Chapter 8 Three-color carved orchids

Old Man Zhou gently picked up a box, and then put it on the sofa before opening the box and taking out an emerald green jade old birthday star inside. This old birthday star is emerald green all over, carved from a whole piece of ice seed material, and the subject matter is very ordinary, but after passing through Xie Bin's hands, it has changed a little more.

Especially Xie Bin's best atwork carving, openwork carving, etc., these processes that should have appeared on wood carving appeared on jade carving. Ordinary masters, whether they use traditional or modern jade carving tools, cannot complete such a delicate process as Xie Bin, especially in carving.

This is the effect of Xie Bin's own unique ability, which ordinary people can't imitate at all, it can be said that this craft is unique in the world, and he Xie Bin can complete it.

For example, the old birthday star's crutches, the ordinary masters carved out of it is just an outline, but Xie Bin can carve the dragon head on the crutches vividly, although it will cost some materials, but it is more vivid, more vivid, and more acceptable.

Because the jadeite thing is generally green, there is no color matching, only the outline is sometimes difficult to show the image of the theme, a lot of works are placed there, people don't know what is carved when they look at it.

However, Xie Bin can carry out deep processing of jadeite to make the image more vivid and the theme more real. In this way, the value of the work will naturally be greatly increased. Just like Xie Bin's "Moonlight on the Lotus Pond", if ordinary masters come to carve, they can't do it at all, because the tools they use limit their craftsmanship.

And Xie Bin used those various styles of woodworking carving knives, but he was able to carve the half-crippled jadeite into a rare treasure, otherwise Old Man Zhou would not have spent so much money to buy it.

Similarly, now the old birthday star in the old man's hand is also lifelike, with Xie Bin's unique fine craftsmanship. Not only the crutches, but also the beard, gourd, and clothes are so real and moving. Especially this dress, Xie Bin carved it as if it were real, making the heavier subject matter like the old birthday star more elegant.

In addition to the image, the bare head of this old birthday star is also a highlight. The top of the head was originally carved and polished smooth. It's just that Xie Bin had a whim when he was polishing, and instead of polishing the whole part, only the middle part was finely polished, and the surrounding circle was slightly rougher.

Suddenly, it looks a little less shiny, but it has a little more real texture. In this way, it makes the raised forehead look smoother and more interesting.

Old Man Zhou looked at it for a while, put it in the box without saying anything, and took out another box. This time, it was a Momofuku bowl. This piece took Xie Bin two days of hard work to make, and the hundred words "Fu" on it alone cost Xie Bin a lot of thought. It took more than a day to engrave these 100 blessing characters on this bowl with a diameter of 10 centimeters and a height of 6 centimeters.

Each of the four sides of the bowl has a different font "Fu" word, the remaining ninety-six are neatly arranged around the bowl surface, the font is different, but the size is the same, and the edge of the bowl is also engraved with flower and grass patterns, the bottom is left Xie Bin's font size, and his seal is the same, is "Xie Shiyin" three seal characters, the shape and specifications are exactly the same, but this is purely carved up.

Although this jade momofuku bowl is only made of ice materials, such a layer less than 50 millimeters thick, no matter from which direction, it is full of watery green light, which looks very vibrant. Coupled with those 100 blessing words, it looks a little reluctant to touch.

Now that people don't understand jadeite, they also know that it is not simple, Chen Jianjun looked at it from the side and smiled: "Xie Bin, is this really carved by you?" ”

Xie Bin didn't speak, and Old Man Zhou was unhappy, "It's not Xiao Xie carved out, could it be you?" ”

When Chen Jianjun heard the old man say this, he wilted all of a sudden, and could only look at the jade Baifu bowl in the old man's hand, wanting to touch it with his own hands to see what it felt.

The old man looked at it for a while, put the big bowl of Baifu away, and put it together with the jade old birthday star on the side. Chen Jianjun just wanted to take it and take a look, but was yelled at by Old Man Zhou: "Don't move!" ”

Frightened, Chen Jianjun shrank back suddenly, not knowing what the old man meant.

The two bodyguards and drivers outside the door heard the roar of the old man, pushed the door in and looked, the old man waved his hand to signal them to go out, and then said to Chen Jianjun: "Don't knock me over if you kid is hairy, these are what I like, hum." ”

Chen Jianjun smiled and didn't dare to speak again, so he could only sit on the side like a good child and watch Old Man Zhou take the third piece.

This third piece, which is also wonderful, is a pot of orchids. This flower, of course, is not a living orchid, but is carved from jadeite. This jadeite carved orchid is tricolored, green with white on the top and dark red on the bottom. Xie Bin took advantage of this, carving the upper part into white flowers and green leaves, while the lower part was carved into a dark red flower pot.

