Looking at the sheds built directly on the dirt, even Huang Bingyu shook his head. Although he had never been to Myanmar, he had participated in a jade auction held in Pingzhou. The environment there was much better than this.
"Boss Huang, this is what we do in our own village, and it is not a transaction with outsiders."
Li Yongqian's collective sense of honor is quite strong. After hearing Huang Bingyu's evaluation, he said: "We have a jade festival every year. The scale is much larger than this. Boss Huang, you can come and participate. You will definitely participate." To your satisfaction..."
In order to attract jade merchants from all over the country to Yangmei, Yangmei started organizing the Jade Festival in the early 1990s. Today, it has become quite famous in China.
"Okay, I will definitely come and see it when the time comes." Huang Bingyu nodded and said, "Boss Li, I wonder how the gambling stones here are traded?"
Although Huang Bingyu has never bet on stones, he has heard a lot about it. He knows that there are two ways to bet on stones in Myanmar: open marking and hidden marking.
As the name suggests, open bidding means an open bidding, and the bidder with the highest price wins. As for hidden bidding, the buyer writes the number of the rough stone he wants on the betting slip, and after the staff collates it, the winning bid price is reported.
However, these all happened in Myanmar. The place where jadeite rough stones are traded in front of me only has three to five hundred rough stones at a glance. The scale is too small, and it is obviously not suitable for Myanmar's trading methods.
"The transaction method here is very simple. You buy and sell openly. As long as you can negotiate a price with the seller and pay the price, you can cut the stone on the spot."
Li Yongqian pointed to a machine placed in an open space and said: "That thing is a stone cutting machine. It is provided by the village. It costs fifty yuan a time..."
"You want more money?"
Hearing this, Qin Feng said dumbfounded: "It's really your turn to get rich. No matter what, your village will definitely make a profit without losing anything."
There is a saying in the gambling world: If you want not to lose, you have to not gamble. Even though the casinos in Australia Island make a lot of money every day, people who have experienced casinos never go to the gambling table.
The same is true for the Yangmei Village Committee. They only provide venues and equipment, and the villagers organize the buying and selling transactions themselves. Winning or losing has nothing to do with the village committee, and they can still make money from it.
"This was the old village chief's idea."
Li Yongqian glanced at Uncle Liu in the distance, with a look of admiration in his eyes. It was under the leadership of Uncle Liu that a small village that was not very good at first underwent earth-shaking changes. Therefore, Uncle Liu said a word in Yangmei... No one was dissatisfied.
Seeing that there were gradually more people in the venue, Huang Bingyu couldn't stand anymore and said: "Qin Feng, let's take a look around, but we have agreed not to participate in stone gambling."
"Old Huang, are you really here to buy jade?"
After hearing Huang Bingyu's words, Li Yongqian curled his lips and said: "There are stones worth a hundred or ten yuan here. It would be a pity not to take a gamble..."
"No gambling."
Huang Bingyu shook his head and said: "If there is one, there must be two. If you bet once, you can't pull it out. I'll just take a look. Although buying rough stones is more expensive, the risk is small..."
Huang Bingyu is not very fond of gambling. This is certainly an advantage in the business world, but it also means that he is not pioneering enough and lacks courage at certain times, which is also a factor that restricts his development.
"Let's take a look first..."
Qin Feng said noncommittally: "As Boss Li said, it's not bad to buy a few yuan to play with if you have something suitable. Anyway, anyone can afford it for one hundred and eighty yuan."
While talking, several people walked to a stall with twenty or thirty pieces of raw jadeite.
The rough stones in this stall are all black stones. The small ones are only as big as a baby's palm and the largest ones are no more than the size of a football. There is no trace of jadeite on any of the stones.
"Is the jade really cut from this stone?"
Zhu Kai, who had never been involved in stone gambling, couldn't help but have a look of doubt in his eyes when he looked at the stones. The jadeite was so beautiful and dazzling, but its background was too inconspicuous.
"Yes, this is the original jade stone."
Qin Feng nodded and squatted down, looked at the middle-aged man sitting in the pile of stones, and said: "Uncle, if I read it correctly, these stones of yours should be collected from the Mameng pit.
Is it the black sand that came out?"
"Hey, young man, you have some eyesight, are you an expert?"
The middle-aged man who had set up a tea table and was drinking and pouring himself was stunned for a moment when he heard Qin Feng's words. He looked up and saw Li Yongqian. He stood up and said, "Aqian, it's you.
Whoever brought me here, come and sit down and have a cup of Kung Fu tea!"
People who grew up in the Chaoshan area can go a day without eating, but they cannot go without drinking tea. Kung Fu tea has penetrated into their lives. No matter where they are, they will always find a way to make a pot of tea.
of.
Many northerners go to the Chaoshan area to do business. The most unaccustomed thing is that they are always served Kung Fu tea when they arrive at the farm. This makes those northern bosses who are used to discussing business at the wine table often feel at a loss.
