pappabearbooks Chapter 1772: What happened in Jasper Pavilion
Chapter 1772: What happened in Jasper Pavilion
If you look carefully, you can see that there are indeed many people watching the stone cutting with very focused expressions on their faces, and they are walking in front of multiple machines. Once a machine starts to operate, they will immediately get close to it. They are definitely not ordinary idlers.
Lin Ran came to the wool that had been cut just now.
After untying the stone, the bald man had been driven out, and the stone was deemed to be of no value, so it was discarded haphazardly on the ground.
The stall owner smiled and said: "Little brother, don't touch it. If you touch this thing, it belongs to you."
Lin Ran ignored him and squatted down.
He felt that there was something wrong with this stone. If he looked carefully, he could see that this piece of wool, which was about thirty centimeters in size, was cut in half from the middle.
Some green can be seen at the cut, but it is full of cracks.
This kind of crack is called a spider web crack.
Although it is green, as a layman can imagine, a piece of jade is full of cracks. Who is willing to buy it?
Therefore, when stone gamblers see this kind of crack, they decide that it is absolutely worthless.
There are too many cracks to carve it carefully, and even because the cracks are so easy to split, it is not even qualified to use it for practice. It is just a waste of time to take it back. No wonder it is thrown directly on the ground.
"Brother Lin, let's go take a look at the wool." Chen Cheng's purpose in bringing Lin Ran here was to gamble on stones. The Imperial Green that Lin Ran opened before made him a lot of money. Today, he brought Lin Ran here. I want to see if he can show his strength again.
Although Chen Cheng also knows that betting on stones is more about luck than strength.
After all, Imperial Green is not available at any time, so it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Lin Ran said: "Wait a minute."
I saw him squatting in front of the wool and looking at it carefully.
The bald man just now was not a pure layman.
Because from his point of view, the outer shell of the woolen material is gray-white, and the skin has many wrinkles.
It's obviously elephant fur.
Only knowledgeable people were willing to spend a lot of money to buy this piece of wool, but it was a pity that it collapsed in the end.
"What? Are you interested in this stone?"
Lin Ran shook his head, "I just think there is something wrong with these stones."
But he did not say these words. Instead, he stood up and said to Chen Cheng: "Brother Chen, let's go to Mao Materials to have a look."
They walked deeper into the store together.
Arriving at the woolen fabrics area, Guan Yun looked at the shelves full of stones and asked, "Mr. Lin, are the bigger the stones, the more expensive they are?"
Lin Ran shook his head and explained: "The price of wool is not based on size, but based on the leather shell."
When jadeite is mined, its surface will be covered with a weathered film, called a crust.
The leather shell completely wraps the emerald. No one knows whether there is emerald inside or what kind of emerald it will be until it is completely untied.
That's why it was said by Gambling Stone.
As for the size, it doesn't matter at all, because the stone may not have jade inside, it may just be an ordinary stone.
"Mr. Chen, you're here." Just as Lin Ran was picking stones, a man with a mustache ran over.
"Well, where is your latest wool?" Chen Cheng asked.
"plz follow me."
After saying this, Mustache made an invitation gesture and led Lin Ran and the others towards the back door.
"What? Are there other stones?"
"Yes, the ones here are all old stones. Newly imported goods are usually placed in the warehouse for VIP customers to choose first." Lin Ran explained.
"Rich people have so many tricks up their sleeves." Guan Yun sighed secretly.
Today’s trip can be regarded as a great experience.
After walking out of the back door, Lin Ran was surprised that they did not go to the warehouse, but to an open-air courtyard.
The yard is quite large, covering an area of more than 600 square meters. It is empty, with only a few small trees, and other than that, the ground is full of stones.
But it's not an ordinary stone, but a raw jade stone, which is roughly estimated to cost 3000 yuan or [-] yuan.
The stones come in different sizes and shapes.
"They're all here, Mr. Chen, you take your time to pick." After the mustache was finished, he turned and left. It seemed that he was a staff member responsible for leading big customers to the backyard.
The backyard is large and relatively quiet.
But Lin Ran and the others were not alone here, there were more than ten people inside.
But it's not as noisy as outside. There are people in groups of three or three, just talking in low voices, or picking out stones with flashlights, which is completely opposite to the noisy environment in the shop.
Lin Ran breathed a sigh of relief. These people must be professionals who come to select jade, and there won't be any strange people mixed in.
"Let's go take a look too." Chen Cheng smiled.
Then they walked into the courtyard together and came to the stone.
Lin Ran also took out the flashlight he carried with him and used the light to shine on the stone.
Guan Yun found that there were many beautiful rough stones here, and he was a little dazzled.
"The stones here all look good, but from the appearance, there is no difference at all." Guan Yun said from the side.
He didn't understand the principle of selecting stones, so he asked Lin Ran, hoping to get a professional answer.
Lin Ran smiled and said: "If it were so easy to tell the quality of stones, there would be no losers in the stone betting field."
Although there are certain skills in stone gambling, it can only be used as a reference.
Generally, the rough stones mined will have some cracks, which are called windows.
For large jade rough stones, you need to pay attention to rough stones with small windows in them.Although some large rough stones have the advantages of good species, water, and color, they are often accompanied by larger windows and higher values.
However, if there is a small window for a large piece of rough stone, you need to be careful.
In this case, don’t be fooled by the flesh exposed through the small window.Such rough stones often have cracks or other defects, so shippers are often afraid to open larger windows.
"It's so complicated." Guan Yun was confused.
Chen Cheng was already picking carefully beside him.
He is different from ordinary gamblers, he comes here for the best wool.
Lin Ran said: "Guan Yun, please help me take a look."
"I don't understand." Guan Yun smiled bitterly.
"You can pick the one you think looks good first, and then let me appraise it." Lin Ran felt that people like Guan Yun who enter the stone gambling field for the first time tend to have good luck.
This is a kind of metaphysics, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many people who don’t understand it at all.
"By the way, it can only be treated as a game, not serious, you know?"
It would be bad if Guan Yun was brought into the pit.
Guan Yun nodded, and he understood what Lin Ran meant.
"Okay, leave it to me." In his opinion, the stones here looked good.
Although he doesn't know much about jade, he just chooses what he likes, which is still very casual.
The three people started working in the pile of stones.
After spending more than an hour, they finally selected a 20 yuan jadeite rough stone.
"That's all I feel good about." Lin Ran said.
"Okay, let's go and unravel the stones." Chen Cheng was unambiguous, calling the staff to come over and load the selected stones into the truck, then leave the yard and go to the stone unblocking platform.