Rebirth Picking Leaks Started in 1992

April 1, 1992, April Fool's Day, the 29th day of the second lunar month, was suitable for sacrifices and ceremonies, and was also the day for Liu Xiaojun's apprenticeship banquet.

The invitations had been sent out two days ago, and invited players such as Zhu Wei, Hou Weimin, Wang Zun, etc., as well as friends such as Ye Zhiqiu, Gong Ping, Chen Zhong, Zhu Dashan, and Wang Baimian to watch the ceremony.

Liu Xiaojun also put on a crisp suit early in the morning and stood at the door of the store looking around.

According to etiquette, as a junior, he must personally greet every guest who comes, and Liu Shiqi, as his sister, must also greet them together.

Jiang Yuan was sitting in the shop, drinking tea and chatting with the guests.

Mr. Liu was also dressed grandly today, wearing a green Tang suit, with his silver hair combed meticulously. He was sitting upright on a chair, holding a teacup and chatting with Jiang Yuan.

He glanced at Liu Xiaojun standing at the door and sighed:

"Xiaojun is a good seedling. He can learn a lot, is willing to endure hardships, and is serious about his work."

"I have two daughters, and they have already started their own families. If I count on my fingers, not one of them is interested in antiques."

Mr. Liu smiled bitterly, "Even the ancestral jade carving craftsmanship will be lost."

Jiang Yuan smiled and gave him more tea, "Xiaojun is a man who repays his kindness. Don't worry, if your descendants want to learn in the future, Xiaojun will teach them with all his heart."

Mr. Liu nodded, looking a little disappointed, "After all, I am an old man who has half of his body buried in the ground, so I don't expect so much anymore."

Jiang Yuan smiled softly and drank tea by himself.

After a while, all the guests came, Jiang Yuan stood up, gave a fist-cup salute to everyone, and said with a smile:

"Thank you all for coming to support me. Today is the day when my good brother Liu Xiaojun becomes my master. If you all come here to honor me, it is a great honor for me, Jiang Yuan."

"I still remember that not long ago, I took Xiaojun and met Mr. Liu for the first time at Guyun Teahouse."

"It's funny. At that time, I said that Xiaojun would become the number one jade maker in Binhai, which made Mr. Liu angry."

"Now in front of everyone and Mr. Liu, I still want to say this. Xiaojun will definitely be the number one jade expert in Binhai in the future. My words are not to offend Mr. Liu, but I believe that Mr. Liu can cultivate Xiaojun into a

Everyone in Jade."

Mr. Liu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Jiang Yuan, you don't need to flatter me. I agreed to accept Xiaojun as my disciple, and that's all because he works hard enough."

Liu Xiaojun slapped the back of his head in embarrassment, "It's all thanks to your teachings, Master."

"You have learned too much from Jiang Yuan," Mr. Liu smiled softly, "Go on, don't waste time."

Jiang Yuan nodded and winked at Liu Shiqi.

Liu Shiqi smiled and picked up the teacup and handed it to Liu Xiaojun. After Liu Xiaojun took it, he knelt respectfully in front of Mr. Liu, holding the teacup in both hands and handed it to Mr. Liu, "Master, please drink tea."

Mr. Liu took the tea cup with a smile and took a sip, "Good disciple, get up quickly."

As soon as Liu Xiaojun stood up, he was suddenly pushed and staggered by a big hand.

"Xu Qiang, what are you causing trouble!"

Liu Laoyi slapped the table, pointed at the man and yelled: "What are you doing here?"

Xu Qiang is a young man in his mid-twenties, tall and thin, with a flat head and square face. At first glance, he seems to have a quiet personality.

This is also true. Among the dozens of carvers in the jade carving workshop, he has the most boring personality and is the least gregarious.

But I didn't expect that he would dare to cause trouble at the apprenticeship banquet today.

Xu Qiang respectfully saluted Mr. Liu and said calmly: "Mr. Liu, I don't accept it. Why can Liu Xiaojun accept you as his teacher?"

"I entered the jade carving workshop when I was eighteen years old and studied jade carving with you. It has been ten years now."

"In terms of qualifications, hard work, and talent, in what way am I inferior to Liu Xiaojun?"

