Chapter 186: The Madman's Sale, the Madman's Wait
Although gambling on stones is a civilized "gamble", outsiders call gambling stones a "madman" business: "The madman buys, the madman sells, and another madman is waiting." It can be said that it portrays the true state of this industry in three parts.
In the gambling stone circle, people often hear that so-and-so made a fortune because of gambling on a big stone, and rarely hear that someone went bankrupt, went crazy, and committed suicide because of gambling on stones, just because in this circle it is customary to only talk about success and rarely talk about failure.
In the book "The Secret of Jade", there is a true and tearful and thought-provoking story: in the past, I often saw a madman in his 30s on the street of Tengchong, he didn't speak, his clothes were dirty, he just waved with his two hands, and gestured to chop things.
It turned out that he had lost his blood and bought a jade rough stone with more than 20,000 yuan, and had high hopes, but he asked the jade worker to solve it, but it was a stone, not worth a penny. More than 20,000 blood was gently buried by this knife. This knife slashed down and damaged his brain nerves heavily, he went crazy and couldn't go home, so he slashed with his left and right with his hand in the future.
This is only 20,000 yuan, Guan Zhenyu has spent a full 65 million Ah If the gamble fails, I really don't know if he will go crazy, like this person, he can't even go home.
However, at this time, Guan Zhenyu would not have thought of these consequences, he just wanted to urgently know whether there was a problem with this wool, whether it was a fraud or not, if it was fake, he could go to Zhang Tianyuan's trouble, originally fraud was despised in the gambling stone circle, it doesn't matter if you win or lose a bet, but if it is a fraud. It must have been a street rat, everyone shouted and beaten.
Entered the storeroom. Guan Zhenyu asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Political and economic, do you have any deep hatred with that Zhang Tianyuan?"
Jia Zhengjing was stunned by his question. Hehe smiled: "Senior brother, what did you say, where would I have any deep hatred with him, but I just molested the woman next to him, do you know that I am a little lustful, but it didn't succeed, he will never hold a grudge against you for this little thing, right?"
"Don't be hippie and smiley, it's better to change your lustful problem, don't be castrated by someone then, you will know that you are afraid. Guan Zhenyu said coldly. Then he uncovered the canvas covering the wool, and asked Jia Zhengjing to close the door of the warehouse, and the lights were lit inside.
"Yes, yes, what the senior brother said is that I will follow the teachings. Jia Zhengjing nodded, but spoke a little disappreciatively.
Guan Zhenyu didn't bother to talk nonsense with him anymore, just took a flashlight and began to carefully observe the wool, he had to determine whether the wool was fake.
"Senior brother, I've heard that jadeite can be faked. But how do you get this?" Jia Zhengjing asked.
Guan Zhenyu said while observing: "Since the Qing Dynasty, jadeite has become a high-grade jade species loved by Chinese, and it is also a fake of various jadeites since the Qing Dynasty. Jade, dyeing, baking and other inferior jade have begun to appear in the market.
Therefore, the phrase 'jade has no expert' not only illustrates the complexity and diversity of jadeite varieties, but also shows the cleverness and variety of various counterfeiting techniques. In particular, the development of modern science has made some fakes reach the point of being fake, and even connoisseurs sometimes have a 'eye' at the time. ”
"So powerful!" Jia Zhengjing was also taken aback.
"Do you think that gambling stones is just betting on the quality of wool? This knowledge is deep, and you will learn it well in the future. Guan Zhenyu looked at it carefully. Slightly relieved: "It doesn't look like this should be fake wool." ”
"I'll just say, definitely not yes, no matter how bold he Zhang Tianyuan is, he dares to fake in front of so many experts, he doesn't want to be mixed. Jia Zhengjing said with a smile: "But senior brother, how to make this fraud, you tell me about it, otherwise I will suffer a loss in the future." ”
Guan Zhenyu relaxed because of his mood, suddenly felt a period of exhaustion, sat down against the wool, drank a sip and said: "There are four main methods of counterfeiting, the first one is called 'skin', the gambling stone of jadeite is often from the leather window to see the texture, some lawbreakers take advantage of this feature, some jadeite material is ground into sand powder, mixed in a special 'glue', glued to some rough texture, and even cut to prove that it is a low-grade stone jade, and then camouflaged into a natural black black sand, Yellow salt sand, etc., for huge profits!"
"Well, it's really hard enough to fake. ”
"The second is called 'dyeing and coloring', and there are many ways to dye and color. One is to chemically treat the whole piece of raw material and dye it with green dye to make its skin color green to improve the grade of jade. Some stones are partially faded after dyeing, so as to create the appearance of uneven color or not particularly good, but in fact, this has also raised the grade a lot.
The second is to inject green dye into some jade with good water head but poor color, and then seal it, and open a 'door' on it, also called a window, so that buyers can see from the window that the jade is very green inside and has a large potential value, so as to increase the selling price. ”
"What you're worried about is that Zhang Tianyuan used this method to fake, right?" Jia Zhengjing asked.
"That's right, the jadeite on the glass floor is actually very difficult to come out, but he actually opened five doors and all of them are jadeite of the same texture, which can't help but make people suspicious, I thought he used this method to fake at first, but now it seems that I am too worried. Guan Zhenyu nodded.
"What other ways to fake it?"
