Compared with the single-toned white jade, the color of jade is undoubtedly more brilliant and eye-catching. Although it has only appeared in the jewelry market of Shishi City for a few years, it is already very popular among young girls.
High-quality top-grade jadeite is also very popular in some business circles.
Ever since Nie Tianbao deliberately wore an ice-yellow green ring on his hand when he attended a chamber of commerce event, wearing an jade ring has become a status symbol.
And those boss wives also highly admire the best jadeite. Nie Tianbao's purpose of going to Myanmar this time is to buy some good jadeite rough stones to meet the demand of the high-end jadeite market in the stone market and surrounding cities.
"By the way, boss, how about the rough stones we bought from Myanmar this time? I heard that Boss Ge also bought a batch of goods. We don't have many finished products left."
The topic changed from Nie Yuanlong, and Shopkeeper Zhao's expression became much more natural. After all, he didn't want to get involved in the boss's family affairs. Nie Tianbao was not a reasonable person sometimes.
"Hey, Lao Zhao, if you don't go out here, you really don't know how big the world is..."
Hearing shopkeeper Zhao mention things about Myanmar, Nie Tianbao perked up and said: "This time I met a king in Myanmar, a rough stone weighing 30 kilograms. Old Zhao, guess how much it cost in the end.
of?"
"Thirty kilograms is not considered a big deal, right? Take away the stone skin, even if the jade meat inside is good, it's still worth a few million, right?" Shopkeeper Zhao pondered for a moment, stretched out his hand, and said tentatively: "Five hundred
Ten thousand?"
"Five million? Multiply by six and it's still about the same!"
Nie Tianbao sighed, "I originally thought that my business was quite big. Compared with those Hong Kong people, I am really a poor boy who came to the city... I have never seen the world. I also bid for that stone, but it didn't work.
The price is not even a fraction of the lowest bid!”
To say that Nie Tianbao's trip to Myanmar this time was really a big blow. His net worth accumulated over the past ten years is almost hundreds of millions, which makes him one of the top richest people in Shishi.
Of course, most of Nie Tianbao's assets are investments and fixed funds. Nie Tianbao only brought the equivalent of more than 6 million yuan in US dollars to Myanmar this time. According to what he knows about the jade market, this money should be able to buy some
Nice rough stone.
But Nie Tianbao did not expect that due to the recent domestic turmoil in Myanmar, the price of jadeite rough suddenly rose a lot, and the demand still exceeded the supply. Almost all the rough stones in the hands of retail investors were swept away by powerful merchants.
In desperation, Nie Tianbao had no choice but to participate in Myanmar's unique jade public sale. This public sale shocked him because with 6 million in funds, he could not even make a splash.
Nie Tianbao bid for a total of twelve pieces of material, but none of them won the bid. In desperation, he could only spend a high price to buy some jadeite that others had bet on, and finally came back empty-handed.
"Xiao Zhou, go to the door first and walk around."
After hearing Nie Tianbao's words, shopkeeper Zhao hesitated for a moment, and after driving the clerk out of the store, he said: "Boss, the wife of Boss Li of Tianhong Group wanted to order a set of high-grade jade jewelry some time ago.
, what do you think we should do about this? How about... we push it?"
Shopkeeper Zhao originally waited for Nie Tianbao to go to Myanmar to import the rough stones, process them into finished products, and then sell them to Boss Li. However, looking at the situation in front of him, those rough stones were obviously not as satisfactory as expected.
"No, you can't turn it down!"
Nie Tianbao shook his head and said with a gloomy face: "Old Zhao, you have been in this business longer than me. You should understand that if others have the goods we don't have, then we will not have an advantage in the competition for customer sources in the future. I can
I don’t want to be oppressed by Old Man Ge.”
"Boss, what should we do? We really don't have the goods on hand. We can't keep holding on to Boss Li, right?"
Shopkeeper Zhao had a troubled look on his face. He had been working in the jade shop for a long time, but it was difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, and he couldn't conjure a set of top-quality jadeite out of thin air.
Nie Tianbao gritted his teeth and said, "Well, I'll go to the capital tomorrow to see if I can buy a set of finished products from someone else. Even if I lose money on this business, I can't destroy the sign!"
