Chapter 240: Jade Bureau
The thirteen-hour journey was not a long one, and the train pulled into Limhai Station at one o'clock in the afternoon.
Jun Youyao and Gu Lihan went down to the station together, without even saying goodbye to Xue Lizhen and the three of them, and left without looking back, they took a taxi to the booked hotel.
They had nearly two months to complete the entire trip, so they were not in a hurry to rush to Tibet, and they planned to spend a few days in Linhai.
Because they made up their minds to be ordinary backpackers, the hotel they booked was a youth hostel called Freehand Evergreen.
In this era, hostels are still a very new industry, symbolizing freedom and vitality.
The freehand evergreen environment is very good, the three-story small bungalow is delicate and beautiful, the fence is full of green vines with small flowers of various colors, there is a small fountain pool in the courtyard, the green shade is a tower, and the tall coconut trees are gently swaying in the breeze, bringing a little coolness to the strong hot summer.
"I love it here." Jun Youyao raised her head and slurped Gu Lihan's chin.
Almost all the preparations for this trip were made by him in two days, and this hostel was also ordered by him after checking a lot of information.
He knew she would like it.
The rooms provided by the hostel are simple but clean, with delicate wind chimes hanging by the window, which jingle when the wind blows, and the jade lotus paintings on the walls add a bit of enchanting style to the room.
The characteristics of the hostel are beautiful, practical, convenient, clean and self-help, so that travelers feel like they are coming home.
They put down their backpacks, Gu Lihan had a slight cleanliness habit, so as soon as they entered the door, they began to clean up the room, Jun Youyao was not idle, took out the cool pillow towel used on the train and went to the bathroom, there was a washing machine in the bathroom.
The two worked together and quickly packed everything up.
"Where to go at night?"
"Let's just take a stroll around."
"Okay."
Linhai City is the capital city of Yunhai Province, located in the southwest of China, with a long history and culture, unique natural resources, gorgeous and colorful folk customs, and is the city with the largest variety of ethnic minorities in China.
This city is full of unique charm, pleasant climate, is a summer resort, and has the name of "the spring capital of China".
Every summer, it welcomes a large number of tourists, some for summer tourism, others for gold panning, because it is also the largest jade jewelry distribution center in China, with all kinds of jade and antique calligraphy and painting dealers.
The city streets are full of large and small antique shops, and even the street stalls sell most of them not people's livelihood products, but antique calligraphy, paintings, jade, and so on.
The stalls also have the beauty of the stalls, most of the objects here are collected by the vendors from all over the world, and sometimes the objects are not good, which is also the legendary leakage.
Jun Youyao and Gu Lihan didn't come specifically for Taobao, and those luxurious and exquisite antique shops didn't attract them, but these roadside stalls were more attractive to them.
They wander the streets and alleys, like the most ordinary couples, wandering street stalls, eating special food, and judging them when they see new objects.
"Stupid, do you know antique calligraphy and painting?"
"Not much research."
He understands what he says, with his IQ, he learns everything much faster than ordinary people, coupled with family education, there will be no shortage of old objects that he has been exposed to since he was a child.
In fact, Jun Youyao also tried to analyze the age of antiques with the eye of the sky, but failed without accident.
Since entering medical school, she has not had many opportunities to use the Heavenly Eye, and even if she uses it, it is only used to explore the human body, and the number of times she treats and absorbs sick qi is almost none, so the Heavenly Eye has never evolved again.
But she doesn't feel sorry, there is a good saying, relying on everyone to run, and her own growth is what she values most.
She thought it was good.
Of course, if Tianyan wants to evolve, she is also happy to see it, who would dislike having too many sharp blades around her?
At this time, the two walked to a jade stall, which was covered with a black velvet blanket with various colors of jade and gemstones.
There were four people standing in front of the stall, three of whom they were familiar with, Xue Lizhen and the others who had taken the same train with them a few hours earlier, and an elderly man with a white beard, wearing a pair of chain glasses, and the appearance of an old pedant.
