Chapter 857: Old Stone

"This piece of Shoushan stone was brought by the teacher. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½ā€

Yu Xuan pointed to a fist-sized orange-red stone in the glass cabinet of the booth and said: "This is Shoushan stone, this material is called Hongtian stone, which is an extremely rare kind of Shoushan stone.

Fang Yi, I told you about this kind of material before, some people can also burn red because of its high price, but this piece of the teacher is natural red, you can tell it when you see the acquired calcination in the future. ā€

Yu Xuan himself is a native of southern Fujian, and Shoushan stone is produced in southern Fujian, decades down, Yu Xuan has a lot of treasures in his hands, and the shape of this piece of Shoushan stone is a bit like a simple monkey, natural red and strange shape, this Shoushan stone is extremely rare, but also the best piece that Yu Xuan can get his hands on.

"This Shoushan stone is very beautiful, and this shape is also natural, and it is not as good as it is now. Fang Yi took a closer look and nodded slightly, so far, the teacher's Shoushan stone was the best piece he had seen in the venue.

The real best jade, most of them are carved with the shape, just like Hetian jade seeds, usually a few knives outline a simple shape, the stone skin is completely retained, but these few knives are also the test of the carving skills.

"Let's go, go over there. ā€

After displaying his collection in front of the students, Yu Xuan took Fang Yi to the east side of the venue, where there were also various kinds of jade, but on the label introducing jade, there were more names and phone numbers of jade factories and companies.

"Compared with these companies and manufacturers, your teacher's collection is nothing. ā€

Pointing to those booths, Yu Xuan said: "I will only accept some stones when I have the opportunity, and these companies and manufacturers eat this line of food, as far as we say the four major seal stones, more than 90% are in their hands or mined by them." ā€

In fact, to a certain extent, the selection of national stones is also promoted by these jade merchants, because after being given the name of national stones, the price of jade will definitely rise, even if they fail to rank first, the jade they distribute will also increase a lot of exposure, which is naturally beneficial to their business.

So these jade merchants all took out the best stones in their inventory, and Fang Yi followed the teacher all the way and found several good materials, but these materials were a bit large in size, and it was a bit wasteful to carve them into seals.

"Teacher, do they sell all the stones in these display cases?"

Fang Yi fancy a rectangular irregular stone, although it is a pity that this piece of material is used as a seal, but with Fang Yi's craftsmanship, this one can be made into three seals, which is not much worse than the value of the object carved with the shape.

"Young man, do you fancy this piece of material?"

Before Fang Yi's words fell, a middle-aged man standing next to the booth spoke: "This piece of material is the treasure at the bottom of our company's box, it is not for sale, if it is not for the national stone selection, we will not take it out." ā€

"Really not for sale?" Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Yu Xuan stood up, he was not tall in the first place, and standing beside Fang Yi and Wei Mingcheng was even more inconspicuous, so the middle-aged man didn't see him just now.

Yu Xuan obviously knew the person in charge of this booth, and said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Manager Gao, you said this, I want to know that you have made a move, I have to talk to you." ā€

"Oh, Mr. Yu, why are you here?"

Seeing Yu Xuan, the man was stunned for a moment, and then immediately said with a smile on his face: "Teacher Yu, I would have known that it was your student, would I have made such a fool of myself? You also know that when we do business, we naturally buy and sell, otherwise how can we continue to do it." ā€

"There is a saying that there is a buy and there is a sale, which is true. Yu Xuan nodded when he heard this, and beckoned Fang Yi to say, "Let's go, go over there and have a look." ā€

"Hey, Teacher Yu, if you really want it, let's talk. ā€

Seeing that Yu Xuan was leaving, Xiao Gao hurriedly stopped him, there is a good saying in the trading bank, that is, a good horse with a good saddle, and people who know the goods are sold, especially jade, as long as the quality is good enough, someone will always spend a lot of money to buy it, Manager Gao just said that he would not sell it, but he regarded Fang Yi as an outsider raising the price.

However, the current jade market is mixed, and there are many shoddy stones, so the more expensive the best materials, the more difficult it is to sell, and Yu Xuan is undoubtedly the person who knows the goods, he knows the value of this Shoushan stone, and both sides who sell it to Yu Xuan can also save a waste of tongues.

