Carrying the wool into the garage, Zheng Zhi picked up the grinder and polished it. Without the calcite machine, the speed of calcite was greatly reduced. After about ten minutes, he finally grinded out a light green jade the size of a fingernail. Zheng Zhi was mentally prepared, and his hands did not stop and continued to polish it. When Zhao Xuan saw that the gambling had increased, he was happy for Zheng Zhi and laughed out loud.

Half an hour later, the jadeite was half the size of a palm. Although Zheng Zhi still did not stop the work at hand, Zhao Xuan, who was standing aside, had already judged that this jadeite was of dry green and belonged to the mid-range jadeite.

If the carving skills are excellent, a pair of bracelets can also be sold for between 2,000 and 3,000 yuan.

After polishing for an hour, Zheng Zhi finally stopped his hand. His wrists and arms were a little sore, but as long as he ran the fine flow around the sore place, he returned to normal. Zheng Zhi stopped and asked Zhao Xuan, "Is it difficult to carve jade? Although I often went to Gambling Stone Street and studied jade hair materials, I have never seen a carver carving jade."

"It's not difficult. Practice makes perfect. But no matter which line I do, I have to endure some hardship at the beginning. When I first started learning carving, I was under ten years old. It was purely hand-carving. In the early stage, I practiced with tree roots and wood. My father asked me to carve from morning to night, and I didn't let me rest except for eating. At that time, the palms of the carving knife were polished with red blood bubbles and white blisters."

Seeing sweat oozing from Zheng Zhi's forehead, Zhao Xuan hesitated for a moment, took out a handkerchief and helped Zheng Zhi wipe it clean. Then she said, "However, learning to carve is simple, but if you want to become famous in this industry, you must not only be careful and patient, but also have certain talents.

Without talent and imagination, you can only carve some dead objects, and you are not spiritual."

"Oh." Zheng Zhi smelled a special female body fragrance on the handkerchief, which seemed to be a little different from Guan Ting and He Tingyu and the others. Not only did the smell different, but he could also smell a mature feeling. Moreover, this mature charm was more confusing than the body fragrance of girls, making people feel desire suddenly. He covered up the wool materials under his feet, pretending to be calm and asked again: "Then how much can you carve in a day? My shop has been rented and will be opened soon. You are the only carver, can you supply it?"

"That depends on how big your store is." Zhao Xuan talked about serious matters, so she didn't notice Zheng Zhi's little movements. After helping Zheng Zhi clean the sweat on his forehead, she just supported her thighs with one hand, still bent over, and while thinking, she said, "Also, how long will it take to leave Zhang? How many goods are needed in the store to fill the counter?"

"The store has two floors, a total of about 200 square meters. The opening time must be determined according to the speed of the decoration staff, but it will not exceed one week at the latest.

In addition, in addition to jade jewelry, the store also needs to operate silver, gold, platinum and other accessories, as well as jade pendants, rings and other goods made of nephrite. It is estimated that it will take about 500 jade jewelry to fill the jade piece in the early stage." Zheng Zhi looked at Zhao Xuan's collar a few times, and the desire gradually rose in his lower abdomen. He also reacted below, so he dared not look at it again, and withdrew his eyes, he probably estimated it and said, "Of course, the store is going to open, and it is not OK to have any inventory."

"Then it's 800 pieces." Zhao Xuan calculated the time carefully and shook her head and said, "So many goods can't be made in a week. Even if I work overtime at night, it's good to be able to make thirty small accessories a day.

In fact, after I was recognized by my father, I only carved high-quality jadeite after I became a disciple. This way, I was more refined, but my speed slowed down."

Zheng Zhi frowned when he heard this. The store had been rented and there was no reason to leave it in time. Even if he wanted to decorate, he would definitely urge the decorators to work overtime overnight and try to open the business as soon as possible. "Then we will buy some in other stores at that time."

Guan Ting had to do the things in the store by herself, so Zheng Zhi didn't plan to interfere. He left all the decoration, design, purchase, recruitment of clerks and other matters to Guan Ting.

Thinking of this, he just planned to sect Guan Ting.

"It's okay to buy some in another store, but I hope you can help me find an apprentice, be smarter, not too honest and dull. A dull person lacks imagination and will not achieve much success. At that time, most of the mid-range jade jewelry will be carved by him.

If the store wants to be bigger, it cannot just sell these handmade jewelry made of medium jade, but also has ice types, and even the colored water head is very good, which can sell millions of glass jade jewelry.

If I carve such a precious jade, I will have to spend more time. Not to mention thirty ones a day, it would be good to be able to carve one in half a month." Zhao Xuan really wanted to help Zheng Zhi and expressed her own suggestions.

Zheng Zhi was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that Zhao Xuan would take the initiative to ask him to find an apprentice. As the saying goes, teach his apprentice and starve the master to death. Isn't Zhao Xuan afraid that he would find someone to secretly learn her skills and fire her?

Of course, Zheng Zhi couldn't do such a thing.

Zhao Xuan's words made Zheng Zhi feel good about him and became closer to him. "It is not difficult to find a smart guy, but it is difficult to find a young man who is smart and patient, and will not change jobs after learning skills in the future."