Xue Lizhen held a piece of jade with an orange-yellow body in her hand, and the old man whispered something in her ear, while Qi Jiarui and the two were bargaining with the stall owner.
"Stallholder, you're going to be cheaper, right? Such a small piece of jade costs 200,000 yuan, which is a little too expensive, right? Qi Jiarui looked earnestly at the stall owner sitting in front of the stall with a serious face.
Xia Lian also helped on the side: "Yes, this piece of jade is only twenty or thirty grams, I heard my father say that gold silk jade is sold by catties, not to mention that this is not necessarily real jade, we are all students, just buy a good look, you can do it well, tell us a good price." ”
Xia Lian looks very good, with a ladylike and elegant temperament, like a lady who came out of the picture of an ancient lady, when she doesn't smile, it makes people feel a little difficult to get close, but she laughs very affinity.
In essence, she and Qin Rong are the same kind of people, both are the types who are good at hiding their true faces, but Qin Rong is a weak and pitiful little white lotus, and Xia Lian is an intellectual and elegant goddess, both of which are very attractive to men.
Therefore, Xia Lian naturally attracted the attention of the stall owner more than Qi Jiarui.
"Beauty, it's not that I don't give you cheap, but I really can't help it, this is the number when I received this piece of gold silk jade." He compared his hands and made a gesture of 180,000 yuan, "The argument you said about selling catties has been many years ago, and it has long been turned over." ”
"The stall owner is telling the truth, when the golden silk jade first came out, it was indeed very cheap, and it could be bought at the lowest price of a few yuan per catty, but its price has doubled in recent years, and now it has risen to the point of 10,000 yuan per gram, and some rare species are even more valuable and immeasurable."
It was the old man next to Xue Lizhen who spoke, and he stroked his gray beard to solve the puzzles of several people.
"Uncle He, what is the condition of this piece of golden silk jade? Are you sure it's a cargo? Xue Lizhen cares more about the quality of jade, although 200,000 yuan is a little expensive, it is not unaffordable for her.
He Wenhao nodded without hesitation, picked up the jade pendant in her hand, and said: "There are many ways to taste jade, first of all, you can look at the color, the color should be even, yang, thick, positive, uniform refers to symmetry, yang refers to the color is fresh, strong is the color is strong, and there is no variegated mixed together, which is very perfect for this piece of jade." ”
"Second, look at the texture, jade is a polycrystalline mineral, and the size of the crystals will affect the smoothness, transparency and hue of the carving, so the finer the polycrystalline structure, the better the texture of the jade, and from this point of view, this piece of jade is also superior."
"Three look at transparency, transparency and texture complement each other, the finer the texture, the higher the transparency, you see." He took out his laptop and shone the light on the piece of gold, and he could see that the light was direct and unobstructed.
"Obviously, this is a piece of high-grade golden jade." He finally came to a conclusion.
Xue Lizhen almost cried out excitedly, took the piece of golden silk jade pendant from He Wenhao's hand, held it in his hand and kept playing with it.
"The connoisseur will know if there is one as soon as he makes a move, and this old gentleman is really good." The stall owner nodded again and again, his face was proud, "Actually, this piece of jade is really not expensive to sell for 200,000 yuan, if it weren't for my small stall, if I got it to those big jade shops, I could sell it for at least more than 500,000 yuan, if I went to that auction house, it might not be a problem to sell a million." ”
"Hahaha, a million is a bit exaggerated." He Wenhao exposed him, "It is good that the price of golden silk jade has risen a lot over the years, but the collection value has not been fully affirmed by the industry, unlike Hetian jade and jadeite, which attract jade collectors." ”
The stall owner was not annoyed when he was exposed, and he still smiled kindly, "Old man, didn't I say it was fun?" ”
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Xue Lizhen, "How is it?" Beauty, have you decided? He could see that it was the woman who was most luxuriously dressed to buy jade.
Xue Lizhen looked at He Wenhao, saw that he nodded lightly, and was about to answer, when he heard a voice behind them.
