Chapter Seventy-Four: Preparing to Craft the Jade
At breakfast, the whole family came, and Qin Xiaoying asked where Wuyang went last night? Wuyang took out the jade dumplings that were fused with true qi last night, and said excitedly: "Our jade carving, there will be no waste in the future, I did an experiment last night, and I can use true qi to fuse them together." It's just that this thing is very tiring, I did it for half an hour, and I was so tired that I couldn't walk. In the future, with the strengthening of true qi, it may be better, but now we can only keep the residue. As he spoke, he showed the two clumps of jadeite to everyone, and handed them to Xiaobao after the most. Wuyang said again: "Xiaobao, you wait and try to carve it first, what is different from the original carving, tell me how you feel." ”
Xiaobao smiled and said: "If that's okay, then Brother Wuyang, you have made a fortune, and we can buy this kind of residue from other people's houses with the rest of our own, and the price must be very low." ”
"You try it first. Dabao and I went to cut stones, and it is estimated that we can send the jade back in the afternoon. Girls, I'm going to give each of you a piece of jadeite, what color do you like? Wuyang said.
"It's not what color we want, it's what color you have." Qin Xiaoying said. Among the women of Wuyang, Wu Fang and Wang Xiaohui knew that Wuyang could see through the stone, and Huang Li and Pei Lei also guessed it last time, but Wuyang didn't admit it, and the others didn't know about it at all. Wu Fang and Wang Xiaohui have already received Wuyang's instructions not to leak out.
Wuyang said: "Now the jade is still in the wool, and none of us know what to do, but you can always tell me what you want when you cut it out, right?" ”
Qin Xiaoying smiled and said: "We are now a bride, you must send us a set of red jade products, and you will not be a bride in the future." There must be a set of jadeites that can be worthy of the identity of the wife of our boss Li. I like sky blue the most. I'll give away a set of sky blue ones. When I'm older in the future, I have to prepare a set of the imperial green that even Song Meiling likes very much, right? If there are other colors, I think it is best to make a necklace, the necklace base is made of white gold, and the middle is inlaid with seven colors of jadeite, and the jadeite is slightly larger; Or like the kind worn by European noblewomen, the kind with a large diamond under the neck, a necklace is worth tens of millions or hundreds of millions of yuan. In this way, when we wear it out, people will be discouraged when they see our value and want to harass. ”
Pei Lei also said: "Xiaoying's proposal is good. After the two spoke, the other girls chimed in. Wuyang smiled and said, "I will definitely meet everyone's wishes, and even far exceed everyone's expectations." It's just that the jade is still in the wool, I don't know if there are these in the road, and the time may not be until the end of next year. ”
The girls all said, "Don't be afraid, we have time." ”
After Wuyang handed over the carving tools to Xiaobao, he went to his hometown with Dabao. Wu Fang, Qin Xiaoying, and Pei Lei all asked to go, and Wuyang knew that they had nothing to do at home. simply called Zhu Qing, Zhang Mengyu, Zhang Mengxin, Li Shuangyan, and Li Zhuoyan, and only Wang Xiaohui had to go to work. There's no way to follow.
10 people squeezed two cars to their hometown. Wuyang came yesterday, saw that all the villas have been completed, the exterior wall carved some dragons, phoenixes, bats, deer, green pines or something, although the level of carving is only craftsman level, but the meaning is very good, a color of stone wall, looks very ancient, and the design style is very compatible, if the exterior wall grows some moss in the future, or cut some gecko vines and the like, it will be more antique.