"Second brother, how about having sex?"!
As Li Yongqian spoke, he led Qin Feng and others into the shed and introduced: "This is my brother, his name is Li Yonghu. You can just call me second brother..."
There are several famous surnames in the village of Yangmei, and Li Dou is one of them. Most of the people setting up stalls here today are related to Li Yongqian, and they are basically all acquaintances.
"Aqian, today is the first day, how can there be any business..." Li Yonghu smiled and poured a cup of tea for several people, looked at Qin Feng and said: "Little brother, my family is in the rough stone business.
of?"
The reason why Li Yonghu asked Qin Feng this way was based on what Qin Feng said at the beginning.
Because only those who are truly engaged in the jadeite rough business can tell the differences and market conditions of various jadeite roughs, which even Li Yongqian cannot do.
Speaking of the raw jadeite field, we must first talk about the jadeite mining areas in Myanmar. These mining areas are mainly located in the upper reaches of the Wulong River in the northwest of Mengong in northern Myanmar. They are about 250 kilometers long, about 5 kilometers wide, and cover an area of more than 3,000 kilometers.
square kilometer.
The jadeite produced in different pits of various mines has its own characteristics and different quality. Therefore, identifying the entrance of the stone pit, which some people also call the entrance of the instant mining pit, is of great help in inferring the quality of the stone.
There is a famous saying in the jade industry, that is, "If you don't know the market, you don't gamble on stones." Therefore, when purchasing raw jade stones, you must understand the origin and characteristics of the material, otherwise you will be in the stone gambling business unconditionally.
Qin Feng just squatted down and looked at it for a while, and then told the origin of these black sands, which made Li Yonghu look at him differently. He was not a real expert and would never be able to say this.
Ma Mong is also a relatively famous old pit in Myanmar, famous for its rich black sand with a skin as black as coal.
This kind of black sand jadeite rough stone is usually cut from medium and low-grade jadeite, but it has also produced the best imperial green, so it is listed as one of the top ten jadeite pits in Myanmar.
"I learned some jade appraisal knowledge from my teacher, which made my second brother laugh."
Qin Feng secretly screamed luck. To be honest, his understanding of jade was far worse than his understanding of Hetian jade.
Apart from anything else, Qin Feng was able to tell the approximate time when it was mined after taking a piece of Hetian jade and just asking with his nose.
But for jade, Qin Feng not only got some skills related to identifying raw stones from inheritance, but also learned about things like the entrance of old pits from Qi Gong.
Speaking of which, it also comes down to talent. Some people have learned jade knowledge for many years, but they still can’t tell whether your piece of jade is Hetian jade or Russian jade. And people who have never come into contact with raw jadeite cannot rely on textbooks.
knowledge to identify the origin of rough stones.
However, Qin Feng has this talent. With just some guidance from Qi Gong, Qin Feng firmly memorized the characteristics of the rough stones in each pit. As soon as he said it just now, Li Yonghu was regarded as an expert.
"Little brother, who is your teacher?" Seeing that Qin Feng was so young, Li Yonghu couldn't help but ask.
Listening to Li Yonghu calling Brother Qin Feng repeatedly, Li Yongqian couldn't help but said: "Second brother, Boss Qin's teacher is Mr. Qi Gong..."
Qi Gong is recognized as the first person in the country to appraise jade calligraphy and painting. As his disciple, Qin Feng is considered to be very senior in the industry.
Yangmei's jade processing is not only for jade, but also domestic nephrite such as Hetian jade. Many are also processed into jewelry here and then sold all over the country, so Qi Gong's reputation is also good here.
So even though Li Yonghu is much older than Qin Feng, it is really inappropriate for him to call Qin Feng as his little brother.
After hearing Li Yongqian's words, Li Yonghu quickly raised his hands and said: "Boss Qin, it's not surprising if you don't know. Is Mr. Qi in good health? I saw him once in the capital last year..."
"Teacher's health is okay. Thank you very much, Boss Li, for your concern."
Hearing Li Yonghu's greetings, Qin Feng also felt a little emotional. From selling the "True Jade Workshop" in Beijing, to collecting jade in Luo City, and then to the jade raw stone market in front of him, he has really benefited from Qi's credit.
"Come on, Boss Qin, I have two pieces of good stuff here, see if you are interested."
Although people who sell rough jadeite stones do not gamble themselves, they must also master many stone gambling skills. They divide their rough stones into three, six or nine grades and give different prices for each.
The good material Li Yonghu mentioned was hidden under the table. It was a black sandy rough stone about the size of a basketball. There was a clearly visible python pattern on it, running through the entire rough stone.
The python pattern in the original jade stone is actually the shape of the jade bulging out on the surface of the stone. It is a special manifestation. Generally, the color of the python pattern is green, which is the jargon "green follows black".
There are often high-quality jadeite cut out of rough stones with this kind of surface, so Li Yonghu treasured this stone and hid it under the table.
