On the evening of the 15th, I said goodbye to my relatives and friends and drove off. The original plan arrived home on the morning of the 16th, drove out of the capital, and suddenly remembered to go to Huaiyang to see, try your luck, if you can find a few carving masters to go back, it would be the best.

Now in the officialdom, the officials are not big, and there are not many managers, so they are too busy to win. If you come to Huaiyang from home, it is to take a plane, and it will take at least 3 days to go back and forth, and it will only take one more day to go by the way.

When I entered Huaiyang, it was not yet dawn, so I first found a hotel to live in, and first served the little mastiff to eat, drink and Lazar. The little mastiff is now under the training of Liu Rong and Huang Li, and Zhilu Dao is pooping and peeing in the squatting pit, which is much more convenient than before. The little mastiff looked excited, and as soon as the afternoon sun turned around, the little mastiff roared and tore up, and for a while the pervert pressed the flowers underneath, and then turned them over again. Wuyang was too lazy to care about them, took a bath and slept for two hours, and took the little mastiff at 9 o'clock to go out to try his luck.

It's the third time I've come, I really want to take a good look at the scenic spots of Huaiyang, and experience the artistic conception of the ancients who rode cranes around their waists, I'm afraid that this time it will be in vain, and when I drove to the place, I looked for those big jade processing factories.

The small jade workshop is not necessary to see at all, it is estimated that a master with one or two apprentices, if you want to invite the master, the workshop will not be opened, please apprentices, I am afraid that I can't afford to carry this burden.

I found a processing factory and entered the jade exhibition hall, where two small mastiffs meekly followed at my feet. It's still early, and there are basically no customers, some of the salespeople are sorting out the exhibits, and some are chatting.

Since there has been a lot of contact with jade, it can be seen at a glance whether it is good or bad. Of course. There is also a price tag on the exhibit. The list price of the processing plant is also different from that of a regular store. Some information such as the name of the carver was also marked.

Wuyang came to the exhibit counter with the highest price, and saw the works of some master carvers, the works were very exquisitely carved, and at a glance, there was no less than 600,000 yuan.

The salesman enthusiastically recommended that when Wuyang's eyes were fixed on an exhibit, the salesperson would introduce the origin of the jade, the grade, the name of the carver, the age, the honors received, and so on.

Wuyang thought, these master carvers themselves must not move. I also shifted direction and looked at the mid-range exhibits. You may be able to find the talent you need among these people.

At this time, I saw a young woman in a salesman's uniform hurriedly running in, not doing anything else, first ran to a slightly older young woman, "Manager, I'm sorry, my child suddenly had a fever in the morning, so I sent him to the hospital, and when the child's grandmother came over, I hurried to work." ”

The manager said, "Lu Qing." It's not once or twice that you're late, and it's not the disease every time. It's that injury, I think you don't care about this job, so you just don't use it. ”

At this time, someone next to him came to persuade the manager, and the manager walked out and said, "Next time I'm late, I'll turn back at the door, don't come." ”

Wuyang was opening the jade at the counter, and suddenly saw a dragon carved from white jade, although the texture of the white jade is not very good, but the technique is very delicate, even the joints on the dragon's claws are full of spirit, especially the eyes are even more lifelike, just like a living thing. The jade is not very large, about 12 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and about 1 centimeter thick.

At this time, that Lu Qing walked over, "Sir, do you have a fancy to the exhibits, do you want to take them out and take a look?" ”

Wuyang said: "Such a beautiful object, are you not afraid of breaking it when you take it out?" Please take a plate and put it on, I'll appreciate it for a while. ”

Lu Qing really took a stainless steel square plate, spread a white towel on it, put the jade on it, and brought it to Wuyang.

"Sir, that is, you can see this jade. The texture of this jade is worse than nephrite in the middle. ”

"Oh, I don't know about jade, and I don't know the texture of them, I just like the carving process. Eldest sister, you say it's a poor jade, why is the price so high? 80,000 yuan is not a small amount, is it because of the good carving process? Wuyang said.