"Boss, is this piece of gold silk jade pendant sold for 200 yuan?"
Everyone was stunned and looked over.
"Zhiqiu? We're really close to each other, and we'll meet here just a few hours apart. Xia Lian excitedly shouted out Gu Lihan's pseudonym, but turned a deaf ear to Jun Youyao, who spoke out.
Gu Lihan didn't look at her, the focus of his eyes was only Jun Youyao.
Instead, Jun Youyao glanced at her and greeted them with a smile, "Hello." ”
"Why are you guys again? You're not stalking us, are you? Hmph, what a pair of poor people who never go away. Xue Lizhen glanced at them coldly and pursed her lips disdainfully.
She has completely forgotten the previous lesson, and she is making a lot of nonsense again, Jun Youyao feels that this girl is also a wonder, she was completely raised by the Xue family, and after thinking about it, she felt lucky, her family was stupid and didn't grow up in the Xue family, otherwise she would not have been raised as a wine bag and rice bag gentleman?
Jun Youyao asked with a puzzled face: "Miss Xue, are you the king of the mountain?" ”
"What do you mean?" Xue Lizhen was dumbfounded by the question.
"You open this road, you carry this tree! We're going to pass through here, and we have to leave behind to buy road money? ”
"You!" Xue Lizhen was so blocked that she couldn't speak, so she could only sneer coldly: "You have sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, which is annoying." ”
"Miss Xue is indeed not good for her teeth and mouth, but she is not likable either!"
"You!"
In terms of poisonous tongues, Xue Lizhen and Jun Youyao are the gap between graduate students and elementary school students, and they were killed into scum in seconds without two sentences.
Jun Youyao didn't have the patience to confront her, she took the piece of golden silk jade in her hand, looked at the stall owner, and asked again: "Boss, is this jade pendant sold for 200 yuan?" ”
The stall owner's face turned cold, and he took the piece of jade from her hand, "Miss, don't talk nonsense if you don't know how to do it, my piece of jade will cost at least 200,000 yuan." ”
"Two hundred thousand?" Jun Youyao shouted in an exaggerated tone, "Just such a piece of jade pendant that has been dyed and can't even match the C-grade product asks for 200,000 yuan?" Are you kidding me? ”
The stall owner's face changed greatly when he heard this, he clenched the jade pendant in his hand, and said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? What a dyed C-grade product! ”
"What do you know, poor? This is a piece of high-grade gold silk jade, and I want to buy a piece of jade for two hundred yuan, is it crazy to be poor? Xue Lizhen was resurrected with full blood again.
Xia Lian was still gentle, but there was also a little disapproval in her eyes, "Sister Han, you probably don't know much about jade, Uncle He is a famous jewelry and jade appraiser in China, he said that this jade is real, then it must not be fake." ”
She pointed at He Wenhao beside Xue Lizhen again, he was raising his eyebrows, looking angry at her, "Little girl, is this trying to pick up the leak?" That's not good. ”
Jun Youyao was too lazy to continue playing with this group of people, if she really couldn't get used to this kind of deceptive trick, she didn't want to care if Xue Lizhen, a fool, would be deceived.
She smiled coldly, "Pick up the leak? Just for that? Sir, what kind of famous jewelry and jade appraiser qualifications do you have to spend money to buy, do you? ”
He Wenhao was furious, pointed at Jun Youyao's nose and shouted: "The yellow-mouthed son doesn't know what to say. ”
"Little girl, you can't afford to buy good jade, just stay aside, what's the foolish about?" The stall owner also had a blue face.
"If this jade is really a genuine A-grade gold silk jade, I really can't afford it." Jun Youyao raised her eyebrows, casually admitting that she was a poor man, "But this piece in your hand is just a piece of C goods with rough workmanship, why can't I afford it?" ”
"Do you say it's C goods? Just now, the masters said that it is a genuine A-grade gold silk jade. The stall owner looked at He Wenhao again, "Master, did you say that?" ”
He Wenhao nodded immediately, he didn't believe that the young man could really see that there was something wrong with this jade.
