Big gambling stone

In the following time, perhaps because of the reason why Mr. Hong talked a lot with Jia Sidao and others. For example, what kind of jadeite rough stones are easy to cut out the texture, color, water head, etc., although it is relatively ordinary, it is also interesting. During this period, there are more or less cases of Mr. Hong’s participation in gambling stones. After hearing this, people couldn’t help but admire Mr. Hong even more.

Especially the pile of jadeite rough stone slices on the display stand in front of him called the "Stone Diary" by Mr. Hong, isn't it a witness to the legend of gambling stones? There is the joy of getting rich overnight, and there is the helplessness of losing millions after a knife.

To put it in a very vivid sentence by Wang Biao: it is not that they are not fond of hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, and they can frown without frowning when they cut it down. Instead, they have experienced too much in this situation and feel numb. If they need to frown every time they cut it down, they may also go on strike.

It’s like Mr. Hong’s “Stone Diary” records that he once bought a jadeite rough stone worth tens of millions of yuan with several villagers from Yangmei Village. After cutting it with one size fits, more than 10 million yuan became more than one million yuan. In an instant, the jadeite rough stone fell by nearly 10 million yuan. Although Mr. Hong lost more than 2 million yuan, he looked at the villagers standing around him, although some of them only invested hundreds of thousands, they were almost bankrupt. The sadness and powerlessness are really vivid in memory.

But, this is gambling stones, isn't it?

So, in the end, Mr. Hong felt that many people in Yangmei did not participate in stone gambling, but were just engaged in jade processing-related industries. This was really a good choice. If he hadn't had some financial resources and had entered the formal company, he might not have participated in the stone gambling industry.

As for what Mr. Hong said before, the good show at night was naturally that Mr. Hong himself was going to cut the stone. The goal was a piece of jadeite rough stone that he had spent 18 million yuan to get from the jadeite rough auction in Yangon, Myanmar last year. If Jia Sidao and his party were interested, they could come to watch it at night.

Jia Sidao and others naturally agreed happily. Jia Sidao only had the mentality of wanting to learn and went to see what happened. Wang Biao was for the excitement and joy of the woman surnamed Liu. As for Li Shiyun, even if she owned a jade jewelry store herself, she had never seen it with her own eyes if she wanted to talk about the cutting stones worth tens of millions of jadeite raw stones.

When he said goodbye to Mr. Hong, Li Shiyun's face was filled with a look of expectation.

This made Jia Sidao imagined speechlessly that if Li Shiyun was brought to his basement and a piece of jadeite stone worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars would be opened, what kind of expression would be on Li Shiyun's face? I guess it would be very exciting?

Of course, this idea is just to think about it. With the current relationship between the two, Jia Sidao would not implement this idea.

"What, is there a flower on my sister's face? It's worth watching it like this?" Li Shiyun gave Jia Sidao a blank look, but the movements on her hands quickly stroked her face. Although she was sure that there would be nothing on her face, what she thought in her heart did not mean that there was no movement on her hands. The seemingly inadvertent but a little charming behavior made Jia Sidao speechless.

Does Li Shiyun often do some ambiguous actions and don’t consider his feelings?

But Li Shiyun seemed to see Jia Sidao's embarrassment, and deliberately smiled at Jia Sidao. Jia Sidao touched his nose and thought: Forget it, I can't afford to mess with him, can't I still afford to hide?

Following Wang Biao's footsteps, he walked to the street. Only behind him were Li Shiyun's very pleasant laughter...

Of course, such a move is simple, but under Li Shiyun's deliberate concealment, it feels a bit natural and will not make people feel artificial at all. So much so that Jia Sidao can only run away in a panic. Even when talking on the phone in the past, Li Shiyun often teased Jia Sidao so much, but at that time, she used her glutinous voice.

Now, I just changed my approach. However, the effect I received was the same. However, Li Shiyun always felt that after this trip to Guangdong, she had begun to change her mindset when facing Jia Sidao without realizing it, just like her teasing method.

The streets of Yangmei are not prosperous. Apart from landmark-like buildings, there are few outstanding buildings, which are basically similar to ordinary small counties. Of course, if you consider that Yangmei is a village, it can be considered outstanding. The biggest feature is Jade Street. The archway that stands clearly on the street, spans both sides of the street, and says "Yudu Yangmei" on the banner is particularly conspicuous.

Jia Sidao and his four men came here naturally after leaving Mr. Hong's company.

Even if you don’t bet on stones, look at the shops on both sides of the street, learn about Yangmei’s jade carvings, or even kill time, it is a good choice. You know, it’s still a bit early to supper now.

