() Li Tianbao suddenly remembered something and said to Lin Meiru: "Okay, let’s not talk about this anymore. Let me discuss something with you. Someone informed me today that there is a 'Stone Gambling Contest'. Do you want to participate? The first prize is
A 'Land Rover' plus a bonus of one million."
When Lin Meiru heard this, she immediately became excited and said hurriedly: "Participate, of course I have to participate, I have a little knowledge about stone betting." After Lin Meiru finished speaking, she looked at Li Tianbao and said, "Don't tell me, you want to too.
If you participate, then you are guaranteed to lose 10,000 yuan."
"Hey, why did I just put 10,000 yuan into it? Originally, I didn't want to join in the fun, but now that you've said that, I have to join in."
Lin Meiru changed the topic at this time: "How about we make a bet? Last time I lost to you and promised to open a joint store with you. I must win it back this time, otherwise I will not be willing to accept it."
Li Tianbao's heart suddenly became competitive again, and he said confidently: "I will never lose to you if I lose to anyone. You will always be my loser!"
"Okay, let's make an agreement, but the bet is your bronze sword."
Li Tianbao looked at Lin Meiru's cheerful look and said, "Okay, I asked you to trick me into it. I dare you to say that the excitement is a trap you set for me."
"Tch, you're not a man who talks without keeping his words, he's not as good as a little woman like me." After Lin Meiru finished speaking, she deliberately looked at Li Tianbao with a look of contempt.
Li Tianbao knew that Lin Meiru was using provocation to make him submit. Although he knew it in his heart, Lin Meiru's move really found Li Tianbao's Achilles' heel. The competitive Li Tianbao knew it was a trap but had to exploit it. Who made him a fool?
Be generous.
"Okay, I promise you, but you also have to come up with a bargaining chip that can match my "Fucha Sword"."
Li Tianbao's righteous words made Lin Meiru really unable to think of anything that could match that ancient bronze sword. After thinking about it, she said to Li Tianbao: "I can't think of anything that can match. Otherwise, I will tell you after I think about it."
You're fine."
"After thinking about it, you will lose. When the time comes, I will use a sanitary napkin to match it. I have a hair to use."
Lin Meiru listened to Li Tianbao's words and said angrily: "You are spitting shit, why don't you say a serious word? Then what do you want?"
"I want you!" Li Tianbao's words were extremely firm, and he looked directly at Lin Meiru with his eyes.
This time, Lin Meiru was in trouble, "Betting on yourself is not a trivial matter, and the Li Tianbao in front of her is indeed not her type." However, thinking about her major, compared with a layman like Li Tianbao, there is simply no comparison.
, I have no reason to lose at all. (More importantly, Lin Meiru has a trump card.)
"Okay, I promise you." After Lin Meiru finished speaking, she continued to add: "We have made an agreement and we are not allowed to go back on it."
"If we agree, we still have to invite your family members to notarize it. Even if your parents don't come, at least you have to invite your grandfather. I'll call my master over and let's talk things over.
, so that when someone loses, he won’t admit it.”
"Notarization is notarization. I am still afraid that you will regret it if you lose. In short, I am bound to win the game."
The matter was settled. The next day, Li Tianbao and Lin Meiru, together with Lin Boshan and Gui Qiren, held a "four-person press conference" at Wangfujing Hotel. The core was of course to notarize the bet between the two and
A notarial deed was signed as proof.
Two old friends, Lin Boshan and Gui Qiren, hadn't seen each other for a long time, so naturally they had a hard time chatting. However, Lin Boshan drank with Li Tianbao last time, and ended up sleeping for two days and two nights. When he woke up, he always felt that he should not be the offspring.
He drank it down and vowed to avenge his shame.
This time, he finally had a chance to earn back his face. Lin Boshan specially brought five bottles of Maotai liquor and took three pills of 'Hangover Solution'. He thought, "Now I am prepared." What he didn't expect was that this time he failed.
It was even worse. Not only did he not know how to get back to Fangshan's villa, but he also got on intravenous drip when he got back. It is estimated that Lin Boshan will never dare to drink with Li Tianbao again.
Three days later, at eight o'clock in the morning.
Li Tianbao drove Lin Meiru in a pickup truck to the venue of the "Stone Gambling Contest" - a resort called "Entertainment Villa" in Shishan District.
Li Tianbao has not been idle in the past three days. Because of the uncertainty of Pixiu Eyes, Li Tianbao is really not sure of winning, so he spent the three days on the Internet to supplement his knowledge about stone gambling.
Unprocessed raw jadeite is called "wool material". In the jadeite trading market, raw jadeite is also called "stone", full-green jadeite is called "se goods", and uneven green jadeite is called "huapai material"
, large pieces of jade wool without high jade are called "bricks". Jade wool that is entirely wrapped in a leather shell and has not been cut or opened (also called a door) is called "gamble", or "gamble".
"Gambling goods". The outer skin of gambling stones is wrapped with thin or thick original stone skin. Different gambling stones have different colors, including red, yellow, white, black, and mixed colors.
