Chapter 4 Gambling Stones
Myanmar is the place where the most jadeite is produced in the whole world and the highest quality, and Yunnan Province, a border province near Myanmar, has become one of the best places in the country to produce jadeite.
Ruili in southern Yunnan is a famous place for gambling stones in the country, and people come to Ruili to participate in gambling stones almost every day.
Although we all know that gambling stones is very risky, it is very likely to lose all your money. But under the temptation of getting rich overnight, there are still many people who enjoy it.
Because many people have this luck mentality, thinking that they can't be the one who has lost all their money, but thinks that they will become rich overnight.
At Ruili Railway Station, every time people get off the train, it is like a torrent gushing out of the broken embankment, shoulder to shoulder, and there are crowds of people.
Today, the second train slowly stopped at the platform, and another wave of people poured out of the train.
"I didn't expect this Ruili train station to be so crowded. Just as the people were about to get off the train, a young figure walked down the train, complaining about the crowded train.
This person is Jiang Zhen who left Yanjing, and after a long journey, he finally arrived in Ruili. Jiang Zhen came to Ruili to make money, and the way he thought of making money quickly was to gamble on stones.
For many people, gambling on stones is a kind of gambling behavior that relies on luck, but for Jiang Zhen, gambling on stones is a very simple matter, otherwise Jiang Zhen would not risk his remaining silver.
Out of the train station, Jiang Zhen took a car and went to Ruili's largest gambling stone trading market, Ruili Gambling Stone City.
After getting into a car, the driver couldn't help but shake his head after asking Jiang Zhen where he was going, "Good young man, why don't you do something serious and go to gamble?"
However, the driver didn't try to persuade Jiang Zhen, because he knew that the people who were going to gamble in Stone City couldn't persuade him, and sometimes he would provoke a burst of abuse. The fish didn't eat it, but got fishy, and no one would do this thankless task.
Half an hour away, finally arrived at Ruili Gambling Stone City, Jiang Zhen got out of the car, and walked towards the Gambling Stone City.
Walking into the Gambling Stone City, Jiang Zhen took a deep breath, although there were people coming and going, there was a lot of smoke mixed with it, and the air was very turbid. But inhaling it in one go, Jiang Zhen still felt comfortable all over his body.
It's not that Jiang Zhen is an old gambler, and he feels familiar and comfortable when he smells the smell of gambling. Jiang Zhen felt that the reason why his whole body was comfortable was that there was a trace of pure aura in this turbid air, the aura between heaven and earth.
And the reason why Jiang Zhen dares to gamble on the stone and is not afraid of losing his blood is because of the aura, all the jade and jade will exude a trace of aura, the higher the quality of the jade and jade, the larger the volume, the more and purer the aura emitted.
Jiang Zhen judges which piece of wool has jade in it and which one does not, just touch it and sense the aura inside the wool, unlike other people who rely entirely on luck, this is Jiang Zhen's reliance.
Gambling Stone City is very large, and there are many small shops in it, and many of them have some stones stacked in front of them.
Jiang Zhen was quietly walking on the streets of Gambling Stone City, and suddenly, a noise attracted Jiang Zhen's attention.
"Cut, cut quickly. Jiang Zhen looked over and saw a large group of people surrounding a relatively large gambling stone shop, shouting for the person who bought the stone to cut it on the spot.
Jiang Zhen felt that there was more time anyway, so he also went up to see the situation. I saw a middle-aged man with a huge beer belly, his hair was smooth and shiny, and the gold necklace on his neck was comparable to a dog chain and a gold ring on his hand, indicating the identity of this man, an upstart.
The man was holding a yellow and white mixed wool in his hand, the size of a basketball. At this time, the man was hesitating whether to cut the wool on the spot. If you cut out that there is jadeite inside, then not only will you make a lot of money, but you will also lose your face. But if you cut it out, there's nothing......
Jiang Zhen approached, looked at the wool in the man's hand, and heard the people on the side talking. "This man spent more than a million to buy this piece of wool, if you cut out the jadeite, it is fine, if nothing is cut out, it is a tragedy of losing all your money. ”
Jiang Zhen stared at the piece of wool for a while, and was very unoptimistic about this piece of yellow and white wool. With such a large amount of wool, if there is jade in it, he should be able to sense such a trace of aura. But now Jiang Zhen himself doesn't feel anything, so even if this piece of wool is cut out of jadeite, there won't be much, and the texture won't be much better.
When the middle-aged man was still hesitating, he didn't know that someone had already judged his result, and it was doomed to a tragedy.
"Cut, cut it, maybe you can really cut out the best jadeite. The onlookers next to him looked at the man and coaxed again.
"Hmm...... Well, cut it, come on, boss, cut it. Finally, after a period of silence, the middle-aged man who couldn't stand the coaxing of everyone handed over the basketball-sized wool in his hand to the owner of the gambling stone shop. Cutting wool is also a technical job, and if you are not careful, you may cut a piece of priceless jadeite at a priceless price.
"Okay. The boss took the wool and said happily. Cutting the wool on the spot can bring strong popularity to the store and make a name for itself. If the jadeite is cut, the shop will have a greater reputation and better business, and if it is not, then others will only say that the buyer is unlucky. Gambling stones are focused on gambling words, relying on luck, and will not affect the business of their stores.
It is not harmful to his own shop, so the boss is most welcome to those who want to cut it on the spot in their own shop.
This boss is also very appetizing, every time he sees the cut, he will stop there, look at it for a while, and then change the face to cut. This has been repeated many times, and it is very cautious, so that the people watching around can't help but have a thought that this piece of wool can cut out good things. Looking at the boss's hesitant hand, everyone unconsciously held their breath and looked at the stone nervously.
The middle-aged nouveau riche on the side looked at the wool on the table even more, his hands clasped and rubbed there, and his lips squirmed slightly as if he was praying. Nervous sweat was left on his forehead.
"Here's ......" There was a soft sound, and the boss, who had whetted the appetite of the onlookers, finally cut it down at once. The cut stone skin was slowly poured on the table, revealing a large patch of green, which was relatively pure.
"Ah...... Hahaha, out of the green, out of the green, hahaha, there is jade in it. Seeing that the wool he bought had cut out such a large piece of jadeite, the middle-aged man jumped up excitedly and laughed wildly.
"I didn't expect to really cut out such a large piece of jadeite, this person is too lucky. The people watching were excited, and envious, and more envious, and more jealous and greedy.
Jiang Zhen looked at the large green in front of him, and couldn't help but ask himself: "Did I see it wrong?" Jiang Zhen didn't touch the stone, but just looked at it for a while, and sensed the aura, and it was possible to make a mistake in judgment.
"Mr. Peng, can you sell me this piece of wool, how about two million?" The boss who cut the stone saw that he had cut out a large piece of green, so he moved the idea of buying this piece of wool. Mr. Peng was the middle-aged man.
The price of two million is already twice as much as when it was sold, but after cutting out such a large piece of green, Mr. Peng decisively refused: "If you don't sell it, I won't sell it for any amount of money." ”
"Don't you think about it?" Mr. Peng's attitude was resolute, but the shopkeeper asked again.
"Not for sale. Mr. Peng still insisted.
"Well, then you can't cut it. The boss saw that he was unwilling and not trying to force others, and then asked if he would continue to cut stones.
"Cut, why don't you cut, let everyone see, right?" Mr. Peng, who had full confidence in his wool, of course would not let go of this opportunity to show off, and decided to continue cutting stones.
The boss looked left and right, and cut it again.