Chapter 38 Do you want to starve me to death?

After seeing Grandpa Lu off, Zhang Yang sat down at the stone table and began to list the things he would need to make a replica of the Jade Pig Dragon:

Materials are the most important.

The ancient jade of Hongshan culture is Xiuyan jade, one of the four famous jades.

The price is relatively cheap, much cheaper than Hetian jade, so you can buy more when the time comes.

The second is the equipment for processing jade.

There is no need to consider mechanical ones at all, as prehistoric civilizations have not yet discovered machine tools.

Ancient jade must be polished and drilled by hand.

Zhang Yang listed two tools, "lathe" and "bow drill", and decided to use whichever one was available at the time.

Anyway, the desired effect is that the holes in the jade show traces of manual processing.

Finally, the tools needed for aging.

Microwave oven, electric oven, sodium hydroxide, ammonia water...all these need to be prepared.

After listing the cost, it seems that the cost should not exceed one thousand yuan.

Grandpa Lu gave Zhang Yang five thousand as a deposit, so he would definitely not lose money this time.

We can even see some signs of "making a lot of money from customized high-end imitations".

Next, it’s time to go buy equipment.

Zhang Yang was about to go out on his electric bike when Shen Yiyi hurriedly chased him out of the room.

"Brother, wait a minute!"

"You haven't helped me look after the old bronzes I made!"

After Xiao Shen stopped Zhang Yang, he took out a black bronze mirror from his bag.

"Here, see if there's anything wrong."

"Oh huh?"

Zhang Yang is now a real expert in aging bronze ware. At first glance, he can tell that Xiao Shen's black lacquer imitation of antique bronze ware is of some level.

The most important thing about this black patina is that it has a paint-like feel.

It seems to be doing well so far.

Zhang Yang took it, looked at every detail carefully, and then nodded in approval.

“The thickness is not good enough, but it’s probably because you were in such a tight schedule.

It is no exaggeration to say that a newcomer who can achieve this level has surpassed 90% of ordinary people in talent.

Now you can learn bronze making from scratch."

Zhang Yang casually pointed to a bronze chime in the yard.

"Weren't you interested in pottery before? Why don't you learn how to make a pottery mold for this thing first?"

Xiao Shen looked at the exquisite bronze chimes and swallowed.

She was a little intimidated.

"Brother, isn't this progressing too fast?"

“It feels like I’ve just learned how to play the game and you’re asking me to play professionally.”

Seeing Xiao Shen's embarrassment, Zhang Yang had to remind her.

There is a casting method called reverse molding... No, it should be sand casting.

The bronze chimes are right in front of you. Wrap the chimes with clay and then find a way to take the chimes out of the clay. Can't you make a mold?
After listening to this, Xiao Shen nodded thoughtfully.

But she still held on to the handle of the electric bike and wouldn't let Zhang Yang leave.

"One more thing."

Shen Yiyi showed an embarrassed smile on her face:
"I want to write a paper and submit it on how to make black paint look old."

"It might involve the secret recipe you gave me before. Do you think it's okay?"

"what?"

After hearing this, Zhang Yang stood up from the car.

Junior sister, what do you mean?

There is nothing wrong with writing a paper, but if you also include your own methods of making things old, isn’t that stabbing yourself in the back?

"No, Junior Sister.

If you make your method of aging known to others and they learn it, won’t I starve to death?

Look at the bronze ware in the yard; they are now unsaleable.

What should I do in the future?

Besides, the recipe I gave you is the secret method of our Tukeng Duan sect. How can I pass it on to outsiders?

The Dharma cannot be passed on lightly! "

"Oh, that's right." Xiao Shen nodded.

She was not worried about Zhang Yang starving to death. At worst, she could ask her grandfather to find a national treasure to help raise him.

But it is not worthwhile to pass on the secrets of the sect. Otherwise, add a sentence to the paper:
Do I have to go to Qingzhou City Second Prison to become a disciple in order to unlock all the content?
It doesn’t seem to work either. If I write like this, the teacher will scold me to death.

"But brother, I need the research results."

"I want to continue my studies in graduate school."

Xiao Shen told Zhang Yang his true feelings very honestly.

In her opinion, her senior has a lot of skills, and if he could teach her a little bit, it would be enough to give her extra points for admission to graduate school.

Now the ancient method of Hei Laquer is not allowed to be spread, so is there any other way?

"Brother, can you help me think of a solution?"

"Speak properly, don't pinch!"

Zhang Yang stretched out his hand and gestured to stop:
"If you just want to get extra points for your postgraduate study, I have a solution."

"Hurry up and tell me." Xiao Shen urged with an expectant look on his face.

"Just take the aged bronze ware to school and show your teachers how awesome you are."

"and then?"

"That's all. If they don't allow you to study in graduate school even though you're so great, then that's their loss."

Zhang Yang said confidently.

Xiao Shen looked disappointed:

"Ah? Senior Brother, is this a solution?"

"Don't be so quick to deny it. Just give it a try. Even if it doesn't work, you won't lose anything."

"Forehead……"

Xiao Shen was silent for a while, then stretched out his hand to Zhang Yang:

"Give me back the mirror. I'm going to hit the teacher in the face with it."

"Hmm? That won't work!"

"I cast the mold for this bronze mirror. You have to rely on yourself."

Zhang Yang made a gesture of invitation towards the chimes.

Xiao Shen looked at him hesitantly, his eyes wandering between Zhang Yang and the bronze chimes for a long time, and finally walked towards the latter.

Zhang Yang smiled with satisfaction when he saw this scene.

That’s good. Someone has finally taken over the job of making ceramic molds.

……

Half a month later, Zhang Yang brought his works to the offline venue of "Huashan Appraisal".

The event was held at Qingzhou Convention and Exhibition Center.

This is known as the largest indoor venue in the entire city.

Zhang Yang disagrees with this statement. The largest venue must be Qingzhou Vegetable Wholesale Market.

But in terms of atmosphere, the scene was noisy and indeed no worse than a vegetable market.

Zhang Yang arrived a little late, and when he lined up, there was already a long queue of dozens of people in front of him.

Fortunately, the team was moving quite fast.

Sometimes it gets stuck suddenly.

Generally, when a team like this gets stuck, it is because the collectors and experts in front are arguing with each other.

Zhang Yang had just arrived for a short while when he encountered this situation.

The bald man in front of him noticed the excitement and quickly turned around and said to him:
"Hey young man, please keep an eye on this. I'm going to take a video in the front."

"I'll come back and show you later."

After saying that, without caring whether Zhang Yang agreed or not, he ran out of the team and ran around in circles to watch the fun.

Zhang Yang thought to himself, this is totally not taking his treasure seriously.

But when he saw the old man's treasure.

He understood instantly.

There's really no need to worry about this stuff.

An oversized blue and white porcelain jar, its mouth as thick as the waist of the big brother with a pot belly sitting next to it, and the jar wall is thicker than Zhang Yang's palm.

Zhang Yang couldn't even lift it with one hand.

This is a powerful device. There are surveillance cameras everywhere on the scene. Who can steal this thing?
Zhang Yang knew little about blue and white porcelain.

But he has a cell phone.

I took a photo and searched it online. This thing is called [Blue and White Figure Patterned Jar]. The same model sells for 299, and shipping is free.

The corresponding authentic ones are collected in the Palace Museum.

After seeing the prices, Zhang Yang was particularly curious about the old man's mental state.

What drove him to bring such a fake antique to the scene for appraisal?

(End of this chapter)