Zhou Guohui's breathing was a little short, what kind of descendant of a wealthy family is this young man surnamed Fang, in just a few words, it is already a business worth tens of millions of dollars

The Fang family, whose surname is Fang, is in the oil business in Kowloon, but the age is wrong, the Fang family only has two sons, both of whom are already in their thirties, and none of their grandsons are over ten years old.

Or is it the Fang family in Hong Kong's insurance industry? But the age is about the same, but the old man Fang has always been strict with his children and grandchildren, if he spends so much money on famous watches, can the old man Fang give him a door, or the Fang family who does hotel business in Macau?

At this moment, Zhou Guohui's mind had already turned several times, and the situation of several companies surnamed Fang in the Hong Kong business circle had been screened, but no one could correspond to the teenager in front of him. Zhou Guohui took the check with both hands and glanced at it, and sure enough, it was a Swiss bank check that was paid at sight.

"If there are few, half a month at most, or three or five days at least, Vacheron Constantin should be able to have a result. It's just, how can I contact you?" Zhou Guohui was a little more polite than at the beginning. Such a big customer, it is natural to treat it respectfully.

Fang Mingyuan left his phone number and address, Zhou Guohui read it twice, and said in surprise: "Does Fang Shao live in the house of Mr. Guo of the Guo Shipping Group Company?" There was an address on it, but he knew it, it was the residence of the famous old man Guo in Hong Kong.

"Yes, I'm not from Hong Kong, I'm from the mainland, and I have an old relationship with Old Man Guo, so I borrowed to live in the old man's house in Hong Kong" Fang Mingyuan nodded casually.

"You are a mainlander" Zhou Guohui was taken aback, Fang Mingyuan's Cantonese was good, he really didn't hear it. However, knowing that Fang Mingyuan lives in the Guo family, Zhou Guohui is more relieved, the Guo family and Chow Tai Fook's major shareholder Zheng Yutong Zheng family are also old friends, and the two families have close contacts. Since Fang Mingyuan can live in the Guo family, he must be a trusted friend of the Guo family.

Next, Fang Mingyuan selected a few new and solemn Vacheron Constantin watches, which were to be taken back to China as gifts, as for those watches that were ordered, Fang Mingyuan could not get them in a year or two. Vacheron Constantin's watchmaking is all about excellence, which is naturally slow.

"I am very happy to shop today, Chow Tai Fook Jewellery & Gold Store is indeed worthy of its reputation," Fang Mingyuan stood up and said with a smile, "The market in the mainland is vast, and I hope that one day, I will be able to see your storefront in the mainland." ”

"Xie Fang Shaojiyan, Xie Fang Shaojiyan" Zhou Guohui, who opened the door for Fang Mingyuan, laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth.

The two of them walked out of the quiet room, and before they had taken a few steps, they saw a waiter running over in a panic and said, "Old Zhou, guest, your companion is arguing with someone at the jewelry counter."

"Huh?" Fang Mingyuan's heart moved, and his steps immediately sped up. Jewelry counter, that is naturally Lin Lian and them. Zhou Guohui also hurriedly quickened his pace and followed behind Fang Mingyuan. Fang Bin, who was looking at his watch in front of the counter on the other side, noticed this side and hurriedly followed.

At this time, many people had gathered in front of the jewelry counter of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery & Gold.

I only heard a woman in the crowd say: "Shopkeeper, I want this piece of jade"

Then I heard Zhao Ya's voice: "Obviously we saw it first, why should we sell it to you?"

"You, do you know what it means to come and come?" Lin Lian also said dissatisfied.

"After watching it for a long time, I can't decide whether to buy it or not, don't come to this kind of embarrassing place if you don't have money," the woman said bitterly, "and delaying other people's time" This voice sounds familiar.

Fang Mingyuan took three steps and made two steps, squeezed into the crowd, Zhou Guohui was immediately behind him, and someone in the crowd of onlookers shouted: "Old Zhou is here"

I saw that in the crowd, Zhao Ya's three daughters and two men and one woman were confronting each other, and the woman holding a small jade piece in her hand was the young woman she met at the door of the premiere theater that day.

