Just such a set of extremely expensive log tables and chairs shows that the Duan family attaches great importance to the people who come, not to mention that there are waiters who continue to serve melons and fruits and snacks one after another, and two young and beautiful maids stand around them, pouring tea and water without leaving for a moment, obviously in charge of this table. You must know that everyone, including the host, is not equipped with a special waiter service, nor is it equipped with a table, only a coffee table of about 30 centimeters next to the chair is set up to place the teacups. Look at the location of this table, between the judges' bench and the contestants' area, a proper C position! Who is so influential that the Duan family can forcibly arrange a position at the risk of offending people? The bigwigs in the VIP area and the judges' bench couldn't help but talk to each other.

After a short time, Demingdao slowly entered with his girlfriends and sat down at each of the round tables. Uncle Wang and Gang did not show up, and such a high-profile and flamboyant position was uncontrollable for them.

Some people who knew Demingdao couldn't help but exclaim when they saw his face: "Why is he?" ”

"Who is he?" People who didn't know immediately started asking.

"A strange man. I heard that as long as he gets close to the wool, he can sense whether there is jade in the wool, and his luck is very good, the selected wool can be green, and even the little lady of the Duan family lost in the bet with him. If he ends up gambling on stones, there really won't be anything to do with us players! "Some onlookers who watched yesterday's bet broke the news.

"Really!? Doesn't he become an existence with us who can do whatever he wants? The big guy was envious when he heard it.

"Almost, no wonder even the Duan family wants to slap him."

“……”

"Brother Duan, you are really a good means!" Ma Lao Er and Feng Lao San were both saying hello to Old Man Duan. The deeds of Demingdao have long been heard in their ears, but unfortunately they did not have the opportunity to meet each other, and now the appearance of this strange man here is really beyond their expectations.

"Hehe, this is called not fighting, not acquaintance. Young people have a common language and are easy to play with. Old Man Duan responded modestly, but his face was full of smug smiles.

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At seven o'clock in the evening, the deafening sound of firecrackers sounded around Duan's house, and countless colorful and different forms of ceremonial flowers bloomed in the night sky one after another, marking the official opening of the Jade Association President Competition.

The first to stand up was Old Man Duan, who was the president. He took two steps forward and stood in front of the microphone to make a pre-match speech. The old man summarized the work of the Jade Association in the past five years and wished the selection a complete success. This was followed by speeches by several local leaders. Deming said they were very disgusted by these events. Deming Dao took out a piece of wool and began to cut it; The girls are even more whispering; Meng Yuanyun even began to take a nap.

After the speech, as the organizer of the event, Ma Lingwei came to the microphone to read out the rules of the competition:

Participants can bring their own wool or choose the wool provided by the association for the competition, once selected, it cannot be changed. For the sake of fairness, all participants will have no windowed wool and must bring their own wool to the stage.

Contestants will cut, design, and produce selected wool, and our judges will select the three most valuable works as the top three among all the works, and their designers will become the president and vice president of the next Jade Association.

The judges' scoring criteria are based on the criteria of previous competitions. The value of the jadeite itself is 100 points; The design score is 70 out of 70 points; The loss score is 30 out of 30 points. The higher the quality and size of the jadeite, the higher the value score; The more exquisite the design, the higher the design score; The less the loss in the engraving process, the higher the loss score. After all the judges give a score, the highest score is removed, the lowest score is removed, and the total score given by the remaining judges is added up to get the final score.

Considering that most of the contestants are not good at cutting and making, the organizer specially invited professional calcite masters and carvers to provide services for them. If the design drawing of the entrant is too complex to make it impossible to complete it within the specified time, then the design drawing shall prevail; If it is found that the design drawing does not match the jadeite in hand, it will be divided into zero according to the design score and loss.

After announcing the rules of the competition, Ma announced the official start of the competition.

Many players in the field stood up one after another, scrambling to run to the players' display stands in the east and west with the wool in their hands, as if they suffered a loss if they were late on stage. All contestants chose to bring their own wool and disdained the wool provided by the official.

"Reckless, rude, without a big picture, just a villain." The three presidents shook their heads as they looked at these young people who were rushing to the stage, took a sip of tea from their teacups, and then began to inquire with each other about their respective successors.

"Brother Duan, where is your Yuhan girl? Why didn't I see her show up? Ma asked.

"That girl began to accompany Mr. Lin Chong to Myanmar yesterday and has not returned yet. I also asked Mr. Lin Chong just now, and he said that Yuhan girl helped him do important things, and he will come back soon without delay. Old Man Duan laughed.

Ma Feng and the two glanced at each other, let out an "oh" in their mouths, and did not continue to ask.

"Second brother, what is your apprentice Bai Su busy with? Why haven't I seen him for a day? Old Man Duan took another sip of tea and asked seemingly casually.

"Isn't he busy with this tryout? I'm also seventy-five, how can I withstand such a toss-and-go? The preparations for today's event were all arranged by Bai Su's child. It's really terrifying! A smile of relief appeared on Ma Ming's face.

"Your apprentice is powerful, and my apprentice is not bad! In just half a day, he notified all the things about the temporary selection competition, otherwise how could there be so many people participating in the competition tonight, how could there be so many people watching? Brother Duan's birthday can be so colorful, my warm apprentice is indispensable! Feng Zijie was unconvinced.

"You apprentices can do it. Compared with the two of you, my huge Duan family can also be on the stage with Yu Ting and Yu Han, and the others are either unmarried or married, if I leave again one day, I really don't know what will happen to our Duan family......" Old Man Duan suddenly sighed and said with a sad face.

"Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, Brother Duan, what are you doing with so much?! What's more, our two apprentices both like the matter of your Yuhan girl, and no one in the entire Tengchong Realm doesn't know about it. This is a sure-fire deal, what are you sighing about! Ma and Feng glanced at Old Man Duan, and muttered resentfully: "Those two things are okay and keep running to your Duan family, we as masters have never seen them so attentive, this is really unfair in our hearts!" ”

"That's where the problem lies." Old Man Duan sighed again and said: "How can we say that we all grew up wearing a pair of pants, although we don't deal with each other many times, and we have fought since we were children, but we still have some feelings over the decades." Now that the two of you apprentices like our Yuhan girl at the same time, what do you say I should do with the relationship between the three of them? Promise Yuhan girl to one of the two of them, the other will definitely not be convinced, this is really a dilemma! ”

"Hey!" After hearing this, the two also sighed and fell silent.

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As pieces of wool turned into powder or jadeite in the hands of the stone master, the crowd of onlookers at the gate sometimes shook their heads and sighed, sometimes screamed and cheered, looking more excited than the players on the field.

Meng Yuanyun came to her senses when the players came on the court. At this time, she swept around the two display tables with her eyes wide open, hugged Dai Mingdao's arm and asked excitedly: "Brother Mingdao, who do you say will win this selection competition?" ”

"It's not clear yet. However, as the three giants of the Tengchong Jade Association, the strength of the Duan family, the Ma family and the Feng family is definitely stronger than ordinary people, if nothing else, the top three in this selection competition should be produced in the three of them. Deming Dao touched his chin and analyzed.

"What's so nice about this kind of game without suspense?" Ann held her cheek with one hand and stuffed a piece of watermelon into her mouth with the other, looking interested. The other girls felt the same way, and nodded their heads in agreement.

"Hey, you guys!" Demingdao looked like he hated iron and steel, and reminded him earnestly: "Don't despise those who participate in the competition because I can sense whether there is jade in the wool. You must know that these skills of distinguishing stones are the valuable experience accumulated by their ancestors for generations, and there is a certain scientific truth. ”

"When you encounter you, no matter how strong your experience is, it's useless, and the rest is only to increase the sadness." Li Lifei took a sip of tea and joked.

"There is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the people. Don't underestimate other people, or you'll have to suffer a lot sooner or later! ”

"Alright, we got it!" Mu Xiaodie hurriedly stopped Dai Mingdao's tirade, and complained in his mouth: "Since you guy has been practicing to the Qi cultivation period, he has always been talking about these big truths, and our ears can hear calluses. ”

"Okay, okay, I won't talk about it, let's come to see the play." Deming Dao changed the topic and said: "The batch that went up just now are all small minions, and few of the wool materials brought up can be green, and they are not as reliable as the wool materials provided by the official, I think they are blind by luck." You see, the two handsome guys in the audience who are like stars holding the moon are the guys with real talents. I've sensed it just now, and those two pieces they have on hand are rare and high-quality goods, and even I can't help but be tempted......"

"Are you going to stir up the tryouts this time? That's not a smart choice! As soon as Li Lifei heard Demingdao's words, her heart began to beat wildly, and she hurriedly spoke out to stop her.

"How can I be so mercenary? Mr. Duan also sent his granddaughter to take us around Myanmar, allowing us to harvest so many good things; He himself arranged for us to watch this selection competition nearby, and it would be too ungrateful for us to cross the river and tear down the bridge like this! What do you think of me as someone? Demingdao glanced at Li Lifei with squinted eyes, and covered his chest with one hand in pain.

"Would you be tempted by the best babe at hand? I don't believe it! Li Lifei had already seen through everything, shaking her head in disbelief.

Dai Mingdao did not speak, but quietly gave Li Lifei a thumbs up.

"Look, look! It's green over there! And the color seems to be very good! Suddenly, someone at the gate exclaimed.

The people who eat melons take a look, don't they? A calcite master is concentrating on cutting a piece of wool, and the corner of the wool has been windowed, revealing an almost transparent structure, and from a distance, this transparent part presents an almost glass color, reflecting a dazzling luster under the light of the spotlight in the front yard.

"Glass species! At least the ice species! Who is this young man, it's here! Many people looked away from the rough stone with difficulty, focusing on a short figure beside the stone calcifier.

The figure looked to be about 1.6 meters tall, wearing a black duckbill hat, a black mask on his face, a black casual suit, and a pair of black sneakers on his feet. The whole body is black except for a few logos, which looks mysterious.

"Look, the back of that rough stone is green, and it's transparent. The north and south are transparent! Wow, such a large piece is almost all jadeite, how much is it worth! ”

"Sky-high, definitely sky-high jade! This is currently the most expensive piece of jadeite. I hope the rest of the parts are green! ”

"Fast edging, fast edging!" The crowd of onlookers shouted one after another, and the rhythm gradually changed from scattered to neat.

The stone master also lived up to expectations and began to grind the corners in circles.

"Green ...... Green...... The mood of the onlookers ...... even higher, and many even stood on tiptoe, and the whole person pressed on the person in front, looking obsessed, and shouting in their mouths.

In the exclamation and shouts of the onlookers, this piece of jadeite gradually revealed its full picture - glass species, zongzi shape, fist-sized whole jadeite. Except for a few white spots in one corner, the rest of the parts are completely crystal clear, and it is a rare piece of fine art!

Master Calcite carefully placed the piece of glass jade on the plate beside him, and then left his workbench. The man wrapped in black thanked the calcite master, carefully picked up the plate and transferred the treasure to the table in the middle of the display table, then carefully observed the shape of the jadeite, and began to prepare for the design and carving.

"Hehehe, the dark horse has appeared, and the next person with some skills should also take action." Demingdao and his companions whispered.