Volume 1: The Journey of the Emerald Rough Chapter 69: Mo Cui who has changed from an evil creature to an evil artifact

The sharp rise in the price of jade materials has the greatest impact on second-hand jade merchants, who can be said to be the key link in the operation of the entire jade market.

They buy jade from first-hand jade merchants who can directly get jade materials in the mining area, untie them after buying them back, cut them into pieces of different sizes according to the specific conditions inside the rough stone, that is, clear materials at a glance, and then resell them to merchants engaged in carving and processing.

Although they are not like first-hand jade merchants, they will be allowed to look at the rough jadeite in the mining area and have a high counteroffer, but the first-hand jade merchants will directly pass on the losses they have suffered when quoting, and the rough stones are casually seen by them, but the price is a little scary, so that people like them who are engaged in the trading of clear materials and belong to the retailers of jade materials are complaining.

In the face of increasingly expensive jade materials, they have always been big-hearted and small-minded, holding a wait-and-see attitude, not daring to spend a lot of money to take risks, and some were even directly forced to change careers.

In order to solve the dilemma, some unscrupulous jade merchants directly started the idea of materials similar to jadeite, using Malay jade, Australian jade, Dushan jade, green aventurine jade, tumbler and Moxi jade and other jade materials to pass off as jadeite, cut this kind of jade into slices, or directly make finished products for sale, laymen can't tell the difference at all!

Later, there were too many such materials that pretended to be jadeite, and with the improvement of Huaxia jewelry testing institutions, these jade materials that seemed to be almost the same as jadeite were finally known to the world, and the financial routes of these illegal merchants were also cut off.

In order to tide over the difficulties, the jade merchants who kept to themselves united and formed jade chambers of different sizes to keep warm.

On the one hand, they no longer take goods from first-hand jade merchants, and directly raise funds to participate in the establishment of the MD Southern Federation, which is an open and transparent public market. They will bear the risk of the jadeite wool that won the bid, and the profits will be shared equally.

On the other hand, it is to turn out all the waste materials that could not be sold after calcing the stone in the past, gather them together, and discuss what is the best way to deal with them.

Once, when the Jade Chamber of Commerce received a group of overseas Chinese jade merchants, they talked about it during the period, which aroused the interest of these overseas Chinese jade merchants, so the president of the Chamber of Commerce took these overseas Chinese jade merchants to visit the warehouse where the waste materials were placed.

When everyone saw the scrap, they all shook their heads and sighed.

One of them, an overseas Chinese jade merchant, was very interested in a piece of Mocui rough cut in half.

This piece of rough stone is very large, the skin is fine, it is divided into two from the middle of the rough stone, the two facets are as black as ink, but there are no cracks in the whole body, the strong light flashlight shines, it exposes a uniform green, the green is very positive, there is no trace of impurities, the water is also very good, and it is typical of a piece of excellent quality ink cui rough.

It's not that no one has seen this piece of Mocui's rough stone, but this Mocui rough stone is so conspicuous that everyone just glanced at it and shook their heads and walked away.

If it weren't for the fact that this overseas Chinese jade merchant himself had a soft spot for Mo Cui, I'm afraid he wouldn't have stepped forward to take a second look!

Because at that time, Mocui was not popular, even people who had played with Emerald for many years looked down on Mocui, and ordinary people ignored it.

The variety of Mocui was actually discovered very early, it has many characteristics that are different from ordinary jadeite, such as higher density and greater refractive index than ordinary jadeite, at that time people generally thought that green jadeite was better, and black or close to black jadeite was considered an ominous or evil color, so Mocui has been uncared for, and even in the eyes of some people, it is a garbage raw material, both buyers and sellers avoid it.

Because the view that jadeite is green is precious, has been deeply ingrained in people's hearts, and there is a legend that black is an ominous color in ancient times, and jadeite itself gives people auspicious and peaceful meaning has a great contrast, so the jade merchant who bought this rough stone, after cutting it, found that such a good seed water actually appeared on a piece of ink cui, and he was so angry that he directly threw the original stone aside.

If he hadn't been forced to do anything this time, after turning it out at home, he wouldn't even want to move it after turning it out at home and seeing that it was very well planted!

When this overseas Chinese jade merchant proposed to buy it, even he himself was blindsided, and he couldn't imagine that anyone would buy this piece of Mocui rough that he had already discarded as scrap.

When this overseas Chinese jade merchant asked him for a price, his heart was sad and happy.

Sadly, the rough stone that he had bought back for three million Huaxia coins was a desperate scrap.

Happily, I have lost the Mocui rough stone in my yard for so many years, and someone finally wants to buy it!

After some bargaining, this piece of Mocui rough stone was finally sold for 100,000 Huaxia coins.

The moment he received the money, he felt not a loss, but excitement, excitement and joy!

After the overseas Chinese jade merchant brought back the Mocui rough stone, out of love for Mocui, he transported half of it back to his home and put it in the living room as an ornament.

For the other half of the piece, he asked his engravers to cut and work in their spare time.

When the carver used a flashlight to shine on the ink, he found that the color inside was a rich green, and the texture was very delicate, which was a rare high-quality rough stone.

It's a pity that it's black, and if you want to change it to other colors, it's definitely a batch of high-grade jadeite.

This rough stone is really large, even if it is only half a piece, it is nearly a hundred kilograms.

The carvers soon discovered that they had done all the common carvings on the market, and that even a tenth of the rough stone had been used.

Fortunately, this kind of black ink that looks black on the surface, but when it is exposed to strong light, it is green, which can make people think a lot.

