Chapter 3 The Eight-Faced Lady of the Boss
In other words, Xie Bin's job, in addition to carving, is to deal with all kinds of characters, trying to get more money out of their pockets. Over the years, Xie Bin has seen more people than some people have seen in a lifetime, after all, on the antique street, the weekly traffic is amazing.
However, Xie Bin really hasn't encountered many characters like this proprietress in the past. People like this are generally very delicate, very flexible, very skillful in speaking and doing things, and good at figuring out the minds of others. This is usually a complicated experience, or has received such training since childhood. Moreover, this kind of person, no matter what position he is in, whether he is good or bad, is more satisfactory and can often become the backbone of all walks of life.
Because this kind of person is better at handling interpersonal relationships, and can meet everywhere in a complex industry, it is not difficult for a person to do these two things.
Although Xie Bin has not yet understood the strength of this shop, judging from this proprietress, presumably the business will not be bad, at least on this street, it should be able to rank upstream.
During the greetings, Li Xiaojun asked again: "Sister-in-law, where is Brother Liu?" β
"Well, Xiao Li, I won't tell you, Brother Li Liu is taking some people to look at the stones in the backyard, do you want to wait?" This time, the proprietress did not look at him, but explained very sincerely.
Xie Bin knew it when he heard it. In the jade shop, most people are not very willing to look at stones with other people, even the owner who sells stones, he is not very willing to mix two groups of people.
Buyers are reluctant to be with strangers because they don't know the details of the other party, which can easily cause mutual bidding, and they are afraid of revealing their own details.
The seller did not want the two groups to mix together, because he was afraid that the two groups would lower the price together, or reveal the price of the stone to each other. For example, for the same stone, the first group of people looked at it and asked about the price, and knew the approximate price. After Xie Bin and the others enter, the first group of people may reveal the price of this stone, so that when bargaining, the seller will be very passive.
However, when the proprietress said this, especially with her very sincere tone, it made people feel very comfortable.
When Li Xiaojun heard this, although he was a little unhappy, he could only nod and asked helplessly: "Sister-in-law, how many people are there in that group?" How long have you been in? β
This time, the proprietress was very cheerful, "There are four people, there is a girl, and it hasn't been long since she entered," she said and asked tentatively: "Why don't you go out for a stroll first, I'm afraid they won't be able to get out for a while." β
Li Xiaojun shrugged at Xie Bin and said with a smile: "Okay, then we'll come back in the afternoon." After saying that, he got up and took Zhang Lu out.
The proprietress hurriedly sent it to the door: "Xiao Li, I'm really sorry, you have to run in vain on a hot day." β
Li Xiaojun smiled and waved his hand and left the storefront.
However, it was a really hot day. When I was in the island city, it was good to say that the island city was close to the sea, and although the sun was very poisonous, the temperature was not too high, at least it was very cool compared to Pingzhou. In other words, the island city is one of the most suitable cities for human habitation in China.
On such a hot day, it was obviously not a good choice to continue shopping, and after a general turn, the three of them returned to the hotel, and the meal was also eaten in the hotel. However, the food in the hotel really made Xie Bin a little unsatisfied, although the dish looked very good, but the taste was very average, the amount was too small, and the price was too expensive.
Just watching Li Xiaojun and Zhang Lu eat with relish, Xie Bin can only eat casually to fill his stomach first. In other words, looking at Li Xiaojun and Zhang Lu, Xie Bin knows what it means to be "full of affection", and the two in front of him are typical. Xie Bin even doubted that they knew what the food they were eating tasted like.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Xiaojun took Xie Bin to the store again, this time the boss was also there, but he was sending off customers. There were three men and one woman, the man was about 40 years old, and the woman seemed to be only about 25 years old, and she was consigning the rough stones.
Xie Bin glanced at the side, and one of the rough stones of white sand skin was extremely eye-catching. The white sand skin stone is about 100 kilograms, oval-shaped, and at a glance, it looks very good. However, Xie Bin didn't come forward to watch carefully, and he didn't know how the specific performance was, but looking at the very cautious demeanor of a woman and three men, I am afraid that this stone is worth a lot of money.
According to the information, this kind of white sand skin stone can often produce some very good color materials. If the water is good, then the gambling of this material is still very high.
The young woman saw Xie Bin's eyes, smiled at Xie Bin, and then instructed the worker to carry the stone onto the car, and then got into the car and left.
