Chapter 112, the King of Stone Cutting
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the autumn clouds are high and cool, the sky is clear, and the wind is smooth. In the backyard of Wang's Jewelry, several osmanthus trees that are more than 20 years old are wafting a strong fragrance that soaks people's hearts and lungs.
In the corner of the small courtyard, a lot of people had gathered at this time, and in the middle of the crowd was a boulder five meters high, weighing dozens of tons, with several cracks on the surface, and a faint green light inside.
This is the original jade rough stone king of Yushixuan, with a price tag of 12 million yuan. Although the water green color can be seen from the cracks on the surface, how big the jade inside the boulder is, and whether it is worth the 12 million, is something that many stone gamblers are not sure about.
However, this treasure of the town store, which has been placed in Jade Xuan for more than two years, was taken down by Wang Huaichen, the owner of Wang's Jewelry, together with others more than ten days ago, and was set to cut the stone today, and invited many friends who love jade and jade to come and watch.
After many friends gathered, they found that even the famous gold and stone artist Li Mingqiang had come, and he was the one who cooperated with Wang's Jewelry, and they couldn't help but be interested, because they believed that Li Mingqiang's identity and fame should not be mistaken.
It's just that the large cutting machine and the small grinding machine are ready, and the master of cutting jade is also in place, but Wang Huaichen and Li Mingqiang did not let them start cutting stones, but seemed to be waiting for someone.
"Lao Wang, why haven't you started cutting stones? There are also experts to guide the stone cutting. Someone in the crowd asked, and everyone in their line knew it. Cutting stones is sometimes more difficult than gambling stones.
Not only with rich experience, but also with super sensitivity, otherwise even if you bet on a piece of superb jadeite. If it is cut in half, the value will be greatly reduced.
Therefore, there are indeed some expert-level masters in stone cutting, who can see the possible location of the jadeite in the slope of the jadeite rough from the texture, and then guide the stone cutter how to cut the most complete jade.
"That's right, Elder Li is an expert in gold and stone, isn't it up to him to guide the stone cutting this time?"
"Rest assured, we have a partner coming soon. This time, he will be the one who will guide the stone cutting. Li Mingqiang smiled and stretched out his palms to press everyone, and everyone calmed down.
"Old Li. Who is he, does he know more about the original stone than your old man? "There are also people who don't believe that there are people who are more powerful than Li Mingqiang.
"You've been waiting for a long time. Ha, there are so many people. At this moment, someone suddenly laughed at the gate of the small courtyard. Then I saw a group of young people walking in, and it was Wang Huaichen's daughter Wang Yuyan who led the way in front.
When everyone heard the voice, they found that at the forefront were a pair of young men and women, who seemed to be a pair of lovers, holding hands. He was followed by three young men of about the same age, all of whom looked like college students.
Of course, this group of people is Lin Fan and Guo Yuer, as well as Wang Biao, Zhou Xiaolin and Sun Mingren. Wang Biao knew that he was going to cut stones today, so he naturally wanted to come with Lin Fan, and after Sun Mingren and Zhou Xiaolin heard about it. Let's also open our eyes together.
"Old Li, Uncle Wang, we're late. It's been a long wait. Lin Fan stepped forward directly to greet Li Mingqiang and Wang Huaichen, looking more casual and cordial.
"Grandpa, Uncle Wang." Guo Yuer let go of Lin Fan, grabbed Li Mingqiang's arm affectionately, and then called Wang Huaichen with a sweet smile.
"Lao Li, it's still your granddaughter who has vision. I found a potential stock. To tell you honestly, if it weren't for Lin Fan getting along with your granddaughter. I'm going to introduce my daughter to him. Wang Huaichen nodded to Guo Yu'er, and then joked with Li Mingqiang.
"Dad, what did you say? Why are you kidding me, where is this? Everyone laughed, only Wang Yuyan complained about her father dissatisfiedly, and her face was red with shame.
"Haha, let's not talk about it, let's cut the stone. Lin Fan, how about you instruct the stone cutter today? Wang Huaichen laughed a few times, and then changed the subject.
Lin Fan nodded and walked towards the stone king, and the people around him knew that they were going to cut the stone, so they all stepped back, because a lot of stone powder would be splashed when cutting the stone, and if they got too close, they would choke, didn't they see that the stone cutting master was wearing a mask.
For this stone king, Lin Fan had already used his spiritual power to see through it last time in Jade Xuan, and knew that it actually contained two pieces of jade and jade, one of which was only the size of a grinding disc, while the other was the size of a mill, and the texture of the two pieces was also different, but they could both be called superb.
However, Lin Fan still used his spiritual power to carefully inspect it again, and then picked up a piece of chalk and drew a circle of lines along about one-third of the upper part of the stone king, but the line was not flat, but one side was high and the other was low.
