At eight o'clock in the morning, Zhong Jinxian got up energetically, washed up, walked to the hall, and saw Meng Zitao looking at his mobile phone.

"Zitao, what are you looking at?"

Meng Zitao raised his head: "Some academic materials." ”

"I said you are too hardworking, study hard early in the morning. Zhong Jinxian sat down, saw the breakfast on the table, and took some to eat.

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "If we don't study every day in this industry, we will be eliminated sooner or later, and besides, there is an old saying, live to learn from the old." ”

"I get a headache when I think about reading, and I really don't understand how you keep going every day. Zhong Jinxian shrugged his shoulders.

"So you don't have the temperament of Brother Meng. Tian Mengmeng and Xu Wen walked over together.

Zhong Jinxian shook his head: "Reading has a temperament? ”

Tian Mengmeng sat down and snorted coldly: "Otherwise, do you still have the temperament to play all day like this." ”

Zhong Jinxian said: "How can I play all day, besides, is Zitao's temperament from reading? I don't think so, Zitao, what do you say?" ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "If you want to say that you have a temperament when you read often, it is definitely not all right, just like someone said that your temperament hides the books you have read, this sentence is like a panacea, which can be converted into many versions, for example: your temperament hides your experience, and your temperament hides the road you have walked." In the final analysis, reading is just a way to get in touch with and understand the world. ”

Of course, in addition to reading, art, music, etc. are also a way to improve one's own temperament, but the key is to learn to think and change knowledge into one's own. ”

"I love to hear Zitao's words, as long as you can often learn useful knowledge, why bother with other things?"

Zhong Jinxian clapped his hands with a smile, and then immediately changed the topic, lest Tian Mengmeng hold on: "Zitao, where are the antiques that Ji Derang brought?"

"It's all over there, and I've got things packed. Meng Zitao pointed to some boxes stacked next to him and said, "You can finish eating first and then look at it." ”

After everyone had breakfast, they went to check the antiques in the box, and Meng Zitao commented on it on the side.

"Hey, there's a cigarette stick!" Zhong Jinxian saw a dry tobacco stick: "Is this made of ivory?"

Many people have heard of dry tobacco, but in the old days there were very few "foreign cigarettes" (cigarettes), and smokers used tobacco pouches. The front is a metal pot, mostly made of copper, the middle section is a rod, mostly wooden hollow (mostly ebony), some are made of bamboo, and the mouth of the cigarette pouch at the back is mostly jade. The metal pot used to hold the tobacco in the front section is not large, and the tobacco should be changed after a few puffs, commonly known as: "a mouthful of incense". It is also often seen on the screen.

Meng Zitao nodded and said, "Yes, the middle part of the cigarette pole is made of a whole piece of ivory material, which is elegant and smooth. The mouthpiece and pot are made of gold, and the upper part of the mouthpiece is stamped with a 'pure gold' silver floor. The smoke pot and the cigarette holder part are carved with a circle of seal books in high relief of fine copper, 'the mouth spits out the five-colored clouds of Penglai, and the hand shoots (yè) Qianqiu grass', during which the caviar pattern is the ground, and the upper and lower are decorated with back lines for a week. ”

Tian Mengmeng muttered: "Spit Penglai five-colored clouds in your mouth, and shoot Qianqiu grass in your hand, what does this sentence mean?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Penglai Island must have all heard of it, the island is white, gold and silver are palaces, and the trees of Zhuxuan are all overgrown; The famous myth and legend 'Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea' took place here. ”

"Gu Arch is a fairy in myths and legends, known as the god of snow. She has been set up as the saint of the wood tribe since she was a child, beautiful and beautiful, elegant and dusty, like a fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world. The character is calm and quiet, and he lives in the Ice and Snow Palace of Gushu Mountain all the year round. These two sentences express the ease of enjoying tobacco, and it is appropriate to pair them with smoking utensils. ”

Speaking of this, he saw that Zhong Jinxian had been thinking about it with his head down, and asked, "What do you think?"