The construction workers are carrying out a simple renovation of the interior of the house, and now the house has not dried, so it is not suitable for fine decoration. Several people came to this villa designed by Wu Fang, the stone cutting work in the house has been completed, each stone treasure room is 100 meters long, 2.5 meters wide, 2 meters high, the space is 500 cubic meters, and 18 rooms have 9,000 cubic meters. Ventilation and lighting equipment has been installed inside, these equipment are inside the wall, do not affect the loading, and there is an 80-meter-long, 2-meter-wide corridor outside these treasure houses, which can also be used to put things if necessary. There are 8 stone houses on the hillside of the first floor of the main villa, and there is a basement below, so the treasure room of the entire villa is more than 10,000 cubic meters. Everyone looked at it and said: did you design with so many things in mind that there are so many things to collect?
After laughing for a while, Wuyang began to prepare to cut stones. First of all, the stone cutter was dragged to the ping, connected to the power supply, and then went to select the wool, and selected 6 pieces of wool from the wool purchased this time, all of which were particularly good jadeite. The jadeite in the wool brought back from Pingzhou this time is all ice and glass, and the bean green is basically not wanted. Then from the wool pulled back from Tengyue last time, 6 pieces of bean green seeds that are not very good for water species were selected. When carrying the wool, it was all Wuyang, Zhang Mengyu, and Zhang Mengxin who were lifting, and the two of them had practiced martial arts and were very energetic.
Before cutting the stone, Wuyang went to the basement to find Master Xia and asked him to help rub the stone. Master Xia immediately came with his two sons, and Wuyang told them how to rub the stones. Because of the wool pulled back from Tengyue last time, the stone on the surface has been basically cut off, and now it is enough to rub the stone. As soon as Master Xia operated, Wuyang found that they were very good at it, so he asked the three of them to rub a piece of wool each, and cut stones with Chen Dabao and a few girls.
Wuyang has already cut the stone many times, and with the precision of the technique, the stone cutting is very smooth. Each piece of wool is only cut with one knife on one side, and it is along the edge of the jadeite, and the speed is also very fast. In about 1 hour, 6 pieces of wool are cut out, and through the thin layer of stone, you can see the jadeite inside.
Qin Xiaoying said: "Wuyang, people say that gambling stones is ten bets and nine losses, why do you have jadeite in these wool materials?" ”
Wuyang smiled, "If you have it, you can't do it." I cut out the jade is a big luck, people buy lottery tickets to win the jackpot is also a big luck, the content is different, the meaning is the same. ”
"Wuyang, this time in Pingzhou, how much money did you make selling jadeite?" Pei Lei asked.
"It's almost 40 billion. However, this year's gold is no longer able to be sold in large quantities, and we may not have enough money. I can't give it to you this time. ”
"Stingy, who's going to divide your money, it's just a matter of asking." Pei Lei said.
"That is, no wonder people say that the richer you are, the more stingy you are, it turns out to be true. Let me tell you that the last time we bought the futures, crude oil has risen to $69 per barrel. Gold has risen to $727 an ounce. We have money. Qin Xiaoying said. Everyone burst out laughing.
"Congratulations, you are all little rich women, when will I give Xiaosheng some attention and buy me a bottle of water to drink." Wuyang smiled, in fact, he was thinking in his heart that he made more money than them, and he made nearly $3.5 billion in futures. If you sell the rare metal this time, the money can't be used in the company. I also have to use it to buy futures, and according to my own estimates, these two futures will still rise sharply. The company wants to purchase steel and extract oil, and now it has some money in its own hands, and the gold jewelry store will definitely be able to earn some income, and the tungsten ore should also have some income, which should be enough.
Qin Xiaoying and Zhu Qing were a little anxious, Zhu Qing wanted to find water, Xiao Ying said, "I'll drive to buy it for you right away." Wu Fang said: "I am familiar with the situation in this area. I'll go with you. ”
At this time, Master Xia and his son had already rubbed out 6 pieces of wool, although it was not a high-water jadeite. But such a big piece is placed there, and it looks good.
Master Xia said: "Boss Li, look at it, is it okay for us to rub the stone?" ”
Wuyang looked at it and said, "Your level is not worse than those professional stone polishing masters." After saying that, he went to the bucket and carried a bucket of water, and poured it on top of the jade with both hands. The watered jadeite is even more beautiful.
