The ancient saying Xue Lang was not surprised, if he really treated these jade artifacts as holy objects, there would be no trouble in soliciting them.

Hearing this, he smiled, still took the box steadily, stacked the two boxes together, put them in the mountaineering bag, and then said: "Ancient, my friend has this meaning, but considering that Ancient and other are masters, I dare not have the idea of hiring, after all, it is not a mature large company, just a jade carving factory that is just about to be built." ”

Gu Gu withdrew his hand, waited for Xue Lang to finish speaking, and said: "Young man, since your friend has the essence of the Lingnan jade carving school and has so many rough stones, I just want to ask one thing. ”

Xue Lang smiled and stretched out his hand to signal, "You say." ”

Gu Gu glanced at the mountaineering bag beside him and said: "Lingnan jade carving, committed to creating high-quality products, not for mass circulation, mass production of small ornaments, small carvings, the materials used are also extremely exquisite, the finished materials do not need to be detailed, only buy good, the rough stone, the quality of the rough stone is not good, will be used to practice for apprentices, regardless of whether it is formed, before the apprentice, not to take out." If the mature carver has obvious flaws in carving, it will ruin the carving, and it can be changed to small to small, and if not, it will be decomposed and used to make some small ornaments, so it will be disproportionate to the investment and income in the early stage. ”

Xue Lang understood this, nodded, but did not interrupt the ancient, and did not know what he wanted to say, and listened quietly.

Gu paused and continued: "As for the B goods circulating in the market, the Lingnan jade carving school is never allowed to carve, once discovered, expelled from the school, and notified to the society, so that it will no longer have the opportunity to climb to the peak of jade carving. ”

"B goods?"

Xue Lang asked suspiciously after finishing speaking: "Ancient, what is B goods?" ”

Gu glanced at Xue Lang, and was surprised that he was actually a layman, so he said: "The so-called B goods are not up to par with the quality of jadeite, there are impurities, the appearance is not good, and the transparency is not high, so so, soak it with strong acid to dissolve the impurities inside, but the soaked jadeite is transparent, but the structure is loose, so it is necessary to use the method of vacuum negative pressure to inject transparent resin, the refractive effect is very similar to jadeite, and the layman can't tell it, and it is sold as a high-grade material, and A goods are no longer a kind of thing. It is not only not beneficial to the human body, but also harmful. ”

"After the A goods are made in the traditional processing technology, although they are also sour and stewed wax, they do not destroy the internal structure of the jadeite, and they can also raise people and benefit the human body, which is also the reason why our Lingnan jade carving school absolutely does not allow the production of zuòB goods carvings, so as not to harm people."

Oh yes......

Xue Lang then understood what B goods were, and originally thought that A goods were not good things, but it turned out to be just B goods.

After the ancient science popularization, he paused, and saw that Xue Lang was fine, so he continued: "Young man, if your friend intends to let us old guys move the nest, then he must be prepared to lose money, because if a carving is fast, it takes three or four months, and it is normal to slow it in one year or two, so the selling price of the boutique is high and the cost is also large, is he ready for this?" ”

Xue Lang smiled and said sincerely: "Ancient, my friend studied the Lingnan jade carving school, these have also been mentioned to me, he knows that Lingnan jade carving is not very suitable for the market, aiming to produce high-quality products, this, I personally have an idea, it is not a mistake to produce high-quality products, a high-quality product that has been passed down for centuries is worth taking out a year or two to carve, but this is not a national workshop, non-profit, so, it must also be in line with the society, not only can integrate more skills, but also survive, isn't it?" ”

After Xue Lang finished speaking, Gu sighed, shook his head and said: "Young man, what you said, Jianye used to do this, but those batch objects are not carved by us, they are all carved by apprentices, but now young people are impetuous, no one wants to be apprentices for three or four years, and the relationship between the changes in the market, learn for a year, know how to cut the knife, and be able to carve mass-produced handicrafts, so, no one will stay until three or four years to be an apprentice Lang wasted time, and half a bottle of vinegar will be paid for the commission." ”

Why don't you know the ancient Xue Lang? But this will be that he is not the boss, so naturally he can't say too many details, and he will finish the job after completing the recruitment. However, he still asked, "Ancient, is this apprentice so hard to find?" Or are the apprenticeship requirements stricter? ”

Gu smiled bitterly and said: "Young man, you don't know about jade carving, this requires ingenuity, but also perseverance, the former is of course what every master is willing to see, because it can inherit the mantle and carry it forward, but the latter is equally important, because it is solid, can withstand loneliness, and the acquired efforts can also become a master,." As for the apprentice selection, there are no too harsh conditions, and it is not stupid. ”

Xue Lang listened, but his eyes lit up, and then said: "Ancient, I understand what you said that you don't carve ordinary objects, that is a blasphemy of your craft, and it can't allow you to concentrate on conception, careful carving, people become slack, to solve this problem is to recruit apprentices, this I think my friend can solve it, as long as there is no age limit, more than twenty or thirty years old, how many apprentices do you want, you can be an apprentice, they will be apprentices, this will not solve the problem of mass production of handicrafts?" If you have ingenuity and focus on training, won't you be able to inherit your mantle? ”

"What you said is true?"

