Chapter 3 Spinach Green and Genius Must Be Seen as a Word
After all, Xian'an City is an ancient capital of the Six Dynasties famous throughout the country for its historical and cultural atmosphere. The scale of cultural relics in Xian'an City far exceeded Jia Wenyan's imagination.
Even though she had anticipated this, she still couldn't help being overwhelmed by the atmosphere of the country's largest cultural relics fair when she arrived in person.
It's not just the Lantian jade that's famous in Xian'an City, but also the common walnuts and bracelets to all kinds of copper coins and abacus.
Although it is a cultural and art market focusing on the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, it also includes many cultural relics with themes from other dynasties in the atmosphere of a historical province.
But it is obvious that it would be fine if people just wanted to buy some souvenirs. But if someone really came here to browse the stalls with the mentality of "Taobao" as described in online novels, he would definitely return home with a loss.
Especially for an "insider" like Jia Wenyan, the so-called cultural relics market is more specifically called the "cultural toy market."
Although she had to admit that there were some valuable items here, most of them were parallel imports that were priced higher in the name of so-called cultural heritage.
If you encounter something outrageous, not to mention the craftsmanship, even the totem prints on it are randomly fabricated. This kind of thing is not only unable to represent the so-called intangible cultural heritage, but its value is even worse than buying two two-dimensional figures made by conscientious studios online.
But these naturally had nothing to do with Jia Wenyan. What she wanted was the jade materials from several jade shops in the Tang West Market. Especially... this one...
"Tianhe Jade Manor".
At the door, Jia Wenyan repeatedly checked the sign above her head.
Although the location of Tianhe Jade Shop is not very good among the jade shops in Datang West Market, it is worth noting that the sign of this shop is exactly the same as the font on Professor Zhen’s previous text message.
Jia Wenyan thought this should be a hint, but just as she glanced at the display inside the store from outside the door and was about to step in, a strange voice suddenly sounded in her mind.
[Go to the store diagonally opposite, number 10 on the 5th row of the second counter on the right. ]
"The store diagonally across the street?"
Jia Wenyan glanced back. Although she didn't know where the voice came from, when she saw the store diagonally opposite, her first reaction was to frown.
"Jade Plate of Destiny"... to put it bluntly, it's just gambling on stones.
Jia Wenyan never believed in such low-probability events like lottery, but she was very sure that the words just now did not come from her surroundings, but appeared out of thin air in her mind or consciousness.
When she thought of this, she couldn't suppress her curiosity. Not long after, she found the stone with the number 10 in the fifth row of the second cabinet on the right.
Her mind inevitably moved slightly. 200 pieces at a time, palm-sized stones.
Although Jia Wenyan has no interest in gambling on stones, it may be because the prices are not too outrageous.
She finally bought the stone for good luck. But unlike most people, she did not choose to cut it in the store, but packed it with some ordinary jade materials (low quality) in the store.
So when she was about to go to the Tianhe Jade Shop that she had previously liked, she was already holding a shopping cart that uncles and aunts used.
Although she didn't know what Dean Zhen was talking about, since she was already here she definitely wanted to visit the stores recommended by the Dean.
After entering the store, her eyes quickly scanned the shelves in the store.
God of Wealth, Toad, Pixiu, Jade Cabbage...
There are quite a few jade products in the store, but in Jia Wenyan's vision, all the products she sees have one thing in common, that is, they are "treasures that bring wealth" in people's eyes.
While this may be the mainstream of the current jade market, these obviously modern public welfare films are clearly not her goal.
Her eyes first swept to the stones on the cabinet behind the manager.
Those were pieces of jade that had been polished into oval shapes.
This preliminary processing method is the most commonly used method by jade merchants. They enhance the visual effect and value of jade materials by cutting the fine parts of the jade materials.
The waste materials that Jia Wenyan just purchased in large quantities from the store at Jiaodujiao were mostly the leftovers after this kind of "purification" processing.
