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Chapter 448 (5)

Jadeite and nephrite, although they are both a kind of jade, and nephrite jade produced in China such as Hetian jade and other varieties, should be regarded as the big brother, in the past dynasties of China, have been highly valued, and even the emperor's jade seal is carved out of nephrite. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But in modern times, especially since the reform and opening up in the early eighties, the price of jadeite has risen by leaps and bounds, at a dazzling speed, in just two decades, the price has increased hundreds of times, and now the market price of the best jadeite jewelry has far exceeded nephrite jewelry.

Zhuang Rui just owns a Hetian jade mine, and the real estate exceeds 500 million, and that Hu Rong owns eighteen jade mines, what a great fortune this will be, even if all of them are new mines, its value is immeasurable.

In the past, Zhuang Rui once read an article dedicated to reporting some of the world's invisible rich, which said that the so-called richest man in the world like Bill Gates is actually a bit unworthy of the name, because most of his money is in the stock market, not to mention cashing out, even selling some shares may cause panic and greatly shrink his assets.

Not to mention the ups and downs of the stock market, otherwise those in the top few on the Forbes rich list released every year will have a net worth of tens of billions.

The report said that the real richest people in the world should come from the Arab royal family or the Brunei royal family, and they have one thing in common, that is, these people are resource tycoons, they have a monopoly on a country's resources, and they will not fluctuate like the stock market, because what they have is a non-renewable resource, no matter what time it is, it is extremely precious.

And Hu Rong is the same, in today's jade and jade mines are gradually depleted, he can have 18 pits, and his own wealth is not an exaggeration to describe it as rich and rivaling the country.

Of course, Hu Rong did not create this wealth alone, he was born into an overseas Chinese family in Hpakant, Myanmar's largest jadeite mining area, and his family has been engaged in jadeite mining and rough trading since his great-grandfather's generation, and the Hu family, which has been operating in northern Myanmar for hundreds of years, has owned 18 jadeite mines.

Like many Burmese children, Hu Rong's education began at the temple, and at the age of 9, he was sent to the temple to become a monk, and at the age of 15, he returned home, and then went to the "Golden Palace Monastery" in Wa City, Myanmar, to meditate and learn Buddhism.

In 1983, Hu Rong entered Wacheng University, majoring in mineralogy and philosophy. Since 1985, Hu Rong has been following in the family business, traveling between Myanmar and Thailand, trading jadeite, red and sapphire roughs, as well as learning gem cutting techniques and jewelry design.

The reason why Hu Rong has an important position in the jade industry is not only because he owns 18 jade mines, but also because he himself is an outstanding jade design sculptor. ”

Many friends who pay attention to the collection know that the treasure of the Forbidden City in Taiwan, "jade cabbage", was originally the dowry of the concubine of the Guangxu Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, it uses a piece of half-white and half-green jade as the raw material, carving out a cabbage that is fresh enough to mess with the truth, and there are two small insects on the leaves, a mantis and a locust.

And Hu Rong's piece of three-color jadeite carved from the dry lotus carved into the "root of the wind flow", presented as a splendid dense net, the veins are divergent but scattered, the slender network of leaf veins, curled inward, showing a quiet and elegant posture, there is a carved golden turtle on the lotus leaf, the work is not only full of poetry, but also has a unique noble and unbridled style.

In Dean Qin's view, this piece of jade dry lotus is comparable to the treasure "jade cabbage" in the collection of the Forbidden City in Taiwan.

After knowing Hu Rong's identity, Zhuang Rui's eyes couldn't help but look at him, the two sat only a few meters apart, as if they felt Zhuang Rui's gaze, Hu Rong looked at Zhuang Rui, nodded with a slight smile, and after the seemingly ordinary face smiled, it gave people a very close feeling.

After Zhuang Rui smiled back, he began to pay attention to the price on the big screen, after all, no matter how rich Hu Rong is, it has nothing to do with him, but he is also Chinese, Zhuang Rui still admires the Hu family who stayed in Myanmar.

All the bids on the big screen are red at the beginning, but as long as someone bids, the color immediately becomes blue, and it is extremely conspicuous in the red and white numbers on a black background.

However, these people are still a minority, and there are only dozens of numbers on the big screen that have changed, thinking that they are all throwing stones to ask for directions, Zhuang Rui carefully observed, and no one bid for the ice seed material he fancied.

