"Senior Brother Wu, I will be responsible for the screening of ancient jade."!
Seeing Wu Qihua's embarrassed look, Qin Feng said with a smile: "Senior brother, just help me identify the quality of the modern finished jade. The main item I am here to collect this time is new jade..."
Although ancient jade is good, it is aimed at very high-end and professional people. This market is basically dominated by collectors with rich jade collection experience.
As for those individual tourists who don't understand jade, they only care about the luster and brightness of the jade and whether the carving is exquisite. They don't value the culture and connotation of jade itself so much.
Therefore, although Qin Feng placed six ancient jades obtained by robbing tombs in "True Jade Square", none of them were sold in the few days since it opened, and only a few insiders came to inquire about the price.
On the contrary, the sales of the new jade that Qin Feng imported from Jintian and the jade left by Fang Yazhi were extremely hot. Qin Feng came to Luo City this time just for the new jade.
"Xiao Qin, it's best for you to think so. Nowadays, the skills of forging ancient jade are too high, and I can't be sure."
After hearing Qin Feng's words, Wu Qihua breathed a sigh of relief. He was here to help this time, not to embarrass himself. If he misjudged a few objects, he would be really embarrassed to go to the capital to meet those old friends in the future.
"Okay, let's all sit down and chat. The old man still has some of this year's Yuqian Longjing, and I will contribute it today."
Seeing that several people were standing after entering the room, Mr. Zhu gave instructions, "Zhengjun, take Kaizi to move the Taishi chair over. Yes, put it in front of this table, and leave it to appraise the jade for others to sit on.
Zhenghao went to the door to greet his guests, I guess someone should be here soon..."
"Yes, father!"
After hearing what the old man said, everyone immediately became busy. Qin Feng also wanted to help, but the old man pulled him to sit down in front of the large tea table.
Just as the old man said, not even five or six minutes after Zhu Zhenghao left, he walked into the store accompanied by a middle-aged man in his forties carrying a suitcase.
"Lao Huang, welcome. I didn't expect you to be the first to come."
When he saw the visitor, Zhu Zhengjun, who had just moved the tables and chairs, hurriedly greeted him and said, "What good things have you brought? I took a fancy to your pair of white jade dragon and phoenix pendants last time. How is it? Do you have any intention of taking action?"
"Brother Zhu, that's what my old man kept for future generations, so don't worry about it!"
The visitor smiled and exchanged greetings with Zhu Zhengjun and others, then came to Mr. Zhu and Wu Qihua and said respectfully: "Are you two in good health? I was talking about going to see you in a few days.
Where are the two of you?"
"Xiao Huang, come here for tea. Is your business okay during this time?"
Mr. Zhu was a senior man in the industry, so he did not stand up. After asking the visitors to sit down, he said: "Today Mr. Qi's disciples from the capital are here to collect jade. You have to bring something good, so as not to lose it to our Henan province."
People."
"How can it be possible, Mr. Zhu, when did I have something on my hands?"
The visitor also had a short temper. After being so irritated by Mr. Zhu, he stopped drinking tea. He glanced around and looked at Qin Feng with some uncertainty and said, "This little brother is Mr. Qi."
Mr.’s disciple?”
This jade dealer is called Huang Bingyu. He has a lot of contacts with the Zhu family, so he knows all of them. Qin Feng is a new face at the moment. If Qin Feng is not too young, which makes him have some doubts, he may have been tricked long ago.
It's close.
"Boss Huang, my name is Qin Feng. I am a junior who has just entered the industry. I would like to ask you to take more care of me in the future..."
Qin Feng stood up and cupped his hands towards Huang Bingyu. However, he did not mention the identity of Qi Gong's disciple at all in his words, which greatly increased Huang Bingyu's favorable impression of him.
"Brother Qin, you are a promising young man. When I was your age, I didn't know what to do." As the saying goes, people carry people in sedan chairs. Huang Bingyu also admired Qin Feng very much.
"Okay, you two, stop bragging to each other."
Hearing the conversation between the two, Mr. Zhu smiled and said: "There will be more people coming later. Xiao Huang, if you have the goods, take them out first. You will have to queue up later..."
"Okay, okay, the old man is right." Huang Bingyu nodded repeatedly and said, "Brother Qin, how about we take a look at something first and then talk?"
In the early 1990s, China's economy transformed from a seller's market to a buyer's market. TVs that had to be purchased with tickets in the 1980s are now being promoted in shopping malls, and dozens of merchants are being beaten.
Blood flow.
The same is true for the antique market that "if it doesn't open for three years, it will last for three years after opening." There are many antique dealers who squeeze out a lot of goods but can't sell them.
Especially now that the New Year is approaching, according to the rules of the Chinese people, they all want to have more money in their hands, and Huang Bingyu is no exception. Moreover, he recently has a project that needs funds, so he is the first one to come to the door so early today.
"Okay, Boss Huang, please sit here..." Qin Feng moved Huang Bingyu to the boss's table across the door and said, "I wonder whether the jade you want to sell today is ancient jade or new jade?"
"There are both new jade and ancient jade, but I don't know if you, brother Qin, can like it..."