"That's right, I swear in the name of my master jewel and jade appraiser, this jade is indeed a good thing."
"Then your name is really worthless." Jun Youyao was unceremoniously sarcastic.
He Wenhao was so excited that he almost didn't tear off his baby's white beard: "Little girl, you are deliberately making trouble, could it be that you are a black nursery sent by other stores to destroy other people's businesses?" ”
Black childcare is also a type of childcare, childcare is a person who seduces people to be deceived, and black childcare is a person who destroys other people's business.
"By the way, you must be the black nursery, yes, which store did you send from? I've encountered this kind of thing many times recently, and someone must be suppressing me, and his actions are too vicious! The stall owner also reacted quickly, and immediately cooperated with He Wenhao to start acting.
There were already many pedestrians on this street, and their conversation quickly attracted the attention of many people, pointing at a few people curiously.
Seeing that she was branded as a black nursery, Jun Youyao's face did not change at all, she looked at the piece of golden silk jade in the stall owner's hand with an indifferent expression, and began her explanation in a tone that was not in a hurry.
"As we all know, golden silk jade is mainly produced in southern Xinjiang, and it has the noble qualities common to gemstones, fine, knotted, warm, moist, condensed and greasy."
Her voice was as cold as a fine ice jade, making people listen to it unconsciously.
Jun Youyao spread his hands towards the stall owner, his eyes flickered, but he still showed the carved golden silk jade pendant in front of everyone.
"The so-called fine refers to the fine texture, and the knot is the inner molecular tight knot, and the density of this piece of gold silk jade in your hand is indeed superior to the naked eye." Speaking of this, the tone changed: "But there are traces of process compression, and the difference between the compressed fine density and the natural texture is that its surface color will have a gradient color difference." ”
The stall owner's hand shook obviously, and he wanted to withdraw his hand, but Gu Lihan had already taken a step to control his wrist, so that he could only be forced to spread his hands and let everyone taste it.
"And in order to cover up this, it is usually artificially dyed, and the dyed golden silk jade will lack the feeling of moisturizing, and the real golden silk jade will be dripping, showing a transparent or semi-transparent jelly shape, such as oil overflowing, these characteristics are almost non-existent on this piece of golden silk jade."
The grade evaluation of southern Xinjiang golden silk jade is based on the special requirements of the process, with purity, transparency, color, texture, shape, blockiness and so on as the main conditions. Secondly, look at the radish pattern.
Jun Youyao's understanding of jade began with Ai Fusheng. Richard bought blood jade, that time I got acquainted with Wan Jue, the boss of Wan Jin, and then began to slowly get in touch with the jade industry, she actually didn't have a hobby in this area, but probably the experience of her previous life made her suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder, the more she didn't understand things, the more she liked to get to the bottom of it and understand it thoroughly, so after the successful auction to Pingren Hospital, she went to seriously learn some knowledge about jade.
Although her eyesight may not be as good as those who have been in this industry for more than ten or twenty years, she still has the ability to distinguish the quality of this piece of golden jade.
Xue Lizhen obviously fell into someone else's trap, if this He Wenhao is really a jewelry and jade identification expert as he said, it is absolutely impossible not to see the quality of this golden silk jade pendant.
Either He Wenhao is a false expert who brags, or he is the childcare of this stall owner, and he gets a high share through this method.
This kind of thing is not uncommon in the antique jade industry, and the so-called bureau is not uncommon.
And from the analysis of the words of He Wenhao and the stall owner, she is more inclined to the latter.
"This old expert, I just heard you say that you can see the color, texture and transparency of jade, so why don't you talk about the acquired processing, its polishing and carving can be seen in obvious traces of dyeing, why don't you talk about it? Can't you even see such a rough shoddy thing? Jun Youyao looked at He Wenhao coldly, her eyes were cold and piercing.
After her analysis, He Wenhao finally felt a little weak-hearted, he didn't expect that this girl really had some ability, and could distinguish the quality of this piece of jade, he knew that it would be like this, and he would not agree to do this game tonight anyway.