Jia Wenyan took a quick look at the quotations above and found that there were indeed quite a few very beautiful jades.
There was even one piece that just met her requirements for the dragon-patterned jade pendant in terms of texture and size.
But for some reason, every time she wanted to ask the boss for the price, the image of the "rough stone" would unconsciously appear in her mind.
The price of the jade was clearly within her desired range, and it seemed to be placed there specifically, much more affordable than the other jades around it. But for some reason, whenever she raised her hand and wanted to ask the boss to buy the jade, the shadow of the stone in her mind kept flashing in her mind as if to stop her.
"So what's so strange about that piece of raw material?"
Jia Wenyan never believed in ghosts or gods, but perhaps because she came to Xian'an City, she would always unconsciously show "respect" to some things.
She thought about it and finally gave up fighting the "obsession" in her mind.
She quickly picked up her cart and headed for the workshop, which was the place Professor Zhen had mentioned was prepared for her to stay.
The workshop, which is also the location of the Yong'an Museum, was built on the outskirts of the city, about 20 to 30 kilometers away from the city.
However, perhaps because the Yong'an Museum has been renovated and even rebuilt many times with the changing times, its architectural style has become significantly modernized compared to other historical buildings.
Especially the workshop part, it is obvious that it has undergone several transformations with the latest technology.
Apart from many kilns with obvious traditional connotations, the design of the entire workshop is more inclined towards technology.
For example, the office where Jia Wenyan is currently located looks exactly like a modern office building when viewed from the inside.
Jia Wenyan, who had originally just been praying for a flush toilet here, even saw several air purifiers that matched the workshop. Even the sound insulation in the workshop was clearly in accordance with the highest standards to avoid disturbing others.
Such an arrangement undoubtedly allowed Jia Wenyan to put aside the last bit of worry in her heart.
During this period, she also saw some research manuscripts on cultural relics restoration on the desk in the workshop. If nothing unexpected happens, these should be the products of Dean Zhen's work on cultural relics restoration in recent years.
Although it is only temporary, such an exclusive working environment does make Jia Wenyan, who can only queue up in the school studio from time to time on weekdays, feel extremely happy.
She took the jade material she bought and walked to the cutting machine. After all, it was the dean's private workshop, and the precision of the cutting machine here was even more advanced than what she had seen at Luojiashan University.
She wanted to confirm the identity of the piece of raw material that had been affecting it.
Little did people know that at this moment, Dean Zhen had already learned the news and started rushing to the Yong'an Museum.
Jia Wenyan guessed correctly that the so-called Tianhe Jade Shop was indeed arranged by Dean Zhen. However, the difference was that Dean Zhen actually arranged a piece of experimental material that met the standards in each jade shop.
Under his arrangement, as long as Jia Wenyan went to these shops and selected materials that were close to his expected answers, she could buy them from the shop owners at a relatively affordable price. And if she happened to choose the jade materials specially prepared by Dean Zhen right at the beginning, she could directly get the materials for the assessment for free.
As for the so-called signature font, it is actually just because the owner of this store happens to be a former student of Dean Zhen, so under the subtle influence of Dean Zhen, he chose the same font as Dean Zhen's personal preference.
It can be said that this was a test tailor-made for her by Dean Zhen, so when Dean Zhen learned from his students that Jia Wenyan really noticed the jade material he prepared, Zhen Yuandao really felt the excitement of having a successor.
However, before he could finish his excitement, his students told him that although Jia Wenyan noticed it, she did not take it away, and did not even ask for the price.
Zhen Yuandao's first reaction when he saw this was that Jia Wenyan had found a jade material with a better value for money in the West Market. However, when he learned that Jia Wenyan had only bought an unopened rough piece of jade, he really couldn't understand the train of thought of his future apprentice.
He could understand that college students were short of money, but as far as he knew, Jia Wenyan not only made a small fortune from the video that had millions of views, but also earned a lot of "extra money" from her own students during her college years with her ever-improving skills.