As a result, these carvers began to figure out how to use the characteristics of Mocui to make new and strange things, and gradually the Mocui carvings they made became more and more exquisite.

Seeing that more and more Mocui carvings were made, this overseas Chinese jade merchant suddenly had an idea: since the price of jadeite raw materials is high, and Mocui is also a kind of jadeite, why not lift this jadeite variety that is discarded as waste, so that more people can understand and appreciate its beauty!

Through many inquiries and understanding, I learned that the people of Huaxia Treasure Island have a soft spot for obsidian, and Mocui also happens to be black, so I contacted my friends in Baodao overnight and airlifted this batch of Mocui carvings from Malaysia to Huaxia Treasure Island.

Because the people of Baodao believe in Feng Shui very much, they invited the most famous local Feng Shui master and the person who studied the Five Elements to constantly analyze Mocui on television, newspapers and magazines.

Feng Shui master believes that everyone has a misunderstanding of Mocui, black is not an ominous or evil color, but full of majestic and solemn mystery, Huaxia in ancient times actually had black to ward off evil spirits, protect the body!

People who study the five elements analyze from the perspective of the five elements of traditional Chinese yin and yang, and also come to the conclusion that black belongs to water, and water can accumulate wealth, and the role of wearing Mocui carvings of Buddha, Pixiu, Zhong Kui and other themes is more important than wearing obsidian, because the appearance of Mocui is black, but the lighting is green, and green represents vitality, with auspicious and peaceful meanings!

In this way, Mocui began to appear in people's sight, and Mocui's carvings were extremely exquisite, which began to attract the attention of some people, but they were quite curious about this mysterious Mocui, and its unique hidden color characteristics were also very tempting, so it successfully attracted the pursuit and collection of the locals, and Mocui was therefore redefined as "evil spirit".

Soon, the Mocui carvings sent to Huaxia Treasure Island by this overseas Chinese jade merchant were out of stock.

While having people fully process Mocui's Fogong, Pixiu, Zhong Kui and other themes, he ran around and vigorously purchased the Mocui rough stones that were originally discarded as waste materials on the market.

The jade merchant who held Mocui smiled and sold the dusty Mocui rough in the warehouse to this overseas Chinese jade merchant, while secretly scolding others for being stupid for having too much money.

It didn't take long for the news about Mocui on the treasure island to come over, and at the same time, there was also the news that at an auction in Xiangjiang, a set of exquisite Mocui jewelry was auctioned to a price of 1.3 million Huaxia coins, which shocked many people in the jade world.

When these jade merchants who originally held Mocui knew that Mocui had changed from an "evil thing" to an "evil artifact", they almost fainted without vomiting blood, and they all regretted beating their chests and screaming for a while.

The overseas Chinese jade merchant suddenly bought Mocui rough on the market, which is a big problem in itself, why don't you think about it too much, as long as you think about it a little carefully, you won't be like this, who is the fool in the end!

And the overseas Chinese jade merchant who was secretly scolded by them for being rich and stupid made a lot of money at this time, and he was smiling in his heart, no matter who he saw.

When they saw the overseas Chinese jade merchant again, they only left gratitude and admiration, lamenting that they were unlucky and did not get on this big boat.

Because of the operation of the overseas Chinese jade merchants on Mocui, the entire Huaxia country has a pursuit of Mocui, so that they have another business opportunity, admiring the wisdom and excavation ability of the overseas Chinese jade merchants, so that rare treasures like Mocui will not continue to be dusty in the warehouse, and no longer have to be discarded as waste.

In this way, everyone began to pay attention to Mocui, and more and more people appreciated its beauty, which successfully attracted many jade lovers to seek after and collect, and did not hesitate to invest a lot of money for it!

People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, after Mocui has changed from an "evil thing" to a "magic weapon", his worth has also increased by a thousand times.

More and more merchants are crazy about it, and the whole world is looking for this auspicious Mocui raw material that symbolizes the ability to ward off evil spirits and accumulate wealth.

Helplessly, the Mocui rough on the market has been almost wiped out by the overseas Chinese jade merchant, and the Mocui deposits are relatively deep, difficult to mine, and the quantity is very small, the good Mocui is almost one in a million, and the ordinary Mocui does not even have a water head, and the value is limited.

The many characteristics of Mocui determine its importance in the jadeite market, and also has all the characteristics of high-grade jadeite, without flaws of high-quality Mocui, its collection value can be compared with green jadeite, coupled with the scarcity of Mocui resources, the difficulty of mining and other objective reasons, in the following years, Mocui gradually grew into one of the internationally recognized high-end jewelry.

In those days, the two things of Mocui and the return of people on a snowy night were in an uproar, and everyone knew about it, even the miners who stayed in the deep mountains and old forests and did not go out for many years knew about it.

At that time, General Wu was also amazed after hearing about it, and he was silent for a long time.

He didn't expect that one of his original decisions would turn the Jade Realm upside down.

The other mining forces were also shocked and amazed after hearing it, and they couldn't imagine that the value of the rough stone they sent people to dig up day and night was not as valuable as a method that a Chinese person came up with!

Praise is admiration, after this incident, the major mining areas have increased the price of rough stone more ruthlessly.

Completely forgot how much ink they had found in the discarded ore, and how much money they had made from it!

This is to force the jade merchant to scold his mother, some angry jade merchants from then on, never go to the mining area to buy jade materials, they would rather run farther away and go to the public auction to bid, at least the public market is open and transparent, and there is Wu Bang's jade material in it, and there is no need to suffer from this kind of bird anger.

As more and more jade merchants participated in the public market, something slowly appeared that even the jade merchants themselves couldn't understand.