My villa is open to all worlds

Chapter 432 Want me to play rocks with him? (two chapters in one)

Guess jade, also known as guess stone.

It is a method of jade trading. There is a saying in the industry that one knife is heaven and one knife is hell.

Because after you make a deal, you are likely to get valuable jade and jade, and you may also get a bargain, or even worthless, it depends on your personal vision and luck.

This kind of gameplay is common in the borderlands of the source country, but it is rare in the interior.

What's more, the game of guessing jade is an extremely test of one's mentality and courage. After all, the jade cannot be cut and viewed before guessing. For those who guess jade, it depends on personal luck.

At present, there is no scientific method to identify whether there is jade hidden in the ore, and the size, color, type, and shape are unknown. There may be valuable jade in the ore billet, or there may be nothing, so the test is easy. It was a thrill and luck, no wonder Lao Zhang came to him and said there was a problem, it seemed that it was indeed a problem.

It's just that stones can stop others but not Li Chengyuan. He can tell which stones contain good jade and which are cheap materials by just looking at them.

"Chengyuan, you're finally here! I've been waiting so hard for you!" Old Zhang welcomed Li Chengyuan into the hall with a smile, shocking many people, wondering what the origin of this young man was.

To be honest, they have never seen Mr. Zhang being so polite to others, especially when the other party is a young man. Judging by his youthful appearance, he can be their grandchildren, right?
Is this young man proficient at guessing jade?
But how could one know how to guess jade at such a young age?

Never heard of him in the industry.

Many people secretly looked at this handsome and elegant young man, secretly surprised at this young man's extraordinary temperament and calmness, they couldn't help but nodded in agreement.

Some people don't need to say anything, and they can be recognized by their appearance alone. There is no doubt that this imposing young man has given them a satisfactory first impression.

"Old Zhang, you only said that you told me to come quickly, but you didn't say what it was. Next time you ask me to guess jade, I won't come. I don't like to play these things."

Li Chengyuan smiled at Lao Zhang, but it wasn't that much of a smile.

The industry of guessing jade is very deep, and there is a saying that "one knife is poor, one knife is rich, and one knife is full of sacks", which can easily lead people into the abyss, either rich or expensive or family ruin.

Whether it is an experienced master or an ordinary person who is new to jade guessing, in the end, most of them rely on luck. Li Chengyuan doesn't like this kind of behavior that is like gambling, because he, Huang, has no ties to gambling.

"Just this time, this time!"

Old Zhang was a little ashamed, and smiled embarrassingly, and the old people around were even more surprised. Unexpectedly, this old Zhang would apologize and confess?
It's just a hard-to-see picture.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Mr. He, the jade guessing master of Yuanguo, a big boss worth tens of billions, and a consultant to dozens of jewelry companies. He is a legend in our industry!"

Lao Zhang introduced a white-haired old man to Li Chengyuan with a smile.

The old man was dressed in a Tang suit, with a pale cropped head. He was tall and thin, and his eyes were sharp, like the eyes of an eagle, giving people a stinging feeling.

"Hello, Mr. He." Li Chengyuan nodded with a smile.

Mr. He also nodded. He didn't smile. He had a meticulous personality, very rigid, and his clothes were neatly arranged without a trace of creases. He was capable and energetic.

Lao Zhang smiled and welcomed the two of them back to drink tea. As for the others standing by and watching, they didn't complain at all.

"Old Zhang, you said that a great master is coming to play rocks with us. Could it be this young man? You asked us to run more than 1000 kilometers to play with this young man?"

After taking a sip of tea, Mr. He looked a little displeased: "This young man is very handsome and has an extraordinary temperament, but what does it have to do with playing with rocks?"

Lao Zhang was not angry, he smiled and drank his tea: "You still have this temper, how do you know if you have one hand if you don't play two? By the way, Cheng Yuan, you should be able to guess jade, right?"

Originally, Mr. He's anger was about to go down, but when he heard this sentence, an unknown anger surged up again, he opened his mouth and didn't know what to say.

What do you mean you should know how to guess jade?

So, Lao Zhang, you didn't understand whether this young man can guess jade?
We ran more than 1000 kilometers to come to you, you play this with me?
Mr. He's breathing was a little short, and he could see the ugly face: "Old Zhang, if you are here to tease me, just tell me directly. There is no need to ask me to come so far and say that you want to introduce someone Master let me know, your attitude makes me chill! Aren't you kidding me!"

"Don't, Lao He, don't worry, how will you know if this little brother can play if you don't play a few times?"

