) Chapter 0: The appraisal competition begins

As descendants of Jingdezhen, they know the skills of their ancestors very clearly.

They naturally knew that pedicure during the Kangxi period was different from that during the Republic of China, but the soles of the porcelain bowls were very delicately made. They were not sure for a while, but they were completely convinced after hearing Jiahao's explanation. What Jiahao said

It's the same thing they have.

After listening to Jiahao's story, the living room fell into silence. No one spoke.

Gaowei and the others don't know how to evaluate Jiahao. Do they admit that this junior is so powerful that he has reached a point where he can be equal to them?

Where do they put their face in this regard?

After Jiahao finished speaking, he just smiled slightly, then picked up the tea cup in front of him and drank slowly.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Lao Liu had no choice but to stand up.

"Papa~~~"

Lao Liu applauded and praised: "Awesome, Jiahao, you are even more powerful than you were three months ago!"

"You flatter me."

Jiahao nodded and said modestly.

"In that case, let's get down to business."

Old Liu said that he did not ask Gao Wei and the other three if they agreed with Jiahao to be a judge. It was already obvious. If he asked again, it would hurt their face. After all, he asked them for help.

Keep a line, being good to them is also good for yourself.

"In view of the large number of participants, the appraisal competition is divided into three stages, preliminaries, preliminary rounds and semi-finals, and finally the finals. Of course, there can also be some group competitions interspersed in the middle. Those who are not convinced can challenge, but of course it is impossible to challenge without restrictions. Preliminaries

More than a thousand people will be eliminated to 100 people, the preliminary round will eliminate 100 people to 30 people, and the semi-finals will eliminate 30 people to 10 people. In other words, only ten people will actually participate in the finals. You five judges

I appeared in the finals, but I still need your help in the preliminaries, preliminaries, and semi-finals. After all, there are too many people and many judges are needed. All five of you judges will have to participate in the whole process. Of course, if something happens in the middle, you will

You can leave for a while, but please be sure to come back before the finals."

Lao Liu's last words were very thoughtful. These five judges are all relatively high-status people, and they must have a lot of social activities. At this time, it is normal to ask for leave to deal with personal matters.

After that, Lao Liu introduced them to the process of all competitions. As for the very specific details, such as the scoring method, we will have to wait until then.

Several people had lunch together and then dispersed.

When Lao Liu and Lin were walking home, Lao Liu smiled and praised: "Xiao Yue, you did a great job this morning! I really thought you couldn't suppress them."

"It's all a fluke."

Jiahao smiled modestly.

"hehe."

Old Liu chuckled, and then said: "There is still half a month left before the appraisal competition starts. During this period, you can stay with Xiaohan. I can't accompany you recently. There are too many things. What follows is overwhelming publicity.

, then don’t blame me if I use you to hype you up.”

"How dare I."

"Even if you are joking, I will take this as the truth. Don't regret it!"

"I also told the truth."

…

In the next half month, Jiahao stayed with Liu Han, watching his entire process of making porcelain, thereby gaining a more comprehensive understanding of all porcelain making techniques, and he also had a more detailed understanding of areas that are prone to counterfeiting.

In the past half month, Jiahao returned to the capital to deal with some personal matters.

Compared to the bustling capital city, the whole country has focused its attention on Jingdezhen. The registration for the appraisal competition in the past three months has been very low-key, but now it is open to the whole country. Anyone who wants to participate can participate, and the registration period is only five days.

Jingdezhen's slogan for this appraisal competition is "Revival of Chinese Porcelain". This slogan has aroused widespread heated discussion. Some people think that porcelain has become a consumer product and luxury product rather than a necessity, and there is no need to revive it at all. Others think that

Everything left by our ancestors is good. The two parties quarreled fiercely in newspapers and the media, which also attracted more people to pay attention to this appraisal competition.

Of course, some gunmen still need to be found. Jingdezhen has no shortage of public relations and publicity talents.

At the same time as the appraisal competition, Jingdezhen also held activities similar to temple fairs, which were synchronized with the appraisal competition. Anyone could trade their collected treasures here. This attracted the attention of older people, and the appraisal competition was a popular choice for young people.

For a generation of people, they are more concerned about whether they can find some treasures in Jingdezhen.

The entire appraisal competition was broadcast live by many media. The live broadcast fees and advertising fees alone have allowed Jingdezhen to recover its costs and make a lot of money.

The media also constantly reports on various famous contestants and speculates on who will be the final winner.

Many people have already started the appraisal contest before it even started, such as Zhuang Mengdie, who immediately became the dream lover of many people as soon as she appeared in the media and was hailed as "the most beautiful woman in the appraisal world."

Zhuang Mengdie didn't care about this title. If it were just a glance, she might be complacent, but now her mind is filled with the figure of a person. She is here to take revenge this time!

Everything unfolds in an orderly manner as planned.

