In the auction venue, the guards' eyes were always inseparable from the Nine Dragons Roaring Sky Stone.
Zhuo Qian had already told the guards about the origin of the Nine Dragon Roaring Sky Stone, and the guards were even more shocked.
Because the origin of this Nine Dragons Roaring Sky Stone is too mysterious.
It is said that in a valley in the jade mining area of Myanmar, dragon roars can be heard every night, which is so illusory and real that people can't tell them apart and they all think it is the sound of wind.
Later, jade was discovered in that valley, and it was mined and became a mining area.
Until one day, a dragon-shaped boulder was unearthed, which shocked everyone.
The dragon-shaped boulder was very huge. It was a circling dragon. It raised its head and screamed into the sky. Even the dragon's whiskers were very clear. Its eyes were like those of aloof gods. It was lifelike. It was a wonder at the time and shocked the jade world of the whole world.
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But from the outside, this is just an ordinary stone, not jade. Therefore, although the stone is naturally dragon-shaped, it is not of high value. It is regarded as a collection and is collected in the National Museum of Myanmar.
But one day, cracks appeared in the boulder. Everyone felt sorry for it and wanted to preserve it artificially, but the cracks kept getting bigger.
Eventually, the ordinary stones on the boulder fell off, and the dragon was no longer complete, but something even more shocking happened.
Inside the circling giant dragon, there are actually nine divine dragons, raising their heads and roaring into the sky. Each divine dragon is different, but they all raise their heads and roar into the sky. Moreover, these nine divine dragons are all made of top-grade jade, naturally carved, without any rough spots.
The emergence of the Nine Dragons Roaring Sky Stone shocked the jade world around the world. Jade masters from all over the world came to Myanmar to see the legendary Nine Dragons Roaring Sky Stone. However, at that time, the Kowloon Roaring Sky Stone was hidden by the Myanmar government. After all, this piece
The matter is too mysterious. They want to study the Nine Dragons Roaring Sky Stone and find out what secrets there are.
Therefore, the jade masters who wanted to come to witness the Nine Dragons Roaring Sky Stone all returned disappointed. The matter of the Kowloon Roaring Sky Stone gradually faded away due to the suppression of the Burmese government.
And now, the Jiulong Xiaotian Stone has actually appeared in this mine auction.
"In that valley, after the Nine Dragons Roaring Sky Stone was mined, the sound of dragon roars no longer appeared." Zhu Wei looked puzzled. This matter was too mysterious. If he didn't know that Zhuo Qian would not deceive him, Zhu Wei would have
Wei wouldn't believe it.
Looking at the Nine Dragon Roaring Sky Stone again, the guards seemed to find that there was a kind of indifference in the eyes of the nine dragons.
It's as if the superior gods are indifferent to human beings, and the gap in levels is like the way humans look at ants.
Is this a real dragon?
After experiencing some unusual things, Zhu Wei became a little superstitious.
But after a moment, Zhu Wei shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Even if the Nine Dragons Roaring Sky Stone is artificially carved, the Myanmar government will not tell it. Adding a mysterious story to it can increase its value.
A hundred times a thousand times.”
Zheng Song and others looked at the guards with dumbfounded expressions, and soon they all laughed bitterly.
That miraculous story was too mysterious, so they naturally didn't believe it completely. Now after listening to Zhu Wei's words, they naturally didn't believe it at all.
"However, this Nine Dragons Roaring Sky Stone has been identified by jade experts and is not artificially carved." Zhuo Qian said with a solemn face.
For Zhuo Qian, this incident was as miraculous as a fairy tale, but Zhuo Qian's surprise was much smaller than that of Zhu Wei and others.
After all, Zhuo Qian entered this industry not just in a day or two. It is not that natural jade carvings have never appeared before, but the natural jade carvings that appeared before are all similar. They are far from lifelike, let alone fake.
But now, this Nine Dragons Roaring Sky Stone is not only lifelike, but also feels a bit fake.
Xiao Haohao can hear dragons roaring and roaring, which is the miraculous thing about it being able to confuse the real thing with the fake one.
Zhu Wei still shook his head and said: "Things cannot only be heard through hearsay, nor can we just look at the surface. This is an era of developing science and believing in science. Such things are just superstitious and cannot be believed."
Zhuo Qian nodded and did not argue with Zhu Wei.
Zhang Liying on the side did not speak when Xiao Haohao said that she could hear the roar of the dragon. At this time, her eyes were fixed on the Nine Dragon Roaring Sky Stone in the center of the venue, but there was a strange light in her eyes.
There were so many people coming to participate in the auction, it could be said to be a sea of people, which made Zhu Wei very strange.
Have all the jewelry companies in the world sent people here? The venue here is not small, but it seems a bit crowded.
"Let's go in." At this moment, Zhang Liying said and immediately walked inside.
The guards were stunned for a moment, and immediately followed up with Zheng Song and the others.