"I think I've heard this somewhere, let me think about it. Zhong Jinxian scratched his head, and after a moment, he clapped his hands excitedly: "I thought of it, I'll make a call." ”

After Zhong Jinxian finished the call, he laughed: "Haha, this time it really takes no effort!"

Tian Mengmeng asked with some curiosity: "What the hell is going on, you can make it clear!"

Zhong Jinxian asked, "Do you remember the tanzanite you fell in love with three years ago?"

Tian Mengmeng said: "I know, the owner of the gem doesn't sell it, is this cigarette stick related to him?"

"I can't say it's related. Zhong Jinxian said with a smile: "Last year, I heard your brother say that one of Fan Qi's favorite cigarette sticks was lost, and the most significant feature was that the cigarette sticks had the phrase 'spit Penglai ......' on the cigarette stick." However, the cigarette stick has his family name engraved on it, this one does not, it should not be the same. ”

"Then you want to trade this cigarette stick for that gem? I don't want that stone. Tian Mengmeng pursed her lips, looking very unhappy.

Tanzanite, also known as zoisite, was used as a decorative material in its early days, and its prominence in the gemstone industry has grown since the discovery of blue-purple transparent crystals in Tanzania in 1967. It is also known as tanzanite abroad. In 1969, Tiffany & Co. introduced it to the international jewelry market.

Tanzanite was initially mistaken for peridot and later for blueline. Eventually, it was named by a Tanzanian geologist.

It is an emerging gemstone that is recognized worldwide. This gemstone was first discovered in 1967 in the Arusha region at the foot of the equatorial snow-capped mountains. In honor of the then newly formed United Republic of Tanzania, it was named Tanzania Blue. In addition, the "Ocean Star" worn by the movie star Winslet in "Titanic" is Tanzan blue.

The unique origin and color of tanzanite make people very fascinated by it, and the tanzanite collected by Zhong Jinxian is even more of the best.

The piece of tanzanite weighed about eighty carats, which was worth about 500,000 at the time, which was definitely no problem for Zhong Jinxian, but the owner did not sell it to him, as for the reason, it was because the niece of the gem owner did not deal with Tian Mengmeng, and the niece of the gem owner not only did not allow the sale of gems, but also said some ugly words, which made Tian Mengmeng angry to death.

Later, Tian Mengmeng asked Zhong Jinxian to buy a bigger tanzanite, but she always felt awkward in her heart, and the tanzanite had always been collected by her, and she never took it out to see it.

"We can disgust him. Zhong Jinxian grinned, speaking of which, he has always been very unhappy about this matter, to say that he and the owner of the gem have known each other for a long time, and the relationship between everyone is not bad, as for disgusting him for his niece?

"Even if you listened to your niece at the time, couldn't you be flexible later?"

Although the other party also called him to apologize later, he felt that it was just routine and there was no sincerity, so he slowly became estranged, and he had not taken the initiative to contact him for a long time.

Tian Mengmeng was unhappy: "Forget it, as soon as I see him, I will think of Fan Qi's hateful face." ”

"Then forget it. When Zhong Jinxian saw her say this, he didn't force it, put the cigarette stick back and looked at something else.

Looking at the antiques, the piece of white leather came into Zhong Jinxian's eyes: "Zitao, what's going on with this piece of material, why do I look like stiff cotton?"

"This is white leather, not stiff cotton. ”

Meng Zitao explained: "The novice jade friends of the white leather material are less contacted, many people are easy to mistake it for the stiff and cotton in the seed material, in fact, it is not difficult to distinguish if you observe carefully, the white skin is cloudy or lumpy, generally small material or relatively thin white skin seed material, its skin is attached to the surface, and the meat is a little deeper than the ordinary skin, but it will not penetrate into the meat, just on the surface." It feels as oily as jade. ”

"Stiffness is a defect on the surface of the jade or through the jade flesh, the lumpy structure is obviously larger and looser, and the jade has an essential difference, the stiffness appears stone-based and heavy, and the feel is also dry and not oily, the cotton is white dots or lumps that grow in the jade flesh, which is a defect of jade. ”

Zhong Jinxian took it in his hand and played with it: "It's really the same as you said, but why do you want white leather?"

