Chapter 416 Professional engraving

Yangzhou Jade Factory is not far from the hotel where Jia Sidao parking is located, and the two arrived without long walk. Moreover, as Zhang Kuang said, the Yangzhou Municipal Government is also preparing to build such a place into a tourist attraction. In the area at the entrance of the Jade Factory, Jia Sidao can clearly feel the number of tourists, and there are actually more.

It seems that most people who come to Yangzhou will come here to take a look.

Looking and looking, Jia Sidao's mouth showed a smile. Zhang Kuang saw it, and did not ask, and followed Jia Sidao by himself, as if he was a competent accompanying him.

When Jia Sidao was about to enter the gate of the jade factory, he couldn't help but sigh: "When I first entered the industry, I heard the words 'Hetian Jade, Yangzhou Carving', and I don't know if this jade factory, which is a symbol of Yangzhou carving, will disappoint you."

As if the matter was about to come, Jia Sidao hesitated a little. Should he immediately reveal the answer and confirm the imagination in his heart.

After looking left and right for a while, there was a sign on the side of the gate of the jade factory, which introduced the geographical location and environment of the jade factory in pictures and texts. Even if it was a person who had no idea about the jade factory at all, after looking at such a sign, the general outline of a jade factory would appear in his mind.

In addition, there are some introductions to jade factory next to the sign. For example, it covers an area of ​​nearly 20,000 square meters, and contains a specially organized carving school. Of course, it also includes the locations of many jade shops for sale. Jia Sidao sighed in his heart that this facility is complete.

What Jia Sidao was most interested in was jade. While imagining the warmth of white jade with mutton fat in his mind, he was wondering whether he could find a masterpiece such as jade cabbage to pass on. Then, he took a big step with Zhang Kuang and came to the exhibition hall first.

In Jia Sidao's words, it not only facilitates my appreciation of works with superb skills, but also satisfies my worship of famous Yangzhou carving workers. I even have the opportunity to find the most suitable jade carving master from these famous carving masters. It's simply a killing of three birds with one stone.

Why not do it?

The entire exhibition hall has a very beautiful name: Yujingyuan. It specializes in displaying fine jade artifacts carefully designed and carved by carving masters. To put it bluntly, most of the most famous jade artifacts in the world are concentrated here.

As soon as Pu entered the door, Jia Sidao's eyes were attracted by the jade artifacts displayed all over the room. The dazzling and colorful jade carvings fully displayed to Jia Sidao what is an artwork? Even if it is a person like Zhang Kuang who is a little older and has seen it countless times. Every time he enters Yujingyuan, he will involuntarily put his eyes into the jade carvings.

"It's really eye-opening." Jia Sidao sighed. The idea that he had been quite content with the diversity of the varieties of jade jewelry in his "green, fat, red and thin" was now gone.

"Most of the jade artifacts displayed in the lobby on the first floor are made up of small jade artifacts such as jade pendants, jade pendants, and jade ornaments." Zhang Kuang knew that Jia Sidao was here for the first time, so he admired it while explaining, "For those who open jade shops like us, the jade artifacts on this floor are all veritable good things."

"Oh?" Jia Sidao said in confusion, "Is the jade displayed on the building not a good thing?"

"This, you will know by yourself when you go up to the second floor later." Zhang Kuang smiled softly, just pointed to the direction of the second floor with his fingers, and he was observing a jade plaque near the glass window.

Following his gaze, Jia Sidao also looked over and noticed that the size of the whole jade plaque was like a baby's palm, and the carving skills were very exquisite. Whether it was the lines of the flat part or the outlines of the twists and turns, they were very smooth. The whole work gave people the feeling of being delicate and textured.

On the edge of this jade plaque, there is also a hollow jade carving work, which is also very eye-catching. It is a spherical body, just like an adult's fist, but on the surface of the sphere, there are many "windows" open. Almost every window has different scenery, layered, and you want to refuse, which makes people easily think of the infinite mystery in this spherical body.

It seems that such a thing can make you unable to stop watching.

