The four hundred and fortieth eight chapters clearly marked (five)
Chapter 448: Clearly Marked (5)
Although jadeite and nephrite are both a type of jade, and domestically produced nephrite such as Hetian jade and other varieties can be regarded as the big brother, they have been highly valued in the past dynasties of China and were even used by the emperor.
The jade seals are all carved from soft jade.
But in modern times, especially since the reform and opening up in the early 1980s, the price of jadeite has skyrocketed. At a dizzying speed, in just two decades, the price has increased hundreds of times. Nowadays, the price of top-quality jadeite has increased dramatically.
The market price of jewelry has far exceeded that of nephrite jewelry.
Zhuang Rui only owns a Hotan jade mine, and his real estate exceeds 500 million. And Hu Rong owns eighteen jade mines. What a huge fortune this will be. Even if all of them are new mines, then the other
The value is also immeasurable.
Zhuang Rui once read an article that reported on some invisible rich people in the world. It said that the so-called richest man in the world like Bill Gates is actually a bit unworthy of his name, because most of his money is in the stock market, let alone cashing out.
Even if you sell some shares, it may cause panic and cause your assets to shrink significantly.
Not to mention the ups and downs of the stock market, otherwise the wealth of those at the top of the Forbes rich list published every year would fluctuate by tens of billions.
That report said that the truly richest people in the world should come from the Arab royal family or the Brunei royal family. They have one thing in common, that is, these people are resource tycoons who monopolize a country's resources.
Resources do not fluctuate like the stock market, because what they own are non-renewable resources, which are extremely precious no matter what time they are.
The same is true for Hu Rong. Today, when the jade mines are gradually drying up, he can own 18 mines. It is not an exaggeration to describe his own wealth as being as rich as the country.
Of course, Hu Rong did not create this wealth alone. He was born into an overseas Chinese family in Hpakant, the largest jade mining area in Myanmar. Since his great-grandfather’s generation, his family has been engaged in jade mining and rough stone trading in northern Myanmar.
The Hu family has owned 18 jade mines for hundreds of years.
Like many Burmese children, Hu Rong's education began in the temple. At the age of 9, he was sent to the temple to become a monk. When he was 15 years old, he returned home. He then went to the "Golden Palace Monastery" in Wa City, Myanmar, to practice meditation.
, study Buddhism.
In 1983, Hu Rong entered Wacheng University, majoring in mineralogy and philosophy. From 1985, as an adult, Hu Rong began to inherit the family business, traveling between Myanmar and Thailand, engaged in the raw stone trading of jade, ruby, and sapphire.
Also started learning gem cutting techniques and jewelry design.
The reason why Hu Rong has an important position in the jade industry is not only because he owns 18 jade mines, but also because he is an outstanding jade design sculptor. One of the works he designed is "fundamentally romantic".
Qin Xiaoyi, director of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, called it: "Elegant and unique, unprecedented in history."
Many friends who pay attention to collections know that the "jade cabbage", the treasure of Taiwan's Forbidden City, was originally the dowry of Emperor Guangxu's concubine Jin in the Qing Dynasty. It is made of a piece of half-white and half-green jade as raw material, and is carved into a vivid and vivid shape.
It looks like real cabbage. There are two small insects on the leaves, a katydid and a locust.
And Hu Rong's "Essence of Love", which is made of dead lotus carved from three-color jadeite, appears as a beautiful dense network with different but well-proportioned veins. The slender network-like veins are curled inwards,
Full of tranquility and elegance, there is also a carved golden turtle on the lotus leaf. The work is not only full of poetry, but also has a unique and noble style.
In the opinion of Dean Qin, this jade withered lotus is comparable to the "jade cabbage" treasure in the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. This evaluation also confirmed Hu Rong's reputation in the jade world.
After knowing Hu Rong's identity, Zhuang Rui couldn't help but stare at him. The two were sitting only a few meters apart. It seemed that he felt Zhuang Rui's gaze. Hu Rong looked at Zhuang Rui and smiled slightly.
After nodding his head, the seemingly ordinary face smiled, giving people a very close feeling.
After Zhuang Rui smiled back, he began to pay attention to the price on the big screen. After all, no matter how rich Hu Rong was, it had nothing to do with him. He was just a Chinese. Zhuang Rui still felt for the Hu family who stayed in Myanmar.
Very admirable.
All the bids on the big screen were originally red, but as soon as someone bid, the color immediately turned blue. Among the red and white numbers on a black background, they were extremely conspicuous. Now the numbers above have changed.
, some impatient people started bidding.
However, these people were still a minority. Only a few dozen numbers on the big screen changed. It seemed that they were all asking for directions. Zhuang Rui observed carefully and found that no one bid for the ice material he was interested in.
