Chapter 114: Colorful Jade
Seeing that Fei Fei's expression didn't seem to be acting, Cheng Jiadong simply popularized the basic knowledge of jadeite to him, so as not to make any "amazing" remarks after a while, so that he would be embarrassed by himself.
"Judging the quality of a piece of jadeite is generally measured from its species, water, bottom, color four aspects, species refers to the thickness of the crystalline granules, the smaller the crystalline particles, the better, the larger the crystalline particles, the worse the species, the best is the glass species, a little inferior is the ice species, the ice species and the glass species are high-grade materials in the jadeite. Water is also called water head, refers to the light transmittance of jadeite, that is, the transparency of jadeite, experts will be one to three points, from low to high transparency gradually increase, three points of water is the most transparent, glass is three points of water. And the base and color are all about the overall quality of the jadeite." The "bottom" is the "tray" that sets off the green, and it is a comprehensive consideration of some water species other than green. The "color" refers to the eye color of jadeite, and there are many colors of jadeite, which can be roughly divided into green, yellow, red, purple, white, colorless, multi-colored, and so on. Among them, "green" is precious, green is respected, and emerald green is the highest state of jadeite. However, as the jadeite market is getting hotter and hotter, this situation is also quietly changing, and the value of many jadeite with the purest color is not even below the imperial green, and people may just fancy its purity. But nothing is absoluteβ"
While Cheng Jiadong was explaining, Yu Fei's attention was attracted by the two who were bargaining in a stall.
Not because of how peculiar these two people were, but because one of them actually spoke Japanese.
"Boss Cheng, why are there still Japanese people who gamble on stones?" Yu Fei asked strangely.
"You are asking a fresh question, and the jade is not made by us, why are the Japanese not allowed to gamble on the stone?" Cheng Jiadong said with a smile: "Because of the Chinese people's love for jadeite, the ultra-high profit margin of the jadeite market has also attracted a lot of foreign capital inflows, not only Japan, but even some European merchants have also entered the jadeite industry." β
"I see." Yu Fei nodded, he was not a narrow-minded nationalist, but he was still a little uncomfortable when he saw the Japanese appear in Pingzhou's public market.
The boss is a young man in his early thirties, and he is not very enthusiastic about the two Japanese people, and he seems to like he likes to buy but not buy.
The slightly taller Japanese act as a translator, and it seems that he is a Chinese expert, and his Mandarin is probably more standard than most GD people.
"These two Japanese have a good vision, this is Lao Houjiang's material. The stall owner is from the old Yang family. Cheng Jiadong glanced at it and said.
"Boss Cheng and the stall owner are also familiar with each other?" Yu Fei asked. I can't see that this Cheng Jiadong is a well-traveled person.
"I don't know the stall owner, I do know the sign. In the gambling stone world, the Yang family is also a legend. The ancestral home of the old Yang family is YN Ruili, and they ran a horse gang in the Qing Dynasty. After the closure of Tengchong, the country's largest jadeite trading port, Ruili has become the only land trade center for Myanmar jadeite flowing into China, and more than sixty percent of jadeite wool is imported from Ruili to China, and Ruili has become one of the four major distribution centers of jadeite in the world. The old Yang family also started to do the reselling business of jadeite wool from that period, and now it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the leading jadeite wool merchant in China. Thirty outlets can be on their own, and this stall owner is not simple. Cheng Jiadong briefly introduced the background of the stall owner to Yu Fei.
"Boss Cheng, since it's Lao Houjiang's material, let's pick two pieces too?" Yu Fei said. In fact, he wanted to see what the materials of the two Japanese people were like, if it was a garbage brick material, forget it, if the jade inside was not bad, then Yu Fei would grab it, even if he couldn't grab it, he would raise the price, and he couldn't just be so cheap for these two little Japan.
Why didn't Cheng Jiadong understand his thoughts? However, he really wanted to see if there was any good material worth shooting, so he walked over with Yu Fei.
The shorter of the two is Hashimoto, the president of Sakura no Love Jewelry Club, a subsidiary of the Mitsui Group, whose main business is in China. And the tall one is called Noda, who is a jade expert in Sakura Love, and he has some ability.
