Chapter 14: Gambling Stones
There are two types of jadeite, jadeite and nephrite, and the jadeite commonly referred to as jadeite is jadeite, and the most famous nephrite is Chinese Hetian jade. In the jade market in Baicheng, the main business is jadeite rough, also known as wool.
Of course, Baicheng itself does not produce jadeite rough, all jadeite rough is shipped from Myanmar or Yunnan border cities, its channels are both official and smuggling, around this jade market, a large number of jade processing factories and jewelry companies have been established, and the jade industry has become the leading industry in Baicheng, so even if there is smuggling, some departments are also turning a blind eye.
After coming to a business hotel, Ge Fugui and the others booked a room, and Zhao Zhuo was too lazy to run, and when he saw that the price was also affordable, he booked it on the same floor with them.
After helping a few people bring their luggage, Zhao Zhuo asked about the location of the jade market, Ge Fugui said with a smile: "It turns out that Brother Zhao, you are here to go to the jade market, just right, we all have to go shopping and see the market." ”
So in addition to the driver Xiao Li staying in the hotel, Zhao Zhuo and his party walked to the jade market not far from the hotel.
The jade market is brightly lit at this time, and there are dozens of stalls on the site of Nuoda, and on each stall, pieces of jadeite rough stones of different sizes and colors are placed on the ground very casually. The stall owners sat on the side, shouting at passers-by to come and buy, the scene was very spectacular, many people bargained in front of the stalls, and the stall owners were red-faced, just to be able to buy the wool that lined their hearts.
As soon as he stepped here, Zhao Zhuo was taken aback, because there were many of the jade rough stones all over the ground that had this aura, although these wool materials had been exposed to the sun for a long time, and the aura inside was already very thin, which was not as good as the antique exhibits collected in the museum, but it was also a very good tonic.
Zhao Zhuo also understood at once, whether it is ancient money, porcelain or other antiques, most of the reason why they have aura is because it is buried in the ground, and it is said to be made by absorbing the spirit of heaven and earth over time.
The same is true for jadeite rough stones, they are buried deep in the ground for tens of millions of years, and naturally they have absorbed a large amount of aura, although they have not yet penetrated into the space of the original stone, but Zhao Zhuoguang can distinguish from the delicate aura on the original stone and its whiteness, and the aura of each rough stone here is very pure.
Moreover, hundreds of jadeite rough stones with a little aura gathered in this place, and they were constantly volatilizing their aura, making it form a aura field with a slightly higher aura concentration than other places.
For Zhao Zhuo, it is like the oxygen content in the air is too much, taking a deep breath, he feels very comfortable, the free aura in the air is inhaled into the body and turned into a part of the body, at the same time, Mo Ling also shrugs his nose vigorously, breathing greedily, full of loveliness.
Seeing Zhao Zhuo standing at the entrance in a daze, Ge Fugui thought that he was shocked by the scene, and said with a smile: "The good-looking ones are still behind, let's go, let's go to see the gambling stone." ”
The two words of gambling stone woke Zhao Zhuo up at once, because the purpose of his coming to the jade market this time was also to gamble on stones.
You must know that the value of jadeite mainly depends on three things, namely species, color and water head.
The so-called species is the texture and structure of jadeite, the more delicate the texture, the more crystal clear the jade; The so-called color refers to the color, and the color is uniform and the color is positive, thick and green; The so-called water, that is, transparency, luster and crystalline, transparent and clear is the top grade.
However, to determine whether the jadeite is good and lustful, it is necessary to cut the jadeite to judge, because when the jadeite is mined, it is wrapped in a layer of weathered skin, and it is impossible to know whether it is good or bad, and even with any modern instrument can not penetrate it.
In other words, no one knows how much value an uncut jadeite rough will be after cutting.
The so-called gambling stone gambling is the quality of this jadeite rough, an uncut jadeite rough, according to the color of the shell and so on, and then valuation, after buying back to cut, if the color is good after the cut, the value suddenly doubled thousands of times, but if there is no color and no water, it is instantly worthless.
It is precisely because of the great excitement of gambling on the stone that a large number of people participate, whether it is a beginner, a jewelry merchant or an ancient player, they are willing to gamble on this jade in order to get rich overnight.
Zhao Zhuo didn't know about gambling stones, but not long ago, when he was chatting with Mo Ling about jade, he heard Mo Ling mention that several generations of collectors of this ink jade have worked gambling stones, according to Mo Ling's words, she has at least a good grasp of a piece of jade rough stone.
However, **Cheng is not 100% after all, so Zhao Zhuo also prepared funds to come, and he was ready to start with a small investment, and it didn't matter if he lost, so it should not be a problem to accumulate slowly and reach three million funds.
They didn't go far before the three of them came to the place where the gambling stones were gambling.
The gambling stone market is located in the center of the jade market, and there is a large stone dissolving machine on the ground, and a merchant in his thirties is holding a piece of jade on it.