Of course, people who bet on stones generally do not go early, except in ghost markets. Especially in places like Yangmei, the afternoon or evening is the golden time. The so-called "not looking at colors under the lamp" in the stone gambling industry is targeted at laymen. If you really have gambling jadeite rough stones, their owners will naturally know how to create a favorable environment for themselves. Even if you want to go to see goods during the day, people will set up a dark room for you to stay.

Therefore, in Yangmei Village, compared with those who are gambling stones, the evening time period begins to become lively. This is also the reason why Mr. Hong chose to cut stones at night.

While shuttled through the jade shops on the side of the street, listening to Wang Biao and introducing the real value and production characteristics of these jade jewelry. Jia Sidao felt that at this moment, Wang Biao had the potential to be an excellent tour guide. As for Li Shiyun and the woman surnamed Liu, she showed a much higher interest than Jia Sidao.

A woman surnamed Liu likes to think about the exquisite carvings, while Li Shiyun likes exquisite ornaments themselves, such as price and texture. Who made her sell finished jade products?

In this regard, Jia Sidao also took a rough look. There are actually many fancy varieties of finished jadeite products. Almost every store has jade dragon-belt hooks, purple jade Guanyin, jade bracelets, rings, ring faces, jade pendants, antique birds and beasts, flowers, plants, jade carvings and flawless white jade, etc. It seems that as long as Jia Sidao has in his impression, there are all here. What does not have in his impression also occasionally appears here. What makes Jia Sidao very satisfied is that the finished jadeite products here take the route of high-quality and elegant. Although sometimes it is not very outstanding in terms of material, its carving craftsmanship is really a bit worse than seeing at first sight.

‘Yangmei jade is awesome.’ Such words are not just a joke.

However, just as Wang Biao was accompanying the woman surnamed Liu and choosing a souvenir, Jia Sidao tried to walk into a small family-style workshop and asked how much it would cost to ask someone to carve a jade ornament. The hostess of the family casually pointed to the price list hanging on the wall. When Jia Sidao saw it, he was shocked.

Hundreds or thousands of dollars are all small. If you encounter jade raw materials and carving requirements, people can directly offer five-digit handicraft fees. Faced with Jia Sidao's surprise, the hostess' reaction was very dull and almost used to it. Jia Sidao couldn't help but ask Li Shiyun: "At such a price, if the jade raw materials in your store, would you take them over and ask someone to carve them?"

"Well, if it is used as a treasure for the store, maybe I will." After saying that, Li Shiyun was happy and said to Jia Sidao, "If you think it is expensive, then go to Sihui, which will be much cheaper there. In layman's terms, the carvings over there are about quantity. For example, when people ask for carving, they will say how many pieces can be carved in one month! And Yangmei's side is about time. People will say, how much money should you pay you, please help me complete this carving within one year... Do you understand the difference?"

Jia Sidao touched his nose, then looked at some photos of the finished jade carved by the hostess in the workshop, thinking in his mind: Yes, this carving is indeed worth the price.

Perhaps, I can still use such a master in the future. Jia Sidao thought about it and asked: "Boss, will the craftsman here go to other places to do work?"

"Why, do you have good materials in your hand?" The hostess asked first, and saw Jia Sidao nodding before continuing, "That's the case. Generally speaking, my family won't go far. In normal times, there are still a lot of work at home to make him busy. To be honest, the money earned is also quite enough for our family to live. If you go far, you won't talk about time and tools, and it's more troublesome to take it out. Young man, if you really want to carve jade, you might as well bring the raw materials. Carving and polishing are all the same. Then I'll take it a little cheaper."

"Well, if you want to bring the things over, let me consider it again." Jia Sidao pulled Li Shiyun and the two of them retreated.

Behind him, the hostess's enthusiastic voice came: "Young man, if you are worried about safety, you might as well go out and inquire about it casually. Our reputation is very guaranteed..."

After leaving the workshop, seeing Jia Sidao's appearance a little frustrated, Li Shiyun couldn't help but ask curiously: "Xiao Jia, tell me, do you really plan to carve the jade raw materials yourself and sell them out? In this case, you don't have to worry about safety issues, but it's difficult to find a suitable buyer. If it weren't for the best jade, you might not even be able to pay for the handmade fee... Could it be that you are going to take it to the auction house?"

"Well, I just have this idea, just ask first." Jia Sidao responded casually.

However, after processing the jade raw materials, even if they are sent to the auction house, deducting the share earned by the auction company, it is better to make money than Jia Sidao’s simple selling jade materials like now?

Perhaps thinking of this, Li Shiyun stopped persuading Jia Sidao. In Li Shiyun's opinion, this is not a long-term solution. Can I send it to the auction one by one? At most, it is just a few items.

