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Chapter 6 Jade Carver

After listening to his words, the young man looked overjoyed, and hurriedly held Liu Dong's outstretched hand, and said in a somewhat nervous tone: "You, hello!" I'm definitely not going to stop you next time! ”

"Wang Sheng, you have to learn more from Xiaodong in the future, he was just like you at the beginning, he came out to wander before going to college, but now he has learned the ability to make jade, which is amazing!" At this time, the middle-aged man standing on the side said with encouragement.

"I see, uncle! I will definitely try my best! The boy hurriedly replied.

Hearing this, Liu Dong smiled faintly, looking at the young man in front of him with a somewhat embarrassed expression, he seemed to see himself who first stepped into Quancheng three years ago, facing an unknown fate, as sincere and fearful. Now that I think about it, every qiē feels like yesterday.

"Looks like it's time to go home!" Liu Dong thought in his heart that a few years ago, he was unsatisfactory outside, and he didn't have much money in his hands, so he didn't have the face to go home at all. He was afraid to face the disappointed eyes of his parents. Since coming to Quancheng, he has spent almost all of the New Year's Games by himself.

"Xiaodong, Xiaodong, what are you thinking, so obsessed!" Wang Kun looked at the stunned young man and asked with a smile.

"Oh, sorry! Boss Wang, I was distracted just now! After a pause, "I carved out all the Nanyang jade materials I took from you last time, and I just sent them to you today." Liu Dong patted the black wooden box he was carrying beside him and said.

"Hehe, I think you're here for this too. Let's go, come in, let's go inside! Saying that, Wang Kunben walked into the store first. And Liu Dong also quickly followed.

Liu Dong of Jinyuge has been here many times, but every time he comes in, looking at the dazzling array of artworks around, he can't help but cast envious eyes, it has always been his dream to open such a shop in the antique city.

Like all the antique shops in the antique city, the shelves of the 100-square-meter shelves on the first floor of the Golden Jade Pavilion are filled with various types of artworks such as porcelain, calligraphy and painting, bamboo and wood carvings, but almost 99% of them are modern handicrafts that are sold to tourists who do not know how to collect.

The things that are collected by the store on the second floor are ready to be sold to those connoisseurs, so there are many tables and chairs for resting on the second floor, and the decoration is relatively luxurious. Of course, this is also a place where the owner entertains guests. Therefore, Wang Kun took Liu Dong straight up to the second floor, although he found a table near the window, and the two sides sat down!

Because it was too early in the morning, the clerks hadn't gone to work yet, so although there were delicate tea sets on the table, there was no hot water. Fortunately, the two have been cooperating with each other for a long time, but there is no need to be polite, and Liu Dong entered the topic as soon as he came up.

After gently placing the camphor wooden box behind him on the table with both hands, Liu Dong opened the five-star lock on the box, opened the lid of the box, took out all the boxes containing jade carvings one by one, and opened the lid and put it in front of Wang Kun.

"Xiaodong, your jade craftsmanship is getting better and better, if it weren't for watching you step by step to get to where you are today, I really don't believe that you are from a wild road. This craftsmanship has already surpassed the level of third-level carvers. Holding the Maitreya Buddha jade carving ornament, Wang Kun said with admiration on his face, and his words were full of admiration.

In fact, although the carvers are divided into grades, there are only two levels of national jade carving masters and provincial jade carving masters that can really be recognized by the entire jade carving industry, and then there are jade carving master certificates issued by local associations, but this is only influential in the local industry.

As for the three-level carving workers mentioned by Wang Kun just now, it is a carving grading system formulated by the Quancheng Jade Carving Association, with a total of five levels! In fact, the certificate of this several levels of carving, just like the current university graduation certificate, the national jade carving master is Peking University Tsinghua and other famous schools, and the provincial jade carving master is the key undergraduate, and the remaining carving certificates issued by the jade association can only be regarded as two or three, but even so, when you just entered the jade carving industry, there is this carving certificate, or more than those who come out of the wild like Liu Dong, at least in the salary to be so many thousand yuan.

At the beginning, the Quancheng Jade Carving Association originally figured out such a classification as guò to standardize the salary structure of the entire jade carving industry, so that more jade carvers could strive to improve their carving skills, so as to ensure the healthy development of the entire jade carving industry. However, after a few years of implementation, the taste has completely changed.

Now the jade carver competition in Quancheng in September every year has become a tool for the jade carving association to collect money. If there is no relationship, or if there is no money, it is simply an extravagant hope for ordinary jade carvers to increase their salary through the guò examination. Therefore, although Liu Dong's jade carving level is constantly improving, in the eyes of unfamiliar people, he is still a small jade carver that few people know.

