Four hundred and fifty-three - four hundred and fifty-four chapters clearly marked (nine)
Chapter 453-454 Clearly Marked (9)
"Yes, Pagan is in the Myitkyina area, which is also where the jade mines in Myanmar are most concentrated. Almost all jadeite rough stones are mined from there..."
Hu Rong smiled. He classified Zhuang Rui's question as young people's curiosity about jade mines, and then said: "Actually, jade mines are similar to other resource mines. If Zhuang has time, wait for this
After the second public sale, I will take you to see..."
"Okay, thank you first, Brother Hu. I have a jade mine in Xinjiang. I don't know the difference between the two. I was thinking of going to see it..." Zhuang Rui nodded quickly and agreed, with Hu Rong taking the lead.
It is much more convenient to go to the Myitkyina area than to rush in rashly with Peng Fei.
Zhuang Rui had inquired before that private mine owners in Myanmar were extremely strict in the management of jade mines.
Since Myanmar has experienced wars all year round and is close to the Golden Triangle, these mine owners, after applying for a mining license, will classify more than ten kilometers around the mine as their own sphere of influence, and arm the mine to protect it, just like a
Little kingdom.
All Myanmar mine owners do not welcome outsiders to enter their mining areas. They have the right to warn outsiders to leave, and to evict them by force. They will not bear any legal responsibility if they are killed or injured.
Zhuang Rui and Peng Fei's plan was originally to avoid these mines, but they did not go to the scene, and they did not know whether the place marked with the red sun on the map was the location of the treasure. What if it was close to the jade mine?
If so, they would have no choice but to take the risk and enter.
But with Hu Rong's invitation, this treasure hunting trip will become much easier. If there is really an jade mine there, even if it is not Hu Rong's mine, Zhuang Rui will rely on Hu Rong's face to wander around, and it should not be a big problem.
big.
Hu Rong is also very interested in what Zhuang Rui said about the Xinjiang jade mine. He is also a jewelry designer. He not only designs jade jewelry, but also dabbles in diamonds, nephrite and other gemstones. He is currently discussing with Zhuang Rui.
Got up.
Of course, the so-called discussion is basically Hu Rong talking and Zhuang Rui listening. There is still a big gap between Zhuang Rui and Hu Rong in their understanding of jade, but Zhuang Rui can still talk about something occasionally.
It made Hu Rong feel like he had met his confidant.
They chatted until about ten o'clock, when Hu Rong stood up to say goodbye. Before leaving, he was a little reluctant to leave, telling Zhuang Rui that when the conference was over, he would send a car to pick up Zhuang Rui and go to the Hpakant area.
Zhuang Rui went back and talked to Peng Fei. Peng Fei was also very happy. He had some concerns. With his own skills, he could enter the jungle of Myitkyina without being noticed, but it would be dangerous to take Zhuang Rui with him.
It's much bigger. Now you can follow others to get there. Just look for opportunities and go to the place marked on the map.
"Zhuang Rui, hurry up, I'm waiting for you. Hey, where is your assistant? He's not going today?"
Fatty Ma stuck his head out of the window of the minibus in front of the hotel and kept urging Zhuang Rui, who had just rushed out of the hotel, to get in the car.
The Myanmar public sale starts at 9 a.m. In order not to delay the wool dealers in purchasing wool, the organizing committee decided to advance the stone removal time by two hours. So it was only 6:30 in the morning, and the organizing committee’s bus
The car and the minibus Qin Haoran found were parked in front of the hotel.
"Peng Fei doesn't understand stone gambling, so he won't go there today..."
Zhuang Rui got into the minibus while talking. Peng Fei had to prepare some things today, so the two of them couldn't dig holes with their hands then.
Fatty Ma nodded and said, "Well, my people also asked them to stay in the hotel. If I had known that Myanmar's security was so good, I wouldn't have brought those two people here..."
Before coming to Myanmar, Fatty Ma and Zhuang Rui had the same idea, thinking that these areas were run by warlords and bandits. Who knew that after coming to Myanmar, they learned that Myanmar is a country that believes in Buddhism and the local people are very kind. Even if you are in
If you lose your wallet on the street, someone will bring it back.
As for those rumors, they are not all false, but those chaotic areas are close to the borders of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and China, which is also caused by their special geographical environment.
The minibus quickly drove to the Myanmar National Jade Trading Center. There were already two buses parked there. Since the organizing committee stipulated that they could not enter the stone gambling venue before the time, they temporarily put away all the equipment for calving stones.
They moved to an open space at the door that could accommodate thousands of people, connected the power supply, and put up a cordon. There were soldiers carrying guns on the periphery to maintain order.