Xie Bin was a little confused, why was this woman smiling so happily? Is it because you picked a good piece of material? Or how to drop? I don't seem to know her, why are I smiling at myself? Seeing that the woman should be a subordinate of one of the beer-bellied men, I just don't know if it's that kind of relationship. Well, this woman is quite tasteful, and her age is not too big, but this charm is about to catch up with this boss lady. If you knew each other, you wouldn't have forgotten it.
The proprietress warmly welcomed Xie Bin and the three of them to the store, and said with a smile: "Wait a minute, Lao Liu will take you to the warehouse immediately, come on, eat some watermelon, just opened." β
Li Xiaojun smiled, "Sister-in-law is polite, you guys are busy first, and then come to greet us when you're done." β
Soon, Boss Liu sent away the women, three men and a group of guests, trotted in, busy sweating, but the smile on his oily face was like a chrysanthemum, and he hurriedly gave up his hand as soon as he entered the door: "Xiao Li, I'm really sorry, this mother-in-law is not sensible, she was sluggish in the morning, she was sluggish." β
Li Xiaojun laughed, "Lao Liu, you are all old acquaintances, you don't need to do this, haha, you have made money again today." β
Boss Liu's chrysanthemum face collapsed suddenly, "Alas, what to earn, it's not bad if you don't lose money, you also know the current market, it's not easy to do, you're all waiting and seeing." β
Li Xiaojun smiled and didn't comment, "Let's go, let's see what treasures you have in your warehouse?" β
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say," Boss Liu led Xie Bin and the three into the backyard, while directing the proprietress to bring the watermelon to the warehouse, and quietly inquired about Xie Bin's origin.
Xie Bin secretly admired in his heart, this is also an eight-sided exquisite character, who is well-versed in all aspects, and has some scheming, and knows how to act and speak, no wonder there are many businessmen in this place, and those who can mix here are really not ordinary characters.
Li Xiaojun was bewildered by the boss's sincere expression and moving words, and explained Xie Bin's little bit of old truth. Xie Bin was very speechless watching from the sidelines, this guy kept telling Xie Bin to talk less when he came, but now it's good, the boss of the family has figured out his general goal this time in a few words.
When I entered the backyard, I found that behind this inconspicuous faΓ§ade, there was a very large yard, and there was a shed in the yard, and several masters were busy drawing lines and cutting stones, and some were carrying stones, but the first thing to greet out of the yard was two big dogs. What breed of dog is this, Xie Bin can't understand, but it looks quite fierce, fortunately, it is chained, otherwise the guests will be scared away by most of it.
The defense in the courtyard, except for the two big dogs, was the thick iron gate of the warehouse, and the dull rumbling sound that came out when the door was opened alone was enough to make people daunted.
The warehouse was quite large, with stones piled up everywhere, and a few large safes, but the light was quite dim, and even with the lights on, it was far worse than the natural light. But everyone is used to this situation. It is said that in the past, when looking at stones, the seller even gave only one oil lamp. In the past, there were no flashlights or anything like that, and those buyers were not still able to play with it.
The strong flashlight was specially bought by Xie Bin to pretend, and for him, no means and experience were as good as his own abilities. As long as the ability can determine that the foundation inside the stone is very good, Xie Bin will dare to make a move, which is also the capital that he dares to venture into this industry.
As soon as he entered the warehouse, Boss Liu hurriedly introduced, "The right side is all half-gambling materials and clear materials, and the left side is full gambling. β
Xie Bin was noncommittal, Li Xiaojun smiled and waved his hand, "Okay, okay, Lao Liu, it's not the first time I've come, if you have something to do, get busy first, hurry up and eat and go to the toilet, hahaha, don't you care about eating at noon?" β
Boss Liu nodded, "Alas, it's not like that, I can't make a lot of money, so I'll go eat something first, and you guys will watch first." β
However, what Boss Liu said was very generous, but he still arranged for a small worker to come in and watch, this should not be because he was worried that Xie Bin and others would steal the stone, but because he was afraid that they would destroy the surface of the stone. The skin of some stones is relatively weak, and it may be damaged by knocking or scraping, which will cause unpredictable changes in the value of the stone. If you can show a good performance, it will be good; However, if the skin is broken but there is nothing, it will naturally reduce the buyer's interest in the stone by half, or use it as an excuse to lower the price.
Of course, Xie Bin doesn't care about this at all, after all, this is someone's shop, and the value of the things here is almost tens of millions, so everyone has to be careful.
