Sister Yu was watching the live broadcast from the side. The IDs of the jade carvers had all changed. She watched quietly without saying a word, but the corners of her mouth were almost raised to her ears.
She was sure that her artist was truly a genius in jade carving, the kind that could make people admit defeat with conviction!
It would be a shame not to use this for marketing.
She needs to look for a variety show related to jade carvings and antiques, let her appear on it, let her naturally display herself and attract fans, so it won't be considered hype.
Sister Yu mentally counted all the recent variety shows related to antique appraisal, evaluated them one by one, and selected the ones that were most suitable for Shui Yiyao.
In just a week, there's supposed to be a new variety show called "Pursuit," a collection of antiques appreciation. While it might not be very popular, it's incredibly high-quality, with a panel of well-known university professors and industry experts. A show like this would be perfect for their talented artists!
If she performs well, maybe her status will be able to rise to a higher level thanks to this variety show.
The more Sister Yu thought about it, the more excited she became. She walked over with her tablet computer, closed the jade carving interface of their competition, opened her work schedule, and planned to confirm Shui Yiyao's itinerary immediately.
I just don’t know if all the places for “Pursuit” have been booked yet. I hope not.
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-Wan Xiongxiong voted for the No. 2 work of "Qingwu Studio" and voted for the "Handy Star".
-Taichi voted for the No. 1 work of "Qingwu Studio" and voted for the "Handy Star".
-Fangfang voted for the No. 1 work of "Zhuocai Studio" and voted for the "Handy Star".
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[Netizen voting has begun, and Qingwu Studio has received 65 "Skillful Hands Stars."] [Chengdao Jade Carving Studio has received 62 "Skillful Hands Stars."] ...
"Skillful Hands Star" is a ticket set up by the platform for netizens watching the competition. The netizen voting channel has been opened. Because this competition is niche, the netizens watching are basically people in the circle and have close cooperative relationships with major studios. Now, with their friendly votes, the embarrassing situation of the huge gap between the jade carvers' performance and Chengyu has been alleviated to a great extent.
However, as the major studios changed their names, the voting information for "Handy Star" also began to be updated in real time.
-Hu Fa voted for the No. 2 work of "Chengyu Dad, I was wrong. Qingwu Studio" and voted for the "Handy Star".
-Sung Lu voted for the "Handy Star" for work No. 2, "Chengyu Dad, I was wrong. Qingwu Studio."
-Tiger Dede is the No. 1 work of "Chengyu Dad, I was wrong. Takemoto Studio"...
A string of IDs with the message “Chengyu Dad, I was wrong” flooded the gift room.
-Chengyu's father, I was wrong. Qingwu Studio: Okay, don't vote, thank you. I appreciate your kindness [facepalm], but I really don't need it.
The netizens who realized that something was wrong were stopped in time, and the voting information for the "Handy Star" in the gift room stopped refreshing for a while.
Shui Yiyao looked at the screen filled with "Chengyu Dad, I was wrong" IDs and couldn't help but laugh out loud. These people were quite funny.
However, she didn't expect that she actually had quite a few Skillful Stars, only three less than the first-place Qingwu Studio.
Most of the netizens who came to watch were relatives and friends of the major studios. Judging from previous speeches, the most relatives and friends were from Qingwu Studio, and the rest were mostly relatives and friends from other studios. It was indeed a surprise that she, who had no relatives or friends, could receive so many Skillful Stars.
-Ao Li cast 666 "Skillful Hands Stars" for the No. 1 work of "Chengyu Studio".
-Ao Li cast 666 "Skillful Hands Stars" for the No. 2 work of "Chengyu Studio".
-Ao Li cast 666 "Skillful Hands Stars" for the No. 3 work of "Chengyu Studio".
…
The gift messages that had originally stopped suddenly started to flood the screen again, and a netizen named "Ao Li" repeatedly gave her 666.
Ao Li? Does this guy have so much free time to watch such a small competition?
Shui Yiyao opened the microphone: "Stop spamming, big brother..."
"Handy Star" does not require money to buy, it is given to users by the platform, but you need to recharge the platform to get it. Recharge 1,000 yuan to get one Handy Star.
Therefore, our friends and family gave away about sixty or seventy coins in total. The Qingwu Studio, which ranked first, received a total of 78 coins, which is equivalent to a recharge amount of 78,000 yuan, which is more than enough.
But Ao Li’s move was awesome.
Converted to this, that's 660,000 RMB in one go. He repeatedly recharged the screen six times with 660,000 RMB, recharging each of her three works twice.
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Is this how you spend too much money?
[You have a new jade carving order, please check. ]
Shui Yiyao opened her own merchant center.
-Customer "Ao Li" has placed an order with a total deposit of 4,000,000 yuan. Please verify the transaction information.
Shui Yiyao: ...
She paused, counted the number of zeros on the screen, counted twice, and typed: Mr. Ao, what are you doing?
-Ao Li: You will be given a Skillful Hand Star once when the recharge amount reaches the requirement, and you will be given another one when the consumption amount reaches the requirement.
