my life simulator

It started last year, and now there are no people.

It seems...you haven't taken this step yet!

Lu Li smiled and shook his head, "So, I'm here to help you get started?"

The smile on Manager Wu's face became even more embarrassing, "The jewelry and jade industry... is a bit xenophobic. Our company wants to get involved in this industry, but it hasn't been very successful yet."

Is this called "not very successful"?

This is clearly the engine turned off at the start!

Lu Li smiled and shook his head, "Okay! How many jade materials do you have? Let me check the materials first."

Anyway, what Lu Li needs is their material security, and other issues have nothing to do with Lu Li.

"Yes! Yes! Our company has bought a lot of jade materials!"

Manager Wu nodded repeatedly, "Teacher Lu, come with me. I'll take you to the safe."

The company is ambitious and wants to enter the jewelry and jade industry, and has bought a lot of jade, but... there is no jade carving craftsman.

Originally, Manager Wu and the others thought that as long as they were willing to give money, they could find any talent.It's a pity that they intend to intervene in the jewelry and jade industry, but they were rejected by the people!

A jade carving craftsman cannot be hired casually.

Jade is extremely expensive, and it takes a lot of money and a long time to train a jade carving craftsman.

A skilled jade carving craftsman is a treasure for any jewelry and jade company, and money cannot dig it out.

As for those who are not skilled... they are still apprentices!

The appearance of Lu Li was simply a savior for Manager Wu and the others, a savior who saved them from making mistakes in their decisions.

After confirming Lu Li's skill level with Mr. Han, Manager Wu and the others almost went crazy laughing!

"Mr. Lu, this is our jade warehouse."

When they came to a warehouse similar to a bank vault, Manager Wu pointed to the metal boxes placed in the warehouse, and said to Lu Li, "There are all kinds of jade, you can choose whatever you want."

"These words are... atmospheric!"

Lu Li smiled, "It's a state-owned enterprise after all! It's rich!"

Stepping forward, Lu Li reached out and uncovered a metal box. When he opened it, a fist-sized mutton jade was fixed inside the thick foam.

A piece of mutton fat jade the size of a fist, Hetian seed material, this is... hundreds of millions!

"I want to take a closer look at the jade, is there any problem?"

Lu Li turned his head and asked Manager Wu.

"no problem!"

Manager Wu nodded repeatedly, "I'll arrange someone to carry the jade for you right away, and you can study it slowly in the room over here."

Pointing to the room next to the warehouse, Manager Wu said to Lu Li: "In this room, the temperature is constant and dust-free, and the floor and walls are all made of soft packaging. Even if the jade falls on the ground, you don't have to worry about breaking it. Of course... it will be natural if you don't drop it." Best."

"The preparations are perfect!"

Lu Li nodded with a smile, "That's fine! You arrange for someone to bring the jade over. First, a piece of Tianhuang stone."

After speaking, Lu Li turned around and walked into the "safe room" that Manager Wu mentioned.

This room is really safe!

On the ground and on the walls, a thick layer of rubber is pasted, and it is true that the jade will not break even if it is dropped on the ground.

There is a table in the room, also in soft packaging.There are magnifying glasses, light-transmitting mirrors, and other testing equipment on the table.

As required, Lu Li changed into a white coat and a pair of white gloves, and sat at the table, waiting for the staff to bring in the jade.

After a while, a man with obvious military temperament walked in carrying a box.

"Mr. Lu, you want Tian Huangshi."

The man placed the metal box on the table in front of Lu Li, took a few steps back, and said to Lu Li, "If you need any more jade, just tell me, and I'll send it right away."

"Ok!"

Lu Li nodded, reached out to open the box, and there was another piece of beautiful jade fixed in foam.

Jade carving is different from other carvings.It is impossible for you to cut drastically. It must be based on the shape and structure of jade, the most reasonable and full use of materials to build the best shape.

What Lu Li has to do now is to design the best shape and the best manufacturing process according to the natural texture of jade.

The piece of jade in front of me is a rough piece of Shoushan Tian Huangshi.

Tian Huangshi is also an extremely precious jade, and the piece of Tian Huangshi in front of Lu Li's eyes is worth tens of millions.

Modern jade carvings are generally ornaments, decorations, and literary works.

The Tianhuang stone in front of me is very irregular in shape. If it is used to make a seal, the material waste is serious, and the gain outweighs the loss.It's just right for decoration.

This is the characteristic of jade carving, and the carving plan must be determined according to the material.

After determining the engraving plan, it is the modeling and composition.

The natural texture of jade, even the blemishes, stains, bubbles, cracks, perforations, etc. on the jade, all should be used reasonably, and the shape and composition should be properly formed.

There is an oxide layer on the surface of jade, commonly known as "jade skin".These "jade skins" cannot be peeled off casually, and they must also be used reasonably.

Because jade carvings cannot be colored, these natural "jade skins" with pigmentation are the best color embellishments. Reasonable use of jade skins can play a finishing touch.

Material selection, design, and peeling, after the three preliminary processes, the next step is rough carving, fine carving, polishing, and signing.

When the whole process is over, a jade carving work is officially completed.

However, Lu Li is still in the stage of material selection and design.

After seeing the appearance of this Tianhuang stone, Lu Li put this Tianhuang stone into the tester, turned on the light, turned on the light-transmitting mirror, and carefully inspected the jade for any flaws such as cracks.

After the test was completed, Lu Li took out the jade appraisal certificate from the metal box and compared it with the test conclusion on the appraisal certificate to see if his own test results were consistent.