Zhuang Rui is still relatively sure to take the piece of wool, because from the appearance, the whole gambling rough stone is no different from a waste stone, the only attraction is not in the stone itself, but the annotation from the Massa factory next to the stone, which explains the origin of the stone, and may let some people who cast nets everywhere try their luck, but the price offered by these people must not be too high.

Unlike the tense auctions that Zhuang Rui has seen in China, the open bid auction of the Myanmar public market is very calm, and the venue is full of "buzzing" sounds, which are the voices of businessmen waiting for the last moment to come, chatting together.

And there are a lot of phone calls, Zhuang Rui just received a call from Qin Haoran and asked him a few words about the auction, Qin Haoran did not participate in the open bid auction, and now he is still outside to select the dark label wool, and Yang Hao behind Zhuang Rui is also talking to his uncle in a low voice, and the content has nothing to do with this auction at all.

With the passage of time, the numbers on the big screen gradually began to change, not everyone left until the end to bid, they also wanted to see how many people took a fancy to the wool they selected, and they could adjust the price to win it later.

Although gambling stones are also crazy, but after all, no one's money is blown by the wind, and it is thrown on these stones for no reason, and these people here are, of course, want to auction it at the price closest to the bottom of the bid, so it is very necessary to open a price slightly higher than the bottom of the bid to explore the road.

In general, the process is quite hot and exciting, but this kind of auction is very dull, tense in the silence, which makes people's hearts a little depressed, like a big stone blocked in the sky, only when the auction ends, can you breathe smoothly.

Chatting is the best way to alleviate this oppressive atmosphere, so while waiting for the last moment to come, Zhuang Rui also turned his face sideways from time to time, chatting with Yang Hao's uncle and nephew behind him, time passed quickly, and before he knew it, more than an hour had passed.

"Huh?!"

Zhuang Rui's eyes suddenly stared at the big screen, because at this time, the number below the No. 129 bid with a price of 20,000 euros suddenly jumped and turned into a blue 25,000 euros, and someone made a bid.

In this way, Zhuang Rui's heart suddenly became nervous, he had never experienced this kind of auction, and he didn't know if this was a net to try his luck, or if someone was really optimistic about this rough stone, for a while, Zhuang Rui's face became solemn.

"Brother Zhuang, has someone made a bid for the material you like?"

Yang Hao saw that Zhuang Rui suddenly stopped talking, and knew that it must be the material he fancied, and someone had bid.

"Hmmm......"

Zhuang Rui nodded, a little irritable in his heart, the market value of this ice seed material is at least about 20 million RMB, and if it is processed into jewelry, it will not be less than 50 million.

So Zhuang Rui will shoot it down anyway, but if the price is too high, then it must be unhappy, if no one fights, Zhuang Rui will definitely only add 10,000 euros to take it, but now that someone is exploring the way, Zhuang Rui has no bottom in his heart.

"Xiaozhuang, it's okay, don't be nervous, this kind of clear bidding, many people deliberately cast a net to shoot some rough stones with a relatively low reserve price, but the purpose is to confuse the sight of others, so as to win the ...... of the wool they want."

Yang Hao's uncle saw that Zhuang Rui was a little nervous, so he explained to him, and his eyes also followed Zhuang Rui's gaze to the big screen, he wanted to see which target this lucky boy voted for.

However, Uncle Yang Hao was destined to be disappointed, because the dense numbers on the big screen made him unable to know the wool number in Zhuang Rui's heart, and finally he could only withdraw his eyes and pay attention to the wool he was optimistic about.

"Confusing the eyes of others?"

Zhuang Rui was brightened by Uncle Yang Hao's words, the price of these bids is not very high, even if you buy it, it will only cost hundreds of thousands, and not all the wool materials do not have jadeite, but the quality of jadeite is average.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Rui turned out his book that recorded those jadeites, and looked at the rough stone numbers with the average quality of the jadeite inside, and had an idea in his heart.

"No. 318 bid, no one voted, voted 31,000 euros, No. 420 bid, also voted 51,000 yuan, No. 769, by the way, 60,000 euros of the bottom of the bid, has been fried to 280,000, buddy don't join in the fun, change to ......"

Zhuang Rui began to keep busy, he put those wool materials with good skin performance, all added one or two thousand euros to the investment, Zhuang Rui is not afraid of those who have no one to increase the price, just with the current popularity of the jade market, those wool materials, must be the attention of everyone.

It didn't matter if Zhuang Rui stirred up the situation like this, but it made everyone in the hall unable to sit still.