Chapter Forty-Nine: Hearing the Wind and Moving, "Asking for Monthly Pass Support"
[Please keep in mind the domain name of this site " ", or search in Baidu: Sanlian Literature Network] Since it has been found that these stones may be jadeite rough stones, the rock here naturally has to refer to the transportation information at that time, and found Tengchong in Yunnan Province along the vine, and after consulting the relevant records, it was found that this batch of goods was shipped directly from Myanmar.
Although I can't know the details of the inside story, but now I have finally figured out the whereabouts of this money, and it can be regarded as a happy ending to the fraud case at that time, and Fan Wuxi's reputation has reached an immeasurable height, but people can recognize the jade from the pool!
In fact, if it weren't for Fan Wuxi's luck, he would not have discovered this problem, his luck was that he just saw a touch of green under the water, and the leather shell was worn out in the process of transportation, but the porters at that time did not pay attention to it, so they didn't know that these stones transported back from Yunnan were actually Burmese jadeite jade.
How to effectively use these jadeite and obtain the maximum value, this matter is Zhang Donkey's specialty, he has asked Fan Wuxian for a large sum of money, from the north and south of the river to hire the most famous jade and jade processing masters from all over the country to come to Panshi, to witness this unprecedented scale of stone opening activities.
And Fan Wuxian also mixed with Zhang Mao Donkey all day long to watch him process the jade rough that had been cut.
"You look at me like that, and it makes me feel uncomfortable." Zhang Mao Donkey frowned and said to Fan Wuxi.
"I just look at the stones, are you that good-looking? It's not a pretty girl—" Fan replied.
Zhang Mao Donkey stopped squeaking. Just took the tools and carved them there, probably to use the small material under the piece, first carved two earrings out to see the effect, he can be regarded as a multi-faceted expert in the antique jade industry, especially in the counterfeiting is outstanding, reaching a very high level, otherwise he would not be specially supported by Fan Wuxi. It's an annual salary of millions a year, not including dividends.
China is a country with thousands of years of jade culture. With the introduction of jadeite from Burma to China, this variety of jadeite, rich in color and tough texture, was immediately accepted and revered by the Chinese people, and the best green jadeite was sent to the imperial palace. Due to the lack of understanding of mineralogy and the habit of historical formation, people are used to refer to jadeite as jade. In Yunnan, what people say about jade refers to jadeite. In Xinjiang and Khotan, the jade that people say is mutton fat jade, and naturally in Xiuxian County, Liaoning, the jade that people refer to is Xiuyu.
In fact, jadeite is different from the familiar Khotanese jade and Xiuyu in terms of composition and physical characteristics. The jadeite industry calls the jade represented by Khotanese jade nephrite, which is a calcium-magnesium silicate compound aggregate, and jadeite is a sodium aluminosilicate compound aggregate, called jadeite in mineralogy, the hardness of jadeite is much higher than that of nephrite, and can even be used to engrave on glass, while nephrite ground hardness is relatively low.
Generally, in order to make a difference, the jade that is commonly referred to refers specifically to nephrite and does not include jadeite.
Therefore, the process required to process jadeite is different from that of ordinary jade. It should be said that it is more difficult, which also leads to the fact that the salary of a technician who can process jadeite is much higher than that of an ordinary jade master.
It didn't take long for Zhang Mao Donkey to carve the embryos of the two earrings, but Fan Wuxian felt that the appearance was very ugly, and the surface was also unsightly, so he couldn't help but doubt. "That's your craft, huh?"
"It has to be polished and polished before it can be considered a finished product!" Zhang Mao Donkey was very annoyed that his hard work was despised.
Polishing jadeite is also a very technical job, polishing is good, directly related to whether jadeite can become a high-quality product, so even if it is a donkey, we must be cautious.
As the so-called jade is not cut, the carved jade has to go through a very important process to truly interpret and express the connotation of jade. It's polishing. Zhang Mao Donkey first applied a layer of paste-like polishing powder to the surface of the carved jadeite. Then he said to Fan Wuxian, "This is called anointing." The green one is chromium oxide, and the orange-red one is cerium oxide. Then he began to grind, grinding the surface of the jadeite ground with a 2,000-mesh grinding wheel, and then applying the ointment and grinding, repeating several times.
