Chapter 55: True and Fake Jade
Glancing at the big beauty with regret, Li Ming packed up his mood and took a taxi to the jade street in the provincial capital.
Before he came, Li Ming already knew that there was the largest jade wholesale market in the province, and he could buy a large number of jade raw materials.
Although there are also places that sell jade in Shonan, shopping malls and jade shops sell jade pendants.
Li Ming bought jade for absorption and not for ornamentation, and the cost performance was more suitable for jade raw materials.
Besides, the moisture of the jade pendant is too much, I remember that when I was in college, I wanted to give my girlfriend the same gift, and after thinking about it, I decided to buy a white jade pendant.
But when I arrived at the mall, I saw a pendant claiming to be Hetian jade, and the price was 20,000.
Li Ming was frightened and took a step back, but before he could leave, the waiter followed the second sentence and said, "Shopping mall promotion, discount." ”
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Li Ming was directly angry at that time, if the waiter on the other side was not a woman, Li Ming really wanted to ask her, you are a ghost.
What kind of promotion can be discounted, nine-handed Alto?
Since then, Li Ming no longer believes in jade sold in shopping malls.
……
In the taxi, the driver saw Li Ming in a daze, and said chattily: "Young man, you are going to buy jade." ”
"yes."
"Let's do it for the first time."
"The master has good eyesight." This can be seen by others, Li Ming was very surprised.
"Hehe, I knew you were a novice at a glance, don't blame me for not reminding you, be careful when you go to the jade market, there are not many real jade, and there are a lot of fake jade."
If you want to say that the person who knows the most about this city is undoubtedly the taxi driver, looking at the other party with a look of you begging me, begging me and I will tell you, Li Ming hurriedly asked: "Master, which one is better in this jade market." ”
"You're asking me the right person." The taxi master smiled proudly, commented, and said: "If you want to say that this jade street, there are two largest shops, one is Fuyutang, and the other is Shengyuge. ”
Li Ming asked, "Do the two of them sell jade raw materials?" ”
"Of course there is, and the most raw materials are these two, the province's jade shops are basically purchased from the two of them, however, even if these two stores, it is not true, everything depends on personal eyesight, if you buy expensive, you are unlucky, if you buy cheap, you are powerful."
Li Ming smiled, thinking to himself, buying jade by himself is definitely not bad, whether it is jade or not, as long as you let the ancient tree clone touch it.
After getting out of the taxi, under the guidance of the driver, Li Ming walked directly towards the two stores.
The first thing to see is Fuyutang, a three-storey Fuyutang, imitating the architectural style of the Qing Dynasty houses, mahogany, white walls, glazed tiles, and a large gilt plaque with a black background directly above the gate, engraved with the three words of Fuyutang.
Feeling that this store was good, Li Ming stepped in.
Seeing that it was time to eat at noon, there were fewer customers, and the clerks in cheongsams gathered together to chat.
Clerk A: "Alas, this morning's sales are so bad, if this continues, this month's bonus will be wasted again." ”
Clerk B: "Yes, it's been a few months, why is the jade business getting worse and worse." ”
Clerk C: "It's not that the jade business is bad, but the business of our store is poor. ”
Clerk Ding: "That's the boss of the family, who can get good jade from Myanmar, alas, if it goes on like this, our store ......"
Just as everyone sighed.
"Ahem, what are you talking about?" The beautiful lobby manager in a cheongsam walked over with a cold face.
A group of little girls hurriedly scattered.
Seeing that the clerks had returned to their respective positions, the lobby manager had also returned to his seat.
Although he stopped everyone's words, as the manager of the store, Liu Yuanyuan also felt sad in her heart, Fuyutang was really about to be squeezed by Sheng Yuge and had no room to survive.
……
Just as the lobby manager sighed, he suddenly saw a guest with an unfamiliar face walking in, and the lobby manager hurriedly cleaned up his mood and walked over.
Seeing Li Ming dressed in Armani casual men's clothes, he immediately said with his eyes shining: "Sir, what do you want to pick?" ”
"I want to buy jade raw materials." Li Ming said with a smile.
The lobby manager instinctively sensed that this might be a big customer, and hurriedly said, "On the second floor, I'll take you there." ”
When taking the elevator, the lobby manager asked tentatively: "Sir, the price of our jade seeds here varies greatly, I don't know which one you want." ”
From the moment he entered the Fuyu Hall, the ancient tree clone in Li Ming's left pocket had been trembling, and the eighty-one jade tree roots at the bottom of the trunk were constantly wriggling.
Feeling the eagerness of the jade tree, Li Ming said with a smile: "Let's go upstairs and take a look first." ”
Thinking that he could finally improve the ability of the ancient tree clone, under the excitement, Li Ming couldn't wait for the slow speed of the elevator, and walked directly to the second floor.
Seeing that there were all kinds of jade in the room of thousands of square meters, Li Ming started with the cheapest.
Listening to the explanation of the lobby manager, I knew that the jade in front of me was Xiuyan jade, and the most expensive kilogram was 350 yuan.
Li Ming quietly pasted the ancient tree clone in his left leg pocket, but unfortunately, the little tree did not react.
