Chapter Eighty-Five: The Peak Turns Around
"Quick, find water, open it and see clearly!" There were already people in the crowd who couldn't wait, urging the old master to completely allocate the ingredients.
Someone quickly brought a basin of water and poured it down the stone, and soon, the color, cracks, and heads of the jade material inside became more obvious.
Anyone in the know knows that the larger the finished product, the rarer it is, and the higher the value. If you can make bracelets, you can make bracelets first, and the rest will be made into trinkets. Those with many cracks can only be made into flowers or withered pieces.
Looking at this size, jade is not eye-catching, but the most important thing is to cut it out to see the color, which is the basis for determining the value of a piece of jadeite.
Facing the daylight, the master changed to a more delicate weighing tool, which was twice as slow as before, and began to polish along the lines little by little.
Suddenly, I don't know who shouted: "Ice seed!" It's an ice species! ”
The speed of the crowd exploded all at once, and the buzz was chaotic all at once.
It turned out to be an ice species!
That's a high-end product with slightly inferior transparency and head to glass!
Ice species?
Yunxi and Lao Jin glanced at each other, and they almost sighed that life is full of wonders. How long has it been before and after, the front was so frightened that the family was almost ruined, and now a peak has turned, and suddenly from the mourning person to the focus of envy of everyone. Is it a real reversal drama?
Tsk, it's just shit luck all of a sudden.
However, the ice species is only speculation for others. It's so easy to distinguish so far away, so why do you need expert identification in this world?
In addition, the ice species is as transparent as ice, and the high-quality ones are often sold as glass species, and this water color is not open to the public.
The people around him gathered more densely, stretching their necks one by one, waiting for the old master to grind the whole piece of jadeite into shape.
According to the jargon, the process of opening the stone just now, in fact, is "cutting the stone", and now the general shape has been determined, and the grinding of the tool is begun to be changed little by little, so that the careful process is the grinding stone. Generally speaking, the grinding stone is used for polishing, to bring out the complete transparency of the surface, so that people can see that its color or water is good. However, from the traditional level, there are two gambling methods in the grinding stone, one is the dark gambling (hazy gambling), the stone has no traces of rubbing at all, and there is no natural fracture. The second is half-clear and half-gambling, that is, there is a knock on the stone, and a rubbing mouth, or there is a small gap, and it is already possible to see the color or bottom water of some stones, but there are other parts that are still unknown and have greater gambling. Fortunately, because the color of this gambling stone is not very dark, and the shape has been cut, the whole process of the magic stone is much easier than usual.
The master's movements are very careful, as a craftsman, being able to open a treasure is what people like them look forward to the most, and the technique is a little more delicate than usual.
Soon, after another ten minutes, the color of the entire jadeite was almost unreservedly displayed in front of people.
"Oh my God," someone exclaimed, "it's really ice!" ”
A piece of transparent jadeite the size of a palm, shaped like jade, shaped like a rainbow, with a bit of soft arc, as if embedded in the hands of the old master.
A pair of large hands covered with crumbs can hold it, so that people can't help but want to snatch it and play with it, and people can't help but imagine what it would be like for the nobleman half-nestled on the chaise longue to gently pinch the corner of this immaculate treasure.
Rao is accustomed to seeing countless rare experts The four experts were a little stunned for a while.
Lao Jin clasped his hands together and crossed his chest, with a faint smile on his face.
"It's really an ice species, haha, hahaha, I really didn't look away." The man holding the ice seed was so happy that he didn't know what expression he could have on his face except for laughing, facing the sun, changing the angle little by little, admiring the fruits of his thrilling exchange. "Quick, quick, look at the rest, hurry up and open again!" But in the blink of an eye, he reacted, pointed to one of the gambling stones, and looked at the master with blazing eyes.
The old master responded with a smile, picked up the gambling stone, which was much larger than the previous two, and continued to cut the stone.
"Wealth and danger are sought", the two tour guides who had just returned pity on their faces unconsciously said what was in their hearts, but fortunately, looking around, everyone was busy looking at the next stone, and no one heard them.
Although Yunxi has seen a lot of good things, but to be honest, his understanding of jadeite is only scratching the surface, and when he saw that the crowd was noisily surrounding the direction of the new gambling stone, he retreated and approached the four old experts. "Is that stone really ice just now?"
In summary, the types of jadeite are very different, and the grade of ice species is extremely rare even in those famous mining areas, let alone this remote and small place.
The four old men looked at each other and told her to wait.
Several people stood there for a while, talking and talking, with different expressions on their faces, but it was impossible to guess their thoughts.