"Do you think this work is very spiritual?" Perhaps he noticed Jia Sidao's gaze. Zhang Kuang smiled and pointed to the most prominent display stand in the hall, saying, "The hollowing craftsmanship in Yangzhou jade carvings is the best in the world. Just say a representative work "Bo Le Xiangma" over there, which is only twenty centimeters long and ten centimeters wide. However, the different charms of Bo Le and Qianli Horse in it are all displayed to the fullest. In addition, the mountains and rivers that appear and disappear around, and the various techniques and levels of carving in the entire Yangzhou are fully reflected. It is really praiseworthy!"

Jia Sidao immediately moved to the "Bole Xiangma" and carefully admired it for a while. It was really as Zhang Kuang said, which made people sigh that Yangzhou carvings are well-known.

I glanced at some tourists around me, and after seeing these exquisite jade artifacts, I also praised them one after another. Jia Sidao always felt that he was standing in such a place, and there was a sense of endless appreciation.

Then, the two went up to the second floor. Compared to the casualness on the first floor, the display stand on the second floor undoubtedly had more specifications, and a fine display area was specially planned. Jia Sidao looked at Zhang Kuang, and the other party shrugged and said, "This is the finest among the fine products."

Jia Sidao smiled slightly and said, "I understand a little bit, what you said on the first floor just now. For businessmen like us, things on the second floor are really not what they want most urgently. However, for jade lovers, they are all things that are hard to come by, right?"

Among the display cabinets of various sizes on the second floor, there are indeed many treasures, but they are basically large items. Although the artistic effect is good, it will not be very practical. Even if there are many jade carvings in them that have won the national gold medal. However, compared with Jia Sidao, if you want to find a few carving masters here to go back, a carving master won the gold medal, but it may not be what he needs.

Just say it is the more famous mantis cabbage, which is carved from high-quality jadeite with purple and green color, and it is rumored that the raw material of such an ornament weighs 300 kilograms. It took Yangzhou Jade Factory four years to finally carve it. Everyone in the industry has an estimated price of over 100 million yuan. When Jia Sidao noticed this jade cabbage, he could clearly see that there was a vivid mantis living on the cabbage. Whether it was this cabbage or a mantis, it was carved extremely realistically. Not to mention the rhizomes of the cabbage, it was even loose and orderly, which was the best in carving.

What is particularly rare is that the whole piece of jade material and the shape of mantis cabbage are very consistent!

I don’t know if the design was for jade cabbage in advance, or if it was only after having such a piece of jade that was suitable for carving, that we had such a seamless design!

However, no matter what, this is a fine product among the best, but it is understandable.

If Jia Sidao had such a famous carving master, he would ask him to carve some ordinary jade ornaments for sale in "green, fat, red and thin", he would vaguely feel that this was a waste. Therefore, Zhang Kuang said that compared with the works on the second floor, he liked the works displayed on the first floor more.

A carving master with relatively mature skills is naturally very different in terms of carving. Even if they are all working in a jade factory, some of them only like to carve large works, and they are also good at the planning, design and layout of large jade. Most of these people are influenced by the market trend. Because, as long as you carve a rare large piece, you can become famous all over the world.

Of course, there are also many carving masters who focus on small pieces of carving. As long as they have deep skills and good skills, they can not only make themselves famous, but also make a lot of money.

Just like Xu Zhiguo in "Green Fat and Red Thin". Among all the carving masters under Jia Sidao, he is not the oldest, and his craftsmanship is not necessarily the best. However, just because of his reputation as "Green Fat and Red Thin", it is just because he is a carving master valued by Jia Sidao, and most of the works in the jade store are made by him. I believe that after the "Green Fat and Red Thin" business gradually grows, Xu Zhiguo can also gain both fame and fortune, right?

The carving masters Jia Sidao was looking for when he came to Yangzhou Jade Factory this time, naturally those who like to specialize in small carvings. Not to mention Jia Sidao, even jade merchants like Zhang Kuang liked masters with outstanding small carving skills?

After all, jadeware can only be used to make fame. If you really rely on large carvings to drive your own jade store, then you may not be able to sell a jade carving in a year. This is not what most merchants want to see.

For those large fine jade carvings, let them be displayed in museums and exhibition halls.

Of course, if a collector pointed out that he needed to collect these fine products, many merchants would be willing to provide it. It was nothing more than finding a famous carving artist of the world and spending more handwork to help them carve once or twice. In this case, the merchant does not need to have a very close relationship with the carving master. To put it bluntly, these famous artists must be ready to move when facing jade materials of a certain level, right?

