Chapter 275 Jade Sculpture School

The total value of this batch of silver is more than 42 million, and the fraction was cut off by Chen Ran. Naturally, Huang Shang invited him to have lunch. After dinner, Chen Ran and Zhu Feng went to the sword factory to have a look. Although Kunwu's metallurgical technology is relatively fast to build weapons, it obviously takes time. Zhu Feng can only do it. Urgent.

After being busy for a few days, the matter of storing treasures in the villa has come to an end, and Chen Ran's heart has been holding has also fallen to the ground. When he arrived at the sword factory, he began to think about the sword factory.

Although the sword factory has started construction, except for Mr. Wu and his apprentices, in fact, there is only Chen Ran, the bachelor commander. Mr. Wu is only responsible for forging weapons. Chen Ran also asked his opinion. He said that he doesn't care about anything except for forging weapons, so Chen Ran can only find another one. The factory director.

Chen Ran has no idea about the factory director's choice. His sword factory business model is different from other sword factories. The factory director must also find a trustworthy factory director. He really doesn't have the right person in his hand. There are only a few trustworthy people, but now he has something to do.

There is no suitable candidate for the time being, and Chen Ran can only give up.

After leaving the sword factory and separating from Zhu Feng, Chen Ran returned to the villa. The hole dug out of the swimming pool always had to find a way to fill it. He went outside and bought a steel plate first. Plug the hole with a steel plate, fill in the excavated sandstone and bricks, and then call the property management to call the repairman to repave the tiles.

In this process, Chen Ran naturally has been staring at it. Although the silver in the underground cave has been taken out, it is better not to be found by others if the cave below can not be found. After all, Li Jianjun's diaries and accounts are still under it.

The decoration speed of these workers is really amazing. In less than half an hour, they finished it and helped Chen Ran brush the swimming pool. After the workers left, Chen Ran put a pool of water, took off his clothes, jumped in and fluttered a few times. It was better to take a shower like this.

When he left the villa, Chen Ran drove to the old man's place. He had no choice but to make several phone calls to urge him to go there.

"Let's finish reading all these books first." When he arrived at the old man's place, the old man took him directly into the study without saying anything, and then said nothing. He reached out and pointed to a pile of books on the table and let him read first.

Knowing that Chen Ran has a good memory, the old man is obviously well prepared. There are at least 20 books in this pile, more than last time.

Chen Ran initially estimated that it would cost at least 40 million yuan to open a jade industry. Now the funds in his hand have reached this goal, so the matter of opening a jade industry will also be put on the agenda. Now it is naturally time to start preparing for it. This first-hand preparation is to take down the executive vice president of the Jade Association. This position, with this identity, can not only save him a lot of trouble, but also bring him great benefits. It is also very important for the jade industry he wants to open to gain a foothold in Tianzhong City.

Therefore, the first thing now is to pass the old man's level and officially take over the position of executive vice president.

The old man asked Chen Ran to read the book, but Chen Ran didn't say much. He sat down and immediately looked over. The old man sat aside and made two cups of tea.

Knowing that Chen Ran has a good memory, the old man's plan for Chen Ran's study has obviously changed.

This can be seen from the fact that the old man let Chen Ran read the book. Yesterday, the old man asked Chen Ran to read books such as jade testing, but now it involves all aspects, including jade testing, ancient jade identification, carving workers of past generations, as well as ancient jade culture, jade road... and so on.

"Have you finished reading?"

When Chen Ran finished reading the last book, the old man, who had been squinting and smiling, immediately became serious and looked like a strict teacher.

"I've finished reading it."

Chen Ran saw that the old man was so serious, so he sat down in a regular manner.

"Is there anything you want to ask?" The old man is obviously a good teacher.

"Sir, tell me about the school and origin of jade sculptors in China."

Chen Ran thought about it and had nothing to ask about jade testing. After all, those things are clear in the books. The problem is jade appreciation and jade sculptor. Thinking of Lu Tianming and Ah Han's jade carving skills in the jade carving competition, Chen Ran also asked. When he appears in the jade carving world, he is bound to I met many jade sculptors.

"Why did you ask about this?"

Mr. Ma stared at Chen Ran angrily. He didn't want to answer Chen Ran's question, but when he thought of Chen Ran's eight-knife division carving method, he became warm and said happily, "Since you asked, I'll tell you about it. The jade carving masters in the world, if you want to talk about the genre, they still recommend the Bei faction and the Yang school. , the four major schools of Haipai and Nanpai..."

The "North School" naturally refers to the carving style formed by jade sculptors in Beijing, Tianjin and Liaoning, and the "North School" jade carvings are dignified, simple and elegant.

"Yangpai, a unique craft performed by jade sculptors in Yangzhou. "Yangpai" jade carving pays attention to rules and methods, exquisite craftsmanship, elegant and beautiful shape.

"Haipai" is the art style of jade carving in Shanghai as the center area. "Haipai" is characterized by the exquisiteness of utensils and the vivid shape of characters and animals. It is delicately carved, rigorous in shape, solemn and elegant.

The "South School", that is, the jade sculptor in Guangdong and Fujian, has long been influenced by the bamboo and wood tooth carving process and Southeast Asian culture. In the carving of hollow carving, multi-layer jade balls and high-grade jade jewelry, it is also unique, with a plump shape, echoing the fresh spirit and exquisite craftsmanship, forming a "Southern School" art style.

