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Chapter 137: The Jade Story

Also as a modern celebrity, the former first lady of the Republic of China, Song Meiling, is also a person who loves Cui and is obsessed.

In the 30s of the 20th century, there was a BJ jade king who bought a piece of jade material, the emerald color was excellent, and the skilled craftsman carved it into a pair of bracelets, the style was novel, the jade was bright, and it was as clear as water. Du Yuesheng, the leader of the Shanghaiqing Gang, bought the bracelet at a price of 40,000 yuan. Song Meiling saw the jade bracelet worn by Mrs. Du, fell in love at first sight, and couldn't put it down, Mrs. Du had to give it to Song Meiling, experts estimate that if you get it to Hong Kong today, the auction can be worth at least 10 million Hong Kong dollars.

In 2003, at the reception of the United States Congress to commemorate the 50th anniversary of World War II, 96-year-old Ms. Song Meiling held a pair of green bracelets, a jade saddle ring, a jade pin pinned to her chest, and a pair of jade earrings, which were particularly eye-catching, extraordinarily noble and elegant.

When it comes to Song Meiling's love for jadeite, the most representative thing is: at her 100th birthday party in 1997, the centenarian's love for jade can be seen.

When a generation of famous women wearing traditional hair buns and black cheongsams appeared in front of many guests and media, people were shocked.

I saw her wearing a whole set of jade jewelry: jade earrings, jade bead chains, jade bracelets, and jade rings. The color and texture of the whole set of jadeite jewelry are superb, the jadeite egg color of the earrings and rings is strong and deep, and it is more stable;

Under the whole set of jadeite dress, although she is already a centenarian, Song Meiling is still so graceful and luxurious, generous, showing a noble temperament, at that moment the centenarian seems to have been integrated with jade: you have me, I have you, sublimated to the highest level of human and jade communication.

It is the use and use of jadeite by these two women with rights and prominent status that promote the marketization of jadeite, making jadeite more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and entering the homes of ordinary people. Nowadays, jadeite is well known, in addition to the Chinese jade culture since ancient times, it can be said that the contributions of Song Meiling and the Empress Dowager Cixi are indelible, and it has also made today's jade market gradually hot.

Shaking his head to put away these scattered thoughts, Liu Dong raised his legs and stepped into the Baoyue Xuan.

Although he had never done jade OEM for Baoyuexuan before, he was very familiar with this place, and he was also familiar with the boss here, and he usually came here occasionally to buy some jade materials.

However, unlike Wang Kun's meat and fishy taboo in the Golden Jade Pavilion, Baoyuexuan's jade business generally only deals in Hetian jade, and it is all those mid-to-high-grade jade, and generally the third-level and those jade that are not up to the grade can not be seen here, so relatively speaking, the price of Hetian jade here is relatively more expensive than outside, so Liu Dong rarely comes here.

However, although the things here are a little more expensive than other homes, the quality is guaranteed. Moreover, the owner here is good, although he is also a halfway monk to run this antique and jade shop, but he is loyal and honest, and he has a little reputation in the Quancheng antique market.

The layout of Baoyue Xuan is not much bigger than the Golden Jade Pavilion, except for the low tables on the left and right sides and the hollow Bogu shelves against the wall where all kinds of antiques are placed on the door, and the display shelves behind the counter in the middle are the real jade.

When Liu Dong walked in, he happened to see the middle-aged man who was knocked to the ground by him just now.

However, at this moment, he looked very nervous, his right hand tightly grasped the army green backpack that had been deflated, and stared directly at Yang Shang, the shopkeeper of Baoyuexuan, who was standing behind the counter at the moment, holding a Buddha statue and looking up and down, left and right.

Seeing this scene, Liu Dong, who has been in the antique city for three years, naturally understands what is going on. He already liked antiques, so he walked over immediately. But he also knows the rules of the antique shop. So, just stood aside and watched, and didn't make a sound.

