Yes, when it was time for me to buy all the stones.

But there is one thing Wei Bin said wrongly, we are not in a group, we just met. The bespectacled northerner is the person I talk to under the tree, he is taking his wife to Zhejiang for his honeymoon, not a local, and he has no heart to buy bloodstone, just to see a lively scene, so there is no conflict of interest with me, I spent some money to let their little two help to shoot it, the two Zhejiang locals, are the college classmates of the man with glasses, today is to show them the way to Guoshi Village to watch the auction, I happened to hire them. The money is not much, three thousand per person, which is completely negligible compared to the money saved.

The reason why I didn't ask Yan Wanru for help was mainly because we saw that there were too many people talking to us, and we couldn't hide it, everyone should have known that we knew each other.

Listening to the chaotic chatter in my ears, I asked, "Forty-two dollars in total, how much?" ”

The local man in charge of recording looked at a few of his companions, lowered his head and crackled with a calculator, and at the end, said, "Two million three hundred thousand five hundred." ”

I nodded, took the notebook and checked it roughly, then took out a few wads of money from the bag, pushed the rest to him, and took out five hundred yuan in cash from my wallet, "...... It should be just right, you count. The villager took the money bag and turned to the hall of the restaurant, opened the pile of money, and put it in the money detector, and after a while, he came out empty-handed, and nodded his head at the auctioneer.

Hula, the crowd fryed again.

"That kid really bought it? Is he crazy? ”

"Yes, I'm still hoping that he won't be able to come up with the money, and I'll wait for the second auction of the stone, but now I don't have a chance."

"This person must be sick, and this pile of stones is worth more than 1.8 million, right? He dares to spend more than two million to buy? ”

"Alas, I'm afraid the remaining two pieces are also in his pocket."

Over there, the bespectacled northerner looked at his wife and classmates, gestured to me, and then quietly slipped out of the crowd and walked towards the outside of Guoshi Village. I settled the bill for them, and in order to avoid trouble, they seemed to have chosen to go first. I got off the auction table and returned to the end of the crowd, only to see Yan Wanru and others over there looking at me speechlessly. I smiled back and didn't say anything.

"Alright." The auctioneer pointed to a large stone lying on the ground and said, "Start the auction of the last two pieces, and the highest bidder wins." ”

Wei Bin and Ryoko approached me a little closer, and glanced at me through gritted teeth, "I don't know what you're buying so much for, but it's not that easy to get it all, boy, wait to die!" "Before, because I gave up a few stones, they thought that I was not completely bound to get these, but now that I know that I still played tricks and bought them all, he and a few big bosses who are pressing the fire may have fully understood my intentions, and should raise the price to sky-high prices.

I shrugged my right shoulder and said, "Whatever you want." "I didn't pay attention to it at all in Westinghouse, but now I look at it, well, although this stone is big, and the amount of blood is also dense, but it is not as good as I imagined, and the blood head is a little worse, according to my preliminary estimate, eighty percent is a price of 200,000 yuan, which is the sky.

"Ten thousand!" It was the lame boss who shouted this price, he hadn't opened it today, and he only liked large pieces of bloodstone.

The boss of Shenzhen looked at me out of the corner of his eye, "...... Twenty thousand! ”

I stood there steadily, not saying a word.

Another Cantonese joins the fray: "...... Forty thousand! ”

Fifty-five thousand, sixty thousand, eighty-two thousand, ninety-nine thousand, one hundred and one hundred thousand, one hundred and thirty-five thousand, one hundred and sixty thousand, a few minutes later, the price was raised to two hundred and thirty thousand, and the last one to bid was Wei Bin. I noticed that everyone's expressions were a little hesitant, it seems that 230,000 should be very high, and the profit is not big.

Under the watchful eye, I spoke: "Two hundred and forty thousand! ”

Wei Bin was not to be outdone, "...... Two hundred and fifty thousand! ”

I frowned and waited a few seconds before I said, "Two hundred and sixty thousand!" "At this price, I don't think there's much oil and water to fish.

But Wei Bin Xu understood that he had grabbed the handle that I had to buy, and he actually shouted: "Two hundred and seventy thousand!" ”

I knew that he and Ryoko didn't have much savings, and if I added tens of thousands, he would definitely not be able to afford it, but for the sake of insurance, I shook my head and didn't say anything more.

The auctioneer said loudly, "...... 270,000 ...... 270,000 ...... Two hundred and seventy thousand two ......"

