The place Zhu Feng took Chen Ran and the others to was the Cultural Expo City in Huadu, an antique street in the old town of Huadu, that is, West Street.
Guo Hai parked the car in the parking lot on the roadside, got out of the car, and saw Zhu Feng waving to them in front. When Chen Ran was about to go over, his cell phone suddenly rang.
"I'll take a call, you guys go over first."
After giving instructions to Guo Hai and Yang Long, Chen Ran turned around and walked towards the roadside.
"Then hurry up."
Guo Hai waved his hand and walked towards Zhu Feng while chatting and laughing with Yang Long.
Chen Ran took out his cell phone and found that it was an unfamiliar number. However, the last time he turned on his cell phone, this number had called him once.
"Is it Xiaoran?"
To Chen Ran's surprise, the call turned out to be from Wang Wentao.
"Brother Tao, it's you."
Chen Ran was also a little happy when he received a call from Wang Wentao. After returning from archaeology, he cut off contact with Wang Wentao. He asked Wang Zhiqing, and Wang Zhiqing said that Wang Wentao had been promoted and transferred. He did not know the contact information.
"Good brother, I finally contacted you. Where are you now? Are you in Zhongdu?"
Wang Wentao contacted Chen Ran and was extremely happy. Chen Ran had saved his life several times in Guixiong Ridge. If it hadn't been for Chen Ran, how would he have been able to leave Guixiong Ridge? Let's not talk about whether he saved his life or not.
The important thing is that the two of them formed a life-long friendship in Ghost Bear Ridge.
"Brother Tao, I'm in Huadu now..."
"Well, okay, call me when you get back to China. We two brothers are going to have a good drink."
After hanging up Wang Wentao's call, Chen Ran walked towards Guo Hai and the others. When he came, Zhu Feng only brought four bodyguards. Now he has a pair of twin beauties and a fat man about forty years old. It seems that
It's waiting for them here.
"Brother Chen, come, let me introduce you. This is Master Zhou..." After Chen Ran walked over, Zhu Feng immediately introduced the fat man to Chen Ran with a smile. This fat man's surname was Zhou, and Zhu Feng called him
As a stone gambling consultant, he should be someone who has more experience in stone gambling.
Chen Ran was not familiar with Master Zhou this time, so he just nodded as a greeting. Master Zhou glanced at Chen Ran more, but he could tell that among the three young people in front of him, Zhu Feng valued the one named Chen most.
Random young man.
The other two young men, Zhu Feng, had a more casual attitude, but the one in front of him was different, he seemed to have a little more respect.
After mutual introduction, the group entered the Cultural Expo City under the leadership of Zhu Feng.
There are two major antique cities in Huadu, and the Cultural Expo City is one of them. In addition, at this stage, Huadu is still holding a peony exhibition. As a result, the Cultural Expo City is extremely lively, with people coming and going, and it seems a bit crowded when walking on the road.
Fortunately, Zhu Feng's bodyguard cleared the way, and Chen Ran and the others walked quickly.
Chen Ran and the others did not wander around the antique city. Under the leadership of Zhu Feng, they directly entered the underground level of the Cultural Expo City.
At this level, the stores on both sides are basically jade shops, but after a few turns, a street appeared. On this street, each store has a large open space, or directly
A shelf in front of the door.
There are large and small stones scattered on the shelf. These stones are as big as wheels and as small as fists. Some are placed on the erected shelves, and some are placed directly on the ground in the hall.
Piles, piles and piles.
"Stone gambling is about this kind of dark stone." Looking at the heated scene in front of him, Guo Hai was a little dumbfounded.
Yang Long answered with a smile: "You are stupid, this is not called a stone, this is jade wool, called a rough stone. Do you understand, don't see that the stone is inconspicuous, but it is expensive."
Guo Hai stared: "You know a lot, then you can tell me how to gamble on stones."
Yang Long was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Betting on stones is of course gambling on stones."
Zhu Feng laughed heartily, Master Zhou couldn't help but smile and shook his head. Chen Ran glared at them angrily, signaling them not to be embarrassed and conspicuous here.
