Chapter 314: Rough Stone Fair
Unlike the previous days, today's Jingshita Town is particularly lively. The streets were full of richly dressed and groups of outsiders, all of whom were excited, apparently gambling stone gamblers from all over the country.
Jiang Ping and Wu Hanqing were naturally among them, and along with them were two drivers hired by Wu Hanqing. Now Jiang Ping also knows that the duties of the two are not only driving, but also bodyguards. This also shows from the side that Wu Hanqing does not have much confidence in the local security.
Under the leadership of Wu Hanqing, Jiang Ping came to the place where the exhibition was held. He thought it would be a big market, but it was just a seemingly ordinary street.
Wu Hanqing explained to Jiang Ping that the amount of money involved in the business of gambling stones is huge, and a piece of rough stone was sold at a high price of more than 60 million yuan last year. Because of this, many gamblers attach great importance to privacy protection. If you are trading in a large market, privacy is not guaranteed at all.
Although this street seems ordinary, in fact, the yards on both sides of the road are rented by those big rough stone dealers. They traded with the gamblers in the courtyard, which was much better than in the big market.
And some gambling stone customers who are particularly strong will even make an appointment with the dealer in advance to charter a yard to select the rough stones, so that their privacy can be better protected.
Although Jiang Ping and Wu Hanqing both have millions of funds, they can only be regarded as individual customers at the distribution meeting. Of course, they can't enjoy the treatment of chartering a yard to select rough stones, and they can only be exhausted from yard to yard like other individual visitors.
Jiang Ping and Wu Hanqing walked into a courtyard and found that there were already many stone gamblers in it who had begun to select rough stones. The two are also unambiguous. Start picking rough now.
Although at such a fair. The amount of rough is staggering. But the rough stone is still a scarce resource. Therefore, everyone wants to start with kuài and choose the rough stone that they are satisfied with.
Wu Hanqing prefers rough stones of moderate size, while Jiang Ping relies more on snobbery to select rough stones. In more than ten minutes, Jiang Ping had already observed hundreds of rough stones with a snobbish eye, and at the same time, he had exhausted the aura contained in several ancient coins.
Although Jiang Ping consumed a lot of spiritual energy, he did not pick a satisfactory original stone. Most of the rough stones are unresponsive to the snobbery, with only a few emitting a very dim golden glow. It is estimated that even if you buy it, you can only make a little more money than the capital preservation. This does not meet Jiang Ping's requirements.
Fortunately, there were enough rough stones in the courtyard, Jiang Ping once again replenished the aura from the ancient coins, and then patiently continued to look at it. As the saying goes, as long as you persist, you will reap the rewards, and after selecting for more than ten minutes, Jiang Ping finally found that a spirit stone emitted a bright golden light.
"This piece is good!" Jiang Ping, who was secretly happy, hurriedly stepped forward and pretended to observe the rough stone.
In fact, Jiang Ping is a complete layman in gambling stones, and he just does this to hide people's eyes. After looking at it for a while, Jiang Ping took the basketball-sized rough stone and went to ask the boss for the price.
The boss was a middle-aged man with a short and sturdy body and a dark complexion, after watching Jiang Ping hold the rough stone. In Mandarin with a strong accent, he said, "Thirty thousand yuan!"
Jiang Ping didn't bargain, and took out his bank card on the spot to prepare for the transfer. But compared to Hu Yiyang. This boss's equipment is much more professional. People don't need bank transfers at all, but specially prepared POS machines. In this way, the transaction is much more convenient, as long as Jiang Ping pulls the card, the money will be transferred to the boss's account.
After paying the money, the original stone was Jiang Ping's, and the boss asked him with a smile: "Hou Shengzi, do you want to solve the stone on the spot?"
Just under the fence of the courtyard, there is a whole row of grinders, all for gamblers. Considering that he still had to visit a lot of yards, it was really inconvenient to run around with a whole piece of primitiveness like this, Jiang Ping accepted the boss's suggestion.
The boss beckoned a worker and asked him to help Jiang Ping solve the stone. The worker fixed the rough stone on the grinder, and then asked Jiang Ping: "Boss, how do you want to open the first knife?"
Speaking from his heart, Jiang Ping didn't know anything about how to solve stones. However, this step is also very important, if the knife is not in the right place, it is possible to cut the jadeite in half, which will greatly affect its value.
Thinking that the golden light he saw on this rough stone was very bright, Jiang Ping decided to be cautious and said to the worker, "Let's grind the skin first, and wipe the window to see." ”
In fact, the workers were not optimistic about this rough stone, and they were also very dissatisfied with Jiang Ping's words. However, since the guest asked for this, the worker would not talk much, and began to grind the skin of the rough stone after nodding.
However, the workers had already grinded in for several centimeters, but still did not see the slightest trace of green. The smoothed side is still stone, which makes people feel that this is the case inside the whole rough stone.
"Boss, it seems that this stone has collapsed!" The worker said to Jiang Ping while grinding, "Do you want to cut a knife from the middle to see if there is any green inside?"
