"Sue you, little brother, the Burmese government will not keep an eye on us small businessmen, because it is unprofitable, the money we spent on the wool we bought is actually not as much as the money spent on dredging relations, do you know what smuggling is? Smuggling is directly transported by car and ship, and we can't compare with others." ”

"You must know that now the Myanmar government wants to nationalize these wool materials and let the government make money, but the people also want to make money, so they can't wait to smuggle the jadeite out, and make money to live a good life by themselves. ”

"For thirty or forty years, the smuggling of jade merchants in China and Burma is actually an open secret, and the import tax rate of jade in China is too high for any jade merchant to afford. The middle-aged man continued: "According to the current tax rate, jade is levied according to the standard, regardless of whether it is high or low. The import tax on jade raw materials is 33.9%. In Malaysia and India, countries that encourage the development of jadeite processing industries, the import tax is only 3%. In this case, do you think there will be smuggling? Of course there is!"

"This big brother is right, I remember one year from April to July, this day I remember very clearly, in Pingzhou contracted business Jingu, Cuiying and Tongli three jade logistics agencies, because of the high price in the jade import of low or more into less reported by the Shenzhen Shenzhen, Dongguan, Maoming and Haikou Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau. Jade worth more than 1 billion yuan was seized, more than 10 people were released on bail pending trial, 7 people were criminally detained, and more than 250 cargo owners were involved. ”

"The investigation and punishment of this major smuggling case has deterred the entire industry, and other batches of jade transported by these companies, as well as jade transported by other transportation agencies, are not afraid to be transported to mainland China. As a result, the transportation of jade by water between China and Myanmar was completely suspended. Another said with some righteous indignation.

"Like, I remember three or four years ago. Otherwise, the public property was relocated from Yangon to Naypyidaw, and the compound was closely guarded by armed military police except outside. In other aspects, it is very different from the convention and exhibition centers in China. Liang Huanglin said that the 21.7-acre open-air jade exhibition hall is crowded with tens of thousands of Chinese people who come to Taobao, but there are only a handful of awnings, and the poisonous tropical sun and steaming jade piles make the heat unbearable. ”

"There were no taps in the yard, people couldn't pour water on stones or wash their faces to cool down, and people often fainted, and worse. There are no toilets, no medical team, and no emergency response. In addition, in terms of capacity, there are only seven or eight hotels in Naypyidaw, with a total of just over 2,000 rooms, and the accommodation of the jade merchants is unprecedentedly difficult, often requiring seven or eight people to spend a night in one room. The middle-aged man sighed and said, "You guys are good now, and now the situation has improved a lot." It's stronger than in the past, little brother, you have participated in this Myanmar jade market, you should be able to feel it. ”

Zhang Tianyuan is also the first time to come to Myanmar and participate in the jade public market in Myanmar for the first time. So I really don't know anything about these things, and now when I hear these people talk about it, I'm a little dumbfounded.

He noted. Even the flight attendants around were quite indifferent to the word "smuggling". It seems that this is a very common thing, but it seems that Zhang Tianyuan is a little lonely.

But after listening to these people's babbling explanations. Zhang Tianyuan finally had a more intuitive concept in his heart, and probably understood the actual situation of the current Myanmar market.

Myanmar is a place rich in gemstones and teak, as well as precious minerals, not only jadeite, but also rubies, etc., it stands to reason that these should be good things that can make the common people rich, but in fact, these things are in the hands of a very small number of people, and most people are very poor.

This is a bit similar to the situation in China, I won't talk about the specifics, there is no actual evidence, and it is not easy to comment, but the situation in Myanmar is basically like this, because of the lack of means to get rich, many people began to take risks, and the theft and sale of smuggled resources has become a common thing.

Although the government says that there are clear regulations that do not allow this, in the case of the Myanmar government, even if it wants to enforce it, it will be very difficult, after all, the big families and local organizations in Myanmar are not vegetarians.

Even if it is that kind of large-scale smuggling, it is really caught in the mainland, and it is a joke on the Myanmar side, a large number of jadeite rough stones are smuggled out, and there is no way to investigate.

Of course, since the government has made efforts in this regard, many smugglers will always have to be more restrained, and if someone deliberately hits the muzzle of the gun, it will be purely a brain show.

In Myanmar, because the government has been in a state of chaos for a long time, today in power, tomorrow in power, there is no way to effectively manage jadeite minerals, at that time smuggling is basically unimpeded, no one cares at all, unless you provoke some separatist warlords.

In the 90s of the 20th century, the import of jadeite was achieved through guò Sino-Burmese border trade or smuggling. In Myanmar, a military-ruled country, in addition to the government army, there are also many ethnic armed factions in the territory, especially in northern Myanmar and northeast Myanmar, where the jade mining areas are located, and the Shan Shan Shan Army, the Kokang Allied Army, the Eastern Shan Allied Army, the Kachin Independence Army and the United Wa State Army are engaged in a long-term military and political game with the government army.

