"Mr. Qin, I'm sorry, I have to deal with something first, and we'll go to the warehouse later." Zhuang Rui said to Qin Yu.
Qin Yu naturally had no problem and followed Zhuang Rui towards the jade shop. Zhuang Rui said to the handsome man: "Peng Fei, this is Mr. Qin."
"Mr. Qin, this is my brother."
Peng Fei looked at Qin Yu with probing eyes. Qin Yu could feel that he was being stared at by a wolf. The eyes of Zhuang Rui's younger brother were very sharp. With such a gaze, Qin Yu
I also saw it in one person, the ghost of the Blue Eagles Special Team.
"It seems that Zhuang Rui's younger brother is not an ordinary person." Qin Yu understood in his heart, but the smile on his face remained unchanged, and he calmly reached out to shake hands with Peng Fei.
Peng Fei took a deep look at Qin Yu and then said to Zhuang Rui: "Brother Zhuang, the Shao family member is here."
"I understand, let's go in first." Zhuang Rui made an invitation gesture to Qin Yu, and Qin Yu walked in with Zhuang Rui.
The shelves in this jade shop were filled with dazzling jades. Qin Yu was dazzled at first glance. Most of them were jade, and the area was full of green.
"Mr. Zhuang, I haven't seen you for a few years and you are still so elegant."
A man who was also in his forties came over from the store. As he came, a large number of people followed, all of them crowded over and greeted Zhuang Rui.
"Mr. Zhuang, long time no see."
"Teacher Zhuang, I see you again."
"Hello, Boss Zhuang."
Qin Yu didn't expect that Zhuang Rui was so popular. The people present were all middle-aged people in their forties and fifties, and they all opened their mouths to say hello to Zhuang Rui. And from the expressions and tones on their faces, Qin Yu could tell
It felt like these people had deep admiration for Zhuang Rui, which reminded Qin Yu of the introduction about Zhuang Rui in the text message Meng Fang sent him.
Director of the National Jade Association, known as the Jade Sage in the jade industry, and jade appraisal expert hired by the Forbidden City. These three titles do not seem to be obtained through connections. Otherwise, these people in the jade industry would never be so sincere.
Their admiration was revealed, and some even worshiped them.
"Hello everyone. Hello everyone."
Zhuang Rui also clasped his hands in his fists and bowed to greet everyone. Then his eyes fell on a fat man in his fifties and said with a smile: "Boss Han, I heard that you were promoted to be a grandfather the year before last. I am really happy and congratulated.
, It’s a pity that I was abroad last time and couldn’t make it there, I’m really sorry.”
"Boss Zhuang, you are a very busy man. We all know how dare I bother you with my grandson's birthday." Although the fat man said this, his face was filled with glory. It seemed that Zhuang Rui knew that he was holding his grandson.
It's already a great honor.
Of course Qin Yu on the side knew that this was just a polite word from Zhuang Rui, but when he saw the envious looks of those around him looking at the fat man, he felt a shiver in his heart. Zhuang Rui's status in the jade industry was probably higher than that of Zhuang Rui.
He imagined it was much higher.
"Zhuang Rui, long time no see."
A voice came from inside, breaking the harmonious atmosphere of the whole place. A man about the same age as Zhuang Rui slowly walked from the inside. Seeing this man, everyone present gave way to their seats.
Let him walk straight to Zhuang Rui.
"Shao Kang, long time no see." Zhuang Rui's expression remained unchanged, and he stretched out his hand. Shao Kang took Zhuang Rui's hand, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, and said, "I knew you would come to this Pingzhou Jade Street Jewelry Conference.
, that’s fine, we can continue the round we didn’t finish betting.”
As soon as Shao Kang said these words, everyone present remained silent with strange expressions. Zhuang Rui also paused for a moment before taking over the words and said: "Okay, then please ask Boss Yan to help us open those two
Warehouse."
"Okay, no problem. After Mr. Zhuang and Mr. Kang left, I completely blocked those two warehouses. They have never been opened in so many years and they still remain as they were then."
"Well, then Zhuang Rui, let's go there." Shao Kang had no expression on his face and walked out of the store first. Zhuang Rui walked up to Qin Yu and said with an apology on his face: "Qin Yu, maybe I can't do it today.
I can’t take you to the warehouse, why don’t we do it tomorrow?”
"It doesn't matter." Qin Yu didn't care, but he asked curiously: "Brother Zhuang, what are you betting on with that guy?"
"Betting on rough jade stones."
"Emerald rough stone?" Qin Yu was stunned for a moment. Isn't this stone gambling? He had also heard about stone gambling, of course, mainly because of the popular movie "Crazy Stone".
"Brother Zhuang, can I go and see it with you?"
"Okay." Zhuang Rui nodded, took Qin Yu and Peng Fei out of the jade shop, followed Shao Kang's footsteps in front of him, and walked towards an alley. Behind them, there were also those who were in the jade shop and Zhuang Rui.
Qin Yu, who was greeting Rui, had sharp ears and could hear that some of these people had already picked up their mobile phones and were making calls.
"Hurry up and go to the jade warehouse owned by Yan Laosan on Jade Street. What's going on? Zhuang Rui and Shao Kang are going to continue the gambling game from back then. Do you want to come and see it? If you're late, you won't have a good seat."
