At the end of the banquet, when everyone came out of the hall, the waitress who had just served everyone in the Gome Jiangsu Hall with Director Liu appeared at the door again, holding a beautiful gift box in her hand.
Deputy Director Duan took the gift box and handed it to Zhou Zhi: "I just heard from Mr. Yao that Mr. Zhou is also very knowledgeable about our Su embroidery. He likes this round fan of Zhaojun going out of the fortress. I can do this, so I will give it to you." Mr. Zhou, to express his gratitude for his strong support of our work. The other three paintings are still in the exhibition room of the Provincial Department and will be sent to Mr. Zhou when I return.”
"Thank you so much." Zhou Zhi is not pretentious, knowing that this is the normal way of doing things now: "I will have several custom-made jades next year, so I will continue to ask Master Zhu, Master Lu, and Master Zhang."
"What kind of jade is it?" Zhu Qinghong suddenly beamed.
"Masters, please continue to make antiques." Zhou Zhi said: "I will customize a sword for Xiaomiao in Longquan, suitable for girls. I want to imitate the white jade outfit you carved last time and get a set of southern red swords. . The rest of the antique pieces can be created as you wish. I only give suggestions and will not interfere with your creative ideas. ”
"Master Lu and Master Zhang, you know that I am currently doing research in Liangshan. The Yi compatriots have a great creation hero called Zhige Alu. I want to create a work based on his image."
"Is it a relief or a three-dimensional sculpture?" Lu Man and Zhang Mingyu were both very excited. In fact, the most difficult thing to find for creation is the subject matter, and this kind of minority subject matter is also one of the special features of the selection in the jade carving competition, similar to the college entrance examination that has extra points. If Lu and Zhang can get this extra point, then it won't be a big problem to win another gold medal.
Among the three, only Zhu Qinghong is a real master. His full name is Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts. He was evaluated in 1993. Although Lu and Zhang are also called masters, their real rank is Researcher of Arts and Crafts. There is still half a foot left before the master.
If they can win the Hundred Flowers Award again, both of them will be able to win the Hundred Flowers Award three times, and two more times in a row, which will definitely be very beneficial to the subsequent work of selecting masters.
"The three-dimensional carving is too expensive." Zhou Zhi decided to highlight two more well-known nationally recognized masters: "Let's go with the bas-relief. I have a piece of 95 Yutian aniseed material with a relatively beautiful shape, which costs about two hundred yuan. Jin, the surface is slightly red, but not maroon skin, a bit like... a more rosy skin color.”
The 95 Yutian materials in the previous life were badly wasted, because the discovery of the vein was very close to the expiration date of the discoverer's contract. In order to bring the jade materials down the mountain before the expiration of the contract period, the contractor finally used the crude method of explosives. After removing the mineral materials, this resulted in a scarcity of aniseed materials in 95 Yutian, with broken materials accounting for the vast majority.
When Zhou Zhi took over this life, of course he could no longer do this. With enough time and a reliable team, Zhou Zhi's request to Xia Mili was to "make it as big as possible." In the end, a total of eight tons of mineral materials were mined. Most of them are made of materials, and the largest piece weighs one ton. In a few decades, the value of this piece of material alone will reach tens of billions.
However, those large materials are still reluctant to be used for carving. The higher the quality of the material, the more cautious it must be processed. In many cases, once a knife is used on the jade material, its value will decrease, especially for large pieces. , even master craftsmanship will not work.
There is a rule in the jade carving shop, that is, the materials should be matched equally. Zhou Zhi felt that being able to give Lu and Zhang a piece of 95 Yutian material, about two hundred kilograms, for processing was already a good deal.
Lu and Zhang actually thought so too. Lu Man laughed and said, "I just don't know what Zhige Alu looks like in the legend." "In fact, it's not too complicated. Legend has it that he is a dragon eagle that drops three drops from the sky. A drop of blood infected a girl named Pu'ao Yi and was born. Later, she became a man similar to Hou Yi in the Han nationality legend. He destroyed many demons and monsters, conquered many venomous snakes and beasts, tamed thunder and lightning, and shot down five of the six suns and six moons out of the seven moons in the sky with his magical bow, leaving only one sun. and a moon, allowing people to live a happy and beautiful life.”
"Huh?" Lu Man and Zhang Mingyu had never heard of this story before, and found it novel and interesting.
"When I get back, I will give the two of you the story of Zhigalu and some images of Zhigalu that have been created so far." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "His stories are many and very magical, so that you can learn more about Zhigalu." It’s not difficult to make a picture full of novelty.”
That's enough. There is a theme, a story, and top-notch materials and craftsmanship... The smiles on Lu Man and Zhang Mingyu's faces have already made them look like Farewell My Concubine who just added fish maw to the table. That's it.
The next step is to discuss the exhibition issue of "Hundred Eight Dragon Sons". This Zhou Zhi understands the rules very well. Just like the custom-made white jade statue, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea slipped around in a big circle. Now that they have not returned to Zhou Zhi's hands, Lin Wanqiu keeps them to prepare for the opening of Tianxin Yinlou's branch in the capital, to attract customers to visit, to gain popularity and to show off her strength and connections.
As a Baihua Gold Award-winning work, "Hundred Eight Dragons" naturally could not escape a similar fate.
However, this kind of thing is beneficial to Zhou Zhi. High-end handicrafts, as well as similar famous paintings and cultural relics, are unveiled at important exhibitions or auctions. They are also recognized by the industry, are inherited in an orderly manner, and come with their own reference prices, allowing potential customers to Knowing that there is such a thing in the world and its various functions.
Therefore, when the auction house makes a catalog of the auction items, in addition to introducing the artwork, the text should also specifically explain how many important exhibitions it has experienced, how many auctions it has participated in, the reference price of each auction, etc., as a guide to the artwork. A necessary means to increase one's worth.
"Hundred Eight Dragon Sons" is made of new materials, so it is naturally impossible to have the same opportunity as the previous Hetian jade carvings. However, just because of the title of the Su Gong New Materials Gold Award work, it has been exhibited in relevant units in Jiangsu Province and Sichuan Province. You can't run away.
As the source of raw materials for Nanhong, the autonomous prefecture cannot escape the exhibition, but this kind of municipal exhibition cannot increase the value of the work.
Calculating this, it will take at least a few months before this work can be returned to Zhou Zhi's hands.
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There are many nouveau riche who only know how to get results by throwing money at them, and it is very difficult to communicate with them. There are also some big guys who customize their works and immediately hide them in the safe without letting anyone see them. For example, there are several people from Hong Kong and Macao whom Zhou Zhi knows. Rich people have such a temper.
Zhou Zhi can be regarded as an insider, and of course he is not the kind of person who doesn't understand business. This in itself can also help him expand his contacts in this area, so he agreed to Deputy Director Duan's request to stay in the exhibition, which made everyone relieved. (End of chapter)