The level of enthusiasm for this almost scrap rough stone in the field was far beyond Ye Tian's expectation. In his opinion, a jadeite as big as a fist was not worth even three million.
"Ten million Hong Kong dollars, I will pay you ten million!"
What Ye Tian didn't expect was that Wen Luanxiong, who was sitting next to him, actually took action again and raised the auction price by two million and a half million. As soon as the price was announced, the venue fell silent.
Although the rough stone has weathered python traces on its surface, it has been cut to pieces by the first cut, and its value has shrunk by at least half. Wen Luanxiong paid 10 million. In the eyes of others, it was purely a waste of money, but it was
No one is willing to bid with him anymore.
"Okay, for 10 million Hong Kong dollars, this giant rough stone belongs to Vincent!"
After asking twice and no one offered a price, the auctioneer's gavel hit hard, "Today's rough stone transaction ends here. We are preparing stone-breaking tools outside. Friends who want to break stones on the spot, please be prepared!"
After the auction ended, the atmosphere in the venue became more relaxed, and the next stone analysis was the most thrilling. Several jewelers who couldn't wait had already got up and walked out after making the transfer.
Zuo Jiajun also stood up and said: "Ye Tian, let's go, the stone gambling has just begun now!"
After following Zuo Jiajun into the yard, the rough stones that were originally placed in a mess on the ground were divided into piles and arranged very neatly by the staff. The place had already been busy when the auction was held inside.
"Senior brother, how do you break these... stones? How do you cut them open?"
Ye Tian looked a little confused. This was the first time in his life that he had been exposed to stone gambling. He had no idea at all. He was still thinking about whether to take the stone back and cut it open with a Yanyue knife?
Zuo Jiajun laughed when he heard this, pouted his lips in all directions, and said, "Well, isn't there a stone-breaking machine over there?"
"Is it those big gears?"
After hearing Zuo Jiajun's words, Ye Tian noticed that there were six tools with alloy gears placed in the four corners of the yard, as well as many small hand-held grinders, which should be some in size.
Used for relatively small rough stones.
"Yes, but you don't need those stone-breaking machines. Ye Tian, here, this is the rough stone you bought." Zuo Jiajun smiled and nodded, picking out a fist-sized stone from his pile of rough stones.
Passed it to Ye Tian.
"You spent 20,000 Hong Kong dollars on this thing?" Ye Tian took the black stone, smiled bitterly, and said, "Brother, I will give you the money back."
Zuo Jiajun stared and said angrily: "What are you talking about? Senior brother bought it for you to play with, don't mention the money."
Zuo Jiajun is one of his own, and there is no such thing as inhumanity. Ye Tian is not the kind of rigid person. After thinking about it, he smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll take it."
Looking around, Ye Tian found that those who had bought the rough stones were squatting there and observing the stones they bought, even more carefully than before buying them. He asked with some confusion: "Brother, don't you mean to buy the stones?"
Cutting stones? How come no one can cut them?"
"It requires skill to unscramble the stone. You have to draw lines according to the direction of the python pattern and try not to damage the jadeite inside. You can't just cut it casually."
Zuo Jiajun knew that his junior brother knew nothing about stone gambling, so he patiently explained it to Ye Tian. Fortunately, his daughter and son-in-law knew a lot about rough stones, so he didn't need to do the work of checking and drawing lines.
"Is it so complicated?"
After listening to Zuo Jiajun's words, Ye Tianba smacked his lips, thinking that if the knife went wrong, something originally worth one million might become one hundred thousand. No wonder those people were so careful.
"They don't understand, I'll explain it!"
Ye Tian came here just to make soy sauce. Anyway, the 20,000 yuan stone was given to him by his senior brother for fun. He didn't feel any pressure at all. He took the rough stone in his hand and walked towards the nearest stone dissolving machine.
"Hey, someone has solved the stone..."
"Let's go and have a look. I wonder if I can bet on the price of the first stone today!"
"Who is this young man? I don't think I've ever seen him before?"
"Master Zuo should be followed by his juniors, right?"
When Ye Tian moved, Zuo Jiajun naturally wanted to accompany him, and when Zuo Jiajun moved, he attracted a lot of people's attention. The jewelers who were observing their rough stones suddenly gathered around, "Brother, just cut it like this
Just come down, okay?”
Ye Tian placed the fist-sized rough stone on the stone dissolving machine. The staff next to him were very skilled at operating the machine and sandwiched the rough stone tightly between two steel ingots.
"You... How can you cut such a small stone?"
Zuo Jiajun was dumbfounded by what Ye Tian said. The material he bought was made of black sand, which was produced in Ma Meng Laokeng, Myanmar. It is the most produced and variable material among the jadeite gravels.
In ordinary jadeite raw stones, some characteristics can be seen from the surface, but the black sand material is completely covered by a layer of black cortex, so it is also known as the most powerful wool material, with nine out of ten bets.