Wei Bin smiled indifferently, as if waiting for me to increase the price after the auctioneer shouted the second time, because this is a technique that I have used countless times. However, when the auctioneer shouted out the third 270,000 yuan and the word "transaction", Wei Bin and Ryoko's smiles froze suddenly, looking at me, a little incredulous.

There was a lot of talk again.

"Hey, why didn't he fight? If it had been some time ago, it would have been at least 280,000. ”

"That's right, doesn't he want to do it all?"

Wei Bin's face was not very good-looking: "You! "He's at a loss.

I spread my hands: "What's wrong with me?" The price is too high, why should I buy it? ”

Yes, from the very beginning when I entered the Westinghouse to look at the stones, I didn't even look at the two largest pieces of wool, let alone buy them. Because after the lame boss posted the video of the hollowed stone, it attracted widespread attention on a collection forum, and later an unnamed person broke the news that he had seen the lame boss at the auction in Guoshi Village, and said that at the next auction that ended this time, he also witnessed the bloodstone that caused a sensation in the collection world, and after the post, his words were quickly confirmed by many people present at the time. When describing the cutting process of bloodstone, there are four key points in their original words: first, the buyer is a layman, second, it is the stone cut by the buyer's own hands, third, the stone is not big, and fourth, the blood will be seen when the knife goes down.

Therefore, from the analysis of the words "the stone is not big", of course, the two largest pieces were directly excluded by me.

Of course, the smallest rough stones may not have a big surname, but it is not excluded that the man used a figurative tone, and the small wool is very cheap, so I would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one.

Immediately after that, the auction of the second large piece of material began.

The lame boss, the Shenzhen boss and others joined the competition, 50,000, 100,000, 150,000, 200,000, 300,000, and finally a Cantonese bought it at a high price of 350,000.

The auction ends.

I was in a very good mood after successfully completing the task, glanced at Wei Bin with a smile, and followed the auctioneer to the restaurant.

Behind him, Wei Bin said in a low tone: "Take out a cutting machine." "He's going to dissolve the stone on the spot again.

I didn't have the heart to look at him, and the two people who moved the machine passed by, walked to the West House, the ground was full of stones I had just photographed, and looked at it casually, I couldn't help but have a headache, such forty-two pieces of material, not to mention hundreds of pounds, Yan Wanru's A8 Even if it is solid, it obviously can't fit so many stones, thinking of this, I turned my head sideways and asked, "How do I transport it back?" ”

The auctioneer said: "There are trucks in the village, and I can help you transport them to nearby provinces and cities, but I hear that your accent is from Yanjing, right?" It's too far away, we can't go for the time being, if you want to transport it back to Yanjing, you have to find someone in Lin'an, and there are a lot of freight there. ”

Shipped to Yanjing? I don't have that kind of leisure, besides, the shipping is too expensive.

I must be a god, and said, "Let's transport it to Lin'an first." ”

The auctioneer said, "What time?" Where? ”

I said, "It's too late, well, tomorrow morning at seven or eight o'clock, I'll leave you a phone number and keep in touch at any time." The auctioneer nodded, handed me a pen and paper, and after I wrote down my mobile phone number, he also gave me the driver's mobile phone number. After doing this, for the sake of insurance, I confirmed the stones in turn, took out my mobile phone and took pictures of them, mainly because I was afraid of being transferred.

Suddenly, there was a shallow shouting outside, and I heard Lianlian's shouting.

After completing the formalities here, I turned around and walked out of the restaurant to see what was going on outside.

Everyone's eyes were staring at the half-cut stone, and Wei Bin Ryoko stood beside him, looking a little depressed. I probably understand what's going on, take a look at the wool, well, although the blood of the epidermis has seeped into the pyrophyllite, the area is not large, at most a few seals can be made, it is not worth too much money, and the cost of Wei Bin to buy the stone is too high, this stone is estimated to have cost him tens of thousands.

"Damn it!" Wei Bin kicked the waste stone on the ground with his feet.

After that, several more people offered to open stones on the spot.

I didn't have the heart to look any further, so I squeezed through the crowd and walked off the stage, looking for the location of Yan Wanru and a few people. Sister Yan also knew that this was not the place to talk, so she didn't ask much, pulled Lianlian and turned around and walked towards the Audi with me. After Yan Wanru opened the car door, I didn't rush to leave, but stopped Boss Yan who was about to leave, "Please stay, Boss Yan, I made an appointment with them to deliver the goods to Lin'an tomorrow morning, you see, can you transport the stone to your shop, and cut it there by the way?" ”

Boss Yan thought for a while, "...... Okay, yes, but there are too many stones, if the pieces are cut into stamps, processed and polished, then I will definitely not be able to finish it in a month, mainly I am not specialized in processing, there are not so many people and equipment. ”

I said, "You don't have to polish it all, just cut it to the point where you can see the blood inside." ”

Boss Yan sighed: "That's no problem, you can come to my store tomorrow morning to find me." ”

"Okay, thank you."

