When He Qing and Lin Haitao walked into an inner room where goods were stored in a stone gambling shop, they found a group of "treasure light" lingering in the room. Then, he noticed that the red light was coming from a stone placed on the shelf.
, I saw that the stone was a dark mass, and could not be seen at first glance. It was almost the same as the ordinary stones on the roadside.
But He Qing knew very well that since it could emit "treasure light", it meant that the stone was treasured by others and should be a jadeite of relatively high quality.
At that moment, he cheered up and focused his eyes on the "unspectacular" stone. Soon, the chaotic red light gathered in front of his eyes, and a stream of red threads poured into his eyes.
Immediately afterwards, He Qing watched the flashing images through the aura that entered his eyes. Those images were all records of the ins and outs of that piece of jadeite wool.
After a while, He Qing saw it all. It turned out that the stone really had some background. It was something that an old jade dealer had been collecting. The stone was indeed made of jade material, and it was bought directly from Myanmar through gambling. The businessman must be very optimistic about it.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have kept that stone in his hand like a treasure, and he would have been reluctant to cut it into pieces.
"Buzz~~" Suddenly, He Qing heard a roar in his ears. At the same time, his brain felt dizzy. The same miracle happened again. This was undoubtedly a sign of absorbing artistic inspiration.
He Qing finally calmed down. When the discomfort gradually disappeared, he clearly felt that there was a new memory in his brain. The information that had just been poured into his mind was all about jade.
.The old jade merchant’s skills and experience in jade and stone gambling were all copied to him.
This feeling is extremely strange, but it is undoubtedly real.
When he realized that he had accidentally absorbed all the stone gambling experience of an old man, He Qing was secretly surprised and happy. What he needed was the stone gambling skills, even though the old man was not a god and could not
He will win every time he gambles, but he has rich experience in stone gambling, at least he fully understands the most basic knowledge of stone gambling.
"Brother He, what do you think of these stones?" Suddenly I heard Kuang Bin's greeting ringing in my ears.
"Oh, let me take a look first!" He Qing reacted immediately and immediately took his eyes away from the jadeite with "precious light" to prevent Kuang Bin and the others from discovering anything unusual.
"Well, then you should take a look first." Kuang Bin said with a smile, "I heard from the boss that some of these stones are very old. Some of them are even older than the Republic of China, to the middle and late Qing Dynasty."
"Oh, really?" He Qing asked. In fact, he was asking knowingly, because he had already seen it just now. One of the stones did come from the late Qing Dynasty, with a history of more than a hundred years, which is relatively rare.
"Brother, please look, these are very old pieces." The shop owner standing aside pointed out a few pieces of jade to He Qing. The surface of those jade stones was covered with a thick layer of patina, which had obviously withstood the years.
The baptism is an old antique, but there are old and new ones in different ages. Except for the stone from the Qing Dynasty, the rest have no reaction, indicating that the other stones may not be of the same age, or may not be treasured.
"Yes, I saw it." He Qing nodded and said, "Boss, are these just these pieces of old jade material? Are there any others?"
The boss shook his head hurriedly and said: "I'm sorry, that's all. There aren't many more. This kind of old jade material is hard to find now. Most of them are collectibles and few people use them for gambling. But it mainly depends on your situation.
Once you receive it, you can do whatever you want with it."
He Qing responded: "That's right. If there's nothing else, let's take a look at these pieces first."
Now he approached the shelf and looked at it attentively. The stones the boss pointed to were different in size, shape, surface color and thickness. There were two stones with patches of green on them. They were passed down from the unknown jade merchant.
From his memory, he knew that the technical term for the green component is "pine flower", which is one of the most common features on the outside of jadeite wool. It is also the external manifestation of the greenness of jadeite inside the stone, and a very important aspect of stone gambling is that
It is "green". If you can accurately grasp the characteristics of pine flowers and judge their distribution trends, your winning rate will be much greater.
"Boss, how do you sell this stone?" After carefully inspecting the old stones, He Qing pointed to the stone he had identified before and asked.