So, Meng Zitao said again what he missed at the beginning.

Zhong Jinxian said bluntly: "I didn't expect you to have such a time." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Do you think that the things in my head all grow out of thin air? To be honest, I had very bad luck in the past few years, and I could write a book dedicated to 'antiques and eye-catching'. Fortunately, I will play small at that time, and I won't lose much, otherwise I might have to be pants. ”

"I'd love to see you in your pants. Zhong Jinxian joked.

"!" Meng Zitao scolded with a smile.

Zhong Jinxian looked at the white leather again: "You won't buy this piece of white leather because of what happened before, right?"

"I'm not stupid. Meng Zitao briefly said some of the characteristics of this piece of white leather.

The cortex of Khotanese white jade seed material is closely related to the sedimentary environment, so it is not surprising that there are jade species such as mutton fat white jade, white jade, sugar jade, and blue and white black jade in the white leather material. Different jade materials deposited in the same environment, the skin color may be mostly similar, and the same jade material deposited in different environments will form different skin colors.

Therefore, it is difficult to judge the quality of jade according to the cortex, which also gives the white leather a certain amount of gambling richness, and can preliminarily judge the texture and value of the jade according to the light transmittance, structure and fineness of the cortex.

Of course, gambling on stones is not a problem at all for Meng Zitao, who will give him powers?

Just as everyone was discussing this piece of white leather, Zhong Jinxian's mobile phone rang, and he picked it up: "What...... What are we going to do...... Are you annoyed with this guy...... All right. ”

Hanging up the phone, Zhong Jinxian said helplessly: "Your brother must take me to Fan Qiao." ”

"What does he want to do!" Tian Mengmeng gritted her teeth and scolded: "He is a good person, he often causes trouble, and it will be no good thing to get involved with him!"

"Then I won't go back to him. Zhong Jinxian picked up the phone again.

Tian Mengmeng immediately said: "Wait, I remember that Fan Qiao has a club under his name, is there a casino in it?"

Zhong Jinxian said: "There is a casino, but I didn't go to the casino so early." ”

"Who knows he's crazy, you call him and tell him that he is not allowed to go to the casino. ”

"Do you think it's useful to call him?"

"What a bastard, why did you call him just now?" Tian Mengmeng was even more upset and slapped Zhong Jinxian twice.

Zhong Jinxian cried out in pain: "Ouch, don't hit me either, and I think it's okay like this, if you don't call him, how will you know that he went to Fan Qiao?"

"Hmph!" Tian Mengmeng snorted coldly, and had to agree to meet her brother.

"Zitao, how much are these things worth?"

"More than a million. ”

"It's only more than a million, isn't that cheaper Ji Derang?"

I asked him again for 500,000 yuan, and I swiped the card directly. ”

It is already good to be able to squeeze so much money out of Ji Derang, and Zhong Jinxian is also quite satisfied.

"Let's make an assignment. Meng Zitao said.

Zhong Jinxian said: "If it weren't for you, the car would have burned, I would have asked for a cigarette stick, and the rest would be yours." ”

Meng Zitao persuaded a few words, Zhong Jinxian didn't want to change anymore, so he had to agree. ”

Everyone carried their things into the car, said goodbye to Xu Ting, and the two cars left in the dust.

Just after ten o'clock, the two cars parked in the parking lot of a rather imposing private club, got out of the car, Zhong Jinxian took everyone to the door of the club, showed the membership card here, and the staff immediately let them go.

When I walked into the house, a waiter immediately greeted me and asked if I needed anything.

Zhong Jinxian said: "I'm looking for Tian Shangyi, where is he now?"

