Chapter 177(1/2)
: Break
"Mr. Hong, why not try cutting another knife?" Wang Biao sighed, followed by Jia Sidao, extinguishing the cigarette in his hand, then walked to Mr. Hong and suggested, "In this case, no one knows how deep the moss is eaten. It's better to just cut it in."
If the part with moss is relatively shallow, even if the part with moss is cut off, the loss is not great for the whole piece of jadeite. I am afraid that except for the jadeite that can be seen, all the jadeite parts in other places will be "eated" by moss. In this way, let alone making this piece of jadeite into a complete carving, it will be dispersed and sold as open materials, and it may not be of much value.
Furthermore, for Mr. Hong, even if he loses more than 10 million yuan in funds, as long as his company is still there, he will always make money back. Mr. Hong must have had similar experiences in making his fortune by gambling stones. Furthermore, a piece of jadeite rough stone can lose hundreds of millions, which is occasionally encountered in the eyes of these big businessmen on the scene. It is not a shameful thing. Although it makes people feel distressed, it is helpless. Who would have chosen to bet on stones?
However, President Hong mobilized so many people to call everyone over and watch the stone cutting. As a result, he cut out a piece of waste. Such a face-saving blow is probably the reason why President Hong has been reluctant to continue cutting it at this moment, right?
Perhaps Wang Biao's voice broke the silence of everyone. Everyone seemed to have come to their senses and took a long breath before saying some comforting words to Mr. Hong.
At this time, Mr. Hong also showed his courage as a big boss and threw away the cigarette butts that had already burned to the end. It seemed to prove that he would get up from where he fell from. The second time he chose was still in that corner. The thickness of the rough stone slices he was about to cut was as thick as one centimeter.
With such a thickness, it would be better if the moss part could be cut off. Even if it could not be completely cut off, the situation on the cut surface would undoubtedly become clear if it was cut at such a thick distance. It seemed that the success or failure of this jadeite rough stone would be the same.
After Mr. Hong made his promise, everyone's hearts calmed down.
Compared to the time spent by Mr. Hong's first knife, the second knife gave people a longer feeling. Not to mention whether it was the gear of the cutting machine, it was slower to turn around now, and everyone's attention was focused on the position of the gear until the rotating gear stopped abruptly.
The expressions on everyone's faces suddenly became a little hesitant.
Mr. Hong grabbed the screwdriver in his hand, took a deep breath, stepped forward a few steps, and opened the slice of the raw stone. His brows jumped, and the expression on his face was quite strange. Then, everyone came forward to check again, just like the first time. Jia Sidao pulled Li Shiyun, and the two followed the end of everyone, not knowing whether it was intentional or unintentional. At this moment, Jia Sidao did not let go of Li Shiyun's hand.
Even during the time he was holding, Jia Sidao subconsciously rubbed his hands a few times, but Li Shiyun turned her head in another direction, making Jia Sidao's heart full of smiles.
Perhaps because he realized that everyone had almost seen the jadeite rough stone in front of him, Li Shiyun struggled slightly, pulled back her hand, pretended to be nothing, and looked at the jadeite rough stone with a serious look. That serious look was unique.
Jia Sidao smiled faintly, followed Li Shiyun and saw the cut surface of the raw stone. The ice-type jade that appeared at this moment was particularly obvious. The moss that was originally covered with almost all the green areas were missing. However, in the half area close to the lower skin, the black moss and green jade were still bitten very tightly.
Through the strong light flashlight, you can see that such a stalemate should be very deep.
In this way, the whole piece of jadeite rough stone may only be half the result compared to the original best projection. No wonder on the front of the rough stone, I saw a lot of ice-like green jade with good texture and water head. It turns out that all the moss penetrated into the green belt at the bottom of the rough stone.
