Chapter 84: Miracles
"Originally, it was said that one-third of the stones would be opened first, and if there was a problem, the remaining stones could be returned to the seller at the original price." Just standing on the side of the road and counting, I was a little dazzled by this large piece of stone, and I don't know where the seller got these stones, the mining area here is not privately owned, if it is really all out of it, it will be found out that the whole family has no way to live. Thinking about it, the tour guide smashed his mouth, but continued to explain the twists and turns dutifully: "This transaction is actually because there are too many stones, and the seller reluctantly agrees for fear that others will not buy it at once." Who knows, this buyer has come to the market several times, looked at these stones, and also picked, although he did not make a decision on the spot, but basically believed that there was definitely a good ice species in these wool materials, so when he first said this, he simply said that the seller was doing this too much, since he dared to buy, he absolutely believed in his own vision. ”
Someone heard the tour guide explaining to them in Chinese, looking at the excitement, and grinning at them.
Lao Jin only felt that there was a lot of noise, and the speed of speech was extremely fast, and before he heard a single pitch, the others had already finished speaking.
Looking at the tour guide, his eyes narrowed slightly, what did they say?
The tour guide looked a little strange: "They said that everyone knows this buyer here, and he used to make a fortune by gambling stones." ”
Looking at the large piece of gambling stones that had been cut, they were placed on the ground horizontally, with a few bits of greenery, and almost all the others were stones. Just this look, or do you rely on gambling stones? The experts were speechless.
However, in fact, gambling stones, gambling stones, success or failure are all in this "gambling" word, you can make a fortune overnight, and you can go bankrupt overnight. In comparison, there is no difference between the risk of this gambling stone and the stock market. Even if you believe in your own vision, as long as you look away once, you will never recover.
The tour guide didn't see their complicated eyes, and looked back to listen to the squirming voices of the group of people, and described the ins and outs of the matter to them a little dutifully. Lao Jin estimated that the tour guide was also interested.
"After the buyer bought these gambling stones just now, he couldn't wait to pull them back, and directly cut the stones on the spot. At the beginning of the third of the stones, although the amount is not much, there are indeed a few pieces of jade, but it is a pity that the color is average. Although he was frustrated, he didn't lose confidence, thinking that there would definitely be good material in the remaining stones, so he ignored the initial agreement and continued to drive.
This is the opening of most of the morning, and when half of the gambling stones are opened, the situation is worse than the first one-third, all of which are not high-grade stones, not to mention any good ice species, and there is no material that can even be put on the table. Even if the psychological element is good, I am in a hurry right now. The price of this large stone was by no means cheap, he had little cash on hand, and the money was borrowed to turn around. When you say "borrow", it is actually usury, and if you look away, then the money will be lost almost in the blink of an eye.
It turned out that he was still a little sure, but as the white flowers and stones were opened, his heart gradually cooled. Not to mention self-confidence, it is simply an instant doubt about his own vision. When he wanted to believe that a miracle would happen, and was struck by the reality in front of him, his face became more and more gray. Gritting his teeth, he ruthlessly opened a few more pieces, but there was still no result.
So, in just a few hours, the large amount of borrowed money turned into a bubble in the blink of an eye. When two-thirds of the stone had been opened, and only one-third was left, looking at the stones all over the ground, he trembled and pulled the seller, screaming that he could not open it, this stone was not opened, and begged to return the last third of the gambling stones at the original price, so that he could still leave the last bit of money .......
Not to mention the person who is immersed in this gambling stone business, even if he is a layman, there is nothing he doesn't understand when he looks at the situation in front of him.
If you don't return after a third of the time, and now you call it stop, how can the seller agree?
For the rest of the things, they can vaguely guess the result without the tour guide interpreting.
Since two-thirds of the scrap was fired on the spot, it was impossible for the seller to recycle it. The money has been steadily earned in his pocket, and no one is doing charity business if he reaches out and takes it out. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if he is willing to recycle, who can sell this stone for? No one is a fool. The reason why there is a market for gambling stones is because there is the temptation of "winning" in front, and there is already a person who has opened this batch of stones with his own hands, and then turned his head on the same batch of gambling stones, then it is really a brain that can't turn around.
What's more, the two agreed that the rest of the stone could be returned after one-third of the stone was opened, and since he chose to continue after one-third of the stone was opened, the seller had no obligation to take it back from any level.
Business, sometimes it's so cruel and straightforward, that there is no room for mercy.
