Today's jade public market is completely different from the past.

Located in the northeast of the administrative district, the public exhibition hall is magnificent, with tall columns and solemn courtyards, which are comparable to the bidding arena of the airport waiting hall, and are completely different from the "roadside stalls" in the past.

In addition, there are countless luxury cars in the entrance square, gem merchants in costumes, and armed police soldiers with loaded guns, all indicating that a feast of wealth is about to begin.

This year, in addition to the change in location and bidding method, there are several other changes.

Change 1: The admission fee for foreign traders is reduced from US$300 to US$100.

In the past, foreign businessmen paid US$300 for admission to the fair, but this year the entrance fee has been reduced to US$100.

Change 2: Diversification of payment currencies.

Gem merchants no longer need to use euros to pay for the deposit and the payment of the winning wool, but can convert the currency into kyats at the central bank's rate according to the relevant regulations of the central bank, and then use the kyats for transactions.

Change 3: Deposit lowered

The entry threshold for this year's Emerald Public Market has been lowered, and the deposit that needs to be paid per person has been reduced from 50,000 euros in the past to 20,000 euros (about 30 million kyats) now.

In particular, this last point is important to Han Yi. He doesn't have much cash in itself, and if he pays a deposit of 100,000 euros, he has less room to maneuver.

There are 8 ticket windows at the entrance of the main venue, and any attendee needs to buy a ticket to enter. If you confirm that you will participate in the bidding, you will need to pay an additional deposit. The deposit will not be refunded until the end of the public offer, and if there is any participation in the bidding, it will be deducted from the corresponding payment.

Carrying red and green signs, security personnel in costumes check their documents and passports one by one; after the first security check, soldiers with relatives detectors will be sifted from top to bottom, and any metal objects need to be taken out for verification.

It was only at this point that the two of them entered the main hall of the venue.

The two men followed the signs to the A2 area and found their seats according to the number on the cards.

At this point, you can tell the difference between a merchant and a tourist.

The merchant is a table of six people, with several drinks, snacks, a service pager, and multilingual interpreter headphones, while the tourist area in Zone B is like an auditorium, with rows of seats and bottles of mineral water on the table.

According to the urine of Myanmar's penny price and service, it is estimated that this bottle of mineral water is all for the $100 ticket, or you can only watch it dry.

Seeing that Meng Qingsheng was still wearing a pair of sunglasses and looking cool, he said with a smile: "Don't hold it, come, eat something." ”

Meng Qingsheng grinned, took off his sunglasses and put them in his pocket, and only after Han Yi started to eat did he pick up the clip and sandwich the walnut cake.

Han Yi came for the first time, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to catch up with the time, so he rushed over without breakfast, and he was really hungry at this time.

Both of them were "pubao", and the six plates of delicate dim sum were eaten up in a blink of an eye, and the merchants at the same table came over with only empty plates, and the two of them were there with cups to moisten their throats.

The rest of the people didn't seem to have eaten breakfast, so they pressed the pager, and soon a waiter came to deliver snacks, and there was actually a xiaolongbao, which made Han Yi and the others dumbfounded.

......

At 09:30 a.m., the third phase of the 2017 jade market officially kicked off.

Important officials from the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Natural Resources of Myanmar attended the opening ceremony and delivered important speeches. It probably talked about the preciousness and scarcity of jadeite, and the warm welcome to the guests.

The applause at the scene was like thunder, and Han Yi was infected by the atmosphere, Han Yi also clapped his hands, although he was a high-ranking official in Myanmar, but he was also the supreme leader he had seen so big, and he was still a little excited.

The speech took nearly 40 minutes, and then the following is to announce the total number of bidders for this issue of jadeite, as well as some bidding rules and so on.

It took another half an hour here.

Next, the host came to the stage and first gave a warm praise to the speeches of the previous senior officials, as well as a sincere welcome to the guests. Finally, I will tell you that jadeite appreciation will start at half past one in the afternoon, and the time will be 84 hours.