This type of engraving of large ornaments is beneficial for both merchants and sculptors.

However, for a newly opened jade shop owner like Jia Sidao, there is no need for him to keep such a high-level large jade material. Unless Jia Sidao's shop is so big that it will have such demand.

Moreover, Jia Sidao's own carving skills are not bad, and they are also very distinctive. Combining these factors together makes Jia Sidao less interested in those famous carving masters. More often, Jia Sidao will pay attention to the names of some small jade carving sculptors. Only by clearly understanding the needs of his jade shop can you find the most suitable carving master.

Together with Zhang Kuang, they walked around the exhibition hall, and then they reluctantly left the exhibition hall. When they visited, Jia Sidao was thinking more than once that if the jade jewelry in his jade shop were all placed with such style, would it become an art in the jade market?

Of course, that was just Jia Sidao's imagination.

If the jade jewelry sold in a jade store has really reached the level of high-quality products, there will definitely be many customers coming to watch, but there may not be many people who take the initiative to buy it. Until there is no fixed source of funds and a certain scale, Jia Sidao would not regard his "green, fat, red and thin" as an experimental product.

If the business grows bigger in the future, Jia Sidao would not reject the construction of a store dedicated to displaying jade fine products. This is undoubtedly a huge publicity for the reputation of jade companies! I am afraid that such publicity effect is no less than finding a first-class celebrity endorsement than the jade industry?

"Xiao Jia, are you going to find a few jade carving masters here to go back?" After leaving the exhibition hall, Zhang Kuang looked at Jia Si with some amusement and said, "Don't look at me like this. Your expression just now is almost like writing your thoughts on your face. I don't think it's hard."

"Mr. Zhang, do you have any good suggestions?" Jia Sidao also did not deny that when he was looking at the authors of those jade carvings, he did pay attention to the names of several people.

"There is no good advice." Zhang Kuang said, "But it is definitely right to find a carving master here. Not to mention the name of Yangzhou carving workers, the excess labor force here is enough to make people think a lot. However, poaching people is also a method."

"Oh!" Jia Sidao couldn't help but feel aroused when he heard this and said, "Please ask Mr. Zhang to teach me."

"Let's go to the place you want to go first." At this time, Zhang Kuang was almost like a fox and did not give the answer immediately. Jia Sidao had no choice but to follow Zhang Kuang's footsteps, and soon he arrived at the place where the jade carving was carved.

From afar, you can feel a lively atmosphere!

Or, when other tourists arrive at this place, they will feel that the factory in front of them is just like a teaching building on an ordinary campus. Not only in terms of general layout or in terms of details, the two have certain commonalities.

It was like rows of lamps lit up in the factory, with neatly arranged figures of carving masters, and even the factory was facing the windows of Jia Sidao and Zhang Kuang. At first glance, they were very similar to the classroom in my memory!

However, in the eyes of jade merchants like Jia Sidao and Zhang Kuang, especially after Jia Sidao owns a jade processing factory, he can clearly realize that such a pattern really makes the most of the use of space and creates a unique atmosphere in the factory!

If a carving master needs a relatively quiet and relatively open place when carefully creating a peerless treasure, then ordinary jade carvings under mass production need to be efficient.

And the jade factory in front of you undoubtedly raised the efficiency of the carving masters to the highest level!

Even because of the regulations of the superiors, this place is open to the public, attracting many tourists to visit, but it does not affect the attention of the carving masters in the factory. Who told the people here to wear uniform white uniforms, except for the tools placed in the overall arrangement of the people around them?

This is like in a teacher, the other students are listening to the class seriously, and if you yawn alone, you are undoubtedly the most eye-catching. With a lot of tourists gathering outside the window, everyone in the factory feels like they are being watched with a magnifying glass, right?

Once you make some small moves or have a distracted mind, it is undoubtedly difficult to escape from other people's eyes.

This behavior that damages the overall image of Yangzhou Jade Factory. No matter whether the carving masters really like the Jade Factory in their hearts, no one dares to touch the bad intentions of the leaders like this!
Chapter completed!