Then he saw that Wang Biao and the woman surnamed Liu had already chosen a souvenir and was walking towards this side. Jia Sidao turned around and asked, "Sister Li, why don't I buy one for you too to keep it as a souvenir?"

"Okay." Li Shiyun agreed very simply, but her face turned red, and she explained with a guilty explanation, "However, your sister has a lot of jade in my store. After you buy it for me, aren't you worried that I will sell it and sell it?"

"Uh, since that's the case, I'll buy the cheapest one. Or, let's owe it first. So you can earn too much from it." Jia Sidao smiled and immediately turned around to keep his body away from Li Shiyun.

"Ask for a fight." Li Shiyun waved her pink fist, and when she saw Wang Biao and the others approaching, she put it away embarrassedly. However, she felt a little disappointed when Jia Sidao said in the end. However, it was better to owe it than not? Li Shiyun thought so simply.

I just don’t know what expression Jia Sidao would have if he knew Li Shiyun’s thoughts. It made him look like he was stingy.

Then, the four of them walked around for a while, and occasionally they could meet a few foreigners on the Jade Street. Most of them were rushing merchants. The purpose of their visit to Yangmei was self-evident. The popularity of jade is indeed slightly worse than that of domestic people. However, this does not mean that there is no foreign country. Especially in places like Singapore and Japan, their love for jade is no less than that of Chinese people.

At the end of Yushi Street, there is a small square. Originally, Jia Sidao was about to walk the street and went back, but suddenly found that there were many people surrounding the square in front, and from time to time, there were also calls and cries. This was completely different from the atmosphere on Yushi Street.

"Why, are you very curious? Want to go up and see what's going on?" Wang Biao asked with a smile.

"Yes, is there something wrong with this?" Jia Sidao was curious. This statement did not look like Wang Biao's style.

"There is no problem. However, I think we should not go over it. Otherwise,..." Wang Biao shook his head and said, "Otherwise, after seeing it, you may waste a lot of money. There is a big scam that is easy to make people impulsive. People with weak self-control cannot withstand the temptation." As he said that, he also looked at the two women around him.

"Why do you think of me like this?" The woman surnamed Liu muttered unhappily, and then responded confidently, "Don't worry, this time, I will definitely not take action. Last time, I lost more than 20,000 yuan in vain. As long as you can hold it yourself and don't take action, stay away from me, I guess I won't lose money. However, Xiao Jia, I guess you will definitely spend money at that time."

"Oh, I'm even more curious," Jia Sidao glanced at Li Shiyun, who was also curious, waved his hand and said, "Let's go, no matter whether it's a waste or not. Since we're here, we'll always go over and take a look."

Wang Biao seemed to deliberately not explain this, as if he was waiting to watch the show, and then followed him with a smile. Speaking of which, if there was something interesting, even if he lost a few dollars, Wang Biao wouldn't mind, right?

After getting closer, the noisy sound naturally became more obvious. The onlookers surrounded the entire small square on three floors inside and three floors outside. In the crowd, it seemed that people could still hear them, and in the center of the crowd, there were people holding small trumpets and saying something quickly. However, the few people next to them were also discussing topics such as "stones" and "lose". Jia Sidao could not hear it very clearly.

This feeling is like the circus that Jia Sidao saw when he was a child who wandered around the country. Every time he went to a place, he would set up his territory and perform to earn a certain fee.

Is it really an activity?

Jia Sidao was about to squeeze in and take a look, but he looked at Li Shiyun next to him. He could squeeze in, but what about Li Shiyun? Could it be that a woman like her would also squeeze in in the crowd? Thinking of it, Jia Sidao felt awkward all over. After hesitating for a moment, Wang Biao and the others followed.

Jia Sidao and Wang Biao signaled, opened the way in front, and shouted a few words: "Give it, let it go..."

After a lot of effort, the four talents finally squeezed into the crowd.

I saw that in the square, a thick red rope blocked a place of about a hundred square meters, with more than a few hundred stones of different sizes piled up inside. Jia Sidao Chuyi looked a bit like jadeite rough stones. Moreover, this place is a place like Yangmei. This possibility is even greater.

However, if the stones on the ground are really jadeite raw stones, it gives Jia Sidao a very awkward feeling. It’s not that there is something special about jadeite raw stones. But the stones in front of you look like the worst waste materials among jadeite raw stones. If it were usual, they would probably be thrown in the corner of the workshop and waiting for large batches to be processed? How could they be specially taken out for sale?

He turned his head and looked at Wang Biao, showing a questioning look. Wang Biao didn't say anything, but pointed with his finger.

Following the direction of his finger, Jia Sidao saw that two bamboo poles were tied to the two tall stones, and a banner was pulled in the middle, with three big words written on it: Big gambling stone
Chapter completed!