Mr. Liu was silent.

He knew that everyone in the jade carving workshop wanted to be their master, but he rejected them all.

Collect Liu now

Xiaojun is a disciple, so it is normal for them to be dissatisfied.

Liu Xiaojun stood aside at a loss. He usually had a good impression of Xu Qiang, but he didn't expect that he would come to ruin his apprenticeship banquet.

Seeing Liu Xiaojun looking at him as if asking for help, Jiang Yuan coughed and said in a deep voice:

"Xu Qiang, right? Since you have been following Mr. Liu for ten years, you should know what Mr. Liu is like."

"Old Liu is willing to accept Xiaojun as his disciple, naturally because Xiaojun is more suitable than you."

"Since you are not convinced, let's try it out."

Zhu Wei also echoed: "Yes, if you don't agree, just compete."

Xu Qiang snorted coldly, "It's a competition. If Liu Xiaojun loses, can Mr. Liu accept me as his disciple?"

Liu Yidao frowned, "Xu Qiang, do you really think that I don't accept you as my disciples because of your abilities?"

Xu Qiang nodded expressionlessly, "Isn't it?"

Mr. Liu closed his eyes in disappointment, "You can compete if you want. I'm too lazy to explain."

Compared to what? Naturally, compared to jade carvings.

Half an hour later, Ye Zhiqiu went to the company to pick up two square pieces of jade material and returned to the store, saying to Liu Xiaojun and Xu Qiang:

"These are two pieces of jade I brought from the Ye family. You need to carve out the finished product according to the design I gave you within the specified time. In the end, Mr. Liu will decide the winner."

Xu Qiang looked at the design draft given by Ye Zhiqiu and couldn't help but frowned, "How much time is specified?"

Mr. Liu looked at the design draft and nodded with satisfaction, "This set of jewelry will definitely be beautiful to make, but it is very difficult. Even to make a rough outline, it will take at least two hours."

"Two hours then."

Liu Xiaojun looked at the intricately designed earrings and bracelets on the drawings and felt a little unconfident for a moment.

He had just come into contact with jade carving, how could he be Xu Qiang's opponent? What's more, it was such a difficult thing to carve.

On the other side, Xu Qiang has already started to use a drill to remove a suitable size part from the jade material, and uses a pencil to draw lines on the jade block to compose the picture.

Liu Xiaojun held the jade material in one hand and the drill in the other, not knowing where to start.

Everyone is from the antiques circle and has some knowledge of jade carving. One look at Xu Qiang's movements and techniques, and you know that he has solid basic skills and is a person with real abilities.

In comparison, Liu Xiaojun is much clumsier, almost completely imitating Xu Qiang's actions.

An hour later, Xu Qiang had carved out the prototypes of earrings and bracelets, while Liu Xiaojun had just carved out the prototypes of earrings.

Two hours later, Xu Qiang not only finished carving, but also polished most of it, while Liu Xiaojun continued to carve the prototype.

There is no doubt that the result of the competition was that Liu Xiaojun lost.

Xu Qiang looked at Mr. Liu expressionlessly, "I won."

"So what?" Mr. Liu shook his head in disappointment, "I will not change my decision. Xiaojun will be my only apprentice from now on."

Xu Qiang finally broke out. He roared with red eyes: "Why!"

"Why?" Mr. Liu sighed, "Xu Qiang, you just want to become your teacher and learn my jade carving skills, but do you know what I want?"

"You have been with me for ten years. During these ten years, have I taught you any less skills? Have I ever hidden anything?"

"The so-called unique skills are just what you think you are."

"Does it matter to you whether you want to become a disciple or not?"

Xu Qiang was stunned for a moment, "I don't believe it, you must have many unique skills that you haven't taught me yet."

"Practice makes perfect, there is no such thing as a unique skill," Mr. Liu said slowly:

"Again, you have no idea what I want."

"I, Liu Yidao, am the number one jade maker in Binhai. Compared with jade carving, what I really care about is my accomplishments in jade."

"The main reason for accepting Xiaojun as a disciple is to impart his knowledge of jade."

"Ask yourself, do you have the talent for this?"

