My Life Simulator

This session... so strong?

Lu Li's face became a little dignified. Competing with the master on the same stage, Lu Li has absolutely no confidence in winning.

Up to now, Lu Li's carving skills were only at the expert level, which was still a realm behind the master level.

This is not a fantasy novel, there is no leapfrog challenge at all. "I can fight back" is the biggest illusion in life.

It seems that this time the competition really can only "focus on participation".

Fortunately, through this competition, I can also observe the master's creation up close and learn the master's skills, which is another kind of gain.

Lu Li sighed and said to Manager Wu, "Old Wu, this competition... I can only focus on participating. I compete with the master on the same stage, and it's not at the same level!"

"Ah? Impossible, right?"

Manager Wu's eyes widened, "Mr. Jiang told me that your carving skills are no worse than these masters. Why are you not on the same level as them? Master Lu, don't belittle yourself!"

"Master Lu? Me?"

Lu Li's face was stunned.

What are you kidding? Can I be a master too?

Mr. Jiang, there is something wrong with your vision! Is the master so worthless? Are masters everywhere?

The next moment, Lu Li has discovered that the master... is really everywhere!

Another courtesy car pulled into the hotel entrance.

Another "Master" appeared.

"Welcome to Master Liu!"

The greeter bowed and saluted, applause broke out, and the flashing lights flashed.

"Master Liu, may I ask..."

Reporters swarmed up again, wanting to interview the "Master Liu".

Lu Li's face was dull, he turned his head to look at Manager Wu, and asked, "Is he also a master?"

"Liu Yu, the jade carving master who is headed by Dr. Zhou's Jewelry Store!"

Manager Wu nodded to Lu Li, "Yangpai jade carving master, one of his jade carving treasure bottles sold for 300 million yuan!"

"that……"

Lu Li calmed down and asked Manager Wu, "How many masters are there in the jade carving industry?"

"Uh...this..."

Manager Wu thought for a while, then shook his head, "I don't know. I haven't made any specific statistics. There are dozens of famous jade carving masters, right? Not too famous...not so good."

Lu Li was speechless.

What the hell! The masters of the jade carving industry have flooded into a disaster!

At this time, Lu Li also figured it out. These so-called "masters" do not represent their "professional titles" or their skills, they are just a title!

Just like the "teachers" in the entertainment industry are flooded, so are the "masters" in the jade carving industry.

Because Lu Li was too young, Manager Wu only called Lu Li "Mr. Lu", not "Master", which made Lu Li make a fuss and startled himself.

It doesn't matter if it's not a real master!

Lu Li smiled and didn't take these "masters" to heart.

...

The next day, the Jinzhu Square in Ruili Jade City was full of lanterns and lively.

The "Jade Carving Craft Competition" jointly organized by the Huaxia Arts and Crafts Association and the Huaxia Jewelry and Jade Association officially kicked off.

Practitioners in the jewelry and jade industry from all over the country, representatives from major jewelry and jade companies, major arts and crafts companies, as well as practitioners in the jade industry of Ruili, as well as countless tourists watching the fun, local citizens who are bustling, one after another Gather in the square.

"My colleagues and guests."

President Li of Huaxia Jewelry and Jade Association, on behalf of the organizing committee, delivered a warm speech.

Afterwards, President Li introduced to the audience the bigwigs in the arts and crafts industry and in the jewelry and jade industry who served as judges for this competition.

Seeing these grandparents in their 60s and 70s, Lu Xin thought to himself, these are the real masters, right?

"Next, let me introduce to you all the jade carving masters who participated in this jade carving craft competition."

The host enthusiastically introduced the participating "masters" to the audience.

"Famous artist, famous master of arts and crafts, Shanghai-style jade carving master, Master Zhang Yu from Shanghai! Welcome!"

A famous jade carving master was introduced, and each master's name was preceded by a series of titles.

You are all bosses, only I am the newbie!

When introducing Lu Li, the host got a little stuck, "Famous young artist, Master Lu Li... from the capital!"

Seeing Lu Li standing up to greet the audience with a nod, seeing his too young and too handsome face, when the host habitually broke out the title of "Master", he was already stuck.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The audience also burst into laughter.

Grandmaster? A master who is not yet twenty years old?

Lu Li was helpless. Is it my fault to be young? Is it my fault for being handsome?

This little guy is also here to participate?

All the masters who participated in the competition frowned slightly when they saw that Lu Li was too young.