Lu Qing looked around, there was no one nearby, so he said, "Sir, you don't know the operating mechanism of our factory, so you have this to say." After the jade is produced in our factory, except for the works of the top masters, which can be auctioned, everyone else's is sold here, and the sales income is linked to the personal income of the engraver. If the price of this work was 40,000 yuan, or the texture of the jade was slightly better, it would have been sold long ago. ”

"I see. If a carver's work is always made of jade with poor quality, and the price is high, it will be difficult to sell it. ”

Lu Qing said: "Exactly. ”

Wuyang asked, "Then what does the carver live on?" ”

Lu Qing said: "Of course, there is a basic salary, after an apprentice is discharged, he will be graded, and with the improvement of the level of technology, it will be slowly upgraded, and the basic salary is earned by this level." But if you want to earn a high income, you have to sell your works. Which level of engraver, the work will be arranged to be sold in which grade. If this work can't be sold, you can only get a basic salary, and you can't sell it at a lower level, otherwise the engraver will be demoted. ”

Wuyang smiled: "There are quite a lot of famous halls here." Eldest sister, do you still have this Gu Yu's work here, I still want to see it. ”

"There is no more here, if this one is not sold, the next one will not come. But if you want to see it, you can still think of a way. ”

Wuyang said: "The eldest sister seems to be very familiar with this Master Gu? Can you introduce me to me? ”

Lu Qing looked around again, "Do you want to buy works, or do you have some purpose?" Can you tell me? ”

"Of course, no problem, I have my own jade processing factory, which has been processing jadeite in the past, and now I get some nephrite, and I want to hire an engraver in this area, and this is the purpose of this visit."

Lu Qing said: "A real carver, nephrite and jadeite are equally carved. ”

"The key point is that I haven't hired enough carvers, let alone famous ones. That's why I came here to try my luck. ”

"I see that you are good-looking. Not like a swaggering person. Surely you won't lie? Do you have the money to afford a jade processing factory? ”

Wuyang smiled: "Eldest sister, we don't know each other, I don't need to lie to you, of course, you are not an easily deceived person, right?" ”

Lu Qing said: "Let me ask you, what is the general salary of carvers in your factory?" ”

"Our carvers are generally 10,000 yuan a month after they come out, and they become proficient in the future. There may be 30,000, and there are 50,000 or 60,000 who are high in the master's degree, and if they can take a little responsibility, they may be slightly higher. ”

"Okay, probably the market should be about the same. Tell you, this Gu Yu is from my home, you leave a phone number, he has time at noon, I will ask him to call you. If he means that, you can have lunch together. Without this idea, I wouldn't have called you, so you can ask for another high-mindedness. ”

After Wuyang wrote his mobile phone number, he smiled and said: "Eldest sister, thank you, please tell Teacher Gu, the people I want to invite are not too little, 15 or 20 is not too much, and any conditions can be discussed." After speaking, he beckoned the little mastiff to go out and prepare to go back to the hotel to wait for news.

"You wait. Mr. Li, this is a Tibetan mastiff, right? Is it purebred? Lu Qing shouted from inside the glass counter.

"Absolute purebred Tibetan mastiff. Sister, do you know this? Wuyang turned around and approached again.

"At home, I am carving at work, Tibetan mastiff at work, and now there are two big and one small 3 at home, you say that I deal with them every day, how can I not know the way?"

"Eldest sister, raising 3 Tibetan mastiffs, the cost is not a small amount."

"Who's to say it isn't. But Gu Yu is just such a hobby, and he can't be wiped out. Gu Yu raised so much, but there was no way, the first two were raised and people said that they were not purebred, so they bought it later, and now this small one, I don't know if Lu Dao is purebred. ”

Wuyang said: "Now it is more difficult to buy purebred Tibetan mastiffs, sometimes even the people who raise mastiffs can't figure out whether they are purebred or not, not to mention that in order to make money, they know that the road is not purebred, and they will sell it as a purebred." ”

Lu Qing asked, "Mr. Li, can you still buy purebreds?" ”

"Not this year, next year should be."

"You go to the teahouse over there and sit for a while, and I'll see if Gu Yu can sneak out. He will definitely not come out when talking about carving, but it is possible to look at the Tibetan mastiff. Lu Qing pointed to the teahouse across the road and said.

Wuyang entered the teahouse according to his words, ordered a pot of Biluochun, a plate of melon seeds, a plate of peanuts, and slowly waited for Gu Yu.

As soon as the tea came up, a thin man who was white and clean, with a height of about 1.72 meters, walked in, and when he saw the little mastiff, he came directly to Wuyang.

