If he has a superb memory and good materials, and if he produces a peerless masterpiece in this competition, then the first place in the competition will definitely be his, without any suspense. Even if their Northern School's skills are good, they are not as outstanding as the Southern School's.
In the jade carving world, a large number of people believe in the Southern School. After all, the things made by Nanpai are ingenious, with ingenious design and delicate and exquisite knife workmanship, which really gives people a visual enjoyment.
Unlike their Northern School, the idea of ??expression is rough and heroic. Although some people like that kind of carving method, many people can't appreciate it. In addition, the jade material he found this time is not perfect, it is not as pure and transparent as the red agate in the young man's hand, and the things he made may not be able to enter the ranks of high-quality goods.
At eight o'clock, as the host said, "The first Spring Bud Cup Jade Carving Contest starts now," all the contestants picked up the jade carving knives, bowed their heads and began to carve the jade in their hands seriously.
This is a long and boring process that lasts twelve hours, and all contestants must complete their works within the specified time. What is not completed will be eliminated.
The four beauties to be carved by Xia Ziyuan are relatively complicated and take a lot of time. Fortunately, he is a person with no distractions, and has measured the depth of each knife at home. I have rehearsed many times in my mind where I should start and where I should end.
For this competition, he made sufficient preparations. As soon as the start was announced, he picked up the carving knife and lowered his head to operate. Every action, every detail is handled very well.
It can be said that there is almost no need for trimming where he has cut the knife, as long as the remaining debris is cleaned with a brush. Like some people, they are not very proficient in engraving on a knife edge repeatedly, the strength, the depth, and the depth.
But he is different. He has been playing with various carvings since he was very young. Even if he has not learned it systematically, he still strives not to rework. Later, after studying with Zhou Mingzhang, his skills improved by leaps and bounds, but the mentality he had maintained and strict requirements on himself still made him not want to waste time on rework.
Regarding this point, Zhou Mingzhang is also working hard to train him. In itself, jade materials cannot be reworked casually, otherwise the value of the raw materials will be destroyed.
It is best to be able to achieve "one size fits all" perfection.
Especially for the southern faction, if they can't do it, and carve the eyes of the characters one big and one small, then what's the point?
The interface of the jade material is inherently limited. If it is repeatedly carved and cannot be perfected with a single knife, will the jade material have to be damaged?
This is also the skill that Zhou Mingzhang has repeatedly emphasized that must be practiced. Xia Ziyuan is very smart and hardworking. If he has already practiced very familiar things and combined with systematic learning, his knife skills will be even better.
Everyone is quietly lowering their heads to sculpt, and the judges are also wandering around the venue to watch. On the contrary, the old god Zhou Mingzhang sat on the ground without moving. He didn't need to look to know that Xia Ziyuan must be doing his work very seriously.
He will not bother, so as not to affect his work.
Wang Congmin from the northern school walked slowly in front of Xia Ziyuan, looking at the jade in his hand, with greedy eyes. Such a good material is really rare, I don't know where this young man got it.
Turning his head to look at Zhou Mingzhang, who was a bit bored, he felt that this thing should not have been obtained by this young man, but by that old thing. This old thing is dishonest, there are good ones that have been stored and refused to take out, and it will be revealed at a critical moment, which shows how old and cunning it is.
His "good" apprentice didn't get much care from him, how could he treat this assistant so well? Look at it differently.
Seeing the young man doing his own thing seriously and turning a blind eye to his existence, Wang Congmin felt that his concentration was good.
Look at his hand holding the knife carving again and again, without trembling or making mistakes, steady and steady, immersed in his own world wholeheartedly, and he is completely unaware of the interference from the outside world.
"Hiss!"
The longer he watched, the more surprised Wang Congmin was by Xia Ziyuan's state. When did the Nanpai accept such a talent, why didn't he hear any news?
To put it bluntly, Zhou Mingzhang hired assistants, so naturally he would not hold any banquets and inform people in the industry. It would be different if he was accepting apprentices. The teacher apprentice banquet must be invited to others. After a meal, his apprentice will be known by everyone in the circle.
Assistant! To put it bluntly, he is just a layman, how can he stand up to a banquet for sales promotion? It's not surprising that many people don't know. He didn't tell anyone, and just accepted a young apprentice by accident.
No matter how you say it, Wang Congmin is also a master in the world of jade carving. He can understand who he is, what his temperament is, and what his skill is at a glance.
The young man in front of him is afraid that he will surpass his apprentice and become the number one in this competition, and the Nanpai will become the leader in the jade carving world.
And their northern faction will always be second.
Slightly squinting his eyes, Wang Congmin felt that the young man in front of him was too much of a threat to their northern faction, and it didn't matter if he couldn't steal the jade. If he couldn't participate in the competition, wouldn't it weaken the threat of the southern faction?
If this is the case, it will be easy for the Southern School to lose the opportunity in this competition, and their Northern School will successfully rise to become a new generation of leaders in the jade carving industry.
This is the first time the Jade Carving Competition has been held since the turmoil and stability, and it can be said that it is also a reshuffle. In this session, if no one from the Southern School wins an award, the Southern School will gradually decline in the future.
Their northern faction will gradually rise like the rising sun and become the only one in the jade carving world.
Having made up his mind, Wang Congmin slowly walked away from Xia Ziyuan's workbench with his hands behind his back, and walked forward. When he arrived at his apprentice's workbench, he stopped for a while, left without saying anything.
There is no rush for this matter, he has to let his apprentice prepare seamlessly, otherwise if someone catches him, he will be put in jail.
To count Zhou Mingzhang's little assistant, he still has to rely on medicines, things like Croton are definitely unusable, it's better to get something more advanced, so that he can't sit down and sculpt with all his heart because he has a cold and fever.
If you can't complete your work within the specified time, then you will definitely have no ranking.
No matter how powerful the old fox Zhou Mingzhang is, it is impossible for his apprentice not to get sick. People eat whole grains, and it is normal to catch a cold.
Having an idea, Wang Congmin looked at Xia Ziyuan with sympathy in his eyes. This young man is very good, and the jade he brought is also very good. Unfortunately, he followed the wrong person and went to the quiet Southern School that was about to be suppressed.
If he came to the Northern faction, there might still be a way to survive. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com