Zhuang Rui was relatively confident that he would win the piece of wool, because from the appearance, the rough stone was no different from a piece of waste stone. The only attractive thing was not the stone itself, but the stone beside it.
The annotation of the Massa Factory explains the origin of the stone, which may allow some people to try their luck, but the price offered by these people will not be too high.
Different from the tense auctions that Zhuang Rui had seen in China, the public auction in Myanmar seemed very calm. There was a "buzzing" sound everywhere in the venue. These were the businessmen waiting for the last moment to arrive.
The sound of people chatting together.
There were also a lot of phone calls. Zhuang Rui just received a call from Qin Haoran and asked him a few questions about the auction. Qin Haoran did not participate in the open-bid auction, and was still out selecting concealed-bid wool. Behind Zhuang Rui
Yang Hao was also talking to his uncle in a low voice, and the content had nothing to do with the auction.
As time went by, the numbers on the big screen gradually began to change. Not everyone left their bids until the end. They also wanted to see how many people had chosen the wool they selected. By the time
Later I can adjust the price to win it.
Although gambling on stones is crazy, after all, no one’s money is blown by the strong wind and thrown on these stones for no reason. Of course, these people here want to buy it at the price closest to the bottom of the bid, so they started
It is very necessary to find a way out at a price slightly higher than the lowest price.
The general auction process is quite hot and exciting, but this kind of auction is very boring, tense and silent, which makes people feel a little depressed, as if there is a big stone in the sky. The only way to auction is
Only when it is over can you breathe smoothly.
Chatting is the best way to relieve this depressing atmosphere, so while waiting for the last moment to arrive, Zhuang Rui turned his face from time to time and chatted with uncle and nephew Yang Hao behind him. Time passed very quickly, and unknowingly,
, more than an hour has passed.
"Um?!"
Zhuang Rui's eyes were suddenly fixed on the big screen, because at this time, bid No. 129 with a price of 20,000 euros, the number below suddenly jumped and turned into blue 25,000 euros. Someone was bidding.
Already.
Zhuang Rui suddenly became nervous. He had never experienced this kind of auction, and he didn't know whether it was hot money casting a net to try his luck, or whether someone was really optimistic about this rough stone. For a moment, Zhuang Rui's expression became solemn.
"Brother Zhuang, someone has bid on the material you like?"
When Yang Hao saw Zhuang Rui suddenly stop talking, he knew that it must be the material he liked and someone had bid for it.
"Um……"
Zhuang Rui nodded, feeling a little irritated. The market value of this piece of ice material is at least around 20 million RMB. If it is processed into jewelry, it will not be less than 50 million RMB.
So Zhuang Rui will take it no matter what, but if the price is too high, he will definitely feel unhappy. If no one competes, Zhuang Rui will definitely only add 10,000 euros to win it, but now
Someone was exploring the way, and Zhuang Rui felt unsure.
"Xiaozhuang, it's okay, don't be nervous. With this kind of open bidding, many people deliberately cast a net and randomly take pictures of some rough stones with lower reserve prices. The purpose is to confuse other people's eyes and get the raw materials they want..."
Yang Hao's uncle saw that Zhuang Rui was a little nervous and explained it to him. He also followed Zhuang Rui's gaze to the big screen. He wanted to see which piece of money this lucky boy had invested.
mark.
However, Uncle Yang Hao was destined to be disappointed, because the dense numbers on the big screen made it impossible for him to know the wool material number in Zhuang Rui's mind. In the end, he could only retract his eyes angrily and pay attention to the wool material he was optimistic about.
"Confuse other people's vision?"
Zhuang Rui was enlightened by Uncle Yang Hao's words. The prices of these bids were not very high. Even if he bought them, they would only cost hundreds of thousands. Moreover, not all the woolen materials did not contain jadeite, but the quality of the jadeite was average.
That's all.
Thinking of this, Zhuang Rui took out the book he had recorded the jadeite and looked through the numbers of the rough stones that had better appearance but average jadeite quality inside, and he had an idea in his mind.
"No one voted for bid 318? I put 31,000 euros for bid 420. I also invested 51,000 yuan for bid 420. Damn it, the lowest bid of 60,000 euros has been sold to 20,000 yuan."
It’s already 180,000 yuan. If you don’t want to join in the fun, please vote for someone else..."
Zhuang Rui began to work non-stop. He added one to two thousand euros to all the woolen materials with good outer skin performance. Zhuang Rui was not afraid that no one would increase the price of those materials. With the current popularity of the jade market,
Those woolen materials must have attracted much attention.
It doesn't matter that Zhuang Rui disrupted the situation like this, but it made everyone in the hall unable to sit still.
