Chapter 23 Gambling Wood

Glancing at the gifts on the table, Uncle Long couldn't help but smile faintly, and there was not much excitement on his face.

In fact, at his age, he is naturally well-informed and experienced in life, and he understands in his heart the truth that 'courtesy must be sought from others'. Therefore, before he figured out Zhao Defa's purpose, even if he liked the best red robe, he would not accept such a valuable gift lightly.

In the same way, Li Lao naturally understands it, so he didn't move the ginseng on the table either.

Seeing the expressions on the faces of the two, Zhao Defa knew that if he didn't make it clear, he might not be able to give this gift, and it just so happened that he was indeed in trouble, "Old Li, I want to ask you to help me see something!" ”

"Oh, it's rare! I remember when you used to buy things, you rarely asked me to help you with your palms, why did you change sex this time? Li Lao asked with a smile.

Hearing this, Zhao Defa couldn't help but smile embarrassedly, although he is the chairman of Huatai Group, his net worth is not only hundreds of millions, but he is even more respected outside, even the mayor of Quancheng City treats him politely when he sees him. But the antique shop is another circle, where the respected are the seniors in the circle who really have the ability, otherwise even if you have money, you will be looked down upon if you don't have the ability, and his nickname of 'a lot of money' is very telling.

Therefore, although he was laughed at by a leading figure in the Quancheng antique industry like Li Lao, Zhao Defa was not angry, "This porcelain is different, and the seller offered 20 million, so I specially asked Li Lao to help me palm my eyes this time!" ”

Although Zhao Defa likes to collect and pick up leaks on Taobao, he doesn't dare to buy this kind of antique transaction of tens of millions just because he likes it. Otherwise, no matter how rich he is, he can't withstand this kind of loser-style investment.

"Twenty million!" After listening to his words, Elder Li, Uncle Long, and Liu Dong, who was sitting on the side, were also surprised in their hearts.

Two thousand years, the price of more than 10 million porcelain, in addition to the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty, is the Yuan blue and white, Chenghua Doucai, Xuande blue and white, Wanli Wucai, and Kang, Yong, Qianshang three generations of court official kiln porcelain can be sold at this price, of course, other porcelain may also be sold at a price of tens of millions, but relatively little.

After listening to his words, Li Lao did not agree immediately, but lowered his head and pondered, although as an excellent appraiser, Li Lao also very much wanted to see tens of millions of fine porcelain. But it's not so easy to help people with their eyes. If it can be identified correctly, it will naturally be a red envelope, and everyone will be happy.

If, once it is struck, not only the buyer's economy will be damaged, but also the reputation he has accumulated will be affected, so the antique appraiser is extra cautious when helping people to see the eye, especially this kind of expensive treasure porcelain identification, it is necessary to be extra careful.

However, after Li Lao hesitated for a moment, he nodded quickly, and said confidently: "Okay, I agreed to this matter, when?" ”

Hearing Li Lao's words, Zhao Defa couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart, among the antique appraisers in the entire Dongshan Province, Li Lao's level is top-notch, and with his help, I believe there will be no mistakes.

Therefore, happily, Zhao Defa hurriedly said: "Elder Li, the time is in three days, and you will have to run it yourself when the time comes!" ”

After hearing this, Elder Li waved his hand lightly and said, "It's okay, my old arms and legs are quite neat, and there is no problem with running a trip." ”

Seeing that Li Lao agreed, Zhao Defa also put down a big stone in his heart, and when he turned his head to Uncle Long, the old man first waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't say it, if you let me help you gamble, forget it!" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Defa's face couldn't help but show a look of anxiety, because his Huatai Group has a timber import and export business, especially such as small leaf red sandalwood, Huanghuali these valuable wood, domestic demand is strong, the market potential is very large, and the profit is also high, almost dozens or hundreds of times that of ordinary wood, and it is also the bulk of Huatai Group's annual profits, but although these timbers are valuable, the import price from abroad is also not low.

