After dinner, Lin Yue came to the factory again and found that He Changhe and He Youzai's good friend, a delicate little girl who had come out of a fairy tale, was already waiting for him.
The moment he entered the workshop, Lin Yue felt that the workers' eyes on him had completely changed, with a kind of reverence and faint... admiration.
Lin Yue shook his head, wondering how they could worship themselves. He thought he had misjudged them and decided to follow He Chang and the others as they walked away.
"Lin Yue, you're here." Seeing Lin Yue arrive, He Chang and Chong greeted him.
"Happy birthday in advance." Lin Yue responded with a smile, seeing He Youzang nodding at him.
"Thanks for yesterday, I was really wrong to suspect you. If it weren't for that piece of fabric, things might have gotten out of hand." Recalling the events of the previous day, He Chang couldn't help but feel a wave of regret in his heart.
"You don't have to apologize to me, as long as you're not blaming me for my recklessness yesterday." Lin Yue felt that He Changhe had no airs about him and was very open-minded, admitting his mistake and apologizing immediately. If it were Lin Yue himself in the same situation, he might have reacted even more intensely than He Changhe did yesterday.
"Hehe, as long as you don't blame me, that's fine. You take this." He Changan pulled out a bank card from his pocket and handed it to Lin Yue: "There's 200,000 yuan inside, the password is six sixes."
Two hundred thousand!
Upon hearing this number, Lin Yue couldn't help but feel a skipped heartbeat, and he hesitated as he looked at the bank card.
"Hehe, take it, this is what you deserve. Actually, these are already less." He Chang handed the card directly to Lin Yue's hand and said with some regret: "If we had cut it according to our plan yesterday, the emerald inside would have been damaged for sure. Although it wasn't damaged, there are small cracks inside, which is a bit of a pity. But it's still a small profit, no loss."
At this time, He Youzang suddenly asked a question: "How did you know that place has green?"
This problem has puzzled him for three days, and on that day he carefully studied the whole piece of jade wool without finding any clues. If he had to do it again, he would still cut along the line his grandfather drew.
He Chang and Yu were also very interested in looking at Lin Yue, this question he also wanted to know the answer.
"This... actually I don't know either." Lin Yue scratched his head, pretending to be embarrassed, and said: "At that time, I had a strong feeling that I must cut from the line I drew. If it were now, I definitely wouldn't be so bold. Now that I think about it, I'm even scared."
Lin Yue's ambiguous answer obviously couldn't convince He Changhe and He Youzang, He Youzang wanted to ask again, but was stopped by He Changhe, because he saw that Lin Yue didn't want to say anything, if he didn't want to say it then don't ask, everyone has their own privacy.
From start to finish, He Lanyue's big eyes beside him stared tightly at Lin Yue, looking very curious.
He Chang then pulled Lin Yue into a corner of a factory building.
"Mr. He, is there something you want to tell me?" Lin Yue was very puzzled by He Changhe's unusual behavior.
"Lin Yue, have you ever thought about your future? Are you willing to be just a stone mason, or do you have other plans?" He Chang asked Lin Yue.
Lin Yue felt that He Lao's words had a deeper meaning, so he wouldn't tell him about his future plans to gamble with his abilities. Instead, he asked tentatively: "He Lao, do you have any advice for me? I'm all ears."
"Actually, it's nothing much. I think you're not bad, diligence and hard work are the most important things, having a progressive mind is key. Your jade carving skills have already reached a very high level, but no matter how high, it's just a very ordinary craft that can make a living, but if you want to develop further, it's very difficult. So I think you should learn sculpture and jade processing techniques, this is a very important craft that requires high inspiration and knife skills, I think you're quite suitable for learning sculpture, so I'd like to ask if you have any interest? I happen to know a master sculptor who is old and wants to find a successor, so I thought of you. How about it? Are you interested?" He Chang asked.
When Lin Yue heard He Chang's words, a huge wave surged in his heart. He studied art design at a third-rate university and wanted to pursue his favorite career. He wanted to learn sculpture, so he rescued the jade carving industry because there were many sculptors in this industry. However, wishes are always beautiful, but reality is cruel, and no one taught him. Disheartened, he could only choose to learn about stone, a simple and easy-to-learn job. After entering the industry, he never forgot his original intention. Apart from learning about stone, he followed the workers in the processing workshop to learn how to process jade and carve. However, there were no decent sculptors in small workshops, and they relied solely on carving machines to imprint patterns directly onto the jade, which was completely devoid of aesthetic appeal. This greatly disappointed him, and for two years, he always wanted to learn sculpture, but reality was too cruel. Just when he was about to give up, someone said that he could learn some sculpture, and even follow a master to do so, which immediately revitalized his heart.
