Seeing the surprised looks on their faces, the old man surnamed Qian nodded with a sigh and said: "That's him! And, as I told you last time, in Shiyuan Pavilion, from a piece of scraps
He was also the one who unlocked the ice jade!"
"Although this man is young, he is truly an unparalleled master of stone gambling!"
"It's just a pity! Originally, we wanted to establish a good relationship with him this time, and then let him guide us to buy a few pieces of jade!" After saying this, the old man named Qian shook his head with regret, "Now, look,
It looks like there’s no chance!”
After hearing what he said, the faces of the people around him became even more surprised, and all of them had regret in their eyes.
Especially when they looked at Kang Dahai, there was a hint of hatred in their eyes. As members of the Dongshan Provincial Gem and Jade Association, no one knew better than them what a true stone gambling master meant in the jade industry.
Offending a master stone gambler means missing an opportunity to make a fortune.
An ancient saying goes: "Standing in the way of someone's wealth is like killing your parents!" Because of Kang Dahai's relationship, it is very likely that the huge increase in income will be gone. No matter who it is, he will not be very happy.
Looking at everyone's eyes, Kang Dahai couldn't help but blame himself, "Why is my mouth so mean?"
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"What a damn unlucky person to meet such a person!"
Although Liu Dong pulled him away, it was obvious that Li Yuncong was still angry.
But in comparison, Liu Dong was not very angry, because he was more worried about whether the old man named Qian would compete with him for the piece of Damkan wool.
Moreover, this possibility is very high. Because now Liu Dong has remembered who this old man named Qian is.
I remember that when he followed Zhou Bin to Shiyuan Pavilion for the first time and extracted the piece of ice jade that he later bought for 15 million yuan from the scraps, the first person to buy it was the old man surnamed Qian.
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Coupled with the fact that his nine consecutive rises have been astonishingly spread throughout the Quancheng stone gambling circle yesterday, and the fact that the old man surnamed Qian just took the initiative to talk to him, it is obvious that he has been regarded as a stone gambling expert.
Therefore, when I saw him studying the piece of Damu wool so seriously, I naturally gave others the guess that he was optimistic about the value of this piece of wool.
In addition, when he was leaving just now, he took a special look at the appearance of the Damukan wool, which weighed hundreds of kilograms and contained the most precious glass species, the finest red jade. There were dots of pine flowers on the surface.
Although it is not connected into a film, it is still pretty good.
Pine flowers are color blocks, patches, and strips that are vaguely visible on the surface of jadeite, like dried moss.
It refers to the traces left by the original green on the jadeite material that has gradually faded due to weathering. Based on the color depth, shape, direction, quantity, and density of the pine flowers, the depth, direction, size, shape, etc. of the green inside can be inferred.
Therefore, generally if there are pine flowers on the wool, it means that there is likely to be jade in the wool. Of course, there will be exceptions. Otherwise, there would be no saying in the stone gambling business that "it is difficult for an immortal to break an inch of jade."
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However, although the piece of Damukan wool that Liu Dong looked at just now has dots of pine flowers, it also has a large crack about one finger wide that goes deep into the wool.
It is this big crack that makes the Damukan wool full of uncertainty, making it more gambling, and affecting its value.
The bottom bid of 580,000 that Liu Dong saw just now speaks volumes.
Otherwise, I am afraid that the owner of this piece of wool would have wiped away the most densely distributed pine flowers on the gambling stone and turned this piece of wool into a semi-gaming material.
"Forget it, at worst I can just pay more when bidding later!"
Although he had to face competition from others, Liu Dong was still very confident in taking the shot of this precious piece of top-quality red jade wool when he could see the bidding prices of others.
"Brother Zhou, do you have a pen and paper with you?" After letting go of his worries, Liu Dong turned around and asked Zhou Bin, who was walking behind them.
"I have the pen, but the paper is gone!" As he said that, Zhou Bin took out a pure Swiss gold pen from his jacket pocket and handed it to Liu Dong's hand.
This was what he prepared when he wrote those bids at noon.
"No paper?" Liu Dong couldn't help but frowned. When he came out today, he left in a hurry. In addition, Wang Qiang took yesterday's clothes for washing, so he didn't bring any paper or pen with him now.
"Me neither!" Seeing Liu Dong's eyes falling on him, Li Yuncong quickly shook his head.
It is said that since he graduated from college, except for using paper and pen when he made a mistake and writing a check for his father, he never brought these things with him when he went out to play.
"Go buy some bid sheets, they look like white paper when turned over!" Zhou Bin said from the side.
Hearing this, Liu Dong nodded and said, "It seems like this is the best thing to do!"
Then, the two people's eyes focused on Li Yuncong, and the meaning was self-evident.
