In a landscape-stone showroom, Mr Villa Stone walks marble slabs whose natural veins look like Chinese ink mountains, waterfalls, and mist. On camera: a collector piece with waterfall-like veins, a modern quiet face with almost no flaws, a three-panel set that reads as near and distant mountains, and a peelable ink-wash sticker on one “Ink Jiangnan” slab — the rest of the face is natural stone. A closed quarry produced a king slab: mountains and water, tiny tree-like marks, even ruby-red coloring. Two styles overall: elegant and quiet, or bold heavy ink. For a tea room, picture a mountain at your back — green hills and clear water. It also pairs with New Chinese interiors and rosewood furniture.
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Today we pick stone.
At a landscape showroom.
And the owner's here.
Let's chat with the owner.
You're showing us landscape stone today.
Mind going on camera with us?
No problem, just make me look good.
Here's a mic.
Tell the viewers about your landscape stone.
Sure, no problem. Start with this wall.
My take — it looks great.
Yes. And I see one marked collector's edition.
This slab is rare.
The whole face is really beautiful.
Look — all pure natural.
These veins, they're like a waterfall.
See these, like falling water.
Look at these natural veins here.
Like the mountain's covered in little trees.
So beautiful. The slab up top has a line.
The edge looks a bit yellow.
Right, the mood we want—
with lighting, it looks like fiery sunset clouds.
That natural kind of feel.
A soft transition. Lights off—
Let me show you.
See, it all looks natural.
Because a natural landscape piece—
growing like this isn't easy.
A picture with real mood.
And this one right?
This one feels more understated. — Right.
This is more modern style.
Very popular now.
Because this face is designers' favorite right now.
The face is pure natural stone.
Not a single flaw.
No white streaks or lines.
Beautiful, right? Hey, this slab looks pretty good.
Right. This slab — would you call that a flaw?
That's the stone root.
Call it a small flaw.
But the slab next to it has no issues.
It looks almost translucent.
Right, that's the stone root.
That's normal.
This one is our collector's edition.
We can sell by piece.
Three panels together work for a hotel lobby—
or an entry foyer—
as a feature wall.
And the one below—
Yes, because Chinese landscape painting—
it's about near and distant mountains.
You can see, bottom to top—
it has that Chinese painting mood.
The top ones alone don't show a mountain shape.
Top two, one block? One block.
Bottom one — same block?
Same block. We pick veins that connect.
Right, to make one picture.
So that vein joint up top was picked on purpose.
Yes, this spot too — on purpose.
Right. Not bad, the mood works.
Yes, very nice.
This slab has a nice mountain shape.
It has great mood too.
Let's look further inside.
This was stuck on by hand?
Yes. This 'Ink Jiangnan' piece—
This part is a sticker.
If they like it, we keep it.
If not, we just peel it off.
That's a sticker, the rest natural.
All natural. Just the text and pattern—
we made it look like a little boat.
Because this part is water.
Right, it's ink-wash painting.
Like river water. — Right.
And this piece has really good mood.
Let me give my view.
I think this has more feel than tile.
Of course. We Chinese have thousands of years of landscape taste.
That's how it is.
Pieces with mood sell better.
Honestly.
OK, let's look further inside.
This one—
this one feels full.
Rich color. — Right, this one's for new Chinese style.
Like rosewood Chinese style.
With rosewood furniture, only this Chinese style looks grand.
It matches that style perfectly.
Yes, yes. Even now those rosewood—
those pricey ones, like golden silk nanmu—
the tables and chairs.
They all use this landscape stone—
similar landscape stone for the design.
OK, let's keep walking inside.
I love this kind.
I really like this kind.
Here's how it feels.
First, it's very clear.
Very clean, and the veining flows smoothly.
This one really hits my taste.
This is our king piece.
Our landscape stone mine is now closed.
It's shut down now.
Cut from the finest stone in that whole quarry.
Look at this spot here.
See these peaks—
all of this is pure natural, formed over hundreds of millions of years.
Beautiful. I really like this one.
Mountains and water,
like a waterfall, spots like little trees.
Close up there's something, far away too — different every morning.
Different mood.
I like this piece too.
I really like this one. Cut one for me.
Truly beautiful.
Nice. Look at the right side here.
In China we like gemstones—
they stand for wealth. See here, it's like a ruby mine.
See it? Right here.
Anyway, I think this one looks great.
Yes, yes, really nice.
This one's good too. This is that new-style decor—
new Chinese. — Right, this is real new Chinese style.
And people in official circles really like this.
See the fan shape rising from left to right—
it carries a 'rising step by step' meaning.
Right, this is good. Overall, two styles.
One is more elegant—
and the other has heavier color.
This one: bold ink, strong color.
Right, our Chinese painting style. Works.
All the traditional Chinese elements are gathered here — all these Chinese-style pieces.
Say your home has a tea room—
put one piece in, it's grand.
Mountain behind, green hills, clear water.
Hey — this boss really knows how to talk.
You'd better watch out.
Let's keep looking inside.
This one, I feel the color is heavier.
Right, nature's amazing handiwork.
Anyway, your stuff is beautiful.
Well, it really is beautiful.
It really is. OK viewers, that's all we can shoot today.
The boss has started praising her own melons.
We can't let her keep going.
Bye, that's it.
Bye.