The sale of raw jadeite is the most mysterious transaction in the jewelry world. Its mystery lies in the "gamble", so there is also a saying of gambling on jade and gambling on stones.
Generally speaking, the "true face of Mount Lu" inside cannot be seen just through the outer wall. Even with today's advanced science, there is no high-tech instrument that can judge whether it is a "treasure" or a "stone lump" through the surface of jade wool.
.Therefore, this business is extremely risky and extremely exciting. It is similar to gambling, so it is called "Gamble on Stones". If you win the bet, you will cut out the real good material, and you will naturally make huge profits, and you will get rich overnight; if you lose the bet,
If you cut out a "stone lump", you will lose your fortune overnight. Therefore, this kind of business has been going on from ancient times to the present.
In Chinese history, the most famous piece of gambling stone is "He's Bi". According to legend, in the Chu State two thousand years ago, a man named Bian He found a piece of jade. He successively presented it to the Chu State.
The two kings of the country thought they had been deceived and cut off their left and right legs one after another. Bian He could not walk without legs, so he cried for three days and three nights holding Yu Pu on the Chu Mountain. Later King Wen of Chu knew about it and sent someone to bring it to him.
He found the jade and asked a jade worker to cut it open. As a result, he got a priceless gem. This gem was named "He's Bi". Later, the gem was owned by King Zhao Hui, and King Qin Zhao promised to use it for fifteen
The city came to exchange for this gem, which shows the high value of this gem. Later, this gem was carved into a national jade seal, which was lost until the Western Jin Dynasty.
Modern stone gambling is divided into two types: "full stone gambling" and "half stone gambling". The so-called "full stone gambling" refers to the stone gambling activities carried out when the jade wool skin is intact; and "half stone gambling"
It is to cut a knife or stab a "hole" so that the stone gambler can see some internal conditions before gambling.
Li Tianbao and Lin Meiru went to the "Registration Office" of the villa (a room temporarily rented by the organizer Gemstone Association in the villa) and each paid a registration fee of 10,000 yuan. The staff issued their number plates to remind them
Go to the venue before ten o'clock and look for your seat according to the number plate.
Because the stone gambling process from the qualifying round to the preliminaries and the semi-finals takes a total of three days, so the two of them opened two more rooms in the villa. After everything was prepared, the two came to the site of the stone gambling competition - a block in the villa.
A large open space.
After the two arrived here, they discovered that the venue for the stone gambling competition was already overcrowded. There were five rows of "long cases" of more than 100 meters lined up with wooden tables, and there were about half a meter in diameter stacked on the cases.
There are numbers on the side of the "long table", and people sit in their seats according to the numbers. A rough estimate is that there must be about a thousand people. Fortunately, the open space is big enough, otherwise there wouldn't be enough people.
People "toss" things.
"Now I know why we don't hold a competition in the city. There are so many people. Each contestant costs 10,000 yuan. If calculated as 1,000 people, it would be a fucking 10 million yuan! Oh my god, no wonder Du Yuexin is so rich.
I want to pay 20 million to buy my sword." After Li Tianbao finished speaking, he quickly touched the backpack behind him to see if the sword was still on him. He was really worried that Du Yuexin would have the same crooked ideas as Lin Meiru.
Li Tianbao and Lin Meiru went to the last row according to their numbers and found their seats. Because they received their number plates one after another, they were seated next to each other. Li Tianbao was number 1011, and Lin Meiru was next to him.
The one on the right hand side is number 1012, but the number 1010 on the left hand side is empty for some unknown reason. The number 1009 sitting on the other side is a man in his thirties.
Li Tianbao almost burst out laughing when he saw him, because the man was actually a "Lama" (another name for a Tibetan Buddhist monk).
"Hey! I didn't expect that there are so many talented people in the stone gambling world. There are people of all kinds."
Li Tianbao blurted out inadvertently, attracting the lama's attention. He turned his head and glanced at Li Tianbao, but he was not angry. Instead, he smiled with his hands clasped together and said: "Of course monks can also bet on stones, what do you think?
Here’s the donor.”
Seeing the kind-hearted look on his face, Li Tianbao quickly imitated the lama's approach and clasped his hands together and said, "Yes, yes, yes, I just made some rude remarks, please forgive me, Master."
"It's okay. By the way, you don't need to call me Master, just call me Randall."
"Are you Tibetan?"
"Exactly, is there anything wrong?" Randall said gently.
"Nothing. By the way, my name is Li Tianbao. Nice to meet you." After Li Tianbao finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and expressed his friendly sincerity to Randall. After all, Han and Tibetan people are all one family. When they come to Beijing, they are themselves.
Landowners, of course, must be proactive and enthusiastic, and must not embarrass the people of the capital.
Li Tianbao just stretched his hand half a meter away from the man's chest when he was startled by a big hairy monster. It turned out that there was another person under Randall. When the guy saw Li Tianbao reaching out to the lama, he
Suddenly the huge body covered in long black hair shook.