After buying the jade wool, He Qing and Lin Haitao drove back to the flea market and came to Kuang Bin's antique shop.
"Brother He, Brother Tao, shall we go gambling on stones right away?" Kuang Bin asked.
"Well, let's go right away." Lin Haitao nodded quickly. It was obvious that he was in a very urgent mood and just wanted to cut open the stone he bought as soon as possible and reveal the answer to the mystery.
He Qing also said: "Since you bought it, let's finish the bet early. Brother Kuang, don't you have the tools to cut stones here?"
"No," Kuang Bin said, "but Uncle Bao's store across the street has them."
He Qing said: "Can I borrow it for use?"
He Qing always feels a little uncomfortable going to other people's shops to bet on stones. In his opinion, it is better to keep the matter of stone bets a secret. If he loses the bet, it will be humiliating to others, but if he wins the bet, he will get a good jade.
, and I'm afraid it will make people jealous. As the saying goes, "don't show off your wealth." You still have to be as low-key as possible.
Kuang Bin shook his head and said: "It's not easy to borrow. Every time I go to his place to gamble directly with stones. Uncle Bao and the others are also stone gambling enthusiasts. If I just borrow their stone-breaking tools, it would be a bit
Sorry, he might say that mine is just a stone bet. What else can I hide in front of them? Even if I don’t put it in his jade shop, they will come to watch. Don’t I still allow it? Congratulations.
Brother, don’t have any scruples. Uncle Bao and the others are our own people. We often go and watch them when they are betting on stones, and they don’t think anything of it. In fact, it’s better to have them watching because of their experience in betting on stones.
They are all richer than us. They can give us guidance when interpreting stones."
"Oh, that's not what I meant." He Qing shook his head and said. "Haha, there's nothing to worry about. Well, let's just go to their shop to gamble."
Kuang Bin said that, how could he insist on borrowing tools to secretly gamble on his own? In fact, this is really nothing. There are many people who gamble on stones, and it is human nature to interpret stones in front of a few acquaintances and friends.
So He Qing didn't think much about it. He and Lin Haitao took the stones and followed Kuang Bin to a shop diagonally opposite the "Star Pavilion". It was a small shop specializing in jade and jade, called "Cui Jade Square"
, the store name is quite elegant.
"Uncle Bao, Xiaolin——"
After leading He Qing and the others into the store, Kuang Bin greeted them loudly.
There were two men, an old man and a young man, packing things in the store. Judging from their appearance, there was a slight resemblance between their eyebrows. It was obvious at first glance that they were father and son.
"Hey, Bin?!" Hearing Kuang Bin's greeting, the middle-aged man hurriedly raised his head and looked around. When he found out that Kuang Bin had brought two strange young men, there was a look of surprise in his eyes.
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"Welcome." He immediately stood up and went up to greet He Qing and the others enthusiastically. "What do you two want to play?"
He thought Kuang Bin had brought him new customers, so he was very happy.
"Uncle Bao, they are my friends from Jiangzhou." Kuang Bin introduced, "We are not here to buy jade. But we want to ask you for a favor."
"Oh? What's the matter?" Hearing what Kuang Bin said, Uncle Bao's expression on his dark face changed slightly. He seemed a little disappointed.
Kuang Bin answered bluntly: "I just want to borrow the cutting machine in your store. We just bought some stones from Jade Street and want to try our luck."
"Brother Bin, you want to bet on stones?!" When Uncle Bao's son Xiaolin heard that someone was going to bet on stones in his store, he seemed to be very interested. He immediately came up and asked about the situation.
It can be seen that he also has a "special liking" for gambling on stones.
Kuang Bin nodded and said, "Yeah. I don't know if it's inconvenient for you right now. If you're busy, that's okay. I'll lend you your tools to gamble in my own shop."
"Hey, it's okay!" Uncle Bao hurriedly waved his hand, "Since you're here, let's gamble here. It doesn't take much effort. How many stones do you have? How are they?"
Kuang Bin immediately told Uncle Bao and his son the origins of their stones, but he did not mention a word about the old piece of jadeite wool that He Qing bought first.
After hearing this, Uncle Bao shook his head vigorously and said: "Binzi, do you really believe in that Chaozhou boss?! They said that the stones were transported from the mining area in Myanmar. Is that where they came from? This is just their cover, and the purpose is
It is to sell the transported stones as early as possible. In fact, those stones are only trafficked from some secondary markets in Yunkun. I saw this kind of thing a lot when I was gambling on stones in Ruili and opened a shop, so you are very likely to be fooled.
They were deceived, and the stones they gambled for were not as good as they said!"
"No way?" Kuang Bin looked at He Qing and Lin Haitao and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Why not?" Uncle Bao pretended to be a veteran and shook his head and said, "You didn't see them going to the local mines in Myanmar."
Kuang Bin nodded and said: "That's true, but even if it wasn't for us, there's nothing we can do."
He Qing, who stood quietly and listened to their discussion, felt that what Uncle Bao said was somewhat reasonable, but he didn't care about it because he knew better than anyone else that when betting on stones, you end up betting on the jade inside the stone, not the wool.
In itself, the quality of the wool does not play a decisive role. Whether the jade is good or not can only be determined by cutting it completely.