Therefore, in order to make greater profits, timber merchants and furniture manufacturers naturally set their sights on gambling on wood.

The so-called 'ten sandalwood and nine emptiness', and not every piece of Huanghuali's heartwood has a beautiful 'grimace pattern', so there is a gambling nature. As Chinese timber traders sought after precious timber such as rosewood and huanghuali, woodland contractors in Vietnam, Myanmar and India became more and more popular in order to reduce their losses.

However, since 'gambling wood' carries a gambling word, it is natural to have wins and losses, and often losses are greater than wins. Just like gambling stones, even if there are risks in it, it still can't stop those timber merchants who want to take the opportunity to make a fortune.

Because, once you can win the bet, you will naturally be able to get good timber at the lowest price and make a lot of money. Of course, if you fail, you will naturally lose a lot.

In this way, a gambling wood master who is proficient in all aspects of high-grade wood materials, textures, etc. has become important.

Like Uncle Long, he has been dealing with wood all his life, although the small leaf red sandalwood and huanghuali are precious, but through his hands, there are many furniture and ornaments made of these precious woods. Coupled with years of family inheritance, Uncle Long's research on these precious woods is naturally very comparable. So almost every time Zhao Defa needs to go abroad to gamble, he will take Uncle Long with him, and he often has a lot of gains every time.

"Uncle Long, why are you doing this? If you don't have enough money, how about I be able to double your commission? "If the appraisal of porcelain just now is just Zhao Defa's personal hobby, then now it is a major event related to the profits of Huatai Group, so Zhao Defa's expression is also very solemn.

You must know that a good gambling master can bring hundreds of millions of profits to their group almost every year, and he really can't afford not to pay attention to it.

After listening to his words, Uncle Long still shook his head with a firm expression, "It's not about money, it's because I don't want to go." After a pause, the old man said calmly, "This person is old, and he has no ambitions." Now what I want most is to be able to tease my grandchildren every day and take care of my days, and as for the rest, I don't think about it anymore! So don't persuade me, it's useless. After finishing speaking, Uncle Long looked at the eastern sky through the window, and his eyes showed a look of longing.

"Alas!" Zhao Defa sighed heavily in his heart, and he could see from the look on the old man's face that Uncle Long really didn't plan to participate in gambling anymore.

"It seems that the group should look for a new gambling wood master again!" At this time, Zhao Defa felt that the joy of Li Lao's promise to give him an appraisal of porcelain just now had basically disappeared.

"Okay, Lao Zhao, I have a good thing here today, I don't know if you dare to be interested?" Seeing that the atmosphere in the banquet was a little dull, Li Lao, who was sitting on the main seat, hurriedly opened his mouth and changed the topic.

"Oh, there aren't many things that you can look at as good things, can you let me open my eyes first?" Zhao Defa asked with a smile.

In the end, it is the social elite who has climbed up from the bottom, and the kung fu of calming down is naturally not ordinary, and the face that was a little gloomy just now is now replaced with a kind smile. This set of skills in dealing with people made Liu Dong, who was sitting on the side, secretly admire in his heart.

"Xiaodong, take out the things you bought in the afternoon! I believe that Brother Zhao will not let you suffer! Li Lao said with a pun.

Hearing this, Zhao Defa just smiled faintly, and didn't say anything, he naturally understood the meaning of Li's old words, if it was really a good thing, then he would naturally not be stingy with money. After all, the young man in front of him has a lot to do with Old Li and Uncle Long.

Hearing the command, Liu Dong hurriedly took out the snuffbox from his pocket and put it in the center of the table.

Of course, taking it out of his pocket was just a cover for him. Such a precious antique, he and the octagonal relics pagoda of Wang Shuyuan that he picked up for the first time, as well as the 'gloomy wooden Guan Gong statue' that had been carved, were placed in the mustard seed space, and only there would Liu Dong feel truly safe.