Moreover, he had specially asked the store to put up the market price when Jia Wenyan came. Logically speaking, Jia Wenyan should not be short of money to buy materials. He was just afraid that this child was the kind of craftsman who was not experienced in the world. For this reason, he even hurriedly asked his students to interrogate the store owner, wanting to see if Jia Wenyan had been cheated by the other party.
Although it was later proved that there was nothing unusual on Jia Wenyan's side, it was precisely because of this that he decided to meet her in advance to see what this little girl was planning.
However, it would have been better if he hadn't come. When he arrived at the Yong'an workshop and heard the little residual sound leaking out from the soundproof wall, he pushed open the door of the workshop.
Panting, he was about to ask when he was distracted by the "spinach green" that was already exposed on the table in front of the girl.
Professor Zhen OS: [Is this the piece of raw material that girl bought from the West Market? ]
[A 200 yuan piece of raw material…turned out to be a palm-sized spinach green? ]
[Girl, are you the reincarnation of the God of Wealth? ]
Zhen Yuandao looked at the girl who was concentrating intently and didn't dare to say anything.
200 yuan... a palm-sized piece of spinach, plus the scraps that the owner said she had bought in a package.
The more I listened to this process, the more it sounded like the cover-up done by the protagonist in those cheating cultivation novels in order to deceive others.
Plus the Taishi jade pendant that she had copied earlier.
Could it be that this "little disciple" of hers is some kind of extraordinary jade expert?
Zhen Yuandao sighed in disbelief in his heart.
Although it is outrageous, this is indeed the only way he can explain Jia Wenyan's behavior in all his years of work.
Especially the technique Jia Wenyan used when she just extracted the jade material. Although he didn't see the whole process clearly, judging from the scraps worn off the workbench, Jia Wenyan's skills in this area have far exceeded his expectations of her.
Even in the Xian'an Museum, few people can do better than her. And not to mention her age, this calmness and control are simply born for the work of cultural relics restoration.
He couldn't imagine what kind of genius he would have missed if it weren't for those two losers in his family who rushed to snatch the student in front of him.
He even began to imagine what Jia Wenyan would be like if she had come directly to Xian'an to attend university. However, just when he thought Jia Wenyan was going to keep this piece of spinach green as the main material for replicating the dragon pattern jade pendant.
She actually waved her little hand and used the "work pen" beside her to draw carved patterns on the mined spinach green.
The most important thing is that there is no blueprint in front of her!!!
"Leave jade under my command!"
Zhen Yuandao shouted anxiously and stepped forward immediately to control Jia Wenyan's "wasteful behavior" that was seeking her own death.
The palm-sized spinach green is indeed the best material for replicating the dragon-patterned jade pendant, but how can such a precious thing be treated so casually?
Even if Jia Wenyan only spent two hundred yuan, it would not be possible. However, the next second, when his eyes swept across the lines on the jade material, he froze in place.
"Kid, this is your drawing... No, how did you come up with this pattern? The concept drawing you sent me earlier should not look like this."
"This...I just thought of it when I learned that the raw material was spinach green."
Jia Wenyan took the jade material from Zhen Yuandao and continued:
"The design I gave you before was based on the patterns of ordinary Hetian Jasper. I never thought that one day I would use such a rare spinach green to replicate that jade plaque. But I think if it is such a deep green, it should be matched with the current design to make the overall visual effect of the jade pendant more harmonious."
"As for why I started with this piece of jade, it was because I had no way of confirming how much the color difference of the jade pendant would affect the final presentation."
Jia Wenyan responded to Zhen Yuandao's question clearly, and Zhen Yuandao didn't know what to say. But what he didn't know was that the reason why Jia Wenyan dared to paint on this hard-to-find spinach green with her bare hands, in addition to her confidence in her own skills, there was another very important reason, which was that just after she opened the spinach green.
The sound of the dragon-patterned jade pendant immediately echoed in her mind.
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