"Brother Qing, you want to bet on this?!" Lin Haitao asked in surprise at first. Kuang Bin, who was standing by him, also had a flash of surprise in his eyes. Both of them felt very strange. They only asked how He Qing could take a fancy to that stone.
But he didn't like the other stones.
Compared to the other stones, the stone He Qing pointed to was obviously much inferior. Its shell was dark and shiny, just like a piece of coal. There was no trace of jadeite on the surface, so there was no chance of it being a bet.
"Yes, I want to play with this stone." He Qing nodded without hesitation.
"But this..." Lin Haitao hesitated and said with a bitter smile, "Brother Qing, you have just started betting on stones. I suggest you bet on stones with more flowers on them, so you are more confident."
The "flower" he was talking about was naturally the so-called "pine flower". A few minutes ago, He Qing would have known nothing about it, and he would not have understood it at all. But at this moment, he had already accepted a gambler's advice.
Senior Shi has relevant memories and he has very clear knowledge about stone gambling.
"Haha, it doesn't matter." He Qing shook his head gently and said, "I have no skills, so I can only rely on feeling."
Compared with the other pieces of jadeite, he was more confident about the black stone, because it seemed that he had personally recovered the stone from Burma a long time ago, but he had been reluctant to gamble and kept it to this day.
"Brother, you have a very good eye!" The boss said with a smile, "The origin of the stone you picked is not easy to tell you. I got it from a master of rare stone collection.
The jadeite wool is a collection of materials and has a history of at least more than a hundred years."
Lin Haitao nodded and said: "The patina is very thick. It does look older. But I think if a stone is bought for gambling, there is basically no big difference whether it is new or old. It can be cut out well."
The key is the jade. Today’s old jade is often not as valuable as the new one.”
"That's what I say, but everyone has their own hobbies. These stones are not just gambling stones, they are also collectibles with certain collection value." The boss said seriously, "Don't look at this stone as black as coke.
, in fact it is a good variety. It is said that this kind of stone with a very black appearance often has high green inside!"
"Oh, really?" Lin Haitao smiled disapprovingly, "But I think this is too difficult to say. Otherwise, why would everyone like to see the green on the surface of gambling stones? The greener the stone, the more valuable it is of course, right?"
The boss smiled and said: "That's not necessarily true, it depends on the specific situation. Brother, do you want this stone?"
He turned to look at He Qing. He Qing nodded without thinking and said, "Of course I want it! Boss, there is no price tag on these stones. How much does the piece I want cost approximately?"
He asked the price straight to the point, and the boss looked at him as if hesitating. After a moment, he replied: "Originally, I was storing these stones and was reluctant to sell them, but seeing that Binzi introduced friends who came from afar, then I
You have to enjoy your friendship! Brother, if you sincerely want this stone, I will give you the best price."
"How much is that?" He Qing asked.
The boss picked up the stone and weighed it carefully. He said: "The stone is not small, weighing several kilograms. And it is grown in Laokeng, so it is very valuable. Brother, if not, I won't ask for more. You
Give me a friendly price, take it away at 80,000 yuan, it’s a fixed price, because I don’t like bargaining with acquaintances and friends!”
Judging from what he meant, he already regarded He Qing as an acquaintance, and offered him a "friendship price" of 80,000 yuan.
"Boss, you said this stone was grown in Laokeng?" He Qing questioned, "This stone has no scratches at all. No one can judge the quality of the jade inside it."
The boss's words obviously had the flavor of deceiving him, a "newcomer". The jadeite grown in Laokeng is only equivalent to a real piece of jade. How could the wool be said to be from Laokeng or Xinkeng? It's all deception.
Just a layman's statement.
The real Laokeng jade is of glass grade and is worth a lot of money.
As soon as He Qing said these words, Lin Haitao and Kuang Bin realized that something was wrong, and their expressions changed.
"That's right." Lin Haitao said with a faint smile, "The jadeite grown in Laokeng is just glass, just a piece of wool. It can't be said to be grown in Laokeng, right?"
"Oh, it was a slip of the tongue!" The boss shook his head and said with a rather embarrassed look, "To be precise, it should be from Laochangkou."
