Spirit Stone Hunter

Time passed quickly, and by the time the Ruixueqingpine sculpture was completed, the summer of this year had already passed.

The previously engraved amber ornaments of the source of life have been affirmed and praised by Binmao Natural History Museum.Since the carvings were sent, every time someone came to visit, someone would ask what was in the amber, especially some children, who had a strong interest in the creatures of the ancient world from the moment they entered the door.This is an unprecedented experience for them.In the past, the school organized people to visit them, and those children were not interested.But this amber ornament, which is dazzling when entering the door, has changed some children's impression of the exhibition hall.

The time that was sealed in amber hundreds of millions of years ago was frozen. The feeling of confining time alone is enough to attract people's attention.

This "source of life" ornament was posted on the official homepage of Binmao City as scheduled.Many people are attracted by the shape of the amber carving, and more people are more interested in the plants wrapped inside.

After Bai Sheng received the news from Binmao City, he immediately bought a lot of rough amber stones in large quantities.He even acquired two amber mines overseas, and after completing these preliminary works, he began several rounds of concept promotion campaigns on the Internet.

In just half a month, there have been many posts on the Internet about what the various inclusions in amber are.Most of these posts are compiled and released by people who have been engaged in research work for many years.And the person who posted these in the first place was actually hired by Bai Sheng with money.The following concept promotion is different from these substantive academic issues.What represents the belief in love, you must stick to it forever like amber.No matter how difficult and dangerous the wind and rain are, I will protect you for hundreds of millions of years.All these propaganda words that made Ma Xiaotian get goosebumps when he saw them, really consumed a lot of brain cells of the propaganda team.

Don't look at Ma Xiaotian's hypocrisy when he looks at these lines, but they are useful to many people in this world.The price of amber has gone up, especially for some amber with inclusions. The price has been fired to the level of a third-level spirit stone within two months.In the end, it was the Lingshi Association who came forward to adjust the market price, which finally made people's buying enthusiasm settle down a lot.But even so, amber has been upgraded from a low-grade spirit stone to a symbolic gift or accessory.Because the hardness of amber is not high, ordinary small electric grinders can be used for engraving. With the amber carving ornaments in Binmao City as a model, many small shops have begun to sell amber carvings.As small as a ring, as large as a pendant.However, the engraving technology is not very good, and there are very few fine works.And these things must have inclusions in order to be valuable.Other ordinary amber, or no one will appreciate it.

Ma Xiaotian has been paying close attention to the dynamics of the amber market recently, seeing that people can actually pay several times or even dozens of times more expensive than usual to buy something for an illusory meaning, he is really surprised.

"This kind of consumption is irrational at all. What's more, what they care about is the value of the contents, not the meaning of the waste rock itself. Look at those ambers without inclusions, which are still being discarded and no one cares about them." Ma Xiaotian actually Very distressed.Because in this world, the only thing he could afford to buy when he was living by himself was amber.So his feelings for Amber are different.Seeing that waste rocks can have their own value, he first hopes that amber can change people's perceptions.

Zhan Jiu also saw on the website that this two centimeter golden amber ant bead was actually asking for [-] yuan. In the past, such a large amber might not be worth a hundred yuan. "It's indeed crazy. Bai Sheng's propaganda method really surprised me."

Xiaotian frowned: "But in this situation, there is no change to other amber. Oh, forget it, come a little bit. When we move to the dormitory of the studio, I want to make some golden amber, white honey and blood amber The jewelry set. At that time, try to auction it online. I hope people will see the beauty of amber itself.”

Zhan Jiu nodded: "Okay. I have packed up the dormitory. I arranged a room for Aunt Liu and Xiaojin. We live in the opposite door. After all, it is not built according to the way we live, so there is no way to feel like home .”

Ma Xiaotian didn't have any objection to this one: "It's enough to make the isolation door. The one that Bai Sheng introduced before is quite good. If we go back in the future, the top floor can be allocated to the main staff of several studios. It is still necessary to separate and have an independent space."

The carving of Ruixue Qingsong lasted for three and a half months, which was the longest time Yuan Pu carved in his life.Different from the round plastic engraving machine, you only need to put the raw materials in, which is carved out little by little with the engraving drill.To combine every color and bump to complete all the details.The final result is perfect, and to Ma Xiaotian, it is definitely better than his own design!

On the day Yuan Pu completed Ruixue Qingsong, Bai Sheng happened to be discussing the customization of high-end gemstone jewelry with Zhan Jiu and Ma Xiaotian in the studio.Because the previous set of emperor green glass emerald jewelry set made the customizer steal the limelight at the dinner party, so many ladies and ladies and even some spiritual men who married into rich families were found through sub-trust relationships. He hopes to be able to customize unique styles of jewelry or accessories out of waste rocks.

After receiving Yuan Pu's call, the three immediately went downstairs to the workshop.

Under the light, the snow-white pines are emerald green, and even the frowning black spots on the original stones have been appropriately carved into the shining points of the ornaments.Bai Sheng panicked for a moment, then immediately walked up to him, reached out and gently touched Ruixue on the green pine. "It's great! You didn't let me see the blueprints before, but now I see the finished product directly! This is an absolute work of art! Priceless!"

