Eight o'clock in the morning!

Qin Yu returned to the hotel, and half an hour later, everyone came out of their respective rooms, and Yu Rui was already waiting in the lobby.

Today is the opening day of the Nanyang Tiangong Cup Jade Carving Competition, and at the same time, there will be a preliminary round today, and 500 players will select the top 100 players today.

Tie Zhu didn't come to the hotel last night, and all the contestants stayed in a hotel arranged by the organizer, but last night, Jiang Tingting went to visit, accompanied by Mo Yongxing.

After breakfast, Qin Yu and his entourage followed Zhuang Rui to drive to the host of the competition, the opening ceremony of the competition was held in a square in Nanyang, the Tiangong Jade Carving Competition, is a major event in Nanyang, every year will attract citizens and countless tourists to watch.

Therefore, by the time Qin Yu and the others arrived at the square, the square was already full of people, and the four roads near the square were also temporarily controlled by the traffic police.

You know, Yu Rui is not only a big domestic jade businessman, but also the vice president of the Jade Jewelry Association, and he also has a certain reputation in the jade carving industry.

After the car stopped in the temporary parking lot on the side of the square, Yu Rui took Qin Yu and his party to the center of the square, where there was a temporary high platform made of carpet, and below the high platform, there was a row of tables and chairs.

There are twenty-five tables and chairs in each row, and there are ten rows in total, which is a total of two hundred and fifty tables and chairs.

"These tables and chairs are for the contestants who will participate in the first round, because there are 500 contestants in total, so it will be divided into two rounds, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, and the iron pillars are arranged in the morning round. Yu Rui explained on the side.

Don't underestimate this arrangement, this arrangement also has a great history, in general. Only those contestants who are related will be placed in the first round, because by the time the second round is in the afternoon, although it is already autumn and October, there is also a saying. The autumn sun is like a tiger, and this autumn tiger is not much better than summer.

Jade carving is a delicate work, just imagine, under the big sun, Liege is scorching. Sitting in this open-air square, sweating profusely, where can you put 100% energy into creating.

Therefore, those who are familiar with the rules of the competition 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 the competition is full of shady, generally speaking, there are only about 100 related households that can be arranged to participate in the morning. However, there are a total of 250 contestants in one round, and the remaining 150 contestants are arranged according to the level of carving of the jade objects that these contestants send to the organizers.

Of course, it is precisely because of this reason that there is often such a scene in the Tiangong jade carving competition, the carving level of the jade handed over to the organizer by a contestant is very high, but the jade created on the spot, the carving level is very average, which is actually the contestant in order to get the opportunity in the morning, and deliberately take the jade carved by others or the elders of the teacher.

in this world. No system is perfect, and the organizers have no way to do it in this case, anyway, as long as they can take care of some related households after ensuring the general fairness.

Nine a.m. At the beginning of the opening ceremony, there was nothing to say about the opening ceremony, just a few procedures: first, the organizer came to the stage to speak, and then, a certain leader from Nanyang came to the stage to speak, and then. It was some judges who came to the stage to give speeches, and even Yu Rui also came to the stage once, and when Yu Rui came to the stage, the applause was still very warm, which made Qin Yu realize that this Brother Zhuang's reputation in the jade industry is indeed not small.

After the opening ceremony, it was time for the contestants to appear on the stage to create, and there was a piece of jade and some knives for carving on each table and chair, in addition to a box of mineral water under each table.

"Uncle Qin, the iron pillar is on the field. Jiang Tingting's eyes searched for the contestants, but she quickly found the iron pillar.

When Jiang Tingting said, in fact, Qin Yu also saw the iron pillar, three years have passed, the current iron pillar has changed a lot from the beginning, if the original iron pillar is a stubborn donkey, put everything on the face, then the current iron pillar is a dark and restrained steel.

The jade carving industry requires care and patience, and Tiezhu has been in this industry for more than two years, and his heart has also been polished, although he is not very old, Qin Yu believes that in terms of maturity, Tiezhu is not inferior to any adult.

"Brother Tiezhu will definitely win. Qiao Qiao said with a pink fist on the side.

"Tiezhu has been working hard for more than two years, learning jade carving while going to school, it can be said that in addition to the time to eat and sleep, the rest of the time is all used by Tiezhu on jade carving. Yu Rui said.

