"Did I hear that right? Boss Zhao, are you kidding me?"
"The thirty-eight thousand you are talking about, is that thirty-eight thousand?"
The man named Zhao curled his lips and said, "What do you think I said?"
It took me two minutes to calm down.
We hid here and there for this stone, not even daring to show it in Yinchuan. As a result, the difference in the value of this stone between the two sides was so huge that there was no need to discuss it.
The man surnamed Zhao played with the cigarette case and said thoughtfully: "Brother, the price for the agate is already high. Generally, the top quality Alxa agate of this size is only 10,000 yuan. I am not trying to offend you.
Random bidding, I, Zhao Qiang, do business openly and with no evil heart."
"Stop looking! Stop looking!"
Dou Sprout directly wrapped the stone in newspaper and said angrily: "Thirty-eight thousand? You still say you don't have a black heart? I see that the heart and brain blood vessels are black."
"Don't panic, Yazai."
"What's there to talk about? You can't sell it even if you throw it into the river!" Dou Sprout looked really angry.
No one has ever seen this piece of blood agate from the Alxa Desert, so there is no market price standard. In Zhao Qiang's opinion, a good agate is only 18,000, so he paid 38,000, which can be considered a high reward.
If it were really worth so much, I don't believe Aza would pay so much to hide it.
"Boss Zhao, let's not talk about it then. I take back what I just said about selling rough stones. What if we find a master craftsman?"
At this time, the waitress obediently brought a glass of water. Zhao Qiang took a sip of water and said, "I do have a good relationship with a Jieyang jade carving master. This person happens to be working at the agricultural exhibition. The trouble is that this master's schedule is full.
, you want to add a blockade?"
I nodded and asked what the price would be for an extra plug.
Zhao Qiang shook his head and said: "I'm responsible for introducing you. Just treat it as making friends. Besides, you don't just give money to carving. They also want to see the materials. You have to discuss this yourself."
There are jewelry and jade exhibitions held three times a year at the Sanhuan Agricultural Exhibition Hall. I had heard about it, and it was the first time I went there. When we went there, the exhibition was already in its last two days.
Zhao Qiang didn't come because he had something to do, so he called the master and arranged for us to meet briefly.
Three hundred and sixty years later, he was the number one scholar. His surname was Zou. He was a little fat. He was over 50 years old and his ancestral home was Sichuan. He lived in Jieyang all year round and had been engaged in jade carving for more than 30 years. He participated in the World Exposition and the Hundred Flowers Competition.
He has won gold medals and is known for his understanding of subject matter and skillful carving. He is indeed a very powerful craftsman.
"Boss Zhao is talking about you three, right? I personally don't carve agate," the man said directly when we met at the agricultural exhibition hall.
I said, Master, please take a look at the stone first. It’s easy to talk about the cost.
He smiled and said: "No need to look at a few people. I am not very interested in Alxa agate. Please go back."
Although he didn't say it explicitly, I guessed that he thought our Alxa agate was too low-grade and not worthy of his carving.
I winked at Dou Sprout, and Dou Sprout nodded, directly opened the zipper of my backpack, and took out the original stone from the newspaper bag.
"Let's see," said Bean Sprout.
Zou Xiaotong turned his head and glanced impatiently.
"Huh?"
"This red..."
All the booths in the Agricultural Exhibition Hall used white lights, and the newspapers were not all removed. Only a small part of our stone was exposed. The almost demonic red color on the surface of the original stone was too eye-catching.
Zou Xiaotong was attracted. He walked over and removed the newspaper and read it for five or six minutes, becoming fascinated by it.
"This, this thing is Alxa agate? Why is the foundation so thin? Aren't all Alxa agates the same kind of pitted?"
I said look carefully, you haven't peeled it off, the skin is still there, it's not Alxa agate.
"Absolute, absolutely amazing, this is really amazing..."
Since there were many colleagues in the exhibition hall, Zou Xiaotong, a master sculptor, said three unique words in a row, which immediately attracted many people to come and watch.