As long as you slowly put aside the lower skin and see the spread of the moss clearly, the situation inside the entire jadeite rough stone will be completely clear. Of course, Jia Sidao seemed to have noticed that there seemed to be a tendency to be mutated in the middle layer of the rough stone. At this moment, if the rough stone belongs to Jia Sidao, he couldn't help but use his supernatural powers to sense it.
Jade of the same color, glass type, is naturally much more valuable than ice type.
No wonder Mr. Hong was sometimes happy and sometimes worried when he saw this section.
The appearance of moss is undoubtedly a news that it cannot be broken any more. However, the appearance of a variety of texture, especially a variety towards high-quality direction, is another very good news. In comparison, the value of the whole piece of jadeite rough stone can still exceed tens of millions. Next, Mr. Hong's move on the removal of the rough stone neatly and simply.
There is no suspense about the result of calcite. As you can see from the section, the mossy part is just slightly more than expected. The interior has a tendency to variant, and it is indeed a glass-type jadeite, but the color of this part is not very outstanding, but it gives people a little disappointment.
But it is a blessing to lose his horse. If this is not the case, there will be bright green. I am afraid that this part of the glass jade will not escape the fate of being "eated" by moss?
As the saying goes, every gain and one loss, every drink and one peck, is exactly the case.
After the entire surface layer of the jadeite raw stone was removed, everyone bowed and congratulated Mr. Hong. After experiencing the test of "life and death", the ending was quite complete and the expressions on everyone's faces were pretty good. Mr. Hong's mood was naturally not too bad. He was originally planning to invite everyone to gather together and discuss matters such as carving of this jadeite.
However, perhaps because of this kind of technical work, people obviously are not as enthusiastic as those of cutting stones. There are not many people willing to stay and participate.
Wang Biao and Jia Sidao naturally said goodbye. First of all, Wang Biao himself had a workshop, that's right. However, when it comes to processing large jade works, Wang Biao himself followed the arrangements of professional designers and would not intervene too much. Now he stayed with Mr. Hong to discuss with Mr. Hong, so it is of course no special significance; secondly, after experiencing Mr. Hong's stone cutting process, it is such a thrilling situation, everyone is probably holding their hearts in their hearts, right?
If you don’t go out and find a few rough stones to vent, how can you be worthy of this long night?
You know, this place is Yangmei! Especially the Yangmei at night is particularly charming for those who are gambling stones!
Jia Sidao naturally understood Wang Biao’s plan in his heart. Without saying a word, he followed Wang Biao out. Li Shiyun and the woman surnamed Liu naturally followed. However, what Jia Sidao did not expect was that Ji Yanran actually followed him. Behind her, Mr. Jin and Mr. Yang were also indispensable.
Several people looked at each other at the door, especially when they saw Li Shiyun and Ji Yanran. At this time, they were like sisters, and they showed an expression of advancing and retreating together. Everyone agreed in their hearts. Let's act together.
Of course, there are no good arrangements for Mr. Yang and Mr. Jin at this moment. Otherwise, no matter how much they care about Ji Yanran, they would not have followed him like this. I am worried that Ji Yanran is fake. I want to go with him to see the goods, or just go and see how Wang Biao cuts the stones. That's the real thing?
"Haha, I think you have good arrangements. Why not, add us to the two of us?" A cheerful voice came, with a slight Cantonese accent. It was Dong Hao and Manager Dong. While speaking, they came to Wang Biao.
"It depends on what you said. With our Mr. Hao's methods, aren't there any place to go?" Wang Biao teased angrily. However, there was no look of anger in his expression. Anyway, judging from Mr. Jin and Mr. Yang's performance, it is enough to show that this group of people should have arrived in the evening, Yangmei.
Otherwise, at the beginning, when a woman surnamed Liu said that Jia Sidao cut out glass-type blue jade, Ji Yanran would have looked curious. With such big news, as long as someone from Yangmei arrives in the afternoon, he will definitely receive some news.
As a businessman, Wang Biao's observation is undoubtedly very comprehensive.
