Chapter 418 Zhang Kuang’s Processing Shop

It is not surprising to think about it. The works exhibited in the exhibition hall are all the finest products, and the carving craftsmanship is outstanding. And those sold for sale may be the products of others' practice. However, the number of jade stores sold is almost exactly the same as the furnishings displayed in the exhibition hall, and the share of Hetian jade is the most.

Jia Sidao looked carefully and felt that even among the types of Hetian jade, there should be many types, including handicrafts carved from Qinghai jade and Russian jade. According to Mr. Zhang Kuang, as long as you look at the price of the product, you can basically determine the specific material.

You should know that this is Yangzhou Jade Factory. If there is still a certain amount of fraud in such a place, this place will not allow so many jade lovers to come happily. When consumers purchase souvenirs here, they will naturally be more at ease than in other scenic spots.

The price of jade here is naturally lower than that of Jia Sidao's "green, fat, red and thin", but compared to some other tourist attractions, it is really expensive, usually more than 1,000 yuan.

Because Jia Sidao and Zhang Kuang both operate the jade business, after watching it somewhere else, they came to the jade counter. However, there are not many finished jade products in Yangzhou Jade Factory. The craftsmanship passed down for thousands of years is mainly used in the carving of nephrite represented by Hetian jade. However, in Jia Sidao's view, even so, the hand-carving skills of finished jade products are obviously better than those in other places.

Not to mention the top works, but in terms of overall standards, Jia Sidao thought about it, and was not inferior to his own "green, fat, red and thin". After all, except Xu Zhiguo, the other carving masters in "green, fat, red and thin" were all from Yangzhou. They were all from the local carving masters here.

Especially in Yangzhou carvings, most carving masters are known for their delicateness.

Any jade jewelry, whether it is precious to glass, or extremely ordinary winter melon fields, is indeed not much different from ordinary tourists on the surface. This also reflects the exquisite craftsmanship of the carving masters. Of course, experts like Jia Sidao can feel the obvious difference even if they do not use supernatural perception. I am afraid that the delicate carving will feel much better than the same type of jade jewelry in other places.

"It's really good." After reading a few works, Jia Sidao praised it.

"The engraving skills are good." Zhang Kuang nodded, and said, "But the texture of the jade material is a little worse." Perhaps he felt a little contempt in his words. Zhang Kuang then pointed to a jade jewelry on the counter and said, "Xiao Jia, look, just say it is such a jade Guanyin. This is carved from a piece of floating bean jade. In terms of carving skills, it is not like the jade Guanyin seen in other ordinary jade shops. It has a rigid face and a stiff shape. Judging from the appearance of this jade Guanyin, it is very vivid, and it reflects the dignity and kindness of Guanyin Bodhisattva in a very specific and detailed manner. However, you also see that in terms of value, this thing costs about one thousand yuan."

"After all, they are Guanyin statues, how can they be expressed by 'this thing'?" Jia Sidao said with a wry smile, "But, I have to say it again, this thing is really not worth much money."

The loss in the words really felt that it was a little worthless for the skills of the carving master.

When Zhang Kuang heard this, he rolled his eyes on Jia Sidao in anger. Only Jia Sidao would act like a "big or small" in front of him. You should know, is there any big difference between "this thing" and "this thing"?

"Yangzhou carving is indeed extraordinary!" After carefully looking at the face of the jade Guanyin, Jia Sidao's mind suddenly flashed the face of Guanyin Bodhisattva in "Journey to the West". Not to mention, it is really similar. While showing a dignified and rich appearance in form, it also has a kind of compassion for Guanyin!

"If this work is a masterpiece of a master, its value may have doubled several times." In the end, Jia Sidao could only sigh like this.

"If it is a master's work, do you think he would choose to use such a piece of jade material in advance?" Zhang Kuang disagreed with Jia Sidao's point of view. "You must know that in that case, whether this piece of jade Guanyin belongs to the master's hand, it will not be too high when it is finally sold. Even if something worth thousands of dollars is more than a few times, how much money will it cost?"

"That's right." Jia Sidao nodded. I'm afraid that only some unknown carving master would choose jade materials when carving. The carving time in his hand is really nothing to say, and the design is extremely clever. The floating flower part is completely placed under Guanyin's face, thus highlighting the expressiveness of this jade Guanyin work. Although there is nothing to praise for the whole piece of jade raw material, it is just because of the carving master's own craftsmanship that carved this jade jewelry to life.

"However, I think such a carving master, even if he is not a master, still has superb carving skills." Jia Sidao said thinking.

"Not necessarily." Zhang Kuang said, "It is indeed very admirable to be able to carve an ordinary jade material to a certain level. However, for a young carving master, if he replaced it with the best jade material, his mentality when carving is easy to make mistakes. In the end, it is only a matter of whether he can show his carving ability the same way."

"You can give him a lot of training opportunities." Jia Sidao didn't think that when a carving master was really proficient in his mental quality, his mental quality was not up to standard.

"Can you still exercise him with the best jade materials every time?" Zhang Kuang said angrily, and pointed to most of the jade jewelry on the counter, saying, "Look at the things here, most of them are carved in a very stylish way. These carving masters are also relatively young. But if you really want them to directly participate in the carving of jade jewelry such as glass-type imperial green, it will make them feel stretched."

