Wuyang said: "That's the case, these are yours, the drivers, I'll pick another piece, if there is jadeite, cut it and distribute it to them, if not, pull it down." ”

Commander Yang said: "Secretary Li is too polite. Xiao Cai, you arrange to cut the stone here, we will go back to eat, and we will bring you food later. ”

The boss said: "We have a light meal here, and the bosses don't dislike it, so they can eat whatever they want." ”

Wuyang has already selected the 7th piece, and wants to negotiate a good price with the boss before cutting out the jadeite, so that he can save some money. "It's okay, Zhengyuan, you drive the chief back, and Limin and I will stay here for dinner. I'm going to pick out some wool and let them cut it tomorrow, and we'll go to the county seat." Boss, let's pay. ”

After entering the house, Qin Zhengyuan and Cai Limin each paid the highest price, and Wuyang did not stop them, this is what they should pay, anyway, they all paid in advance, and they wanted to get it back. If the wool is small, the jadeite inside is not big, there is no certainty, now the wool is so big, the jadeite inside is also very large, they must be sold, you can recover the capital. Let them pay in advance, mainly to give them a chance to form xiàn. After the two of them paid, they paid the remaining 5 yuan.

After Commander Yang and the others left, Wuyang negotiated with the boss, "Boss, now you believe it's true, right?" ”

"It turns out that you are really a big boss, I have eyes and don't know Taishan, please forgive me. Just 7 pieces of wool, you have no counteroffer, if you still buy the wool in the house, I will give you an 8.8% discount, Pingli, you choose more than 50 piles, I will give you the best price, but also the best price of the whole Tengyue. 10,000 pieces per kilogram. ”

"What's your last name, boss?"

"Don't give your surname Liu. Where's you, boss? ”

"I won't tell you yet. But I'll be honest. Tengyue's wool yard owner, there are few I don't know, Boss Liu, if you give me a high price, our business is a hammer deal. ”

"The conscience of heaven and earth, boss, a big customer like you. I can't even invite you. If I give a high price, you can just come and I'll refund you the full amount, okay? ”

Wuyang said: "Let's not talk about the iron frame, it's normal for the price to be different, and you can't be too high." ”

"I promise it won't be high."

"Good. Boss Liu, have you heard of Li Huzi? That's me. ”

"Oh, you are Boss Li and Secretary Li? You are famous in Tengyue, whose wool yard if you are invited to buy wool, you will definitely make a fortune, I didn't expect Li Huzi to come to my yard. So be it. Boss Li, you select 100 piles of wool in the ping. I'll send you 5 piles. ”

Wuyang said: "I don't want things that don't conform to the rules." Since I can afford wool, I can afford to pay for it. ”

"Boss Li, this is in line with the rules. You think, if I bring back wool from Burma, it must be profitable, and if it is sold, I can buy it back. It's much better to go on and on like this than to stick to these, right? I have a brother who you should know, and he left a message for me to ask you to come over if I meet you. ”

Wuyang said, "Who is your senior brother?" It's not small. ”

"Boss Li, don't get me wrong, he is not a big shelf, he wants to ask you to go over to his works to give valuable advice, in addition to he has collected hundreds of pieces of wool, all of which he has carefully selected, I want you to identify whether there are jadeite, and exchange some experience with you in selecting wool."

"Is your senior brother Yang Hanmin?"

"yes, you know him, too?"

"Of course I know, he is the inheritor of the intangible culture of the jadeite industry, and he is famous. Well, we'll visit tomorrow and admire his work. Do you have time tomorrow? Let's go together. ”

"I'll arrange for the masters to cut the stones, and it'll be fine. Boss Li, I'll arrange to add a few dishes, let's have a few drinks. ”

"You're welcome, let's go pick the wool. After eating, I went to Pingli to choose. ”

Wuyang walked in front, and Boss Liu still called to arrange additional dishes.

The speed of selection was very fast, and Boss Liu couldn't keep up, so Wuyang had to stop and wait for him. When he arrived at the big wool area, Boss Liu could only mark it with red paint.

More than 30 pieces were selected in the semi-gambling area, more than 20 pieces were selected in the whole gambling area, and 120 pieces of wool in the large wool area were all more than 1 ton, the largest was about 10 tons, and the majority were 3 or 5 tons. Wuyang selected 84 pieces, and the total amount has exceeded 10 billion.

"Boss Liu, Yang Hanmin chooses a piece of wool, it takes at least half an hour, the longest, it takes a few days, how can you choose it so quickly?"