Huang Bingyu put the box he came in on the boss's desk, opened it and said: "The new jade is the best river material mined in Hotan, Xinjiang Province, and the carving is done by Yangzhou workers. There are a total of forty-eight pendants, two! Brother Qin
You take a look first..."!
River jade, also called seed material, refers to pebble-shaped jade material naturally formed in the river, with a seed skin on the outside.
After long-term natural weathering, these jade materials are peeled into fragments of different sizes, which collapse on the hillside, and then flow into the river after being washed by rain. When the river dries up in autumn, the jade pieces collected in the river bed are called seed materials.
The seed material is the most precious jade material among Hotan jade. Although it is not very large and can only be carved into some pendants or handles, the price is very high because of its oily texture and bright white color.
Especially in the past three to five years, the selling price of seed materials has increased rapidly. Seed materials that used to cost dozens of yuan each are now sold by the gram. There is still such a story circulating in the jade shop.
A tourist from Yangzhou once visited Hotan in Xinjiang Province in the early 1990s. He saw some thumb-sized stones and thought they were very beautiful, so he spent one to two hundred yuan and bought a large bag of them.
But after returning home, the tourist didn't know what to do with the stones, so he threw them into the fish tank and completely forgot about them for seven or eight years.
But one day, a master from a jade carving factory went to that person's home as a guest. When he was looking at the fish tank, he accidentally discovered that the jade stones were all of the best seeds.
This was a big deal. After preliminary estimates, the information in the fish tank was worth at least more than 500,000 yuan. After this incident came out, it also led to a further increase in the price of Hetian jade seed materials.
"The good thing is Hotan seed jade. It's rare that the carving is also good!"
Qin Feng did not call Wu Qihua this time, but opened the small boxes in the box and brought the jade to his eyes to carefully identify it.
"Senior Brother Wu, look, am I right?"
Seeing Wu Qihua coming over by himself, Qin Feng stepped aside and said: "The jade quality and carving are very good, it can be regarded as first-class..."
"Xiao Qin, you sit down, I'll just stand and watch."
Wu Qihua did not sit down, but took a few pieces of jade that Qin Feng had seen and put them in front of his eyes. He nodded and said, "Yes, this jade material is oily and natural, it is undoubtedly seed jade..."
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After hearing what Wu Qihua said, Qin Feng looked at Huang Bingyu and said: "Boss Huang, the price of seed jade has increased a lot in the past two years, and I won't let you suffer. It's four thousand yuan per piece. What do you think?"
"Four thousand each?" Huang Bingyu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then looked at the two ornaments and said, "Then... what's the price of these ornaments?"
Although the jade seeds in these jade articles vary from large to small, the difference is not very big. If the jade material is sold alone, one piece is worth about eight or nine hundred yuan, and the slightly larger ones are worth two to three thousand yuan.
Because it is batch processing, although it is all hand-carved, the labor cost for carving jade is less than 300 per piece. Qin Feng gave a price of 4,000, but it was 1,000 higher than Huang Bingyu's psychological price.
dollars.
"These two ornaments are carved from Hotan mountain materials. Although they are slightly worse than the seed jade, they are still of good quality. Especially the cabbage jade is white with green, which gives people a sense of vitality..."
After Qin Feng commented on the two ornaments, he said, "Boss Huang, I'll pay you 12,000 for the jade cabbage, and this one costs 8,000. What do you think?"
"Boss Qin, what you said hit the nail on the head. I admire you, I admire you!"
Qin Feng's comments on the two ornaments, all the pros and cons, and the price given was just over a thousand higher than the price evaluated by their industry. Huang Bingyu couldn't help but raise his thumbs, and Qin Feng
Feng also used honorifics when speaking.
"Boss Huang, thank you..." Qin Feng smiled and said, "Do you think this price is appropriate? Do you want to sell it or not?"
"Boss Qin is so forthcoming, why would Huang not sell it?"
Huang Bingyu patted the box and said: "Boss Qin, the forty-eight pieces of seed jade are worth 192,000 yuan. With these two ornaments, the total is 212,000 yuan. This small change has been erased.
Just give me 210,000 yuan, and I’ll give you this box too..."
"Okay, Boss Huang is happy!" Qin Feng smiled and nodded, turning around and shouting: "Kaizi, 210,000 yuan, give Boss Huang some money..."
"What's the matter? This deal has already been done?"
When Qin Feng shouted this, four or five people rushed in outside the store door at the same time, each of them holding a bag or a box in their hands, and they were all obviously coming for Qin Feng.
"Old Huang, you came early."
They were all from Los Angeles and knew each other very well. After seeing the jade in Huang Bingyu's box, someone pulled Huang Bingyu and whispered: "Old Huang, what's the price? The price of jade has increased a lot in the past two years.
It’s awesome, if it doesn’t work, we can let it go again!”
"Old Zhao, there are four thousand jade pendants each..." Huang Bingyu took out a pendant from the box and said, "I don't know if you are satisfied with the price, but I sold it anyway."
They are all people in the business world. Qin Feng's deal has given Huang Bingyu a lot of profit, and he reciprocates the favor. Naturally, he also wants to say a few good words to Qin Feng.