How about begging for mercy on your knees, and what about breaking down on the spot? If you love my willing trade, you must be convinced if you lose. Who cares about the future of others in this world? "I'll buy the rest of your stones." Just when everyone looked at the crying man with pity, suddenly, a woman in a black robe took out a bag of cash and threw it in front of the screaming man.
The audience was silent.
For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on this woman wrapped in robes.
Looking at the dress, he is not a local, his accent is not like it, he speaks English, with a thick nasal cavity, and only a pair of huge green eyes are revealed on his whole face, which is a bit exotic.
Lao Jin whispered in Yunxi's ear: "This person is very spiritual." “
When the four experts heard her words, they immediately came to talk a little: "What do you say?" "You see, this person who wants to sell stones originally relied on gambling stones, and his eyesight must be higher than ordinary people. Since he is willing to spend a lot of money to buy this batch of raw materials, he must have decided after repeated deliberations, and now the stone is two-thirds open, that is to say, as long as there is really a good jade seed, almost all the winning surfaces are on this one-third of the stone. Buying these gambling stones at the original price reduced the risk by two-thirds, but the odds of winning the bet increased by three times. Of course, in other words, the worst situation is just that the buyer has lost his eyes, and this batch of gambling stones is waste. Then this woman only bought one-third of the gambling stone at the original price, and the loss will not be the same as this person. “
In other words, the buyer helped the woman with twice the price.
She could imagine how could all these people in the audience who were immersed in the gambling stone business not be able to turn a corner?
Everyone present could see that the woman who suddenly spoke was a layman. I didn't even know how to distinguish those gambling stones, but I heard the noise, so there was such a whimsical "three eagles with one stone".
As soon as she mentioned this, no one laughed at her for being a wronged leader, on the contrary, everyone was quite surprised by this woman's "aura".
Since she is a layman, she is just a lucky person who buys any gambling stones, and encountering a situation where an insider guesses that it is possible to open a high-quality jade stone is equivalent to hiring a free consultant for her.
The stones that the vendors were unwilling to recycle were solved, and the buyers were able to exchange one-third of the money in the end, and the woman dressed in the Middle East used her luck to block it and invisibly increase her winning rate. In essence, everyone is happy, and everyone's interests are protected to the greatest extent.
But.......
Yunxi looked at the man who was suddenly stuck with interest, and took two steps forward.
It stands to reason that since someone is willing to take over this hot potato, he should immediately throw it out and drag the last duckweed alive. But the reality is that everyone has greed.
The original crying was just because he knew that the vendors would never agree to recycle the stones, but now the urgent need was solved, and suddenly he thought in a different direction in his heart.
What if you really didn't guess wrong? What if it was just in case, then the remaining one-third of the gambling stones really had the best jade seeds hidden in them? Then two-thirds of the price he paid before was all used as a stepping stone for others, and it was all in vain.
This is the habitual thinking of businessmen. It's not that he's too greedy, it's that human nature is like that. I know that 99% of the gambling stones are impossible to make good materials, but I will always think about the 1% in my heart.
Risk and profit are always inversely proportional. Just as so many people are also engaged in a business, the profit margin will only get smaller and smaller, only if you are bold enough and dare to take risks, the business that is on the front line will bring you unexpected and rich results.
Is it conservative to return one-third of their funds, or to take risks and fight for the last possibility?
Becoming a king or defeating a king is only in an instant.
At this moment, everyone put themselves in their shoes, and an indescribable dilemma was born in their hearts. "The words have come out, and now I have changed my words, I have never seen a man like you as a mother-in-law." The woman glanced at the hesitant man and pointed to the bag of cash on the ground: "Either take it and leave now, or give it back to me, you choose!" “
Old Kim stood aside, almost whistling for the girl. As a stranger, he yelled at a local gambling stone businessman so much. If she didn't know what happened, she would have doubted that this Middle Eastern woman was the real expert. "No....... Not for sale. The man was yelled at by her voice, but he seemed to have made up his mind, and he stubbornly guarded the remaining gambling stones, and threw back the money wrapped in brown paper on the ground at once.
His hands stroked back and forth on the gambling stone, and his eyes almost began to glow: "It's all mine, it's all me." “
The cutter was afraid that he would run into the tool, so he quickly moved a few steps back.
The people watching the excitement began to coax: "Open!" Open! Open! "Regardless of who this stone belongs to, what everyone is most concerned about now is whether this stone really has a jade seed hidden in it.
The crowd was boiling, and before the Middle Eastern woman was angry, she was instantly overwhelmed by the crowd.
