Yangzhou Jade Factory is not far from the hotel where Jia Rudao parked, and the two did not walk long to arrive. And, as Zhang Qiang said, the Yangzhou Municipal Government is also preparing to build such a place into a tourist attraction. In the area at the entrance of the jade factory, Jia Yidao could clearly feel that the number of tourists was unusually large.

It seems that most of the people who come to Yangzhou will come here to take a look.

Look, watch. The corners of Jia Yidao's mouth showed a little smile. When Zhang Yan saw it, he didn't ask, and he just followed Jia Yidao's side, as if he was a competent companion.

And when he was about to enter the gate of the jade factory, Jia Rudao couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "When I first entered the industry before. I've heard the words 'Hetian jade, Yangzhou Zhuo', and I don't know if this jade factory, which is the symbol of Yangzhou carving, will disappoint. ”

As if it was coming, Jia Yidao hesitated a little, whether he should reveal the answer immediately, and confirm it with the imagination in his heart.

After looking left and right for a while, on the side of the gate of the jade factory, there was a sign, which introduced the geographical location and environment of the jade factory with pictures and texts. Even a person who didn't know anything about the jade factory before, after seeing such a brand, a rough outline of a jade factory would appear in his mind.

In addition, on the side of the sign, there are some introductions about the jade factory, such as covering an area of nearly 20,000 square meters, there is a specially held carving school, etc., and of course, there are also many jade shops for sale. Let Jia Yidao sigh very much in his heart, this should be fully equipped.

Jia Yidao is most interested in jade. While imagining the warmth of mutton fat and white jade in my mind, I wondered if I could find a masterpiece like jade cabbage to pass by, and then, I strode with Zhang Qiang and took the lead in the exhibition hall.

In the words of Jia Yidao, it is not only convenient for himself to appreciate the works of high craftsmanship at the same time, but also to satisfy his worship of the famous Yangzhou carvers, and even have the opportunity to find their favorite from these carving masters, the most suitable for the "green, fat, red and thin" jade carving master, it is simply a triple win.

Why not?

The entire exhibition hall has a very beautiful name: Yujingyuan. This is a special display of jade masterpieces carefully designed and carved by hand by the master carvers. To put it mildly, most of the world's most famous jade artifacts are concentrated here.

As soon as he entered the door, Jia Yidao's eyes were attracted by the jade objects displayed all over the room.

The dazzling, dazzling and colorful jade carving works fully showed Jia Yidao what it means to be a work of art. Even if it's someone who is a little older like Zhang Qiang, and has seen it many times. Every time I enter the Jade Garden, I can't help but put my eyes on those jade carvings.

"It was an eye-opener. Jia Rudao sighed. Originally, I was relatively complacent about the diversity of jade jewelry in my "green, fat, red and thin", but at this time, it was all gone.

"Most of the jade objects displayed in the hall on the first floor are composed of small jade objects such as jade pendants, jade pendants, and jade ornaments. Zhang Qi knew that Jia Rudao was here once, so he admired it and explained, "For people like us who open a jade shop, the jade on this floor is a veritable good thing." ”

"Oh?" Jia Rudao was puzzled, "Isn't the jade displayed upstairs a good thing?"

"Well, you'll find out when you go up to the second floor later. Zhang Crazy pursed his lips and smiled softly. He just pointed in the direction of the second floor, and he was observing a jade plaque near the glass window.

And following his gaze, when Jia Rudao also looked over, he could notice that the size of the whole jade plaque, like the palm of a baby, was very exquisite in carving. Whether it is the lines of the flat part or the outline of the twists and turns, it is very smooth, and the feeling of the whole work is delicate and textured.

On the side of this jade plaque, there is also a hollow jade carving work, which is also very eye-catching. It is a spherical body, the size of an adult's fist, but in the surface part of its sphere, there are many "windows", and almost every window has a different scenery. Layered upon layer, wanting to refuse and welcome, it is easy to think of the infinite mysteries in this sphere.

It seems that such a thing can make you want to stop looking at it.

"Isn't this work very spiritual?" Xu noticed Jia Yidao's gaze, and pointed to the most prominent display platform in the hall with a smile, and said, "The hollowing process in Yangzhou jade carving is the best in the world. Let's talk about a masterpiece over there, 'Bole Soma', which is no more than 20 centimeters long and 10 centimeters wide, but the different charms of Bole and Maxima are vividly displayed. Coupled with the surrounding mountains and rivers, the various techniques and levels of the entire Yangzhou carving have also been fully reflected, which is really praiseworthy. ”

Jia Rudao immediately moved to the front of "Bole Xiangma", and carefully appreciated it for a while, and it was really as arrogant as he said, which made people have to sigh that the name of Yangzhou carvers is well deserved.