Li Ming shook his head and walked to another piece of jade with a higher value, but unfortunately, the little tree clone still did not react.
……
From the low-priced jade area to the high-priced jade area, I saw that the jade in front of me had been sold in blocks regardless of the pound.
Li Ming's heart trembled a little.
Because, at this time, the cheapest piece of jade is also 10,000 yuan.
But even so, the jade tree sticks it up, but there is still no response.
It wasn't until Li Ming walked in front of a palm-sized piece of jade that the ancient tree clone in his pocket finally had a feeling of longing.
Looking at the price of jade in front of him, 100,000 yuan.
Li Ming broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, pointed to this piece of jade and asked, "What kind of jade is this?" ”
The manager of the beautiful lobby, who had been following behind, replied, "This is Burmese jade." ”
"Are all these jades in front of you Burmese jade?"
Seeing the lobby manager nodding, Li Ming gritted his teeth and said, "I want six like this." ”
The lobby manager's beautiful eyes lit up, and he thought to himself that he had actually met a rookie.
Although all the jade in front of him is known as Burmese jade, the lobby manager doesn't know which of the nearly 100 pieces of jade is real.
Generally, the guests choose their own, and if you choose the right one, you are great, and if you choose the wrong one, you can only be considered unlucky.
Unexpectedly, this guest didn't even understand this, so he asked her to help choose.
The lobby manager was excited to think that this month's bonus was a play.
"I'll get it for you."
As he spoke, he took out six of the nearly 100 pieces of Burmese jade in front of him.
Li Ming thought that all the Burmese jade in front of him was the same, and he was about to buy six pieces directly, and first spend 600,000 yuan to try to let the ancient tree clone absorb it.
However, when he took the second piece of jade from the lobby manager, Li Ming suddenly found that the jade ancient tree clone did not react.
With a "", cold sweat flowed down Li Ming's forehead.
Looking at the happy smiling face of the lobby manager, Li Ming remembered what the taxi driver said at this time: Even Fuyutang is not all genuine, if you buy cheaply, you are suitable, but if you buy expensive, even if you are unlucky, Fuyutang will not return.
I looked back at some of the other guests on the second floor, and found that even if everyone found the jade they needed, they were all carefully selected, for fear of picking the wrong one.
Li Ming thought to himself, fortunately he had an ancient tree clone, otherwise he wouldn't know how to die if he was deceived to death.
"Sir, let's go downstairs and pay."
Listening to the urging words of the lobby manager, Li Ming said angrily: "I will re-elect myself." ”
As he spoke, Li Ming threw aside all the jade stones that the lobby manager had picked for him, and then got into the pile of stones and carefully selected them.
The lobby manager thought that Li Ming was a rookie, but he didn't expect his trick to be seen through by the other party, and he couldn't help but stomp his foot angrily.
Of course, the lobby manager is not embarrassed, in the jade industry, only speaking by strength, although Li Ming is a rookie, but he is a knowledgeable rookie, the lobby manager can only admire in his heart and wait quietly aside.
After tossing for more than half an hour, Li Ming found five real Burmese jade among the nearly 100 pieces of jade.
Seeing that the other jade stones were all fake, Li Ming glanced at the lobby manager angrily, pointed to the one he had selected, and the five pieces he had just selected, and said, "Wrap these six for me." ”
Manager Datang rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "Sheng Hui, 600,000." ”
When Li Ming was concentrating on selecting the jade materials, he didn't realize that he had become the focus of attention of the others in the store.
Most of the people who will come to Fuyutang to buy jade materials directly are people in the jade appreciation circle, and they basically know each other.
The sudden appearance of an unfamiliar face like Li Ming here was already eye-catching enough.
And Li Ming's way of choosing jade materials is too child's play, which makes him even more unique.
The other guests looked at him strangely, as if they were looking at an idiot.
Many guests have begun to whisper to each other, and the object of conversation is naturally this young man who looks like a stunned young man.
"Look at this kid, he chose so many ingredients in less than half an hour."
"He didn't choose at all, he just took it casually, okay?"
"Could it be that this young man is a master, and he can tell the good from the bad with just one glance?"
"Don't be kidding, even if Boss Li personally shoots the Burmese jade, the speed of material selection can't be so fast, let alone such a young man."
"This stupid boy spent 600,000 yuan at once, if he takes it back and finds that a piece of Burmese jade is not it, see what he does."
Because of the spiritual liquid, Li Ming's hearing has long been far beyond that of ordinary people.
Although the voices of everyone talking were small, they were all heard by Li Ming.
Glancing at them proudly, Li Ming thought to himself, are you a mortal like you, buddy is now a thousand-year-old tree demon Okay, is it difficult to choose a jade.
Carrying six stones, Li Ming walked downstairs leisurely, came to the counter, and was just about to pay the bill.
"Click"
The familiar footsteps sounded in his ears, Li Ming thought to himself, it wouldn't be such a coincidence, and when he looked back, he happened to see Li An'an, who was full of queen fans, and walked in with an impatient face.
Looking at each other, Li Anan said in surprise: "Li Ming, why are you here?" ”