"Sister Lian, what's wrong?" Fang Mingyuan asked in a deep voice.

"Mingyuan, we took a fancy to a piece of jade, Xiaoya and Qianqian discussed, this woman snatched the jade piece from Xiaoya's hand. Seeing Fang Mingyuan's arrival, Lin Lian said angrily, "Why is she so rude?"

The woman who snatched the jade piece was Tong Tong who "followed" them, and that day at the door of the theater, due to Cheng Long's sudden appearance, Tong Tong was very dissatisfied with the result that Fang Mingyuan and them "escaped" without daoqian, so when they saw Fang Mingyuan and them on the street today, Tong Tong immediately followed.

Lin Lian and the others chose a Guanyin Bodhisattva pendant carved with Hetian mutton fat jade in the store, but was snatched by Tong Tong on the spot.

Hetian jade is a unique resource in the Chinese jade garden, and the jade in the Chinese civilization can be said to be represented by the characteristics of Hetian jade. Jade has "five virtues", talking about Hetian jade. "Warm and moist", "meticulous to chestnut", "knock its voice is clear and long, its end is fine", "flaws do not hide Yu, Yu does not hide the time" and other praise is the characteristics of Hetian jade, people have always been yearning, hobbies, and pursuit of Hetian jade have almost reached the state of mystery and obsession.

And mutton fat jade is the best in Hetian jade, because the color is like mutton fat, hence the name.

Therefore, among jade collectors, there is a saying of "one or two pieces of jade, one or two gold". Such a rare treasure in the world, with the difficulty and rarity of collection. For collectors, a jade is shelved as an appreciation and accumulation of wealth, or to leave it to future generations or to maintain and appreciate its value.

Tong Tong, who originally just wanted to make trouble, after taking a few glances at this pendant, she was also appreciative, and she opened her mouth to buy it, and Zhao Ya, who got it first, was naturally unwilling. So the two sides quarreled.

"Shopkeeper Zhou, this one is a distinguished guest from the capital of the mainland, and he takes a fancy to this jade piece in your store, and the money is counted in my account, so let your store people wrap it." Li Zhiwei saw Zhou Guohui and said loudly. It's just that his pair of thieves' eyes are not lost, but they are not far from the left and right of Lin Lian's three daughters.

Zhou Guohui saw that it was him, and he was stunned in his heart, Li Zhiwei's reputation in the Hong Kong business community is not very good, he can be regarded as a gentleman, he especially likes women, although his assets are not enough to cover the star, but those half-popular and not popular little stars, and scandals with him can often be seen. Looking at his appearance, he must have thought about Lin Lian and them. However, when he thought about it, he smiled dumbly, Fang Mingyuan can live in Old Man Guo's mansion, and he can still be afraid of him, he is unfounded

"It turned out that the three young men of Changhong Trading Group Company arrived, and the old man couldn't meet him from afar, forgive his sins," Zhou Guohui hurriedly smiled. There was a burst of whispers from the crowd of onlookers.

Li Zhiwei looked around proudly, and the focus of his eyes was of course on Lin Lian and the others. As for Fang Mingyuan and Fang Bin, he didn't pay attention to them at all.

Fang Mingyuan nodded slightly to Zhou Guohui to show his gratitude, the old man was afraid that he would not know the identity of the other party, so he reminded himself.

"Okay, Shopkeeper Zhou, I'm pressed for time here, hurry up and wrap that jade piece for us." Li Zhiwei repeated.

Zhou Guohui frowned, took the jade piece from the salesman's hand, looked at it a few times, and asked in a low voice, "Is there still any in the library?"

The salesman shook his head, Zhou Guohui nodded slightly, this result did not surprise him, many kinds of jewelry in Chow Tai Fook Jewelry Gold Store are only a few pieces, and even unique, after all, this is a high-end jewelry store, it is impossible to put mass-produced goods like a small street shop. But now it is difficult for him, Li Zhiwei is certainly unwilling to offend, but Fang Mingyuan has no reason to offend, that is, no matter the background of his friend of the Guo family, he can't be offended by the big business just now.

