Chapter 447: Jade Carving Master
When Zhao Xueyi and Lao Wu walked into the room, they happened to see Chu Chen's bitter face, and they felt a little strange, until Zhou Wenping explained with a smile, and they didn't understand what was going on.
Zhao Xueyi smiled and hugged his fists and said, "Old Wu, congratulations!" Looks like I'm about to hug my nephew! Hearing such a happy event, the haze in his heart was diluted a lot.
Uncle Wu laughed and said, "Thank you for your auspicious words, but this matter still depends on Xiao Chen and them." ”
Speaking of this, Uncle Wu turned his head to Chu Chen and said with a smile: "You will be angry then!" ”
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Hearing this, Chu Chen was embarrassed and didn't know what to say, and the others all laughed when they saw Chu Chen's expression.
After a while, Uncle Wu asked Zhao Xueyi, "How is it, did the stall owner say anything?" ”
Zhao Xueyi shook his head a little gloomily and said, "He said that this thing was recovered from a garbage recycling station, and he doesn't know who the original owner is!" ”
Uncle Wu frowned and said, "Then this is not easy to do!" However, if you are fated to meet thousands of miles away, you will definitely find the home address of your elder in the future. ”
Zhao Xueyi shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, what I want to see the most is my elder, but now it seems that eighty percent has passed away, so let it go!" ”
Then, he said to Chu Chen: "Xiao Chen, I want to ask you for something, if you want to transfer this bronze mirror to me, can you transfer it to me?" ”
Chu Chen solemnly agreed: "Okay, I promise you!" ”
Zhao Xueyi hugged his fists and thanked: "Thank you!" Thank you! ……”
After a while, Lao Wu spoke: "I brought the potion to clean the red paint." However, this potion is a bit thick, and it needs to be diluted at least fifty times before it can be used. As he spoke, he took a glass bottle from the plastic bag in his hand and placed it on the table.
Chu Chen nodded and said, "Okay, I remember." ”
Although it is not difficult to clean, it is very cumbersome, and in order to avoid damage to the copper mirror during cleaning, it must be carefully cleaned little by little, so Chu Chen plans to clean it after returning home. So he put the bottle away.
Subsequently. Everyone chatted for a while, and when the time was almost up, Chu Chen took Uncle Wu and drove to Uncle Wu's house.
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In the evening, Chu Chen returned to Yuhuating with some physical and mental exhaustion. No way. Aunt Wu's interrogation really made him a little unbearable. He also tried his best to finally get through, and in just two or three hours, it was more tiring than he was all day long.
Drank a cup of tea. After saying hello to Hu Yong, Chu Chen came to the workshop, and then took out the bronze mirror and potion from his pocket, ready to start cleaning the red paint.
Because there is the wrong gold and silver dragon on the back of the mirror, if the potion is not well matched, it is likely that the gold and silver and even the pattern will be washed off, so Chu Chen first prepared a certain proportion of the potion, and scrubbed the red paint on the front of the mirror until he mixed the potion with the best effect and the most reassuring and satisfactory solution.
In the end, the potion was very light, and it is estimated that with such a potion, it needs to be cleaned several times before the red paint in a place is cleaned.
However, for Chu Chen, time is not an issue, the key is to clean the bronze mirror intact in order to complete his goal, even if there is a little loss, it is necessary for him to do his best to avoid it.
Chu Chen dipped the potion and scrubbed it gently, little by little, until suddenly a part of the glowing gold and silver light was exposed in front of his eyes and stopped.
Chu Chen took a closer look, revealing the place where the crossed vortex bands on the edge of the bronze mirror were exposed, and he saw that the gold and silver filaments embedded on it were as thin as hair, and the gold and silver misprocessing was extremely precise, which was indeed ingenious.
Gold and silver error is a process of making gold, silver wire or piece, making various patterns, and embedding bronze as decoration, which first appeared in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period and was quite popular in the middle of the Warring States period.
Seeing such exquisite ornamentation, Chu Chen was already imagining how exquisite this bronze mirror would be when the red paint was all cleaned.
The red paint on the mirror surface is estimated to be cleaned for several days, and because the original leather shell of the copper mirror may be washed, it is impossible for Chu Chen to clean the red paint with medicinal solution all the time, and when it is almost time, the copper mirror needs to be soaked in white vinegar made with water for a period of time, and then it can be completely cleaned.
Therefore, the cleaning of this copper mirror is obviously impossible to complete in a short time, and Chu Chen has no intention of becoming fat in one bite, seeing that the time is almost up, he put down the work in his hand, put the copper mirror in the small safe in the studio, and went back to the room to sleep. ……
The next day, Chu Chen sat at Liu Lao's for a while, and then drove to the airport to pick up the jade carving master.
