Surrounded by smoke in the huge study, Wagner sat at his desk with a pipe in his mouth, concentrating on his writing, and from time to time he took the materials around him and flipped through them.

When he flipped to a work report on the preliminary round, his hand paused, and he slowly took the report in his hand, falling into deep thought.

The report uses flowery rhetoric to provide detailed comments on each work, and also includes the personal opinions of each judge, which is both positive and negative. For the sake of fairness, the thirty judges were randomly divided into three groups, and each group randomly selected ten entries for scoring; Then they were randomly divided into three groups again, and the remaining entries were graded again.

The work progressed very smoothly until the subordinates reflected that there was a problem with the work.

Wagner still remembers the feelings he felt when he first saw the work—shock, admiration, joy, amazement, and anger at renunciation.

It was an ordinary cube structure, about the size of a palm, and it was no different from the basic exercises that beginners built.

What makes you impressed is the material.

The outer layer of the block is wrapped in a thin layer of glass, and the material inside can be seen clearly. The middle layer is filled with silver-blue liquid, which is the spring water of the giant spirit spring, one of the designated materials for the competition. But the strange thing is that except for the small bubbles and the color of the spring water, the state of the material is actually foggy, and it fills the whole block lightly.

In the lower realms, solid materials are the simplest, liquid materials are difficult, and gases further down belong to the category of intermediate elements.

The spring water of the Giant Spirit Spring is one of the more difficult liquid materials, because not to mention the density, it is also full of special bubbles, which requires the contestants to have a more comprehensive understanding of the material, and the arrangement of energy also needs to have a basic understanding.

What surprised him even more was that there was a small round ball in the very center that had been given a flame material. The state of the flame is very different from that of ordinary ones, and it becomes a viscous fluid.

At first glance, the liquid has the appearance of a flame, and the flame becomes the appearance of a body of water.

However, this level can only be said to be relatively good in the beginner level, and in a bunch of crooked melons and cracked dates, it is pleasing to the eye, and there is no problem in being shortlisted for the audition. However, in his opinion, there is only a makeshift Cheng dù.

What really surprised him was that the material of this model would change with the change of vindictiveness around him. If the model is stimulated, the core flame element begins to vibrate violently, and the ball will quickly dissolve in the spring water.

When the fighting spirit is weak, the liquid and flame inside are thick and fluid, and the spring water and fireworks flow smoothly inside, blending with each other but not canceling out; When the fighting spirit is strong, the liquid and the flame become vaporized, and they collide violently with each other.

Silver blue and bright red intertwin, flame and water are fiercely blended, both separate and united.

Contradictory, yet harmonious, the whole work is full of conflicting tension.

In addition to artistic understanding, what struck Wagner the most was the meticulous mastery of energy.

It's no secret that the less dense the material, the more active it is and the more difficult it is to control. But this person can not only control the most active flame vaporization state, but also make it transform in different states for different situations. It can be seen that he has a deep understanding of the distribution of white mold energy. Although the work does not show the modeling ability of the other party, there are enough reasons to pay attention to the above points.

If this person is not an intermediate model master, and a beginner professional has such a level, then it is really valuable to cultivate.

Wagner was so pleased that he immediately ordered someone to look up his information. Who would have expected that the number of this work disappeared from the reports of his subordinates.

He was shocked that his worst fears had happened.

Upon re-examination, the number of a total of five works in front of and behind the work was dissolved. Wagner was furious about this, and after a thorough investigation, it was found that a certain warehouse keeper had drunk a certain liquor in defiance of the rules in the storage room.

Wagner could not help but lament that even if the perpetrators were dealt with according to the rules, the makers could not be recovered. It's not that he didn't think about issuing an announcement to claim it, but the result is likely to be a false confession, so in order to avoid unnecessary disputes, he can only give up this idea.

Most of the modelers who can use this technique are extremely conceited about their own strength, and he only hopes that the other party can regain his strength and find a better way out.

"Knock knock—"

A knock on the door interrupted Wagner's thoughts, and he put down the text in his hand, "Please come in." ”

The wooden door creaked open and was pushed open, and it was Garcia's second young master, Zia. I saw him holding a vase in his hand and saluting Wagner.

"Your Excellency, according to your suggestion, I will revise the model. I wonder if you have time now, and you can take a look? ”

"Well, bring it." Anyway, the train of thought has been interrupted, so I just rested. Wagner waved his hand and beckoned the other party to come over.

"Thank you very much." Zia respectfully placed the model in front of the other party, and waited quietly to the side.