"I stood a little far away, and I didn't touch it with my own hands, to be honest, I'm not sure." In about three or four minutes, a person stood up and said to Yunxi: "However, standing in this position and watching, the water color is indeed very likely to be ice species." ”
In the world, there are many people who say that they have found gold, but there are very few people who really make a fortune by this. I didn't expect to see such a miraculous moment today. Not only this successful businessman who gambled on stones, but even a group of them, it was definitely a rare luck to be lucky enough to see this scene.
While they were talking, the master of the stone cutter over there had already turned the stone in a circle in the direction with his hands and feet.
Another long wait.
The breeze was blowing, and I still felt a little restless.
The old people were particularly blue-eyed at this kind of gambling stone where a piece of ice appeared, and some people were already bargaining with the merchant one after another, asking him to resell the remaining one-third of the gambling stone.
Of course, this situation is common in circles.
For gambling stones that have opened green, the price is much higher than that of ordinary gambling stones. Because of the large probability of winning and the high probability of winning all bets, it is common for people to move on to the next one when they have just opened a little edge. One is to earn insurance before the other, and the other is to be afraid that if it is just a little bit of green that is exposed, there is no real material in it, and your investment will be wasted. Therefore, it often happens that when a two-meter-large gambling stone is transported from the mining area, it has been opened countless times by the time it reaches the hands of dozens of buyers and sellers, and when it reaches the last person, the price has been increased countless times, but the place where the most likely jadeite is only broken at most.
This kind of deformed thing is not uncommon in the gambling stone world.
Gambling stones, many times fight not only vision, but also courage.
Now that he has verified that his vision is right, and he has opened a high-grade jadeite like the ice species, at the moment, who will sell this cornucopia in order to make that conservative money?
Besides, he almost borrowed everything to buy the gambling stone, and what he wanted was not just to double the profits, but to make absolute huge profits!
No matter how those people bargained, the merchant should not say a word, but just stared at the old master's every move of cutting stones, as if he could miss something important in the blink of an eye and a single breath.
Soon, the people below stopped bidding.
Because, except for the one that opened the ice, each of the remaining pieces resumed the scene of cutting the stone in the morning, as if the action was repeated.
Except for the pattern of the stone, it is still empty and has no "connotation".
The sky is getting darker and darker, and then go on like this, it is not suitable for cutting stones, you know, the light is too weak, if there is really jadeite in the gambling stone, it is very likely that one will accidentally cut the jadeite directly, and the value will definitely be greatly discounted.
The old master cut another piece, but still didn't see good news. Touching his sore neck, he said to the merchant, "Let's continue tomorrow, the sun is about to set, and I really can't cut it anymore." ”
The frenzy had passed, and those people had gradually calmed down.
With such a large number of gambling stones, if you really only open such a piece of ice, to be honest, even if you make money, it is estimated that you will not be able to make any money.
Someone shook his head, gambling on the stone is sometimes an absolute test for the heart. One thought of heaven, one thought of hell.
Today, this man's business seems to be a small profit, but he has definitely suffered a lot of crimes.
From the absolute self-confidence at the beginning, to the disillusionment of no good news at all, and then to the sudden emergence of a buyer willing to take over the mess, but he began to hesitate and be anxious again, and then let go of it, fighting all the way, seeing that there was no hope, he suddenly opened a baby. However, this joy did not last more than half an hour, but was disturbed by the white flowers and black stones in front of him.
At the end of the day, if you don't have a strong heart, it is estimated that ordinary people will definitely not be able to stand it.
No matter how unwilling you are, you can only stop like this. After counting the remaining gambling stones, the merchant and the master who cut the stones made an appointment to continue cutting stones here the next day.
Then he fell to the ground and didn't leave.
Of course, with so many stones, it is not easy to carry them all at once, so staying where you are and guarding the stones and waiting until the next day is the safest way and the most hard-working. At night, the weather here is not a sunny March.
Lao Jin pulled Yunxi, called the four experts to follow the guide back to the hotel, ate something hastily, washed and slept.
The next day, when they arrived at the scene, the open space was already covered with people, and there was hardly any place to put their feet.
Yunxi estimated that one or two stones should have been opened this time, but this atmosphere seems to be the same as yesterday, and there is no news.
Yesterday stood for a day, today has gradually become accustomed to the speed of cutting stones, but a few people have a conversation, so they opened the chatterbox: "People here seem to be particularly keen on gambling stones, there were not so many people yesterday, it is estimated that people nearby heard the news and came to join in the fun." ”
"Who says no, even a Middle Eastern woman can throw a bag of money casually, seriously, this is the local tyrant everywhere." Lao Jin glanced at the most densely populated place in the middle with a smile: "However, I'm very curious, why didn't the vendor who sold gambling stones yesterday appear today?" ”