inside, not daring to let go of a single detail. Even Yun Buregret is the same, but fortunately, he has a pretty solid grasp of the basic knowledge of this stone carving, so under the other party's knocking, he can almost judge what this stone is about.
But to be honest, they didn't see the real thing, and just by relying on an image, everything they guessed was just a judgment, and no one dared to guarantee the specifics. It can be said that just by the pattern displayed on a screen, it is directly determined what is going on in this stone, and there is some arbitrariness.
But even so, Yun Buregret still took out the pen and paper directly from his arms, and clearly recorded all his impressions and judgments about this first stone. Just after all this was done, the second stone was displayed on the big screen. After showing nearly 30 stones in a row, it was finally completely over.
"Now that the video has been watched, everyone must have a certain understanding of the material of these stones. However, we all know that it is not allowed to buy cattle across the mountain after all, especially if we stone carvers do not see the real thing, it is difficult to judge what kind of material it is. So from now on, each of you has three chances. ”
"You can choose a stone that you like the most, and after you have chosen it, a staff member will take you to the stone for a physical witness. Each of you now has a score of 30. Each time you see an entity, you lose 10 points, and if you use up all three chances, then you have zero points. Those with zero points can continue to compete and reach the elimination of negative numbers. ”
"But I can remind you that in the second level of the competition, if you want to pass, you need to have 50 points. So this score is still quite important, if you get zero points in the first level, then I am afraid that you will have a hard time passing the second level. ”
After saying this, everyone instantly understood the rules of this game. If you want to get a high score, the best thing to do is to use this illusory image and make a choice directly. If you can still win, then you will end up with thirty points. However, this choice is really a bit like buying cattle across the mountain. I'm afraid very few people will do that.
So at this moment, everyone began to constantly think about which rock they should go to view so many videos that appeared before. The less you check him, the better likely your chances of winning in the end. If you run out of three chances and still haven't found the most suitable stone, then congratulations, I'm afraid you will be eliminated directly.
Yun Buregret's mind was also spinning rapidly, and the previous pictures were in his mind one by one. At the same time, I opened my notebook and searched it carefully. He found that there were three or five of them in this notebook that he had made a key symbol. These three or five stones are all what I think is good.
But in addition to these stones, there is another one that he marked with a question mark. When he watched the video, he felt that this stone was quite interesting.