So young to come to the competition? How many jades have you carved?

Huh? and many more. The name Lu Li... seems to have heard it before?

"Lu Lida... This is the first time for contestant Lu Li to participate in the jade carving competition. However, contestant Lu Li is also very strong. He is a famous young artist. One of his sculptures has become a representative work of Xichuan's humanistic spirit."

The host continued to introduce Lu Li's "strong strength" to the audience. These materials were all provided by Manager Wu, and the only aura that Lu Li could get his hands on was this sculpture.

It was him!

Hearing the host's introduction, the masters who participated in the competition were suddenly enlightened, and they quickly remembered who Lu Li was.

The arts and crafts world is still somewhat related. The masters of jade carving have also heard of Mr. Han's closed disciples and the news of a sculpture of 40 million yuan.

It's just... a sculptor, actually came to participate in the jade carving competition? Do you think that if you can fly a helicopter, you can fly a fighter jet?

The participating masters just smiled at the arrival of Lu Li. Boy, I hope you won't cry when you cut the material.

After the host introduced the contestants, another leader came to the stage to give a speech.

"This jade carving competition, adhering to the theme of 'promoting traditional culture and showing the spirit of craftsmen', we will carefully organize and strictly evaluate, and select the best jade carving crafts with a fair, just and open attitude."

After the leader finished speaking, the long speech finally came to an end, and then...the literary performance!

The Yunnan Provincial Tourism Bureau took this opportunity to organize a cultural performance with local characteristics.

Various beauties in national costumes sang and danced on the stage.

Seeing these beauties singing and dancing, Lu Li remembered a joke.

Some people saw the pictures of the tourism promotion, the innocent girls in national costumes, she was bubbling with beauty. So, he excitedly came to the tourist attractions. Then... he saw that in the tourist attractions, the women in national costumes... all were aunties!

Boys, the pictures are for reference only!

Now these bubbling beautiful ethnic girls on the stage are also propaganda pictures in a sense.

In the spring of March, the sun is warm, and the breeze with the fragrance of flowers blows people lazily. When Lu Li was about to doze off, the lively opening ceremony finally ended.

After having dinner and resting for a while, the afternoon was to select materials on the spot.

...

During the noon break, a grandfather of the judges called Mr. Han.

"Old Han, I'm Lao Li!"

The grandfather of the judges said to Mr. Han, "I came to Yunnan Province today to serve as a judge of the jade carving competition. I saw a young man named Lu Li. Is he your little apprentice?"

"yes!"

Han Lao smiled, "Lao Li, how is my apprentice? Not bad, right?"

"Uh... he still looks pretty good!"

The judge's grandfather smiled and said, "I said, Lao Han, your apprentice is a sculpture, right? How did he come to participate in the jade carving competition?"

"My apprentice can also carve jade, isn't it?"

Han Lao replied casually.

"Okay! Why not?"

The judge's grandfather smiled and shook his head, "Old Han, how old is your apprentice? Even if he knows jade carving, how many pieces of material has he cut? You dare to let him participate in the jade carving competition? Who is it if the material is broken?"

"Haha! Lao Li, don't underestimate my apprentice!"

Han Lao laughed, "His craftsmanship is very good!"

"I believe in you! You old man, very bad!"

The judge's grandfather pouted, "Old Han, do you want your apprentice to be gilded? Stop dreaming. I can't tolerate sand in my eyes. Don't blame me for being cruel."

"Whatever you want! If he doesn't do well, you can do whatever you want with him."

Han Lao smiled happily, "I'm afraid you won't find this opportunity!"

"Humph! Then wait and see!"

The grandfather of the judges snorted coldly and hung up the phone.

...

Lu Li didn't know that Elder Han had already "made enemies" for him.

Two and a half days in the afternoon, Lu Li and all the participating jade carving masters came to the jade exhibition hall to select materials and jade carving materials on the spot.

This is a well-secured jade exhibition hall.

Under the bright light, pieces of "emerald bright material" jade were placed on display racks with thick bulletproof glass.

You can't open the showcase, you can't touch the jade, you can only observe it through bulletproof glass.

After all, these jadeite materials are very precious. If they are accidentally damaged or lost, who is it?

When Lu Li walked into the jade exhibition hall, he was secretly amazed when he saw these crystal clear and bright emeralds.