"Brother Dabao, these jadeites are the worst in our jadeite, and they are all ready for you to practice. Master Xia, if you and your son learn jadeite carving, they will also use this kind of jadeite to practice. You take a break, and then you rub these, these jadeites are much better. ”
Master Xia said, "We are used to work, so let's start doing it right away." Boss Li, my two sons followed the master to learn to carve jadeite. Anyway, now that your villa is finished, we haven't found another job yet, so we won't look for it. You have a lot of stones here, I will help you rub the stones first, and I want to learn it in the future, but I don't know if I can learn it. ”
"You are so ingenious, how can you not learn. You are now working as a stonemason, and the salary is much lower than that of jadeite carving, this is my cousin, who used to carve stamps, and today he began to learn to carve jadeite. Your salary will be the same. If you learn it, you will have 20,000 yuan a month, and if you are proficient, you may have 50,000 yuan a month. You're in your 50s now, you're in such good health, and you're fine with 20 years to go. ”
"I really can't do it, so I'll do some rough work, like cutting large pieces into small pieces or something." Master Xia said with a smile.
Wuyang thought: Since he has such an idea, he will definitely succeed in the future. He smiled and said, "Let's take one step at a time in the future." ”
"Boss Li, after the people from the construction company leave, do you want to invite someone to cook here, can you do me a favor and let my wife come over?"
"Anyway, you have to invite someone, it's not impossible for your wife to come over, but the food must be done well, especially pay attention to hygiene, can you do it?"
"Surely."
"Okay, let's all come over as a family after the Chinese New Year. We don't have to bring the covers, we have someone to buy them now, and someone will send them soon. Your wife can also take care of these laundry and quilt things, whether your son can drive a motorcycle, I buy a motorcycle, let them buy vegetables, and can't deduct food expenses. ”
"Boss Li, don't worry, we will definitely be able to do a good job." After Master Xia finished speaking, he began to wipe the stone.
Wuyang, Mengyu, and Mengxin carried 4 pieces of polished jadeite into the house, and put 2 pieces in the trunk of the car. Who knew that these jadeites were too heavy, and after putting two pieces in the trunk, the front of the car was warped, so I had to lift another piece to the front and put it under the passenger seat. These low-grade jadeites of the cut bean green seeds can be put into gold jewelry stores for sale after carving.
A few people turned around, Xiaoying and the others came back from buying mineral water, drank the water, and a few people went to the pond to take a look, and watched Master Xia and them rubbing stones from a distance. It was really not interesting, so Wuyang proposed to go around the old village committee. So I walked over slowly.
By the time we arrived at the old village committee, the company's office building had already been built on two floors, and many construction workers were busy. I didn't look for them, so I went straight to Pingli. All kinds of steel in the ping are piled up, and they are stacked neatly and orderly. Walking to the office, an employee of a construction machinery company greeted them and introduced the basic situation.
After last year's 1.3 million tons were shipped, another 3 million tons were purchased in this province and neighboring provinces in January this year, and now they are stepping up transportation, and basically unloading trucks every afternoon. Sometimes it's busy late at night. At least 1,200 tons were shipped back in one day. The average is around 1500 tons.
Wuyang did the math. An average of 1,500 tons, 3,000,000 tons takes 2,000 days. He asked, "Can't you transport more?" ”
"The space here is too small, and there are too many vehicles to drive, so there is no way." The employee replied.
Wuyang didn't tell him more, but called Guo Zhiping and told him about the situation. Guo Zhiping said: I spend a lot of time in the capital now, and I don't know the situation at home, so I will find a way to solve it immediately.