Wagner picked up the model and looked at it closely, and it was a vase with a white porcelain as the main body. The surface of the vase is carved with a faint pattern, although it is not complicated, but it is generous. A golden metal trim winds down the pattern, and the left and right patterns gradually converge towards the center, and a pale blue crystal is inlaid in the center of the vision.

It is said to be a crystal, but the blue substance in the core flows slowly like a liquid, and it is very flexible.

"Well, I changed the crystal to liquid as I requested, not bad." Wagner picked up his pipe in his right hand and chewed on the filter gently.

"Thank you for your guidance." Getting the other party's affirmation, Zia seemed very happy.

"However, there are still a few questions that are more strict." A big stick and a candy, Wagner spat out a smoke ring.

"Please give me advice." Hearing this, Zia immediately bowed and saluted.

Wagner tapped the bottle with his hand, his fingertips drawing a pattern, "Here, although the wiring is evenly transitioned and smooth, the edge of the card is not in place, and the structure that should be sharp is too blurry, and the three-dimensional sense is insufficient." ”

He then pointed to the metal border, "The bottom is where the vase touches the most with others, and there should be scratches and friction at the angular edges." Instead, you choose to give it a new metal, lacking authenticity and rationality, and the artistic value of the model plummets. ”

Finally, he makes a virtual circle in front of the vase, "The structure of the pattern lacks linear proportions and cannot focus the viewer's gaze, which is the biggest failure." ”

was mercilessly pointed out the shortcomings, Zia did not show any unconvinced or dissatisfied feelings, but silently wrote down the other party's words in his heart and carefully pondered the skills inside.

Wagner is quiet on the surface, but silently admires in his heart. Being severely criticized but still being able to accept it with an open mind and correct his mistakes seriously, it seems that this child does have potential. He has always admired his hardworking and conscientious students, and is willing to teach them more profound skills.

"Although there are many material problems, it is at the upper middle level in terms of model modeling."

"Thank you, Your Excellency." Zia pressed the excitement in his heart and bowed his head slightly.

"You can modify it according to the above points when you go back, understand?"

"Yes, thank you for your advice." Saluting again, Zia left the room with the model and went back to revise it.

Wagner, who was left alone, paced to the window and looked out at the pedestrians returning home in the evening. The tobacco in his pipe was clearly extinguished, and his face tensed thoughtfully.

When he looked back at the contestants' registration forms, he was really impressed by one of the faded numbers.

This man's handwriting was so ugly that it was impossible to imagine that it was written by an adult, and even the three-year-old child was much neater than him.

No, there is no age limit for the competition, and who says if the other party is a child?

Having such a level at a young age is really a malleable talent. It's a pity......

Just as Wagner was hurting himself, there was a soft knock on the door.

"Hmm."

"Sir, Mr. Oliver is here to visit." The servant respectfully reported it.

Oliver? Why is it him again?

Wagner's face was not very good, "Please come in." ”

"Your Excellency Taylor, please forgive my presumptuousness for the suddenness of the incident and the fact that it was too late to report it." As soon as he entered, the fat man Oliver saluted Wagner, his face full of smirks.

"Well, what's the matter?" Wagner didn't talk nonsense with him, and sat down at his desk.

The other party's indifference Oliver didn't care, Wagner was known to be indifferent to businessmen, in his opinion, the other party didn't kick himself out is already very face-saving, he hurriedly followed behind, "That's right, the shop bought a few new products yesterday, and there are several models-"

"I refuse." Without waiting for the other party to finish, Wagner refused crisply.

was rejected mercilessly, and Oliver did not express his displeasure, "Your Excellency, I understand that it was the incident of the other day that made you unhappy, and it was indeed an oversight of the next, I am really sorry." ”

"Hmph." In the face of the other party's big salute, Wagner remained unmoved.

"But Your Excellency, I am just a businessman, and my appreciation of the model is far less than yours, so I am afraid that I will miss out on the good product, which is really a pity." After that, he also showed a sad and regretful look.

Wagner's expression was cold, and he did not answer.

He knew in his heart that the other party just wanted to use his reputation to raise the price of goods, and he was 100,000 disdainful of this. But I have to admit that there have been several appraisal results that are good, and he also found the information of the model master from the registration information of the auction house, and he will also train if suitable, which is also one of the ways to identify talents.

Seeing that Wagner didn't speak, Oliver said more energetically, "The loss of money in a small shop is small, but the loss of talent is big......"

"Don't tell me that." Wagner snorted coldly, "If this time it's still some unpopular scrap......

"No, no, no, please rest assured, this time it is definitely not ordinary, and it is guaranteed in the name of the next." Seeing that the other party finally relented, Oliver hurriedly patted his chest to reassure.

"It was better to do so." Wagner glared fiercely.