Compared to the bustle outside, Jiahao's environment seemed very clean. Except for seeing the excited look on Lao Liu's face every night and knowing that everything was going well outside, he didn't know anything else, except for the occasional carving and play.

Jiahao went to the antique street that had been set up as a Taobao market, just to practice his skills, but he didn't expect to meet a top-notch guy like Li Qianzhou.

Jiahao originally wanted to say hello to the other party. Although he was unfriendly, he was very polite, but as soon as he raised his hand, the other party ran away with a look of fear on his face and a embarrassed back.

Is he afraid that I will hit him?

Jiahao looked at Li Qianzhou's back and thought innocently.

He didn't meet Wang Yue, nor did he meet Gao Zhuang Mengdie, but he knew very well that the other party had arrived. It was only a matter of time that they met. If he was lucky, he would meet him in the preliminaries, and if he was unlucky, he would meet him in the finals.

See. He believes that with the level of Zhuang Mengdie and Li Qianzhou, they will definitely enter the finals. As for whether Wang Yue can enter the finals, Jiahao is not sure.

Thirteen days have passed, and the appraisal competition will be held the day after tomorrow.

At this time, all personnel have been properly arranged, and all staff and judges have arrived one after another.

On this day, Lao Liu will hold a mobilization meeting for everyone, and the location will still be the villa.

When the judges in the preliminary and semi-finals saw that one of the five judges in the final was actually a young man, they immediately felt like they were being teased.

Such a rigorous and important appraisal competition actually allows a young man to serve as one of the five judges!

This is too little to take this appraisal competition seriously!

In terms of qualifications, everyone present is better than him. Even if it were his turn, he wouldn't be able to be one of the five judges!

However, someone soon saw something unusual on the faces of the other four judges. None of these four people objected, and they seemed not to be at all surprised that the young man in front of them was one of the five judges.

How is this going?

Do you hide your inner anger? Do you still think it is reasonable, or do you compromise and accept it?

Soon everyone thought of another crucial question.

Who is this young man in front of me?

After sitting down, Lao Liu started a meeting. There were a hundred judges in the preliminaries, and one person supervised ten people. There were also the same hundred people in the preliminary rounds, but in the semi-finals, there were sixty people, and in the finals, only five were left.

people.

The entire mobilization meeting lasted for two hours, and a series of rules and procedures for the appraisal meeting were explained in detail. Finally, Lao Liu said that after the appraisal competition was over, he celebrated everyone present and won applause from everyone present.

At the end of the meeting, many people came to Lao Liu and asked in low voices, glancing at Jiahao from time to time.

Lao Liu smiled and said a few words, which attracted exclamations from the people around him, and then they all dispersed. However, when he looked at Jiahao again, his eyes were filled with suspicion.

In the evening, Jiahao called his master, Mr. Deng, to report the situation here. Mr. Deng only told Jiahao one sentence.

"You do what others do."

Jia Hao has firmly recorded this sentence in his heart. If there is an elder in the family, if there is a treasure, sometimes it is the experience of the older generation.

Two days later, the appraisal competition finally began.

Like all competitions, it's all nonsense speeches. Who are the guests present? Please applaud, thank you for this, thank you for that, and then say a few passionate words and ramble on for more than half an hour.

It's over.

Jiahao looked at the bustling crowd around him, no one was bored and sleepy, and then looked at the dedicated reporters on the other side, he couldn't help but lament the hardships of reporters.

After the opening ceremony in the morning, the game officially started in the afternoon.

The preliminaries are exams. There is a paper with many questions about identification skills and methods. Jiahao read this paper. He couldn't get full marks. He immediately asked Lao Liu about the questions he didn't know. Such a study

He was not willing to let go of the opportunity.

Some people who appraise porcelain do not necessarily have a high level of education. People who are unwilling to write can participate in the interview. The examiner will ask questions, and the candidates only need to open their mouths to answer. This is very humane.

The exam in the afternoon finally allowed Jiahao to experience the pleasure of being an invigilator. At that station, anyone who dares to cheat will be caught directly. The most despised thing in this profession is cheating. It is not a shame to have no real ability.

, but you don’t admit that you have no real ability but want to take evil ways. This is very contemptible.

Therefore, no judges or examiners will be polite to those who cheat.

There are too few women in the world of porcelain appraisal. The exams that Jiahao proctored were all men. There were few younger than him, and they were basically all over twenty-five years old.

Although these people were surprised that Jiahao was the examiner instead of the examinee, they still worked hard on the questions after the exam began.

The examiner in the same room as Jiahao was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was very disdainful that Jiahao could be an examiner, especially being one of the five judges made him even more ashamed.

In his opinion, letting such an unlearned junior become an examiner is simply an insult to this appraisal competition. He cannot change the decision of the decision-maker. If he can change it, he will definitely be the first to kick Jiahao out, and he is not allowed to do so.
To be continued...