The ancient second time became not calm.

Although the other two old men did not speak, they were also extremely shocked, and it was obvious that the inability to receive apprentices was their pain for many years. Otherwise, there wouldn't be just a group of old people in this small workshop.

Xue Lang knew that solicitation was no longer a big problem, so he nodded with a smile and said: "Although I can't be the master, I know that there is no need to doubt this, and besides, the apprentice guarantees to be obedient, and there is no need to worry about his conduct, and there will be no shoddy or even direct counterfeiting, and there will be no such thing as making zuò utensils with stone powder." ”

Gu Gu took a deep breath, thought for a while and said: "We old guys have their own unique skills, and what we think about is also the inheritance of the genre, if your friend is really committed to the inheritance of the craft of the Lingnan jade carving school, then good, I can leave at any time and go to meet your friend, if it is true, we old guys do not have the feelings of leaving their homeland, and they can move their nests." ”

Xue Lang smiled, he knew that Gu could completely represent other people, and it could be seen from the fact that the two old men didn't say half a word from beginning to end, they had absolute trust in Gu and had absolute respect, "Well, if Gu Gu walks away, how about leaving today?" ”

"Okay, no problem."

Gu Gu was very simple, without the slightest hesitation, and after speaking, he added a sentence and asked: "Young man, do you know a little bit about jade." ”

"I understand some, it's just scratching the surface, hearsay, I haven't studied it in detail."

Xue Lang replied very honestly, although he didn't know what the ancient meant, but he didn't exaggerate or be modest.

Gu nodded and continued to ask, "Then do you know the value of the stone I cut just now?" ”

"That piece of ordinary glass is green and green?"

Xue Lang looked at Gu Gu and didn't know what he meant, but after getting an affirmative nod, he still said: "I don't know the specific value, it's estimated that there are several million." ”

Gu nodded again, but did not continue, but turned around and said: "In this way, you wait a while, I will explain to this old fellow, there is nothing to clean up, just go back and say to the family, let's leave in a while, go early and return early." ”

"Okay, then I'll wait for you outside."

Xue Lang said and stood up.

Gu just nodded, but didn't stop.

Xue Lang walked out of the house with the hiking bag on his back and walked towards the door.

He knew that Gu Gu wanted to say that he might not necessarily go by himself, just by virtue of these, Xue Lang felt that Gu might not be able to trust himself.

Gu Gu watched Xue Lang walk towards the gate, then stood up and said, "If this is really what he said, we should really move the nest." ”

When the two people heard this, one of them said, "Old Gu, is this reliable?" Don't get us away, change your mind after a while, and continue to follow the path of Jianhua. ”

Another also said: "How can anyone nowadays not be greedy, and it will be troublesome to come back in the end." ”

Gu shook his head and said: "Old Tang, your caution is right, but this young man is not bad, he is not a greedy person, and he can see from him that his friends are also people all the way, otherwise, it will be difficult to get together." ”

The old man surnamed Tang asked suspiciously, "Old Gu, how can you be sure that he has a good character?" ”

Gu Gu smiled, looked at Xue Lang who walked to the gate outside the window again, and said: "Didn't you pay attention, he looked at the piece of jade I just unraveled, and there was a sudden look in his eyes, as if he confirmed the judgment, but there was no greed at all, if it was a misbehaver, even if he didn't have the idea of snatching, his eyes would flash greed, he didn't, it was very clear." ”

"A gentleman is like a jade......"

The old man, surnamed Tang, nodded thoughtfully, obviously agreeing with the old saying.

Xue Lang didn't know that Gu Gu judged the reliability of this matter in this way, but speaking of which, he really had no concept of these treasures and the like, not to mention a piece of glass that was not of high value, it was the high-grade glass imperial green jewelry he was wearing on his body now, if it wasn't for Xue Feng to let him definitely carry it, he would still be too troublesome.

Even if a pendant is estimated to be worth hundreds of millions, it is nothing in his eyes, just a beautiful jadeite.

He walked to the gate, stood still, didn't go out to get on the car, looked around, took out his headset and said vaguely: "Loach, if there is no special change, I am going back, you drive the Maybach back, and ask the mountain eagle for the location." ”

"Yes."

Yu Leilisuo's command.

Xue Lang put away the headset and stood there looking at the weeds outside the gate, feeling very calm.