Glancing at some of the tourists around, I saw that after seeing these exquisite jade objects, they all praised them one after another. Jia Rudao always felt that he was standing in such a place, and there was a sense of appreciation.

Afterwards, the two went up to the second floor. Compared with the casualness on the first floor, the display stand on the second floor is undoubtedly much more standardized, and a boutique display area is specially planned. Jia Rudao looked at Zhang Rudao, the other party shrugged his shoulders, and said, "This is the best of the best." ”

Jia Yidao smiled at the corner of his mouth and said, "I kind of understand what you just said on the first floor." The things on the second floor are really not the most desperate things for businessmen like us. However, for jade lovers, they are all hard to come by, right?"

In the display cabinets of various sizes on the second floor, there are indeed a lot of treasures, but they are basically some large pieces, although the artistic effect is good, but the practical value will not be very high, even if there are many pieces of jade carving that have won the national gold medal. However, compared to Jia Rudao's purpose of looking for a few carving masters from here to go back, a carving master who has won a gold medal may not be what he needs.

Let's just say that it is the more famous praying mantis cabbage, carved from purple-green, transparent and bright high-quality jadeite, the rumored raw material of such an ornament, weighs 300 kilograms, and it took four years for Yangzhou Jade Factory to finally carve it. There are people in the industry who are estimated at hundreds of millions. When Jia Yidao noticed this jade cabbage, he could clearly see that there was a lively praying mantis perched on the cabbage. Whether it is a cabbage or a praying mantis, the carving is extremely realistic, not to mention the rhizome part of the cabbage, it is the performance of the cabbage leaves, which is also loose and sparse, which can be called the best in the carving.

What is especially rare is that the whole jade material and the shape of the praying mantis cabbage are very compatible!

I don't know if it was in advance, the design plan was to go to the jade cabbage, or after having such a piece of jadeite suitable for carving, there was such a seamless design!

However, in any case, this is a fine of a fine, but there is nothing wrong with it.

Jia Rudao If he had such a famous carver under him, and asked him to carve some ordinary jade ornaments used to sell in "green, fat, red and thin", he would faintly feel that this was a waste. Therefore, Zhang Qi will say that he likes the works on the first floor more than the works on the second floor.

A more mature carver is naturally very different in the direction of carvers, even if they all work in the jade factory. Some people just like to carve large pieces, and they are also good at the planning and design and layout of large jade, and most of these people are influenced by the atmosphere in the market. Because, as long as you carve a rare and large piece, you can be famous all over the world.

Of course, there are also many carving masters, who focus on the carving of small pieces, as long as the kung fu is deep and the craftsmanship is good, they can not only make themselves famous, but also make a lot of money.

Just like Xu Zhiguo in "Green, Fat, Red and Thin", among all the carvers under Jia Yidao, he is not the oldest, and his craftsmanship is not necessarily the best. However, just because of his reputation as "green, fat, red and thin", and simply because he is a carving master valued by Jia Yidao, most of the works in the jade shop are from him. Presumably, after the business of "green, fat, red and thin" gradually grows, Xu Zhiguo can also gain fame and fortune, right?

And Jia Rudao came to Yangzhou Jade Factory this time, and the carving masters he wanted to find were naturally those who like to specialize in small carvings. Don't say it's Jia Yidao, it's a jade merchant like Zhang Mad, why not like a master with outstanding carving skills in small pieces?

After all, jade is a big thing, and it can only be used to earn fame. If you really want to rely on large carvings to drive your own jade shop, then, you may not be able to sell a jade carving in a year. This is not what most businessmen want to see.

Those large pieces of fine jadeite carvings, let them be displayed in museums and exhibition halls.

Of course, if there are collectors who indicate that they need to collect these boutiques, there will be many merchants willing to provide them. It's nothing more than finding a famous carver in the world, spending a little more manual money, and letting them help carve once or twice. In this case, it is not necessary for the merchant to have a very close relationship with the carver. To put it bluntly, when these famous artists are faced with a certain grade of jade material, they must also be ready to move, right?

The carving of such large-scale ornaments is beneficial for both merchants and carvers.