Whether it is the government army or the national armed forces, the export trade of jadeite is very dependent, especially the local armed forces, jadeite usually means a source of military spending, jadeite is one of the reasons for war.

It wasn't until later that the military junta became stronger, and Myanmar introduced various policies to gradually strengthen the management of jadeite minerals, but at that time, the hands of local merchants in Mandalay have hoarded a large number of jadeite wool and rough stones, plus these things were mined relatively early, so the reading is to write the material of the old pit, if it is said to be handed over to the public plate to sell, then a large part of the profits have become the state, these people are not stupid, they would rather choose smuggling, anyway, after selling, they will have no risk, the risk will be on the other side。

Over time, Mandalay almost formed a very tight smuggling network, where large quantities of jadeite wool were sold to various countries. The largest place is still Huaxia. After all, for the love of jadeite, the Chinese people say second. No one dares to say number one.

Zhang Tianyuan smiled bitterly in his heart, it is not easy for these people to make money, they can't afford to buy those jade wool materials sold on the public market, and they can't afford to pay the terrifying high taxes, so they can only smuggle like this.

Although he knew that this thing was definitely wrong, he still couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic, just like seeing the street vendors being beaten, although he knew that it was wrong to occupy the road. But when you see the pitiful appearance of those people, if your heart is long, you will feel sympathy.

This is also the reason why when there is a conflict between the chengguan and the hawkers on the Internet, the chengguan will be scolded by most people, people, always sympathize with the weak, this is normal.

"This year's bid price is a bit high, 70 million euros, if you follow the current exchange rate. That's more than 500 million RMB, according to the calculation method in the industry, that's 700 million RMB!" Zhang Tianyuan finally said what these people wanted to know, it was just a sentence. But for these people, it may be an important help that can help them earn money and go home.

"It's so high! ”

"yes, it's over. was pushed by this bidder, and the price of this wool must have gone up. The people in Mandalay are very cunning, and they will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to raise the price. Alas, this time I'm afraid I'm really going to come in vain, and the money is too little. ”

When Zhang Tianyuan said the price of this year's Myanmar jadeite public market, these people were dumbfounded, after all, such a price, they never thought of it anyway, and even those who are not wool dealers, as long as they have a little understanding of the jadeite market, they are full of incredible.

The more I understand this, the more I feel that this price is outrageous, and it is simply outrageous to the point that it is unacceptable.

The originally noisy cabin became quiet in an instant, the bid king was 700 million, the standard king also had 600 million, and the total turnover reached nearly 30 billion RMB, this news is like you originally ate a steamed bun, but suddenly ate three steamed buns, you must digest it slowly, otherwise you will definitely be strangled to death.

The wool dealers were thinking about how much wool and jadeite they could take from Mandalay with the money they carried, and they hated the person who bought the bid king to death.

It is estimated that today's news has reached Mandalay, after all, even if Myanmar is backward, there are TV stations, newspapers, and networks, this news has actually been transmitted to Mandalay when Zhang Tianyuan has not left the Myanmar jade market, and it is really unpredictable when the jadeite rough on the market can rise to a price.

The price of jadeite rough has risen, and the next thing is naturally the price of jadeite jewelry. It is estimated that in the jadeite jewelry industry, I am afraid that a relatively big change will occur.

The people in the cabin were a little heavy after hearing the information they wanted, and they sat back in their seats, silent, probably thinking about what they would do next after going to Mandalay.

Zhang Tianyuan had nothing to do, so he began to pay attention to the introduction of some cities in Mandalay, he had never been to Myanmar, and every city was full of curiosity.

Mandalay, the capital of Mandalay Province of Myanmar, the famous former capital, the second largest city in Myanmar, with a population of about 800,000, is the political, economic and cultural center of Myanmar, and was once the seat of the Royal Palace of Myanmar.

Because the famous ancient capital of Myanmar is Ava in its suburbs, the overseas Chinese in Myanmar call it "Wacheng".

Mandalay in World War II, is the main battlefield of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and the Japanese army, so a large number of Chinese left here, now Mandalay's economy, mainly controlled by Chinese descendants, due to the geographical location, has always been the concentration of jadeite wool, finished products, and various gemstone trades.

The major mines in Myanmar also have stations in Mandalay, Yangon public disk is only flourishing in recent years, in the last century, the venue of the public market is often set in Mandalay, the previous legendary gambling stone stories also happened here, it can be said that Mandalay is a place with a long historical tradition.

The flight from Naypyidaw to Mandalay was not long, Zhang Tianyuan fell asleep directly after watching the promotional video for a while, he was tired enough in the past few days, and finally it was the snake lin who woke him up from his sleep.

"Have you arrived?"

"Young man, you really have to be tired, no wonder, Naypyto participated in the Jade Market, although the situation is much better than in the past, but it is also very bitter. (To be continued......)