Ever since the aura appeared in Zhuang Rui's eyes, it seems to have been indispensable in the treatment of human body pain. It can slow down the aging of organs of ninety-year-old people like Ouyang Gang, but this time, it seems to have lost its effectiveness.
Although he tried his best to inject spiritual energy into Old Wu who was lying on the ground, Zhuang Rui felt that the spiritual energy was not absorbed by Old Wu. In other words, the person on the ground was probably no longer a living being.
"Give me a moment, give me a moment..."
"Don't squeeze in front. The doctor is here. Let us in quickly..."
I don't know who called the doctor from the Jade Trading Center. A passage was made in the crowd. The man, who didn't know whether he had a medical license or not, took a diagnostic device and placed it on Old Wu's chest.
After more than a minute, the doctor slowly shook his head, took off the diagnostic device hanging from his ear, and said in English: "He has stopped breathing and is dead!"
The fellow from Fujian who was with Lao Wu couldn't understand English. It wasn't until the person next to him translated it that he showed a look of disbelief on his face and shouted loudly: "No...it's impossible, Lao Wu just said
……return……"
Just thinking of how Old Wu had just fainted, Old Li grabbed his hair with his hands and squatted on the ground. It could be seen from his twitching shoulders that this bold man was crying.
"This gentleman probably died suddenly due to myocardial infarction. As for the specific cause of death, further diagnosis is needed..."
The doctor shook his head and stood up, patted Lao Li's shoulder gently, and said: "My condolences, the weather is too hot. How to deal with the funeral arrangements needs to be decided as soon as possible..."
After hearing the translations from people around him, Lao Li looked a little confused. He and Lao Wu had been friends for more than 20 years, and it was he who introduced Lao Wu into the stone gambling circle.
But Lao Li never expected that Lao Wu would actually spend the last part of his life in the stone gambling den.
"how so?"
"Yeah, how could it be possible to die?"
"It's all because of the weather. The outdoor temperature is probably over forty degrees, and even good people can't stand it..."
The doctor's diagnosis made the venue boil. More people rushed to the door, and soon the door was completely surrounded. The venue had to dispatch soldiers to maintain order.
It took half an hour for Lao Wu's body to be taken away by an ambulance, along with Lao Li with a sad look on his face.
Although Lao Wu's death greatly shocked the businessmen who participated in the public sale this time, life must go on and the public sale will not stop because of this. It just casts a shadow on people's hearts.
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"Oh, I didn't expect something like this to happen..."
At noon, Zhuang Rui entertained Mr. Tang and his party at Hu Rong's manor. However, after the sudden death of Mr. Wu happened at noon, no one had much appetite. Looking at the table full of dishes, it was difficult to swallow.
"That Xiao Wu, I saw him this morning, and he didn't look very good at that time. I didn't expect..."
Mr. Tang was also in a heavy mood. He had been gambling on stones for decades and was used to the joys and sorrows of the world, but this was the first time he died suddenly in a stone gambling den.
Only when I heard about Tang Lao Zhuang Rui did I know that after Lao Wu woke up from a coma, he immediately went to select woolen materials under the scorching sun. When he was about to go back to eat and rest at noon, he fell headfirst at the door of the Jade Trading Center.
"Crazy, crazy stone gambling!"
Zhuang Rui smiled bitterly and shook his head. Any industry that can bring huge profits will make people crazy.
In the past few years, only seven to eight hundred or thousands of people participated in each public auction, but now it has almost reached four thousand people, which is enough to illustrate the crazy scene of stone gambling.
And in this process, I don’t know how many people have been eliminated, and I don’t know how many people have gone bankrupt and are desperate.
"The threshold is low. Many people dare to venture in as long as they have money. They rely solely on luck and end up with nothing..."
Mr. Tang was also very touched. He has been in the jade business for more than half a century. He has seen all kinds of stone gambling situations. From being penniless to being worth hundreds of millions, and then from being worth hundreds of millions to losing everything, there are countless such cases.
number.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Mr. Tang, what do you think of this public sale?"
Although Zhuang Rui and Mr. Tang are both called the "Emerald Kings" of the North and the South, Zhuang Rui knows his own background. When it comes to the true ability to identify jade, he is simply not good enough.
"There are more stones, more people, more money, but there are less jade..."
Mr. Tang's words may sound very common at first glance, but if you think about it carefully, it really makes sense.
The total amount of jadeite rough marked in this public sale is more than 500,000 yuan. The number of people participating in the public sale is the largest in history. The transaction amount is expected to be more than 10 billion RMB.
However, from what Zhuang Rui observed in the morning, the quality of the rough jadeite in this public sale was much worse than the last public sale he participated in. He could not find even one piece of ice-grade material all morning.