More than 200 people were already standing in the open space with the cordon. Zhuang Rui and the others were the second batch to arrive. They were able to get a good position. They squeezed into the front row and saw the woolen material numbered 1888.
, has been placed next to the stone dissolving machine.
After standing still, Qin Haoran pointed to a person standing next to the stone dissolving machine inside and said to Zhuang Rui: "Xiao Rui, that person is the boss of Zhonghai Jixiang Jewelry in China. Jixiang Jewelry is also a century-old brand. Their foundation is very deep.
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"Oh, I wonder what benefits the organizing committee has given them to make them willing to perform stone excavation on the spot..."
Zhuang Rui nodded, but he was a little disapproving in his heart. This stone will definitely collapse. I am afraid that not only will the organizing committee be embarrassed, but this auspicious jewelry will also be severely damaged. This collapse will not only mean money.
The losses will also have a great impact on their company image.
"Hey, Mr. Ma, Mr. Song, are you two here too?"
As soon as Zhuang Rui's group squeezed in, someone said hello. Although China is not a small place, some circles are not big. I don't think they all know each other when they come to Myanmar, but when I saw 10 people,
At least four or five of them looked familiar.
"Haha, Mr. Liu, you who play with metal are also joining in the fun?" As soon as Fatty Ma saw the man, he greeted him with a smile.
"That man is the owner of a non-ferrous metal company in Zhonghai. His business is huge and his net worth is no less than several billion. I didn't expect that he would also come to gamble on stones..."
Song Jun was regarded as a semi-official and semi-businessman in the country, and he still had some of the arrogance of a princeling. He just nodded and said hello to the man, and then introduced him to Zhuang Rui in a low voice.
Zhuang Rui shook his head slightly. From the looks of it, not only jewelry companies are rushing to buy rough stones, but also domestic capital giants have stepped in. As a result, the domestic jade market price will rise even higher.
It's just the consumers who suffer so much. As the saying goes, the wool comes from the sheep. Jewelry companies can lose money and make profits for a while, but they have to earn back the money from consumers.
"Boss Ma and Song, please tell me, is this material going up or down?"
Since everyone was familiar with them, Mr. Liu took a young man beside him and squeezed into Zhuang Rui's group.
Fatty Ma shook his head and said: "It's hard to say. It's difficult for gods to break a jade. No one knows until it is solved. But in my opinion, the possibility of losing the bet is very high, because I am not optimistic about it..."
Zhuang Rui smiled bitterly, he was so talkative in the car just now, and Fatty Ma made trouble again.
Mr. Liu glanced at Zhuang Rui and said with some disapproval: "Mr. Ma, this is not necessarily true. Myanmar must be sure that it will encourage people from Jixiang Company to cut stones..."
Zhuang Rui smiled and didn't answer. He was too lazy to talk nonsense with these people. If he turned around and opened all the rough stones, he would know everything.
It's just that Zhuang Rui has a good temper, but Fatty Ma fought for his little brother and said, "Mr. Liu, my brother bets on stones and nine times out of ten he wins, don't you believe it..."
"Okay, Brother Ma, if you keep talking, I will become the king of gambling..." Zhuang Rui interrupted Fatty Ma with a smile. The total jadeite wool he bought was only ten yuan, and he didn't know that Fatty Ma would gamble nine times out of ten.
How is calculated.
The young man standing next to Mr. Liu suddenly said: "Mr. Ma, how about we make a bet?"
"Big D, your kid is still such a big gambler? Mr. Liu, aren't you afraid that he will lose all the precious metals in your company's warehouse?" After hearing what the man said, Fatty Ma laughed loudly.
Laughed.
"Big D, don't play your tricks. If you want to gamble, go find someone to play poker later..."
Although Mr. Liu was scolding the people around him, his face was full of smiles and he was not angry.
"Hey, small bets can be fun. Mr. Ma said that this piece of material will ruin the bet. I will be the banker at the opening. I will pay 2 for a loser and 1 for a rise. Is there anyone who wants to place a bet?"
The young man didn't seem to be afraid of his boss, and continued with a smile: "But I don't have that much money. The amount of bets per person is limited to 10,000. If you want to bet, come to me..."
It can be said that this man has a gambling nature in his heart. The bigger the business, the greater the gambling nature. When one of their decisions determines the flow of tens of millions of funds, they are not gambling.
So when the person named Big D shouted, some people actually joined in the fun. Several people nearby took out their notebooks and tore off pieces of paper to use as betting slips. In a moment, more than ten people surrounded Big D and started grabbing the money.
It took away the limelight of preparing to dismantle the stone over there.
"Brother Ma, what does this person do?"
Zhuang Rui was dumbfounded. Today he came to see Jie Shi. Someone actually took the bank and started gambling. What was even more speechless was that there were so many people cheering for him. Seeing what Fatty Ma wanted, he also wanted to play.