"Lao Xu, Teacher Zhuang has come to Pingzhou, and he wants to reopen the gambling game with the Shao family. Yes, it is in Lao Yan's jade warehouse."
"Gu Sheng, come to Jade Street quickly, what's going on? Your most admired Jade Saint, Jade Saint Zhuang Rui, has come to Jade Street, and he wants to reopen the unfinished gambling game with the guy from the Shaw Group.
At Lao San’s jade warehouse.”
…
Qin Yu heard no less than ten phone calls like this. It seems that Brother Zhuang is quite a star idol in the jade world.
"Brother Zhuang, can this guy named Shao be up to something? After all, Shao is Boss Yan's largest supplier. If they join forces to do something up, then this bet..."
Peng Fei lowered his voice to just enough volume that the three of them could hear, and said with some suspicion.
"Don't worry, with Shao Kang's personality, he wouldn't bother to do such a thing." Zhuang Rui didn't have the slightest worry on his face. Qin Yu on the side looked a little confused. What kind of bet was this between Brother Zhuang and that Shao Kang?
I wasn't able to finish my gambling back then, I had to postpone it until now.
After Qin Yu asked about his doubts, Zhuang Rui was stunned for a moment, and then said to Peng Fei: "Peng Fei, please tell Qin Yu."
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Peng Fei said to Qin Yu: "Mr. Qin, ten years ago, Brother Zhuang became the new generation of Jade King after he won the then Mr. Tang in Burma betting on stones. But five years ago,
, a stone gambling genius emerged from GD Shaw Jewelry Company. In just one year, he defeated all the famous people in the stone gambling industry in the south. He was called the second successor to Zhuang Ge in the stone gambling industry.
The one who is expected to become a stone gambling master at the level of the Jade King at the age of thirty is Shao Kang..."
After listening to Peng Fei's explanation, Qin Yu finally understood the whole story. It was a very cliche plot. Shao Kang became famous as a young boy during his proud period when "the spring breeze was so proud that horseshoe disease caused him to trample all the flowers in Chang'an in one day". However, let
What makes Shao Kang very unhappy is that although people praise him, they always compare him with one person, that person is Zhuang Rui, saying that he is the second Zhuang Rui, a stone betting genius like Zhuang Rui.
How could the arrogant Shao Kang accept it?
Therefore, five years ago, Shao Kang took advantage of Qin Yu's participation in organizing the Pingzhou Jade Street Jewelry Association and openly proposed conditions to Zhuang Rui at the meeting.
At that time, there was an episode. Because there were too many merchants in Pingzhou Jade Street, it was inevitable that some profit-minded black sheep would appear and use substandard goods as A goods to deceive consumers. Therefore, Zhuang Rui wanted to call on Pingzhou Jade Street
The street bosses set up an integrity association. All merchants who join the integrity association must pay a deposit of one million. If a customer buys substandard or fake goods in the store and makes a complaint, the association will pay three times the amount.
Compensation for merchants who have sold fake goods and received three consecutive complaints from customers will have their association membership revoked and their deposits will not be refunded.
However, with Zhuang Rui's prestige at the time, it was difficult for all the merchants on Jade Street to join the integrity association. Shao Kang also took a fancy to this, so he put forward a condition: if Zhuang Rui accepted his condition,
He can ask Shaw Brothers and jade merchants who have a good relationship with Shaw Brothers to join the Integrity Association.
Shaw Jewelry Company has a history of decades in the South and is the leading jewelry company in the South. If Shaw Brothers is willing to support Zhuang Rui's proposal, then it will naturally be easy for this integrity association to be established. It is under such conditions.
Zhuang Rui agreed to have a stone betting contest with Shao Kang.
In order to make the competition fair, the venue was chosen in the nearest jade warehouse of Yan Laosan. At that time, Yan Laosan was just a jadeite wool merchant and had nothing to do with Shaw Brothers or Zhuang Rui. If anything, it was with Zhuang Rui.
The relationship is better. After all, Zhuang Rui has been famous for many years and is a myth-like existence among wool merchants.
Almost all the jade raw material merchants and jade merchants in Pingzhou came to watch the competition. The content of the competition was very simple. Zhuang Rui and Shao Kang each chose a jade wool warehouse, and then selected jade wool from their respective warehouses.
Five pieces of wool come out, and the person who chooses the jadeite wool and cuts the jadeite with the highest total value will win.
However, the competition did not go smoothly. Shao Kang stopped selecting after selecting three pieces of wool that day. He arrogantly claimed that with the value of these three pieces of wool, he could defeat Zhuang Rui.
Since Shao Kang only chose three pieces, Zhuang Rui naturally did not choose five pieces, and finally chose three pieces. However, the final result was very dramatic. The value of the jadeite of the two was almost the same, and the difference was only one or two.
Between millions.
Such a price difference is nothing at all in the sky-high price of 500 million for the three gambling stones offered by the two people. Moreover, such a price difference is also difficult to convince the public. After all, if you like jade, you will get it.
Especially for top-grade jadeite, it is normal for the price to rise by several million, and what the two of them cut out at that time was the top-grade jadeite.
PS: I know there may be discrepancies between Zhuang Rui’s age and time in Uncle Yan’s book, but there’s nothing we can do about it. After all, Zhuang Rui is just a supporting character in this book.
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