After some polite greetings, Ouyang Zhen revealed his original intention of inviting Jin Haotian over this time.

It turned out that Ouyang Zhen hoped that Jin Haotian could join the S City Jade Carving Association he presided over. S City Jade Carving Association used to be the leader of the National Jade Carving Association, but with the pace of life is accelerating, people's living standards are getting better and better, this time it is becoming more and more impetuous, few young people are willing to calm down, learn the ancient art of jade carving, coupled with the use of some modern machines, so that a group of jade carving artists rely too much on machine carving for mass production, so as to guide the jade carving craft practitioners in S City Although there are many people, there are few people who have made a big deal. At present, the jade carving industry in the country has been declining, although there are a large number of old people over there to support it, but the green and yellow are not connected, and the follow-up is weak, which makes them these masters who are interested in reviving the glory of jade carving in S City are anxious.

Since the last chance of chance, Ouyang Zhen witnessed Jin Haotian's food carving works Ma Ta Feiyan, this leader in the jade carving industry in S City today has been amazed by Jin Haotian's solid carving skills of this young man full of spirituality, and after an in-depth conversation, he also has a deep understanding of his profound artistic perception, at that time he thought that this was a promising young man, and there are faint traces of jade carving in the food carving technique, as long as it is strictly ordered and trained, You will definitely be able to become an outstanding jade carving master.

Although I have the intention to lead this young man to the jade carving industry, to be honest, such a foundation, such an artistic perception ability, it is indeed a waste of talent and talent to only do food carving, but because of the first relationship, it is not good to build a rash way, so I have to leave Your Excellency for the time being.

Later, I also looked for Jin Haotian several times, but it was that Jin Haotian was already far away in Yunnan Province, and he had been gone for nearly half a year.

Knowing that when he accidentally saw the creation process of the half-plate jade orchid that went viral on the Internet and shocked many people's hearts, Ouyang Zhen, who had been immersed in this industry for nearly 60 years, was also shocked.

With his professional vision that has been immersed in this industry for nearly 60 years, he has never seen the young carving of this half pot of orchids on the video that is not very clear and a little shaky, although there are no advanced and complex techniques, but the difficulty of its creation is very, especially the polishing and polishing of those thin orchid leaves, which is the difficulty of this pot of orchids, and the value of this pot of orchids. But from the video, it can be seen that this young man's heart is very quiet and his hands are very stable in the creative process, especially when there are so many people watching, it is even more commendable to do this.

The sharp-eyed Ouyang Zhen found that the young man on the video who was concentrating on creation turned out to be Jin Haotian, the owner of the restaurant who wanted to be accepted as a student, which really shocked him.

To say that half a pot of orchids is more out of the gift of nature, the creator as long as the heart is calm and the hands can be steady, if there is not much skill, then a few days ago in the old friend's house to see a piece of the same signed "Zigang door lackey" Yangliu Guanyin Bodhisattva jade ornaments, suddenly there is a flash of inspiration, such as the feeling of spring breeze.

The whole work, from the technique and artistic characteristics of the point of view quite a bit of Lu Zigang atmosphere, the overall shape is beautiful, chic and elegant, the lines are natural and smooth, the clouds flow smoothly, quite a bit of Cao Yi out of the water, Wu with the feeling of the wind, carefully detailed, only to see Guanyin Bodhisattva's eyes slightly closed, the right hand holding the willow, the left hand holding the net bottle, sitting on the rock, the face is kind, the law is solemn, so that people are bathed in a calm and peaceful atmosphere.

Although the quality of jadeite is not high-end, but this craft is really superior, far from the average master can be compared with it, a little tempering can occupy a place in the national jade carving industry, when he learned that this "Zigang door lackey" is to carve the half pot of orchids of the "Zigang door lackey", his desire for Jin Haotian is even more, but this time is not to accept him as an apprentice, but to hope that he can join the S City Jade Carving Association, and become his successor, leading the S City of jade carving to glory again.

So when I learned that this young man turned out to be the son of his close friend and his eldest daughter-in-law, he was like a sister and brother, so there was today's one.

When he heard Ouyang Zhen's invitation, Jin Haotian was a little incredulous and complained slightly: "Old man, joining the Jade Carving Association is also the executive vice president, you said that I opened a restaurant to participate in a jade carving association that can't be beaten with eight poles, what's the use of turning the edge into a relationship." ”

It is no wonder that Jin Haotian said this, doing business in the Celestial Empire, it is not easy to make the business bigger first, in addition to the government functional departments, it is also necessary to have a good relationship with various industry associations, as long as you have a little bit of industry to burn high incense, worship the temple gate, or God knows when to make a stumbling block for you, at that time you still have to suffer can not be said, there is a fate can not be extended, this is the national condition of the Celestial Empire, it is also a kind of industry rules, not even unspoken rules.

You have to follow honestly, unless one day you become the speaker of this industry, the maker of the rules of the industry, otherwise even if you have a great background, you will not be able to stay in this industry, no matter which industry is a person who likes to abide by the rules.

So in order to follow these so-called industry rules, in order to reduce some unnecessary troubles for himself, Jin Haotian's cooking class and the imperial kitchen have joined more than a dozen unrelated associations, and the price is clearly marked from thousands of yuan to hundreds of thousands, although some associations are useless to join, except for paying membership dues, but if you don't add it, God knows that day will give you some stumbling blocks and look for trouble, although Jin Haotian is not afraid of trouble, but businessmen must pay attention to and make money after all, so he really doesn't mind these thousands of dollarsAs a result, Xia Fei also hired a deputy manager to be responsible for liaison and communication with these associations, so as to participate in some industry activities in a timely manner, which can be regarded as advertising for the restaurant.

The cooking class and the imperial kitchen spend as much as 500,000 yuan a year on this, which is a lot of expenses, but fortunately, the business of the cooking class and the imperial kitchen is still prosperous, otherwise the high membership fee will be enough to drag down these two stores.

So now Jin Haotian can't help but feel a little big when he hears what association he joins, especially when it is still the jade carving industry that is not related to his catering industry, he is even more unhappy.

Hearing Jin Haotian's complaint, Ouyang Zhen laughed heartily, and explained with a smile: "Our S City Jade Carving Association is not the kind of third-rate association that survives by collecting membership fees, although our association will also charge some membership fees, but it is only for some jewelry industries, and we not only do not charge membership fees for members above the board of directors, but also pay a lot of salaries." ”

"Oh, and such a good thing?" Jin Haotian was stunned for a moment and said.

Ouyang Zhen continued to explain: "That is, you can just look at our constitution another day, but if you want to become our director or above, you need to pass the relevant assessment held by the board of directors of our association, and only those who pass the assessment can assume positions in the leadership of our association and enjoy high salaries, and these positions can be part-time, if you want to enter the jewelry industry in the future, then you will have greater resources." ”

"In that case, I'll give it a try." Hearing Ouyang Zhen say this, Jin Haotian was a little moved, since he has this craft, he will definitely not regard him as a hobby, he must hope to develop this into his own career, and also break out in the jewelry industry, worthy of the love and gift of Bian He and Lu Zigang, so he agreed after a little thought.

"That's right." Ouyang Zhen said happily, and then pointed out some details and processes related to Jin Haotian's assessment so that Jin Haotian could master and practice.