Tianhong Group is the largest private company in Shishi City. Its boss Li Gongliang has a very deep background. It is said that he has backers in the province and the capital. Although Nie Tianbao is also a celebrity in Shishi City, compared with him, he is still inferior by three points.
Therefore, even if Nie Tianbao loses money, he is not willing to Li Gongliang to buy jade from "Qi Shi Zhai". This is related to the credibility and face of "Yu Shi Zhai". He cannot afford to lose this person in the stone city business world, and this is also related to the future.
The issue of "Yushi Zhai"'s share in the jade market in Shishi City.
Shopkeeper Zhao nodded and said: "That can only be like this. Lao Ge has many connections in the industry, so he might be able to come up with good materials."
"Damn, this jade is different from Hetian jade. It's only produced in that damn place in Myanmar. By the way, Lao Zhao, is there anything else..."
Nie Tianbao cursed angrily. Although he didn't finish his words, shopkeeper Zhao had a clear look on his face. He knew what the boss was thinking.
White jade is the most expensive of Hetian jade, but white jade is not the only kind of Hetian jade. Qinghai jade and Russian jade all have fine white jade, but the price is much lower than Hetian jade.
Therefore, in jade shops, it is common to use Qinghai jade or Russian jade as Hetian jade. This has almost become an unspoken rule in the industry.
Just like the Hetian jade seed pendants displayed in the glass cabinets of Nie Tianbao's "Jade House", most of them are made of cheap Russian jade and are shoddy.
But what troubles Nie Tianbao is that jade is only produced in Myanmar, and there are almost no substitutes for jade. Domestic jade merchants have little contact with it. In the stone market, Nie Tianbao is one of the earliest people.
More importantly, Nie Tianbao had only heard that some manipulation could be done on the surface of raw jadeite, but he had never heard of any manipulation of the jadeite inside.
"Boss, all I've come into contact with before is nephrite, and I really don't know much about jade. It's hard to say."
Shopkeeper Zhao shook his head. He is only in his fifties this year. He has been interested in Hetian jade since he came into contact with this industry. He only paid attention to jade in recent years. He is about the same level as Nie Tianbao.
"Hey, you two little bastards, don't you want to live?"
While Nie Tianbao was talking to Shopkeeper Zhao, there was a sudden "bang" sound outside, followed by the shouts of the store clerk.
Nie Tianbao was stunned for a moment, then turned to look outside the open door, only to find two young men, one fat and one strong, running forward desperately. In almost the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the crowd.
On the street with tourists.
"Zhou Bing, what's going on? Who is this person?" Nie Tianbao walked to the door and found a young man on the ground at the door covering his face and falling there. He frowned.
"Uncle Nie, this guy's wallet was stolen. I already caught the thief, but who knew there was an accomplice who punched this guy? When the two people ran away just now, they bumped into your car."
The clerk named Zhou Bing showed a gloating smile on his face after hearing Nie Yuanlong's question. In fact, when this man was looking at things at the stall outside the store just now, Zhou Bing had already discovered that he was being targeted by a thief.
.
To be honest, the fat thief's skills were really bad. He had already taken out his wallet, but when his hand shook, he almost dropped it to the ground, otherwise the kid wouldn't have discovered it.
Zhou Bing was a distant relative of Nie Tianbao's family. This kid was also full of bad intentions and he thought he was just watching the fun. When the young man was beaten just now, he almost screamed for relief.
If the tall and strong thief hadn't hit the car while escaping, Zhou Bing wouldn't have even bothered to say anything. Such things are not uncommon in the antique street.
"The car wasn't damaged, right? If it's not, let him go. Won't it delay business if he's blocked here?"
Nie Tianbao frowned and didn't take it seriously. There were many foreign tourists on this antique street, and people were losing their wallets almost every day. As long as it wasn't stolen in his shop, Nie Tianbao didn't want to meddle in this business.
Woolen cloth.
Hearing what the boss had said, Zhou Bing walked down the steps, raised his leg and kicked the young man who was covering his eyes, and said: "Hey, kid, are you okay? Get out of here and don't stand like a pillar!
"
"I fucked your uncle, how dare I kick your uncle?"
What Zhou Bing didn't expect was that the young man who had just been punched suddenly became furious, raised his right hand, and slapped Zhou Bing on the face.
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