Inside what Zhu Wei thought was the venue, there was a door. Several Burmese soldiers in military uniforms stood there guarding the door. It was obvious that they could not enter or exit at will.
When the guards and others came to the door, Zhang Liying took out a card and they entered smoothly.
Inside is a small auditorium, with things set up, and on the podium, there are some people packing things.
Only then did Zhu Wei realize that the auction was not in the hall outside, but in the small auditorium inside.
Zhuo Qian, who was standing next to her, seemed to have seen what Zhu Wei was thinking, so she explained: "After this auction, a stone gambling conference will be held that lasts for a week. Almost all the gambling stones here are of the best quality.
Stones are naturally not cheap, and most of the people outside are here to participate in the stone gambling conference."
"Gamble on stones?" Zhu Wei was stunned. He had only heard of this term on TV, but he actually heard it again today.
Recalling the saying on TV that 'one sword makes you poor, one sword makes you rich', Zhu Wei frowned and shook his head, saying: "This can also be regarded as gambling. Some people bet on stones, and their families will be ruined. This is different from our ordinary sense.
What's the difference between the gambling mentioned? And this kind of gambling is so upright."
"This relies on skill. In addition to luck, gambling on stones also requires skill." Zhuo Qian said, her face slightly wrinkled. Gambling on stones is a normal manifestation of their jade industry. Now that Zhu Wei compares it with gambling, she feels a little uncomfortable.
Pleased.
"Doesn't gambling require skill? Haven't families been ruined because of gambling on stones?" Zhu Wei said coldly.
Zhuo Qian was stunned, Qiao Mei wrinkled slightly, and said nothing.
The guards and others came to the second row and sat down. At the same time, many people also came to the small auditorium.
At nine o'clock, the small auditorium was almost full. Zhang Xuanwei and Zhang Xuedong sat next to Zhu Wei and the others, while Liang Yong sat at another table.
A smiling Burmese man in a suit and tie walked up to the podium and greeted the people below in very standard English, livening up the atmosphere.
Not long after, the jade veins began to be auctioned.
What everyone did not expect was that the jade vein cooperation rights auctioned this time were not for six mine veins, but for ten mine veins.
There are six medium ore veins, three small ore veins, and one large ore vein.
Moreover, the host revealed a piece of information that shocked everyone, that is, the auction of that large mine was not the cooperation right, but the operation right.
In other words, the Myanmar government wants to sell the largest mine directly and let the person who buys it mine it.
This made everyone in the small auditorium unable to calm down. Noisy voices rang out, but the smile on the host's face changed slightly, and there was even a smile of satisfaction in his eyes...
"Obtaining the cooperation rights for one of the six medium-sized mines is our purpose for participating in this auction." Zhang Liying said, her voice was not loud, but there was no room for doubt.
"Wouldn't it be enough to just take a picture and make a big vein?" Zhu Wei said disapprovingly.
As soon as Zhu Wei said this, Zhang Xuedong next to him sneered and glanced at Zhu Wei disdainfully.
However, he soon became angry.
I saw Zhuo Qian whispering to Zhu Wei: "How can the Burmese government let a large mine go into the hands of others? Either there is something wrong with this large mine, or the Burmese government has designated a company to take over. Even if we compete, we will compete.
Not coming."
Zhu Wei nodded in sudden realization. Zhu Wei really didn't know what was going on here.
Not long after, the auction for the jade vein cooperation rights began.
The first is the cooperation rights for three small jade veins. These three small jade veins are not large, but they have caused competition from 90% of the companies present. They are raising prices crazily, trying to win one of the veins.
Right to cooperate.
In the end, the cooperation rights of three small jade veins were sold to three companies at prices of US$10 million, US$12 million, and US$16 million respectively. To Zhu Wei's disappointment, these three companies,
All of them are foreign jewelry companies, and none of them are Chinese jewelry companies.
Immediately afterwards, there was the auction of the cooperation rights for six medium-sized jade veins.
At this time, some representatives of small companies simply put down their license plates. Their funds were limited and simply not enough to compete for the cooperation rights of medium-sized jade veins.
The first medium-sized jade vein to be put up for auction for cooperation rights was a jade mine that had produced the Laokeng Glass Seed, which attracted strong bids from some of the world's largest companies.
Zhang's Jewelry Company only made two bids before decisively giving up because the price was raised too high by other companies.
The base price was US$10 million, but now it has reached US$80 million.
This is just the cooperation right. Even after the photo is taken, the jade mined from the jade vein must be purchased at the original price. In this way, if you spend too much on the cooperation right, it will be difficult to get back the money.
Not to mention the benefits.
In the end, this medium-sized jade vein was purchased by a Russian jewelry company for US$110 million. It was a truly world-class company, many times more powerful than the Zhang Jewelry Company.
The remaining five medium-sized mines have only produced ice-type jade at most, not Laokeng glass-type jade, but the competition is not at all weaker than the one that has produced Laokeng glass-type jade.
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