However, for a newly opened jadeite shop owner like Jia Rudao, there is really no need for a carving master with such a high-level large-scale jadeite material under his hands. Unless Jia Yidao's store is opened to the size of Liu Yufei's "Liu Ji" in Guangdong, there will be this kind of demand.

Moreover, Jia Yidao's own carving skills are not bad, and they are also very distinctive. The combination of these factors makes Jia Yidao not have much interest in those famous carvers. More often than not, Jia Yidao will pay attention to the names of the carvers of some small pieces of jade. Only by clearly understanding the needs of your own jadeite shop can you find the most suitable carver.

Together with Zhang Qiang, on the side of the exhibition hall, they turned up and down back and forth, and the two of them walked out of the exhibition hall with some reluctance. When visiting, Jia Yidao's mind was pondering more than once, if his own jadeite shop is also placed with such a style of jadeite jewelry, will it become an art in the jadeite market?

Of course, that's just Jia Yidao's imagination.

If the jadeite jewelry sold by a jade shop has really reached the point of high-quality products, there will be many customers who come to watch, but there will not be a few people who take the initiative to buy them. Before there is no fixed source of funds and a certain scale, Jia Rudao will not regard his "green, fat, red and thin" as an experiment.

If the business grows big in the future, Jia Rudao will not rule out building a store dedicated to displaying jadeite boutiques. This is undoubtedly a huge publicity for the fame of the jade company! I am afraid that this kind of publicity effect, compared with the jade industry, is no less than finding a first-class celebrity endorsement, right?

"Xiao Jia, are you going to find a few jade carvers here to go back?" After leaving the exhibition hall, Zhang Qiang looked at Jia Rudao with some amusement, and said, "Don't look at me like that, your expression just now almost wrote your thoughts on your face, I don't think it's hard to know." ”

"That old gentleman, do you have any good suggestions?" Jia Rudao did not deny that when he was looking at the authors of those jade carvings just now, he did pay attention to the names of several people.

"Good advice, no. "However, you must be right to find a carver here." Not to mention the name of Yangzhou carver, it is the surplus labor here, which is enough to make people think about it. However, this digging into the corners of the wall also requires a method. ”

"Oh!" Jia Rudao couldn't help but feel moved when he heard this, and said, "Please also ask Mr. Zhang to teach me." ”

"Let's go where you want to go first. "At this time, he is almost as cunning as a fox. didn't give an answer right away, and Jia Rudao had no choice but to follow the footsteps of arrogance. It didn't take long to reach the place where the jade was carved.

From afar, you can feel a hot atmosphere!

Or, when you arrive at this place, you will feel that the factory in front of you is like a teaching building on an ordinary campus. Not only in terms of general layout, but also in terms of details, the two have certain things in common.

Like the rows of lights lit in the factory, the figure of the neatly arranged carver master, and even the window facing Jia Nidao and Zhang Qiang in the factory, at first glance, it is very similar to the classroom in my memory!

But in the eyes of jadeite merchants like Jia Nidao and Zhang Qi, especially after Jia Nidao also owned a jadeite processing factory, he could clearly realize it. Such a pattern really maximizes the use of space and creates a unique atmosphere of the factory!

If a carver needs a relatively quiet and open location when carefully creating a peerless treasure, then ordinary jade carving under mass production needs to be efficient.

And the jade factory in front of him undoubtedly raised the efficiency of the carving masters to the highest!

Even because of the regulations above, this place is open to the outside world, attracting a lot of tourists to visit, but it does not affect the attention of the carving masters in the factory. Who made the people here, except for the tools that were placed in the whole place, all of them be companions in uniform in white uniforms?

It's like a teacher where the other students are paying attention, and you're yawning alone, you're undoubtedly the most noticeable. And when there are a lot of tourists gathered outside the window, everyone in the factory has the feeling of being watched with a magnifying glass, right?

Once there is a small action, or if the mind is deserted, it is undoubtedly difficult to escape the eyes of others.

This kind of behavior that damages the overall image of Yangzhou Jade Factory, regardless of whether the carving masters really like the jade factory in their hearts, no one dares to touch the moldy head of the leader like this!

Walking forward briskly for a distance, Jia Yidao easily saw the situation in the entire processing plant. On the side of Jia Rudao, there were a few tourists who had arrived a step earlier, talking in a whisper. It seems that I am a little surprised and a little enlightened by such a scene in this factory!