"Please follow me. ”

The waiter took everyone to a hall, there were still a lot of people in it, and what made Meng Zitao feel strange was that there were all kinds of rough stones in the hall, and at a glance, they were all gambling stones, such as jade gambling stones, Khotanese white leather, bloodstone gambling stones, and so on.

This situation made Meng Zitao a little confused, what is this for?

Zhong Jinxian was also in the clouds, but before he could ask the waiter, someone in the hall saw them, and some acquaintances immediately greeted them, including Tian Mengmeng's brother Tian Shangyi.

Tian Shangyi and Tian Mengmeng look a little similar, as a man, he is more handsome, but he doesn't have a good impression of Meng Zitao, his eyes are blank, his feet are floating, and he is obviously the son of a man who has been hollowed out by wine.

Tian Shangyi patiently waited for everyone to say hello, and then pulled Zhong Jinxian aside, wanting to speak alone.

"What's the matter, if you have something to say here!" Tian Mengmeng glared at him and said.

Tian Shangyi shook his head: "What is it, I have some more private things to discuss with my brother-in-law." ”

But as soon as he finished speaking, someone next to him chuckled and said, "I think Brother Tian wants to borrow money." ”

Tian Shangyi said righteously: "Don't talk nonsense, how could I ask my brother-in-law to borrow money?"

Tian Mengmeng immediately said: "Okay, this is what you said, if you dare to borrow money, I will let my parents break your legs." ”

Tian Shangyi also jumped to his feet: "Hey, I'm your brother, are you so ruthless?"

Tian Mengmeng laughed and said, "Hmph! I'm still ashamed to have a brother like you! If you want to be cheeky, don't ask us to borrow money!"

Zhong Jinxian smiled and said, "Uncle, why did you lose money this time? I see that the wool here is not expensive, you don't always use it to buy these things, right?"

"I'm full of food, and I'm buying all of these things. Tian Shangyi muttered.

Someone next to him said, "Zhong Shao still doesn't know the rules here?"

Zhong Jinxian said: "I really don't know, please explain one or two to Brother Guo." ”

Next, after listening to the explanation of "Brother Guo", everyone understood what was going on.

It turns out that the gambling stone here is just a tool for gambling, two people choose a similar gambling stone to bet, who chooses the gambling stone to solve the result is good, who wins, if the solution is complete, then it is a draw.

"Brother Guo" said: "If you want to gamble, you can find a good object in advance, negotiate the conditions, or you can put the gambling stone you choose on the table over there, and write down your own gambling conditions, if someone is interested, you can choose the original stone to come and gamble with you." ”

Zhong Jinxian said: "It turns out that this is the case, the person who came up with this kind of idea should also be a gambler." ”

A person next to him said with a smile: "Zhong Shao, you are wrong to say so, gambling money here is one thing, and it can also solve the problem." ”

Zhong Jinxian disagreed: "Who would solve important things in this way by luck?"

"Not necessarily. Several people glanced at Tian Shangyi next to him with a smile.

Tian Shangyi was unhappy: "Hey, what are you guys looking at me?"

Tian Mengmeng took a deep breath and said hatefully: "Say, what the hell is going on!"

"It's fine. Tian Shangyi's eyes dodged, he didn't know why, he was afraid of the harmless sister in front of him, maybe he had a shadow when he was a child.

"If you don't tell me, I'll find someone to inquire. Tian Mengmeng said with a calm face.

"Okay, okay, I say!" In line with the idea of saying his own ugly things, Tian Shangyi still recruited: "I bet with others, whoever wins will leave Jingjing and compensate one million." ”

"Who is Jingjing?" Tian Mengmeng said: "Is it another seventh- or eighth-tier star?"

"How can there be seven or eight lines, it is a third-tier star. Tian Shangyi argued.