Lao Zhang smiled and comforted him for a while, but he had great confidence in Li Chengyuan.

When I met this young man, the other party was very low-key, saying "know a little bit" and "understand a little bit" about everything, but in the end, Cheng Yuan was ashamed of what he was proficient in, even if many well-known masters were in front of him. It seems that none of them did as well as this young man, so he wanted to introduce Cheng Yuan to Lao He.

Who knew that Lao He's temper was still irritable, and he hadn't formally recognized impatience yet.

"He looks like he is only about 20 years old at such a young age. What can he know? My incompetent sons only know how to play with cars and watches at his age, and Yu Shimao doesn't know. What can he know?" Lao He said angrily .

Seeing the old friend's attitude, Lao Zhang's face was not very good-looking: "Old He, there is no need to be so irritable, people are here, don't you know if you have the ability to play?"

"He can beat me, and I will call you daddy when I see you."

Lao He snorted disdainfully, making Lao Zhang grin: "You said this, I didn't ask you, so if I lose, I'll call you dad, isn't it fair?"

"Well, let's get started."

From the beginning to the end, Lao He didn't look at Li Chengyuan, and walked towards the backyard of the villa with his head. A group of people followed one after another, and they didn't dare to comment. They were extremely quiet.

"I'm sorry, Cheng Yuan, but instead of calling you to help, you were reprimanded."

Old Zhang felt a little guilty.

This time calling Lao He to come to Yiyong City, he just wanted to introduce Cheng Yuan, a strange person, to his old friends. Who knew that Lao He was still as irritable as ever, no wonder he had no friends.

Li Chengyuan didn't speak, but shook his head to express his indifference.

Soon, more than ten people came to the backyard together, and they all stood behind without taking up space, leaving the space for the three people.

There are large and small stones in the backyard, which look very ordinary, just like the big stones that can be seen everywhere on the mountain, piled up randomly.

Fortunately, the autumn cold is strong, and the sun at noon shines on the body, which makes it warm.

"Since it's playing with rocks, of course there must be a bonus, not because anyone can avoid it, what do you think, Lao Zhang?" Old He said coldly.

Lao Zhang knew some rules about playing with rocks, so he said quickly, "I'll help..."

"If he plays with me, he will do it himself. If you help, then you can play with me, or else stop playing." Lao He interrupted Lao Zhang roughly, with a look of impatience.

"I'll come, Lao Zhang, don't worry."

Li Chengyuan patted Lao Zhang's arm with a smile, but there was a trace of coldness in his eyes.

The old man was too defiant and rude. He was in a good mood today and was completely disturbed by the other party. If it wasn't because of Lao Zhang's invitation, he would leave directly and teach the old man a lesson.

"Well, brat, this string of bracelets of mine is from the period of Emperor Long of the previous dynasty. The bracelet of peace costs tens of millions. What do you have?" Lao He took out an object from his hand and put it on the table. He looked at the young man with disdain.

"I don't have anything here, but how about this jade pendant?"

With a calm expression, Li Chengyuan took out a jade pendant from his body and threw it over.

There are many such jade pendants on him, and most of them were collected together when they saw these jades looking good when they collected the world's resources, and their years are not short.

Seeing Li Chengyuan throwing the jade pendant indifferently, Lao Zhang caught it with a sigh, but suddenly he was taken aback, his hands trembling.

Lao He was a little impatient, but when he looked around, his breath was also stagnant, and he couldn't believe it.

The exquisite jade pendant with a pair of dragon play beads in Lao Zhang's hand is carved from suet white jade. The craftsmanship does not seem to be of modern technical level, it is full of classical elegance, as if you can see the history and culture flowing on the jade pendant. , it is not a modern thing at first glance, and it is very valuable!
Suet jade is very expensive both in ancient times and in modern times.

The top Hetian jade has always been called suet jade, and in ancient times it was known as a good thing that only emperors and generals could wear. Gram is the unit of measurement, and the price is tens of thousands of yuan per gram, or even more expensive.

There is an allusion in ancient times that Zhao State obtained Heshibi, and many countries were envious. King Qin wanted to exchange fifteen cities for Heshibi. and other allusions.

Holding this jade pendant, Lao Zhang breathed heavily, and his chest heaved because of it: "Cheng, Cheng Yuan! Do you know how precious this jade pendant is? You just threw it over like this? Isn't it too careless? If you accidentally knock it What if it breaks?"