Tiezhu has talent, but talent is not equal to strength, there are not many people who have talent but are unwilling to work hard, and finally waste their talent.

"What is this preliminary exam?" Qin Yu asked towards Yu Rui.

"The preliminary test is everyone's knife work, you see that each of them has a piece of jade on the table and chair, after a while, the organizer will take out a jade, and the contestants are to look at the jade to carve, and then in the specified time, the jade will be carved out, and the final judging standard is to carve the beauty of the carving and the similarity of imitation. ”

"Then if someone knows in advance that they are going to practice in advance in imitation of the carved jade, wouldn't they be cheating?"

"How can it be so simple, every time the jade used in the preliminary competition is selected from the jade recommended by the judges, there are a total of 50 judges in this competition, and each judge has to recommend two pieces of jade, which is equivalent to a hundred pieces, and it is recommended to the organizer three days before the competition. ”

Then, the organizer numbered the 100 pieces of jade, from one to one hundred, and temporarily pulled them out of the box this morning, and the person in charge of the drawing was the previous leader of Nanyang City. ”

Yu Rui explained this, Qin Yu also understood, it seems that in order to avoid shady scenes, the organizer has also made a lot of precautions, first of all, the leader of Nanyang City has nothing to do with the jade carving industry, so it is naturally impossible to be bought.

Secondly, the jade recommended by each judge, only they know, and they will not be sent to the organizer until three days before the competition, which is also to prevent those staff of the organizer from leaking the jade style.

And in three days, even if it is leaked, a hundred pieces of jade, if you want to carve them one by one, it will be too late.

When Qin Yu and Yu Rui communicated, the preliminary competition officially began, and the reference object for the iron pillar to be carved and copied in this round also came out, which was a dragon jade plaque.

The so-called dragon is one of the nine sons of the dragon, a dragon without horns, this dragon jade card, the dragon is rising upward, and the three-dimensional sense is very strong, both form and spirit, it is definitely from everyone's hands.

There is only one jade medal, and it is naturally impossible to send it to every contestant for the contestants to watch, and the organizer has prepared another way to place large projectors on all sides to project the style of the dragon jade plaque on it.

After a while, the contestants began to use their knives, and only the slightest sound of knife cutting was heard in this square.

"Why is it so boring, I thought the carving was the kind of carving that took the knife and smacked a few times, and then a jade carving work came out. Anna on the side watched the contestants bury themselves at the desk, and said a little boredly.

"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, in the slow passage of time, with Qin Yu's eyesight, he can see the carving progress of each contestant present, and after inspecting for such a circle, Qin Yu locked on so a dozen players, because these dozen or so players not only completed the fastest progress, but also carved out a very good image of this dragon jade plate.

An hour and a half later, a contestant put down the carving knife, and then, raised his hand, and at that moment, a staff member held a box in his hand, and put the jade plaque carved on the player's table into the box, and at the same time put in a timer, which contained the time taken by the contestant to complete the carving, which was also one of the judges' criteria.

Qin Yu glanced at this player, this is a young man, the age is about thirty years old, and with this leader, ten minutes later, there is a second player who has finished.

The third, the fourth...... It wasn't until the twelfth that the iron pillar raised his hand.

Seeing this, Qin Yu's brows were furrowed, he had seen the jade medals carved by the twelve players in front of the iron pillar, and the jade medals carved by the iron pillar were not outstanding compared to them, they could only be ranked in the middle.

"It seems that we have to open a small stove for the iron pillar. Qin Yu touched his chin and pondered.

Contestants who have completed the competition can leave the square directly, and then wait for the organizer's phone call, if it is over, they will participate in the top 10 competition the next day, and the 50 judges will have to work hard at night to select the top 100.

"I'll talk to Tie Zhu about something, if you don't want to see it, go back to the hotel first. ”

After leaving these words, Qin Yu walked towards the Tie Zhu in the player's rest area and beckoned to the Tie Zhu, and Tie Zhu also saw Qin Yu, and immediately left the rest area and walked towards Qin Yu.

"Iron Pillar, follow me to a place. Qin Yu took the iron pillar and left the square directly, and with Qin Yu was another person who drove to the airport to pick them up, Lu Rui's younger brother Peng Fei. (To be continued.) )