After dinner, Lin Dong sent Gao Qian to the room, and after a while, Feng Shiyuan sent a message and began to urge him to go down.

"Qian, I'm out, you and other colleagues have fun."

Gao Qian sent him outside the door and advised: "This is no better than Sioux City, when you go out, be careful in everything." ”

Lin Dong nodded, thinking that just to open his eyes with Feng Shiyuan, there shouldn't be any danger.

When he arrived at the door of the hotel, Feng Shiyuan was standing at the door waiting for him with a big mountaineering bag on his back.

"Brother Feng, how are we going to get over?" Lin Dong asked.

Feng Shiyuan pulled him outside the hotel, and the night was as cold as water. He lit a cigarette and asked Lin Dong if he wanted it, and Lin Dong waved his hand.

"I just called and called a taxi, wait patiently, I'll be there soon."

Before Feng Shiyuan finished smoking a cigarette, the car arrived, and it was a small bread. The owner got out of the car and politely called "Brother Feng".

Feng Shiyuan took out a wad of banknotes from his pocket, estimated at thousands of yuan, and stuffed it to the owner of the car, "Leizi, it's still an old place." ”

Lin Dong followed Feng Shiyuan into the car, and Feng Shiyuan introduced the owner of the car to Lin Dong. This Lei Zi is in his thirties, thin and short, with a pair of thief's small eyes, and his eyes roll wildly when he looks at people.

"Brother Feng, it's all in the car, you should tell me where we're going, right?"

Lin Dong always felt that Feng Shiyuan was mysterious, and he was really afraid that this old boy would take him to some dirty place.

Feng Shiyuan said with a smile: "Brother, don't worry, it's almost here, leave some suspense to be exciting." ”

Lei Zi also helped: "Yes, Brother Lin, it's right to follow Brother Feng, he is an old Jianghu." ”

Since Feng Shiyuan didn't say it, Lin Dong didn't ask, but this old Feng did have a little weirdness on him, which made him unpredictable.

The car drove out of the city, and Lin Dong identified the direction, thinking that it seemed to be driving straight towards the border. After another half an hour, the car drove into a dilapidated factory, from the outside it was a black light, and after driving inside for a while, Lin Dong was dumbfounded, and he didn't know how many good cars were parked on both sides of the road.

Lin Dong and the others got out of the car, and about 100 meters in front of them was an open-air roofed workshop, in which many high-power incandescent lamps were hung, shining brightly and as bright as day.

"Brother, it's here!"

Lao Feng seemed to be a little nervous, took out his cigarette case, lit a cigarette, and his hands trembled a little.

Lin Dong and Feng Shiyuan walked forward, there were many abandoned stones with smooth incisions on both sides of the road, and then looked at the factory shed, a group of people were walking around a pile of stones, and a word suddenly popped up in Lin Dong's mind.

"Gambling stones!"

Tengchong, Yunnan, because of its proximity to Myanmar, is popular with gambling stones.

Feng Shiyuan said in a low voice: "In recent years, the business of gambling stones has expanded to the coastal area, and there are many in Guangnan. When I was in Quang Nam, I also learned a lot from acquaintances. In the past four or five years, I have come to Yunnan every year, and only when I get to the source of gambling stones, can I learn more! ”

Lin Dong looked at the bulging mountain bag on Feng Shiyuan's back, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Feng, the bag on your back won't be full of banknotes, right?" ”

Feng Shiyuan glanced at him and nodded, "Most of the bosses of the rough stones here are Burmese, and in Myanmar, because the banks are not developed, they must be cash transactions." When they arrived, they still kept the Burmese tradition and made a rule that only cash transactions were accepted, and no credit cards were accepted. ”

Lin Dong was shocked, thinking that Lao Feng really couldn't help it, and he wanted to play really.

"Brother Feng, this thing is too risky, be cautious! I've never seen a gambling stone, but I've heard that it's a trick that can bankrupt people overnight! ”

Feng Shiyuan took a hard puff of cigarette and tried to calm himself down, he used to just watch and not gamble, but this was the first time he brought so much money over, and his palms were sweaty, so he was inevitably a little nervous.

The two entered the factory shed.

Lin Dong glanced at it, in addition to Chinese, there were also many dark-skinned, thin-skinned Burmese, with thick gold chains around their necks, and although they spoke Mandarin lamely, fortunately they could still understand it.