Yang Long knew about stone gambling, but when asked to tell him how to gamble, he really couldn't tell. In fact, there are quite a few people who know about stone gambling. There was a movie "Crazy" that year.
"Stones" can be said to have made everyone aware of stone gambling, but only those in the industry know how to gamble specifically.
As a jade carver, Chen Ran is half an insider and knows a little bit about it.
What exactly is stone gambling?
Outsiders may not understand that gambling on stones has been around since ancient times, but the earliest gambling was on Hetian jade. The gambling on stones nowadays often refers to the gambling stones in Myanmar. The main purpose is to gamble on whether there is jade in the ore.
Since the surface of the gravel is generally covered by a layer of weathered crust, and the internal conditions cannot be seen, people can only infer whether there is high-quality jade inside the gravel based on the characteristics of the crust and artificial local openings.
This makes it very difficult to identify the quality of jadeite raw materials in the jade raw material trade. Such transactions are quite similar to gambling, so people call the skinned jade raw materials gambling stones, gambling materials or gambling goods.
This business practice is also called stone gambling.
Since it is gambling, no one is sure of winning; even experienced experts will inevitably make mistakes, which is quite risky. However, the excitement of gambling, the mystery of gambling and the pleasure of gambling drive people to gamble.
Many people engage in stone gambling.
Therefore, it is not uncommon for someone to become rich overnight, from a street gangster to a millionaire in an instant; to someone who can lose everything in an instant, and from a millionaire to a pauper.
As the saying goes, it is difficult for an immortal to break an inch of jade. This is the place that best embodies the difference between a sword in heaven and a sword in hell. As the saying goes, "Betting on stones is like gambling on life." People in the industry almost describe gambling on stones in this way. The bets have increased tenfold and a hundredfold.
If you make money, you will become a millionaire overnight; if you lose money on gambling, you will lose everything. And because the whole process is too exciting and tense, there are not a few people who go crazy every year because of gambling on stones.
"It's gone up! The bet has gone up..."
Suddenly, an excited shout came from a store that Chen Ran and the others were walking by. Before Chen Ran could react, he saw the pedestrians in the corridor rushing towards the store as if they were crazy.
He walked over and shouted while running. If it weren't for the bodyguard with Zhu Feng, Chen Ran and the others would have been pushed to nowhere by the influx of people.
This scene has to make people sigh with emotion. No wonder everyone says that gambling on stones is actually about crazy buying, crazy selling, and crazy waiting.
It seems so.
Guo Hai and Yang Long were curious and wanted to run over to watch, but they were stopped by Zhu Feng: "Hey, brothers, I said let's not join in the fun. In these small shops, even if
Even if you bet on the increase, it won't go up much. Let's go, follow my brother. He will take you to the store in front. That store has really good goods. They are all first-hand goods from Yunnan, or old scams. Bah,
Why do you think I'm telling you this? Isn't this just playing the piano to a cow?"
Guo Hai and Yang Long laughed and followed Zhu Feng. Chen Ran also followed behind Zhu Feng, observing the small shops on both sides as they walked.
After turning left and right, we came to the store Zhu Feng mentioned. The name of this store is Qishifang. The store is quite large. The ends of the two aisles are occupied by this store. According to Zhu Feng, this store is
The store is the largest store in this market, and the owner is from Myanmar. His family is quite famous there. Families like them are called the Stone Gambling Family.
Entering the store, there were many people selecting rough stones, but it seemed very quiet. Even if several people were selecting together, they would all talk in whispers. It felt very formal, not like the ones over there, like a vegetable market.
land.
When you enter the store, you can tell at first glance that the rough stones in this store are divided into three grades. One kind is like an exhibition. Not only is it displayed on the counter, it is also separated by glass, which makes people only
Looking through the glass, it is obvious that this kind of rough stone has a clear price tag, and its appearance is relatively good. Most of the stones that have been rubbed against the surface or opened through the skylight can already be seen in green.
From what was said in the book, Chen Ran guessed that this kind of rough stone should be the material for semi-gambling.
Jade rough stone merchants generally do not gamble on stones themselves. Most of them just buy jade rough stones from Myanmar, transport them back to the mainland, and then convene major jewelry merchants or private stone gamblers to conduct similar activities.