When Jia Sidao heard this, he was speechless.

"In addition, look at the polishing skills of several jade jewelry here, they are not very good at polishing skills." Zhang Kuang said, "The engraving skills in Yangzhou are good, but the polishing skills are still not as good as those in Guangdong. Speaking of which, there are polishing masters who specially hired from Guangdong in the factory there."

"Why am I thinking about it? Mr. Zhang, there is a bit of a show-off in your words." Jia Sidao said with a smile, "No, you are really going to put in some jade materials directly from me to carve yourself?"

"Xiao Jia, if you agree, I will naturally agree." Zhang Kuang beat the snake and followed the stick.

"Let's wait until this difficulty is over." Jia Sidao said.

Suddenly, Mr. Zhang Kuang's face was no longer as leisurely as before. After all, the problem of the supply of his jade store has been lingering in his heart and has been lingering for several months. If he and Jia Sidao were more urgent about the cooperation between the two people at this time, it would be Zhang Kuang.

Jia Sidao shook his head slightly at the jade Guanyin.

It is already very good to have a thousand-dollar thing that can have one of the highlights. Moreover, as far as jade jewelry is concerned, it is indeed impossible to require that every part of the jewelry be done well at a thousand-dollar price.

Then, the two continued to appreciate a few works at the jade counter. Most of them were some flower pieces, such as jade Guanyin, jade flower basket, and monkey stealing peaches. Whenever they encountered some more clever carvings and some new ideas, Jia Sidao would pay more attention to them for a while.

It was not until this time that Jia Sidao understood a little why Zhang Kuang said that this place was a good place.

At least, for people like Jia Sidao who knows a little carving skills, it is still very inspiring after seeing the jade works here. In addition, as the owner of a jade store, Jia Sidao has seen these very clever jewelry forms, and it will be easier to grasp some popular styles in the jade jewelry market, whether in terms of purchase or when selling them!

However, the number of jade jewelry in Yangzhou Jade Factory is not too many, and the materials used are very ordinary. If you want to collect them as a collection and commemoration, it is still a bit ineligible for Jia Sidao!

With Zhang Kuang's suggestion, Jia Sidao made up his mind and finally decided to find Xiao Xu or Yangzhou people like Brother Li. It would be more cost-effective to come here to recruit a few jade carving masters to go back. Moreover, this time Jia Sidao also called Liu Yufei and asked for a hope to recruit a polishing master from "Liu Ji".

Since it is difficult for the idle polishing masters in Jieyang to attract them to Linhai, let’s use Liu Yufei’s connections. No matter how bad it is, it is better to polish it than the “green, fat, red and thin” side of the way, isn’t it better to polish it by sculptors such as Xu Zhiguo?

In the jade jewelry counter, those exquisite carvings and polishing techniques are ordinary jade jewelry, which really shocked Jia Sidao. He was not going to repeat such a mistake in his "green, fat, red and thin".

By the way, Jia Sidao also called Xu Zhiguo in front of Zhang Kuang, and told the other party to carve the jade jewelry he promised to give to Mr. Zhang Kuang in time. As for Jia Sidao's best jade material that he was willing to give to Mr. Zhang Kuang like a favor, Jia Sidao looked at Zhang Kuang with joy and thought that it would be better to give Mr. Zhang a surprise when the two broke up!

After leaving the jade factory, the two of them turned around and came to Zhang Kuang’s jade processing workshop.

The place is not big, not far from the jade factory. Jia Sidao looked at the environment here. Overall, it was just such a small factory that was not a large scale, but it produced jade jewelry worth millions in such a small workshop. This naked contrast is quite touching.

"How is it? Compared with your 'green fat, red and thin' workshop, isn't this place a little smaller?" Zhang Kuang looked at Jia Si and asked.

"It's not particularly small, right?" Jia Sidao said, "My place is actually not big. Compared with some jade merchants in Guangdong, it can only be considered a big witch. However, Mr. Zhang, the environment in your place is still very good. Especially the greening here is enviable."

"Xiao Jia, you're joking." Zhang Kuang said with a smile, "It's not that old, it's all."

That's it, but Jia Sidao also knew that when Zhang Kuang paved the place, the green vegetation inside was already much more.

After entering the gate, I walked a few steps and arrived at the place where jade processing was processed.

There were not many people. When Jia Sidao looked at it, there were about a dozen people, including the security guards at the factory entrance. For this reason, Mr. Zhang Kuang also explained and said, "The workshops here are mainly designed and carved. Even if they are carving, there will not be many people. The main thing is that the workshops in Beijing will have a little more. For example, polishing, etc., are all carried out in Beijing. In this place, the main thing is to design some flower parts."

Zhang Kuang’s jade shop is open in Beijing. No matter what aspect, it is more convenient than opening in Yangzhou.

Upon hearing this, Jia Sidao nodded, followed the brutal steps and arrived at the workshop's processing site, which was divided into several small single rooms and a larger central workshop. Although the place was small, the tools were very complete. Jia Sidao looked at it and felt a little envious.

The foundation is really something that he can own just by opening a jade shop like him.

After walking around, Zhang Kuang said that he did not come often. Before going to Lin'an, he had been here to see if there was a possibility of cutting out the best jade from some aged jadeite rough stones here. However, he cut a few pieces, but he still had no satisfactory materials.
Chapter completed!