"Boss Wang has won the prize!" Liu Dong said indifferently, now he has long lost interest in the jade carving competition in Quancheng, even if he can participate, he is not willing to take those few pieces of paper that can be bought as long as he has money!

"Hehe, I didn't say much at all. If it weren't for those people who broke the rules, I'm afraid you would have obtained a third-level carver certificate by now. After a pause, after glancing at Liu Dong, Wang Kun continued with a smile: "Of course, when the time comes, I want you to help me carve things will not be the price I am now!" ”

The grade certificate of the jade carver, just like the graduation certificate of a college student, is two different levels, if Liu Dong really has the qualification certificate of a third-level jade carver, then he can get at least five or six thousand yuan a month.

In 2000, five or six thousand wages in Quancheng were already very high, and the average white-collar worker was not so high. If you take on some private work, you will earn more, and a monthly income of tens of thousands may not be a big problem.

However, Liu Dong knew that unless he had a relationship in the Quancheng Jade Carving Association, or prepared 100,000 yuan, he still didn't want to think about the certificate of a third-level jade carver. Obviously, he has no relationship now, and he doesn't want to pay.

"Boss Wang, let's take a look at these jade carvings first!" Liu Dong said indifferently.

"Well, that's fine! We're all old friends! I also have a lot of money for you, I will give you 1500 for this Maitreya Buddha jade carving OEM fee, and these four Nanyang jade pendants are 200 yuan each, what do you think? ”

After listening to his words, Liu Dong calculated in his heart, then nodded, this price is also the price in his heart, "Okay, let's make a deal at this price!" ”

"Well, are you still getting the material from me today?" Wang Kun asked.

"Don't do it yet!" After thinking for a while, Liu Dong shook his head.

In the past few days, the market for wood carving in the market is very good, and he wants to use this time to make more wood carvings to sell, and compared with jade carving, the production of wood carving is more time-saving.

"Okay, when Xiaoqiu comes to work, I'll ask him to put all your salary and deposit into your card this time!" Xiaoqiu is the finance of the Golden Jade Pavilion, but it is still early before the start of work at nine o'clock, so he has not come over yet.

After listening to his words, Liu Dong nodded, before he carved this Maitreya Buddha jade carving, he had paid a deposit of 5,000 yuan in the Golden Jade Pavilion. Now, the things are delivered, and he is not ready to take the job again, so the money will naturally be returned to him.

"Xiaodong, what I said before is still counting, as long as you are willing to be the jade master of my Golden Jade Pavilion, I will give you a salary of 6,000 yuan every month, and I will also give you a regular salary increase every year according to the improvement of your skills, what do you think?" As a person who has watched Liu Dong grow up all the way, Wang Kun knows very well about the jade carving talent and diligent learning attitude of the young man in front of him.

In three years, he watched Liu Dong transform from a person who knew little about jade to a jade master who was now better than a third-level carver, Liu Dong's progress was greater than those who had a master, as a shrewd businessman, Wang Kun had long wanted to recruit Liu Dong under his command.

Looking at Wang Kun's earnest eyes, although Liu Dong had a moment's heartbeat, he quickly shook his head. He knew that working in Wang Kun's shop might be easier and more stable, but Liu Dong, who was free by nature, did not like to be controlled, otherwise when he came out of the village, he would not have chosen the carving with an uncertain future, but would have followed those fellow villagers to the construction site.

Of course, there is another reason that Wang Kun in front of him is in the antique circle of Quancheng, and the reputation is not very good, many people have been cheated by him, but the antique shop is an eyesight, and he deserves to be buried by thunder, plus Wang Kun is also a person who knows the depths, and most of the people who start are those nouveau riche who have nothing to do with the background, so there have been no major problems over the years. And his Golden Jade Pavilion is becoming more and more prosperous.

"Thank you Boss Wang for seeing it, but I'm used to being free, and I really can't stand it, so I have no choice but to accept Boss Wang's kindness!"

Although he was openly rejected by Liu Dong, Wang Kun was a little unable to get off the stage, and a trace of warm anger flashed in his eyes, but in the end, he was also an old oilman who had been rolling in society for decades, and the city government was naturally very deep, "Hehe, since Xiaodong said so, then I will not be reluctant." However, the door of my Golden Jade Pavilion will always be open for you Xiaodong, if you want to come, I am always welcome! ”

"Hehe, thank you Boss Wang for loving me so much, if I want to settle down, I will definitely trouble Boss Wang!" If the scene is talked, Liu Dong will naturally say it.

"Then we're done!"

"Okay, it's decided!"