Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 250

Over there, Grandpa Deng was furious, yelling, "You ingrates! You've been raised in vain!"

Grandma Deng Yijun smiled and didn't say a word, happily fiddling with the porcelain. This batch of porcelain was truly beautiful, especially suitable for someone like her who enjoys tea and a cozy atmosphere.

The porcelain-making competition is about to begin, and players should get ready. First, some combat players plan to raid the competition venue. They'll need to prepare plenty of cotton and boxes to throw in and grab whatever they see.

Putting them one by one into the player's inventory is too slow.

Some players are also preparing shopping baskets, fearing their backpacks will be full.

Judging from the current pre-sale hype, hundreds, even thousands, of porcelain pieces will likely arrive on the day of the sale—more than the entire mall combined! The processions transporting porcelain are growing larger and larger, and numerous porcelain kilns have been built in the main urban area of ​​Huaxia Jianghu, constantly emitting smoke. Truckloads of firewood and coal are being transported in.

Many players were very curious, and some of the players who had become apprentices through miracles also came here, brought by their masters to fire porcelain. However, they remained silent and did not reveal any information.

The craftsmen's creations are truly amazing!

As an apprentice whom the master would bring to participate in the competition, one must be of good character and would absolutely not leak the master's work. Some people have even blocked information from their closest friends, while others have taken time off work for the porcelain firing competition.

'Gray Hole' had transformed from a conventional player into a porcelain enthusiast, and only now did he realize that Qingfengyi was subtly hinting at players to learn and spread its teachings, even encouraging offline practice. He hadn't noticed it before, but once the idea took hold, it became increasingly intriguing, prompting him to research it. He discovered that Qingfengyi made no attempt to conceal its intentions, openly displaying various offline practice activities and game innovation rewards on its official website.

For example, in this "Sand-Covered Landscape Becomes a Beautiful Embryo, Fire Brings Thousands of Splendors" event, as long as pottery, porcelain, or any other type of ceramic is fired and displayed, Qingfengyi will hang it in their newly created holographic museum of craftsmanship. If the work is exquisite and receives a nine-out-of-ten rating from viewers, it can be displayed in the Master Museum. The items here are all planetary-level treasures, which will truly become priceless in the future.

Getting a score of nine or higher from the audience isn't easy; it requires them to complete a questionnaire with only a dozen or so questions. Those who give random answers will be screened out, so Lin Qiaoqiao meticulously assembled a review team. All team members undergo professional training from Qingfengyi's team, and only those who pass a final, personally rigorous exam by Lin Shuying are hired.

Although she didn't know if this review team would be as blind and greedy as the review teams for various awards in her past life, she hoped to be strict from the start, laying an unbreakable foundation and delaying the onset of corruption. Systems need to improve, but without a solid foundation, there will be no progress, only regression. Besides, Qingfengyi had given far too much; the devil in his heart was driven by self-interest.

Few people have discovered the two exhibition halls yet, and Qingfengyi hasn't promoted them as much as he could because the event is in its middle stages and offline activities aren't yet at their peak. This actually benefits those like him who discovered them early, giving them ample time to prepare. He'll definitely get into the Masters Museum, hehe. Once he gains fame, won't he become a walking money-printing machine?

My master told me that truly skilled porcelain masters rarely create pieces requested by others; they make what they want to make and keep it for themselves. It's like creating a child—they plan to have it with them for life.

Those wealthy individuals who want a masterpiece have to prepare countless amounts of gold and silver, along with various other valuable gifts. The master might create one or two pieces if they're in a good mood, and completely ignore them if they're not. Of course, those forcibly demanded by powerful figures are a different story. But this is the interstellar age, where human rights are paramount. Who would force someone to do that?

No!

Thinking about the achievements he could make in the future, 'Gray Hole' felt a little elated.

After finishing helping with his task, the master logged off to search for the so-called kaolin, asking people on various planets to help him. He needed to play the game and definitely wouldn't have time for himself. The first person he asked for help was Deng Yijun, because he was a member of the Golden Jade Hall and, as the leader, should be easier to talk to.

Deng Yijun is indeed easy to talk to and doesn't have high demands. He only asks that he have the right of first refusal if any of his works are sold in the future. Whether it's an auction or a public listing, the price will be based on the market.

'Gray Hole' is very grateful and is still willing to give a lot of discounts.

Deng Yijun's wealth and influence were indeed vast; in just five days, over a hundred soil samples that closely resembled kaolin were delivered. 'Gray Cave' was ecstatic; he truly couldn't imagine what those magical porcelains from the game would look like if they were actually made in real life!

Does it have the delicate, beautiful skin, like a beautiful woman's, soft jade, as seen in games?

Are the colors just as vibrant, vivid yet unfading, beautiful yet elegant? Combining painting, firing, and a meticulous process, it's like a shining gem in the Milky Way!

While practicing offline, he didn't forget to help and learn techniques online. His master was firing a longevity peach and moon screen. At first, he was shocked. He had only seen wooden, wood carving, embroidery, white marble, stone masonry, stone carving, plant, mural, and lacquer screens before, and now porcelain screens?

