Following Chang Yongjun's side, Chen Yi and the others slowly came to the Peony Hall, and reported their names to the staff at the door of the restaurant one by one.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, Zheng Lilin, who was standing on the side of the restaurant, greeted them with a smile, "Welcome everyone from Beiyang Jade Carving to this banquet, please come and sit down over there, each table has a written school of jade carving, in order to promote communication, each table will sit two schools of people." ”

While greeting him, Zheng Lilin pointed to a position in the restaurant and said, this restaurant is not too big, and there are five tables on the table at this time.

With two factions sitting at each table, in this way, there are at least ten schools, of course, there may be schools like Uncle Chang, the senior brother personally led the team, and the number of people is naturally a little more.

Chen Yi followed behind Chang Yongjun and the others, Zheng Lilin naturally saw it, but he pretended not to see it, and directly greeted the jade carving next to Chen Yi, "Welcome all the friends of Shenyang jade carving to the banquet, please ......sit down over there."

This Zheng Lilin seems to have gone through a careful investigation, and he is very clear about the appearance of the personnel of the major schools, and he must have obtained the information of these people from the Tianjing Jade Factory through his relationship.

"Ah, it turned out to be Mr. Chen of Lingzhou jade carving, I was in a trance just now, I didn't see you, I'm really sorry, I'm really sorry, other jade carving schools are in groups of three or five, but Lingzhou jade carving is just you, I almost ignored it, I'm sorry." Just as Chen Yi was about to walk past Zheng Lilin, Zheng Lilin was surprised, and then hurriedly walked in front of Chen Yi. Constant apologies and explanations.

Merely. The explanation is full of implicit irony. Some of the people in the jade carving school who came to the banquet showed surprise on their faces, Lingzhou jade carving, is there still this school now, doesn't it mean that even the jade factory has closed down.

"Brother Zheng, my master doesn't seem to have mentioned the matter of Lingzhou jade carving, didn't he say that the Lingzhou Jade Factory was closed, do they still have heirs?" didn't wait for Chen Yi to speak, at this time. A young man who walked through the door asked suspiciously.

At this time, some people who didn't know about Lingzhou jade carving before, looked at Chen Yi, some people showed sympathy on their faces, and some people were full of ridicule, Lingzhou jade carving has not participated in the competition for several years, and its jade factory has closed down, it can be said that it exists in name only, and now a random person also wants to participate in a jade carving competition of this scale.

"Ha Lu Ha. This junior brother, you don't know anything. Although the Lingzhou Jade Factory is bankrupt, it has not yet closed down, and there are still several masters supporting it, but it has not participated in the past few years, because there are very few people who are willing to learn Lingzhou jade carving, and now Mr. Chen can come to participate in the jade carving competition, which can be said to be very rare, let us all welcome Chen Yi, the only heir of Lingzhou jade carving, with applause. Zheng Lilin laughed, and then encouraged the audience to applaud Chen Yi.

Chen Yi smiled faintly, without any emotion because of Zheng Lilin's words and the applause on the scene, he slowly walked a few steps forward, "Thank you for your applause, it's not that there are very few people who are willing to learn jade carving, but there are very few people who are willing to inherit jade carving, you are also learning jade carving, you should all know the difficulty of jade carving, three years to get started, six years of apprenticeship, ten years of apprenticeship, from learning jade carving to the most rear, it takes at least ten years, this is already a thing that many people are afraid of, and other industries learn for a few years, It can already stand alone, and jade carving has been studied for three years, but it has just stepped into this industry. ”

"Our Lingzhou jade carving ancient and several other masters, but rejected the high-paying employment of other major jewelry companies, still insisting on the jade carving factory, for the inheritance of Lingzhou jade carving continue to work hard, Lingzhou jade carving, has never disappeared, I came this time, is this purpose."

Hearing Chen Yi's words, some people were thoughtful, and some people were deeply touched, but the learning of jade carving is not easy, this is something that everyone agrees on, and some of them are slowly changing their ridicule of Chen Yi.

"Hehe, Chen Yi, you came to prove Lingzhou jade carving, you just said that you started in three years and became a teacher in ten years, but you personally said that you learned jade carving for less than half a year, can you prove Lingzhou jade carving with your level, we have studied for three years, at least we have started, but you don't even have a beginner, you want to come here to participate in the competition and win the first place." At this time, Zhou Xiulong, who was next to him, seized this opportunity without any hesitation and said to Chen Yi.

