Chapter 94 Jade Carving Competition
Early the next morning, Zhang Wei, Wang Haomin and Mr. Gu ran to the meeting, while Sima Lin took Li Yang and other members of the association for a day. Sima Lin basically did not participate in this boring meeting, and even Li Yang and others could avoid this boring meeting.
Although bureaucracy is not good, it finally gives Li Yang and the others the first time to attend such a party to rest and adapt. In just one day, Li Yang and the others have become familiar with several places in this event. Li Yang and the others admire the jade culture that Nanyang has been passed down for thousands of years.
I had a good night's sleep at night, and early the next morning, everyone from the Mingyang Jade Association got up and prepared to watch the jade carving competition.
The Nanyang Jade Carving Competition venue was set up in Nanyang Jiefang Square. When Li Yang and his friends arrived here, they had already become crowded around the square. A few of them were useless and then they squeezed in with the certificates of their Jade Association members. As the beginning of this party, all members of the Jade Association can go to the innermost place.
"Look, this is Nanyang Gathering, one of the four major events in our jade industry. This is just the beginning. There will be more people in the later stages. Last year, incomplete statistics, there were more stone gambling players and merchants gathered in Nanyang across the country during the Nanyang Gathering. There may be more this year!"
After squeezing inside, Zheng Kaida sighed very much, this year I gave Zheng Kaida the feeling that there are many people, more people than last year.
"Brother Zheng, what are the four major events? What's going on in Nanyang Gaming?"
Wu Xiaoli suddenly asked, and Li Yang also looked at Zheng Kaida curiously. This was the first time Li Yang heard the word "The Four Major Events in the Jade World".
"The four major events were sealed by our domestic jade peers, namely Nanyang Jushi, Pingzhou Public Market, Hotan Open Market, and Ruili Gambling Market. Because Nanyang is a market triggered by gatherings, it is called Nanyang Jushi!"
Zheng Kaida slowly explained that Li Yang and Wu Xiaoli kept nodding. Because Wu Xiaoli was not very interested in gambling stones, it was normal that she did not understand the four major events in the jade world. These four major events are related to gambling stones, among which Pingzhou Public Market and Ruili Gambling Market are all related to gambling stones.
Even the opening event of Hotan represented by nephrite also has the shadow of gambling stones. As for the Nanyang Gathering where they are participating, the last week is all gambling stones, which shows how much influence the gambling stones have in the jade industry.
In the introduction room of Zheng Kaida to Li Yang, the host had already begun to talk about the purpose of this event. There were also several elderly people sitting on the rostrum, all of whom were leaders of the Nanyang Jade Association and Henan Jade Association. I heard that the headquarters of the Jade Association also sent people to participate in this grand event.
The host's introduction ended soon, and fifty carving masters of age immediately took their tools into the center of the square. They had to spend two hours in full view of the public, and then sold them at a cost price, and then evaluated them in the afternoon to evaluate the King of Jade Carvings.
As the president of the Provincial Jade Association announced the start of the competition, fifty carving masters immediately waved the knife in their hands and kept outlining everything they had imagined before. The crowd of onlookers also became more lively as the competition began, and many people even looked inside with telescopes.
"Li Yang, we just received a notice that this time we have two bidding indicators in Mingyang. These two indicators will make you and Mr. Gu go. Li Yang, it depends on your luck!"
Zhang Wei hurried over, Li Yang was slightly stunned. He still needed indicators to buy this jade carving. This was the first time he heard this statement.
"I believe in Brother Li's luck!"
Sima Lin smiled faintly, and Zhang Wei slowly breathed a sigh of relief. The two indicators were not easy to distinguish. He thought about it and then distributed them to Li Yang and Gu, two old and young. Gu is an old man from the Jade Association. No one would have any objections to him. He just wanted to give him an indicator. When he gave it to Li Yang, he was afraid that others would have ideas. However, as long as Sima Lin had little opinion, Zhang Wei would have a way to resolve the other people's ideas.
Li Yang also understood what the indicator was like. When he arrived the day before yesterday, Zheng Kaida told him that it took luck to buy the best jade carving event. There were only fifty jade carvings on site, and being able to obtain the qualification to buy is a kind of luck.
"Okay, Brother Li, you must look carefully. You have to take action quickly in a while. Find the best piece and buy it first. It depends on you whether our Mingyang Energy gets the first place this time!"
Zhang Wei turned around and said to Li Yang. To be honest, he was not that optimistic about Li Yang's eyesight, but the most important result this time was not eyesight, but luck. If Li Yang's luck was not good, there would be no way.