The jade thrown by Cheng Yuan is like mutton fat, the color of the jade is crystal clear and pure, the milky white is flawless like curdled fat, the light is warm and moist, it is obviously a top-quality jade!
I don't know if this is worth hundreds of millions, but this kid just threw it over?
"..."

Li Chengyuan didn't pay much attention, just smiled and didn't speak.

These jades seem to have come along when passing by the Great Xia Dynasty. He doesn’t know how many pieces of jade like this are there. After all, he searched a lot of the world back then, and took them when he saw good things. Jade like this is in his collection. Not top grade.

If Lao Zhang and the others knew that there were precious gems such as Lingyu, Xiantian Essence, and Chaos Jade in their collection, what kind of expression would they have?
"Old Zhang, can you show me this jade pendant?"

He Lao's eyes were bright, and he stared at the jade token in Lao Zhang's hand, like a hunter seeing a prey.

His words made Lao Zhang subconsciously cover his hands, and shouted: "Chengyuan, or else I'll give you a piece of jewelry. Your jade is very valuable, how can his bracelet compare?"

"No, no! How can he go back on what he bet on? That's it!"

He Laosheng was afraid that Li Chengyuan would repent, so he hurriedly walked to the grass where the stones were piled up, and said with a smile: "Boy, since we are playing with stones, let's not say anything else, let's just let someone guess the value of the stones? How about it?"

He was afraid that if this kid was lucky enough to get precious jade, only a little bit of good quality, the value was considerable but the overall value was not as good, then he still lost.

So set up the rules first, the certification of the competition is the value, not the quality.

Li Chengyuan nodded in agreement.

Since it is calculated according to the value, let the value be calculated. Anyway, for him, the result is a win.

"Oh, Cheng Yuan actually..."

Lao Zhang sighed and stopped talking. Now that the competition has officially started, he can't disturb the people in the competition. Otherwise, this is breaking the rules and is easy to be spurned by others.

Mr. He seemed to be convinced of Li Chengyuan, so he stopped looking at the jade pendant in Lao Zhang's hand, and observed the stones seriously with gold-rimmed glasses behind his hands, touching them with his hands from time to time, smelling them with his nose, and He patted the stone with his hands to hear the sound, then took out a magnifying glass to observe the texture on the stone, and looked at it with a flashlight, looking like an expert.

After choosing a lot of stones, Mr. He squatted down and patted a stone the size of half a basketball and asked, "What's the price of this piece?"

Naturally, there are also stone suppliers on site. The most closely related people in the industry will naturally not go to the site to choose, but a group of shrewd suppliers will visit with stone materials, and they will either be selected by the company or retained. Come down and play.

These stones are carefully selected, naturally for the purpose of building a good relationship.

Hearing He Lao asked, the supplier ran over to take a look, and asked for 200 million with a smile.

Mr. He didn't say anything, and after asking his assistant to transfer the money, he asked the accompanying cutting master to cut according to his instructions.

The cutting machine sounded loudly, and many people around were commenting, wondering what kind of good things a big man like He Lao could produce.

"Open the door for it first and see how it goes."

"I'll go, let's go! This material is full of water!"

"A glass seed came out of 200 million yuan? Mr. He's vision is worth it!"

Looking at the busy Mr. He and the cutting master, the people on the side were talking in low voices, and their eyes were a little bright.

He Lao opened the glass seed?
It seems that the material is quite worth it, this wave is stable!
According to the current market price of glass, there are several million to tens of millions per kilogram. The material that Mr. He opened is not bad, but it is too small, barely enough to carve a woman's bracelet and two small jade pendants.

But today we don't talk about the value after carving, but only the value of the whole piece of jade.

Everyone's eyes were bright, and the supplier who sold it just now kept sighing and envious, saying that they would buy it back for 1000 million, but they were stared at with weird eyes for a while.

"Old Zhang, tell me, how much do you think this piece of glass is worth?" He Lao smiled and pulled Lao Zhang to have a look.

Lao Zhang looked a little unhappy, and sighed after observing for a while: "Although it is not the purest and best material, it is estimated to be worth two thousand to three thousand."

Mr. He nodded in satisfaction, and turned his head to signal Li Chengyuan: "Well, it's your turn, kid!"

Li Chengyuan didn't speak, and started to look at the grass where the stones were piled up.

He looked at it very quickly, as if he glanced at a horse and passed it by in a few seconds. Many people looked strange, sneering and contemptuous.

Soon, Li Chengyuan stepped on a piece of stone the size of a millstone and said with a smile: "That's it!"

(End of this chapter)