The person next to him whispered: "Boss Zheng's luck is too bad, he even opened 10 stones, but he didn't see a single green." ”
"Yes, thousands of stones in total, tens of thousands in total."
At this time, Boss Zheng had already started the gears and cut a piece on the outer layer of the jade rough, and once the gray and white mouth was cut, it immediately revealed the emerald color under the skin, and the crowd suddenly cheered: "It's green." ”
Gambling stone gambling is whether there is green in the jadeite rough, how much green, how good green, as long as there is, it means that the value of this jade may be doubled.
Boss Zheng's face suddenly showed a little joy, as long as there is good green in this stone, then the money invested in the first ten stones can be earned.
A man next to Zhao Zhuo said with great regret: "That piece of jade was originally the first thing I looked at, but I didn't expect it to be bought by this guy first, and it cost 3,000 yuan, and it turned green with a knife." ”
Zhao Zhuo had in mind the auction prices of jadeite jewelry from major auction houses, but most of them were finished products, and when it came to the price of unprocessed rough stones, he still didn't know anything, so he asked in a low voice: "Brother Ge, how much can this jade be worth?" ”
Ge Fugui said with a smile: "I'm also a layman, I play at most, and the real expert is Jing Yao." ”
Jing Yao said calmly: "Although the area of this green is okay, but the color is very light, it can only be regarded as a low-grade variety, if it is sold now, it should be able to turn over to 10,000 yuan." ”
Zhao Zhuo was secretly surprised when he heard this, he bought it back for 3,000 yuan, and before it was a minute, it was directly tripled with a single cut, no wonder so many people came to gamble on stones.
Ge Fugui said with a smile: "It is said that gambling stones are a one-knife battle for life and death, it depends on people's courage, I estimate that this Boss Zheng will still have to cut." ”
Sure enough, because of the green cut with one knife, Boss Zheng's face was full of confidence, adjusted the direction of the jade, and the longitudinal gear was cut down again.
The knife was cut perpendicular to the face just now, and after the knife was cut, everyone let out an exclamation again.
I saw that this knife went down, and it was actually a piece of green, and the two pieces of green were vertically at right angles, and if a large piece of it was all green, it would be terrible.
At this time, I heard someone say loudly: "100,000 yuan, I bought it!" ”
"150,000, I want it."
As soon as a few people raised the price on the side, this stone, which was only the size of a fist, actually rose to 200,000.
Zhao Zhuo sighed lightly, and then looked at the onlookers around him, all of them were red-faced and red-eared, and their eyes were straight, as if they were gambling on stones.
The onlookers were so excited, not to mention Boss Zheng, who cut green twice in a row, and he seemed to be in high spirits.
Ge Fugui looked at Zhao Zhuo and said with a smile: "How about it, brother, this gambling stone is still a little interesting, right?" Let's go play with a few pieces later? ”
"Okay." Zhao Zhuo originally came for the gambling stone, and he was also a little eager to try it at this time.
Jing Yao poured cold water on the side and said: "Vice President Ge, don't bet too much, as far as I know, most of the wool here is transported from the new Houjiang, although the rough stones there are large, but the water and the ones are worse than those of the old Houjiang, there are many cracks, and the probability of producing high-grade jadeite is not large." Take this piece of jade as an example, although the surface area of the green is quite large, but the cracks are very large, I am afraid it will not be too thick. ”
Sure enough, Boss Zheng did not sell this piece of wool at a high price of 200,000 yuan, but continued to cut it, but after a few knives, not only did he not see more green, but he saw a large piece of white color, and there was not much left of that piece of wool.
The noise around has also become silent, depending on what Boss Zheng is going to do, and the people around him who are shouting have all closed their voices, obviously looking at the situation.
Boss Zheng was a little unwilling, and began to grind the stone after taking the electric grinding wheel, the so-called grinding stone refers to the use of the grinding wheel to slowly grind off the skin on the surface.
However, as the wool slowly wore off, everyone suddenly discovered that the two pieces of green were actually only such a thin layer, and connoisseurs knew at a glance that these two pieces of green were very low-grade green, and they could not be sold for a few dollars.
Boss Zheng let out a long sigh, wanting to throw it away but feeling pity, and finally walked out with it, looking extra lonely.
Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but ask, "How much can this stone be worth now?" ”
"Then two thin pieces, 500 pieces at most." Jing Yao replied.
Zhao Zhuo sighed lightly, this change is too big, it has risen to 200,000 just now, but now it is not worth 500 yuan. It is said that gambling stones is like gambling on life, winning bets, earning a hundred times and a thousand times, becoming a rich man overnight, gambling across, and losing everything.
At this time, the people around talked about it again, it turned out that this boss Zheng not only gambled on ten stones, he gambled here for several days, and yesterday he also gambled on a piece of wool of 300,000 yuan, but there was no green at all, according to the stall owner here, this person may have spent millions.
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