Bundle.
"Haha, that boy's name is Dai Jun. His family is very powerful in Zhonghai and he is also a shareholder of the metal company. After he returned from studying abroad, he was assigned to Lao Liu's company to manage human resources and logistics. This guy is naturally addicted to
Bet, but the bets are not big, and they are very moderate, so Lao Liu doesn't care about him. Let's go and make a bet. I bet you win..."
After Fatty Ma finished explaining to Zhuang Rui, he also moved his heavy body and squeezed in, shouting: "Hey, big D, I bet this piece of wool will collapse, so count me in!"
Seeing this group of tens of millions and even billionaires having a great time playing for a bet of 10,000 yuan, Zhuang Rui couldn't help but laugh. If someone who didn't know saw this scene, they would think it was those who were cooking.
People who buy food in the market get together to play poker and gamble at noon.
"Haha, wherever this kid is, it's very lively. Brother Zhuang, you should also place a bet. Although that guy Big D will lose every time he bets, his gambling is very good and he will never default on his money...
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Song Jun kept his age and identity and did not join in the fun. Instead, he asked Zhuang Rui to go over and have fun.
Speaking of Dai Jun, he is also a very funny character. His family named him Jun, which means a gentleman. However, when this boy grew up, although he could not be said to be a heinous person, he had nothing to do with being a gentleman.
No, he is especially addicted to gambling. No matter what the occasion, he will instigate everyone to place bets and gamble. However, his bet is not big. In addition, this kid has never won a bet before, so he is just giving money to others, so it is okay.
Not offensive, after a long time, others gave him a nickname: DJ.
DJ is the abbreviation of disc jockey, which represents the latest, strongest, most poisonous, and highest music. Dai Jun's gambling addiction is just like the DJ who leads the dance in the disco. He is very crazy. In order to be called Fang,
Dai Jun's name has become a big D in other people's mouths.
Ten thousand RMB, but only a dozen hundred-dollar knives. Who among the people present is short of these two dollars? There are piles of American knives in the bag. Now more and more people are surrounding Big D. That boy
He held a handful of U.S. dollars in one hand, and in the other hand there was a stack of betting slips, all handwritten by each person, and they would exchange bets based on this later.
As a result, the stone interpretation scene was divided into two scenes. On one side were older people who, although they were willing to participate, could not save their face. On the other side were a group of young people in their thirties, gathered together.
Rush to bet.
The organizing committee of the conference saw that there was a crowd of people there, and went to check. They heard that someone was gambling at the market opening, and they didn't bother to ask. Gambling on stones is also gambling, and they are too busy with their own family affairs. Who cares about those people?
What are foreigners doing?
"Mom, I'm exhausted. Okay, betting is over. I'm done cutting stones. All the winners are coming to find me. I'm opening the market. I'm an innocent child. I'm willing to admit defeat. I promise I won't default..."
With the arrival of three other buses, the hour hand on the watch also pointed to seven o'clock in the morning. The betting work at Big D was also completed. The boy squeezed out of the crowd sweating profusely, his face full of excitement.
look.
Big D grabbed Fatty Ma and said with a pleading look on his face: "Brother Ma, please help me divide the list of ups and downs into two parts. I will share it with you later..."
Fatty Ma smiled and scolded: "Go away, you kid will lose every time you bet. Why don't you give me a share?" But after all, there was nothing wrong with this meeting. Fatty Ma also pulled Zhuang Rui over to help, and wrote those
Various papers with the words "up" and "down" on them were classified.
At the last count, there were actually 198 betting slips. In other words, among the more than a thousand people present, one out of every five people participated. Zhuang Rui couldn't help but laugh. If Big D was allowed to go to Zheng Hua's
Working on a ship definitely has a better future than working in logistics at a metal company.
"Why do so many people choose to bet on failure?"
Big D sat the sack containing more than 200,000 U.S. dollars that he shamelessly asked for from the organizing committee just now, and carefully checked the sorted betting slips in his hand. These 198 bets
In the list, there are actually 65 people who have chosen the woolen cut. Those people don't care about the money and want to win one for one and lose two for fun.
But in this case, Big D, the banker, will be in trouble. If the price of wool increases, he will lose 2.66 million RMB. If the bet fails, he will only make 80,000 RMB. This banker
The risk he took was a bit too great. Big D's face no longer had the excitement it had just now, and he sat there with a depressed look on his face.
"Dear guests and friends, the jadeite rough stone that I am about to unwrap is the Biaowang wool No. 1888 that was auctioned yesterday. I would like to thank China Overseas Jixiang Jewelry Company and wish them good luck in the new year and open the door.
Welcome..."
