Yu Mingdong's face suddenly showed a hint of embarrassment, and he said carefully: "Mr. Xia, is it like this...... The jade market in Ruizhou officially started this afternoon, and this time the public market is more important to me......"

Yu Mingdong glanced at Xia Ruofei cautiously again, and then said quickly: "Mr. Xia, don't worry, I have contacted the supplier, and you can get the goods early tomorrow morning at the latest!

It can be seen that Ma Zhiming has a very heavy weight in Yu Mingdong's heart, and he is even a little in awe, so Yu Mingdong does not dare to slack off on the things entrusted by Ma Zhiming, and he is also a little cautious when talking to Xia Ruofei.

Although Xia Ruofei was more anxious, he was not easy to be strong, so he nodded very reasonably and said, "Yes, it is important for Mr. Yu to handle his own affairs!"

"Thank you, Mr. Xia, for your understanding!" Yu Mingdong then explained, "Actually, the supplier is also going to participate in the jade market, so even if I don't go to the market this afternoon, we may not be able to buy jade jade materials......"

"Mr. Yu, you don't have to explain. Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "This time I have already caused you a lot of trouble, how can I delay your business any longer!"

"Where, Mr. Xia is polite. Yu Mingdong breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "Mr. Xia should be the first time to come to Ruizhou! By the way, I hired a very powerful gambling stone consultant this time, and when the time comes, let him help the staff officer, and Mr. Xia can also buy a few stones to play with!

Xia Ruofei smiled and nodded, "Okay! Then I'll go with Mr. Yu for a long time!"

The car quickly drove from the airport to the Sovereign Hotel in downtown Hongzhou, which is also the highest-grade hotel in Hongzhou.

Because I had to rush to Ruizhou in the afternoon to participate in the Jade Plate, so this was really a "light meal", Yu Mingdong had already ordered a few local signature dishes in advance, and everyone served them as soon as they arrived, and the three of them did not drink, and soon finished lunch and continued to drive on the road.

The journey from Hongzhou to Ruizhou is more than 90 kilometers, and the three of them have arrived in Ruizhou after more than an hour.

Shi Lei should not be the first time to accompany Yu Mingdong over, he is also very familiar with the roads in Ruizhou, skillfully driving a Mercedes-Benz business car through the streets and alleys of Ruizhou, and soon came to a street entrance.

There was a large parking lot near the entrance of the street, and after the car drove in, Xia Ruofei saw that there were already many luxury cars parked in the parking lot.

Yu Mingdong introduced: "Mr. Xia, that is the Jade Street in Ruizhou, and this time the Jade Public Market is in the middle and back of the Jade Street, and we have to walk in." ”

After Shi Lei parked the car, the three of them got out of the car and walked into the Jade Street in Ruizhou.

This is a pedestrian street, and the shops on both sides of the street are all selling jadeite without exception, and most of them are selling rough stones, and many shops have signs with the word "gambling stone" hanging outside.

Although there is a word "gambling" in gambling stones, it is actually legal, and the essence of "gambling stones" is actually the trading of jadeite rough stones.

Because the surface of the jadeite is covered by a layer of weathered skin, the inside cannot be seen, and no instrument can detect it.

Therefore, people can only infer whether there is a superior jadeite inside through the external characteristics of the shell, and most of the jadeite rough stones are traded in this way of "gambling", which is also commonly known as "gambling stone".

Yu Mingdong saw that Xia Ruofei was very interested in the rough stones placed at the door of these shops, so he said with a smile: "Mr. Xia, these shops are petty and petty, and they are a lot of cats, and it doesn't hurt to play occasionally, but there is a jade public market in the past two days, so there is no need to waste time in these small shops." ”

Xia Ruofei nodded with a smile and said, "It seems that the scale of this public market is not small?"

Yu Mingdong said: "The annual jadeite public market, the scale is naturally not too small, but this jadeite is also a non-renewable resource......!

Speaking of this, Yu Mingdong sighed again and said: "The competition this year must be very fierce, and I don't know how much the price will be speculated......!

Xia Ruofei had seen Yu Mingdong's business card and knew that he was the owner of a jade company, so he couldn't help but smile and asked, "Mr. Yu, isn't it a good thing for you to have a high price?"