If you want to cut the stone according to the line he draws, the flywheel of the cutter has to be tilted from one side to the other, which is very difficult to operate, so several stone cutters next to him frowned.
"Mr. Wang, do you want to cut this line?" A stone-cutting master couldn't help but turn around and ask Wang Huaichen.
"Just cut it this way." However, before Wang Huaichen could answer, Lin Fan said coldly in a questioning tone.
"Mr. Wang, according to our experience, we should first slowly grind off the surrounding stone skin, and then rub out the jade inside little by little, which is the most appropriate. If we follow the line drawn by this little brother, if it is broken, we will not be responsible. ”
"Master, I know your concerns, if you cut it according to your method, it will not damage the jade, but I am afraid that it will not be possible to complete this project in a few days. Cut it the way I told you, and I promise you'll be able to call it a day this morning. Lin Fan also knew the concerns of the stone cutting master, so he said to them with a smile.
"Well, Mr. Lin is also one of the owners of this stone king, so let's cut it according to what he said. As long as you don't make any human mistakes in the process of cutting the stones, we will not hold you accountable even if there is any problem. Wang Huaichen fully believed in Lin Fan. And gave him great support.
"Okay, brothers, lift the flywheel. Pay attention to balance, cut at an angle from the bottom to the top, and make sure that your hands are steady. Since there was Wang Huaichen's affirmation, the stone cutter didn't say anything, so he had to start cutting according to the line drawn by Lin Fan.
"Whew-"
The flywheel spun wildly, rubbing against the rough stone with a sharp and piercing sound, stirring up a thick cloud of smoke. Four stone-cutters carry the flywheel. One master controls the flywheel, while another does water on the rough stone. Avoid overheating the flywheel and splashing sparks.
After more than ten minutes, the flywheel finally penetrated the rough stone, splitting the whole rough stone in half. The four masters who carried the flywheel were all sweating profusely, and they threw their arms when they put down the flywheel. Then he let out a long breath.
After the small piece of rough stone on the ground was put on the ground, everyone immediately looked at the rough stone, and then everyone seemed to be relieved, like this method of cutting stones, the most feared is to cut a complete piece of jadeite from the middle, the loss is heavy, and now it seems that there is no such situation.
"Mr. Lin is really good-eyed." Seeing that Lin Fan's judgment was no problem, several stone cutting masters changed their gaze and were full of admiration when they looked at Lin Fan.
"Masters, drink some water and rest first. I'll see how these two stones should be cut. Lin Fan just smiled slightly, as long as a capable person proves himself, he can be respected by others, which is the same at any time and place.
Subsequently. Again, he carefully besieged the two stones, observed, and drew lines on each of them with chalk. At this time, all the people around looked at Lin Fan with burning eyes, observing his every move, wanting to learn something from him.
Five minutes later, Lin Fan had already drawn a lot of lines on each of the two stones, and then called a few stone cutters over. Instruct them separately to cut stones. For the small one, Lin Fan decisively asked them to cut off some of the corners directly. Then he left the stone skin wrapped around the jade the size of a grinding disc inside.
As for the large piece of rough stone, because the jadeite inside was too big, he asked the stone cutter to remove some thick stone skin first, and then slowly polish it around the jadeite in the middle.
Now, several stone cutting masters believed Lin Fan's words, they were divided into two groups, two people slowly processed the small pieces, and the four people cleaned up the big ones, obviously the big ones should be completed first.
Sure enough, just over half an hour later, the large piece of rough stone was only close to the height of one person and the size of two people hugging together, and the stone cutter began to wipe it in different places, and soon someone wiped out a layer of green light.
"Hahaha, it's green."
"Looking at the color of this green light, the jadeite in it is definitely not wrong, at least it is also a water species."
"Maybe it's ice or maybe it's an ice species, you see how clear and transparent the green light is, it's definitely the best."
The surrounding crowd was a little restless, and everyone began to talk about it, because seeing the green light meant that the jade was about to come out. Among all the jade species, the green one is the best, so everyone is looking forward to the birth of this jade.
Slowly, the green light became thicker and thicker, and the scope of the rubbing became larger and larger, and the emotions of the people became even higher, because the windows that had been completely wiped out looked crystal clear, and all of them were green from the inside out.
"Elder Li, it should be an ice seed, right? Look at this color, could it be-" Wang Huaichen asked Li Mingqiang very excitedly next to him, if his idea was correct, this one would have exceeded the 12 million they bought from Shi Wang.
"Ice jade, Zhengyang green jade."
Li Mingqiang seemed to be equally excited, but he still stepped forward and used a professional small flashlight to shine on the jadeite to carefully look at the part of the jadeite that had been rubbed out, and found that he could almost see through one side to the other, and then stood up and said loudly to the expectant crowd around him. (To be continued)
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