Then there was the adjournment.

......

When Han Yi got out of the venue, he found an embarrassing thing, TM's, the taxi that negotiated the price ran away. The problem is that this is a municipal area, and there are no three jumpers in the residential area and the hotel area.

"MD, what about the honesty and credibility of the people of Myanmar?"

The depressed two could only stand on the west side of the venue and watch the businessmen running away in luxury cars, rolling their eyes and staring.

But soon someone came towards them.

"Is Mr. Han waiting for someone?" Mr. Chen, who had a relationship with "Chen Shuang" last night, came over and asked with a smile.

The donkey does not fall down, and at this time, you can't show cowardice to let the other party see the clues. Han Yi pretended to have an indifferent expression and smiled and said, "Wait for a friend's car." ”

Mr. Chen, who looked shrewd and capable, turned his head to look around, and said with a smile: "If Mr. Han doesn't dislike it, how about taking my car together?"

Han Yi "hesitated" for a moment, then glanced at the wide road in the distance, and said "reluctantly": "Okay then!"

The two followed Chen Shuang to a new Nissan Lexus, and after getting into the car, Chen Shuang skillfully reversed and steered, and quickly merged into the traffic.

......

The two chatted casually in the car, and then Chen Shuang asked if they were going back to the hotel or where were they going?

Han Yi thought for a while and said, "Where is there a jade trading market in Naypyidaw, I want to go over and take a look." ”

"Let's go to the residential area. There is the largest jadeite market in Naypyidaw. As he spoke, the car drove off at the next exit towards the southeast.

Naybi is worthy of being a newly built capital, there are rows of landscape trees along the way and neatly planned villas, which look very refreshing and tidy, if you don't know that this is Myanmar, you don't know that you think you came to Europe!

Han Yi, who was sitting in the back row, took a look at the scenery and took this opportunity to take a look at Mr. Chen.

Ear-length short hair, light blue striped suit, and no extra accessories on the body. In addition, the cheekbones are slightly high, which looks a little similar to Tang Jing in the first half of his life.

should have also found that Han Yi was looking at her, and Mr. Chen smiled: "I thought Mr. Han was here to travel, but I didn't expect that he was also here to participate in the Jade Market." ”

"Hehe, it's mainly to come and see. ”

"I wonder what Mr. Han is mainly engaged in?"

"I can do anything, as long as I make money. ”

Chen Shuang glanced at Han Yi in the inverted mirror, nodded with a smile, and didn't say anything more.

About 30 minutes later, the two arrived at the entrance of the jade trading market in the residential area.

When I got out of the car, I saw that there was just one word, "big"! Except for the archway at the entrance, there is not even a wall.

In the open-air market, there are countless jadeite rough stones in front of each house, and merchants from all over the world stop and see, squatting or standing inside.

Han Yi said strangely: "Didn't you say that the jadeite is very valuable, it's okay to just scatter it in the open air?"

Chen Shuang locked the car and walked over and said with a smile: "Of course the jade is valuable, but you must first make sure that there is jade in it." ”

As he spoke, he walked inside first, explaining: "Now all the materials in the jade public plate are half-gambling stones, and the scattered stones in the market are all full-gambling stones. Let's not talk about whether you can steal it, even if you steal it, it is useless to have no jadeite, and once you are caught, the consequences are very serious. ”

Han Yi nodded, probably understood.

......

Walking inside with the flow of people, I stopped at the entrance of a store with a lot of customers.

The reason why there are many guests here is that this one sells small rough stones, the largest of which is no more than 100 catties, which is generally the size of a human head, unlike other houses that are hundreds of thousands of catties at every turn.

As soon as Han Yi squatted down and touched a dark blue graniary stone, the boss-like man with a waist bag came over and said in proficient Chinese: "This is the rough stone of the Massa factory, and the boss will give it cheaper if he needs it." ”

"How much?"

"10,000 catties, no bargaining. ”

"Kyats?"

“...... Renminbi. ”

“...... Can't afford it. ”