Yunxi looked at it, but was blocked by this person who didn't know when he came over.
Lao Jin and the four experts followed the flexible tour guide along the flow of people, and soon, they found a piece close to the gambling stone, standing on the east side of the crowd, and the position was actually very good.
Yunxi and Lao Jin stood side by side, listening to the crowd getting quieter and quieter, but the sound of breathing became clearer and clearer, no one discussed the man's rebellion, but he just wanted to have a pair of eyes and take a good look at whether today's batch of stones could really let them witness the miracle.
The man trembled and stroked the gambling stone, as if he was caressing his lover, and muttered quietly, the voice was too small, and he didn't know what he was talking about, and the whole person began to tremble slightly.
After taking a few deep breaths for a long time, he raised his head and shouted to the cutter: "Open!" “
In an instant, the audience cheered.
This cutting master is also an old man in the industry, he lives in a village not far from the mining area, and he was called to open the stone early in the morning, but after driving for so long, he didn't see a piece of good material, and he didn't have any ideas in his heart. Now, looking at the posture, there is a slight tremor in his hands.
It's just that, strangely, the moment his hands fell on the gambling stone, they strangely calmed down, as if they were the most tranquil instruments.
He first picked a slightly smaller stone, just the size of a stone bench.
Follow the direction of the stone grain, starting with a little green in the corner.
didn't dare to go deep, just lightly provoked a corner.
There is no bright color at all, it is still white.
The breath around me was suffocated, and suddenly there was a feeling that the air was condensed.
The master's hand did not stop, along the small corner that was opened, the diamond grinding wheel grinded up again, this time the movement was a little bigger, he opened five centimeters at once, and the green color exposed by the point was completely .......
Under the sun, the place where the stone was opened was still the same as the other surfaces. Except for the small exposed green, the rest is stone.
The old master couldn't help but look up at his employer, only to see that his face was pale, his steps were weak, and he was almost unable to stand.
There is no trace of jadeite in this most likely place to open jade, and there is ...... left.
The old master touched the stone and continued to drive a little more. This time, the action was bigger, and a ten-centimeter opening was directly opened.
The buzz around was louder than the sound of the tool opening the stone.
As time went on, some people were already sighing and gradually leaving the crowd.
The vacant positions were not filled by anyone, and almost everyone knew the ending. This kind of thing, in fact, is happening every day, and it is not surprising that there is one more.
Soon, the gambling stone the size of the stone bench was cut along the side by the master, and there was not even a decent color at all, pure waste.
The man's eyes began to wander around blankly.
Lao Jin stood in place and guessed, he probably subconsciously looked for the Middle Eastern woman just now.
He didn't say anything, and the old master who opened the stone picked another small one with his hands and feet.
This time, it was smaller than a stone bench, the size of a child's washbasin.
Unlike the previous one, this gambling stone did not show any green on the outside at all, and the whole stone was white mixed with a little dirt.
Along the southeast corner, the master began to open the stone, and the first knife that immediately went down was a beating.
A strange look appeared on his face.
The man was stunned, and in an instant, a trace of blush appeared on his face, and an ecstasy flashed in his eyes, staring straight at the stone in the master's hand, almost mad.
The crowd around them gradually began to surround, licking their lips and staring at each other.
Everyone knows that the sharpness of these stone masters is by no means ordinary, as long as they pick up a tool and open a corner of the stone, they can guess what texture is hidden in the stone even if there is even a slight difference in the lines.
Although the accuracy varies according to the master's experience, and sometimes it is not so accurate, it is not much different.
Right now, just look at the expression of this old master, you can know that there is material in this stone!
Lao Jin grabbed the corner of Yunxi's clothes and couldn't help but whisper to her to bite her ears: "Is it really a jade?" “
Yunxi shook his head, signaling that he didn't know.
The four experts were even more excited, they had never seen the finished product, and they had never seen such a scene of jadeite blooming from the rough stone, so they suddenly lowered their voices and observed carefully.
I saw that the old master's fingers moved the tool little by little along the direction smartly, the movement was not fast, it seemed to be thinking while moving, sometimes even occasionally stopping for a while, looking for a long time before continuing to start.
In this way, after more than half an hour, the stone the size of a basin was cut into the size of a desk calendar.
Faintly, through the sun's rays, you can already see that the color of the water in it is very unusual.
The man almost went crazy, and suddenly collapsed to the ground and laughed desperately: "I know, I'm not wrong, there really is, there is really jade!" "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!