Generally speaking, if you don't see green after grinding in a few centimeters, it means that there is no hope for this rough stone. The last resort is to cut a knife from the middle and see if you can find the green jadeite.
However, Jiang Ping could not agree with the workers to do this, he was sure that this piece of rough would produce good jadeite, and cutting it in the middle would definitely cause huge losses.
Of course, Jiang Ping also saw that the workers were a little impatient, so he smiled at him faintly and said, "I'll solve this rough stone myself, thank you just now." ”
The workers did not think that it was worth spending so much effort on this piece of rough stone, and Jiang Ping's words were also in his heart, but he still asked: "Do you know how to use a grinder to solve the problem yourself?"
It's not that the workers are particularly kind, afraid that Jiang Ping will hurt himself. It's because it happened to be a rough stone fair recently, and if Jiang Ping was injured because of this, it would affect the boss's business. You must know that gamblers are very superstitious and will not come to the yard where they have seen blood to buy goods. If that really happens, the boss will definitely teach the worker a lesson.
"Just try it. Jiang Ping smiled faintly at the worker, then stood in his original position and began to operate the grinder.
The workers watched it for only a short moment, and then they were completely relieved. Jiang Ping's hand in operating the grinder is very steady, and he only grinds off a thin layer of stone skin on the outer layer of the rough stone every time, and he looks like a veteran of calcite. So he gave Jiang Ping a thumbs up, then said, "Call me for something," and ran to the courtyard to rest.
In fact, before this time, Jiang Ping had no experience in calcing stones. However, after practicing the Xuankong Technique for nearly a year, his strength is far greater than that of ordinary people, and he also has profound carving skills, so it is natural to operate a mere grinder.
However, Jiang Ping didn't know how to dissolve the stone at all, so he could only grind it down layer by layer. If the worker had looked a little longer, he would have known that this young man was definitely a layman when it came to calcing.
Jiang Ping firmly believes that there is high-quality jadeite wool in the rough stone, so he only dares to remove the stone skin slowly, he is afraid that if the knife is a few centimeters deep, it will cause huge losses, which is too much to lose.
However, this method of calcifying stone is slow and laborious, and half an hour passes quickly, Jiang Ping is still working hard, and there is still not a trace of greenery on the rough stone.
Jiang Ping also attracted the attention of the boss and some gamblers, and several people were already around him, watching the young man do his useless work "in vain".
"Young man, there's nothing wrong with this stone!" An older gambler kindly persuaded Jiang Ping: "It's already ground so deep, I haven't even seen a trace of green, it's basically collapsed!"
Another younger gambler also nodded: "Yes, I think you might as well cut it directly from the middle to see what the situation is inside, and it can also save some time and energy." ”
There is also a gambling stone customer who is less than thirty years old, and he spoke a little harshly, and sneered sarcastically: "In fact, it is difficult to talk about gambling stones, maybe this gentleman is completely sure, I believe that this stone, which others can see at a glance, is actually a piece of jade, which can bring him a big surprise, haha!"
Although this guy speaks Mandarin, he has a strong southern accent. The words were full of schadenfreude, even if Jiang Ping's eyes were all on that rough stone, he could imagine this guy's expression at this time. This person's tone was so annoying that Jiang Ping couldn't help but turn his head to look at him.
This man was twenty-seven or eight years old, his eyes were blank, his face was pale, and he looked like he was overly drunk. But this guy is dressed well, with an Armani suit, Gucci's leather shoes, and a diamond-riddled Rolex on his wrist. The hair is combed shiny, and even if a fly stops on it, it will fall. The man's dress and his odd southern accent all point to the same thing, that is, he is supposed to be from Hong Kong Island.
Jiang Ping didn't guess wrong, this guy named Cai Xiangsheng is indeed from Hong Kong Island. He is also the heir to a well-established jewelry store on Hong Kong Island. This time, Cai Xiangsheng and several masters of the company came to Wangping Township together, just as the company's young owner, to feel the atmosphere of gambling stones.
After all, Cai Xiangsheng will be in charge of the entire company in the future, and jadeite jewelry is a very important part of the company's business. It is also very important for him to know how the jadeite was obtained, which is also very important for the future operation of the company.
Cai Xiangsheng was born in a wealthy family, and he was originally a high-minded and arrogant lord. Coupled with the inexplicable superiority of some Hong Kong Island people in front of the mainlanders, he felt that few people in the entire Wangping Township could look at it.
Just now, when he saw Jiang Ping grinding a rough stone that was almost scrapped, Cai Xiangsheng, who was full of superiority, couldn't help but sneer.
Unexpectedly, this mainlander would dare to look at himself, Cai Xiangsheng glared at Jiang Ping provocatively and said, "Beiyan, what do you see?!"
"Beiyan" is not a kind title, Jiang Ping frowned and was about to speak, but he heard the old man who reminded him before say loudly: "See green, see green!" (to be continued......)
PS: Second update.
Broke out today, asking for all kinds of tickets, monthly ticket recommendations, and seahorses all wanted.