"besides,

Xiaojun has only been with me for less than a month, but your concern and care for me are something you have never done before."

"I'm old and my legs are weak, so I have Xiaojun to support me wherever I go."

"What about you? Have you ever said anything to me?"

Xu Qiang opened his mouth, but was unable to defend himself.

Jiang Yuan spoke at this time, "Xu Qiang, you have to understand that it's not that Mr. Liu doesn't teach you, it's that you don't know how to be satisfied."

"Your jade carving skills are already very good and are enough for you to make a living. Don't forget that all this was given to you by Mr. Liu."

Xu Qiang lowered his head and was silent for a long time, then turned around dejectedly and walked out slowly.

Mr. Liu sighed again, "Actually, my relationship with them is no different from that of master and apprentice?"

"Okay, that's the end of today's apprenticeship banquet. Xiaojun, you entertain the guests. I'm old, so I'll go back and rest first."

Everyone saw Mr. Liu's sadness and didn't say much, so they all left.

Master Mo also felt bored and went for a walk with his hands behind his back.

Chen Zhong was anxious to go back and make the first batch of porcelain samples and said goodbye to Jiang Yuan.

After a while, there were only a few young people left in the store.

Jiang Yuan, Ye Zhiqiu, Liu Xiaojun, Liu Shiqi, and Wang Fei.

Jiang Yuan picked up the design draft again, looked at it, and praised: "This style is very novel and beautiful. I believe it will be a big seller."

Ye Zhiqiu smiled mysteriously, "Didn't you tell me about 'hunger marketing'? So I plan to sell it in limited quantities to build up the brand's reputation first."

Jiang Yuan nodded, "But I think we can try a different material, and replace the jade with gemstones or diamonds. The effect may be better."

Liu Xiaojun also agreed: "The gloss of jade is not as good as that of diamonds, especially for small things like earrings. It is indeed better to use materials such as diamonds and rubies."

Wang Fei has been sizing up Ye Zhiqiu. This is the first time that she has lost her confidence in front of her peers and even feels ashamed.

But in fact, Wang Fei's appearance is not inferior to that of Ye Zhiqiu, but her personality is out of control, and her temperament is completely different from that of Ye Zhiqiu.

Liu Shiqi looked at Ye Zhiqiu and then at Wang Fei, her expression becoming more and more disappointed.

Ye Zhiqiu had already made her feel uneasy, and now there was Wang Fei.

"Jiang Yuan, it's still early, will you take me to some interesting places?"

Hearing Wang Fei's words, Jiang Yuan thought for a while and shook his head: "I don't know if there is any fun place. If you are bored, just go home first."

Wang Fei was unhappy for a moment, "I just felt bored at home, so I came to your store with my dad to play. What do you mean by asking me to go back now?"

"Drive me away, right? You took advantage of me, and I haven't even settled the score with you yet!"

As soon as these words were spoken, several pairs of eyes looked at Jiang Yuan at the same time.

Liu Xiaojun was full of admiration. His eldest brother was so awesome. Not only did he have a good relationship with Ye Zhiqiu, he actually dared to take advantage of Wang Fei.

Ye Zhiqiu, however, was full of doubts, subconsciously feeling that Jiang Yuan was not that kind of person.

Wang Fei continued to complain, "My dad also asked me to thank you in person, but I don't want to."

Liu Xiaojun was even more confused. He was bullied and he still wanted to say thank you?

Jiang Yuan was speechless. He really regarded Wang Fei as a junior, but he didn't want to take her out to play. What should he do?

Liu Xiaojun suddenly smiled and said: "Brother Jiang, why don't you let me go out with Miss Wang for a walk."

Jiang Yuan glanced at Liu Xiaojun in surprise, as if he understood something.

Liu Xiaojun and Wang Fei are about the same age, if they can get together...

Jiang Yuan smiled instantly, took out a few hundred dollars from his pocket and handed it to Liu Xiaojun, and warned: "Then just take Wang Fei around and pay attention to safety."

"Also, it's getting late, you..."

Liu Xiaojun nodded quickly, "Brother Jiang, don't worry, I will definitely be back before dark."

"No, I mean if you play too late, it doesn't matter if you don't come back."