"Hehe, no thanks, just sell me a few stones when the time comes."

"Cheng, I'll send you a few pieces tomorrow, and it's all about the processing fee."

"Haha, okay, a word is a certainty, Mr. Yan, Mr. Liu, then I'll go first?"

After Boss Yan left, Mr. Liu also followed.

I got into the car with Yan Wanru and Lianlian, and as soon as the car door closed, Yan Wanru glanced at me through the rearview mirror: "Xiaojing, it's time to tell me what you plan, right?" I don't believe you'd buy so many stones for no reason, huh? Do you want to open a bloodstone shop with Lin'an Changhua? That's too costly! ”

I said, "I'm betting that there is a big red robe in this batch of stones." ”

"But ......" Yan Wanru smiled bitterly: "How can the big red robe be so good?" ”

I sold it, "Sister Yan, you'll know tomorrow." ”

“…… Well, I hope you didn't spend your money in vain. ”

The second day was early in the morning.

I came back late yesterday, I knew that Sister Yan and Lianlian were going to sleep lazy, and after brushing their teeth and washing, they didn't call them, they just took some cash and dragged it into their pockets, and ran to Boss Yan's bouldering pavilion. On the way, I received a call from the driver, saying that they were on their way to Lin'an, asking for the specific address. I walked two steps to the door of the bouldering pavilion, pushed the door into the house, asked the address of Boss Yan who was sweeping the floor, and told the driver one by one.

About half an hour later, a blue truck loaded with stones came to a steady stop in front of the store.

Seeing this, I couldn't wait to go out.

A villager from Guoshi Village jumped from the pile of stones behind the truck, and the driver also stepped out of the driver's seat, "...... Is it Gu Jing? ”

"Yes." I handed him a bill.

After seeing it, the other party nodded, pulled open the baffle behind the truck, and began to move down piece by piece, and followed Boss Yan to lead the way, carrying the stones to the small studio behind his shop. There were a lot of stones, and it took many times to go back and forth before they were all removed. After paying the driver's fare, I rubbed my hands eagerly, informed the wife of Boss Yan, who was taking care of the guests, and turned into the studio.

The room was not spacious, about fifteen square meters, and the stones were piled all over the ground, and it suddenly became more crowded.

Boss Yan was squatting in front of two pots of Junzi orchid to water the flowers, and when he saw me enter the house, he put down the plastic watering can on the windowsill and asked, "Cut it now?" ”

I nodded: "Excuse me." ”

Boss Yan took a yellow rag and wiped the sweat on his palms, and smiled: "I may not have cut as many stones in the past few years as I have cut in the bloodstone business, forty-two pieces, well, I can get over it, ha, young man, there is a bench in the corner, you stay away and wait, don't make you dusty." ”

"It's fine." I didn't want to miss the thrilling scene, so I took a few steps back, but I didn't go far.

Bringing the cutter, Boss Yan grabbed a piece of stone closest to him, put it on the open space next to him, picked up the machine, turned the gears, squeaked, and the cutter cut the first piece of wool under my expectant gaze. This piece of chicken blood rough stone belongs to the lower middle color, the weight is about ten catties, not big, but in order to avoid accidentally cutting off the blood, Boss Yan's actions are very careful, and it took more than ten minutes to cut the chicken blood of this material from the pyrophyllite.

Well, there's about a whole chapter of the side, and the blood is okay.

Boss Yan said with satisfaction: "The skin of this material can also produce three-quarters of the whole chapter, yes, not only did it not wipe out, but it also rose a little, well, a good sign." ”

I didn't pay attention," ...... Then this piece will be given to you, and it should all be used to offset the processing fee. ”

Boss Yan was stunned, "That's embarrassing, the processing fee can't be used so much." ”

I said, "That's right, I'm about to start school, and I'm in a hurry to rush back these two days, so I'm ......"

"Oh......" Boss Yan suddenly realized: "I understand, hehe, okay, anyway, there is my lover outside greeting business, I won't do anything today, I will accompany you to cut out all the ingredients, when to cut and when to rest." He rested his arm and picked up the cutter again, thinking about another stone to press over.

Hearing the sound of gears rubbing against the rock, I reflexively quickened my heartbeat and looked dryly.