Due to the sudden death incident at noon, the meal ended up being boring. After having lunch and resting for a while, Zhuang Rui and others returned to the Myanmar National Jade Trading Center.
The number of people who came to the Jade Trading Center in the afternoon was more than that in the morning. This is because many people arrived in Myanmar that day and did not have time to attend the trade fair in the morning.
What happened at noon didn't seem to have any impact on these people. Walking in the crowded venue, you could see people everywhere whose faces were burned by the sun, but with fanatical expressions on their faces.
The advantage of having more people is that except for those who have met Zhuang Rui a few years ago, many people don't know who this young man is wandering in Mingbiao District, which saves Zhuang Rui a lot of time in dealing with people.
effort.
At 3:30 in the afternoon, the bidding was opened at Mingming Standard Time. The process was still the same as a few years ago, but Zhuang Rui, who was sitting in the bidding hall, was not as excited as last time.
"Damn it, isn't this a lie?"
Looking at the constantly changing numbers on the screen, Zhuang Rui was a little stunned, as if those broken stones could extract the imperial green from glass. The quotation was rising like a rocket, and the price was a bit outrageous.
Take the piece of ice material that Zhuang Rui is interested in. It only has a trace of python belt on the surface and is mixed with mist silk. The performance is not very good. The listed base price is 30,000 euros, which is already relatively high.
But as soon as the bidding started, someone actually raised the price to 700,000 euros. Before Zhuang Rui could recover, the price had climbed to 1.2 million euros. When converted into RMB, it was already a sky-high price of tens of millions.
Looking at the price, Zhuang Rui was quite speechless. The ice material inside could only be used to make a pair of bracelets at most. You couldn't sell it at such a high price even if you killed it?
Now Zhuang Rui has a little understanding of why the jade market is so hot. Just imagine, those rough stone merchants spent tens of millions of dollars to buy materials worth millions of dollars, and don't they have to manipulate the selling price of the finished products?
In the end, the wool comes from the sheep, leaving consumers to foot the bill, and there will also be cases of shoddy products being passed off as genuine products.
However, if this continues in the long run, it will only lead to consumer distrust due to market irregularities, which will affect the entire jewelry sales market.
"Damn it, do you have clairvoyant eyes and know that there are materials in these rough stones?"
As the bid opening progressed, Zhuang Rui became even more depressed, because the prices of the more than 30 pieces of wool he was interested in almost exceeded his budget.
Even for some materials with poor external performance, the price has increased two or three times based on the base bid. This made Zhuang Rui look at the bidder for a long time, but he didn't enter a price.
"Damn it, you're all crazy. Are you taking the money as money?"
Zhuang Rui came to Myanmar this time and prepared a total of 200 million euros. However, if this momentum continues, it is estimated that after the two-week public bidding opening, his 200 million euros will be almost spent.
In the end, Zhuang Rui shook his head and did not bid for any piece of material. He believed that after the first day of enthusiasm, those who gambled would restrain themselves, and it would not be too late for him to make a move then. After all, there is not much material today.
Worth special attention.
"If you laugh now, you will cry later..."
Before the bidding was over, Zhuang Rui stood up and walked out. Seeing the winning bidders happily paying for the goods, Zhuang Rui couldn't help but curse in his heart.
After making a phone call to Qin Haoran, he found out that his father-in-law was still selecting hidden materials. Zhuang Rui greeted Peng Fei and Li Zhen and walked out of the trading center. I don't know if it was psychological. What happened at noon made Zhuang somewhat confused.
Rui felt a little depressed.
Since it gets dark later in the summer, the closing time of the Jade Center was also postponed to eight o'clock in the evening. Zhuang Rui was waiting at the door at six o'clock, and everyone who came in and out would look at him.
"Let's go to Jieshi District and have a look..."
Zhuang Rui felt uncomfortable being looked at, so he walked towards the Jieshi area on the right side of the Jade Trading Center.
People who gamble on stones in Myanmar can be roughly divided into three categories. The first type of people are jewelers, who buy rough stones for their own use. These people bring the purchased rough stones back to the country to hoard or unlock them. Generally, they do not
Calculation of stones in Myanmar.
The second type of people are rough stone merchants. They traffic rough stones from Myanmar to major public markets in the country and earn the price difference from them. They are commonly known as second-hand dealers. They rarely participate in stone analysis. At most, they open a small business on good-performing materials.
window.
The third type of people are professional stone gamblers. After buying raw materials on the public market, they often dissect the stones on the spot and sell the jadeite rough stones that have increased through gambling to those jewelers to make profits from them.
The jade center's stone calculation field is mainly prepared for this type of people. On-site stone calculation also helps to increase the turnover of public sales.
You know, if a huge piece of jade is found on site, it will definitely stimulate a spike in human adrenaline and drive people crazy.
