Chapter 96: Farewell, Shen Hao Worry-free

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  Liu Gang shouted loudly, and the many members of the Mingyang Jade Stone Association applauded vigorously. No one had expected that Li Yang would really choose the champion, Zhang Wei and Sima Lin were also stunned at this time. This Li Yang's luck was indeed very eerie.

  At this time, they attributed all the functions to Li Yang's invincible luck. Betting on stones and betting on rises were both due to luck, and choosing things that became champions was also due to luck.

  Zhang Wei and Gu Lao exchanged a glance, both of them discovering the surprise in each other's eyes. Li Yang's good luck was still present, which was absolutely great news for them. With Li Yang's luck around, it would be hard for Ming Yang to not show his face this time.

  As for Li Yang's eye power, no one thought about it at all. In the competition, selecting works with eyesight has some effect, but it is very limited. This result is mostly due to luck.

  Li Yang held a certificate and the championship work, took a group photo with everyone, and then walked down from the stage. Before he even reached Zhang Wei's side, someone wanted to buy the jade carving in his hand. The three hundred competitive jade carvings already had an offer of three thousand.

  All the bidders were rejected by Li Yang, he didn't lack this amount of money, the craftsmanship of this jade carving was indeed good and had great commemorative significance, Li Yang would keep it forever as one of his own collection.

  "Come on, Li Yang, today you're treating!"

  Li Yang had just come back, and Sima Lin gave him a heavy punch. In his heart, Sima Lin was truly happy for Li Yang.

  "No problem treating you as a guest, but Big Brother Sima, can't you be gentler? I'm almost getting internal injuries from your punches"

  Li Yang let out a wry smile, and everyone burst into laughter. Unlike this afternoon, when everyone was teasing Li Yang, now they were all happy for him. Ming Yang had taken the lead in this activity, and their faces also lit up with joy.

  Nanyang Forum was once again stirred up. In the morning, reports of Li Yang's post had not yet subsided, and in the afternoon, Li Yang won the championship work, and the topic of Li Yang became lively again. People on the internet didn't know Li Yang's name, and 'Digging Emperor' started asking around everywhere. Before Li Yang and his party had dinner, his identity was completely exposed. Immediately after that, Li Yang's record of betting on stone prices was also dug up, and Nanyang netizens generally understood some about betting on stones, and were even more curious about Li Yang.

  At night, Li Yang treated everyone to a meal that cost him over 3,000 yuan. He thought about how this amount used to be his highest monthly salary in the past, and now he spent it all on just one meal without feeling much pain. Li Yang felt that he had indeed become decadent.

  The next morning, Zhang Wei gathered all the people who came to Mingyang. Today's activity is a jade competition, which is actually mainly his task. The presidents of various cities will search for some valuable and well-performing jade works to compare, and those who achieve the best results will have collective awards. The Provincial Jade Association will also give out good rewards, which are all blank appraisal certificates, with the greatest attraction to the presidents.

  Of course, the reward given by the Provincial Jade Association will never be spoken out loud in public. The Biyu activity has few requirements, but one key point is that the jade stones used for comparison must be owned by members of the local Jade Association. If cheating is discovered, not only will the results be cancelled, but also punishment from the Provincial Jade Association will be received.

  To be honest, this time's Nanyang gathering only has this activity as the Jade Stone Association members' own event. The carving competition is actually part of Nanyang's program, and the subsequent guessing game is a mass-participation event for all citizens. Although there are utilitarian factors in it, after all, it is an internal activity of the Jade Stone Association itself, and all members of the Jade Stone Association still look forward to this activity very much.

  Nanyang Grand Hotel, in a large conference hall, more than 300 people from the Henan Province Jade Association have gathered inside, plus some onlookers, totaling nearly 400 people, packing the meeting room to capacity.

  Zhang Wei was confidently dressed in a suit, this time more confident than Yu, and even had big ideas about the championship.

  When Li Yang saw Zheng Kai Da hand over a delicate small iron box to Zhang Wei, he immediately understood why he was so confident. The piece of Burmese jadeite that Zhang Wei had possessed had been crafted into an exquisite set of jewelry, the total value of which exceeded 5 million yuan, and it was also a rare set, no wonder Zhang Wei would have such a confident performance.

  Simmer Lin suddenly leaned in close to Li Yang's ear and whispered, "In the past, the best jade that was brought out for comparison was only worth around 40-50 million. This time with Old Zheng's support, Zhang Wei is sure to win an award, and if luck is on his side, he might even take the championship."

  Li Yang nodded, the value of four or five million is already very high, although there are many bosses in the Jade Stone Association, but things like this that are worth hundreds of millions are not many, and each thing can only participate in the evaluation once, over the years, high-value things have become less and less.

  The host this time is a professional host from Nanyang, the conference room's chairman desk setting is similar to TV show "Antiques Roadshow", experts and judges sit on one side, the host stands on the other side. Each of the local mayors will take turns bringing their participating items onto the stage for evaluation by the judges. After all the items have been evaluated, the experts will then evaluate and announce the top three winners.