Porcelain is so fragile, wouldn't it break if you touched it? How could it be made into a screen?

While the master craftsman was shaping the clay, he also sought out an elderly woodcarver in the Chinese wood carving world to commission a round moon frame made of nanmu wood with auspicious cloud, peach, and pine flower patterns. The "round moon" refers to the central area containing the porcelain screen, which is also shaped like a full moon, and the base is also made of porcelain. After receiving the wood carving, he carefully fastened the clasps before sending the unglazed piece to be fired. The unglazed piece really didn't look particularly appealing. However, recently, 'Gray Hole' has already fired quite a few porcelain pieces, and he now knows the breathtaking beauty of exquisite works emerging from the kiln.

The game progressed quickly, and Deng Yijun's offline team even found various glazes. A bowl was fired from the 'gray hole,' but the finished product wasn't very attractive. The difference between the game and reality is huge! In reality, my hands are a bit uncooperative. My mind is thinking of 'amazing, stunningly beautiful, incredibly cool and powerful designs,' but what my hands produce is 'crooked, oddly shaped, with ugly glaze drips, and incredibly ugly and abstract drawings'...

'The Gray Hole' realized that it seemed it couldn't draw, let alone sculpt, and its clay modeling skills were nowhere near as good as those in the game. Its muscles were like those of a corpse, completely uncontrolled by the nervous system.

When the first piece of porcelain was fired was posted on the world channel, many people were shocked.

"Do people really fire porcelain in physical stores?"

"This... is a bit ugly, hahaha."

"Those who say it's ugly don't know how amazing offline production is. You have to understand that in games, our nerves directly control our consciousness, but in reality, we need muscles to act as an intermediary. Muscles are just capricious things, as if they were transplanted from someone else and are completely uncontrollable."

"Waaah, that's right. It's okay if it's out of control, but I'm afraid of having a rejection reaction. My rejection reaction is so severe! I tried to weave a bamboo basket according to the process in Qingfengyi, but I kept cutting my hands. It was trembling so much that I couldn't weave it at all, waaaah."

"Haha, look at me! Pictures, pictures, pictures."

The pictures show exquisite rattan and bamboo weaving, the materials of which were made through connections by the player. Despite using high-tech materials, the texture is remarkably realistic, almost exactly like the items in the game "Qingfengyi." The colors and skin textures vary, giving it a very artistic feel. There are various styles, including fine, delicate, and coarse weaving. They are arranged in a row, with flower arrangements of many different kinds.

Peonies, roses, chrysanthemums, plum blossoms, hydrangeas, etc., are artificial flowers made of silk, paper, and high-tech materials. They are modeled after the flowers in Qingfengyi and Barbie Fashion. The artificial flowers in Xingji are much more realistic.

One part of it looked very strange; it turned out to be art flowers designed by Barbie Fashion. The plant designs in Barbie Fashion are different from those in Qingfengyi; Barbie Fashion takes a more design-oriented approach. Qingfengyi takes a realistic approach, and the difference between the two is significant.

There's something odd about turning the flowers from a design route into artificial flowers in reality. Realistically designed route plants and flowers, when made into artificial flowers to interstellar quality, are truly lifelike. However, design-based route plants and flowers have one advantage: they can all be patented.

The flowers this player showed off were so beautiful that everyone felt it was unreal.

Is this true?

"My mecha grand marshal, is this really not a holographic house? The house in the background is just like Xiaoyi Residence, and the woven vases and flower arrangements are too. Do you have hands bestowed by a god? I'm so envious, sob sob."

"For sale? I'm willing to pay a high price."

These kinds of items are really attractive. So far, silk flower arrangements have only been available during the early "Qingfengyi" flower event; there haven't been any other releases with such exquisite details. Players were bidding like crazy, only to have their enthusiasm dampened by the creator's later comments.

"I've already placed the item in the Master Museum and chosen not to auction it. It takes two to three months to make one, which shows how complex the craftsmanship is. It's completely different in reality from the game, the cost is too high. I'd rather spend this time playing games, hehe."

That's true. In the game, an event cycle lasts two months, during which players can easily craft countless treasures. However, making these things in reality is a completely different story. Not to mention the difficulty of finding materials in interstellar space, the time cost of the subsequent manual crafting alone is outrageous and completely beyond the comprehension of interstellar people.

Many players commented that they had tried to recreate it in real life, and it was just too difficult!

"I envy those who have hands, and I'm genuinely looking to buy."

People have forgotten the crooked porcelain that was originally uploaded by 'Gray Hole'.

The porcelain competition in the game has also begun, and the masters have set up their kilns and started firing!

The previous production time, based on the game's timeline, was one month. After all, it was something that had undergone repeated refinement and production. Now, all that's needed is to replicate it and familiarize ourselves with the characteristics of the brothels here. One month is the limit set for the competition. Due to the short timeframe, the competition's prestige is exceptionally high.