At the auction, the stone is sold directly. As for whether there is jade in the stone, they don't care. All they earn is a price difference.
However, generally experienced jadeite rough dealers will conduct a preliminary analysis on some jadeite rough stones that perform well before auctioning them. The so-called preliminary analysis is to simply rub a little of the skin on the stone, and then start.
A skylight, or a thin cut.
The same piece of raw jadeite, if it is sold intact, may have a base price of three to five hundred thousand at most, but if you scratch a piece of it on its surface, and happen to rub out that there is green inside the stone,
If the location is different, then the starting price of this rough stone will probably have to rise to at least three to five million, and even tens of millions is not impossible. It just depends on the performance of the surface.
Generally speaking, the better the performance of the material, the greater the possibility of turning green.
Therefore, although jade rough stone merchants themselves do not gamble on stones, they often use this preliminary solution to maximize their own interests. Often as long as a few good pieces appear in the preliminary solution, the cost of the entire batch of rough stones
Maybe I can make all my money back on these few pieces of material.
Of course, initial interpretation also comes with certain risks. After all, if you rub out the green color, the base price of the rough stone will skyrocket. However, if nothing can be rubbed out, it may also increase the value of the rough stone.
fall.
Therefore, the initial interpretation of rough stones is a difficult job that requires experience and skills. Most people cannot do it at all. The owner of this shop is from Myanmar, and everyone is professional in this. Naturally, there is no shortage of such people.
strength.
This kind of material that has been solved for the first time is called half gambling.
Since Guo Hai and Yang Long didn't know much about gambling, Master Zhou was kind-hearted. While watching, he introduced them to the two of them. The ingredients on the counter were all semi-gambling ingredients.
The stones on the shelf on the left are full bet materials. The price of full bet materials is generally lower than that of half bet, but some are higher than half bet. It depends on how well the full bet materials perform.
Already.
In addition to the semi-gaming materials on the counter and the full-gaming materials on the cabinets, there are also a lot of materials piled up on the right side. At first glance, these materials must be materials that are not very good, and they are low-end materials.
The possibility is very small.
"Betting on stones is actually an industry where nine out of ten bets are lost. Don't look at the jadeite wool here. If you cut them all, it would only be one-tenth of the raw stone wool before the green color can come out."
These greens are probably not even one-tenth of the high-quality green. At most, they are mid-range green. The high-end green is becoming less and less now. However, speaking of it, the world of stone gambling has always been about good or bad.
You have heard very few stories about someone getting rich overnight. On the contrary, there are too many stories about people who lost their families and their families, so you must read more and listen more, and don’t take action casually!”
Before Master Zhou left, he gave Chen Ran and the others a reminder.
"Brothers, you guys watch first, I'll go over there and take a look..."
Zhu Feng smiled and said hello to Chen Ran, Guo Hai, Yang Long and the others, and led Master Zhou and others to the left side of the hall, where there were all gambling materials.
Guo Hai and Yang Long couldn't bear it for a long time and ran around watching. Chen Ran didn't care about them. He himself was also observing the semi-gambling materials. These semi-gambling materials cost millions.
The little money he had above was enough to play the cheaper ones once, but he couldn't afford the slightly more expensive ones.
While observing, Chen Ran thought of his energy aperture and wondered if he could detect anything. He checked it, but there was no reaction at all.
After receiving such a result, Chen Ran was not disappointed. Instead, he smiled dumbly and really thought that his powers were omnipotent...
After giving up this thought, Chen Ran calmed down and verified each other based on the knowledge he read in the book and the materials in front of him. This has almost become his habit. It is always good to learn more things.
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While observing, he walked forward, and soon he came to the back of the hall.
In the back of the hall, there were a lot of people looking at the materials, in groups of three to five, with different images and postures. When Chen Ran was observing and walking, two or three people happened to come over and give Chen Ran a fight.
Face to face.
Seeing these three people, Chen Ran's expression immediately changed, and then he narrowed his eyes.
When Chen Ran saw these three people, these three people also saw Chen Ran. The leader immediately burst into laughter and greeted Chen Ran: "Oh, we really don't meet each other in life. I didn't expect that Classmate Chen is now
I also started playing stone betting..."
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