Baojian

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Compared with the single-toned white jade, the color of jadeite is undoubtedly more vivid and eye-catching. Although it has only appeared in the jewelry market in Shishi for a few years, it is already very popular among young girls.

High-quality top-grade jadeite is also very marketable in some business circles.

Ever since Nie Tianbao deliberately wore an ice sun green ring mask on his hand when he attended a chamber of commerce event, wearing an emerald ring mask has become a status symbol.

And those bosses and wives are also very respectful of the best jadeite. The purpose of Nie Tianbao's trip to Myanmar this time is to buy some good rough jadeite to meet the needs of the high-end jadeite market in Shishi and surrounding cities.

"By the way, boss, how about the rough stones we bought in Myanmar this time? I heard that Boss Ge has also bought a batch of goods. We don't have many finished products left."

When the topic changed from Nie Yuanlong, shopkeeper Zhao's expression became more natural. After all, he didn't want to get involved in the boss's family affairs. Nie Tianbao is not a reasonable person sometimes.

"Hey, Lao Zhao, if you don't go out here, you really don't know how big the world is..."

When shopkeeper Zhao mentioned the matter in Myanmar, Nie Tianbao cheered up, and said: "This time I met a king in Myanmar, a rough stone weighing [-] kilograms, old Zhao, guess how much money was photographed in the end?" of?"

"Thirty kilograms is not a big deal, is it? Remove the stone skin, even if the jade meat inside is good, it is worth a few million, right?" Shopkeeper Zhao pondered for a while, stretched out a slap, and said tentatively: "Five million yuan ?”

"Five million? Multiplied by six is ​​about the same!"

Nie Tianbao sighed, "At first I thought my business was not small. Compared with those Hong Kong people, I am really a poor boy entering the city... I have never seen the world. I also bid for that stone. The price is not even a fraction of the bid price!"

To say that Nie Tianbao's trip to Myanmar this time was really a big blow. His net worth accumulated over the past ten years is almost hundreds of millions.

Of course, most of Nie Tianbao’s assets are investment and fixed funds. Nie Tianbao only brought more than 600 million U.S. dollars to Myanmar this time. According to his knowledge of the jade market, the money should be able to buy some good ones. of rough stone.

But Nie Tianbao did not expect that due to the recent domestic turmoil in Myanmar, the price of rough jadeite has suddenly risen a lot, and the demand is still greater than the supply. Almost all the rough jadeites in the hands of retail investors have been swept away by powerful merchants.

In desperation, Nie Tianbao had no choice but to participate in the unique jadeite auction in Myanmar, which was this auction, which hit him hard, because the 600 million yuan of funds could not even make a splash in it.

Nie Tianbao bid a total of 12 yuan for materials, but none of them won the bid. In desperation, he could only buy some emeralds that others had gambled on at a high price, and he finally returned empty-handed.

"Xiao Zhou, go to the door first."

After hearing Nie Tianbao's words, shopkeeper Zhao hesitated for a moment, and after driving the shop assistants out, he said: "Boss, the wife of Boss Li of Tianhong Group, she wanted to order a set of top-grade jade ornaments a while ago. , what do you think we should do? Or... shall we push it away?"

Shopkeeper Zhao originally waited for Nie Tianbao to go to Burma to bring in the rough stones, and sell them to Boss Li after processing the finished products, but judging from the current situation, those rough stones were obviously not satisfactory.

"No, you can't push it away!"

Nie Tianbao shook his head, and said with a gloomy expression: "Old Zhao, you have been in this business longer than me, and you should understand that others have the goods we don't have, and we won't have an advantage in the competition for customer sources in the future. I don't want to be suppressed by Old Man Ge."

"Boss, what should we do then? We really don't have any stock, so we can't keep dragging Boss Li?"

Shopkeeper Zhao showed a troubled look on his face. He has been in the jade industry for a long time, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and he can't conjure a set of top-quality jadeite out of thin air.

Nie Tianbao gritted his teeth and said, "Well, I'll go to the capital tomorrow to see if I can buy a finished product from someone else. Even if I lose money on this business, I can't ruin the signboard!"