He Wenhao is indeed a well-known treasure expert in China, not only in jade jewelry, but also in calligraphy, painting, antiques, gambling stones, and is well-known in the domestic collection and gambling stone circles.
But he has a big problem, he is a good gambler, and he is very addicted to gambling, and the He family's property and his accumulated wealth have entered the pit of gambling.
For this reason, he did not hesitate to cheat, and united some vendors to set up a game for customers, and made a large difference in the price with shoddy, because of his professional relationship, he knew a lot of rich and powerful people, he was very smart, and he would not deceive those who knew how to deceive him, for fear of being exposed and ruining his reputation, he also cherished his feathers.
Before each start, he will find out the details of the other party, even including whether there are experts or enthusiasts in the other party's family, and then look for partners according to the other party's financial resources.
He's been doing this for years, and he's barely made a mistake.
Unexpectedly, this time Jingzhou was carelessly lost and ruined in the hands of a little girl.
"Uncle Ho? Is what Sister Han said true? Is this jade real or fake? ”
He Wenhao is actually a friend of Xia's father, so he will follow the three of them were invited by Xia Lian, they met by accident in the lobby of the hotel where they stayed, and chatted with each other for a while Xia Lian learned that he was invited to participate in a gambling event.
He Wenhao knew Xia Lian's identity very well, and vaguely inquired about the identities of Xue Lizhen and Qi Jiarui, but Xia Lian also had her careful thoughts, she was not happy to see everyone holding Xue Lizhen, so she only told him that Xue Lizhen was a classmate of her research institute, and her family was doing some small business.
He Wenhao fell in love as soon as he heard it, and without hesitation, he stared at Xue Lizhen, there was no better object in his eyes than this kind of nouveau riche little girl.
And Xia Lian and the three of them are all whites in jade, and they will certainly not refuse to be accompanied by treasure experts, so the four of them will appear here.
He Wenhao frowned and looked at the stall owner with a not very good face, and winked at him vaguely, the stall owner had known him for many years, and it was not the first time he cooperated with him, although this was the first time he failed, but he reacted quickly enough.
immediately glared at Jun Youyao and said with a fierce face: "Do you say that it is a defective product?" Who do you want to fool? My golden silk jade is obviously a good product collected with 180,000 yuan, if you want to destroy my business, just say it, why do you have to do these things? ”
He Wenhao also had an unjustified expression on his face at this time, and let out a long sigh: "Xia Lian's niece, it seems that my old man's reputation is still not good enough, and I don't dare to see your father in the future, and the evening is not guaranteed, alas." ”
This is to make up his mind to say that the black is white, anyway, he killed and decided that this jade was a good material, and with his professional reputation, he didn't believe that he was just a little girl who came out of nowhere.
"Uncle He, don't say that, of course I believe you."
As soon as she heard what he said, Xia Lian immediately reassured He Wenhao, her father likes calligraphy and painting, and often asks He Wenhao to palm his eyes, but he has never made a mistake, and he does not charge for her father's palm every time, which shows that his character is reliable.
So she naturally believed in his abilities.
And even if there is really something wrong with this piece of golden silk jade, she doesn't think there's anything wrong with it, anyway, it's Xue Lizhen's idiot who pays the money, and she is happy if she loses money.
In addition, it is Han Qiong who doubts He Wenhao and makes her jealous.
She can tell which is more important, which is closer and which is sparse.
"Sister Han, I'm sorry for Zhen Zhen's attitude towards you before, but Zhen Zhen really likes this jade pendant, you really don't need to do this." Xia Lian looked at Jun Youyao with disapproval in her eyes, as if she was persuading the confidant eldest sister of the lost girl.
It's also the role she's always played.
Jun Youyao couldn't help but applaud her, when she said this, it was estimated that most onlookers who didn't know the truth would think that she was deliberately stirring up the situation and sabotaging their transaction just now, because she was dissatisfied with Xue Lizhen and had conflicts with them.
(Education 123 Literature Network)