The theory of collapse.
However, if the wool of black sand can produce jadeite, the planting water will generally be good, and it will also be green.
Although Ye Tian bought this stone cheaply, he couldn't cut it off casually. If Ye Tian did that, he would definitely be laughed at by the people in this yard.
"This young man doesn't know how to understand stones?"
"Even if you have to cut such small materials, isn't it a waste of things?"
"Let's go, let's go. It's a piece of black sand material, nothing to look at..."
Although the voices of Ye Tian and Zuo Jiajun were not loud, they were still listened to by many people. Firstly, the materials were too small and their performance was not very good. Secondly, Ye Tian was a novice again, so the onlookers immediately dispersed.
More than half.
"Brother Ye, this material doesn't need to be cut. If you use this to wipe off the outer skin, you can basically tell whether there is jade or not." Wen Luanxiong saw Ye Tian deflated and smiled and handed over a grinder.
Explained the usage to Ye Tian.
"Thank you, Brother Wen, I understand!"
The principle of unblocking the stone is very simple, but it is more difficult to control the heat. After hearing Wen Luanxiong's explanation, Ye Tian suddenly understood.
"If you rub some skin, you'll know what's inside. This is really a gamble..."
Ye Tian shook his head, without hesitation, directly turned on the switch of the grinder, and started polishing the black leather with the rapidly rotating grinding wheel.
"Ka... ka ka..." Following an unpleasant sound, black stone dust flew up.
"Master Zuo, Brother Ye's hands are very steady."
Since the price for this piece of material was relatively low, it was difficult to make people nervous. While Ye Tian was unraveling the stone, Wen Luanxiong chatted with Zuo Jiajun beside him.
Although it was his first time to cut stones, Ye Tian's hands holding the grinder were very steady. Experts like Wen Luanxiong who often cut stones by themselves could tell at a glance.
"Haha, he is much stronger than me..."
Zuo Jiajun couldn't help laughing when he heard Wen Luanxiong praise Ye Tian, but Wen Luanxiong was shocked when he heard it. He could tell that Zuo Jiajun's words were not polite.
"Hey, senior brother, there seems to be green in here!" While Zuo Jiajun was chatting with Wen Luanxiong, Ye Tian's voice suddenly rang out.
"What? Did you figure out the green one?" Zuo Jiajun quickly came up and took a look, but he was completely stunned.
The reason Zuo Jiajun was in a daze was not because of how conspicuous the greenery was, but because he was surprised by Ye Tian's speed in unraveling stones.
In less than two minutes, Ye Tian actually wiped off nearly one-third of the volume of his fist-sized body, and the grinding wheel on the grinder had also been completely worn away.
Ye Tian's hand strength was so strong. If the grinding wheel hadn't been worn out, Ye Tian would have probably been able to grind the rough stone into powder in one go.
"Senior brother, is this bet considered a win?" Seeing Zuo Jiajun's silence, Ye Tian touched him.
"Ah? Of course the green one has gone up!"
Zuo Jiajun came to his senses, quickly washed the wiped surface with water, then took out a small fluorescent flashlight, turned it on and pressed it tightly against the wiped surface.
Originally there was only a touch of green on the wiped surface, but after being affixed with this beam of strong light, the circle of the flashlight was suddenly filled with green colors, which was really beautiful.
"It's gone up? Really, this green is pretty good."
"If you don't look at the planting water, just look at the green, the stone will also be inflated!"
"Hurry up and untie it and see how big the jade inside is and what quality it is?"
Zuo Jiajun bet on the price, but it attracted the people around him. Under normal circumstances, if the price of black sand like this is not high, it will rise sharply as long as it goes green.
"Brother Ye, that's good. You are really lucky. Master Zuo, please continue to solve it!"
Wen Luanxiong also expressed his joy to Ye Tiandao. He played stone gambling not to make money, but to feel the satisfaction of the moment when he rubbed out the jadeite.
"Ye Tian, it's up to you to do it. Be careful not to rub the green jadeite. Just wipe away the sand mist crystals around it."
Zuo Jiajun had someone change a grinding wheel and returned the grinding machine to Ye Tian. His left hand was injured and he couldn't use it anymore. He shouldn't get addicted to cracking stones this year.
"Does this count as an increase in bets?"
Ye Tian was still confused at this time. He didn't know how much it had increased. After taking the grinder handed over by Zuo Jiajun, he started working again.
Ye Tian seemed to use a lot of force when rubbing the stone, but his control of the heat was very good. Whenever he came into contact with jade, he could always withdraw his strength in time without damaging the jade flesh at all.
This time there were even more people gathered. Looking at Ye Tian's actions, some experts nodded secretly. If they hadn't known that Ye Tian was breaking stones for the first time, they would have mistakenly thought that he was an experienced stone breaker.
