After hearing Ye Tian's words, Zuo Jiajun laughed and said, "You can't tell it, otherwise why would it be called gambling on stones?"
Relying on accurate divination, gambling has no meaning to Zuo Jiajun, and using divination to gamble will also break some people's taboos.
No matter what kind of master Ren Zuo Jiajun is, if he dares to win hundreds of millions from any casino, he will probably be shot to death when he goes out. Zuo Jiajun, who knows how to seek good luck and avoid disaster, will naturally not do such a thing.
matter.
But gambling on stones is different. These exquisite jadeite jadeites, which combine the essence of heaven and earth, are wrapped in a layer of stone skin before they are polished. No matter how magical you are, you will never be able to see what is hidden in the stone.
What exactly is it?
Therefore, Zuo Jiajun became obsessed with stone gambling after he first came into contact with jadeite stones more than ten years ago. However, he was very restrained. Over the past ten years, he had made more and lost less, and he would not go bankrupt like some people who gambled.
"These stones are all the same, how can you tell whether there is jade in them?"
Ye Tian knelt down and looked at the stones at his feet, shook his head and said, "This thing is really a gamble. If there is no jade in these stones, wouldn't everyone lose?"
To be honest, Ye Tian didn't do much research on jade. He couldn't even tell the difference between jade and jade.
Ye Tian, who had no idea about nephrite and jadeite, certainly didn't know that jadeite was originally like this. Those exquisite jadeite ornaments were all cut from these ugly-looking rough stones.
"Junior brother, then you are wrong. These rough stones are all mined from old pits in Myanmar. Nine times out of ten, they contain jade, but the quality of the jade is different!"
After hearing what Ye Tian said, Zuo Jiajun smiled and pulled Ye Tian to a rough stone weighing more than two hundred kilograms, pointed to an incision and said: "Junior brother, look, this rough stone has been cut.
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While his daughter and son-in-law went to select rough stones, Zuo Jiajun took Ye Tian around the venue and introduced Ye Tian to some basic knowledge about stone gambling based on the differences of various rough stones.
Gambling stone contains the word gambling, so the uncertainty factor is naturally very large.
However, it also pays attention to technology. The surface of these rough stones basically has some weathered python patterns or cracks. These are the main factors in judging the quality of the rough stones.
Moreover, the stones are divided into full stones and half stones. The full stones are mined without any openings or incisions. There is no way to explore the inside of the rough stones other than identifying them from the stone skin.
However, the risk of gambling is extremely high, because no one dares to predict what will appear inside based only on the judgment on the stone skin. It may be a priceless piece of top-quality jade, but more often than not, there will be nothing.
As for the half bet, some experienced stone-cutting masters have made some cuts on the rough stone. Generally speaking, these cuts on the rough stone used as the half bet will show traces of jade.
Those who want to buy jadeite will judge the amount of jadeite contained in the rough stone and its quality based on the conditions revealed by these cuts or windows.
The bet on a half rough stone is much smaller than that on a full rough stone, because no matter what, the incision or window can prove that there is jade inside, and the bet is only on the quality and quantity of the jade.
Stone gambling was introduced to China in the 1980s. In recent years, jadeite has attracted more and more attention from jewelers, and stone gambling has also become popular. After each Burmese public sale, the Hong Kong rough stone trade has gradually become a trend for some jewelers.
A place where they secretly compete.
"Strange, why are there so few semi-gambling materials this year?"
While introducing the development history and basic rules of stone gambling to Ye Tian, Zuo Jiajun was also observing the rough stones shipped back from Myanmar. After looking at them for a while, a puzzled look appeared on his face.
Generally speaking, most of the materials used in the jewelery industry come from the public market in Myanmar, and when they are shipped to Hong Kong and faced with these jewelers, many of the materials have already been cut.
There are two reasons for this. Firstly, rough stone merchants can earn greater profits from cut jadeite. Secondly, jewelers like to buy semi-finished raw materials, which can minimize their risks.
However, only fifty or sixty of the rough stones that appeared this year were cut, and the other thousands were all made of gambling materials. This made Zuo Jiajun puzzled and a little helpless.
Since there are too many gambling materials, those who perform well will be targeted by many people. Zuo Jiajun has limited funds and wants to compete with those jewelry giants for good gambling materials, but he is unable to do so.
Just when Zuo Jiajun felt a little confused about the raw stone material this time, a middle-aged man in his forties with a Chinese character face came up and asked with a smile: "How is it, Master Zuo, what do you like?"
Is there any good material?"
"Ah Xiong, you're here to join in the fun again. Do you still care about the small amount of money gambling on stones?" Seeing the visitor, Zuo Jiajun laughed and cursed. It was obvious that he was very familiar with the person.