Chen Yi smiled faintly, these two people were far less smart than Xie Zhiyuan, even if he didn't use intermediate appraisal techniques, he could guess what the two wanted to do, he shook his head and sighed, "Mr. Zhou, it seems that you didn't understand what I said, and you didn't understand the true meaning of this competition." ”

After that, without waiting for Zhou Xiulong to react, he continued: "This jade carving apprenticeship competition is to allow us to more clearly understand the characteristics of other jade carving schools, and can promote us to study harder, the most important thing is the significance of this jade carving competition, which is to prove that our jade carving culture is still inherited, and it has not disappeared, this is not a competition, but a display to prove the existence of our jade carving, an opportunity to learn and see other jade carvings." ”

"There are a lot of people who learn jade carving, but they are willing to keep learning and pass on jade carving, there are very few people, Lingzhou jade carving these people have not received a successor, it is because they want to find a suitable successor, so, don't say that I have studied jade carving for less than half a year, even if I study for less than a month, as long as I stand here, I am the successor of Lingzhou jade carving, Lingzhou jade carving has not disappeared, this is the meaning of this jade carving competition."

"Okay, Brother Chen, that's right, we are here to prove the existence and inheritance of our own faction's jade carving, is the ranking of the competition important, it is very important, but no matter how important it is, it is not as important as the inheritance of jade carving." At this time, Uncle Chang of Beiyang Jade Carving applauded vigorously and applauded loudly.

Chen Yi's words penetrated deep into his heart, the current jade carving competition has gradually approached the competition for fame and fortune, don't you know that they held this jade carving competition more than ten years ago, just to communicate with each other. It's just a matter of making progress together. Some of the jade carving genres that participated at that time. We communicate with each other every day, but now, it's just a thing for rankings.

Driven by Uncle Chang, many people applauded, Chen Yi's words were very correct, and as Zhou Xiulong said, participate in the competition. It's just to get the first place.

Hearing everyone's applause, coupled with some accusations, Zhou Xiulong's originally proud face turned white.

Mr. Chen's words showed the true meaning of the competition, which is very correct, okay, senior brothers and sisters, the banquet is about to start, find the position of your own faction. Then sit down, Mr. Chen. You're on your own, and we can't arrange a place, so just sit with us. Just when Zhou Xiulong was embarrassed and at a loss, Zheng Lilin on the side slapped his face, relieved Zhou Xiulong, and told Chen Yi to sit at their table.

Chen Yi smiled, and had no opinions, these two people are really the characters of Jianwei who must be repaid, it seems that they are determined to fight with themselves, but the soldiers will block, and the water will flood, it is very worthwhile to be able to use this banquet to express their views and let the Lingzhou jade carving reappear in the world.

Chen Yi is very clear about the current psychological thoughts of these two people, and he also saw some of the next plans of these two people from their psychological activities, but they will still be the most embarrassed.

Chen Yi found his place at Zhou Xiulong's table, and did not sit with Zhou Xiulong, there were two people in between, it seems that Zheng Lilin is also afraid that he will fight with Zhou Xiulong.

At this time, Zheng Lilin stood on the front stage of the restaurant, holding a microphone, saying some words of thanks, and after that, he introduced in detail the characteristics of their Yangpai jade carvings and famous masters, and also took out some small jade carvings to show everyone the exquisiteness of their Yangpai jade carvings.

The jade carvings in Su and Yang are inherited from the Yang school of jade carving, so they are both competitors and people of the same faction, and it can be seen in this jade carving competition that although Zheng Lilin and Zhou Xiulong look at each other unpleasantly, they are very consistent in dealing with others.

After introducing the jade carvings of the Yang faction, Zheng Lilin thanked everyone again for coming, and announced the official start of the banquet, "Senior Brother Zheng, don't worry, since this is a meeting of the major jade carving schools, should we also go up and introduce ourselves, so that others can know which faction we are." Before Zheng Lilin's words fell, Uncle Chang on the side raised his arms and said.

"Yes, yes, since it's a meeting, we have to introduce it." At this time, people from other factions echoed one after another, participating in this banquet, how could they just let the Yang faction jade carving be in the limelight.

