Seeing this, Zhou Zhi finally couldn't help it anymore, picked up the phone and dialed the long-distance number of the Suzhou Jade Carving Factory.
The masters on the other end must have been waiting for Zhou Zhi’s call. When they heard Zhou Zhi shouting excitedly, they laughed like a child who had succeeded in a prank.
Zhou Zhi is an expert, and Zhu Qinghong is not worried at all that he does not see the value of this carving. This has created a category of carved stone. With this bonus, Zhu Qinghong is almost a He has stepped into the ranks of great masters.
The title "Master" is not the kind of nonsense touted by later generations, but a real national title awarded to domestic arts and crafts creators by the State Council responsible for the protection of traditional arts and crafts. the highest honor of the beneficiary.
So far, the country has only selected three sessions in total. The first session in 1979 had 33 people; the second session in 1988 had 63 people; the third session was the year before last. Just reviewed, sixty-four people.
In other words, so far, there are only more than 150 masters in all arts and crafts categories across the country.
Even so, this classification is still considered too crude. In another ten years, it will be replaced by another system, which is the formal professional title of industrial artist.
In this professional title system, arts and crafts workers will be divided into masters of arts and crafts, senior (researcher level) arts and crafts, senior arts and crafts, arts and crafts, assistant arts and crafts and craftsmen. Artist.
Note that all the above must be at the national level, and the quality at the provincial level will be much worse.
Zhu Qinghong's skills are already very exquisite. Although he was rated as a master of jade carving in 1993, he is still a little weak, mainly because his masterpieces are still inferior.
In the professional title system of later generations, it can only be at the level of senior or researcher.
But it’s different now. A stone type has been discovered that can be carved, and the craftsmanship has been further improved. According to the strict selection regulations of later generations, a master of arts and crafts is also properly qualified. Booked.
Of course Zhou Zhi is very busy and congratulations.
Zhu Qinghong smiled and said: "Xiao Zhou, you are really a lucky member of our jade carving factory. If it were another day to rediscover Tian Huang, I'm afraid it wouldn't be surprising!"
" How is this possible?" Zhou Zhi couldn't help laughing: "Sir, I think this stove is no worse than Qianlong's hibiscus stone stove. Can we prepare it for the award?"
"It's okay to send it to the exhibition, but forget about the award." Zhu Qinghong said on the other end of the phone.
"Huh? Why?" The exhibitions and awards they were talking about here were referring to the Annual Arts and Crafts Exhibition held by the Ministry of Light Industry every year, as well as the "Hundred Flowers Award".
Gold, silver, bronze and other awards will also be awarded to the exhibits at the annual exhibition. However, the weight of such awards can only increase the value of the exhibits, and it is not enough honor for the creators.
The Hundred Flowers Award is different. The full name of the Hundred Flowers Award is the China Jade Hundred Flowers Award. It is the only national jade carving award and the highest award in the Chinese arts and crafts community. It is extremely authoritative.
If the exhibition awards are more like the pricing of luxury goods, then the Hundred Flowers Award can basically be regarded as the top award for creators.
Just like today's writers, if their works are published in "People's Literature", they can be called "famous writers." In the same way, if today's arts and crafts can be selected for the Hundred Flowers Award, then the creator can also be called a national Senior industrial artist. In addition, some of the outstanding works selected by the Hundred Flowers Award will be collected in the China Arts and Crafts Treasures Museum, which is also a very high honor.
Obviously, the Hundred Flowers Award Selection Exhibition is of a higher level than the Annual Arts and Crafts Exhibition. Now Zhu Qinghong said that he was not going to use this lid furnace to participate in the Hundred Flowers Award Selection, which made Zhou Zhi a little confused.
“Because this is just a work we experimented with stone materials.” Zhu Qinghong said: “I didn’t expect it to show such workmanship and be so festive!”
“Apart from the persimmon red color, we found that The other kind of stone you sent over is It is the kind called 'cherry red', which has a better water head. In addition to testing the carving skills and conception, the expressiveness of the subject matter will be better. We are going to carve a set of cherry red works to give away prizes. This cover furnace. Well, just send it to last year’s exhibition.”
"There have been too many custom orders this year. Now the inventory in the factory is almost sold out. The manager keeps urging us to produce works, which is really annoying."
"I really have to deal with this matter. "Yao Jing's philosophy is endless," Zhou Zhi said: "The works of several masters should be compared with others. It’s high quality but not expensive. Just have a few groups every year.”
“Also, you can’t sell all the fine products in the factory. You have to keep some good ones as your signature. That's it." Zhou Zhi suggested: "You must know that Tianhuang stone and chicken blood stone are already one. It’s hard to find materials. If you don’t leave some dirt behind, even if you want to carve it again in the future, you may not even have the mineral materials.”
“We already have this problem,” Zhu Qinghong said worriedly. Said: "Since the batch of Hotan seeds you sent has been released, the price of Hotan jade is now After somersaults and upwards, news came from Beijiang Gongmei this year that after all the stores sold out their stocks, they found that almost no larger seeds could be harvested. "
Zhou Zhi knew this a long time ago. Yes, but the conscience of heaven and earth, the rising price of Hetian jade has no direct relationship with him.
Just like jade is hyped by people from the island nation, Hetian jade is also hyped by the people of Hong Kong.
The culprit is of course the Li family who are not short of money.
To be precise, it is Li Qiyan.
Li Qiyan’s reasons are also very good. After he gave me a Hetian white jade Guanyin carving, our two daughters-in-law became pregnant one after another.
The facts are here, and you still want me to believe that this is superstition? !
For this reason, Li Qiyan specially organized a joint exhibition of ancient and modern jade carvings on Hong Kong Island, which brought together ancient jade and modern Su Gong jade carvings collected by Hong Kong collectors. It still caused quite a sensation in Hong Kong Island.
However, most of the exhibits provided by the Suzhou Jade Carving Factory were thoughtfully customized. Therefore, Li Qiyan’s wishful thinking of holding an exhibition and purchasing goods failed. Later, the exhibits were sent to Taiwan, and Li Qiyan got nothing. Fame and buzz.
Fortunately, it is not too late to make amends. The Suzhou Jade Carving Factory has a rich heritage, and it has also sent goods to various places over the years.
In addition to Su Gong, Guanggong and Beigong are also worthy of praise. Anyway, my daughter-in-law is an expert in arts and crafts, so just let her help find goods in the country.
But Li Qiyan forgot to consider two points: First, who is he? Second, what will the people of Hong Kong do after knowing his actions?
The answer is simple. First, Lee Kai-yan is the weather vane of Hong Kong Island. Second, there are many rich people in Hong Kong Island, such as Jesse Cheng, who was looking for houses in the mainland in his early years. Their art consultant likes to suggest two words - follow the trend. (End of this chapter)