He believed that he had found the old and true door.

The fine products of the genre, the raw materials of astronomical numbers, these cannot absolutely bind the ancient.

Not to mention anything else, the glass that just came out just now is enough to show that they are not short of money or materials.

Even if that piece of material is bought for hundreds of thousands of dark gambling materials, it has made millions, isn't it? What's more, there is moss, according to Huo Jianye, the starting price of this material will not exceed 50,000, and the transaction will not be too high, after all, the risk is too great, there are 100,000 200,000 blocked, if no one competes, it is estimated that it will be won at the top of the bid, that is, within 100,000.

Therefore, raw materials, money, these weights are not heavy, and what the ancient really cares about is the cultural inheritance of the jade carving school.

He said to find an apprentice for the ancients, and the apprentice was obedient It was not a lie, and among the demobilized soldiers, he could pick out dozens or hundreds of people who were willing to learn carving, after all, this is a skill.

And these demobilized soldiers, not to mention that they have no problem after passing the assessment, even if they receive an apprentice's salary for a lifetime, these demobilized soldiers who do not have any skills will have no opinion.

Of course, in Xue Lang's place, even if he is an apprentice for a lifetime, his income will not be lower than that of a worker in a large company, but will be higher.

Xue Lang didn't wait long, and Gu left the room with a group of old people and walked straight to Xue Lang at the gate alone.

Xue Lang didn't talk nonsense, opened the door, let Gu get into the car, put the small bag he was carrying into the back seat, and drove away.

Returning the car, booking the ticket, boarding the plane, more than two hours before and after, the old man has not spoken much.

Seeing Xue Lang's hiking bag sent to the security check so casually, although he was worried, he didn't say anything.

In fact, how did he know that such precious things, how could Xue Lang let them into the baggage compartment? In case it bumps, it's not a matter of money, so Xue Lang had already changed his mountaineering bag with Yu Lei, who was waiting inside, when he returned the car, and there was nothing in the bag he was carrying.

Yu Lei and Lu Jin didn't come back, and Xue Lang asked them to collect information before returning.

He still thinks that there is a problem with the jade carving factory, but he doesn't know what the problem is.

Xue Lang saw that Gu Gu was silent, and he didn't say much, so the two rarely communicated until they arrived in Songjiang City before dark.

The one who picked up the plane was a team member, driving a Land Rover, and directly sent the two to the villa.

In the original villa of Guo Tai in the west, it has been arranged, and those jade objects belonging to the Lingnan jade carving school are placed separately, and some exquisite jade objects are also among them. The original stones, not to mention the huge ones in the living room, even the ones that were originally placed in the basement were moved out and all placed in the living room, while Xuefeng was waiting in the villa.

Xue Lang introduced the ancient to Xue Feng and left.

He was not needed for contact in the early stage, Xue Feng was more professional and knew Lingnan jade carving, so Xue Lang simply returned to his residence, changed his clothes, removed his makeup, and did not go there.

After finishing the work, Xue Lang called Yu Lei to ask about the information collection.

After Lei finished the report, Xue Lang was a little deflated.

After careful collection again, including Lu Jin, there was still no fresh information, and the jade carving factory was not the target he was looking for.

Before going, Xue Lang was very sure, and even had the confidence to find out the members of the Grim Reaper Organization who had slipped through the net, but he didn't expect a mistake in judgment, although there was no loss, there was no direction.

And Xue Feng's identity, the moment they saw Gu Gu just now, the two of them did not have the slightest fluctuation in love, except for Gu Jue's little surprise, Xue Feng was too young and too beautiful, and there was nothing else special.

This shows that the two really don't know each other, and they haven't even met, otherwise, they definitely won't show themselves, no matter how good their acting skills are, their heartbeats and breathing will leak out.

Xue Feng's identity is here, and there is no clue.

Does it have to be a fanfare to look for a needle in a haystack?

Xue Lang sat there and thought quietly.

In the middle of the ring, he retracted his mind and decided to let it go for a while and stop thinking about it.

Decided, he got up and went downstairs and went straight to the west villa.

Before I went in, I heard Xue Feng chatting with Gu very lively, Gu Gu, who had been silent, seemed to have a good impression of Xue Feng, and actually chatted very speculatively.

