Early the next morning, the four of them went out, took a taxi, and went straight to the location of the Soapstone Trading Conference, which was located on the edge of the urban area of Hualin City.
When they arrived at the place, the four people got out of the car and saw a place similar to the courtyard of a large factory in front of them. The dozens of cars parked in a mess in the open space in front of the door showed that they had come to the wrong place.
Most of these cars cost RMB 700,000 to RMB 800,000, and of course there are also cars worth RMB 1,000,000 to RMB 2,000,000. But without exception, they all look dusty and have traveled a long way. It also seems that the owners don’t care about them that much.
There was a surge of rudeness.
"Let's go in too." Xue Chen said.
When you walk into the factory yard through the open door, you will immediately see a different scene. Apart from some separated yards, the most conspicuous thing in the factory yard is a large factory building covering an area of two to three thousand square meters. The large factory building is very large.
It was simple and crude, with an iron cover supported on the four walls, barely able to keep out wind and rain.
Before they could get closer, they heard a lot of noise in the factory. After entering through an iron door, the four of them looked up and saw that this very spacious factory was also very simple, with simple floors.
There is a cement floor, and in addition there are only people and a large amount of ores.
The factory building is divided into rows like a vegetable market. A large number of strange-shaped and different-sized rocks are piled up one after another on the ground like vegetables for sale. The sellers are guarding their respective ores.
There were even more buyers like Xue Chen and the four of them. Although it was still early, at a glance, there were two to three hundred good people scattered in this huge factory.
"I thought we came early enough, but I didn't expect that so many people had already arrived," Ning Xuanxuan said.
"Most of them make a living by selling chicken blood stones, and the trade fair only lasts for three days. Of course, we have to hurry up. It's not like the four of us, so it doesn't matter." Xue Chen replied casually.
The four of them walked toward the factory together, and within a few steps they entered a sea of stones.
Wang Dong's eyes were bright, he was eager to try, but the two girls looked at the gray or brown, green-skinned stones, and seemed to be unable to feel the charm in them, and they looked very boring.
Xue Chen thought for a while and suggested: "Sister Xuan, Meimei, if you two find it boring, then go shopping and do some shopping. Just treat it as a trip. You don't have to stay here."
Jia Meimei was still a little embarrassed. She originally came to participate in the Soapstone Fair, so she had the nerve to leave first to go shopping. But Ning Xuanxuan didn't care about that. She really couldn't be interested in these rough Soapstone stones, so she pulled Jia Meimei out and walked out.
, while saying: "Xue Chen, remember to call me when you finish shopping."
Wang Dong looked at the quarry in the first factory building and said: "I heard that the chicken blood stones in Yuyan Mountain are almost mined now. We can only see so many chicken blood stones at the once-a-year trade fair."
"Yes, but we can't just say that these are chicken blood stones. At most, we can say that they are Chang stones. Whether there is chicken blood or not is hard to say. Let's go in and take a look."
walk into.
There are not many rules for buying and selling chicken blood stones here. It is just like selling vegetables. You will discuss the price with the seller for which stone you like. Because there are so many people and the noise is loud, the buyers and sellers have to speak very loudly.
"Boss, how do you sell this piece?" asked a man with a northwest accent.
"This is seven thousand eighty."
"Boss, the price is too high..."
"Look, there's so much blood seeping out from the surface, can it be any worse on the inside? The price isn't high anymore."
Two people were buying and selling, bargaining over a piece of chicken blood stone about the size of a football.
Scenes like this can be seen everywhere in this large courtyard.
The two people approached a stall with dozens of large and small ores. Wang Dong stood aside consciously, because he knew very well that Xue Chen was the one who made the decision.
Xue Chen squatted down and picked up a half-head-sized Changhua chicken-blood stone at his feet. There were faint traces of blood on the skin. Although not much, it proved that this stone was an authentic chicken-blood stone.
The seller was a man wearing a dirty old coat. He was sitting on a chair. He glanced at Xue Chen and said with a smile: "Little brother, buy a few pieces and play around. The ones I have here are all good."
Yes, last year, someone even found a Dahongpao from the stone I bought."
"Oh, really? That's really amazing." Xue Chen looked up and replied with a smile, then put down the piece in his hand.
Wang Dong scratched his head and asked: "What, what Dahongpao? Isn't Dahongpao a kind of tea?"
The stall owner glanced at Wang Dong with a strange look, thinking where did this stupid Qing come from? He didn't even know about Da Hongpao, so he came to play with chicken blood stone?
After getting up and walking away for a few steps, Xue Chen quietly explained to Wang Dong what Dahongpao was.
"A piece of bloodstone has blood on six sides, just like the stone is covered with a blood-red robe. It is the so-called Dahongpao bloodstone, and it is also the finest among the bloodstones."
"That's right." Wang Dong sniffed.
Just as Xue Chen and Wang Dong walked away from the stall where they had just stopped, two more people stood in front of the stall, a middle-aged man in his fifties and a young man in his thirties.