A group of nine people, talking and laughing, walked towards a family. This was also arranged by Wang Biao in advance. Although Mr. Hong said that he wanted to cut stones at night, he could not cut stones for one night, right? He reserved a place for himself, even two or three places for his place, which was very necessary in the eyes of experts who bet on stones.
It can't be said, sometimes it will come in handy.
When I knocked on the door of this house, it was already quite lively. However, after seeing Wang Biao and his group of nine, the man was slightly stunned. Many people who came to see the goods had seen, but it was rare for such a large scale. Fortunately, Wang Biao and the man were quite familiar with him. After introducing that they were all friends, everyone walked into the door one by one and came to the living room.
At this time, there were already five young people there. Everyone had no polite words, and the seat on the sofa was not enough. After seeing three women, the young people stood up and gave up their seats.
Li Shiyun was originally going to be polite. The woman surnamed Liu was generous. When she gave up her seat, she sat down very simply. Wang Biao couldn't help but smile and said, "No polite at all, look at Xiao Li..."
As he was talking, Li Shiyun sat down, and then Ji Yanran also pulled Li Shiyun off and sat next to her. For a moment, the three women occupied all the seats on the couch.
Wang Biao was stunned. In addition, he was also joking by Dong Hao and praised the woman surnamed Liu with a smile: "I am not at all dislike and I am not polite. This is the hero among women. Look at you, Mr. Wang, you are so old, but you are not as proud as a woman."
Upon hearing this, Wang Biao could only shake his head and smile bitterly.
Jia Sidao ignored the jokes of the two people and looked at the layout in the living room. It was quite ordinary and casual. The only characteristic is that at this moment, there were a lot of jadeite rough stones on the coffee table in the living room, including about ten pieces, and most of them were similar to fists. On the edge of the coffee table, there were a few larger jadeite rough stones. Some were cut, while others were all bet on each other, and they were different.
Before Wang Biao and his friends came in, several young people were looking at a jadeite rough stone with the window open. Everyone's opinions seemed not very unified and they were still arguing. No wonder Jia Sidao felt that it was quite lively when he saw the door open.
This is the case in Yangmei Village. The men here, no matter their age, will more or less engage in jade-related industries, especially in gambling stones. Not to mention that everyone is an expert, if you pull it out, you can at least say that they are ugly and Yin Mao. It is enough to pretend to look at ordinary jadeite rough stones and the like.
Moreover, after night, almost many people's homes will gather together as Jia Sidao saw now, looking at the jadeite rough stones, or cutting stones. If there is no way, although there are many such families here, it is not easy to touch the place. Especially for businessmen outside the country, if you have not made an appointment in advance, even if you come to the door, people may not open the door and let you in.
Because Wang Biao said that he was looking at the jadeite raw stone, Jia Sidao first signaled to the owner of the house, and then picked up the jadeite raw stone they were arguing about. The surface of the window was gray-brown, and the texture was relatively delicate. There was also a lot of green on the section where the window was opened, but it was not too thick and looked a little deep, a bit like spinach green.
However, in addition to this, there are some faint cracks. I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t pay attention to the cut when cutting the stone, the cut is inaccurate, or the original stone itself has such cracks.
At this point, it is difficult to judge because Jia Sidao had never seen similar jadeite rough stones in advance.
But this night came out, Jia Sidao first encountered moss, and now he encountered a crack, which really made Jia Sidao shout in his heart. In addition to "eating green in moss", there are also words such as "What are you gambling about, don't gamble on cracks". It can be seen that the cracks on this jadeite rough stone are more terrifying and unpredictable than this moss.
Most people who can have rumors must not be easy, right?
Jia Sidao gave Wang Biao the jadeite rough stone, hoping that he would take a look at it. For experts like Wang Biao, the jadeite rough stones that he had seen were naturally much more than Jia Sidao. Then, regardless of what others thought, Jia Sidao turned to select the jadeite rough stones on the coffee table. However, after looking at it for a while, he felt that the surface of these rough stones was relatively average.