Yu Mingdong said with a wry smile: "Theoretically, the price of rough stones is high, and the price of jadeite products is also rising, but for a small company like us, the financial pressure is a bit big......!

Xia Ruofei sighed with emotion: "It seems that it is not easy to do anything!"

"Who said it wasn't!" Yu Mingdong looked at the shop next to him and said, "It's still stable for them to trade rough stones, as long as there are channels to get the goods from Myanmar, they will make a lot of money!"

The two walked forward while chatting, while Shi Lei followed quietly behind the two and never interjected easily.

Soon they came to the scene of Ruizhou Jade Gongpan.

It looks more like a big warehouse, and it looks a little shabby, without any gorgeous decoration, the roof of color steel tiles, how to look like a simple warehouse, which is very different from Xia Ruofei's imagination.

What can make people feel a hint of the atmosphere of local tyrants is that there are constantly well-dressed people entering the "warehouse", and there are seven or eight escort vehicles parked side by side at the door, and there are even a few gun-wielding sentry.

Yu Mingdong explained with a smile: "These are all licensed to carry guns, and they were invited by the organizers of the conference from the security company, after all, some of the rough stones in them are very valuable!"

At this time, an old man wearing a crimson Tang suit and silver hair walked towards Yu Mingdong from not far away, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face: "Mr. Yu, the public market will start soon, why did you arrive?"

Yu Mingdong smiled and said, "Old He, I'm sorry!

Then Yu Mingdong immediately introduced: "Mr. Xia, let me introduce to you, this is the honorary director of the Yunnan Jade Association, Mr. He Ping, he is the gambling stone consultant I specially invited, and Mr. He has a lot of experience in rough stone identification!"

Yu Mingdong said to He Ping again: "Old He, this is Mr. Xia Ruofei Xia, he is a friend of Mr. Pony on Hong Kong Island!"

Originally, He Ping didn't pay much attention to a young man like Xia Ruofei, and he was a little unimpressed when he saw Yu Mingdong introducing him so carefully.

However, when he heard Yu Mingdong say that Xia Ruofei was "a friend of Mr. Pony on Hong Kong Island", he couldn't help but stare slightly, the expression on his face softened slightly, and nodded lightly towards Xia Ruofei.

Xia Ruofei also smiled gently and said, "Old He, please give me a lot of advice!"

He Ping said lightly: "Mr. Xia is polite. ”

Even if it was Ma Zhiming's friend, He Ping would not show so much enthusiasm like Yu Mingdong, he just coped with it, and immediately said to Yu Mingdong: "Mr. Yu, let's hurry up and enter the market! Today, the deadline for bidding for the first batch of rough stones is five o'clock in the afternoon, and we don't have much time left." ”

"Okay, okay, I'll ask Elder He for a while!" Yu Mingdong said with a smile on his face.

He is a businessman, and he pays attention to harmony and wealth, and he also knows that an expert with rich gambling experience like He Ping is a little arrogant, so he naturally will not care about the other party's attitude.

When the group came to the door, He Ping showed the invitation letter of the Jade Public Plate, and then underwent a strict security check before being allowed to enter the public market.

After entering the door, Xia Ruofei found that this "simple warehouse" actually covers a very large area, much larger than the parking lot at the corner of the street just now. In addition, although it is a roof of color steel tiles, a lot of lighting equipment is installed, and the entire public market scene is as bright as day.

As far as the eye can see, rows of rough stones of different sizes are densely packed with black or yellow, and there is a feeling that you can't see the edge at a glance.

These rough stones are placed in different positions depending on their size and appearance quality. The smaller ones are placed on the display shelves, while the larger ones are placed directly on the ground.

Each rough stone has a number, and in front of them there is a bid box with the same number written on it.

When entering the door, everyone received a stack of pre-prepared two-piece sheets, each of which was printed with a unique number, if you were optimistic about which piece of rough stone, as long as you wrote the price you gave on the first copy of the two-sheet sheet, and put it into the bidding box.

After the bidding deadline, the list in these bidding boxes will be counted as soon as possible, and the one with the highest bid will naturally obtain the purchase qualification of the rough stone, and then as long as the second copy of the two bills is used to pay off the purchase price, you can directly receive the rough stone.