The middle-aged man had his hair combed back and his hands behind his back. He was not tall, but he was very dignified. The young man also had handsome features and was wearing Armani casual clothes. When he looked around, his eyes were indifferent, as if he didn't care about everything.
Same.
When the rough stone seller saw these two people, he hurriedly stood up and said hello: "It's Director He and Mr. Guo, good morning."
Of course he did not dare to treat these two lightly. One was He Ruchun, a director of the local Soapstone Trading Council, and the other, even more impressive, was Guo Tianfei, a young director of a large comprehensive group in Hualin City. Although there was no conclusive information
, but it is said that Mr. Guo is the richest man in Hualin City.
"Well, Lao Xu, do you have any good materials here? If you do, bring them out quickly. Mr. Guo is celebrating his eightieth birthday this year. Mr. Guo plans to choose some high-quality materials and ask the master to carve and grind them as a birthday gift.
"He Ruchun preached.
Hearing this, the buyer hurriedly picked out a piece from the many materials on display and said with a smile: "Director He, what do you think of this piece? I am very optimistic about it. Look, the blood exposed outside is just like this."
It’s a big piece, thick and dense, it’s definitely not bad.”
He Ruchun placed the soapstone at his feet, squatted down and took a brief look at its appearance. He then took out a strong flashlight from his pocket and kept shining it to check the quality of the soapstone.
The seller said to the two of them in a flattering manner: "Mr. Guo, Director He, do you think it's funny that those two people didn't even know what Dahongpao Bloodstone was, so they came here to buy the stone?" While speaking, he looked at Mr.
On Xue Chen and Wang Dong who had not gone far.
Mr. Guo chuckled a little coldly and said nothing, but casually glanced at Xue Chen and Wang Dong who were standing in front of another pair of ores more than ten meters away.
And Director He made a snort and said: "Soapstone is the queen of stones, and it is on par with Shoushan Tianhuang Stone. Now more and more people are keen on investing, and some cats and dogs also smell the fishy smell and want to get some benefits.
, It’s not surprising, but if you dare to go into the water even if you don’t know Dahongpao clearly, you are really overestimating your own capabilities. Such people will only drown in it and can’t blame others.”
Naturally, the buyer kept saying what he said was reasonable: "But if everyone has a good eye like Master Guo and Director He, then we people will have nothing to eat."
He Ruchun chuckled lightly, with a very comfortable expression on his face. Obviously, the flattery was on point. He patted the chicken blood stone at his feet, stood up and said to Guo Tianfei: "Mr. Guo, the quality of Lao Xu's chicken blood stone is
It’s not bad. If you open it, it’s very likely that the blood will be thicker, which is suitable for carving ornaments.”
"Well, then buy it." Mr. Guo nodded lightly.
The seller surnamed Xu thought about it and immediately gave a price: "If someone else were to buy this piece of chicken blood stone, I would definitely not sell it for less than 100,000 yuan. But since Mr. Guo is interested, 80,000 yuan, you can
Just take it away.”
Guo Tianfei didn't even blink: "Okay, then eighty thousand, I want it, and someone will give it to you in a while. The stone will be taken away first."
A few meters behind Guo Tianfei and He Ruchun, two men followed, pulling a flatbed cart together and putting the stones on the cart.
More than ten meters away, Xue Chen and Wang Dong were also choosing their favorite chicken blood stones.
Some bloodstones have blood-colored skin, and some are completely covered in skin, so nothing can be seen. This kind of stone is more risky and easier to misunderstand.
Xue Chen didn't look at the aniseed materials weighing tens of kilograms, because he and Wang Dong were the only two people who didn't have the ability to carry too many stones, so he only looked at the small materials of a few kilograms.
Still bloodless.
When he looked at a piece of chicken blood stone, he did not rush to use his clairvoyance ability immediately. Instead, he tried to rely on his own eyes and combined with some of the knowledge and skills he had mastered to make a judgment.
There were four or five pieces of soapstone in front of him. They were all several kilograms of small materials. He looked at them one by one.
"This piece of blood is a bit loose. Even if there is blood in it, the amount will not be very large."
"This... the blood is thick enough, but the red color is a bit dark. The price of dead chicken blood on the market is too bad, so it's not worth selling."
The price of dark-colored chicken blood has always been low, because the best color of chicken bloodstone is the bright red blood left by a freshly slaughtered big rooster, and the blood on this kind of chicken bloodstone is red with brown, like a solidified chicken.
Blood clots are disliked by people and are called dead chicken blood.
"Well, this material is not bad, the color is quite right..."
Xue Chen was not in a hurry and just carried it slowly. Wang Dong knelt down to watch and accompany him.
After looking at these materials with both eyes and finally liking two of them, Xue Chen certainly would not buy them directly. The next step was to undergo the assessment of his clairvoyance. (To be continued)