In front of everyone, Jia Sidao was embarrassed to use the supernatural power of his left hand to sense one by one. He could only stop awkwardly, return to Wang Biao, and wait for his reaction.
But for women like Li Shiyun, Ji Yanran and others, they did not focus on Jia Sidao's side, but continued to check the raw stones on the coffee table. For women, those big jade raw stones are obviously not as attractive as these small raw stones in front of them.
On the slender jade hand, playing with small pieces of jadeite rough stone. The gray-black of the rough stone and the white of the fingers complement each other, which is also a beautiful scenery!
"How is it?" Seeing Wang Biao give the jadeite stone in his hand and give it to Hao Dong again. Before Jia Sidao asked, the owner asked. Jia Sidao smiled in his heart. I'm afraid that what these young people had argued about before was exactly how deep the crack was, right? In this way, the crack on the section is probably natural.
From this point of view, this jadeite rough stone is not very gambled.
For the "crack" of jade, if you are not sure, everyone will deliberately not touch it. It is like a minefield, so it is better to stay away from it. Of course, this is also a prerequisite. If it is a normal quality jadeite rough stone, it is like the current piece, the texture is between bean type and ice type, and the color of spinach green is not very thorough. Even if the crack is not big, it can only be considered a mid-range jadeite. In this way, the price of jadeite rough stone itself will not be too high, and it will be useless to bet on a bet.
In addition, if there are cracks in the cut jadeite, it will undoubtedly be of great help to the buyer's judgment. Experienced experts will definitely be able to accurately infer the cracks from the cut surface, how deep can it reach, and thus determine the value of the entire jadeiteite and how big it is.
"It's better." Wang Biao answered calmly.
When the owner heard this, he did not show a happy expression on his face, but a faint sadness. Wang Biao was also helpless about this. He could not comfort him a few words, right?
Speaking of which, the gambling stones and antiques are still quite similar to those of the antiques. That is, when both parties clearly want to trade, if the seller says that something is not bad or is still a good deal, they have completely given up on it. If this thing is said to be bad or something wrong, then they may want this thing very much in their hearts, right?
This situation is interesting and quite incredible, but in fact, it is a common trading method in trading. If the seller still boasts about what he wants, it would be uncomfortable for himself. When the price is bargaining later, he will have to lose money.
After about two minutes, Dong Hao put the jadeite stone back on the coffee table, a faint smile appeared on his face, and signaled to the people next to him that if anyone was interested, he could go up and take a look. But he probably wouldn't take action. In this regard, Mr. Jin, Mr. Yang and others were naturally lacking in interest.
The owner of the house naturally looked frustrated. However, in a flash, he recovered, and even after he figured it out, there was a faint smile on his face.
Could it be that when he was arguing with those young people in advance, the cracks in the guess were deeper?
Jia Sidao looked at the other young people next to him. The expression of only one of them was extremely depressed. The other people had a very relaxed expression, and even a little gloating. With Mr. Jin, Mr. Yang and others, they took turns to pick up the jadeite stones on the coffee table to check. The objects that each of them paid attention to were very different. It seemed that they were moving with the jadeite stones.
Jia Sidao was amused in his heart, and he finally understood the relationship between them.
It turns out that not all the jadeite stones on the coffee table belong to the owner, but most of them are from the other young men. At night, the few people gathered together just to discuss and study together. When they happened to meet Jia Sidao and his party, they naturally had the intention to sell at a high price. These jadeite stones are not of great value in themselves, and once they are attracted by others, they may make a lot of money. However, Jia Sidao and his party have not had a weak vision and did not like it, but they were somewhat beyond the expectations of the young people.
Fortunately, the few people were not at all gained nothing. Soon, Mr. Jin discovered a piece of jadeite stone the size of a basketball on the side of the coffee table. His performance was pretty good and he wanted to stop. After seeing Mr. Jin's performance, one of the young men with baby faces was stunned at first, and then quickly picked up the calculator on the coffee table, hurriedly pressed a string of numbers, and handed it to Mr. Jin.
