Chapter Eighty-Seven Northern First Blade Flying Warehouse

  Su Pingnan can be respected by the industry as the northern first square of the jade carving world, which shows that his carving skills are extremely deep and solid. Those who come to him for help naturally flock to him, and Zhang Jun is one of them.

  This is an ordinary Kyoto quadrangle, with a less than three-meter-wide alley in front of the door, but it's packed with people at the moment. Zhang Jun was startled when he arrived, but later thought about it and felt relieved. Su Pingnan's jade carving skills are renowned in the north, so it's natural that many people would come to find him.

  He reluctantly joined the queue, with two large canvas bags in his hands, one on each side, which were the three pieces of high-quality jade he had found in Feicui City, ready to show Su Pingnan.

  As he lined up, he counted the people waiting in line and found more than thirty men and women, old and young, all looking forward to it, gazing at the entrance. And soon after he lined up, there were a few more people lining up behind him.

  He could only wait honestly and quietly with a wry smile.

  The people in front had obviously been standing for a long time, their feet were aching and they couldn't bear it, so they sat down on the ground with a thud, completely disregarding their image.

  Zhang Jun was not afraid of fatigue, so he simply stood up and started practicing his skills with the Hunyuan pole.

  He waited from more than 9 am until 1 pm before he finally entered Su Pingnan's home. However, as soon as he stepped inside, he was stopped by a young man with a middle parting in his hair who asked, "What brings you here?"

  "Please ask Master Su to take a look at these things, and if possible, I hope he can help carve them." Zhang Jun said with a smile.

  The young man asked again: "Have you made an appointment?"

  "No."

  "If you don't make an appointment, book one today and come back tomorrow to line up," said the young man.

  Zhang Jun was speechless for a moment, and he had been queuing for half a day just to make an appointment. He smiled wryly and said, "Can you please help me announce that the things I brought are very good?"

  "Is the thing okay?" The young man showed a slight disdain, "You mean the jade you brought is not bad? What has Teacher Su not seen before? Don't interfere with others, leave your name and come back tomorrow."

  Zhang Jun felt a bit unwilling, he put the canvas bag on the ground with his right hand, and then unzipped it. Suddenly, a thick, bright green color emerged, making the young man's eyes widen in an instant, staring at the canvas bag without moving.

  He was very confident in his own things and knew he could calm the other party down, so he smiled and asked: "Is this thing okay?"

  The young man came to his senses, and his gaze reluctantly moved away from the canvas bag. He exclaimed in surprise: "This is at least a low-grade ice-type jadeite! And it's so big, at least 10 kilograms."

  Zhang Jun nodded: "High ice is full of green jade, and it's already very close to the glass species. The whole body doesn't have half a point of impurities. This kind of treasure can only be brought out by Master Su to show its maximum value."

  The young man nodded and said: "You've found the right person. Alright, I'll let it pass this time, considering this good thing, I'll give you a message."

  He said, turning around and walking towards the main house, and soon returned, smiling: "Teacher Su invites you."

  Zhang Jun carried two canvas bags and followed with a smile. After crossing the threshold, it was an ordinary living room with several simple pieces of furniture inside. On the sofa sat an elderly man with white hair, tall and slender, with bright eyes, who nodded slightly to Zhang Jun in greeting.

  Zhang Jun put down his canvas bag and bowed: "Master Su, I'm disturbing you."

  The old man was Su Pingnan himself, he smiled and said: "I'm just doing business here, it's not disturbing you, please sit down."

  Zhang Jun didn't sit down, he directly opened the canvas bag and first took out a piece of high-ice jade that was as green as a small watermelon. The color of this jade was even and bright, it was rare to be of high-ice quality, and it immediately caught Su Pingnan's attention.

  His eyes lit up and he praised: "Good jade, it's been a few years since I've encountered one. What do you want to carve?"

  Zhang Jun smiled and said, "I've heard that a master jade carver can design the most reasonable carving process based on the situation of the jade. I'm an outsider, so let's just have Master decide what to carve."

  Su Pingnan smiled and said: "Alright, I'll take this job. After completing the task, you need to pay 20 million yuan in labor costs. Come back in a week to collect it."

  Zhang Jun nodded and took out the second piece of jade. This piece of jade was more peculiar, about the size of a human head, with red, green, and purple colors on it, and its water quality was better than the previous piece of jade, making it even more attractive.

  Three colors account for about one-third each, like a three-color watermelon, crystal clear and pleasing to the eye.

  Su Pingnan was moved by it. He stood up and examined it carefully for a while, sighing: "What a wonderful thing! I've only seen it once in my life!"

  Jadeite with red, green and purple colors is called "Fulu Shou" (good fortune, prosperity and longevity). This kind of jadeite is hard to find. If the three colors are evenly distributed and the color is good, it's a priceless treasure that can't be bought with money.

  This piece of stone he brought back is undoubtedly a priceless treasure, hard to come by in the world, no wonder Su Pingnan was excited.

  "This piece of jade, will it also decide for me?" Su Pingnan asked Zhang Jun uncertainly again.

  Zhang Jun nodded: "Of course, I want to use it as a gift and give it to Old Man Lin."

  Su Pingnan was taken aback and asked: "Which old man of the Lin family?"

  Zhang Jun deliberately mentioned this matter and said: "Old Master Lin of Lin's Jewelry."

  Su Pingnan was quite surprised and said: "So you know Old Lin. He and I have been friends for many years." Then he asked, "What is your relationship with him?"

  Zhang Jun smiled and said: "Lin Lao's granddaughter is my girlfriend."

  Su Pingnan nodded slightly and didn't say anything, continuing to observe the jadeite.

  After he finished, Zhang Jun took out the third piece of jade. This was a piece of ice-type floating flower jade, with an overall cylindrical shape, about 30 cm high, naturally resembling a vase. Even more amazing is that those floating flowers naturally formed a landscape.

  There are distant mountains and trees on the mountain, a woman with long sleeves floats like an immortal. Even famous calligraphy and painting can't surpass this level.

  Su Pingnan exclaimed in surprise, "This piece of jade, with just a bit of carving, can become a world-class masterpiece. Young man, where did you get so many top-quality jades?"

  Zhang Jun smiled and said: "I am one of the shareholders of Donghai Tianxing Jewelry Company, with a lot of jade resources in my hands."

  Su Pingnan: "No wonder." Then he said, "I've taken on these three projects, the total cost is six million, and they can be completed in about a month and a half."

  "Alright. Actually, I came to see Master Su for another reason."

  "You said." Su Pingnan said.

  "Tianhang Jewelry was established not long ago and is currently in a stage of rapid development, so it needs someone like Master Su to sit tight. So, on behalf of Tianhang Jewelry, I hope that Master Su can become the exclusive carver for Tianhang Jewelry. Of course, you can still continue to take private orders, as long as you carve individual jade pieces." Zhang said with sincerity.

  He had thought of this long ago, if Tian Xing Jewelry could pull in Su Pingnan, a master jade carver of this caliber, it would surely make a name for itself and take the road to high-end development.