Zhou Guohui pondered for a moment and said: "Sanshao, I'm really sorry, it is indeed this jade piece that these ladies saw first, I must ask their opinions first, if these ladies don't buy it, I will wrap it up for you, how offended, the jewelry in this store today will give you a seven-fold discount......"

Li Zhiwei's eyes immediately stood up, he didn't expect that if something happened to him, Zhou Guohui actually said such a thing, didn't he slap himself in the face in front of Luo Ning and Tong Tong? "Zhou Guohui, don't give your face and shame, they don't want it, just sell it to me, what do you mean by this? Do I care about your seven folds? I'll tell you, hurry up and wrap it up for me" Tong Tong on the side also had a cold face and snorted heavily.

Zhou Guohui said with a smile: "Sanshao, don't be angry, don't be angry, this is also the rule of the store, they are all our guests, and we can't favor one over the other." ”

"Fart, you can't favor one over the other, you actually compare us with them" Li Zhiwei is really hot, after Luo Ning and they came, Li Zhiwei did not brag about his family's strength in Hong Kong in front of them, and now in the home jewelry store, a bad old man actually dares to sing against himself, this is a small matter of not buying things, but it is a big matter to lose face

"I'll ask you again, do you sell it?" Don't sell me......" He wanted to say that if he didn't sell it, he would smash your shop, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back. This is Chow Tai Fook Jewellery & Gold, the leader of the Hong Kong industry, with tens of thousands of employees, and all of them Zheng Yutong's family assets are hundreds of millions, which is better than Changhong Trading Group Company. If he dared to smash his storefront on the street, his father would be able to skin himself when he went back

"If you don't sell it, I'll ......," Li Zhiwei hesitated slightly.

Fang Mingyuan had already stepped forward and said to Zhou Guohui: "Old shopkeeper, can you let me see this jade?"

Zhou Guohui immediately handed over the jade piece in his hand, Li Zhiwei's anger immediately shifted direction, he glanced at Fang Mingyuan up and down a few times, and sneered: "What to see, what's the use of having no money to see?"

Fang Mingyuan didn't pay attention to him, just looked at the jade piece in his hand, this was actually a jade plaque, carved into the appearance of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

"This is the top grade of mutton fat jade, fine light inside, the body is like clotted fat, clean and delicate, thick and warm, wear it can nourish the temperament, drive away evil and avoid plague, beneficial to people, beautiful. You see, because its particle size is extremely fine, so the texture makes people feel very delicate, that is, the ancients called 'meticulous and chestnut', which is unmatched by other jade. And it has moderate transparency, that is, what everyone calls 'good water head', and the jade quality is slightly transparent, so that the jade pieces will appear to be watery, vibrant, and the jade impurities are very few, and some have reached the level of flawlessness, and they are consistent inside and out, that is, the so-called 'flaws do not hide Yu, Yu does not cover flaws'......" Zhou Guohui explained to Fang Mingyuan softly.

Fang Mingyuan didn't know much about the jade industry, but if he was engaged in geological exploration, it was naturally impossible to be ignorant. Until 2,000 years later, there was no official standard for the country, and it was produced in the ice-covered glacier under the Kunlun Mountains. Mutton fat jade is as white as mutton fat, not only white and never anti-green, its oil content is particularly high, not the general color of the sheep fat level of mountain materials or Ziyu can be matched. It is rare for some veteran players to play jade for decades. It is because of the high difficulty of obtaining mutton fat jade and its rarity, so jade lovers often have the saying that it is difficult to find mutton fat jade and it is difficult to go to the blue sky. It can be said that even if ordinary people are rich, they may not be able to buy exquisite mutton fat jade.

In later generations, most of the self-proclaimed sheep fat jade is actually high white mountain jade or sub-jade, such as high white jade without skin, which is generally mostly mountain material. Therefore, those jade workers know that the price of sub-jade is several times that of the mountain material, and they must try their best to keep the skin when working. Some people who try their best to make fake skins in order to pretend to be Ziyu are also often seen. Whether the skinless jade is a child jade or not depends on the experience and vision of the appraiser to determine, so there is often controversy.

