Mr. Yuan looked at the sketch drawn by Meng Zitao, laughed, and praised Meng Zitao's restored Wei Tuo statue: "In the end, it is worthy of being a professional, let's follow this carving, let's go, let's go and see the jade." ”

The old man got up and led everyone to his study, and at this time, the servant said that someone was visiting, so Yuan Zeng went over to receive him first.

Although the old man was old, he walked vigorously, and after walking into the study with the two of them, he pointed to the jade rough on a wooden frame and said, "This is a piece of 95 mountain material that I bought a few years ago, can you see if it is suitable?"

95 mountain material refers to a batch of mountain material produced in Tianyu Mine in 95 years, because the amount of ore is too small, it was mined that year. A batch came out in 97, around 95 materials, the quantity is very small, the texture and color are slightly inferior to 95 materials, 95 years are better than 97 years, but 97 years are better than the current ones.

The reason why the 95 Yutian mountain material is famous is because it has been recognized by the jade industry as a rare mountain material in a hundred years, and its biggest feature is that the whiteness is good, the structure is delicate, there is no obvious structure in the visual vision, the fracture is smooth, and the oiliness is high. Although it is a mountain material, compared with Khotanese seed material, it is not inferior, it can be called a mutton fat grade, and it is a rare jade material in the past 30 years, but it was not particularly valued at that time.

And now, many jade friends have spared no expense to have a piece of "95 Yutian material". However, at present, it is difficult to see the figure of "95 Yutian material" in the market, which can be said to be difficult to find.

And Mr. Yuan's 95 mountain material, with a length of about 50 centimeters, a width of about 30 centimeters, and a height of about 20 centimeters, is a very rare 95 Yutian mountain material, and it is likely to be the only piece of such a large material.

Therefore, after Meng Zitao and Luo Indifferent saw each other, they were very surprised, but they didn't expect that Mr. Yuan actually had such a superb piece of material in his collection.

But because of this, Luo Danran's pressure is a little great, if the work can't achieve the effect of both god and form, I'm sorry for such a good material. Of course, despite the difficulties, he was still confident that he could satisfy Mr. Yuan.

Luo indifferently compared the sketch with the original stone, and said: "Old Yuan, it's no problem for this piece of material to be used to restore the statue, but I thought about it, I have to dispose of a part here, do you plan to make this part into jade, or what?"

Mr. Yuan was in a good mood and said with a smile: "You can play whatever you want." ”

"Okay. ”

Before the words fell, Yuan Zeng first came in with two people, one of whom was in his sixties was Mr. Yuan's nephew Tang Yi, and the other was a jade merchant in his fifties.

After introducing each other and being polite, they talked about the purpose of coming here, which was precisely for Mr. Yuan's collection of this piece of Ninety-Five Yutian Mountain material.

Mr. Yuan smiled and shook his head: "Impossible, I have already decided to carve this piece of material into a statue." ”

Jade merchant Liang Xinhong said: "Old Yuan, I'll help you find another piece of Khotanese jade of the same quality in exchange, do you think it's okay?"

Mr. Yuan was unmoved: "Since you can find jade of the same quality, why do you have to ask me for this?"

Liang Xinhong said: "To be honest, a friend of mine is going to find Yutian Mountain material in the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and he specified that he must have big materials, I have been looking for a long time, but I can't meet his requirements, and I ask Yuan Lao to help me with this." ”

How could Mr. Yuan change his mind so easily, he didn't understand the preciousness of his piece of jade, it was precisely because of the preciousness that he would use it to carve statues, and this kind of quality jade material can only be compared to seed material, but such a large seed material is easy to find? Even if he can find it, the price is at least tens of millions or more, Liang Xinhong must have a lot of losses, he may be willing to give it?

So, the old man said bluntly: "Boss Liang, with all due respect, it is not so easy for you to find a piece of jade of the same quality, it must be a seed, how can you guarantee that you can find such a large seed?"

Liang Xinhong hesitated for a moment: "Give me two months, I will definitely be able to find the jade material that can satisfy you, if you can't find it, I am willing to compensate you twice the price." ”

Mr. Yuan smiled: "I'm almost ninety years old, for me, time is calculated in days, how many months can I wait?"