Wuyang said: "Is it to open up a site on the side of the manor?" Anyway, it's all barren mountains over there now, and there will be more steel needed over there in the future, so just unload it over there and send someone to guard it. ”
Guo Zhiping said: "I will go back to Zhongnan this afternoon, and immediately send people to open up the site, so that we can increase transportation efforts tomorrow." This can also save the cost of a second shipment, which we should have thought of a long time ago. Xiao Li, let me tell you about the situation in the capital, the steel I talked about last time has been invoiced and paid, and now it is being transported in full swing. The road to the property is full of traffic every day and we are now transporting it 24 hours a day. The daily transportation volume is more than 60,000 tons. This time I bought 15 cranes on my own initiative, and transferred the crane drivers that the company can mobilize, or 10 or so short, I asked for it locally. In this way, our shipping cost will exceed 100 yuan per ton. ”
"If you exceed, you will exceed, and no one will have a limit there. 3 million tons of steel, if it rises by 1,000 yuan per ton, what is the concept? Wuyang said.
After ending the call, Wuyang and his party came to the cement factory again, and Yuan Zhi happened to be in the factory, and he was very happy to see Wuyang. Wuyang asked him about the situation in the factory, and Yuan Zhi said: "Now the trial production has begun, but the cement produced does not meet the standard of high grade, and the engineer invited is debugging, and it is estimated that there will be results today." If it is reached, we will start producing, and if it is not reached, we will ask for another skill. ”
Wuyang said: "Your cement is produced, and you don't have to buy the construction of the office building next to it." ”
Yuan Zhi said: "It will take 20 days for our cement to be produced, plus the Chinese New Year, so I estimate that it will not be able to be produced in the first quarter of this year." ”
A few people turned around and left, Wuyang joked with Yuan Zhi: "I am carving jadeite, when will I have money, come to me to buy jadeite and give you a preferential price." ”
Yuan Zhi said with a smile: "It's also a buddy, a broken bracelet costs money, I see that you have lost your money." ”
"Okay, for buddy's sake, I'll give you a set. Prices may not be the same, though. If the cement factory is done well, it will give you a set of several million, and if the cement factory is not good, it will give you a set of more than 1,000 yuan. He laughed and left.
The road out of the cement factory is still at the level of the foundation, and it is still full of potholes, but fortunately, the road surface is dry, otherwise there is really no way to walk.
Back in his hometown, Master Xia and his son finished wiping the first piece and were wiping the second piece. In fact, there is no need to rub out so much in Wuyang now, mainly because I think that I may participate in work after the New Year, or I may go to Myanmar to participate in the jade market.
The mobile phone rang, and I saw that it was Liu Bingqiu. We were separated the day before yesterday, so what's going on today?
"Wuyang, I have two things I want to ask for, one is that we took a fancy to real estate in the city yesterday. Here is a bankrupt state-owned enterprise, its plant is divided into 4 pieces, each area of about 12 acres, the location here is good, in the downtown area, but the price is relatively high, the reserve price of the auction house is 5 million per mu, now I don't know what price can be auctioned down. The land is divided into front and back, the front one is close to the main road, and the back one is worse, but the front one must leave a passage for the back one, so that the front one is more expensive. I have already paid a deposit of 500,000 yuan to participate in the auction, you can see if you participate, participate in the auction for a few yuan. If you participate, you have to play money, it doesn't matter if you don't participate, I just don't raise my cards when the time comes. The second is that we must buy some locally produced steel at the same time as we buy imported steel, I learned that we need about 10% of auxiliary steel, and there are also about 10% of the steel produced by small steel mills with unstable quality. In this way, we can build a house in the future to use it well. What do you think? ”
Wuyang thought about it for a while, "Brother Bingqiu, about that piece of land." We're definitely going to participate. If there are no other restrictions. We can buy them all. Money is not an issue. When it comes to steel, you can buy as much as you can, and don't be limited by that ratio. The price of these steels will soon rise, and there will definitely be money to be made. I'll give you the money later, how much do you think is appropriate? ”
Liu Bingqiu said: "You can make 500 million yuan first, and after buying all the land, it is estimated that there is still a little money left, and you can buy steel." ”
"Brother Bingqiu. That's it, I'll give you 1 billion, you let go of your work, don't worry about money. Come back in a few days for the New Year, come back by plane, and don't go to the train. Those who stay on duty will be paid a little more overtime. ”
Master Xia and his son had already wiped the jade, and Wuyang went to carry it with Mengyu and Mengxin again, and this time Master Xia and his son rushed to carry it. Wuyang didn't rest, so they lifted two pieces to the car. Both of these are the yang green of the glass species. It happens to be at the same level as the jade carved by Chen Xiaobao.