However, for Chow Tai Fook Jewellery & Gold Co., of course, it will not take out fakes to smash its own brand, so the quality of jade should be guaranteed.

Fang Mingyuan looked at the jade pieces in his hand, then turned his head to look at the other jade pieces on the counter, and Zhou Guohui pointed out and introduced them to him one by one.

Zuihou, Fang Mingyuan noticed a jade ruyi at the top of the counter. "This is the most precious sheep fat jade Ruyi in my shop, 44.5 cm long, 12.3 cm wide, and the back of Ruyi, using the furnace bottle thin tire water floating process method, thick and symmetrical, and then using the hollow carving of the process technique, our company carved jade master for many years carved on this jade Ruyi carved a hundred different 'longevity' words, the words are connected, the pen and pen are continuous, jade Ruyi is only seven two, both strong book atmosphere, and the sense of exquisite craftsmanship carving. It's the treasure of my store."

"Hey, you're endless," Tong Tong said impatiently.

"Yes, Zhou Guohui, what do you mean by that?" Li Zhiwei also said angrily.

Fang Mingyuan casually put the jade piece in Zhou Guohui's hand, turned his head and said to Tong Tong: "This jade piece will be given to you, this is Hong Kong, not the mainland, think about not embarrassing people in everything."

"What do you mean by that?" Tong Tong immediately pricked up his eyes and shouted sharply, "If you can't afford it, you can't afford it, and you don't need to be so unqualified, right?"

Fang Mingyuan didn't pay attention to him, and pointed to the jade pieces on the counter with his hand and said, "This, this, and this, well, and this......" and pointed to four or five jade objects in a row.

"There's no money to put anything here" Li Zhiwei noticed that Fang Mingyuan was pointing to jade with a relatively low price on the counter, and couldn't help but sneer.

"Sir, do you want to take out all of these items?" asked the salesman softly.

"No, except for these few pieces, I want everything else" Fang Mingyuan waved his hand and said, "That's right, there is also that" As he spoke, he pointed at the jade Ruyi with his hand.

"Huh?" everyone present was taken aback. There are thirty or forty pieces of jade in this counter, excluding those pointed out by Fang Mingyuan, there are about thirty pieces, and that jade Ruyi, Zhou Guohui said, it is the treasure of the town store in the store, and the price can be imagined, this young man, he actually dares to say that it is all-inclusive

"You want them all?" Zhou Guohui's voice also trembled a little, this is another big deal

"It's all about it" Fang Mingyuan said categorically, "That jade Ruyi is very good, I think I can just give Old Man Guo this year's birthday gift"

"Ah...... Ahhhhh Hurry up and help Fang Shao calculate, the total price of these jades, I'm sorry, Fang Shao, my authority can only give you a seven-percent discount. ”

"Mingyuan, what do you want so much jade for?" Lin Lian grabbed Fang Mingyuan's arm and said softly. If you vomit with each other, you can't afford to buy so much in one go, right?

Fang Mingyuan turned his head and smiled: "Don't worry, Sister Lian" Don't look at the money spent, but Fang Mingyuan knows very well in his heart that he will definitely not lose money in the long run.

In the previous life, with the rapid development of the Chinese economy for many years, some people in the country became rich, and the jade, which was originally loved by the Chinese people, was attached with a new meaning of wealth, status and taste, and became the object of luxury in the new round of hot money. In the late 90s, the international gold price continued to rise, and in the first decade of the new century, the price of gold rose by nearly 2.5 times, which was amazed by the world.

But not many people know that in less than thirty years, the price of Hetian jade has increased by more than 10,000 times, and it has truly become a crazy stone

In the 80s, the market price of first-grade Hetian white jade mountain material, which was only a few hundred yuan per kilogram, was as high as one million yuan in 2010

This is called "gold has a price, jade has no price."