"Manager Gao, didn't your company bring a few pieces of material this time, did you?" Yu Xuan looked at the other party and said.

"I didn't bring a few pieces, but they are all top-quality materials, Mr. Yu, I will definitely satisfy your students." Manager Gao spoke very confidently, they carefully selected a few pieces of the best Shoushan stone this time, Fang Yi is not the only one who asks the price these days, this manager Gao's business cards have already been sent a large stack.

"I won't look at it if I don't have a lot of material. Yu Xuan was a little surprised by Manager Gao, and pulled Fang Yi and left directly.

"Teacher, I think the material in his booth is pretty good. Fang Yi was also a little puzzled by Yu Xuan's actions, Fang Yi really didn't care about the price of jade, he just urgently needed such a seal stone as a birthday gift for Old Man Bai.

"This kind of completely stripped material is too expensive, and I will take you to find some rough stones, which are cheaper than this material. Yu Xuan has been rolling in the jade shop for decades, and he is a native of Fujian Province, so he naturally knows how to get the most economical stone.

"Teacher, can this also gamble on stones?" Fang Yi was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

"Not counting gambling stones, the rough stones of Shoushan stone can also see stone meat, but it has not been processed. ā€

Yu Xuan looked at Fang Yi and laughed, pointed to the booth next to him, and said: "These materials look crystal clear and shiny and smooth, but in fact, they are all objects that have been thrown into the light, otherwise how can they have the current color." ā€

The jade is said to be meticulously crafted, not an empty word, no matter how good the jade is just mined, it is obscure, the word Baoyu Mengchen was originally used to describe the jade that has not been carved, and then it was applied to some people who have not encountered the destruction of sentient beings.

"Let's go, with the teacher here, can you still suffer?"

Yu Xuan said and laughed as he brought Fang Yi and the others to a booth, and said to the person standing next to him: "Old stone, I brought you customers, hurry up and bring me all your good things!"

Yu Xuan spoke to the person who was about sixty years old, but there were a lot of folds on his face, and the gray Zhongshan suit on his body was a bargain at first glance, and wearing it on this old man made his peasant temperament more and more prominent.

"Old Yutou, I'm sorry, I won't sell you any good things!"

The person who was claimed by Yu as an old stone did not sell Yu Xuan's account, but instead spat at Yu Xuan, but Fang Yi and the others could see the smile on their faces when the two were talking, obviously this was a pair of old friends who were used to joking.

"Well? That's what you said. Yu Xuan glanced at the man and said to himself: "Last year, the little Taoist priest left me some big red robe, and I was not willing to drink it, so I will soak it and drink it when I go back this time." ā€

"Hey, old Yu Tou, is the big red robe you said on the mother tree?" Hearing Yu Xuan's words, the old man's eyes suddenly lit up, he knew that Yu Xuan had a wide range of friends, and he really knew the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple on Wuyi Mountain.

Although the tea produced on Wuyi Mountain is collectively called Da Hong Pao, the mother tree that the old man said is a few old tea trees growing on a rock wall, and now those tea trees have been owned by the state.

But before those trees became famous, they belonged to a Taoist temple under the cliff, and in the early years, the tea leaves produced by the mother tree were picked by the Taoist priests of the Taoist temple, even now, a small part of the tea leaves on the mother tree are still reserved for the Taoist temple every year.

"What's the matter with you?" Yu Xuan sold off at this time.

"Ahem, I said Lao Yutou, we've known each other for almost fifty years, right? Half a century of friendship, why do you have to call me when you drink tea. ā€

Lao Shi was a little anxious, although he knew that Yu Xuan was selling Guanzi, but he couldn't stand him just a sip of tea, and unlike the general Hokkien people who like Tieguanyin, Lao Shi likes black tea on Wuyi Mountain, especially Da Hong Pao.

"You don't sell me any good things, why should I give you good tea to drink?"