However, Xie Bin must really want to steal a stone or two from here, and judging from the monitoring of this warehouse, it is estimated that it will not be difficult at all. Xie Bin has a treasure hanging around his neck that no one dares to imagine. As long as he avoids the line of sight of the worker and the monitoring of the camera, Xie Bin can unknowingly put the stone into his necklace space, not to mention that so many stones they know if they have lost them, even if they know that they can't do anything about Xie Bin, don't you say? Just let him take his body, can he find out?
However, Xie Bin had never done petty theft when it was so difficult before, and now he naturally would not do such a humiliating thing. Besides, Xie Bin doesn't bother to do it, he has the ability to cheat openly, why do you want to steal? It is said that if you do too many bad things, your conscience will be punished. Of course, people whose conscience has been eaten are not counted in this list, such as those beasts who prey on **-year-old girls.
Li Xiaojun smiled at Xie Bin and said: "Xiao Xie, you can see what kind of material you want to see, and then talk about the price when you are optimistic, rest assured, brother, I am here, and I will never let you spend money in vain." β
Looking at Li Xiaojun's confident appearance, Xie Bin secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, and said in his heart, brother, you were really sold by others, and you have to help others count the money. But Li Xiaojun's temperament is like this, he is bold and has no deep scheming, and he is enthusiastic and sincere. It will be very pleasant to get along with someone like Li Xiaojun, especially for someone like Xie Bin who has a darker heart.
Indeed, the more scheming people are, the more willing they are to associate with scheming people, because they will not suffer losses in their relationships, and they don't have to rack their brains to calculate anything. Just like Song Jiang likes Li Kui very much, because only Li Kui will not doubt Song Jiang's purpose, as long as it is Song Jiang's order, he will obey it 100% unconditionally.
Xie Bin walked straight to the side of the whole gambling material, he can play the full gambling material now, the half gambling material is ridiculously expensive, not to mention the material. Someone asked, the half-gambling material is so valuable, so why don't the sellers open the windows, but also sell the full-gambling materials?
Xie Bin also suspected this question, but later Li Xiaojun explained it to him. The reason why there is such an activity as gambling on jadeite rough is because of its internal uncertainty, because before it is cut, no one knows whether there is jadeite in it and what kind of jadeite it is. After cutting the window, it is naturally good to be able to cut up, but if it collapses, it will even lose the capital. Therefore, the average seller is willing to open the window unless he can be 8 or 90 percent sure; Grasp the small one, and rather sell it cheaper, than use the knife indiscriminately.
There is a saying in the jade industry called "ten bets and nine losses", which may be a bit biased, but it will not be bad somewhere, otherwise why would jade be so expensive? It's because it's rarer. Don't look at the fact that there are people cutting out all kinds of materials every year, there are more low-grade materials, but compared to the number of rough stones excavated every year, the probability of producing jadeite is really not big, and there are fewer bets.
Some experienced veteran players can gamble on it is also a more festive thing, and under normal circumstances, they are worthy of respect for senior experts. Of course, with the exception of a few people, such as the legendary Jade King and others, the legend of those people's gambling stones can be written into a novel, and the excitement is no worse than the novel written by the target.
After Xie Bin read the stories of those prestigious legends, his heart was also full of enthusiasm. Not to mention that he still has the ability to assist, but he doesn't have an ability, Xie Bin wants to come in and try it.
Facing piles of stones, Xie Bin quickly calmed down. The stones in this warehouse are big and small, the small is the size of a fist, and the big one even has five or six hundred catties of material, which is like a lying cow when placed there, which is very shocking.
However, the mainstream materials are still fifty or sixty kilograms, and there are all kinds of skins. Xie Bin can barely recognize the skin of some materials now, as for recognizing the entrance or something, that's not good, after all, there are too few physical knowledge. It is said that many people in the industry may not be able to recognize the entrance of every stone.
Xie Bin squatted in front of a piece of white sand skin at random, took out a strong flashlight and a magnifying glass, and pretended to observe carefully. In fact, Xie Bin can also look at the skin, which can be regarded as a long experience, and he is familiar with his face. As for what he saw from the skin, Xie Bin didn't dare to think about it now.
The sand grains on the skin of the white sand skin are like salt, the stone species is old, and there is a white mist under the skin, which is mainly produced in the old field area of Mana and the individual field of the new field area. In addition, the white salt sand has no fog under the skin, the thickness of the sand grains is not distinguished, and the feel is weak. It is common to have yellow sand when the white sand is removed, which is an example of the symbiosis between the secondary sand crust and the primary sand crust. If there is green under the native sand shell, most of them are yang but not yin, and the emerald color is strong.