This is the first time I photographed a smaller stone, a few thousand dollars, watching the skin impurities cut off by the gears little by little, I even forgot to blink my eyes, one minute, five minutes, eight minutes, whew, when the cutter dropped the knife dozens of times, there was still no blood on the surface of the stone, all black impurities.

Boss Yan shook his head with a wry smile and threw the stone into the corner at random, "This piece is broken and worthless." ”

I let out a sigh of relief, a little nervously, "Whew, it's okay, it's just the beginning." ”

A...... Two pieces ...... Three ...... It was almost noon, and the sound of the cutter was mixed with a few knocks on the door. Boss Yan and I both heard it, he stopped the machine, I turned around and opened the door, and there was Yan Wanru in a small suit standing outside, "...... Are you here? What about Lianlian? Why didn't I come with you? It's time to eat. ”

She looked at the broken stones in the room, "That little guy hasn't woken up yet, and she can't afford to tell her, let me bring her food back, how are you doing here?" ”

Boss Yan was tired and sweaty and said: "It's okay, I cut more than 20 pieces, wiped down a small one, wiped down two medium-priced ones, rubbed up four pieces in good condition, and most of the remaining ones were flat, uh, but considering the cost price of the young man, I still lost a lot." ”

Yan Wanru glanced at her angrily: "I'll just say that the big red robe is not so easy to come out, let's go, eat first." ”

All my thoughts were on the remaining stones, and I wasn't hungry at all, but considering that Boss Yan also had to eat and rest, I didn't say anything, and called Boss Yan to go to the restaurant at the door and order a few local specialties. After eating a full meal, Sister Yan called the waiter to pack a few dishes that had not touched the chopsticks, she took one for Lianlian, and Boss Yan took one for his wife.

At one o'clock, Boss Yan and I reappeared in the studio.

"Go on, ......" Boss Yan moved his shoulders and picked up the cutting machine: "Strive to rub a few more pieces." ”

Actually, I don't care about the ups and downs at all, I just hope that the bloodstone can come out as soon as possible, so that I can really put my heart in my stomach.

A...... Two pieces ...... Three ...... In order to save time, I didn't let Boss Yan carefully separate the chicken blood from the wool in the back, so the speed was much faster.

In just three hours, Boss Yan wiped up two pieces of chicken blood, but he also wiped out a piece of more than ten catties of material, and he couldn't even do a whole chapter, and he was almost worthless.

My face did not change, and my heart beat faster, for there were only two stones left in front of me, which had not been cut.

Whew, it must be in one of them!

"Which one to cut first?" Boss Yan asked for my opinion.

I walked in, looked down at it carefully, and at the end, pointed to the largest one: "Let's go first." ”

"Good!" Don't look at Boss Yan's age, but his body is very strong, and he still has the strength to hold the cutting machine that I struggled to hold all day long.

Squeak, squeak, he struck the piece of wool.

One knife, two knives, three knives, after a full twenty minutes, the chicken blood wrapped in impurities was faintly revealed, and from the point of view, it was really not small. But before Boss Yan could use the knife again, I sighed in disappointment: "Don't remove the impurities, you can open the next one." "The stone is indeed a good stone, and the amount of blood is also very large, but it does not have the seamless and rich chicken blood that I want to see.

Boss Yan looked at me strangely, said okay, took a break, and aimed the cutting machine at the last piece of material.

I clenched my fists with some excitement, it must have been, hehe, what a coincidence, cut forty-one pieces, and actually kept the bloody seal to the end. My heart couldn't help but beat, and at the critical moment, I didn't dare to look any more, closed my eyes, and quietly waited for the result.

Squeak squeak...... A minute passed...... Ten minutes passed...... Fifteen minutes passed...... Suddenly, Boss Yan's shallow exhalation made my heart rise to my throat all of a sudden.

It's done! It's out!

I opened my eyes and looked forward, "Blood?" ”

Boss Yan looked back in surprise and said, "Yes, this piece has gone up a lot." He moved slightly to the right, out of the way so I could see. I saw that the magazines on the side of the stone were almost all removed, leaving a small piece of intermittent blood clots, but the size was not very large, and it seemed to be only enough to make three seals.

I was stunned, "No?" How could there be none!? ”

Boss Yan blinked suspiciously: "Nothing? Didn't you see blood? ”

Blood is seen! But it's not the blood I want! It's too shallow! It's too thin! Not enough blood!

What's going on? Isn't that seal in the rough of this auction? Why not!?