Tang Yi said with a smile: "Boss Liang is actually not easy, in order to find the right jade material, he has traveled all over the world, you can give him a chance." ”

Mr. Yuan looked at Liang Xinhong and said, "Why do you have to help him find the jade material, did you still sign the contract?"

Liang Xinhong waved his hand: "That's not it, it's just that he did me a big favor at the beginning, so that I wouldn't go bankrupt, and I can't repay him, so I must help him achieve this wish." ”

Tang Yi took over and said a few good words to Liang Xinhong, which was nothing more than praising Liang Xinhong's good character, good spirit, and so on.

Old Mr. Yuan was silent for a moment and said, "Seeing my nephew's face, I will give you a chance, if you can find the same size and quality of jade within a month, then I will agree to exchange." ”

Tang Yi said: "Uncle, a month is too short......

Old Mr. Yuan glanced at him lightly and interrupted him: "There is only one month, and there is no more!"

When Tang Yi heard this, he hurriedly swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, he knew his uncle's character too well, and no matter how verbose he was, it would definitely cause him to be disgusted.

Liang Xinhong hurriedly said: "It's just a month, if you can't find it, it's also my bad luck." In addition, the jade material is prepared for the statue, and I want to take a look at the statue and make sure that I know it by heart. ”

Mr. Yuan nodded, and then Meng Zitao handed the sketch he had drawn to Liang Xinhong.

After Liang Xinhong looked at the statue, his brows furrowed slightly: "Old Yuan, I heard that your statue is from the Ming Dynasty, and this Wei Dao statue seems to be the style of the Qing Dynasty, right?"

When Mr. Yuan heard this, he looked at Meng Zitao.

Meng Zitao smiled: "The style of Wei Tuo statue in the Qing Dynasty is actually a continuation of the Wei Tuo statue style of the Ming Dynasty court superintendent, which has been determined by relevant research, in addition, if you feel that there are some problems, you can also go to appreciate the gilded bronze statue of Wei Tuo in the Ming Dynasty that is now stored in the Capital Museum of the capital in Beijing, and make a comparison." ”

Mr. Yuan said: "This is Zheng Anzhi's closed disciple. ”

Liang Xinhong originally wanted to question Meng Zitao's judgment, but when he learned of Meng Zitao's identity, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he stretched out his hand to Meng Zitao and said, "Hello Teacher Meng, I have admired my name for a long time!"

Meng Zitao smiled and shook his hand.

Since the sketch was drawn by Meng Zitao, Liang Xinhong certainly did not talk about himself and questioned Mencius Zitao's judgment again, but instead diverted the topic and asked Mencius for advice, which also avoided the previous embarrassment.

For Liang Xinhong, Mr. Yuan agreed, he had already completed half of the task, and then he just needed to find the jade material, but this kind of jade material with such a large quality was obviously not easy, but as long as he spent a little money, he could still find the seed material.

So, after agreeing on the time, Liang Xinhong took his leave.

Originally, Tang Yi also planned to leave together, but he was left behind by Mr. Yuan.

"How did you know him?" asked Mr. Yuan directly.

Tang Yi said: "Last year, when I traveled abroad, I walked into an antique store and saw a small silver powder box from the Tang Dynasty, the genuine one hundred thousand yuan upward, and the imitation several hundred yuan. But the boss's offer was only 10,000 yuan when converted into RMB, which made me feel like I had picked up a big leak, so I wanted to buy him. Fortunately, I met Boss Liang, so I didn't fall for it. ”

"I learned that he is also from Shangdu, and after returning to China, we have contact, sometimes we drink tea together or something, and I also make some money through him, in general, he is really a good person, he is very warm to his friends, and his heart is not bad. ”

Mr. Yuan didn't say anything after listening to the introduction, explained a few words to Tang Yi, and let him go back.

"Old Yuan, it's okay to leave this piece of jade with you first. Luo said indifferently.

"No, I don't. Yuan Lao said: "How can the jade material that meets such a requirement be so easy to find, you give me an address, and he has no news in half a month, so I will let someone send the jade material to you." If he does find it within a month, then I'll let him go to you. ”

To put it simply, he didn't believe that Liang Xinhong could find it.