After coming back, Wuyang remembered to give Liu Bingqiu money. I found Xiaobao and gave him the money he earned in Yangmei last time, and asked him to transfer it to several aunts.
Xiaobao saw Wuyang coming back, and said happily: "Brother Wuyang, your two clusters of regenerated jadeite are better than the original jadeite." Not so brittle and slightly less hard. I took it and carved some miniature carvings, and there were no breaks. This is something that I have failed to achieve in many experiments at my grandfather's house. Now the miniature carved jadeite is basically blank in China, because the hardness of the jadeite is too high, too brittle, and it will break at every turn, and it will not produce a complete work, I estimate that this blank will be filled by me. The joy was palpable.
Wuyang was also very happy when he heard it, and said that we should work hard in the future, and said a few words of encouragement. Then he told Xiaobao the ins and outs of the money and gave him the bank card. Xiaobao was even happier when he heard that the two buildings had shares in his mother and three sisters, and that he had so much money in his hands.
Wuyang said: "Xiaobao, you give this money to your mother, and each of you has a villa in this small courtyard." But what about one brother and two brothers? ”
"I'm still young, just give it to my brother, my parents can live by themselves, I don't want it anyway. I'm carving jade for you now, are you still afraid that you won't be able to earn this bit of real estate? ”
Wuyang said: "This time I brought some wool from Pingzhou to each of your families, do you think I will give you money now, or will I cut it out and sell it in the store later?" ”
Xiaobao said: "There is money in this card, which can be distributed among the two aunts' families, their families are not rich, and their cousins and cousins are in school and need money." Our family is not in a hurry, and we will talk about it when my brother finds a partner and is ready to get married. Cut out the jade and help them sell it. ”
"Xiaobao, now the price of real estate is the lowest, otherwise it is like this, I will drive in the afternoon, your brother looks at the house, which location you like, what kind of house, whether it is a villa or something, of course I think it is best to be a villa, a group of villas is the best, we will buy it." Like the villas we have here now, there are 20 sets together, how good it is for a whole family to live together. ”
Xiaobao said: "Brother Wuyang, you have money now, you can contribute to your relatives, you can buy a house, but you can't make it public now." For example, my brother Dabao, you can afford him and buy a house for him, and after he knows the Tao, he will not work hard. He is different from me, I can be tireless in what I want to do, he has nothing to do at all, playing cards and drinking all day is his favorite. ”
"Dabao is such a person? I really don't know what to do. "Wuyang Road.
"Not only Dabao, but also the two younger sisters of the eldest aunt's family and the younger brothers and sisters of the aunt's family all have such signs. My mother used to say, "Among us cousins, you and I are the only ones who really want to do things." Of course, if others guide well, they will definitely be able to become talents. Xiaobao said.
"The two of us will go in the afternoon, and after we buy it, no one else will let Zhilu say, that is, there is money and a house here, and we won't talk nonsense, do you say okay?" Wuyang said.
"Brother Wuyang, I don't think I'll go in the afternoon, there's no need to be in a hurry. Otherwise, if I carve jadeite at home, you still take someone to cut the stone and cut out more jadeite, and I will choose to use it. ”
"It's okay, I cut out a few pieces in the morning and put them in my hometown, and I will transfer the big truck to pull it back." After Wuyang finished speaking, he called to inform that the car had been adjusted. (To be continued......)