Mr. Ma, a well-known teacher in the Beijing collection industry, once said so.

If everyone can live again, then they must be a winner in life.

For example, if anyone can live a new life, he can make a fortune in the early years by desperately earning money to buy a house, buy stocks, and buy antiques.

But unfortunately, there are no ifs in life, and there is no regret medicine in the world.

That's true, but it's not entirely true.

Because there's another saying.

"The small rich rely on luck, the middle rich rely on wisdom, and the big rich rely on virtue."

And Hong Lucheng also used the Hong family training to educate Hong Yanwu in his life, saying, "To lay the foundation, you must rely on courage, you must rely on the brain to keep the foundation, and you have to rely on the heart to pass on the foundation." ”

In fact, the meaning of these two sentences is almost the same, both emphasizing that the role of opportunities on people is only temporary, and it only accounts for a small part, and the key to success depends on personal quality.

Otherwise, even if you are lucky, you will not be able to keep your fortune.

If you are faced with the same opportunity, your gains will be much lower than those of those who are more qualified than you.

For example, those who accidentally won the mega jackpot, why are many people's lives completely ruined because of this luck?

There are not a few wives who are separated, relatives who turn against themselves, who are willing to fall, and whose families are ruined.

What is exposed is the mismatch between personal qualities and the large wealth gained.

In fact, we might as well make another more technical and more specific analogy.

As far as the matter of where to collect jewelry and jade.

Today's people, all of us know that this is a sure way to make money and lose money, and it is the only way for people to be born again.

Many people have also heard of the Hetian Jade King, the Jade King, the rough stone that has been accumulated since the tenth century.

Then when a large number of old pits no longer produce rough stones, the price of high-quality rough stones has skyrocketed, and it will be a story of steep and rich.

But if anyone really travels back and follows the example, it is definitely unwise.

Why?

Because he didn't use his brain, he first got a common sense logical relationship wrong.

In addition to a good market environment, it is not the scarcity and quality of raw materials that play a leading role in the most important factors that can enhance the economic value of cultural toys.

The main part is determined by the feelings of historical inheritance, the taste of humanistic knowledge, and exquisite production skills.

Otherwise, how can things such as gourds, bird cages and purple clay pots made by famous artists be worth more than jewelry and jade?

Celebrity calligraphy and painting are of course more reflective of this.

Therefore, things like jade and jadeite, the ones with the greatest real appreciation potential and the highest profits are those that have been carved and molded by masters.

Because if these finished products are not valuable, then the rough stone is not bullshit.

When the price of raw materials rises due to scarcity, the range of finished products will naturally far exceed that of the rough stone.

Besides, even in terms of rough stones, most of the real quality of Hetian jade and jadeite were mined in the Qing Dynasty.

It is recorded in the book "Miscellaneous Records of the Court and the Opposition since Daoxian".

"On the occasion of the same light, Guangdong merchants purchase jadeite to Beijing, there are famous two stones. One is 30,000 three, the lid is in terms of price, and one is a pot, and the lid is in terms of form, all of which are pure green and flawless products. All the ornaments needed in the palace are mostly from 30,000, so its name is shocking at the time. In fact, the materials produced by a pot are particularly good, such as the jade flat square of the Yan family, the wrench finger of Jixiang and the emerald bracelet of the Wensuo family. ”

Note that the important messages in this text are as follows.

First, it is to explain the origin of many jade treasures in the palace during the period when Cixi was in power at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Second, it records the quality that can be achieved by the jadeite rough at that time.

Not only is it clearly written in the book, whether it is "30,000 three" or "a pot", they are all pure green and flawless products.

And from the perspective of historical relics, such as Du Yuesheng and his wife purchased it from Chongguzhai in the capital, they transferred Song Meiling's "twisted silk and emerald bracelet", which also verified that this legendary high-quality treasure could indeed be seen on the market back then.

This kind of thing has been there since modern times, and the "old pit" in Myanmar has disappeared.

Like the so-called "A" grade jadeite on the market today, if you want to compare with such things, I am afraid that it can only be smashed.

Third, the article also points out the origin of Wang Yunlin's family heirloom jade flat square.

Not only is it a gift from the Emperor, but it also comes from "a pot".

At the same time, the Wen Suoqi person recorded in the text also has a lot of origins, he is Zengchong's father.

Many people should know that Zengchong of Qinlao Hutong and Natong of Jinyu Hutong were both ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the late Qing Dynasty, and they were also under the Yellow Banner as Wanyan.

It can also be seen from this that under the Eight Banners system of "only talking about the banner people, regardless of the Manchu and Han Dynasties", the status of the "Shangsanqi" is still transcendent within the small circle of the powerful, and the holy family is not comparable to the ordinary banner family.

Of course, these last few sentences are purely off-topic.

However, the above should be enough to prove that jadeite rough has been in a continuous decline in production and quality since modern times.

Then if you are a sensible person, you should no longer choose to buy rough stones to invest.

Again, high-risk speculation like getting rich is just the choice of the poor.

Finally, there is the most critical drawback of the rough stone, which must not be ignored.

Why did all the people who had money in the past be businessmen?

In addition to information asymmetry, the main reason is that in the past, transportation costs were not only high, but also it was possible to encounter bandits and lose their lives when going far away.

It is extremely uneconomical for individuals to run around for their own business.

Everyone's needs are different, so many people trade to pay for their travels, so that long-distance trafficking is lucrative.

In fact, until the beginning of reform and opening up, our business still had this characteristic.

Don't forget, all the people who made a fortune at that time had a title of rebellious.

This directly points out how they make money.

That's the one who makes a fortune by going back and forth, earning all the hard-earned money of road transportation.

Don't take Hong Yanwu as an example, except for them, there is no private person who can enter such a large amount of goods and take wagons.

In most cases, they nibble on dry bread and squeeze the train without a seat.

Of course, there is also the risk of damage to personal safety and property.

Like local evil forces, as well as various immortals who eat train freight, as well as all kinds of scams, extortion, and extortion in shopping malls, there are countless of them.

Therefore, in the 80s, it was very risky to run around doing business.

Thinking about it this way, Hotan is far away in Xinjiang, and Jade is far away in Myanmar.

Whoever really wants to do this, let alone how much the shipping cost is, how to get the things back.

To put it bluntly, it's no different from looking for death by yourself.

So no matter how you look at it, it is really a move to put the cart before the horse, not to buy the jadeite and jade that have been finished in the stores in the capital, but to go to the origin to pursue the original stone.