Chapter 12 Willingness and Unboxing
"So this piece of Ru porcelain was left over?"
Jia Wenyan remembered the sky blue color of the Ru kiln, which was the porcelain color created by the emperor of the time because of a dream and ordered craftsmen across the country to create it.
In terms of results, this piece of azure blue definitely met the government's requirements for the first time after a series of failures. However, this originally pure and flawless first piece of azure blue was replaced by a brother from the same kiln.
Because its companion used its almost perfect crack lines after the first rain to convey to everyone the good news that the sky would be blue after the rain.
That perfect moment in time instantly made everyone have a different aesthetic view of porcelain.
Flawless porcelain is beautiful, but truly rare and unique crackles are what officials need, representing unique joy.
That day, the Azure Jade Vase was eliminated from the tribute team.
It was kept by the shaper responsible for creating this batch of porcelain as a sample for development.
It thought that it would also have its moment to start like its companions.
But it turns out that no matter how many rainy nights it goes through, it always remains in flawless condition.
Later, when people began to pursue the rarer powder-green color among Ru porcelains, this treasure that should have stood out from the crowd became the "least favored" work among the official kilns of that generation.
Later, it went through many twists and turns with the wars, and finally became waste on the cultural wall along with other porcelain fragments.
Its heart is filled with resentment.
Even though it was made with the craftsmanship of an official kiln, it has always maintained a very good price despite changing hands several times.
Even if it were put in modern times, such a flawless Ru porcelain bottle would definitely be auctioned for hundreds of millions of dollars.
But so what? It's just like an artist's work is always most valuable after his death.
Even though it conforms to modern aesthetics and value standards, in the era and environment in which it was made, whether it could crackle and whether it could be unique was the most core value of the official kiln.
This is the eternal pain of the Tianqing Jade Bottle. It once wanted to have the "cicada wing pattern" of cracking like its companions, but the reality is that no matter how many rainy seasons it has passed, it can always welcome its own cracking.
It even began to doubt whether its own formula had never had the ability to "crack". It looked forward to that day, but who would have thought that the crack it waited for would turn out to be a truly irreparable "scar".
Jia Wenyan fell into silence as she watched the scene in front of her suddenly stop with the sound of breaking.
"Everything has its own meaning from the moment it is born."
Just as the Red Jade Porcelain Box has been emphasizing its position in the "beauty" industry, the original intention of the Azure Jade Vase was to become a peerless porcelain that would be praised by the world.
Jia Wenyan understood the obsession in Tianqing Yujingping's heart, but this also made her begin to realize another problem.
How should she repair this jade bottle?
Although Jia Wenyan already understood its past at this moment, the problem with the Azure Jade Bottle was never as simple as repairing it.
When she first saw this memory, Jia Wenyan also thought that the Azure Jade Bottle was complaining about why no one appreciated it. So her initial idea was to recreate the Azure Jade Bottle in modern times so that it could feel the public's recognition.
But later, when she saw Tianqing Yujingping constantly thinking about what she should do so that she could welcome the day when she would start to film, Jia Wenyan suddenly had another realization.
Restoring cultural relics is the principle of cultural relic restorers, but the question is whether she should follow the wishes of the cultural relics themselves more when she is able to understand the cultural relics' own thoughts.
This is just like the body anxiety issue that people often discuss. It is true that self-confidence is a kind of beauty, but the question is how many people in this world really think so, instead of treating it as a kind of psychological comfort.
She can help the Azure Jade Bottle show its beauty, but the question is what it wants.
It is true that flawlessness is its advantage, but the problem lies in its concept. The flawlessness of that era was just a product of an assembly line. This did not help to resolve its obsession.
Jia Wenyan decided to proceed from its idea as much as possible, and the cold fragments in her hands seemed to become a little warm at that moment.
Before she left, she bought two more squids as food for Huang Dongdong. She wanted to return to the workshop as soon as possible to turn her imagination into reality, and after she left.
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Huang Dongdong: "Grandpa Zhong, she's gone."
[Well done, but eat less squid next time. Look how fat you have become.]
"I can't help it, Grandpa Zhong. I just like this. But there is one thing I can't understand. You are willing to help her, so why don't you meet her?"
[Because there are some things that she needs to figure out on her own. If you are not mistaken, a new royal cat should have been born recently, right?]
…
The bell that will never ring again echoes in the heart of every cultural relic in the Beilin Museum.
At the same time, with the continuous efforts of the courier, the first batch of fans selected by Jia Wenyan on the entire network finally received the "peripheral express" from the Yong'an Museum.
Fu Yuanyuan is a prospective college student who has just been admitted to university. She is also the lucky winner of Jia Wenyan’s first round of cultural relics and peripheral lottery.
