Chapter 202: Visit the Amber Base
Early the next morning, Wu Shixiang received a call from Zhao Xiaowei, asking him to go to a factory in the suburbs, which was her amber base.
"Sister Xiaowei, this is your home base?"
When Wu Shixiang arrived, there was a large factory building, at least a dozen acres of land. I'm curious, there's not even a sign here.
"Well, this is where I do the processing, and there are a few warehouses elsewhere for stockpiling raw materials. I'm just going to take you to see it today. ”
Zhao Xiaowei was dressed in civilian clothes, and it seemed that Wu Shixiang was specially asked to visit his base today, so it was easy to seize the opportunity. With Lin Yuning's relationship, the Muyuanju Gem Museum will open soon, and we must let Amber Beeswax hitchhike.
Two people walked into a large factory, the factory director greeted them, and the big boss came to inspect the work once, so he hurriedly let him go to the office.
"Lao Zhao, you go and get busy, I'll take my friends around, you don't have to greet us."
Zhao Xiaowei sent the factory director away, and the two of them watched while walking, Wu Shixiang really didn't know much about amber beeswax, and to be honest, he didn't like it very much. However, since the big players open the corresponding project, they don't have to use it in vain.
"To put it simply, amber is distinguished by color, and the common types are: golden amber, bright amber, flower amber, beeswax, bone amber, brown amber, blood amber, pam amber, blue amber, green amber, Burmese root amber, etc. However, the market is mainly popular in the first few, and the price is not necessarily, mainly depending on the appearance and size. ”
Zhao Xiaowei walked to the rough stone area, there were a lot of large and small raw materials piled up, and the goods that were originally very expensive on the market were everywhere here.
"Jinper, characterized by its pure, highly transparent, almost gold-like color, exudes a golden glow. Burmese amber is a very valuable variety, but it is more common in Baltic amber. Mingpo generally refers to amber with a relatively light color and even as clear as water, and most of the products on the market are optimized by pressing and purging. Flower amber contains lotus leaf-shaped "sunflower" amber, which is rare in nature, especially safflower amber, which is mostly obtained by artificial bursting optimization through guò on the market. ”
"Beeswax is actually opaque amber, and most of the common colors are yellow, white, brown, and coffee. The most popular "chanterelle" is not found in natural rough stones. Bone amber is also white beeswax. Also known as white honey and fragrant amber, it is the most fragrant variety of amber. Generally, after rubbing the unpolished white honey with your hands, you can smell the elegant and quiet aroma in your hands. ”
Zhao Xiaowei casually picked up a few pieces of ingredients and introduced them like a few treasures. Wu Shixiang has a deep understanding every time he gets started, and he now has more and more feelings for literary play, even if it is the first time he sees it, he has a roughly accurate judgment of good or bad.
"This is a piece of blood amber, the best of Burmese amber. Because the color is burgundy, as bright as blood, so it is named. The production of natural blood amber is very small, mainly distributed in Myanmar, and the production is very small. However, the blood amber is actually a thick blood-red oxide layer formed on the surface of the golden pearl after high-intensity oxidation, and if the oxide layer is polished off, the essence of the golden pearl is revealed, which we call it dew gold in the industry. ”
"So most of the blood amber is conformed, and most of the surface will have ice cracks, if you are in the phase of a string of perfectly round, consistent size, clean and clear, uniform color of the blood amber bracelet, it is definitely the product of amber after pressing and roasting color dyeing. Even if it's true, the price is sky-high. ”
Zhao Xiaowei has a very straight personality, and in a few words, she will expose the methods of fraud and optimization on the market, she is a top big player, so she naturally will not get such small methods. But now the market is very chaotic, and it is difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake, which makes the original niche amber beeswax more mysterious, leaving players with no choice, which is not conducive to long-term development.
"I hate a fake the most, what's it called right now? Noble beeswax or Middle Eastern beeswax! ”
Zhao Xiaowei looked disdainful. Very angry said: "Some descriptions on the Internet divide beeswax into aristocratic beeswax, blue beeswax, red beeswax, pink beeswax, snow mountain beeswax, etc., and also call it a real rare beeswax." It is produced in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Africa. It's mostly a lie. It's the trick of those who sell plastics, but in fact, the ingredients are polymer artificial resins, which are really black sheep. ”
"There is also the so-called Tibetan beeswax, which does not produce amber at all! Profiteers are absolutely Tibetan old beads, a leaning on the top is a sky-high price, Tibet sees more amber Buddha beads and jewelry. It is because amber is one of the seven treasures of Tibetan Buddhism. Amber can be divided into sea and mineral amber according to the type and origin, such as Poland, Russia, Lithuania, etc. Haipo has high transparency and crystal texture. Mineral amber is mainly distributed in Myanmar and Fushun, China, and other places are all fools. ”
"Isn't it popular now to have a hundred-year-old beeswax, an old bead, and a piece that can easily cost tens of thousands?"
Wu Shixiang knew what the origin and level were as soon as he got started, but there was a kind of old beeswax, he was very curious, known as a century-old inheritance, after people continued to play, the pulp was thick and heavy, and it was blown very big.
"The old beads in the eyes of many people have several characteristics, such as obvious weathering lines, strong sense of vicissitudes, large double-sided perforations in the keyholes, wear and tear on the surface of the thick pulp, and a lot of ghee flavor with a strict zhòng, and finally most of them are not in an irregular shape, sliced or residual or strangely shaped!"
Zhao Xiaowei took out an authentic old bead that she was carrying, and compared: "Now just go to Panjiayuan to see, the old beads full of vicissitudes of life, the weathering lines are obvious, double-sided perforations, the keyhole can pass through the hemp rope, many pretend to be sliced or remnant or irregular strange shapes to prove that it is hand-polished, where is the light of these old jewels full of vicissitudes?" ”
Zhao Xiaowei said with a smile: "Beeswax is an organic gemstone, many of my friends ignore the beauty and practicality of jewelry because of the pursuit of its age, and often ask me in the first sentence whether beeswax has reached the Qing Dynasty?" I don't think anything that has been clear for decades is worth playing at all, is this a gem? Not an antique! ”
"I'll tell them that the first choice of gems is to look good, and if you want to play with the vicissitudes of life to play with antiques, any bronze is thousands of years old, what are you doing with gems?"
"Sister, you're too direct to talk like this, aren't you?"
Looking at Wu Shixiang's funny expression, Zhao Xiaowei also said helplessly: "As soon as my friend hears that you have beeswax in your hand, I also want a few good pieces to play with." It doesn't matter how many you send, but if you don't wear them for two days, you won't know where to go, or you can give them to someone else. It's sad to know that they're spiritual, too. ”
Wu Shixiang was suddenly a little curious, Nanhong optimized what he had tried, that is, to increase the texture of the gel and reduce cracks. Don't know what is the case for the optimization of amber beeswax?
Transparency? Add shine? Or is it directly coated with pulp and turned into old beeswax?
"What's wrong? Blown away by them, right? Zhao Xiaowei saw that Wu Shixiang was a little distracted, and said with a smile: "The first time I saw it, it was the same, I felt very fate at first sight, and then the more I played, the more obsessed I became." If you have money in your hand, you can simply invest it directly, one is to maintain and increase its value, and the other is to collect the best products. ”
The two returned to the office and chatted while drinking tea, Zhao Xiaowei was looking forward to cooperating with Mu Yuanju. If she is in the entertainment industry, she has deep connections, but in the entertainment circle, she can't catch up with Wu Shixiang, so you have to find a professional to cooperate, rest assured! (To be continued.) )