After reading it, Mr. Jin frowned, quickly modified the numbers on the calculator, and handed them back. The young man shook his head, didn't say anything, and modified the numbers on it again. The two of them handed back and forth for more than ten times, and finally stopped. Then, they nodded. The transaction was also completed.
Seeing this, the three girls on the sofa giggled.
It was really the behavior of the two of them passing the calculator back and forth, which was quite a bit like a child playing house. Of course, this was just a few women's opinion. Who made Mr. Jin and the man with baby faces seem to have a deep hatred for the calculator when pressing numbers. The movement and expression were pressed hard, and there was no calmness or calmness that an adult should have.
To put it bluntly, this bargaining method not only adds a lot of topics to the three girls, but also makes Jia Sidao understand in his heart that although looking at the gambling stone industry, it is not challenging for Jia Sidao. However, in some of the small tricks, there are probably many things that Jia Sidao needs to learn...
When Jia Sidao entered the living room in advance, he also saw the calculator on the coffee table, but he would never have thought that this calculator has the function of bargaining, right? Wang Biao and Jia Sidao mentioned that when Yangmei bargaining, there were too many people gambling stones in the village, and everyone was very familiar with it. In order to avoid making mistakes in human relationships when bargaining, everyone generally did not bargain face to face, and most of them used tools directly.
For example, Wang Biao instructed Jia Sidao to make good use of his mobile phone at that time.
First, it is conducive to being more calm when bargaining, and there is room for thinking during the time of sending text messages; second, mobile phones are also a contact tool. No matter whether a transaction is completed or not, leaving a communication number, there is still a chance to continue trading next time, right?
Therefore, when people discuss the price, it is quite popular to send text messages by mobile phones. Sometimes when they find out that someone has a good jadeite rough stone in their hands, they will send a text message to ask first. As for the calculator, it is not unfamiliar to businessmen like Mr. Jin.
"Okay, you guy, if you want to help others, don't fool people here. I can tell at a glance that your little tricks are just right. This time, should you bring some good things?" After seeing Mr. Jin's transaction completed, Wang Biao finally changed his original indifferent expression and said to the owner with a smile, "If there is nothing good, I can't say it, I won't come to you next time. Another day, I'll let you beat you up."
"Okay, look at what you said, how dare I not take care of the business you made by Mr. Wang?" The owner smiled "hehe" and didn't care about Wang Biao's familiarity. At this moment, he showed his attitude as the owner. He winked at the young people next to him. Several of them said goodbye. Before leaving, they also took action to remove the jadeite stones on the coffee table or those originally placed on the ground, and were hurriedly moved to a large cabinet next to the living room by several young men.
"It makes you laugh." The owner explained first, "These are just appetizers..." Perhaps seeing Wang Biao's smile, the owner smiled bitterly and said, "Don't look at me like this, I have no choice. They are all children of elders, and they are trying hard to help me introduce some customers. I think, anyway, Mr. Wang, you are coming tonight, right? I'm not like this... "
As I talked, I became less and less silent.
"Okay, hurry up and go to your basement. It's like I'm here as a sucker." Wang Biao waved his hand and signaled. I think it's not the first time he's here.
"Yes, yes, yes, please come here!" The owner stuck out his tongue, showed a grimace, and then reached out to make an invitation. Several people followed him and walked to the inner room of the house. Then, he pressed a certain position on the wall, and an open door appeared at the corner of the wall, and it was pitch black inside. Goodbye, he pressed the wall again, and some dim lights appeared. It was not very bright.
However, it seems natural to think of looking at the jadeite raw stones in this basement next.
Otherwise, the incandescent lamps used to be in the living room, illuminating like daytime, Jia Sidao would have doubted the quality of the jadeite raw stones that we will look at next.
To be continued...