This gentleman's orchid is Xie Bin's craftsmanship to the fullest, especially the orchid leaves are thinner and thinner, but Xie Bin carved it out little by little, and suddenly looked at it, as if it was real, it seemed to be slightly shaken by the wind.

In fact, among these works, the material of this jade carved orchid is cheap, because the bottom is only glutinous, the color is darker, and the red part at the bottom is the same, which looks more gloomy, and the white part is also just white cotton.

However, Xie Bin carved it into such a pot of orchids, and with the extremely fine image and perfect match of orchids, it made the waste material, which was not even a mid-range material, become such a treasure that is not inferior to high-end materials.

Old Man Zhou held this pot of orchids that seemed to be real, and sighed again and again, "It's a pity, it's just that the material is a little worse, otherwise it will definitely be a national treasure-level work," said to Xie Bin and said: "I really doubt how your kid carved such a beautiful work, this is not like modern technology can be completed, is it the future of technology?" ”

Xie Bin and Chen Jianjun laughed, Chen Jianjun laughed at Old Man Zhou's whimsy, while Xie Bin was a little weak-hearted. His craft isn't a futuristic technology, it's a more illusory ability. However, if they think about it hard, they can't imagine that Xie Bin will have such an ability.

Seeing the old man's reluctant appearance, Xie Bin smiled: "If you really like it, this jade orchid will be sold to you for 500,000 yuan, how about it?" ”

Old Man Zhou blinked, looked at Xie Bin and said, "You kid really dare to ask for a price, and you dare to shout such a high price with such a poor foundation?" ”

Xie Bin pouted, "Don't be dissatisfied, if you change to someone else, I dare to ask for a million, I can say that, this guy is the only one in the world now, no one except me has this craft, do you believe it?" ”

Old Man Zhou laughed, "I didn't believe it before, but now I don't believe it, I see that your craftsmanship has risen again, and it is more clever than that 'Moonlight on the Lotus Pond'." ”

Xie Bin listened to it, and secretly slandered, this old man really doesn't know how to do it. In fact, if you really want to talk about it, the "Moonlight on the Lotus Pond" is more clever, especially in terms of artistic conception, which is obviously higher than this orchid. It's just that this orchid seems to have taken a lot of effort and is very delicate. But other than that, there is no place that can be compared with the "Moonlight on the Lotus Pond".

It's just that thinking that the old man didn't know a single big word before, and he can still maintain such enthusiasm now, Xie Bin didn't hit the old man again, but said with a smile: "These two works have their own merits, but the material of this orchid is indeed a little worse, if it is replaced with ice seed material, it is easy to buy three or five million." ”

The old man nodded, and gently put the three-color jade carved orchid next to the two works he had just seen. This made Xie Bin a little depressed, this old man wouldn't want to sweep away all his belongings, right? How do you look at one and take one?

There are at least more than 50 pieces of fine products of almost the same level on the second floor, which is roughly calculated, the total value is not more than 100 million, or even higher, can the old man still eat them all? Even if the old man wants to take them all, he doesn't agree, these things have been taken away by the old man, what is the scene for himself?

Fortunately, the old man who followed saw a few of them and just put them back in their original places, which made Xie Bin secretly relieved. There's absolutely nothing wrong with thinking about opening such a boutique on your own, well, and it's a very good idea, but I don't know if there are similar stores in China.

But even with Xie Bin, he is not worried, with a big boss with strange skills like him, he is not afraid that others will rob him of his business. In these years, no matter what you do, you must always have a fist product, well, Xie Bin is a fist of jadeite, and it all depends on him to hit the market.

Old Man Zhou took one here, looked at one, and then reluctantly put it down, and finally picked and chosen, and among the remaining twelve pieces, he was reluctant to give up which one.

Chen Jianjun smiled on the side: "Grandpa Zhou, if you like it, you can take it all, anyway, you are not without money?" The right is to cheer for Xiao Xie. ”

Old Man Zhou glared at Chen Jianjun, "You know a fart, these dozen or so pieces add up to almost 100 million, you are an old man, my money is blown by the wind?" ”

Chen Jianjun's neck shrunk, and he muttered unwillingly: "The money you have spent on this is more than 100 million?" Do you care about this 100 million? However, the old man's ears were not so sensitive, and he didn't hear Chen Jianjun's complaints clearly, but asked Xie Bin: "Xiao Xie, how much do you calculate?" ”

Xie Bin coughed, and said in his heart that this is a big customer, well, if you don't take money, you don't have to save money for him. Thinking of this, Xie Bin smiled and said, "Old man, don't worry, it's not enough for 100 million, well, it's a little more than 40 million, you can give 40 million." ”

Old Man Zhou didn't react, but Chen Jianjun's eyes widened on the side, "Forty million? Xiao Xie, is it really fake? The best pot of orchids is only 500,000, how can it add up to so much? ”

(To be continued)