Noda is interested in a piece of rough stone of about 30 kilograms, which is not small in terms of size, according to Cheng Jiadong, the skin color is okay, it should be regarded as a piece of pigment. The so-called pigment is between the brick material and the flower brand material, that is, it is possible to solve the high-grade jadeite, or it is possible to have nothing. There are not many good materials in the clear label, most of the flower brand materials are placed in the hidden label by the stall owner in order to sell at a high price, even if there are a few flower brand materials in the clear label, they are just used by the stall owner to attract individual customers. Although it is a pigment, the price is also expensive because of the volume and factory entrance, and Boss Yang opened a whole number of one million.
Noda and Hashimoto were talking in Japanese, and Yu Fei couldn't understand the content of the conversation, so he thought it should be a question of whether to buy or not.
Noda said more of the two, while Hashimoto frowned slightly, as if he couldn't make up his mind.
Finally, Hashimoto spoke briefly, as if to issue a directive.
Hearing this, Noda showed an embarrassed expression and said to Boss Yang: "If it is reduced to 800,000, we will need this stone." β
Boss Yang shook his head and said without relenting: "Just one million, love to buy and buy, don't buy and pull down." Although he said this, Noda also understood, so he conveyed Boss Yang's meaning to Hashimoto.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yu Fei guided the chaotic qi to investigate the wool that Noda fancied.
Seeing this, Yu Fei was relieved. Although there is jadeite in this rough stone, and the water head is also very good, reaching the ice species, but this color is too ...... These two Japanese people also have a mediocre vision!
According to the introduction of Boss Cheng, the purer the color of the jadeite, the higher the price, the color of this piece of wool is a lot of miscellaneous, there are five colors in the thick count, although green accounts for the majority, but there are red, purple, yellow, in addition to the original white base, as many as five colors, this price will definitely not get anywhere, and even solve the problem of whether it can be worth a million.
Of course, Yu Fei will definitely not be kind enough to remind these two Japanese friends that they have the best bet! He didn't know that Cheng Jiadong's words just now were only half of what he said! And even if the color is poor, or even colorless, the water and volume of this piece of jadeite alone are more than one million! That's why you don't know how to kill people.
"Boss Cheng, you just said that the purer the jade eyes, the more valuable they are, is that the more colors and the more miscellaneous they are, the less valuable?" Yu Fei thought about it for a while, but he still didn't feel at ease and asked for verification.
"It's not absolute, either. Even if the color of many jadeites is not pure, the price is not low because of the good combination. For example, spring ribbon color, also called spring flowers, is a combination of purple, green, and white, purple and green are invisible, and there is the meaning of spring flowers blooming. β
Cheng Jiadong further explained: "Jadeite has carried a profound oriental cultural connotation since ancient times, with an irresistible charm, and the eye color of jadeite has also been given different meanings. For example, purple is referred to as 'longevity', while red represents 'fu', and green represents 'lu' because of its similar pronunciation. The three colors of red, green and purple exist on a piece of jadeite at the same time, which is called Fu Lu Shou, which symbolizes auspiciousness and wishes, and represents Fu Lu Shou and three joys. The price is not inferior to that of pure jadeite. Of course, the most important thing is the water of jadeite, if the water is not good, even if the color is good, it will not be sold for money. β
Yu Fei's heart chuckled, and he hurriedly asked: "Then what if it is a piece of jade that has reached the high ice species and has five colors of red, green, purple, white, and yellow at the same time?" β
"Ha Lu Ha ......" Cheng Jiadong Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled: "Don't daydream, many people have never seen such a superb jadeite in their lives." Haven't you heard of it? The water is clear and there is no fish, most of the jadeite of the general glass species and high ice species are colorless, and the price of some color is already expensive, not to mention the colorful jadeite that represents blessing, Lu, longevity, jubilee and wealth? You, you, it's better to be down-to-earth. It's hard to just look at some introductions from books and gamble on stones......"
Cheng Jiadong's words were no longer heard clearly by Yu Fei, and Noda's voice faintly came from his ears: "Okay!" A million is a million! I bought this rough stone! β