This is the introduction of Baishapi material in the information, and Xie Bin in front of him doesn't know the specific situation, but he remembers the last sentence very firmly.
Xie Bin has special abilities, and he is not afraid that the texture of the material is not good, but he is afraid that there is no color. The material of this white sand skin is easy to produce good color, which is in line with Xie Bin's requirements. In this way, as long as Xie Bin can determine the texture of the material, he can rest assured that he can make a bold move.
According to the information, if there is jadeite in it, the structure will be relatively tight, the crystals will be finer, the texture will be more delicate, the hardness will be high, and the transparency will be better.
But no one can guarantee what it will be, and we will not know until we cut it out. Of course, in front of Xie Bin's ability, its internal structure is still clearly presented.
Reaching out and gently pressing on the surface of the stone, the ability slowly emitted, but it was very finely controlled, and it did not probe indiscriminately inside, but the horizontal and vertical lines passed through the whole stone, and the internal situation was almost detected.
There is indeed material inside this stone, but in Xie Bin's perception, there are still many impurities, and there are small cracks, so it is not worth betting. And the price of this material is not low, and it may not be able to rise if you buy it.
Xie Bin shook his head and continued to walk towards the next piece. Xie Bin carefully looked at more than ten yuan, and finally knew why people said "ten bets and nine losses", in this case, even "one hundred bets and ninety losses" is not enough.
After looking at more than a dozen stones, it was not that there was no jade in it, but there were either too many impurities, or there were small cracks, which did not satisfy Xie Bin. Xie Bin can't afford to touch these uncertain stones, and if they collapse, his little belongings will disappear.
In fact, to put it mildly, these stones are not useless, after all, they are gambling stones, how can they be called gambling stones without gambling? If these stones are in the eyes of connoisseurs, they are still very valuable, and the impurities are very normal, they may be cotton spots or moss spots, or they may be other crystals, and they do not necessarily mean that they cannot be used.
There is no fear of cracking, as long as it is not cracked very badly, you can take out some good materials, but you can also carve it into ornaments.
It's just that Xie Bin doesn't understand these situations and doesn't dare to play such a thrilling game, so he feels dissatisfied.
Xie Bin looked all the way, and the more he looked, the more dissatisfied he felt, Li Xiaojun and Zhang Lu on the side had picked a good piece of material, and they were already bargaining with Boss Liu. But now that Xie Bin's ability is almost exhausted, Xie Bin still hasn't found the stone he likes.
After Li Xiaojun checked out, he walked to Xie Bin's side and asked with a smile, "Xiao Xie, how is it?" Still haven't found the one you're looking for? β
Xie Bin nodded, "I don't feel very good, I don't dare to start." β
Boss Liu on the side smiled, "This is a typical novice's heart, either feel that each piece is a treasure, or feel that each piece is not very good, in fact, it is a psychological factor at work, look at which one although rest assured to boldly take it, I have carefully selected these stones, few people have picked them, if it is not for this market is not good, I am not willing to take it out." β
Xie Bin laughed secretly when he heard this, just these stones, whoever buys them is unlucky, even if there are a few small profits, they have to exhaust their brains. What's more, he also said that the market is not good now, and these not very high-end materials, after cutting, it is really uncertain whether they will rise or fall.
Seeing Xie Bin like this, Li Xiaojun smiled, "Lao Liu, you don't know, my younger brother's luck is very good, he said that it doesn't feel good, then it must not be good, hahaha, let's sit down, let him pick it up here." β
Boss Liu muttered in his heart, what's the use of good luck, luck is temporary, and it won't always be with you? But there was a smile on his face, "Okay, pick slowly, pick slowly." β
Xie Bin didn't care, this Boss Liu had already found out the bottom of Xie Bin, knowing that Xie Bin just relied on luck to open a piece of oil green seed material, and after tasting the sweetness, he came here to pan for gold with hundreds of thousands of yuan. ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ (ps: I've signed a contract, I've been updating 10,000 words a day, and I'll keep this speed in the future, and I'll break out 1.5w words from time to time every week, can I collect more than 100 on Monday|? It's really not easy for newcomers! Ask for a collection, and it will explode if it is over 100! Thank you for your support! οΌ