Mr. Ma not only explained to Chen Ran the four major schools and the representatives of today's four major schools, but also talked about the origin of the formation of these four schools and the originator of jade carving. For example, the originator of the northern school is Qiu Chuji.

"Sir, why has not formed a faction in our province? According to me, our province seems to be the largest jade carving production base in the country. The number of jade carving artists in our province is also spread all over the country. The number of jade sculptors is as high as 450,000, which is the largest scale. There are also two five-level jade carving masters, 68 The fourth-level jade sculptor does not seem to be bad compared with these four genres, and in the national jade carving competition in recent years, the winning rate in our province is also the highest..."

After listening to the old man's words, Chen Ran also understood the general situation of the domestic jade carving world. At least he had some understanding of the domestic jade sculptors, but there was only one problem, but he never understood it.

Chen Ran has read the data of jade sculptors in the library of the Provincial Jade Sculpture School. There are two fifth-level jade sculptors in Central Plains, and fifth-level jade sculptors are also known as national jade sculptors. Lu family accounts for one of these two national jade sculptors, and the other is the principal of the Jade Sculpture School. .

sixty-eight fourth-level jade sculptors, and fourth-level jade sculptors are also known as provincial jade sculptors. These 68 provincial jade sculptors have statues in jade carving schools. In terms of the number of people, Central Plains Province is by no means worse than the four major schools. The number of fifth-level jade sculptors is similar to these four schools, and the number of fourth-level jade sculptors It is far more than the four major schools, not to mention the total number of jade sculptors, but why has Central Plains not formed a genre?

This made Chen Ran puzzled.

"If you don't ask this, I will also tell you." Mr. Ma nodded first, and then sighed, "There are two reasons why Zhongyuan Province has not formed a style. The first reason is that there is no national jade sculptor."

Seeing that Chen Ran opened his mouth to interrupt him, the old man waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, listen to me. Although the Lu family has a national jade sculptor, the Lu family is not a local jade carving family in the Central Plains, but a split from the Lu family in Yangzhou. The jade carving style of the Lu family in the Central Plains also belongs to the Yang faction, but Lao Wang is a serious 800 Central Plains. However, Lao Wang has lived in the capital since he was a child. He studied art and is also a sculptor of the Northern School. He has only returned to the Central Plains after his retirement. Therefore, neither Lu Daohong of the Lu family nor Lao Wang of the Lu family are recognized as a member of the Central Plains School. That is exactly what caused the embarrassing situation of the Central Plains sect in the jade carving world. The reason is that the style of jade sculptors in the Central Plains is a little complicated and does not form their own style..."

Speaking of this, the old man is also a little sad. He is not a jade sculptor, but as a jade lover, he is still quite sorry that his hometown has not formed his own jade carving school.

After listening to the old man's explanation, Chen Ran understood what was going on. He really didn't know the inside story, and he had never seen it in the book. Only the older generation knew about the Lu family. He didn't know it, but he didn't blame him.

When Chen Ran left the old man's place, it was past ten o'clock in the evening. The old man was very interested. After dinner, he also pulled him in the study to force him to read a book for two hours. He almost finished reading the old man's book.

Needless to say, after reading so many of the old man's collection of books, for Chen Ran, it is like taking a tonic pill. Whether it is intellectually or in his vision, he has a suddenly cheerful feeling.

Originally, the old man asked him to stay overnight directly, but Chen Ran still left. It was so late that he did not go home and went straight to the villa.

On a new day, he got up at six o'clock. After Chen Ran washed his clothes, he came out to exercise in simple clothes. He has been busy with the villa these days, and he has hardly practiced strange dances.

The strange dance is still in the fifth movement, but the first five movements can no longer be familiar with by Chen Ran.

These movements are becoming more and more difficult. When doing it, the requirements for physical fitness, strength, softness and response need to be quite a level.

Just like the sixth action, Chen Ran can't do it for the time being. Chen Ran can't do it for the time being, and Chen Ran is not discouraged. Since he can't do it now, take your time. Let's practice your body first. If you practice your body, you will naturally do it.

First, he practiced a strange dance on the balcony of the villa for a while. When he sweated, Chen Ran took a bath directly on the balcony and took a shower. His body did not feel tired at all. Instead, he felt hot all over his body, as if he was full of strength.

Standing on the rooftop, looking into the distance, there is an endless lake in front of it and lush peaks behind it. Chen Ran saw the rise, so he entered the villa to pick up the key and ran to the back garden.

There is also a back door in the back garden. Chen Ran opened the back door, and there was a forest outside.

Finding the mountain road, Chen Ran breathed fresh air and ran along the mountain road to the top of the mountain. Needless to say, his physical fitness ran back and forth, and only sweated slightly on his forehead.

When he returned to the woods behind the villa, Chen Ran found that this place was a good place to practice Tan's legs. After coming out of the detention center, he had not practiced Tan's legs. At most, he practiced twice in the room. He couldn't let go of his hands and feet in the room, and it was naturally very uncomfortable to practice.

Now that he finds this place, he also practices Tan's legs in this woods.

Tan's legs have a total of 12 routes. After practicing twice, Chen Ran stopped. When he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly found that there was a person standing not far away...