"Why, let me buy it?" Li Yuncong pointed to his nose and asked with a look of surprise on his face.
Seeing the reluctant look on his face, Zhou Binxu kicked him and scolded him with a smile: "Go quickly, do you still want Xiaodong to choose some pieces of wool to relieve swelling for you?"
Hearing about the stone bet, Li Yuncong immediately turned from worry to joy, "Okay, I'll go right away!" After saying that, he ran to the auction table on the north side of the hall on the second floor, where the bidding lists were sold.
"This kid is already twenty-five or six years old, but he is still so unstable. Compared with his brother, he is really far behind!"
After listening to Zhou Bin's words, Liu Dong said with a smile: "People's personalities are different. Stability has the advantage of being stable, and jumping has the advantage of jumping. People like Brother Li live a simple and comfortable life without many worries.
, this is the blessing of longevity!”
"Haha, that's true!" After hearing this, Zhou Bin smiled and nodded.
Immediately, Zhou Bin's face slowly became serious, he looked up at Liu Dong and said, "Xiaodong, I want to ask you for something!"
"Brother Zhou, we are friends. What you say is disrespectful!" After a pause, "If you need my help with anything, just tell me! As long as I can help, I will definitely help you."
Try your best!"
Liu Dong originally had the temperament of "people respect me an inch, and I respect others a foot".
Since Zhou Bin always took his apprenticeship to learn jade carving in mind, and even introduced him to Mr. Zhang, although there were some changes in the process, it also fulfilled Liu Dong's long-cherished wish.
Therefore, in reciprocating favor, Liu Dong would naturally try his best to help Zhou Bin.
Seeing the sincere look on Liu Dong's face, Zhou Bin was naturally grateful. He patted Liu Dong's shoulder with a happy expression on his face and said with a smile: "Okay, Xiaodong! I really saw you right!"
Then, after Zhou Bin pondered for a while, he said seriously: "Xiaodong, I want to buy the 'Biao Wang' wool from this stone gambling conference. I hope you can help me see if it's worth it!"
After hearing this, Liu Dong couldn't help but said in surprise: "Brother Zhou, I remember you told me before that you bought gambling stones to hoard the rough stones and wait for their value to increase. Why this time...?"
After listening to his words, Zhou Bin waved his hands and said with a wry smile on his face: "I want to hoard rough stones, but today's Biaowang wool is too expensive. If I don't let the good stone master take a look,
I feel really uneasy!"
Seeing the look on Zhou Bin's face, Liu Dong was a little curious now.
Although he had only been dating Zhou Bin for a short time and did not know how much he was worth, looking at his level of food, clothing, housing and transportation, coupled with Zhou Bin's extraordinary family background, Liu Dong secretly guessed that he should have a net worth of several hundred million.
What's more, raw jadeite stones are not cheap, especially those with good leather shells, which can easily cost hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions.
Since Zhou Bin now wants to start a business of hoarding rough stones, the amount of money he is prepared to invest is not a small amount. If he does not have tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, he will not be able to become an influential wool merchant. Even if he makes money in the end, it will not be too big.
It's obvious that Zhou Bin is not the kind of person who makes small money.
Therefore, Liu Dong was now very curious as to what kind of standard-setting material could actually make Zhou Bin, the calm and steady prime minister, lose all confidence in his heart.
Looking at the curious look on Liu Dong's face, Zhou Bin somewhat guessed what he was thinking at this moment.
"The lowest bid for that piece of wool is 18.88 million!" Zhou Bin took a deep breath and said with a hint of emotion in his tone.
"18.88 million!"
Hearing this number, Liu Dong couldn't help showing surprise on his face. This number is almost equivalent to half of his current net worth.
Of course, this excludes those antiques and the jade he unlocked. It only counts the money in his card now.
"There are really such expensive wool materials here!" Liu Dong couldn't help but ask. Although he had heard others say that the jadeite market in Myanmar, Tengchong and other places could produce more than a dozen pieces of stone gambling wool worth more than 10 million almost every year.
, but I didn’t expect that when the Quancheng Stone Gambling Conference was held for the first time, such heavyweight wool would be the finale.
Hearing this, Zhou Bin said with a hint of bitterness on his face: "Yes! When I came up yesterday and saw that piece of premium material, I didn't quite believe it!"
After saying this, Zhou Bin paused and said, "It seems that for this stone gambling conference, the people from the Quancheng Gem and Jade Association are really courageous. They actually bought this kind of gambling stone from Myanmar and put it at the finale of the stone gambling conference!"
After a pause, Zhou Bin continued: "Such an expensive material, if I don't find a good stone master to look at it before buying it, even if it is a stone, I will feel stressed!"