Then down is the brush, the diamond powder is applied to the surface of the jadeite and then thrown with a hard brush, and then it is fine, and the small place to start grinding the big tool can not be thrown to the small place, with the bamboo dipped in diamond powder, the larger one with bamboo chopsticks, and the small place will use the bamboo toothpick, this process is also very time-consuming and energy-consuming. Finally, it is finely polished, the jadeite is coated with diamond powder and then polished with hard skin, Zhang Mao Donkey said that most of the domestic cowhide is used, and most of Myanmar uses elephant leather.
According to Zhang Mao Donkey and Fan Wuxi, the hand-carved before the liberation was made of the fluff in the tender gourd that had not yet grown, soaked with water, dipped in the jade sand, and polished little by little, which took a long time, generally speaking, it takes half a month to a year to throw a good piece, of course, this is related to the size of the object.
The current machining method is to use a rotor and dip it in powder or paste of different fineness to polish, which takes little time, but the effect is not very ideal. In this process, whether it is using gourd velvet or polishing top, there must be water involved, and the speed should not be too high when polishing, otherwise the surface of the jadeite will be damaged.
Despite the polishing, there will still be some pitted spots on the surface of the jade, which has nothing to do with the fineness of the polishing, because the characteristics of jadeite are like this, even if the top polishing, there will be such a phenomenon, so finally the surface of the jade piece must be coated with a layer of Sichuan wax to increase its gloss, so that the polishing of the jadeite is completed.
The jadeite is thrown away, but there are still a few finishing touches to be done, Zhang Mao Donkey first uses an ultrasonic machine to clean the residual polishing powder on the jadeite, and then rubs it with alcohol where it cannot be cleaned, and finally it is waxed. A protective film is formed on the surface of the finished jadeite, which is then dried with a hair dryer.
"How? Is it good-looking? Zhang Mao Donkey handed the finished product to Fan Wuxi, and then he enjoyed it.
Fan Wuxian took it over and took a closer look, only to see that the two earrings were carved into the shape of a drop-shaped phoenix by Zhang Mao's donkey, head to end, smooth and natural, and the color was like warm blue water. Booming.
"It's really beautiful! You think it's the best, isn't it? Fan Wuxian praised repeatedly, but asked again.
"Boss. You look like a layman, if you go to Yunnan, you will be slaughtered as a fat sheep. Zhang Mao Donkey said unceremoniously, and then he pointed to the jade and said to Fan Wuxi, "Evaluate the jade with terms such as land, good water, and good jade." The ground refers to other colors in jadeite, and jade is mostly high-grade; Good water refers to the delicate and lubricated texture of jadeite, transparent and clear. Crystal dignified, bright and pleasant, also called pretty; Cui is good when the combination of thick, yang, positive, and four words, thick refers to thick but not light, such as winter green after rain, yang refers to bright and bright, is to refer to no variegation, evil color mixing, and refers to the green is uniform without shade. This one you're holding right now. It is the old pit glass species, itself is already the best, to say whether it can go to the next level, the main thing is to see the carving, my craft can only be regarded as passable, the form of the above. There is still a lot of difference in artistic conception. ”
"I think it's already beautiful!" Fan Wuxian felt that there was no flaw.
"No! If you want to sell rough stones, of course, there is no problem, but if you want to make money by processing, you have to ask a master in Yangzhou to come! Let me do it like this, I guess most of it will be ruined! Zhang Mao Donkey said.
"For Mao, you must invite a Yangzhou master?" Fan Wuxi felt a little curious.
"Yangzhou is located between the north and the south, so it also has the advantages of both the north and the south in terms of techniques, and there are many families who take this as their business, and the technical and artistic standards are first-class." Zhang Mao Donkey explained.
Oh, I see. Fan Wuxi nodded, took the two earrings and turned around to leave.