"Approximately."

Lu Li glanced at the jade certificate, and confirmed that his test result was not much different from the jade certificate.

Then use this piece of Tianhuang stone to practice first!

Thinking of this in his heart, Lu Li couldn't help laughing again.This is so proud to say!Practicing hands with Tianhuangshi is more luxurious than eating bird's nest!

"Manager Wu, come and register. I want to use this piece of Tianhuang stone to make jade carvings."

Lu Li greeted Manager Wu, completed the formalities and signed, received the Tian Huangshi, and prepared to do an extravagant "hands-on" jade carving.

If I go down with this knife, it will be several hundred million!

Chapter 241 It's Amazing

Walking out of the warehouse with the box in hand, there are tens of millions in hand.

Lu Li shook his head with a smile, jade carvings are such a luxury, any piece of material is really valuable.

If one cut is wrong, it will also make you heartbroken.

Carrying the suitcase back to the jade carving studio, Lu Li sat down in front of a piece of jade carving processing equipment.

Carefully take out this piece of Tianhuang stone from the box, carefully install it on the jade carving equipment, lock the soft clamps, and carefully fix the jade stone.

Don't be careful!This thing... is too expensive!

After the installation was fixed, Lu Li turned on the vacuum fan on the jade carving equipment to get ready, and then re-observed the jade.

Rotate the fixture and change the angle constantly.Turn on the light, check it again, and confirm that there is no problem with your design plan.

"Then... get to work!"

After pressing the start button, the jade carving equipment started to run immediately, and the rapidly rotating motor made a slight "humming" sound.

Reach out to pick up the electric engraving needle, and use the method of thread carving to gently engrave lines on the jade to depict the shape and composition.

The engraving needle fell on the jade, and the dust and jade shavings turned up.The dust suction fan sucks up the dust in an instant.

After the drawing is completed, at least one or two grams of jade dust will be removed from the grinding and engraving, and hundreds of thousands are gone!

Of course, once Lu Li completes the carving and makes a successful work, the value of the original material of this piece of jade will be doubled immediately.

After turning off the engraving needle and changing the grinding head, Lu Li started the next step, skinning!

Except for the reserved jade skin, the other parts of the jade skin must be peeled off to reveal the crystal clear texture of the jade.

The grinding head is wiped a little bit, a little bit of grinding, very light, very careful grinding, it must be ensured that no material is wasted, and too much material cannot be cut off.

After polishing, it is rough carving.

On the basis of the composition and engraved lines, according to the natural characteristics of jade, a perfect shape is constructed appropriately.

Another engraving needle was changed, and the surface of the jade was polished little by little, slowly building a three-dimensional shape.

When Lu Li used the engraving needle to carve on a flawed black spot on Tian Huangshi, just as he inserted the needle, Lu Li's wrist suddenly stopped.

"Fuck!"

Even with Lu Li's "calmness", he couldn't help but curse.

Through the peeling jade skin, the light shone on the translucent jade, and Lu Li saw that behind this flawed black spot, suddenly... a deep crack appeared.

Jade has cracks!It is still a crack hidden deep inside the jade!

A piece of jade, if there are cracks inside, this fatal flaw will inevitably lead to a sharp drop in the value of the jade.

This is where the risk of the jade industry lies!

A piece of jade that looks perfect on the surface.When it was processed, it was discovered that the inside was cracked.

This kind of internal crack is difficult to find when testing and appraising jade.

As a jade carving craftsman, I am most afraid of this situation.Jade is brittle, and cracked jade is even more dangerous to carve.If you are not careful, it may cause cracks to spread and the jade will be completely broken.

Lu Li stopped, raised his head and shouted outside, "Manager Wu, come here!"

"Mr. Lu, what are your orders?"

Manager Wu hurried in.

"look by youself!"

Lu Li pointed to the jade stone clamped on the jade carving equipment, and said to Manager Wu, "There are cracks! Internal cracks!"

"what?"

Manager Wu let out an exclamation, hurried up and looked down.Sure enough, a tiny line mark was seen inside the jade, which is a crack.

"This this……"

Manager Wu looked helpless, "Teacher Lu, look... what should I do about this...?"

The value of a cracked jade carving has plummeted!

"There is a way, hollow out!"

Lu Li pointed to the crack on the jade, and said to Manager Wu, "Through the hollowing out process, we can integrate this crack into the shape and composition, which perfectly solves the problem of cracks. It's just... risky."

"What risk?"

Manager Wu is not a professional after all, and he is not very good at specific operations.

"If there are cracks, it means that there is internal stress. It is not yet certain whether the stress has been completely eliminated. So... once the knife is cut, it is very likely that this piece of jade will be broken."

Lu Li spread his hands, "The jade is yours, it's up to you to take the risk or not."

If the jade is broken, the loss will be heavy.

Although small pieces of jade are still valuable,... the value of small pieces of jade is not at the same level as that of large pieces of jade.

"I... I'll make a call."

Manager Wu didn't dare to be the master, so he quickly took out his mobile phone and dialed the boss's number, "Mr. Jiang, during the carving process, Mr. Lu found a crack inside the No. 3 Tian Huangshi. That's right! There are internal cracks. What Mr. Lu meant ...You want to talk to Teacher Lu? Okay."

Manager Wu quickly handed the phone to Lu Li.

"Hi, Mr. Jiang."

Lu Li answered the phone and greeted Mr. Jiang.