-Chengdao Jade Carving: ...
-Ao Li: This way, I can get the Dexterity Star twice with the same amount of money, which is more cost-effective.
After saying that, the information in the gift room was refreshed again, and Ao Li gave her 666 6 times again.
-Chengdao Jade Carving: This Skillful Star is of little use, you really don’t need to spend money on it.
Shui Yiyao sent another private message to Ao Li.
The Skillful Star is for onlookers to vote, but the netizens' votes are just to make up the numbers and will not be counted in the results. The results will still be based on the choices made by the judges.
-Ao Li: You are much better than any of them, so naturally you should get many more votes than them.
-Ao Li: I am impressed by your craftsmanship, don’t feel any psychological burden.
-Ao Li: If another master had such skills, I would also earn these skillful stars.
Ao Li and Shui Yiyao were chatting privately, but the public channel was open.
-It's Mr. Ao.
-Mr. Ao actually came to watch?
-Good evening, Mr. Ao!
Anyone with some skill in the jade carving circle knows who Ao Li is.
Ao Li's family has a young master who wants to learn jade carving. Ao Li took him to watch almost every jade carving competition held in the circle, large or small, public or private. It is said that he was looking for a jade carving master for the young master. Mr. Ao also visited many jade carving families, all with the young master, but in the end nothing happened.
The legendary jade carving master has never been decided.
However, it has been a long time since Mr. Ao Li brought his young master to watch the jade carving competition. They all thought that Ao Li had given up, but they didn't expect that he would actually come to watch the online competition.
And he seems to be particularly fond of Chengdao jade carvings.
However, this is not surprising. They came with prejudices, but they were all impressed by Chengyu's craftsmanship, let alone others.
Shui Yiyao sent a message to Ao Li: Mr. Ao, what about your 4 million?
-Ao Li: Mr. Chengyu, look at this, can you do it?
Ao Li sent over a picture.
Shui Yiyao clicked on it. It was a fist-sized piece of blue and white seed material, a landscape plaque carved into its shape. Using micro-carving techniques, the mountain's flowers, plants, and trees were perfectly detailed. Deep in the mountains, there was a small house, carved with openwork, with a loom in the window. Near the doorway, there was a bush, and hidden in it was a fox, its fur carved with every detail.
It is so exquisite that one cannot blink for fear of missing any details.
Even though Shui Yiyao had seen this kind of work before, she was still deeply shocked every time she saw it. It was incredibly beautiful.
-Chengdao Jade Carving: Are there any pictures from other angles?
This is a front view, and there should be back and side views. Because it has hollowing techniques, you need to see it from different angles to see it clearly.
-Ao Li: There's only this one. Can you restore it?
-Chengdao Jade Carving: Difficult.
It's very difficult. This is a very old craft, and few people know how to do it. Furthermore, the pattern design and carving techniques are at the top level. Even with the real thing, it's difficult to imitate, let alone recreate. And now there's only a picture, which makes it even more difficult.
-Ao Li: Just difficult?
This is an old piece, originally in black and white. This is how it looks like using modern technology. He'd approached other people, but they'd all told him it was impossible. But the stakes were high, so he didn't give up.
-Chengdao Jade Carving: ...I can try it first.
-Ao Li: Okay, this 4 million is just a deposit, and you will pay 10 times the balance after success.
Chengdao Jade Carving: "That's too little. If this is successful, the final payment will be at least 20 times. This thing will take at least five years to complete."
-Ao Li: Reasonable, you decide the price.
Shui Yiyao saved the picture sent by Ao Li in the chat history.
Ding Dong! Ding Dong!
Suddenly, Shui Yiyao's personal center started ringing non-stop.
"Qingluo Studio" invites you to join the community group - "Southern Jade Carving Exchange Group". Do you agree?] ["Chunfeng Studio" invites you to join the community group - "Hetian Jade Carving Discussion Group". Do you agree?] ["Chengyu Dad, I was wrong. Zhuyuan Studio" invites you to join the community group - "Jade Carving Academy Group". Do you agree?] ["Chengyu Dad, I was wrong. Zhuocai Studio" invites you to join the community group - "Northern Jade Carving Study Group". Do you agree?] The screen was filled with invitation messages. At a glance, she could see that people from various factions were trying to get her to join their community discussion groups.
She has been on the community platform for quite some time, but this is the first time she has received an invitation to join a group.
She looked at the invitation information carefully and clicked "Agree" one by one.
Welcome to Chengdao Jade Carving to join the Southern Jade Carving Exchange Group. Welcome to Chengdao Jade Carving to join the Jade Carving Academy Group.
[Welcome "Chengdao Jade Carving" to join the "Northern Jade Carving Study Group."]...
I joined seven or eight groups, all of which were related to jade carving, and most of them had their own factions, such as the Southern School, the Northern School, and the Academic School... Each group had hundreds of people.
-Wow, Teacher Chengyu is here, welcome!
-Welcome Teacher Chengyu to join the group!
-Welcome Teacher Chengyu!
-I would like to ask Teacher Chengyu for more guidance.
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