Therefore, it is not the most important whether the stone is a new mine or an old mine, or where it was transported from.
The next step of unraveling the stone is the key!
"Binzi, please take out the stones you bought and show them to me first," Uncle Bao said.
"Well, okay." Kuang Bin nodded and agreed without hesitation. Then he carefully took out the two stones he had gambled from the big bag he brought, and put them on the ground to show to Uncle Bao and the others.
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"It's okay." Upon seeing it, Uncle Bao nodded and said calmly, "This is actually not much different from the ordinary wool at Yunkun Jade Market. I wonder how much you spent on it?"
Kuang Bin said truthfully: "The bigger one is more than 30,000 yuan, and the smaller one is more than 20,000 yuan. Uncle Bao, did I lose money? Chao, Zhou Lao's batch of stones is very popular. You didn't go.
When I saw it on site, there were a lot of people buying it. Many people were almost snatching it!"
"More than 50,000 yuan together, it's obviously too expensive!" Uncle Bao said bluntly, "If I leave it to Yunkun, I can get it for 30,000 yuan at most! Oh, that Chaozhou guy really knows how to make money!"
"Hey, there is nothing we can do if we lose money. I have bought the stone. Is it possible to return it? Now I just hope that there is some good jade in the stone. This way I won't lose too badly!" Kuang Bin sighed.
Uncle Bao nodded and responded: "Well, retreating is not an option. Just be careful in the future. If you want to bet on stones, it's best to take the time to go to places with a large jade trading volume. The jade raw materials in those places are generally very cheap.
,The most popular places for stone gambling now are Pingzhou in Foshan Mountain and Tengchong in Yunkun. These two places are the best places for stone gambling. Have you two also gambled?"
As he spoke, he looked at He Qing and Lin Haitao. Lin Haitao smiled and said, "Well, I only bet a piece. Master, please give me some advice."
As he spoke, he took out the stone he had bet on and showed it to Uncle Bao and the others.
"Oh!" When they saw the stone that Lin Haitao took out, Uncle Bao and his son's eyes suddenly widened. Uncle Bao said in surprise. "This stone is very good, it is a piece of color! Look at the green color on it.
The flowers seem to be distributed very regularly, and the jade inside should be of good quality! Brother, you must have spent a lot of money on this stone, right?"
Lin Haitao said: "It's not a lot. More than 100,000."
"That's no wonder!" Uncle Bao nodded, "You get what you pay for when betting on stones. This stone is really good, and it's worth spending 100,000 yuan. As long as the color of the jade inside is not biased, I believe you can bet on it.
If you find a piece of good jade, it will no longer be worth a hundred thousand!"
When they saw Lin Haitao's piece of jadeite wool with a delicate surface and full of green patches, Uncle Bao and his son immediately cheered up and their interest was suddenly aroused.
"Where's yours, brother?" Uncle Bao then asked He Qingdao.
He Qing smiled slightly and said: "I'm the most, I bet three yuan, that's it."
He took out the three stones at the bottom. After seeing clearly the shiny and black stone, Uncle Bao and Xiao Lin couldn't help but look at each other and burst into laughter.
Uncle Bao asked: "Brother, why does your stone look so old? Has it been collected for a long time?"
He Qing nodded and replied: "Well, yes, the boss said it has a history of more than a hundred years."
"That's really an old antique!" Uncle Bao sighed, "Brother, to tell you the truth, your kind of stone is the most difficult to bet on, because judging from the appearance of the leather shell, it has no characteristics and is the most elusive.
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He Qing agreed: "You're right. You can only rely on your imagination!"
But he was thinking in his heart: "You don't know something. This stone comes from a real famous mine. It was a very famous gambling material in the past. It's just that this species is a bit old. You younger generations have never heard of it."
!Whether the stone is good or bad, you will know it clearly in a moment!"
He seemed confident in his heart, because he had unknowingly replaced the old jade dealer who was stored in his mind, so in comparison, not only Kuang Bin, but also Uncle Bao, who seemed to have a lot of experience in stone gambling.
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"Okay." After reading them one by one, Uncle Bao said, "I don't know which gambling method you choose, whether to solve it by yourself or use an automatic cutting machine. I suggest that you take your time with better-made stones, rub them first and then cut them.
It’s not too late, lest something happens after putting it into the automatic cutting machine, and the gain outweighs the loss. However, for ordinary stones, you can choose to use an automatic cutting machine, which is quick and trouble-free.”
Kuang Bin said: "Use a manual cutting machine. Although it is slow, it is much safer. You can also feel the process of gambling. Isn't gambling on stones just about enjoying this thrilling process?"
"That's no problem!" Uncle Bao agreed without hesitation, and then he called Xiao Lin and asked him to get the tools to remove the stone.
Soon, tools for polishing and removing stones were brought.
After everything was ready, Kuang Bin asked He Qing and Lin Haitao: "Who among the three of us will do it first? You are guests, which one of you should come first."
"I...I'll wait a moment!" Lin Haitao said hurriedly. At this moment, he was obviously a little nervous and his words were not so fluent.
"You all don't understand, so let me do it." He Qing said calmly, "I'll get this old stone first!"
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