The Myanmar organizing committee actually sent a master of ceremonies who was proficient in Chinese for this event. He made a long speech before unpacking the stone. His intention was nothing more than to encourage the wool merchants present to invest more money.
The masters of stone cutting are held by Jixiang Company's own people. The reason why they spent more than 50 million RMB to take pictures of this piece of material was after repeated inspection and demonstration. Although this piece of standard wool material only weighs
It weighs more than 100 kilograms, but the most valuable thing is that it is a piece of material grown in an old pit.
As we all know, the wool grown in Laokeng has a cortex on the outside. The most common one is the fist-sized material. Some weigh 70 to 80 kilograms, which can be called a large piece of wool. This piece weighs more than 100 kilograms.
, although it cannot be compared with the huge piece of red jade wool that weighs a pound, but its seeding and external performance are much better than that rough red jade stone with evil hair.
The polished surface of this piece of wool is green, and it is high-quality ice-type high-green jade. The color is very pure. The polished surface alone is worth one or two million RMB, and as long as this green
If it penetrates two or three centimeters deeper, the price will double. If it can penetrate five or six centimeters, then they can make back their capital.
Moreover, you can usually find high-quality jadeite raw stones when you rub them. The probability of glass species inside is quite high. If you can get some glass species materials and then process them into jadeite jewelry and bring it to the market, Jixiang Company will make a steady profit.
, which is also the main reason why they dared to pay more than 5 million euros to buy it.
Several people from Jixiang Company standing next to the stone dissolving machine were also discussing in low voices. The price of this piece of wool would not only solve the company's supply shortage problem, but also show off their faces in front of their peers, which would serve as a deterrent.
Its role is also of great benefit in seizing market share.
After some discussion, several people decided to rub the stone first, starting from where the crack was on the back. If the crack goes deep, then cut along the crack, so that the stone can be maintained to the greatest extent.
The integrity of the jade flesh in the original stone.
As the grinding wheel on the grinding machine rotated, the originally noisy venue suddenly became quiet. On the thousands of square meters of open space, only the "clicking" sound of the friction between the grinding wheel and the original stone was left.
"There was a sound, and the broken stone chips scattered to the ground one after another.
Twenty minutes later, three grinding wheels have been replaced, and the crack has penetrated five or six centimeters deep into the crack. However, the crack still exists, and it is getting deeper and deeper, like a baby's mouth, cracked and laughing.
A person wearing a polishing stone.
"It's a bit bad, the crack is too deep..."
"Yes, the cracked hair is not very obvious from the outside, but now it looks a bit like evil hair..."
"There is a high probability that it will collapse. Jixiang Company will suffer big losses this time..."
"Let's see what happens if we cut it in the back?"
In the originally silent stone-cutting field, voices of discussion arose one after another. Everyone was an expert in stone gambling, and rubbing and cutting stones were the most critical means of distinguishing whether there was jade in the rough stone. Seeing the current rubbing, I had vowed to do it.
Those who believed that this rough stone was bound to rise have also changed their tune. After all, facts speak louder than words.
Seeing the cracked hair, everyone present had different feelings. Only Big D was full of excitement. It was said that he was bound to lose in every bet, and it was very likely that he would win this time. Although he
His happiness was based on the pain of Jixiang Company, but that was none of his business. Big D and Jixiang Company were not a dime happier.
At this time, the face of the stone-cutting master of Jixiang Company was also extremely ugly. The thickness of this piece of material was only more than forty centimeters. Now it has gone in five or six centimeters. There is still no sign of the cracks disappearing, and no jadeite has appeared.
This shows that the crack is very deep and there is no need to rub it further.
"Master Wu, don't rub it, just cut it along the cracked hair. Be careful not to hurt the jade flesh inside..."
A middle-aged man standing next to the stone dissolving machine said that he still held some hope in his heart that if a few kilograms of glass species could appear in this piece of material, he could still make his money back.
"OK……"
Master Wu agreed, and asked the two of them to move the rough stone to the stone cutting machine, and put a thick mat under the wiping surface where the jadeite was extracted. This was to avoid damaging the jade flesh that had appeared during the cutting process.
Master Wu observed carefully for a while, and drew a diagonal tangent line with white chalk next to the crack in the wool, dividing the whole piece of wool into two halves. According to this tangent line, he untied the wool, basically
Whether it rises or falls, it is clear at a glance.
Holding the cold handle of the stone cutter, Master Wu was also very nervous. This piece of wool was taken at his recommendation. If the gamble really failed, then he would have no shame in working in Jixiang Company, and he was
In the presence of so many colleagues, it will be difficult to get along in the stone gambling circle in the future.
After pressing the power switch, the huge alloy gear rotated rapidly, and the early morning sunlight shone on it, reflecting white rays of light and shining in everyone's eyes.