Wuyang stood up, "It's Mr. Gu, right?" Seeing that the other party nodded, he said, "Please sit down, what kind of tea will Mr. Gu make?" ”

Gu Yu sat down and said, "Hello Mr. Li, just drink this, I don't have anything particular about tea." ”

Wuyang took a cup, poured a cup, and handed it to him.

"Mr. Gu, I'm sorry to delay your work."

Gu Yu said, "It's okay. In order to buy a Tibetan mastiff, I took a few days off, not to mention slipping away. Mr. Lai, can I tease the little mastiff? ”

"It's okay, let me call them. Perverts, flowers, relax, don't move. He patted them on the head again.

The two little mastiffs who looked at Gu Yu with fierce eyes were completely relaxed at this time.

Gu Yu touched this one, and then touched that one, although the little mastiff didn't grin, he ignored it. "Mr. Li, what year is this mastiff for you? If you want to say that it was last year, it should have grown up, and if it was this year, it would be too big. ”

Wuyang smiled: "It's this year." But the ones in my house grow faster, and the same litter is only as tall as their backs when they raise their heads. ”

"Mr. Li, this little mastiff is as docile as a puppy, could it not be a purebred? When I see the Tibetan mastiff now, I'm afraid it's fake. ”

Wuyang smiled: "Mr. Gu, don't look at them now that they are docile, as long as I say a word, they will immediately turn into lions." Mr. Gu, to be honest, I have no interest in these things in the first place, and if I don't know the roots, I won't want them if they are given to me. ”

Gu Yu's eyes showed a light of expectation, "Mr. Li, can you introduce me to buy one next year?" ”

"No problem."

"Mr. Li, if I can't help you, will you still help me?"

Wuyang smiled: "What's the problem, I know Mr. Gu here." No. It's a family of two. It's good to be able to help. ”

Gu Yu smiled, "Mr. Li is really a warm-hearted person, so thank you first." Mr. Li, you need a carving master, my wife told me, it may be difficult to help you, I'm sorry. ”

"Mr. Gu, can you tell me what it's for?"

"That's right. I get 10,000 yuan a month in the factory, and I can get by if my life is not good or bad, plus my children are young and my parents are old, so it is not a problem to leave them behind. ”

Wuyang smiled, "Yes, indeed, but Mr. Gu, if you continue to be a cat in this factory, you may live like this for the rest of your life." Your talent, your ambition. It's all in vain, isn't it a pity to think about it? The ancients: I am born to be useful, Mr. Gu, don't think about it? ”

Gu Yu picked up the teacup and didn't drink it, "Mr. Li, although I'm not old now, I've seen enough people and things. Not to mention that I buried my talent, how many unjust ghosts have died in the city, I'm nothing. What's more, people may not be able to suppress our family for two lifetimes. ”

Wuyang clinked glasses with him, "Mr. Gu, it sounds like there is a bizarre story, can you tell me about it." ”

"There's no such thing as a bizarre story, it's just a repetition of something old. When my father was a teenager, it was the beginning of liberation, and the jade carving industry here had basically withered, and my father liked this thing, so he worshipped a very famous master to learn jade carving. At that time, there was no jade for them to practice, just some ordinary stones. ”

Wuyang smiled and said: "I know what is going on, that is, your ancestor's daughter has taken a fancy to your father, and your uncle or uncle also likes the little junior sister, so they made a fuss." ”

Gu Yu smiled: "That's really the case, how did you guess?" ”

"You're not saying it's a repetition of the old story."

"Yes, indeed. At that time, my father's carving level was the best, and he was the best-looking, and of course my sister liked him. However, my father only knew how to carve jade, not how to speculate on camps. After the Cultural Revolution began, my parents got married, and a few years later, when the Cultural Revolution ended, they began to restore the jade processing factory, and the three of them entered the factory together, and I also came in after graduating from high school. ”

"Later, it must have been your uncle and uncle who took power, squeezing out and attacking your father and you. Where does your father work now? ”

Gu Yu said: "My father left the factory five years ago and went to work in someone else's small workshop. As a result, they still didn't let go of their father, and always assigned some people to make trouble, but then they had no choice but to run to a countryside more than ten kilometers away from here, and co-founded a small workshop. In this way, Uncle Shi still didn't let them go, and the small workshop contacted the jade of Haolu, but often inexplicably it was not delivered, and the contact person ignored them. Finally, carve some works out, but in this city, you can't open the door, so you can only send them to other places. ”

"How's it going?"

