Chapter 182 Prelude to Carved Jade

At 10 a.m., the gold medal competition and the final of the jade sculpture competition officially began.

Compared with the enterprising competition, the gold medal competition is undoubtedly more exciting. There is no doubt that the current competition will also be the most intense jade sculpture competition, which can be seen from the nervous and expectant look on the faces of the audience.

When Professor Xie announced the beginning of the competition echoed throughout the audience, there was warm applause and cheers in every corner of the audience, and the focus of the audience suddenly shifted to the contestants' seats.

After the audience's eyes swept over the top ten players, they all stopped on Chen Ran. In the current competition, Chen Ran is undoubtedly the biggest variable. Although Chen Ran created a miracle in the trial competition, it is rumored that Chen Ran's sculptor is only ordinary, so he can create again. A miracle?

"Live audience, now let us welcome the players to enter. I don't think I need to introduce them. Everyone should know who it is. In this competition, Longfengyu is amazing, so that friends in the jade industry know his existence. Now the competition is about to begin, let me Let's wait and see his performance. I hope he can do miracles for us again..."

When Professor Xie's excited voice sounded, Chen Ran took a deep breath. At this moment, his eyes unconsciously carried some expectation. After waiting for such a long time, it was finally this moment.

It is called a miracle by the jade carving world, but the eight-knife split-wave knife method, which has been lost for thousands of years, is finally about to reappear in the world. Chen Ran is looking forward to what kind of shock it will cause to the whole audience when he uses the eight-blade split wave knife method!

At this moment, Chen Ran also seemed to be a little excited.

After stepping on the stage, Chen Ran took a deep breath and adjusted his mood to calm down. As he came on the stage, the whole audience also sounded with great cheers again.

At this moment, the two most eye-catching guys are Guo Hai and Yang Long. I don't know who was thinking of the coquettish idea. They put the two chairs together. The two of them stood high on the chairs and almost shouted at the top of their voices, causing other audiences to look at them frequently.

Seeing this scene, Chen Ran couldn't help smiling and calmed down.

When Li Baoping came on the stage, he looked at Chen Ran. The two exchanged eyes in an instant, and then smiled. It seemed that they understood each other's meaning, but Ma Jian did not look at Chen Ran. As for Lu Tianming stared at Chen Ran with a gloomy face, in addition to the four of them, there was also Jiang Xiaotong... ...Waiting for six players, these players also have different minds. Of course, there are also three players standing on the stage, who are the three players who have just entered the top ten in the enterprising competition.

After the preliminary competition, the trials and the enterprising competition, Ah Han has adapted to the atmosphere of the competition, especially Chen Ran's encouraging eyes, which relieved a lot of tension in his body and smiled at Chen Ran.

There are 13 contestants in total. Except for Chen Ran, 12 of them all brought their own tools. Only Chen Ran was empty-handed. At first glance, it seemed to be a little unprofessional, which made the expert judges on the stage couldn't help frown.

Although others bring their own tools, they do not bring jade materials, because in the competition, it is not allowed to bring jade materials. In the enterprising competition, players have to carve according to the theme of drawing lots, and the competition is different. In the competition, players are completely free. This is also to give full play to these best knives and carve the best jade works.

Of course, if you let the players bring their own materials, they can carve better jade works. If you imagine this, you will know that it is not better to choose the most suitable material at home according to the carving theme you are best at.

It's good, but it's unfair to the competition itself. Some players have selected the right material, and some players have not selected the right material. What should we do? After all, some players have *, and some players don't have *, just like what kind of material Lu Tianming wants. With his family's channels, how can they not get it? It is undoubtedly difficult for Chen Ran to find the most suitable material. Another point is that some players may not be able to afford it, because at this point, the cost of carved jade materials is already very high.

Therefore, in the gold medal competition, players are not allowed to bring their own jade materials. Therefore, after 13 players came to the front of the field and below the judges.

Here, there are three tables about four meters long. Each table is lined with two rows of various jade materials. The small ones are only the size of fingers, the large ones are the size of fists, and the larger they are. However, generally speaking, the larger the size, the worse the level of jade will be, and in front of each jade material There is a small sign with a number and a line of numbers on the sign, representing the value of this jade material.

These jade materials are all sponsored by major companies. Of course, they are not sponsored for free. After the work is carved and evaluated and sold by experts, the cost price should be directly deducted.

For the players who can get to this point, generally speaking, the carved jade works are at least higher than the cost price. Therefore, those jewelry companies are willing to provide sponsorship, not to mention that they can get the favor of the jewelry association, and the jewelry association will also compensate them in other aspects. Why not?

Huang Shang's Jinlong Jewelry Company can get the indicators of several competitions because of the sponsorship. If he doesn't give the indicators to Zhu Feng, the bidding just now will almost earn back the jade material he sponsored. Of course, he also needs to get Chen Ran's guidance.

After the thirteen players walked to the long table, they had different expressions. Some looked around the long table, while some bent down and stared at a piece of jade material and were stunned. Some just glanced at the brand number in front of the material and left immediately. Among such players were Lu Tianming and Ma Jian.

Although the competition is as fair as possible, there is no real fairness in the world. Just like Lu Tianming and Ma Jian, they can't bring their own materials, but the Lu family or Hanhai can completely pass on the materials they have selected before the game to them through sponsorship, so that they don't bring their own materials. What's the difference?

Chen Ran and Li Baoping did not immediately start to act. Their eyes fell on the pile of jade materials. They seemed to be thinking and observing... For a real jade sculptor, carving a jade is not the material selected by the jade sculptor, but the material. Choose a jade sculptor.

No matter what kind of jade material is placed in front of you, you can carve the best work you can carve. This is the real jade carver.

Like Chen Ran, like Li Baoping... They don't think about choosing materials at all. For them, they can carve the best of any piece of material in front of them, so naturally they don't need to choose.

The first material that came into his eyes was the material that Chen Ran wanted to choose. He didn't look at the other materials. He just stared at the material in front of him and thought about what kind of jade should be carved...

Lu Tianming and Ma Jian have selected the material they had chosen for a long time, and they looked a little excited. They looked at the others who were still choosing, curled their lips with disdain, and immediately stood at their work desk with the material in their arms.

Lu Dawson's face finally showed a smile when he saw this scene, but several judges couldn't help shaking their heads secretly. How could they not see the tricks in it? When they looked at Chen Ran and Li Baoping's focused eyes, they couldn't help nodding silently. This kind of look is the real jade sculptor. Only by completely pouring the spirit into the material can we master the characteristics of each material and carve the best jade works.

After staring for a long time, Li Baoping seemed to understand something. He suddenly smiled, picked up the material in front of him and turned around and left. While leaving, he also looked at Chen Ran, who was still stunned, and his eyes flashed.

With the loss of time, all the players have chosen the right material one after another. Even Ah Han also chose a piece and returned to the workbench. Only Chen Ran is still watching...

Chen Ran naturally chose it for a long time. He was just thinking about what to carve and how to carve. For him who had practiced the eight-knife knife method, this was the key point. Seeing that everyone else had returned to the workbench, he no longer stopped and came to the work table with the football-sized material in front of him.

And at this moment, Lu Tianming, Ma Jian, Li Baoping, Ah Han... have moved.

When Chen Ran came to the work table, the people present suddenly turned their eyes to Chen Ran. Although the huge square was full of people, it was silent at this time, and no one made a sound. At this moment, everyone seemed to deliberately restrain their breath, with a little curiosity. Looking forward to watching Chen Ran, who is preparing to carve jade...

[Thank you for the reward of the Blue Bear Brothers...]