Gold is priceless and jade is priceless. In the exhibition hall in front of me, there are hundreds of large and small jadeites on display. The value of only jade materials is billions, tens of billions.

Red jade, green jade, chicken oil yellow, sun green, transparent jade...

Lu Li was dizzy with all kinds of jadeite stones.

Lu Li did not choose the jade carving material immediately, but looked all the way through the entire jade exhibition hall.

The other jade carving masters were similar to Lu Li, and they only looked at each piece of jade, carefully observing them all the way.

It can't be touched, and the selection of materials depends on eyesight and experience.

Compared with other masters, Lu Li's experience in material selection is indeed inferior. I have carved jade by myself, and I have only carved it once in Mr. Jiang's company.

Therefore, inexperience, intelligence quotient to make up.

With Lu Li's unforgettable eyesight, after reading a piece of jade, he still constructs the complete structure of the whole jade in his mind.

Lu Li looked at it carefully, seriously, and slowly.

After the other jade carving masters had finished reading it in the exhibition hall, Lu Li only walked two-thirds of the way.

"It's a matter of experience!"

Seeing that Lu Li was at the end alone, Master Zhang Yu from Huhai smiled and shook his head.

"Actually, it doesn't make much sense whether he sees it or not."

Master Liu from Yangzhou took over the conversation, "He is a sculptor, even if he has contact with jade carving, he must not have cut a few pieces of material. Pick the cheapest piece, practice your hands, there will be no mistakes, just be safe. "

"Maybe, people still want to become famous in one fell swoop!"

A jade carving master next to him took over the conversation, "Young people, you always have to hit a wall several times and suffer a few losses before you can make progress."

"Not yet twenty years old, indeed too young."

Another jade carving master sighed and shook his head, "Back then, when I was 20 years old, I could only wipe the sweat off my master, and I didn't even have the chance to get started."

"I'm better than you. After grinding the stone for a few years, the master asked me to skin it."

The jade carving masters talked in groups of three or five, waiting for Lu Li to return after seeing the jade.

"Sorry for keeping everyone waiting!"

Half an hour later, Lu Li just finished watching a circle and hurried up.

"fine!"

"You are still young!"

"Understandable! Understandable!"

These jade carving masters did not speak ill of each other, and behaved very tolerantly.

After all, as a well-known person in the jade carving industry, he is not too narrow-minded to care about such trivial matters with a young man.

"Masters, everyone must have read all the jade in the exhibition hall and have selected the jade that suits their hearts."

A staff member of the organizing committee came up and said to everyone, "Now, please come with me."

After that, the staff took everyone out of the exhibition hall and came to a large conference room.

"Masters, please take your seats according to the nameplate. Everyone has a tablet in their seat."

The staff stood on the stage and said to the masters: "On the tablet computer, there is a material selection icon, click on the icon, and the picture and serial number of each jade in the exhibition hall are listed. Please confirm the selected jade material."

"Attention! If more than one person chooses the same piece of jade, we will follow the chronological order, and the jade will belong to the person who chooses first."

"Start now!"

With an order, the masters opened the icons one after another and selected their favorite jade materials.

Master Zhang Yu from Huhai looked at the pictures of jade displayed on the tablet computer, his eyes fell to the end, and he saw the last five-color transparent jade material.

"This piece of material... a glass kind of transparent material, but there are five colors of red, green, yellow, white, and purple jade flesh. It is used for jade carving, and the shape and color are very suitable. It's just..."

Master Zhang Yu hesitated for a moment and sighed.

This piece of material, the five colors are interlaced, entangled and twisted, the stripes are too close, and it is too difficult to carve. Moreover, it is still a transparent material, and any mistakes can be seen clearly.

Forget it, change it to something more secure.

Master Zhang Yu moved his fingertips to the side and chose a piece of jade that was white and green.

After clicking to confirm and selecting the material, Master Zhang Yu was surprised to find that the transparent five-color material that he just gave up was actually chosen.

Who is so arrogant? Even this piece of material dares...

The next moment, the name of the chosen person was already displayed under the jade material.

What the hell! Land from?

How dare you choose this material?

Master Zhang Yu was stunned.

The other jade carving masters who saw this result were also stunned.

Do you dare to choose this material? Do you dare to choose the materials that we are afraid to use?

Do you know how risky it is to carve this piece of material?

If it is broken, it will be compensated! Are you here to compete, or are you here to lose money?

How much money do you have at home? Do you dare to play like that?