Chapter 22: The Jade Stone Association (Part 1)

  After carefully observing the jade being cut, Li Yang quietly took a step forward, wanting to take another look at the two pieces of jade that had been gambled on earlier. It was from one of these pieces of jade, which was considered to be of poor quality, that Li Yang had made his first profit from gambling on jade.

  Those two gambling stones were placed a little farther away by Sima Lin, just on the edge of Li Yang's stereogram. You have to take a small step forward to see the structure inside clearly.

  After observing for about half a minute, Li Yang couldn't help but shake his head. The two pieces of wool were indeed crossed, and inside there was some green, but it was very scattered and distributed extremely unevenly, basically having no value as an ornament.

  Withdrawing his special ability, Li Yang and Zhang Wei watched together as Sima Lin cracked open the stone. This last gamble stone had already been cut open more than halfway, and several people around them had begun to nod frequently.

  "Director Zhang, this trip wasn't a waste after all. The worst performing block was actually increased by him!"

  An old man in his sixties smiled and leaned into Zhang Wei's ear, "When we splashed water, we saw the cut-out window inside, the green color is definitely not wrong."

  "Let's see how much we can get out of it, if there's a lot, Sima might even make some profit!" Zhang Wei smiled and nodded, then took another look at Li Yang.

  Cutting prices is correct, but the difference between cutting prices is also very large. Small increases and big increases are completely different. Like Li Yang's kind of cutting open and then greatly increasing, many people have not experienced it in their lifetime.

  Just like the piece of jade that Sima Lin carved, even if it has been performing well all along, its value at most can only appreciate by five or six times its original price. The last piece of jade was bought for 200,000 yuan, which means that the value of the jade that was carved out is at most around 1 million to 2 million yuan. It's impossible to compare with Li Yang who spent 300,000 yuan on a piece of scrap material and managed to carve out a piece of jade worth 3 million yuan.

  "Look out!"

  The last piece of jade was finally cut open by Sima Lin, and after wiping the cut surface clean, Sima Lin and several people around him couldn't help but laugh. The final piece of jade did not disappoint them, and it turned out to be a good omen for cutting.

  From the cut window, this piece of jadeite will not have less green. Judging from its current performance, Sima Lin's third piece of jadeite will definitely not lose money, and if lucky, it can even make up for the losses of the previous two pieces.

  "Sima, take a rest, I'll help you cut it!"

  Zhang Wei smiled and walked up, Sima Lin wiped the sweat from his forehead, nodded and said: "Alright, then trouble you!"

  "You're still being so polite with me? Can't you see they're all rolling up their sleeves to help you? I'm just taking the initiative a bit earlier!"

  Zhang Wei smiled and patted Sima's shoulder, the others chuckled and were willing to try their luck on the newly risen stone, of course, there was also a possibility of another failure, but this one in front of them didn't seem easy to fail.

  Zhang Wei's stone-cutting skills were quite skilled, a bit faster than Sima. Before long, the stone was split again, this time Zhang Wei mainly cut the half with green on both sides, which was easier to cut.

  After cutting for a while, except for Li Yang, several people's heads were gathered together to discuss and then put the remaining wool on the sand wheel. Continuing to cut is not very safe, it's better to wipe it clean, which can ensure the integrity of the jade and make it more valuable.

  "Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

  The sound of grinding stone quickly rang out, and with this safe method, the structure of the jade would not be damaged. Li Yang looked at it for a while before walking to the side where other gamblers were gathered, carefully observing the jade materials on the ground.

  From the appearance, the green jade pavilion backyard these gambled stone materials are mostly new field materials. The difference between old field mouth and new field mouth is what Li Yang carefully studied yesterday. New field mainly refers to newly opened field mouths recently. The characteristics of new field mouth materials are no skin or less skin, little change inside and outside, relatively coarse texture, and not many high-value ones.

  In front of Li Yang, there were about forty or fifty stones, varying in size, the largest being only twenty or thirty kilograms. They could be said to be some small-time goods. Mingyang was not a big city after all, and people who liked to gamble on stones were not many. If they were placed in Beijing or Shanghai, the stones in any one shop would probably be several times more than what they had here.

  "No wonder all the members of their association go outside to buy gambling stones and don't buy them here!"

  After a closer look, Li Yang chuckled and shook his head. With his current level of skill, he could tell that these gambling stones weren't particularly valuable without using any special abilities, let alone those who frequently played with them.

  But the gamble with these stones also benefited Li Yang greatly, yesterday's lesson was verified today, after all, theoretical knowledge is too one-sided, and it's still faster to learn through practice.

  "Simmer down, congratulations! With just this one piece, you're almost breaking even. If the other piece is like this side, then you'll make a profit this time!"

  Li Yang was intently examining the gambling stones on the ground, when Zhang Wei's voice came over again. In front of the stone analyzer, Zhang Wei had already wiped away half of the woolen material, and the jade inside had also been dug out.

  "It's okay, I had already prepared for this time to be a complete failure, but in the end, this one didn't disappoint me, hehe!"

  Sim Lin said with some excitement that anyone who gambles on stones will be very happy when they win.

  "Simma, I'll take this piece, 600,000. The remaining half doesn't matter how much it's worth, I'll let Old Zhang have it. What do you think?" A man in his forties sitting across from Sima Lin suddenly said, but his eyes were fixed on Zhang Wei.

  "Hao Min, you mainly deal with jewelry, why do you always fight with me for these jade pieces? How about this, next time when Sima takes out some good jade, I'll let you have it first. I'm almost unable to make ends meet here!"

  Zhang Wei smiled wryly and spread his hands, while the others just chuckled. They were already familiar with these two people, and their quarrels weren't a rare occurrence either; they had long since gotten used to it.

  "Come on, you won't even open the pot, you can maintain it for a few years with half of your inventory. Besides, although I mainly sell jewelry, big clients all like jadeite, without these jadeites, how can I keep those big clients? Old Zhang, you don't want me to go bankrupt, do you? If I go bankrupt, I'll move here and live off you every day!" The middle-aged man also put on a miserable face and said to Zhang Wei.

  A middle-aged man named Wang Haomin, the boss of Mingyang City's Zijin Jewelry, also has a high demand for jadeite in the jewelry industry. As a result, the two men often compete for these raw materials after unsealing the stone, and each time, Wang Haomin manages to take some away.

  Actually, these people all know that Wang Haomin and Zhang Wei have known each other since childhood, they were classmates. Wang Haomin opened a jewelry company under the influence of Zhang Wei. In the end, it's definitely Zhang Wei who can't beat Wang Haomin, but everyone also understands that Zhang Wei is letting him win. Zhang Wei has his own supply channels, and the jadeite in his store isn't taken so seriously anymore.

  "Alright, alright, I won't fight with you over this. You can have this half, but remember, no matter how much is left of the other half, you can't fight with me over it!" Zhang Wei chuckled and shook his head, and Wang Haomin's gloomy face immediately broke out into a brilliant smile.

  Several others didn't pay attention to the dispute between the two, Sima Lin had rested well and set up the cutting machine to cut the remaining half of the gambling stone, while Li Yang on the side turned his head back in surprise.

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