In this competition, the carving masters were all selected from the best. It is difficult to tell who is better until the last moment. Even at the end, you have to compare it repeatedly to know which one is the best. Once the carving is good, you can buy it. Luck really accounts for a big part.
Li Yang nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, Mr. Zhang, don't worry, I will try my best to choose the best one and take the fastest speed!"
Zhang Wei left hurriedly again, and Mr. Gu didn't need to make any arrangements. With Mr. Gu's best carvings, he may not be able to see them, but it is almost the same as those carvings. Even if you can't get the best piece, you won't buy the worst one. It's considered an insurance policy.
Not long after Zhang Wei left, some people began to enter the square from outside the crowd blockade. However, these people did not enter the venue of the carving competition, but stopped outside the blockade next to the venue, carefully observing the work that each carving master was doing.
"Li Yang, you can go in too. They are all people who may have bidding indicators. Observe them up close and make it easier for them to bid for a while!"
Sima Lin said to Li Yang with a faint smile. Li Yang was slightly stunned, and immediately nodded with a smile, and ran in through the security guard with the certificate given to him by Zhang Wei. As soon as Li Yang entered, he chased two more people, and Wu Xiaoli and Liu Gang actually sneaked in.
"Why are you here too?"
Li Yang was a little amused and cried. He went to bid for jade carvings, and he didn't come in to play.
"Follow you and see, don't worry, we will never make trouble for you!" Liu Gang replied with a smile, and Wu Xiaoli nodded quickly.
"Okay, as long as no one drives you away, follow me!" Li Yang smiled bitterly and shook his head. These two people are now following wherever they are like followers.
The closest place to observe is only more than three meters away from the closest carver. If you look around, the farthest carver is only only seven or eight meters away. You can see clearly the progress and appearance of their carving.
Experienced people know that there will be competition at the beginning of the bidding, and others you like may also like. At this time, it depends on who will take action soon. Buying it early will not only bring honor to you, but also make a small profit. The jade carvings that have been rated as the best in the past years will be worth more than ten times the value.
Li Yang was slightly stunned when he got so close. This was already a range that his special abilities could cover. Using a three-dimensional image to observe is more intuitive than looking at the naked eye.
With this convenient condition, Li Yang was not polite and directly activated his special ability. In front of him, eight carving masters were immediately shrouded in the three-dimensional picture, filtering out everything else, and finally only eight semi-finished jade carvings were left.
This constant comparison immediately allowed Li Yang to distinguish between good and bad. Some small mistakes and flaws in the carvings that could not be observed by the naked eye were also exposed in Li Yang's three-dimensional picture.
Li Yang was stunned for a moment. Even he himself did not expect that special abilities could give him such an intuitive feeling. Li Yang immediately distinguished which of the eight jade carvings was the best and which one was the worst.
Li Yang turned to look at the other people. These people were still observing one by one with difficulty. Li Yang silently turned around the competition venue. Wu Xiaoli followed Li Yang closely behind, and Liu Gang was a little further away, but the three of them were always acting as a whole.
In less than ten minutes, Li Yang observed all the fifty jade carvings. He had a plan in his mind. When the competition was about to end, he would basically have a result.
What Li Yang didn't know was that among the crowds of people around him, in the position where the representatives of the Zhengzhou Jade Association were located, a young man was looking at him and Wu Xiaoli with resentful eyes. If Li Yang saw this young man, he would definitely recognize Shen Hao, who had met him twice.
"How is it? Have you seen which one is better?"
Wu Xiaoli took Li Yang's arm and asked anxiously. Wu Xiaoli is also a person in the jewelry industry, but she didn't know how to tell which one is the best when she saw the half-finished jade carvings that were almost the same.
Li Yang nodded gently: "I'm a little sure!"
In fact, Li Yang already has three goals in his mind. These three are a little better than others at the moment. When the end is about to end, they will grab the best one.
As time passes slowly, the jade on the hands of the carving masters begins to turn into various vivid small things. Due to time, the competition carved small things, animals, Buddha statues, and figures.
In the end, there were ten minutes left, Li Yang observed in the circle again. At this time, more people were rotating around him. After Li Yang finished this circle, several carving masters had already put down the carving knife in their hands and stretched their waists with a smile.
"That's it!"
One minute before the end, Li Yang chose the best one through intuitive comparison and moved his body to the closest position to the craftsman. At this position, Li Yang discovered that there were two other people looking straight at the person he chose, not knowing whether they really have eyesight or have good luck.
The competition time ended. As soon as the host announced, before he could say the next sentence, Li Yang was the first to run out. Then everyone in the square watched Li Yang rushing into the carving competition venue alone.
Chapter completed!