  Every place must send at least one piece of jade work, with a maximum of three pieces. Some cities will not prepare other things if they have confidence in one thing, like Zhang Wei only prepared Zheng Kaida's emerald jewelry set, and there is nothing else that can be compared to this.

  Anything made of jade can be brought to participate, and over the years, some fine pieces have appeared at the Jade Competition, including sheep fat jade and glass-like jadeite. As soon as the host announced the start of the competition, the people below fell silent, staring at the stage or the large screen behind it. To make it easier for those in the back to see more clearly, the organizers specially prepared a large screen this time.

  The first person to take the stage was the president of the Nanyang Jade Association, a man in his fifties who is well-known throughout the national jade association. In addition to being the president of the Nanyang Jade Association, he also serves as vice chairman of the provincial jade association and executive director of the jade association.

  The chairman took out a large jade ornament, carved with a big white cabbage. The white part was crystal clear and bright, the green part was lush and dripping, and the distribution of colors between green and white was very reasonable. The base was made of gray jade, and on it were engraved the four characters "wealth follows one's wishes".

  No matter from which aspect, this jade white vegetable is a rare treasure. Especially the bright and shiny spots on the leaves of the cabbage are as crystal-like, if you don't know, it's really possible to mistake it for freshly washed real white cabbage.

  As soon as Cui Yu Bai Cai came out, Zhang Wei's confidence decreased by a fraction. Nanyang is the Jade Capital, and there has never been a lack of good works here. But for the host to bring out such an astonishing piece right from the start, it was simply not giving those people from other places any chance to live.

  "This piece of green jade is our Nanyang's top-grade Dushan jade, weighing 10.5 kilograms in total. It is a masterpiece by our Nanyang's famous sculptor Zhao Rongguang, with an estimated market value of six million yuan. Please comment from the experts."

  The head of Nanyang Branch said after finishing and sat quietly there, it can be seen that he is quite confident in this jade white cabbage.

  "Zhao Rongguang's work, this time Nanyang is likely to win the championship again."

  Sim Lin shook his head slightly. Zhao Rongguang was one of the top sculptors in the country, although not as famous as those four people, but after they retired, no one else could compare with him. This piece was also his magnum opus, extremely representative, even if Zhang Wei's jade jewelry set was worth more than this white porcelain, it would ultimately lose to it, after all, what was being compared was not just value, but also its inner meaning.

  Not only Zhang Wei's face was filled with worry, but many other confident local leaders also showed the same expression as Zhang Wei. The host of Nanyang gave them a super earthquake from the start, and there was nothing better than this champion, so forget about it this time.

  And this is just the first piece of jade work that Nanyang has brought out, each place can bring out at most three pieces of jade works, no one knows if Nanyang still hides a better one behind.

  Such things have happened before, first take out some good works to evaluate, if one round is not safe, immediately throw out the hidden better works, this is double insurance, if the first one is confident, the later ones can continue to hide, and wait until next year to take them out for evaluation.

  Experts carefully examined the jadeite cabbage and nodded in agreement. The president of the Nanyang Jade Association carefully moved it back, and it will reappear during the final evaluation.

  The second to go on stage was the Luohe Jade Association, and the president of the Luohe Jade Association didn't look too good. They were participating in the evaluation with a sheep fat jade carving, which wasn't much bigger than a Chinese cabbage, but its value wasn't low either. The self-reported price was 4.5 million, and if that Chinese cabbage hadn't appeared first, this sheep fat jade carving would have been a very stunning good thing.

  The third and fourth ones were about the same, after twelve people had gone up, Zhang Wei finally brought the jade accessories on stage. Zhang Wei no longer thought about winning the championship, it was good to get other rewards, and having something was better than nothing.

  The last one to come on stage was the provincial capital Zhengzhou. Unexpectedly, the representative of Zhengzhou who came up was not their president, but a very young man. The judges on the podium looked at the materials and saw that this young man's name was Shen Hao, only 24 years old, and had just joined the Jade Stone Association, but his profession was good, he was a reporter for a well-known newspaper.

  When Shen Hao suddenly appeared here, Li Yang and Wu Xiaoli were both stunned for a moment, especially Li Yang. When Shen Hao was speaking on the podium, Li Yang clearly felt that he was looking at himself, with a hint of provocation on his face.

  "This year, we brought a piece of work from Zhengzhou, which is a sheep fat white jade horse. This sheep fat white jade horse was carved by the famous Ming dynasty sculptor Lu Zigang, and both the material and the carving are top-notch. We estimate its price to be six million."

  Shen Hao first bowed deeply to the podium, then slowly introduced his own evaluation works. The people on the podium nodded slowly, this young man was a bit young, but very polite, at least everyone's initial impression of him was quite good.

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  Thank you to alliance leaders Xiao Kou Dai 588 and 1888 for the rewards, thank you to both alliance leaders for their strong support, Xiao Yu will work hard and strive to come out with another chapter today.