As an old fan of Jia Wenyan, Fu Yuanyuan, who lives in Yanjing, has often visited various scenic spots and historical sites in Yanjing City under the guidance of her grandparents since she was a child. So when Jia Wenyan used the rare term "relic reproduction" to become a hot search on D Station two years ago, Fu Yuanyuan immediately followed this highly-anticipated Up Master without thinking twice.
She really liked the Taishi and Shaoshi jade pendant reproduced by Jia Wenyan. At that time, she really couldn't imagine how the young lady in the shot, who was only a few years older than her, could complete such a work that almost perfectly reproduced a Ming Dynasty cultural relic after less than two years of being involved in cultural relic restoration.
Later, Jia Wenyan did not take advantage of the popularity and make rapid progress as a cultural relic restoration UP as most people imagined. Due to the pressure of the college entrance examination, she temporarily gave up her habit of visiting D Station every day.
But what no one expected was that on the day she received the admission letter, Up, who had been silent on her follow list for two years, actually updated a new video.
It only took her a glance to be attracted by the stunning red jade porcelain box in the video.
The UP host's skills are more mature than two years ago. Two years ago, she was just a newcomer with some talent in jade carving, but now she has become a handicraft master who can integrate jade carving, porcelain art and hand-painting.
Fu Yuanyuan was deeply touched by the craftsman who was not moved by traffic but worked hard to hone his skills. At the same time, after seeing the comments of netizens in the comment area, she immediately fell in love with the simple version of the red jade porcelain brocade box that Jia Wenyan used for the fan lottery.
She believed that such exquisite craftsmanship must be very suitable as a container for grandparents' wedding rings. This was the best golden wedding gift she could think of.
For this reason, she took the initiative to upload the wedding invitation of her grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary in the comment section, and netizens were very supportive and pushed her, a "pragmatist", to the top of the fan hot comments in the comment section.
She promised netizens in the comment section that as soon as the prize arrived, she would immediately help everyone shoot an unboxing video of the "Simplified Version of Red Jade Porcelain Box".
This was the first time in her life that she had filmed a live video herself. She also knew that the products given away for free by merchants were very likely to be counterfeit goods that were not what they seemed to be and had no value.
But perhaps it was because I saw Jia Wenyan’s progress and seriousness between the two videos.
Fu Yuanyuan actually plucked up the courage to ask her grandmother to witness the unboxing.
From the moment she used the utility knife to cut the carton tape that day, her heart was filled with anticipation and worry about the finished product.
However, soon when the express box was completely opened, revealing the beautifully packaged sandalwood paper box inside, netizens who heard the news rushed to the comment section and instantly sent out a wave of exclamatory comments.
[Fuck, this packaging is amazing. ]
[Yongan Museum, the design of this box is worth at least twenty yuan. ]
【Hurry up, anchor. 】
Fu Yuanyuan continued her unboxing amid the sound of barrage of comments.
There was much more in the box than she had expected.
From the introduction card of the ruby porcelain box, to the electronic ticket redemption voucher for the Yong'an Museum, to two refrigerator magnets and stickers designed based on the ruby and its real self.
The gifts in the gift box alone were beyond Fu Yuanyuan's imagination. As the unboxing continued, when Fu Yuanyuan opened the small box in the deepest part of the express that was wrapped in thick foam, the netizens in the entire live broadcast room swallowed unconsciously.
It was a ruby porcelain box that was even more exquisite than they had expected.
Initially they were concerned that the simplified version might look cheap.
But at this moment, when they saw the treasures that Fu Yuanyuan unboxed, the entire live broadcast room was instantly filled with the smell of jealousy.
Although it is a simplified version that is three times smaller, the white apricot blossoms on the surface of the porcelain box and the gentle and delicate touch of the lid make Fu Yuanyuan unable to help but admire it in her heart.
What is even more unbelievable is that the hollow ruby shell wrapped around the porcelain box has not been simplified or reduced to reduce the delicate "ruby branches" on it that are as delicate as a bird's nest.
Fu Yuanyuan: "I don't know much about jade, but the difficulty of carving this smaller shell should be more complicated than the original one."
"And what surprised me the most was that the restorer seemed to have read my review carefully. Not only were there two ring holders reserved for the rings in the box, but it was even engraved with my grandparents' wedding anniversary."
[The restorer is awesome, so is this the person who can open a museum at such a young age? ]
[The surroundings are so detailed, so when will the Yongan Museum open? I want to go shopping. ]
[I advise you to hold back. Based on my intuition from working in the field of the second dimension for many years, the peripheral gift boxes here cannot be bought without four figures. ]
【Workers should wait for their turn. 】
[Obligation OS: The opponent is too strong. I can’t do it. 】
[Wow wow wow… and Red Jade Baby, my little cutie, is there any kind-hearted person who can give me some food QAQ! ]
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