However, after he saw the Buddha statue in Yang Shang's hand up close, he couldn't help but have a sudden change in his face and was shocked.

"Oh, it's Xiaodong here!" After hearing the voice, Yang Shang, who raised his head, also saw Liu Dong standing on the side, and immediately laughed.

He also has a good impression of this young man who has been out since he was a child, and his jade carving skills are good, and he is calm and moderate. Whenever Liu Dong came to buy jade, he would sell it to him at a relatively low price.

The reason why this is the case is that Yang Shang saw himself when he was young from Liu Dong's body, thinking that he was also alone back then, and came to the bright city from his hometown, but he did not stay in the city like Liu Dong to work hard, but by chance, he made a train and went thousands of miles to Xinjiang Hotan, and became a profession that has been passed down for thousands of years since ancient times - a jade picker in Kunlun Mountain.

At that time, in the mid-80s, the reform and opening up had begun, so the domestic economy began to sprout, and the jade mining and jade cutting industry, which had been depressed for more than ten years, began to flourish again. The price of jade began to climb continuously, and many of the jade miners who went to the mountains at that time made a fortune.

And Yang Shang is one of them, more than ten years of jade mining career has made him from a fledgling, penniless poor boy, to a rich man who is not big or small.

However, when he is middle-aged, Yang Shang, who has already married a wife and had children, does not plan to continue the precarious life of jade mining. So in 95 years, he took his wife and children, returned to his hometown, and after taking his parents out, he bought a house in Quancheng and took root, and used the money he earned before to open this Baoyue Xuan in the antique city, specializing in antiques and jade business.

Of course, because Yang Shang became a monk halfway, although he deals in antiques in this store, he basically sells modern handicrafts, and rarely accepts antiques for fear of being deceived.

However, the trading of ancient jade and finished jade has become his main source of income, after all, after more than ten years of jade mining, he has not only accumulated rich practical experience in the identification of Hetian jade, but also accumulated a very strong network. Therefore, he can easily get a large number of medium and high-grade jade with relatively low prices.

Therefore, compared with most of the shops in this antique city, although he does not mainly deal in antiques, he makes more money and has a more stable income than most antique shops that have not been open for three years and have been open for three years.

It is precisely because of these experiences that he has a special affection for Liu Dong, who also came out of his hometown to work hard as a young man, and is willing to help him as much as he can.

"Well, I wanted to come to Boss Yang to buy some jade for carving, but I didn't expect to catch up with you to receive the goods, but it made me a little strange, disturbed, disturbed!" Liu Dong knew Yang Shang's temperament, so when he talked to him, there were three points less scruples in his words and four points more comfortable.

Hearing this, Yang Shang naturally understood the meaning of Liu Dong's words, and smiled angrily at the moment, as long as he had been in Quancheng Antique City for a year or two, he naturally knew a little bit about his Baoyue Xuan, so he was not surprised by Liu Dong's words.

"Hehe, I didn't want to touch antiques originally, this line of work is too much to test the school's eyesight, the water is too deep, and I don't plan to go deep. However, this person was introduced by a friend, and the family is also a little urgent. So I asked him to take it and take a look, and if the price was okay, I decided to buy it. Yang Shang said.

And at this time, hearing their conversation, the middle-aged man who had been paying attention to Yang Shang's movements also turned his head to see Liu Dong, and after frowning at the moment, he said with a hint of surprise in his tone: "It's you?!"

"It's me, I'm sorry, sir! I was in too much of a hurry just now and hit you, it's okay!" Liu Dong said with an apologetic look on his face.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man shook his head disapprovingly, and said, "You don't have to apologize, I was in too much of a hurry and bumped into you just now!"

After listening to his words, Liu Dong had a good impression of this middle-aged man in his heart. Although he didn't know this person before, when he heard this sentence, he understood that this middle-aged man was upright and not the kind of unscrupulous person who was greedy and gambling. Otherwise, if you change someone with an impure heart, I'm afraid that this will have been unforgiving to him a long time ago.