"Boss Feng, long time no see......"

Someone in the crowd saw Feng Shiyuan and said hello to him.

The factory shed is divided into five stalls, each of which is free of a dozen stones, and the owners are all Burmese.

Feng Shiyuan led Lin Dong to watch and said: "Every year from mid-December to mid-April, it happens to be the Dai Songkran Festival, which happens to avoid the long rainy season in Yunnan and Myanmar, and is the golden period of mining and stone gambling. ”

Those who gathered in front of the stall to look at the stones, all of them had solemn expressions, silent, their eyes staring at the stones, and did not blink.

Lin Dong just wanted to ask, but Feng Shiyuan said in a low voice: "Don't be surprised, gambling on stones is like gambling on life, and others are not allowed to disturb them when they are looking at stones." A rough stone can only be seen by the next person after the previous person has read it, and the rules are very strict. ”

Feng Shiyuan looked up and saw that the four or five Chinese gathered in front of a stall in front had already finished reading the stones, and it was time to bid.

"Let's go, there's a good show ahead."

Feng Shiyuan took Lin Dong to the stall, and the stall owner handed out an envelope and pen and paper to each of the five Chinese.

"What is this for?" Lin Dong was puzzled.

"This is a hidden bid, the price of the gambling stone is divided into open auction and hidden bid, open auction is like an auction, you can increase the price, and the secret bid is to write the price they plan to pay and put it in the envelope, who has the highest price to sell to. In Myanmar, it's all a hidden mark. In our Quang Nam, there are more open shots. ”

Lin Dong understood Feng Shiyuan's explanation, which was actually similar to bidding and auctioning.

The five men were expressionless, each wrote the price, stuffed the note into an envelope, and placed it in front of the stall owner.

Lin Dong knew that at the critical moment, he stopped talking and held his breath, so as not to break the rules of others.

The Burmese boss clasped his palms together, saluted everyone, and opened the envelopes one by one.

"Boss Chen bid 100,000, Boss Li bid 150,000, Boss Jiang bid 80,000, Boss Zhou bid 130,000, and Boss Bi bid 140,000."

He read out everyone's bids one by one, and then put the note in the envelope on the table, so that the five people in front of him could see it clearly, and after making sure that there was no problem, he smiled and said, "Congratulations to Boss Li!" ”

The boss of Myanmar offered the original stone with both hands, and Boss Li's hand trembled and took the stone, hugged the stone, walked to the incense case not far away, lit three incense sticks, saluted the God of Wealth, knelt on the mat and kowtowed to pray.

"God of Wealth bless, bless me with a knife, this is my last net worth......"

Boss Li made his fortune by gambling stones, and he also lost his fortune because of gambling stones. This year has been unfavorable, and one after another has lost almost all the money accumulated in previous years. He didn't give up, he still wanted to turn over, scraped together 200,000 from a friend, and pinned all his hopes on this stone.

Feng Shiyuan told Lin Dong that in addition to the people who gambled on stones, there were also people who came to collect stones, and these people were generally in the jewelry business. If you are lucky, you will get a good stone and immediately make a profit several times, or even dozens of times, and you are willing to turn your hands to cash, and those who collect the stone will be able to buy the rough stone from them at a much lower price than the market. In this way, both parties are happy to do what is beneficial.

After worshipping the God of Wealth, Boss Li came to Myanmar with a stone to apply and said, "Boss Wu, please help me open the stone." Saying this, Boss Li walked to the incense case again and bowed down.

Gambling on stones is like gambling on life, and ordinary people do not dare to be present in person when opening stones, but burn incense and pray nearby to ask God to bless them.

Feng Shiyuan and Lin Dong approached the front, and several other bosses who had just bid also stepped forward. The Burmese boss walked up to the stone cutter with the stone in his arms and prepared to open the stone. Although he sold the stone, he didn't know whether it was "ruined" or jadeite.

The other four bosses were also nervous, sweating in their palms. This stone weighs about thirty or forty catties, and if it is really cut out and contains a lot of jadeite, it is that they have lost their eyes, and it is a loss of hundreds of thousands.

Lin Dong looked at the dozen or so stones, the appearance was the same, he still didn't understand how these people relied to judge whether there was jade in the stone, was it really just gambling?

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