Wuyang said: "I will never be selective, just based on the first feeling, I can buy it if I feel it, and I will leave if I feel bad." By the way, has he selected these wools? ”

Boss Liu smiled: "Of course I have selected, my business, can he not take care of it?" However, he is not good at going to other wool yards to select wool, he looks at it for a long time, some people will pay attention to which piece he is concerned about, and as soon as he walks away, the wool will be bought immediately, and sometimes there will be people bidding with him, it was originally a very cheap wool, a price raised too high, he carved out, the profit margin is very small. ”

Wuyang smiled: "His fame is too great, celebrities have the difficulties of celebrities." Boss Liu, do you know whether the works in his pavilion are sold to the outside world? ”

"Of course it sells, as long as the price is right, anything will be sold. Boss Li, you don't want to buy jadeite objects, do you? ”

Wuyang said: "I also have a processing factory at home, and I am not very satisfied with the carved things, so I want to see if I can buy some fine products back for samples." ”

Boss Liu said: "Boss Li, this is not necessary, we are all people who have more contact with jade carving objects, have you ever seen a similar artwork?" In other words, this is an art, and the quality of the work depends entirely on the engraver's understanding of the work, as well as the level of the work. For example, a statue of Guanyin, or a lotus platform sitting high, or a flowing skirt, its face is plump and kind. If it is carved into the shape of a monkey's gills. It's not Guanyin. Such a carver is the most inferior craftsman, and cannot be accepted by the majority of collectors. If you ask him to draw a scoop according to the gourd, he will not be able to draw it well. ”

"So what do you mean, the key issue is to raise their level?"

"The level can be improved, but if you want to produce high-quality products, you have to rely on understanding. Yang Hanmin only studied with the master for 3 years. I studied with the master for 8 years before I became a teacher, but what can be carved out are all ordinary goods, so I have no confidence in myself. ”

Wuyang said: "Yang Hanmin is famous, but you have made a fortune." ”

"Where to make a fortune, these wool materials were given to me on credit by a Burmese relative, and after they were sold, he gave me a commission of 10%. To this day, my equity is still negative. I borrowed money to open this wool yard. Yang Hanmin is different, he spends thousands of yuan to buy a piece of wool and carve out a work, which is many times the profit. You know his 'Returning Man on a Snowy Night', right? ”

"I don't know exactly what the work is."

He bet on a piece of jadeite, which was covered with cotton dots, which were white flaws, which were originally a piece of waste, but after his ingenious conception, the cotton dots were turned into snowflakes, carved out a beautiful work of art, and became a good story in the jade carving world. After the work was sold, it made a lot of money. If you want to buy 'Returning to the People on a Snowy Night' now, I'm afraid it won't work for more than a million. Boss Li, will this jade work be the same as calligraphy and painting in the future, and the price of famous works will be higher and higher? ”

"Of course, even now, the price of ordinary people's works is much lower than that of famous works, and with the passage of time and the death of famous artists, this difference will naturally become larger and larger. Of course, the so-called famous artists, in addition to having good works, still have to rely on publicity. ”

Boss Liu smiled: "To put it bluntly, it's just hype." Boss Li, let's eat, drink some wine, and relieve fatigue. ”

"Eat whatever you want, I'll have to pick out the wool later."

"Boss Li, to be honest with you, before you came, I promised people to participate in a card game, there were not many people in the field, plus to cut stones, no one will follow you, or you choose by yourself, mark with red paint, we will carry it for you tomorrow, or you will come to choose later."

"My schedule in the future is relatively tight, just pick it up here tonight, it doesn't matter if you're not there, I'll mark which stone to cut, and I'll arrange someone to carry the rest."

Boss Liu said: "Boss Li, you see that I only have a few stone cutters here, and I can't cut out more, so you can just pull them all away, and you can give me the payment tomorrow." ”

"Okay, you can play with peace of mind, I'll pick the wool myself, I wish you good luck and win more."

"Thank you. I'm gone. ”

After the meal, Cai Limin guarded between the stones, and Wuyang went to the ping to pick up wool by himself. Boss Liu's wool is okay, it can be said that there are emerald wool in the middle of each pile, and when you see the high-grade jadeite, you will use a red paint brush to mark it in the afternoon. After selecting more than 20 piles, Qin Zhengyuan came.