As he said that, Zheng Zhi frowned. Where should he find an apprentice?

At this moment, his cell phone suddenly rang. He put down the polishing machine, and Zheng Zhi stood up and took out his cell phone from his pocket. He saw that it was Guan Ting who called it.

Guan Ting?

Zheng Zhi's eyes rolled and suddenly there was a suitable apprentice.

"Xiao Ting, is there anything wrong?"

"Well, I have already obtained the key to the store and found the person in charge of a decoration company, so I want to ask you any suggestions for the decoration style in the store." Guan Ting's voice was filled with a hint of joy.

Zheng Zhi walked out of the underground garage with his mobile phone and replied: "If you only sell jade jewelry, you can focus on the classical Chinese style. However, we also sell platinum diamond-set jewelry and gold diamond-set jewelry. The decoration style of the store is not too classical."

Diamonds, rubies, sapphires, etc. were all introduced from the West to China, so it is naturally more suitable to match things from Western culture.

"Of course, you can also separate the first floor from the second floor, one mainly based on the classical Chinese style and the other mainly based on the style of Western culture." Zheng Zhi expressed his suggestions.

After hearing this, Guan Ting was silent for a while, obviously thinking. After a while, she spoke: "The jade crafts are indeed full of the classical traditional culture of China, and the jewelry is mostly carved with Buddha statues, Bodhisattvas, various divine beasts and mythological figures, and has a strong Chinese national color.

It is indeed a bit inappropriate to put these jewelry in handicrafts with diamonds and various gemstones.

Let me discuss this with the person in charge of the decoration company. Or you can separate the two buildings and have the first floor in a style, or you can make it simpler and more elegant, and don’t highlight the culture of the East and West too much. Such two styles of jewelry will not appear too conflicting when placed together."

"Okay, you can make an idea." Zheng Zhi responded and said, "Xiaoting, Guan Jun's academic performance is not good, and he doesn't like studying. Have you ever thought about not letting him go to college and finding a job directly?"

"Ah? But my parents have been hoping that my brother can go to a better university and make a name for himself." Guan Ting was surprised.

"Guan Ting, you have also worked in society for several years. Do you still think that you can make a name for yourself by going to a better university and getting a diploma?" Zheng Zhi shook his head, "Actually, to put it bluntly, when you go to college, you still want to learn more knowledge and then find a better job with your diploma?"

"That's the case."

"So, I want to find Guan Jun a job that can learn craftsmanship. Others are clever, but they just don't like reading. There should be no problem with learning other things.

In fact, my uncles and aunts spend a lot of money to find ways and force him to go to college, and they may not be able to get a diploma at that time. Even if they get it, their subordinates do not have real skills and are still unemployed at home and cannot find a job.

Haven’t you seen many famous college students setting up street stalls on the street or going back to the countryside to farm?”

Guan Ting was a little moved by Zheng Zhi's words. She knew her younger brother best and asked Guan Jun to study, just like forcing him to go to the execution ground. "Then what are you going to let him learn to do?"

"Emerald carving!" Zheng Zhi had met Guan Jun several times. He was a very smart big boy, and Guan Ting's younger brother. Naturally, he would not have the intention of changing jobs when he learned craftsmanship. Besides, if he really came to Guan Jun, he would not have treated this future brother-in-law badly.

"Oh? It sounds good, but do you recognize the jade carving master?"

"Of course, don't you recognize that I can let Guan Jun learn this business? Let's put it this way, if he is willing to study hard, then in three to five years, it is possible to earn 500,000 or 600,000 a year. And he is working under our hands. You can feel at ease watching him under your nose and will not let him live in vain. Of course, I will not treat him badly."

"Okay, I'll call home and ask." Guan Ting's temperament was also a little decisive. She thought it was feasible, so she would do it immediately.

The two chatted for a few more times and hung up the phone. Zheng Zhi thought that if Guan’s father and mother agreed, he would let Guan Jun come and see how Zhao Xuan worked. If he was interested, he would then let him enter this industry.

With the candidate for apprenticeship, Zheng Zhi was in a good mood. When he walked back to the underground garage, he saw that Zhao Xuan was already holding a grinder and grinding the wool. Zhao Xuan naturally knew how to calcify. As the grinder turned in his hand, Mars rolled up the grinding stone chips and splashed in the direction of the grinding sheet.

To polish the wool, you have to squat on the ground, hold a grinder with both hands and rotate it quickly, about ten kilograms. If the time is short, it is not much, but after squatting for a long time, your legs will become sore and numb, and your arms will lose strength. This is a lighter physical activity.

Zheng Zhi naturally couldn't stand aside and asked a woman to do this kind of work. He took the polishing machine from Zhao Xuan's hand and saw a layer of sweat oozing from Zhao Xuan's forehead. "You can rest for a while, and I will immediately remove this piece of jade."

Zhao Xuan responded and wiped the hot sweat from her forehead with the back of her right hand.

It took another hour and a half before Zheng Zhi polished the jadeite. The jadeite was not very regular in shape, with a normal color and a size of a fist. Zhao Xuan held it in her hand and looked at it for a while and said, "You can make three pairs of bracelets and two jade pendants. The rest can only be carved into earrings or ring brooches."
Chapter completed!