Tianhong Group is the largest private company in Shishi. The boss Li Gongliang has a very strong background. It is rumored that he has backers in the province and the capital. Although Nie Tianbao is also a celebrity in Shishi, compared with him, he is still three points inferior.

Therefore, even if Nie Tianbao loses money, he does not want Li Gongliang to buy jadeite from "Qishizhai". This is related to the credibility and face of "Yushizhai". The share of "Yushizhai" in the jadeite market in Shishi.

Shopkeeper Zhao nodded and said, "That's the only way to go. Lao Ge has a lot of contacts in the industry, so maybe he can really come up with good materials."

"Damn it, this jadeite is different from Hetian jade. It is only produced in that ghost place in Myanmar. By the way, Lao Zhao, is there anything else..."

Nie Tianbao cursed indignantly. Although he didn't finish his sentence, shopkeeper Zhao showed a clear look on his face. He knew what the boss was thinking.

White is the most expensive Hetian jade, but Hetian jade is not the only kind of white jade, such as Qinghai jade and Russian jade, all have high-quality white jade, but the price is much lower than Hetian jade.

Therefore, in the jade industry, it is common to use Qinghai jade or Russian jade to pass off Hetian jade, which has almost become an unspoken rule in the industry.

Just like the Hetian jade pendants in the glass cabinet of Nie Tianbao's "Yu Shi Zhai", more than half of them are made of cheap Russian jade.

But the headache for Nie Tianbao is that jadeite is only produced in Myanmar, and there are almost no substitutes for jade. Domestic jade merchants have little contact with it. In Shishi, Nie Tianbao is considered to be the earliest group of people.

More importantly, Nie Tianbao only heard that rough jadeite can be tampered with on the skin, but he has not heard of any method to fake the jadeite inside.

"Boss, I used to come into contact with nephrite jade, and I really don't know much about jadeite. It's really hard to say."

Shopkeeper Zhao shook his head. He is only in his fifties this year. He has been playing with Hetian jade since he came into contact with this industry. He only paid attention to jadeite in recent years, and he is on the same level as Nie Tianbao.

"Hey, I said you two little bastards, don't you want to live?"

Just as Nie Tianbao was talking to shopkeeper Zhao, there was a sudden "bang" sound outside, followed by the cries of the shop assistants.

Nie Tianbao was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look outside the open door, only to find two fat young men, one fat and one strong, running forward with all their might, and they disappeared in the blink of an eye. Tourists on the street.

"Zhou Bing, what's going on? Who is this person?" Nie Tianbao walked to the door, only to find that there was a young man on the ground at the door, covering his face and falling there, and he couldn't help frowning.

"Uncle Nie, this kid's wallet was stolen. The thief was already caught. Who knew there was another accomplice who punched this kid. Just now, when those two were running, they hit your car."

The guy named Zhou Bing, after hearing Nie Yuanlong's question, had a gloating smile on his face. In fact, when this guy was looking at the stall outside the store just now, Zhou Bing had already discovered that he was being targeted by thieves. .

To be honest, that fat thief's tricks were really bad. He had already clipped out the wallet, but he almost dropped it on the ground with a shake of his hand. Otherwise, the kid wouldn't have found out.

Zhou Bing is a distant relative of Nie Tianbao's family, this kid is also full of bad things, he thought he was just watching the fun, when the young man was beaten just now, he almost screamed out.

If it hadn't been for the last tall and strong thief who ran into a car while escaping, Zhou Bing didn't even bother to say anything, such things are not uncommon in Antique Street.

"The car didn't crash, did it? If it didn't break, let him go. Wouldn't it delay business by blocking it here?"

Nie Tianbao frowned, but didn't take it seriously. There are many tourists from other places in this antique street, and dragons and snakes are mixed together. People lose their wallets almost every day. As long as they are not stolen in his shop, Nie Tianbao is not willing to meddle in this business Woolen cloth.

Hearing the boss's words, Zhou Bing walked down the steps, raised his leg and kicked the young man covering his eyes, and said, "Hey, kid, are you okay? If you're okay, get the hell out, don't stand here like a pillar! "

"I'm fucking you, how dare you kick your father?"

What Zhou Bing didn't expect was that the young man who had just been punched suddenly became furious, raised his right hand, and slapped Zhou Bing across the face with a "slap".

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