The rules are very simple, but in the face of this vast sea of rough stones, it is naturally everyone's eyesight to take the school examination.

Of course, unlike open bidding, this auction method also involves a psychological game, where you need to guess how much your competitors may pay, and at the same time calculate your own affordability and give a suitable price.

Of course, each auction box also has the starting price of the corresponding rough on it, and anything below this price is invalid.

There are too many rough stones here to count, of course, many of them can be jadeite, after all, the rough stones that can go up to the jadeite public plate are also screened. Just being able to open jadeite does not mean that you will be able to make money, some may not even be worth the starting price, and even many of them do not have a trace of jadeite at all, in the final analysis, it still depends on eyesight.

This is also the reason why those experienced gambling stone consultants are so popular - Xia Ruofei just fell behind, and secretly asked Shi Lei, Yu Mingdong asked He Ping to help with the palm, the remuneration for three days is two million, and if the rough stone bought rises sharply, there will be additional bonuses.

Maybe Ma Zhiming's face is big enough, Yu Mingdong still attaches great importance to Xia Ruofei, and after he walked into the public market, he has been introducing the situation to Xia Ruofei.

After all, as soon as Xia Ruofei came in, it was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, and it was the first time he went to the Jade Public Market scene, and he was also worried that if Xia Ruofei was affected by the atmosphere of the scene, his head would be hot and he would lose all his money, so he would be a little difficult to explain to Ma Zhiming.

"Mr. Xia, don't look at the people coming and going here, in fact, there are not many people who come to 'gamble on stones' in the real sense. Yu Mingdong said with a smile, "Most of the people here are peers in the domestic jade industry, and everyone comes to participate in the public auction because they want to stock up on as many raw materials as possible, after all, the price of jadeite has been rising in recent years." ”

Xia Ruofei nodded and said, "That is to say, even if the bet rises, most of the jadeites will be kept by themselves!"

"Yes!" Yu Mingdong said with a smile, "Like my company, raw materials have always been very tight, so I pointed out that this time, with the help of He Lao, I can buy a few more good materials! ”

When he was chatting with Xia Ruofei, he didn't forget to pat He Ping's ass.

He Ping, who has silver hair, also looks a bit of a master outside the world, and he is still indifferent to Yu Mingdong's compliments.

The group walked through many original stone display shelves, but they didn't stop, Xia Ruofei asked with some curiosity: "Mr. Yu, there are so many rough stones here, aren't you going to be picky?"

Although he doesn't know much about gambling stones, he has seen it once in Sanshan before, and those who gamble on stones can turn over and look at a rough stone for a long time, even if it is an experienced old driver, I'm afraid the efficiency will not be too high!

"This batch of rough stones has been on preview for two days, and today is the deadline for bidding. Yu Mingdong said with a smile, "In the afternoon, it's just a final confirmation, and there is also a strategy to weigh the bidding." ”

No wonder...... Xia Ruofei said in his heart, presumably Yu Mingdong had already preliminarily determined which pieces to compete for, so he and He Ping would go straight to the goal.

"Mr. Yu, I see that the price of this rough stone is not low, how can the person who won the bid in the end trade?" Xia Ruofei asked again.

"After the bid is opened, the bid winning qualification will be retained for half an hour, and the organizer of the public auction has a special payment office, cash, credit card, transfer, and check can be!" Yu Mingdong said, "Every time the local government is also strongly supported, the bank will send people to work on the spot, and the precious rough stones can also be directly entrusted to the security company to escort, and even the hospital has sent doctors and ambulances over, and every year there are people in the public market because the heart is too stimulated to stand the ......."

Speaking of this, Yu Mingdong couldn't help laughing.

This is really not a joke, gambling stones are known as "a knife is poor, a knife is rich, and a knife wears linen", which can make a poor egg become a rich man in a blink of an eye, and can also make tens of millions of funds evaporate in an instant, and the degree of stimulation is no less than real gambling.

After Xia Ruofei briefly understood the situation, he also had a bottom in his heart, he turned his head and glanced at the dense rough stones, and his heart was hot......