Qin Zhengyuan and Cai Limin's skills, now can clearly see the jade in the wool, they do not participate in gambling stones, because they are now serving in the army, and the impact is not good, and there are more jadeite, not as people say, the resources have been exhausted, to gamble on the stone, there will be many opportunities in the future. So he came over and said, "Master, you can't make a row like this, just buy a bunch of wool for a piece of wool, I'm afraid you won't even be able to get the cost back." ”

"Boss Liu is like this, so I can only choose like this."

"I'll figure it out, you just don't care."

"I'll do mine, I don't want to know what you're doing." Wuyang actually knew what he wanted to do, and he also wanted to save some money, but after all, he was a person with status, and he couldn't do it.

Wuyang selected in front, and Qin Zhengyuan engaged in stealing beams and changing pillars in the back, moving a piece of wool with emerald in the middle of a pile to another pile to concentrate, and then moving out of it without jadeite. Some of the emerald wool materials are not easy to turn out, and this pile has become a concentration point. Wuyang sometimes glanced at him and felt very funny when he saw the look of looking left and right, holding it gently, as if he was doing this in the first place.

Wuyang's work is easy and the progress is fast, gradually, Qin Zhengyuan was pulled away from a long distance, he finished the work, and Qin Zhengyuan still had a long way to go.

"Zhengyuan, don't get it, it's too tiring, I'll take inventory, let's go."

Qin Zhengyuan said: "Master." You go for tea. I've adjusted it to points. Soon. ”

"Then you go ahead, I'll count the piles."

Wuyang started counting from the beginning, and it took another 40 minutes, and it happened that Qin Zhengyuan had also finished it. The selected pile is 1686 piles, and Boss Liu sends 94 piles, and he has to pay 1592 piles.

After Qin Zhengyuan's adjustment, there were at least 4 pieces of jade with more than 4 ice species in each pile, and some might have a few more. An average of 5 pieces is no problem, and there are some glutinous seeds and glutinous seeds, so it doesn't count, Boss Yang They don't want it, and Wuyang won't cut it out.

Back to the stone-cutting room, 7 pieces of jadeite just rubbed out, a stone-cutting master said: "This boss selected the wool blocks have emerald, and it is a good emerald, really god." ”

When Wuyang heard him say this, his heart beat a drum. If you go back to rest with a few of your own. They took away a few marked pieces and hid them. I'm going to lose a lot. I shouldn't have done this, I should have chosen some wool without jadeite, but these wool materials are too expensive, often millions, so I don't want to throw away this money in vain.

"Zhengyuan, what should I do?"

Qin Zhengyuan also heard the discussion of the masters, "In this way, you let Boss Liu come back, I will notify the troops to come and move away, the wool is left here, and we don't have a good night's sleep." ”

Wuyang called Boss Liu, "Boss Liu, we have already selected, you can take a look at ......"

Boss Liu said, "Okay, I'll be back soon." ”

A few minutes later, the car came in. "Boss Liu, why is it so fast?"

Boss Liu said with a smile: "I lose money every day, but today I am very lucky, and I won more than 20 million, and I am worried that I can't find a way to leave." ”

"No wonder, you fell asleep, I gave you a pillow. That's the case, I want to transport the selected wool overnight, we have our own car, just trouble you to arrange a forklift. ”

"It's half past ten now, I'm afraid everyone is sleeping, and I can't hire a forklift."

Wuyang said: "That's the case, in addition to the cost of renting forklifts, I will give each forklift 10,000 yuan for hard work, you can contact us to try it." ”

Boss Liu said with a smile: "This must be no problem, the wool is cut, I will arrange personnel to count the piles, and contact the forklift immediately." ”

Several stone cutters went to count the piles, the troops and the forklifts invited by Boss Liu arrived soon, after the counting, Qin Zhengyuan arranged the loading, Wuyang paid with Boss Liu, and Cai Limin loaded the jade and sent it back.

After loading a few cars, Wuyang took the first car to lead the way and sent it to He's sister-in-law's wool yard. Sister-in-law He's yard is 10 kilometers away from Boss Liu, and the night is quiet, there are no pedestrians and vehicles on the road, and the speed can run.

When I arrived at the wool yard, I heard the sound of the car, He Maoyou and Sister-in-law He came out, and after greeting her, Sister-in-law He said: "Boss Li, this place is all handed over to me, you hurry upstairs, Secretary Lin and Boss Tian are waiting for you." ”

Wuyang said: "There is also An Lan waiting for me in the army guest house." ”

He Maoyou said: "Secretary, you tell me the location, call her and ask her to wait, and I will go over to pick it up immediately." ”

"Okay." Wuyang told the address, called again, and hurried upstairs.