"You just blow it, the three lines in your mouth will only be five or six lines, I think you will die on the stomachs of these women sooner or later. ”

Tian Mengmeng doesn't know what to say, his brother's biggest hobby is to hook up with celebrities, relying on his good looks and money, and his family has a bit of background, he usually comes to the ground, but this is also related to his self-knowledge, at most, he will hook up with third- and fourth-tier stars, the reason is very simple, he doesn't have much money in his hands.

Because he likes to hook up with celebrities and change targets from time to time, Tian Shangyi has made a lot of trouble, and his family often punishes him for this, but he doesn't change his nature, he simply controls his monthly pocket money, and closes his credit cards, so he can only hook up with celebrities with six or seven or eight dollars, and even some Internet celebrities that many people have never heard of.

"The peony flower is dead, and it is also romantic to be a ghost!" Tian Shangyi shook his head, seeing that everyone wanted to beat him.

Tian Mengmeng gave him a smile: "Let's go." ”

Tian Shangyi hurriedly stopped his sister: "Hey, don't be in a hurry to leave, lend me a little money, I just want to buy a piece of material, and this piece of material will definitely rise sharply." ”

"Just buy a piece of material?"

"Yes, just a thousand dollars. ”

"You don't even have a thousand dollars on you, you really live more and more. Tian Mengmeng sneered.

Tian Shangyi said: "No, the main thing here is that the price of buying wool alone is relatively expensive, and only cash is accepted, and I only have more than 200 yuan in cash." ”

A thousand yuan is not much for himself, but after breaking down and losing face, Tian Mengmeng was quite concerned and said: "You lead the way, I want to see what material you choose." ”

Tian Shangyi was worried that others would be the first to arrive, so he hurriedly led everyone to a row of shelves.

"Is this stone?" Tian Mengmeng said suspiciously.

Tian Shangyi retorted: "This is not an ordinary stone, it is a Laotian monolith, comparable to our domestic Tianhuang stone." ”

"Brother Meng, is this really the case?" Tian Mengmeng asked.

Meng Zitao smiled: "Laos stone is actually a kind of stone found in Laos, because of the high price of Tianhuang in recent years, some unscrupulous traders use it in the stone market to pass off as the high mountain stone in Shoushan stone. Some people say that if it weren't for the possibility of fading the Laotian stone, basically the Shoushan stone would have been replaced by the Laotian stone. It's just hype, it's basically nonsense. ”

Not to mention that only a very small number of Laos stone can reach the height of Shoushan stone, some representative core stones of Shoushan stone are not comparable to any foreign stone. To be precise, some of the precious stones in Shoushan stone will not only not be affected by the impact and influence of foreign stones, but because they are scarce and expensive, their value is highlighted. ”

Tian Mengmeng sneered and said, "Listen, this is what you said about being comparable to Tian Huangshi." ”

Tian Shangyi looked at Meng Zitao dissatisfiedly and said, "What kind of fool is this brother? It can't be that he deliberately belittles Lao Shi." ”

Tian Meng was very angry: "Others are experts in the Forbidden City, disciples of Zheng Anzhi and Zheng Lao, are they talking nonsense to you?"

"Uh......" Tian Shangyi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Then if it is really like what this brother said, doesn't it mean that this kind of stone is very cheap? ”

"I don't know. ”

Meng Zitao shook his head: "However, the Laotian monolith is very 'gambling', beautiful on the outside, and usually very flowery inside, many people dare not cut it after buying the monolith." If you want to cut out the probability of being similar to Tian Huang, it is estimated that it is more difficult than winning the lottery. Because of the big gamble, maybe that's one of the reasons why it's put here. ”

In fact, Meng Zitao has never played with Laos stone, everything was told to him by Hu Yuanliang. A few days ago, Hu Yuanliang bought a small Laotian monolith from the market, the stone skin is good, there are vague radish silk lines, and the middle is white after cutting.

Hu Yuanliang told Meng Zitao that feedback from many parties showed that after the ingredients were cut, they were basically flowers. So don't look at the Laos stone that Tian Shangyi is looking at, in fact, it is very likely to be an embroidered pillow.