Seeing Xue Lang come in, Xue Feng stood up and introduced: "Old man, this is Xue Lang, who is also the investor of the jade carving factory, and these rough stones and jade artifacts were also collected by him. ”

The old man didn't mind that it took so long for the main lord to show up, and stood up with a smile and said, "I really can't see that there is such an achievement at such a young age, it's rare." ”

Xue Lang stretched out his hand to shake the ancient one, and said with a smile while letting him sit down: "Old man, I took the liberty of inviting you here, but I only showed up at this time, which is really a bit lazy." ”

Gu Gu waved his hand, cut directly to the topic and asked, "Boss Xue, don't say polite words, can I know how you bought these jades?" ”

Xue Lang smiled and said: "Old man, don't be the boss, the boss, you are a master, if you want, you can call me a little wolf, my grandfathers call me that." ”

Without waiting for the ancient to speak, Xue Lang continued: "Old man, you have also seen it, I like jade, after learning about the treasure of the town factory in Lingnan, I contacted Huo Jianye and Director Huo several times, and finally bought them all, on the condition that I do not dismantle these boutiques, do not sell them, and avoid losing them abroad." ”

"That's ......"

Ancient was a little disappointed, apparently this was not the answer he was looking for. He guessed that there must be a story in it, but it was indeed a purchase.

After a pause, Gu Gu pointed to those rough stones and asked, "Xiao Xue, you want to open a jade carving factory, are you going to invest all of this?" ”

"Nope."

Xue Lang shook his head with a smile and said: "As for me, although I am not a fake Dao platform, I don't really understand jade, it is Xue Feng who really understands jade, and she is also in charge of the jade carving factory." As for these rough stones, Xue Feng has already said that these are only enough for a few years, after all, there are not necessarily good materials in them, so a large number of materials are also fed, all of which are mainly raw stones, saying that only the materials that you personally solve will not destroy the natural shape, so that you can conceive the shape of the instrument according to the original natural appearance and carve out fine products. ”

Xue Feng waited for Xue Lang to finish speaking, and said with a smile: "Old man, the preparation for the establishment of the factory is not a temporary idea, for this has been prepared for a long time, but the raw materials are not enough, fortunately, the new factory can not be built in the winter, can only be temporarily rebuilt in the warehouse of the rice factory, first train apprentices, but raw materials, has sent people to the Burmese border and Hetian jade production area, is expected to invest 500 million to buy more rough stones, but will not buy Ming gambling materials, to avoid the material being destroyed shape, these, Xue Lang has been arranged, just waiting for you to take the master of the genre to move in." ”

500 million ...... When did I say I invested so much......

Xue Lang muttered to himself, but he didn't show the slightest expression, and he wouldn't refute what Xue Feng said.

The old but satisfied nodded and said: "I didn't expect you two young people to be so courageous, what about us old guys, in addition to worrying about the cultural inheritance of the genre, in fact, there is no need to worry about food and clothing, there are no ideas, if there are really enough apprentices for training, we old guys don't mind moving." ”

When Xue Lang heard this, he agreed, so he smiled and said: "Old man, what about the apprentice, my friend came back and told me, if the old man is not picky about the demobilized soldiers, I can convene a group of no less than 200 apprentices within ten days for you to screen, to ensure that there will be absolutely no job-hopping after taking up the post, and if you don't go out of the apprenticeship, you will stay in the apprentice workshop forever." ”

Xue Lang's words made the ancient eyes light up.

Demobilized soldiers are willing to learn jade carving, although they are a little older, but this is not a martial art, it needs to be cultivated from an early age, and it is not delayed to become a monk halfway, as long as they are talented, they can become jade carving masters in a few years, and at least they are also jade carving masters.

Moreover, the quality of the demobilized soldiers has been guaranteed, and out of two hundred people, it is no problem to select twenty or thirty. With these apprentices, it is possible to train apprentices who can inherit the culture of the genre.

Gu stood up and clapped his hands and said, "Good! You young people are not afraid of losing money, dare to toss, what are these old immortals in my door? If you can, you can move now, and I'm looking forward to seeing the wonderful expressions of those old guys seeing these high-quality rough stones. ”

Xue Lang listened to the music, his feelings were ancient, and he was also a man of action, he glanced at Xue Feng, saw Xue Feng smiling and nodding, and said, "Great! In this way, old man, you can come over immediately, there is a place to live, but the family will have to wait for next summer, the main body of the family building will be completed, and it will be renovated after the spring, as for the equipment, the most advanced equipment has been purchased, and those in Dongjiang Province will keep it first, and if they don't want to stay, they will bring it to the apprentices. ”

Gu waved his hand and said: "We don't pick a place to live or anything, as long as you really want to create high-quality products, not just for profit, you can move now, I will call." ”

Of course, Xue Lang would not politely say that it doesn't matter for two days, and it is the king to implement it quickly.

However, in addition to being happy, he also had a trace of doubt that could not be put down.

The arrival of these masters can be regarded as a complete merit of this trip, but there is no clue about the identity of Xue Feng and why those jade carvings are in the hands of Tang Juan, Qiu Liming and others.

Looks like it's going to be put on for now......

Secretly pondering, when Gu Gu called, he also began to arrange the move, and informed Yu Lei to protect those old people to avoid accidents.