Both Ma Xiaotian and Yuan Pu are very proud, but Ma Xiaotian is not proud of his designs, but that waste rocks can also become priceless works of art. "Brother Bai, do you think this can be handed over to the National Lingshi Museum?"

Bai Sheng nodded: "Of course. This is definitely worthy of the collection of the National Lingshi Museum! And I believe that once this jadeite ornament comes out, it will definitely cause a sensation all over the country, maybe even the whole world! Judging from the current situation, waste stone carving The day when it can be officially renamed as gemstone carving is not far away! Recently, the time has come to let the students start to complete small works independently. Don’t be too harsh, I can sell the carving works of the students in the store, and the money from the sale will be given to them , can also be regarded as encouraging them to work hard to improve.”

After such a long time of contact and cooperation, Ma Xiaotian understands Bai Sheng's way of life very well.He will never be stingy with money. On the contrary, he would rather spend more money and time than others in terms of employing people and even building momentum, but also to get the best recognition and effect.And such an ending naturally brought the trust and loyalty of the collaborators and subordinates.The prosperity of business is also inseparable from his character.

Xiaotian said with emotion: "When I made these waste stone jewelry by myself, I sold them for hundreds or even dozens of dollars. Later, I bought a ring for more than a thousand. I still can't believe it. Now those amber jewelry can already be sold. Thousands of tens of thousands were sold. The days go by so fast. I have to say that you have a brain, Brother Bai."

Bai Sheng laughed and said, "You came up with this idea. You changed such a promising career with your words at the beginning. This is your brain, not mine. So you are praising yourself."

Xiaotian smiled: "Then I'm not being modest. I have always felt that this idea is very meaningful. By the way, if this jade carving is like the amber before, it will not be easy to buy in the future. ?”

Bai Sheng nodded: "That's right. But spirit stones are still being dug out continuously, and it's unrealistic for us to stock up. Emerald mines are not as cheap as amber mines before. So it's better to work hard on carving. Not everyone They all have the skills of Teacher Yuan. Otherwise, I wouldn't have invited only three of them."

Yuan Pu said with a smile: "Those students don't look at their young age, but they study very seriously, and several of them are very talented. You have to be patient and calm when doing this. They can really do it. No Picking the wrong person."

"I hope they can finish their homework independently as soon as possible. Teacher Yuan, I will leave the supervision work to you recently. Although Brother Bai said that you don't need to be too strict, the things placed in the store must not be too low-grade." Zhan Jiu said to this Still quite demanding.

Yuan Pu replied: "That's for sure, but it's mainly about the design. If others have to provide the design drawings, they won't be able to take care of themselves in the future. So I still hope that they can design by themselves. But to be honest, in terms of design, we three It’s not as good as Xiaotian alone. So he still needs to come to help.”

Ma Xiaotian immediately expressed: "This is not a problem. We will move here in a few days, and then I can come down every day to help them modify the design drawings of the sculpture."

Three days later, it was Xiaohui's [-]th day, and it was time for them to be discharged from the hospital.Nurse Wang was really reluctant to part with Xiaojin and Xiaohui, and the four of them were not very good at raising children, and only Aunt Liu couldn't do it at all, so Nurse Wang was specially approved to help the two of them.Until they left the capital and returned to Hexi.

When he was just born, Xiaohui was bullied by Xiaojin every day.But Kuiren's baby is serious every day, and his growth rate is much faster than Lingren's. Now his height and weight during the day are much taller and heavier than half-year-old Xiaojin's baby.The wolf ears on the head are also gone.Xiaojin cried several times just to avoid furry ear scratches, but finally had to accept the reality.Of course, that is entirely because children have no memory, and they will not remember after a long time.

Ma Xiaotian and Zhan Jiu are very busy at work now.So Xiaojin must live with them in the studio dormitory.Huo Congting originally wanted to take his wife and children back to live in the master's villa, which was the home they grew up in.But today Ma Xiaotian, Zhan Jiu and Nurse Wang took Xiao Jin away for a day, and they planned to let Xiao Jin get used to the situation there.As a result, for the first half of the night, both children cried endlessly.On Zhan Jiu's side, it can be said that Xiaojin is not used to unfamiliar environments.Xiaohui didn't even change the person who took care of him to sleep, but he just kept crying.

Holding his son and walking around the room, Ying Feng was very anxious. "How good this is. Xiaotian said that Xiaojin has been crying all the time. But why is our Xiaohui crying like this?"

Huo Congting was already sweating from anxiety. "Is it because you are separated from your future wife, so you are not happy?"

Ying Feng glared at him: "You're so anxious that you're still joking!"

Huo Congting said: "I'm not necessarily joking. Otherwise, let's try to take him to live there for a night now. If he doesn't cry, we might as well go live there for a while. Anyway, there are several houses. At that time, Sister Wang and Aunt Liu can still take care of them together, and they don’t have to run around. Don’t worry about Master, he won’t say anything. Anyway, he won’t go back to the villa.”

Ying Feng could only nod his head: "Okay. Aunt Liu and I will wrap him up. Go and drive."