My face was a little pale, and I immediately paced to the table in the corner, picked up a small hand-held cutter, and said while connecting the power supply: "Boss Yan, please work harder, can you probably clean up the impurities that have not been removed from the surface of the chicken blood just now?" Hearing his promise, I quickly walked to the edge of a stone, and slowly rubbed the impurities without chicken blood with the cutter, hoping to see the bright blood on the other side.

For two hours, Boss Yan and I worked separately to peel off the impurities as quickly as possible without destroying the surface of the chicken blood, but ...... No!

Or not!

Why? Could it be that the stone stayed in Guoshi Village overnight was dropped? Impossible! When I unloaded the car, I deliberately compared it with my mobile phone! It's all the rocks from last night! And there's no need for people to play those nasty tricks! Because they don't know what's inside the stone at all! However, excluding this factor, could it be that I have misremembered the time? No, it's clear on the forum that it's the next auction after the lame boss!

What went wrong? Where?

My brain went blank and I was completely frozen!

"Yo, Mr. Yan, are you here?"

"Yes, it's six o'clock, let's eat together, Xiaojing, Xiaojing, hey, what's wrong with him?"

"I don't know, just after the last stone, he was in a little wrong mood."

"Didn't it open well?"

"It's not, it's not counted, it's a lot more than the rubbing, and there are two pieces of material that are very sufficient, and you can make a lot of carved ornaments, oh yes, but these still can't be compared with his cost, if they are sold, I'm afraid I'll have to pay hundreds of thousands."

"Oh, Xiaojing, let's go, fill your stomach first."

At the dinner table, I had no appetite at all, so I just looked at the hot dishes in a daze, and I didn't move my chopsticks at all. Yan Wanru frequently served me vegetables, and Lianlian also told me jokes on the side, but I didn't care about that, my mind was full of bloodstone information, and I still didn't understand what I was wrong with!

After the meal, Lianlian clamored to let Yan Wanru take her to the mall, but I didn't go, and accompanied Boss Yan back to the studio of the bouldering pavilion in despair, and continued to stare at the pile of rough stones in a daze.

What's the problem? Where?

I went through the information from my memory again.

The stone is present at the next auction where the lame boss buys the giant bloodstone...... The man who bought the stone was a layman...... He cut the stone with his own hands...... As soon as the knife went down, I saw blood...... A knife? Boss Yan and I have been busy all day, and I don't know how many knives we cut, how to ...... Huh?

Wait a minute!

Wait a minute!

The forum said that the person was a layman, which may mean that he did not wipe the stones little by little according to Boss Yan's professional methods, so ...... I moved my gaze to the only two large stones on the ground, "Boss Yan, please do me another favor and cut these two." ”

"What for?" Boss Yan was surprised: "These two pieces can't be cut anymore, there is blood on the surface intermittently, and the impurities can't be easily separated, otherwise it's worthless, well, you have to take it to the carver first and let the family design it, and then you can continue to use the knife, how can you cut it?" ”

I said firmly, "You can cut it into chapters according to the size of a seal." ”

"A few small medals are not worth as much as they are engraved, in that case, the value will definitely be greatly reduced."

"It's okay, let's cut it."

Boss Yan kindly persuaded me a few words, and when he saw that I didn't listen, he sighed and said that it was a terrible thing, but he still picked up the cutting machine, cut the knife according to the width of the seal, and cut a thick layer of stone with a squeak. The surface of this stone shard, which is about three centimeters thick, is stained with the average amount of blood, and two seals can be cut.

After the cut, he looked at me.

I gritted my teeth and said, "The trouble continues. ”

Boss Yan shook his head, went down again, and cut out two thick stone chips, after cutting these, the chicken blood was also broken, all black pyrophyllite, there was no need to cut it again.

Reluctantly, I pointed to another stone that could be carved: "That one too, thank you." ”

"Alas, it's a good stone, it's a pity not to do carving." Boss Yan sighed with emotion, lifted the cutting machine and knifed at the piece of chicken blood, and in the buzzing noise, he was vaguely heard talking to himself: "I have to cut, but the blood outside is broken, what do you say can be in this?" ”

Let's go.

A thick piece of stone is divided.

Boss Yan glanced at the cutting surface casually, and then, with a wave of his arm, he almost dropped the cutting machine to the ground!

"This is!?" He's a little dumbfounded!

A smear of blood clot, completely free of impurities, was exposed in vain on the incised surface!

Strong! Dense! Moistening!

Impeccable!

I was breathless, and I felt like my heart was going to jump out of my throat!

It's it!!

It's finally out!!

(To be continued)