"The third method is called 'grafting', which is a nice name, but it is used to trick people. The first technique is to cut some high-grade jadeite materials, take out the essence, and then fill in the inferior scraps, then re-glue them, and plant fake skin. The second technique is to cut some inferior materials from the middle or any position, put in or clip small pieces of green jadeite or green glass, and then re-glue them. And plant the fake skin, and then open a window near it to create the illusion of high color of the material. ”
"It seems that Zhang Tianyuan may also use this method. ”
"Yes, but I've checked it carefully, and I don't think so. Guan Zhenyu shook his head and said.
"What about the fourth?"
"As for the fourth method of 'passing off the fake as the real'. In fact, it is relatively inferior, as long as it is an insider. You can see it at a glance. Other low-grade jades such as Malay jade, Dushan jade, Qinghai jade and even marble are used for surface treatment, and then used as high-grade jadeite materials. ”
"Oh. This is indeed fake enough. Jia Zhengjing nodded thoughtfully.
"I said that you kid won't cheat after learning these methods, I advise you not to do this, if you don't have any skills, you will be killed the next day. Guan Zhenyu said coldly.
"Senior brother, don't worry, how could I do such a thing. ”
"It's better not to. And there are actually far more ways to counterfeit than these four, and there are many methods you may not think of in the process of gambling stones. ”
Having said this, he suddenly became nervous again, what if that Zhang Tianyuan used an uncommon method of counterfeiting? Wouldn't he still have to lose?
Thinking about it made him nervous again.
"What's wrong with you, senior brother?"
"I still think that Zhang Tianyuan is not quite right. He didn't gamble on stones in the morning, and he didn't gamble on stones in the evening, but he gambled again after the two of us passed, don't you think there's something boring in this?" Guan Zhenyu asked.
"No, that kid probably saw that our bet went up, so he didn't feel happy, so he will bet again. Jia Zhengjing said with a smile.
"No, no, no, it's definitely not that simple. If you do what you say, you are just molesting the woman next to him. I don't think he'll hate me yet, at most he'll just clean you up, but what if he has other ideas?" Guan Zhenyu is thoughtful and good at thinking. Otherwise, it is impossible to become the heir of the next generation of the Guan family.
"What else do you think?"
"For example, he wants to enter the Imperial Capital Jade Realm!" Guan Zhenyu gritted his teeth and said.
Hearing this, even Jia Zhengjing understood the stakes, and he thought for a while and said, "He doesn't really want to fight with the Guan family." Even the Liu family is not our opponent, and he still dares to go to the imperial capital?"
"That man is ambitious. Gambling on stones and antiques is obviously just one of his means of getting money, but his real ambition. But it is the Shinragu Art Company company, which can make such a big business in a year, in addition to having strong funds, his contacts should also be very extensive, and you need to learn a little more about this. Guan Zhenyu said again.
"What I can learn from him, just learn from you. Jia Zhengjing said with a smile.
"Don't pat yourself on the back, I'm annoyed right now. No, I have to untie the wool as soon as possible, I must see what it is, this time I lose, I have to understand it, I don't want to be happy. Speaking of this, Guan Zhenyu made a phone call, he was going to solve the stone tool, and he planned to dissolve the wool in this warehouse.
"Senior brother, in my opinion, this wool must not be fake, whether there is jade in it, that kid can't know the way, even if it is the most advanced modern tool, it can't see the inside of the jadeite, even if he wants to pit us, he can't pit us, right?" Jia Zhengjing was still a little disapproving.
That's true, but I still don't feel at ease. Guan Zhenyu shook his head and said.
Of course, they don't know the Dao, Zhang Tianyuan can clearly see anything in the wool through the word appreciation, not only that, but even how much the wool is worth, and even can do some bad things through the earth qi and the word supplement.
Guan Zhenyu didn't leave the warehouse, he sat there and waited, and after about half an hour, four people came to the warehouse, and they were holding professional calcite tools.
Two of them, Guan Zhenyu obviously knew, while the other two were invited to carry the workers.
"Give them money and let them go and wait outside. Guan Zhenyu said.
Even if he really gambled, he didn't want this matter to leak out, so he could only know the Tao by himself, and even if others were just a worker, they would never be able to.
But although he is smart, he still ignores the cunning and audacity of being a journalist.
He didn't notice that one of the workers was squatting on the ground to tie his shoelaces, and he put something aside, it was not anything else, but a pinhole camera that could record everything about gambling stones.
This reporter was already thinking about this piece of wool when he was gambling on the stone venue, whether it was gambling or gambling down, this is definitely big news, as long as he can catch such news, then he can definitely become popular.
So taking risks is nothing, he doesn't care.
The reporter's name is Wang Ye, a high-achieving student who graduated from Didu Media University, and after graduation, he was assigned to work in Didu Daily, and later he also entered the national TV station through his own efforts and became a relatively famous young reporter in the circle.
But he was still looked down upon when he was young, because he hadn't dug up any big news, just a lot of talk on paper, this time he came to Yancheng to report on the Gambling Stone Conference, it was just boring, but he didn't expect to encounter an interesting thing, if this matter was reported, then he could definitely impress those so-called veteran reporters.
Wang Ye, who was waiting outside the warehouse, was chatting with another worker, and the two of them had to send the tools away, so they didn't leave, which was also what Guan Zhenyu requested.
He couldn't see what was going on inside, but he knew that the pinhole camera he put would definitely be able to record everything, and then he would know what was going on in Lu Dao.
The other two who came to the treasury are the agents of the Guan family in the Xifeng jade shop, and they are also experts in gambling stones, these years, in order to open the Xifeng market, these two people have also made a lot of contributions, although they are not particularly successful, but their ability has been highly appreciated by the head of the Guan family, Guan Ying. (To be continued......)