"Alas, boss! Something I worked on for a long time. You just took it, huh? Zhang Mao Donkey pulled Fan Wuxi's sleeve. Asked a little disagreeingly.
"Pull and pull, what kind of system?" What Fan Wuxian put into his arms. Naturally, he refused to take it out again, so he pointed to the half of the stone and said, "That is yours, it's a red envelope, how can you do it yourself!" ”
After finishing speaking, Fan Wuxian ran away quickly, leaving no time for Zhang Mao Donkey to react.
Zhang Mao Donkey looked at the direction where Fan Wuxian left with his mouth open, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, shook his head and said, "What is this!" I haven't slept all night—" But when he saw the jade rough that weighed dozens of catties, his mood was much more relaxed, and he laughed hehe, "It's not a loss!" It's not bad to leave such a big piece to future generations, this is the best stone! However, if you want to carve it, you need to put some thought into it, and it's all money to waste a little! ”
After Fan Wuxian left Panshi Heavy Industry, he came directly to his father Fan Heng, who expected Fan Heng to be packing up his things, as soon as he saw him, he asked, "I heard that you found a pile of jade, which is in the pool of Panshi Heavy Industry?" ”
"Well, even the money transferred by Li Mingjiu was ordered from Myanmar to buy the jadeite rough, pulled it back by a special train from the Plains Factory, and threw it in the pool, if I didn't find it, I'm afraid I would have to continue soaking." Fan replied.
"That thing is valuable? I've been asked by a lot of people today. Fan Heng asked after a moment's hesitation.
"Of course it's worth it!" Fan Wuxian nodded and replied, "You don't want to think about it, Li Mingjiu made 100 million yuan, and bought forty or fifty big stones, this stone is not valuable, what else is more valuable?" Gold is priceless, jade is priceless, and jade is a priceless treasure! ”
Oh, Fan Heng nodded, and said to Fan Wuxian, "No wonder, the phone has not been disconnected since yesterday, and it is a group of people who have come to me to inquire about the stone, and it seems that it is your idea." ”
"What is the relationship with someone?" Fan Wuxian was a little unhappy when he heard this, "It's the other way they go!" Is someone using power to suppress you? How many dog guts did they grow?! Dad, how did you cope? ”
"I replied very simply, now that the government and enterprises are separated, and Panshi Heavy Industry is now a foreign-funded company, our municipal government can't control Panshi Heavy Industry, if you have any ideas, let them talk to Tian Zhenglun directly." Fan Heng also answered very simply, and it seems that he has also made a lot of progress in shirking responsibility this paragraph.
Fan Wuxian laughed, and said in his heart that his father is really bad, where can Tian Zhenglun be the home of Panshi Heavy Industry, he is just the general manager, and the daily management work is headed by him, but the company's decision-making has to be made by Davis and others, in the final analysis, and finally has to return to himself.
Dad asked these people to communicate with Tian Zhenglun, didn't that bring people into the ditch.
However, this incident also reminded Fan Wuxian that good things still have to be hidden to be safe, there are too many guys staring around with red eyes in recent years, and it is impossible to prevent it! It seems that it is not a very good idea to put jadeite in the warehouse of Panshi Heavy Industry, after all, the wealth is moving, in case there is an omission, the loss is also very large, so many jadeite roughs, just pull there and sell hundreds of millions? Not to mention, it can also be made into jewelry to add value!
"By the way, according to the requirements of the province, I will leave for the provincial capital tonight, will you also come along?" Fan Heng asked casually.
Fan Wuxian listened to it, anyway, Lin Xiaotong was still recuperating in the 301 General Hospital in Beijing, and he had to go back to deal with the beginning, and there was no problem with going to the provincial capital at this time, and by the way, he could also take a look at the relationship over there to see if he really wanted to promote his father Fan Heng.
So Fan Wuxian agreed, and the father and son prepared to go to Longcheng, the provincial capital of Wangtian Province, together! ~! [To quickly find this site, please search in Baidu: Sanlian Literature Network]