"Which old Changkou?" He Qing asked, he had the spirit of breaking the casserole and getting to the bottom of it.
"That's right, that's right..." The shop owner, who might have been asked a bit urgently and hadn't thought about the answer, became increasingly embarrassed and couldn't answer. He Qing knew much more about the situation of the stone than he did.
He Qing smiled meaningfully and said: "Boss, whether it comes from the old Changkou or the new Changkou, I want to take a gamble, but the price is indeed a bit high, can it be less?"
He said all this not just for bargaining. In antique shops and jade shops, bargaining skills need to be practiced. For buyers, of course, the lower the price, the better.
In fact, He Qing could see that although the stone he liked was a collector's item, it was inconspicuous in the eyes of ordinary people and had almost no advantages. Who would care about such an "unremarkable" stone, so 80,000
It is obviously high, and there is some room for bargaining.
"Isn't it high?" The boss frowned and said, "This is an old piece of jade that can be used for collection."
"I don't like collecting stones. I only collect beautiful jade, so I use this stone for gambling." He Qing said.
Lin Haitao also said: "Boss, for a gambling stone, the older the better, the older the appearance does not mean the foundation is also old. We are betting on the jade hidden inside, rather than paying attention to the surface. Of course, everyone
Everyone’s vision and interests are different. If someone likes to collect all kinds of jadeite materials, there’s nothing you can do about it.”
"Hey, okay, okay!" Being attacked and bombarded by He Qing and Lin Haitao, the boss felt a headache, so he just nodded and agreed, "Then I'll give you a cheaper price. I don't want you eight."
If it’s 10,000, how about 60,000? At least 60,000, this is my limit price, if it’s any less, I’ll really lose a lot of money!”
He Qing said confidently: "Boss, you won't lose money. I will give you 40,000 yuan for this stone."
The price he said bluntly was 40,000 yuan. Although this price was twice as much as the original price of 80,000 yuan, it was not low for a piece of ordinary jadeite material that no one cared about, because just now He Qing was there.
Many of the stones I have seen outside are priced less than 40,000, or even less than 10,000, and the materials of those stones are not necessarily worse than this one, they are just different from old to new.
"Forty thousand?! Why did you only offer 40,000?!" The boss shook his head sadly and said, "No way! This price is too low! It is one and a half of 80,000, and the things I have received are more than this price!
"
He Qing smiled lightly and said: "No way? When you received it, it was 40,000? Boss, the price I offered you is the real price, you will definitely not lose money!"
"Brother Qing——" At this moment, Lin Haitao gently pulled He Qing's sleeve and said, "If you want to spend 40,000 to bet on this stone, you might as well bet on the new stone outside. In fact, it's really
There is no difference, or wait until the batch of stones shipped from Myanmar arrives, and you can bet that good jade wool should not be difficult to find."
In Lin Haitao's eyes, He Qinghua's 40,000 yuan bet on that stone was no longer worth it. It was better to use 40,000 yuan to buy four more promising stones to try to gain luck. That way, the chance of the bet going up was much greater, and this
He is not sure that any good results will come from the block, he will only lose.
"Well, if the boss refuses to sell it to me, then there's nothing I can do about it." He Qing sighed seriously.
After saying that, the three of them wanted to turn around and walk away.
"Hey, brother, the price is easy to negotiate." The boss saw the opportunity and said, "Fifty thousand, I'll give you another ten thousand less!"
"Forty thousand, that's the only price you can get. Boss, you'd better think about it carefully first. It won't be too late to give me an answer after you think about it." He Qing said calmly. At this moment, his expression was gloomy, as if his interest was not as strong as before.
.
After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave the room.
"Come on, come on!" the boss greeted helplessly, "Forty thousand is forty thousand!"
"Well, deal!" He Qing said happily.
Later, he took out the cash he had prepared to pay for the transaction, but there were not enough banknotes in his bag. Fortunately, Lin Haitao lent him some, and the two of them scraped together 40,000.
In this way, he successfully obtained the very familiar piece of old jadeite material. Others were not optimistic about it, but he knew in his heart that this stone had great gambling potential. After cutting it open with a knife, it might contain a top-quality jadeite!