Lin Yue excitedly looked at He Changhe and hastily said: "I'm willing, I'm willing."
Although Lin Yue's abnormal attitude made He Chang very suspicious, he was still happy to see Lin Yue agree to learn carving. The two of them discussed it for a while and decided that Lin Yue would follow him to Master carver Chang Tai's home tomorrow to let him take a look.
Just as Lin Yue was about to leave, He Chang suddenly asked: "Lin Yue, aren't you interested in ancient porcelain?"
Lin Yue stopped in his tracks upon hearing this, antique porcelain?
Antiques were too profound and mysterious for him, as the knowledge required to handle them was too demanding. He needed rich historical knowledge, sharp eyesight, and many other things. After two years of mixing in Jade Street, he knew that this line of work was deep water, and if you weren't careful, you'd get hurt. The risks were high. Although it wasn't like betting on jade stones where one night could lead to bankruptcy, no amount of money was enough to cover the losses from several mistakes.
Lin Yue already knew that He Chang had the intention of accepting him as a disciple. If it were someone else, they would definitely agree without hesitation. However, he still wanted to learn carving and couldn't divide his attention between two things. Moreover, neither of them could be mastered in a short period of time. It was better for him to focus on learning carving first, then use his special ability to gamble for jade, and later carve the jade himself. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
Just as Lin Yao was about to refuse, he suddenly thought of his special ability. Could he use it to determine the authenticity of antiques?
This idea had just emerged and immediately made Lin excited, the more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed, so he nodded his head in a moment of excitement.
He Changhe let out a sigh of relief when he saw Lin Yue nodding, his own grandsons and granddaughters were indeed excellent but only interested in jade, not enthusiastic about ancient porcelain, his skills had not been passed on to anyone which made him anxious. When he met Lin Yue who was picking up the leftovers in Cang County, he had the intention of taking him as an apprentice, now seeing Lin Yue's interest, maybe he could fulfill one of his wishes.
"Let me teach you, are you willing?" He Changhe smiled and looked at Lin Yue.
"It would be my honor if you could teach me." Lin Yue nodded vigorously, afraid that He Chang would change his mind. Having a master-level ceramic artist to guide him, he was sure he could learn something as long as he was willing to put in the effort.
"Alright, next time you're free, go to Rong Le Xuan antique shop and I'll teach you there."
"Alright, but," Lin Yue showed a difficult expression and said: "In the future, I not only have to learn carving, but also ancient porcelain, if I still decipher stone here, then I won't have much time left, and it will be hard to do both."
"You've already got over 200,000 now, do you still care about a monthly salary of 4,000 yuan? This money is enough for you to spend some time, so don't be a stone worker anymore. When there's a difficult-to-solve woolen fabric, just take it out and that's it." He Chang said.
Lin Yue thought for a moment and nodded, after all, relying on Gu Shi was not a long-term plan. He still had to focus on gambling stones in the future, while also considering antiques and ceramics, so he gave up this job and regained his freedom. In fact, Lin Yue agreed to learn about antiques, ceramics, and carving because of a sense of crisis awareness. What if he lost his special abilities in the future? It was better to learn more skills, after all, having many skills wouldn't hurt him.
Taking advantage of his special ability, Lin Yue didn't want to give up on gambling stones. Not only did he not want to give up, but he also wanted to make a big haul. So he asked: "He Lao, can I follow you to gamble with stones in the future?"
"Gambling on stones?" He Chang and one were stunned, then thought of the events two days ago, and smiled slightly: "No problem, I just don't gamble on stones much anymore. If you want to go gambling on stones, you can follow You Zang, he's now no less than me. A month later he will go to Tengchong, at that time you can follow him."
"Thank you," Lin Yue said gratefully.
He Chang patted Lin Yue's shoulder and said: "Do a good job." Then he turned around and left.
Lin Yue looked at the back of He Changhe with gratitude, it was this old man who gave him chance after chance, and he would definitely find a way to repay him in the future. Lin Yue is a person who knows how to repay kindness and also a person who hates evil, he is extremely grateful to He Changhe, and he will take revenge on Wu Kaixuan with his own hands for what he did to him.