Yu Xuan looked at the old man for a long time, and said: "Old stone, today I brought a closed disciple to see your collection, you don't give me face so much, I think the friendship between the two of us has come to an end." ā€

"No, it's a joke, it's just a joke. ā€

The old stone's face changed quickly, his eyes looked at Fang Yi's body, and said: "The young man is good, he is very energetic, what kind of Shoushan stone do you want? I will give you a few pieces to practice and play with, not to mention what you can't buy." ā€

The old stone is surnamed Shi, just like their nickname, the old stone lives in Shoushan all the year round to mine Shoushan stone, he doesn't like to use a mobile phone or something, and he is relatively closed to the outside world, so he doesn't know about Yu Xuan's apprenticeship last year, and he doesn't know Fang Yi's reputation in the jade carving industry.

"Old Stone, did you say this??" Hearing Old Stone's words, Yu Xuan had a wicked smile on his face.

"What's wrong with what I said?"

Seeing the smile on Yu Xuan's face, Lao Shi's heart suddenly chuckled, looked at Yu Xuan with a vigilant face, and said: "I said that I will definitely send it, but what kind of gift is decided by my old man, old Yutou, you don't have any bad ideas." ā€

"I don't think you should call it an old stone, just call it an old slippery head. ā€

Yu Xuan's wishful thinking in his heart failed, he originally wanted to squeeze the old stone and let him take out a few pieces of good material to give to Fang Yi, but the two have known each other for almost half a century, and they know each other too well, and neither of them wants to be blinded to each other.

"Okay, I'm not kidding you, Fang Yi needs some good ingredients, I know you brought a lot of them this time, sell him a few." After Yu Xuan and Lao Shi made a few jokes, they brought the topic to business.

"Is it really your closed disciple?" Old Shi looked at Fang Yi, he had to figure out the true relationship between the two first, and then he could make an offer to Fang Yi.

In the cognition of Lao Shi's generation, the significance of the closed disciples is very great, usually the last disciple received by the old craftsman in the past, and then the mountain is closed, and the direct disciple is no longer accepted, and the apprentice goes to accept the disciple grandson, which is also called the second disciple.

Therefore, generally speaking, the closed disciples must be the teacher's favorite disciples, so they have a special status among the disciples, such as the closed disciples in the previous gang organization are called "little bosses", and their status is second only to the big disciples.

If Fang Yi is really Yu Xuan's closed disciple, it is also equivalent to his junior, and Lao Shi really can't ask Fang Yi for a high price, otherwise it will really ruin the friendship between him and Yu Xuan.

"Nonsense, of course it's true, didn't I give you a post when I took in the apprentice?" Yu Xuan glared at the old stone angrily.

"It seems like that's the case. The old stone remembered this matter, he had just applied for a new pit, and he was digging stones in Shoushan Stone, so he didn't go to add that apprenticeship banquet.

"Alright, I'll call someone in a moment to bring something in. ā€

When it comes to business, the old stone is also very refreshing, and his speech is very direct, "My Shoushan stone is dug by myself, and it has not been second-handed, so I will give you the lowest price, if you are too expensive, then you can only go to another house to buy." ā€

"Thank you, Uncle Stone. Fang Yi nodded when he heard this, and said, "Uncle Shi, I only need the best Shoushan stone, and you don't need to bring it if the quality is slightly inferior." ā€

"Young man, my old stone goods are the best in the industry. Hearing Fang Yi's words, Old Stone showed a hint of arrogance on his face.

"Fang Yi, Lao Shi's words are true, the companies we came over just now all took the rough stones from Lao Shi. ā€

Yu Xuan told Fang Yi about the origin of the old stone on the side, don't look at this old man dressed like a farmer who has just entered the city, in fact, the old stone has been worth hundreds of millions as early as five or six years ago, and his family history is inseparable from Shoushan stone.

Speaking of the old stone and Yu Xuan can also be regarded as brothers, when they were teenagers, the two followed a teacher to learn gold and stone seal carving, at that time Yu Xuan was very interested in this skill, and after decades of hard study, Yu Xuan became a domestic gold and stone master.

And the old stone is the sword to go sideways, he has no talent in the skill of seal carving, but is interested in the stone used in seal carving, when Shoushan has not banned the mining of stones, the old stone from the mountain to get a lot of the best Shoushan stone.

After Shoushan stone slowly became popular, the old stone also naturally started the business of Shoushan stone, and today, almost half of the Shoushan stone rough stone in the country is flowing out of his hands, and it is not too much to say that the old stone is the source of the industry in the early days of Shoushan stone.