The jade carving master introduced by Qiang Zhaojun is named Gu Jianming, he followed his teacher to learn jade carving at the age of eighteen, and his talent coupled with diligence makes him only twenty-nine years old, and his jade carving skills are already very exquisite, which can be compared to master-level carvers.
Gu Jianming's appearance is very ordinary, and the only thing that makes people remember it is his bright eyes, which people can't forget when they see it. This time, his wife and three-year-old daughter came to Beijing together, and I heard Qiang Zhaojun say that they were ready to live in the capital together.
Chu Chen welcomed this, and he also wished that their family would immediately move their household registration to the capital, so that the chances of Gu Jianming's resignation in the future would be smaller.
took Gu Jianming's family to the house arranged for them, which was a four-bedroom apartment of more than 160 square meters, and the decoration was very atmospheric and high-grade, which made Gu Jianming's family like it immediately.
Originally, Chu Chen planned to let Gu Jianming take a day off before going to talk about the work contract, but Gu Jianming insisted on going now, so Chu Chen took him to the store, while his wife and daughter stayed at home to tidy up the salutes.
The location of the community is not far from Chuchen's shop, and it only takes about ten minutes to walk.
When he arrived at the store, Chu Chen first introduced it to everyone, and then took Gu Jianming around the store, Gu Jianming was also quite satisfied with the future workplace, and then Chu Chen signed a labor contract with him.
Gu Jianming's salary is also a model of basic salary plus sharing, he makes zuò jade, and every piece sold is based on the profit of the jade, with a certain percentage of the share, and the converted salary is still not expensive, and there is also the benefit of the house, which can be said to be no worse than that of him in Qiang Zhaojun.
In addition, Chu Chen showed Gu Jianming some jade materials, which made his eyes light up immediately, and he suddenly felt that his decision to come to Beijing this time was very wise.
After signing the labor contract, Gu Jianming immediately entered the state of work, he looked at Chu Yulan's piece of ice seed apple green, and said after a while:
"Boss, our store is newly opened, and we must have some common jadeite styles to fill the scene, so I think it's better to make bracelets first, and then make some jadeite jewelry!"
Chu Chen nodded and said: "Master Gu, you have more experience than me in this regard, you can do it yourself, before the ice seed is used, you only need to report to Manager Zhou, if you need glass seed, you can tell me." ”
That being said, there are still rules that should be in place, such as jadeite raw materials, take them out in the morning, and be sure to put them back in the vault before going home from work. Moreover, in addition to Chu Chen himself, two people must enter the vault together, and there is a camera recorded in this regard, and Chu Chen is not afraid that they will violate the rules.
In doing this, Chu Chen didn't think that they would guard and steal, but there were no rules, and if there were no rules, then this store would not last long.
As an employee, I must be very eager to be trusted by the boss, and Gu Jianming will certainly be no exception, he said happily: "Thank you, boss, I want to ask, when is our store going to open?" ”
Chu Chen replied: "Our store officially opened on New Year's Day, so I have to trouble Master Gu to hurry up and make more jade jewelry." ”
Gu Jianming frowned lightly and said, "In this case, the time is a little tight, and I am probably not able to meet the needs of our store alone." And if it's a glass jewelry, it's more time-consuming, boss, you don't want to open a glass jewelry on the day of the opening, that's not a pity. ”
"You don't have to worry about that." Chu Chen waved his hand and said: "A master I invited from Pingzhou will come over in two days, as for the glass planting, it doesn't matter, I can ask others for support first, you can concentrate on carving ice jade now." ”
"Okay!" Gu Jianming nodded and said, "I take the liberty of asking, I don't know which master you invited, boss?" ”
"His name is Gu Qifei, I don't know if you recognize Master Gu."
"It turned out to be him, we not only know each other, but we are also friends!"
Chu Chen was slightly stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect that the two would actually be friends, but this is undoubtedly better, you must know that many capable people have arrogance, Chu Chen was originally worried that the two would not get along, but now it seems that there will be no such hidden worries.
The time soon came to noon, and Chu Chen set up a table at the "Eight Treasures and Jade Food", which was regarded as a reception banquet for Gu Jianming's family.
After the meal, Chu Chen asked Gu Jianming to start work officially tomorrow, and after the family left, he said to Zhou Wenping and the fifth child:
"I bought a total of four suites in the community where Gu Jianming lives this time, if you want, you can also live in it together, so that it is more convenient to go to work."
Zhou Wenping and Lao Wu, one lives in the west of the city and the other lives in the north of the city, and it takes more than an hour to come to work every day, which is very inconvenient. Chu Chen hadn't thought about this before, and he didn't think about it until he bought a house for Gu Jianming. Thinking that it was hard and time-consuming for the two of them to go back and forth to work every day, he simply bought two more houses.
"This ......" Zhou Wenping began to groan when he heard this, he was also present when Gu Jianming signed the contract just now, and knew that the house was considered a welfare...... (To be continued......)