Zheng Lilin secretly gritted his teeth, they spent money to hold this banquet, just to show everyone their Yang faction jade carving, I didn't expect this Chang Yongjun to let his wishful thinking fail, but he couldn't refuse, otherwise, they Yang faction jade carving can be regarded as offending these people, he looked at Chang Yongjun deadly, and said heavily: "Okay, let's ask Beiyang Jade Carving to come up and introduce it." ”

Chang Yongjun walked up with his junior brother with a smile and gave a brief introduction to everyone, and when it was Chen Yi's turn, there was only a simple sentence, I represent Lingzhou jade carving, compared to those long speeches, concise and simple, but it attracted everyone's attention, and the descendants of Lingzhou jade carving are very smart.

It's just that among the schools introduced, there is no Tianjing jade carving, Chen Yi couldn't help but smile, maybe the people of Tianjing jade carving don't bother to participate in the banquet held by Zheng Lilin and others.

After the introduction, Zheng Lilin announced the start of the banquet, so that everyone could enjoy themselves, and plates of sumptuous dishes were served, including some rare delicacies from the mountains and seas, which can be seen that the jade carving people of the two places of Yangpai paid some price for this banquet.

Seeing these sumptuous delicacies, there were a few exclamations in the restaurant, and then everyone began to eat with chopsticks.

Zheng Lilin saw this scene, a smile appeared on his face, it was in vain that they spent some money to hold this banquet, these jade carving apprentices, except for a very few people who are well-off, I am afraid that everyone else has learned jade carving for a living.

At this time, Zhou Xiulong glanced at him, while Zheng Lilin shook his head, pressed his hands, and signaled not to act rashly, judging from what happened just now, this Chen Yi is by no means an ordinary person, he will act at will, he will only ask for hardships just like just now.

But Zhou Xiulong didn't pay attention to it, he really couldn't bear the anger in his patience, if it wasn't for Zheng Lilin's help, Chen Yi's words just now almost made him unable to get off the stage, he touched the person next to him with his hand, and the two people next to him were also his Yangzhou jade carving people.

"Come, come, Mr. Chen, try this, this is a precious thing, I guess you haven't seen it." The man hesitated for a moment, and finally under Zhou Xiulong's eyes, he stood up and handed something to Chen Yi's rice plate.

Zhou Xiulong laughed at this time, "Ha Luha, Senior Brother Sun, you can't say that, Mr. Chen is a simple person at first glance, but he is not like you who has big fish and meat every day, and I am afraid that the most eaten ones are those ordinary tomato scrambled eggs that are difficult to swallow." ”

Chen Yi looked at the abalone that the man had put on his plate, and couldn't help but smile lightly, the perception brought to him by the intermediate cooking technique had already given him a great understanding of most of the foods in this world, including their appearance, taste and taboos, compared to the more precious foods in his mind, this abalone was nothing.

"Mr. Zhou, I didn't expect scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a classic and delicious food, but when it comes to your mouth, it has become extremely ordinary and difficult to swallow." Chen Yi said with a slight smile, although scrambled eggs with tomatoes are just a simple home-cooked dish, but in his mind, there are dozens of different methods.

Zhou Xiulong's laughter was very conspicuous in the somewhat quiet hall, making the people around look sideways, and Chen Yi's rebuttal made everyone smell a little gunpowder.

Zhou Xiulong saw that Chen Yi didn't hold back his provocation, and immediately became happy, "Ha Luha, is the scrambled eggs with tomatoes that Mr. Chen eats taste comparable to the delicacies of the mountains and seas now." ”

"Mr. Zhou, it seems that the chefs you have met are all incompetent, and they have made this classic dish difficult for you to swallow, are the delicacies of the mountains and seas, although the scrambled eggs with tomatoes cannot be compared to these foods in terms of nutrition, but in terms of taste, they can be done." Chen Yi suddenly said with a smile, scrambled eggs with tomatoes are an ordinary dish, but in the hands of different chefs, they have different methods.

Hearing this, not only Zhou Xiulong smiled, but the other parts also shook their heads, Chen Yi actually compared this ordinary scrambled eggs with tomatoes and delicacies from the mountains and seas.

"Ha Luha, Mr. Chen, it seems that it is really as I said, you have never eaten the delicacies of the mountains and seas, this scrambled eggs with tomatoes, in your mouth, it has become the taste of the delicacies of the mountains and seas." Zhou Xiulong said with a smile. (To be continued......)