Gu Yu said: "What else? Hanging half-dead. But it's coming soon, they'll be retiring soon, and my days of emergence are approaching. ”

"Mr. Gu, it's not that I'm going to pour cold water on you, your uncle is retired, as the heir, it must be their cronies, and again, as the oldest carver, it is logical for the factory to hire them to continue to preside over the business, right? So the mountain above you still hasn't been removed. ”

"It's not impossible, but what can I do?"

Wuyang smiled: "Come with me, I already have a ready-made factory there, enough jade, as soon as you pass, you can show your skills." Your father, your family, and your father's disciples can all go over. What do you think? ”

Gu Yu shook his head, "No, it's impossible." I didn't have anything to do in the past, and my father certainly wouldn't. He was just to leave the factory in one go, and now let him sweep the floor out of Huaiyang City, he would rather die. His group of disciples are also scattered in various places now, and everyone doesn't want him to leave. ”

"Mr. Gu, are we going to visit your father? I'll do work for him and see if I can convince him. ”

Gu Yu said: "It's okay, I went to the factory to ask for leave, how did you get here?" Is it a car, we'll go over in a moment. ”

After Gu Yu finished speaking, he left, and after Wuyang checked out, he also went out to drive and waited for him outside the factory gate.

Gu Yu came out soon, and the two drove to the factory in the countryside. Along the way, the two basically didn't stop talking, because they didn't know each other very well, so they talked about all aspects of the problem.

"Mr. Li, seeing that you are young, how can you have a jade processing factory?"

Wuyang said: "My uncle is a local construction businessman, and Grandpa Zhang, who taught me martial arts, also has some assets, and I rely on their assets to win a few times on stones and accumulate some funds." After cutting out the jadeite from the wool I bought, I didn't sell all of it, so I opened a factory. ”

Gu Yu asked: "Mr. Li, with your current assets, if you still build a jade processing factory, can you take it down?" ”

"It's definitely no problem to build a factory, mainly to see if there are benefits after it is built. Mr. Gu, what is the current land price here? ”

"It's basically 2 million acres. This place belongs to the plain area, the population is relatively dense, if it is renovated in the old city, the demolition task is very heavy, so the land price is higher. Of course, if it is to build a factory, the city government will have some preferential policies. ”

Wuyang said: "Mr. Gu, do you know where there is land for sale in the old town of Ludao?" ”

Gu Yu said: "I don't know what other places are, opposite our factory, which is where we drank tea just now, aren't there all some low buildings?" In fact, there are only buildings on the street, and all the back are shantytowns. The city government has already published an auction announcement in the newspaper a few days ago, 17.8 acres of land, north and south sides of the road, west is also a road, only the east side is the high-rise buildings that have been renovated. ”

Wuyang said: "What is the deadline for registration? Do you know what information you need? ”

Gu Yu smiled: "If you are interested in bidding, we will go to the department of the city government to preside over the auction when we come back." I haven't read the announcement carefully, and I wonder if I can find a newspaper to read later. ”

"It's good. We strive to put it into practice today. ”

When I arrived at the small workshop, Wuyang saw that it was not very small, a small 3-story western-style building, and it was surrounded by a courtyard. Gu Yu seemed to come often, he stuck his head out in the car, and the doorman opened the iron door.

The two got out of the car, and Wuyang happened to have a wolf dog tied to the side of Wuyang, although he was chained, he still made a gesture to pounce on Wuyang.

At this time, the pervert jumped out of the car, and without waiting for the afternoon sun to give the order, he rushed over like an arrow, knocked down the wolf dog at once, and opened his mouth to bite down on the throat.

Wuyang hurriedly stopped, and the pervert heard the scolding and immediately stopped, but did not walk away, but looked at the master with his head held high, and continued to trample the wolf dog under his feet.

"Come here." Wuyang beckoned, and the pervert hurriedly ran over.

Gu Yu looked at the little mastiff and praised: "Mr. Li, this mastiff is really good." I'm just waiting for you to help next year. ”

An old man with gray hair came over, "Don't dream, I don't know where to find food on the road next year!" (To be continued......)

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