Lin Hua and Tian Yu were watching TV, and when they saw Wuyang entering the door, they immediately got entangled.

After the kiss, Wuyang asked, "Xiaoyu, where is your child?" ”

"Sleeping next door, I have to sleep for a few hours before I wake up."

"I'll take a look." Wuyang said and left, and when he arrived at the room, he saw the child's pink face, and finally made a wish. Wuyang was about to kiss, but was stopped by Tian Yu.

"Can the child stand your beard? If you want to kiss, kiss the child's mother. ”

"The child must be kissed. Xiaoyu, isn't Pingzhi at home? ”

Tian Yu said with a smile: "People don't say that there are 10,000 reasons for a woman to cheat. I came out this time on the grounds that Zhu Bao and Zhu Bei had something to do in Lanjiang and there was a lack of wool in the store, anyway, Peng Yan would come back soon and would not be exposed. Let's go, let's go to Lin Hua's side, so as not to wake up the child. ”

When he returned to Lin Hua's side, he only heard the sound of rushing water, and Lin Hua had already entered the bathroom. Wuyang asked Tian Yu to change his clothes and went in himself. I slept in the car for a long time today, and I was in good spirits.

Early the next morning, Wuyang asked He Maoyou to send himself and An Lan back to the army camp, just in time for breakfast. During the banquet, Commander Yang said, "Secretary Li, we will return to Spring City after breakfast, thank you." ”

"Commander, what are you polite? If there's anything, you just tell it. ”

Commander Xu said: "Secretary Li, we really have something to ask you to help with, these jadeites are so big, we can't take them back, how about you please help us deal with it?" ”

"No problem, you go to the bank to open an account, send a message to me, I will sell the goods and transfer the money to you." Xiaoliang, what about yours? ”

Commander Yang said: "This idea is still his idea, and he naturally has to deal with it." These things are luxuries, and we, the working class, cannot afford them. ”

Wuyang said: "It's better to keep a little bit at home, you give it to your daughter or daughter-in-law, and you give it to your lover Xiaoliang, and it's very expensive to buy it." Well, I'll see if I can cut out the glass jadeite, and I'll bring you some if I have one. ”

Xiao Liang said, "Thank you, chief. ”

Commander Yang said: "Let's go back and leave Xiaoliang behind, you don't have a car, and it's not convenient." ”

"Commander, no need, Zhengyuan and Limin are here, and you will need a car when you go back."

"I heard that the volume of wool is relatively large, and it is estimated that one company is not enough, so I transferred two more companies for you, and you can tell me if it is not enough."

Wuyang thought about it, there are only more than 40 cars in a company, and it is a car with a small carrying capacity, so it is really difficult to transport. For example, last night's wool was nearly 17,000 tons, and each car transported 20 tons at a time, which required more than 20 trips. Although the road is not far, the time for loading and unloading and the road can't run for an hour, so the driver doesn't have to rest. Boss Liu is a small wool yard, but there are not many wool to buy, if you go to Boss Mao's big field, I'm afraid it will take a few days. If 80 vehicles are added, 2,400 tons can be transported in one trip, and the situation will be much better if it is transported for short distances, and it can be overloaded appropriately.

"Commander Yang, you have thought it too thoughtfully, thank you, thank you."

Commander Xu said: "Secretary Li, this is a dish made of mangoes on the tree in Pingli, you can taste it." ”

"Can mangoes still cook?"

"Yes. These mango trees are hundreds of years old, they are old varieties, if they are eaten as fruits, they are particularly sour and cannot be eaten, but if they are made into vegetables, they taste very good. ”

I ate it at noon, and it was really sweet and sour, and it tasted good. "Well, it's really delicious."

"Secretary Li, I heard the soldiers say that there are stone cutters in the wool yard here, and the wool you buy can be cut directly in their yard, and now I guess you are not watched, not at ease. Commander Yang sent two infantry platoons, and I will send you two more platoons and let them guard for you, so that you are not afraid of losing. ”

Wuyang said: "I bought wool last night, there are only a few stone cutters, can not cut a few pieces, there are many stone cutters in other fields, but it is the National Day holiday, there are many people who come to gamble on stones, I am worried that I will not win, no one is not at ease is also the main reason, so I arranged to transport it to a field to concentrate, and cut it slowly." Now that the commander has sent so many people, it can be arranged to cut on the spot. Thank you. (To be continued......)