The man laughed when he heard this and said nonchalantly: "What I'm after is not money, but the pleasure that comes from betting a stone higher. Master Zuo, who is this little brother?"
This person knew that although Zuo Jiajun seemed to be a peaceful person, he was actually extremely aloof at heart. He had known Zuo Jiajun for nearly 20 years and had never seen him accompany anyone in person.
"Let me introduce to you. This is Ye Tian, my junior fellow student. Ye Tian, his name is Wen Luanxiong. Even though he is young, he is a powerful figure in the Hong Kong stock market!"
Just now when he took Ye Tian to inspect the rough stones, someone said hello, and someone also asked about Ye Tian's identity. Zuo Jiajun always smiled and smiled, but when it came to this person named Wen Luanxiong, his attitude was obviously different from just now.
"Oh, it turns out he is a fellow student of Master Zuo. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Brother Ye is young and promising." After hearing Zuo Jiajun's introduction, Wen Luanxiong's eyes lit up and he held Ye Tian's hand tightly.
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Ye Tian smiled and said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "Where is Brother Wen's name, Ye is so powerful..."
Ye Tian really didn't know much about the rich people in Hong Kong. Apart from Tang Wenyuan, there were only a few super rich people like Li Chaoren who were well-known to everyone on the street. But coincidentally, he happened to know the one in front of him.
When living in Tang Wenyuan's mansion, in order to prevent Ye Tian from being bored, Tang Wenyuan asked A Ding to send him many Hong Kong newspapers and magazines, and this Wen Luanxiong appeared in those newspapers and magazines far more than some film and television stars
More.
The main reason that made Ye Tian interested in him was Wen Luanxiong's love history. Several female celebrities that Ye Tian originally had a crush on actually had romantic entanglements with him, which also made Ye Tian remember him.
name.
However, Ye Tian didn't know that Man Luan-hsiung was able to join the ranks of the super rich in Hong Kong at the age of less than fifty, and he was not just a womanizer.
When Wen Luanxiong was twenty-six or seventeen years old, he established a listed company from scratch. Later, after getting involved in the stock market in the 1980s, he made successive moves and rose rapidly at a dizzying speed.
Up to now, Wen Luanxiong has owned 4 listed companies. Its total market value has followed the top ten consortiums and has become a candidate super chaebol in Hong Kong. Its business has expanded to real estate, media, construction and manufacturing.
However, besides making money and playing with female celebrities, few people know that Wen Luanxiong is most interested in gambling on stones.
With Wen Luanxiong's current net worth, he naturally looked down upon the profits from gambling on stones, but the pleasure of extracting exquisite jadeite from stones made him never tire of it.
The rise in the price of rough stones in Hong Kong in recent years has something to do with Wen Luanxiong's generosity. It's just that he is a good person and will not ask for excessive prices after betting on the increase. Sometimes he even sells jadeite at a fair price, which does not attract the attention of his colleagues in the jewelry industry.
of resistance.
"By the way, Ah Xiong, what happened to these rough stones this year? How come most of them are full bet materials, and there are so few half bet stones?"
After introducing Ye Tian and Wen Luanxiong to each other, Zuo Jiajun turned his attention to the jadeite rough. He knew that Wen Luanxiong liked to gamble on stones, and sometimes he would go to the Burmese auction to ask him if he was sure.
wrong.
After hearing what Zuo Jiajun said, Wen Luanxiong said: "Master Zuo, several states in Myanmar are currently at war, and there is also a lot of trouble in the Golden Triangle. Many rough stone traders will be kidnapped when they enter Myanmar. This year's public price difference
It didn’t work at all…”
Since jadeite is only produced in a narrow area of more than 100 kilometers in Myanmar, if you want to buy jadeite, you must go deep into Myanmar. But now that Myanmar is raging with war, who has the time to mine jadeite?
In the past, jadeite mine owners in Myanmar cut up jadeite and sold it in order to make greater profits, but now they no longer care about it, and most of them just sell the mined rough stones directly.
Most of the semi-gambling materials in the market are cut by second-rate dealers. However, the risk of dissecting the stone is too high, so there are more full-gaming materials and less half-gaming materials.
Not only that, the price of rough stones in this transaction has also increased by 60% compared to last year. The reason is very simple. These rough stone merchants risked their lives to transport rough stones from Myanmar.
"Yes, my small shops will not be able to do good business next year..."
After listening to Wen Luanxiong's explanation, Zuo Jiajun laughed at himself, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Although the sales ratio of jade jewelry in the jewelry industry is increasing year by year, compared with gold and diamonds, there is still a certain gap.
Different.
"Master Zuo, it's just a few pieces of jade. I'll bet the money later, so you can take whichever piece you like."
Wen Luanxiong's words made Ye Tian couldn't help but look at him a few more times. This guy not only likes to give luxury houses to female celebrities, he is also very generous to men, right?
