The Book of Appreciation

Looking at the time, it was almost 11:30, Wu Di was going to invite Wen Yaru to dinner, after all, he drank a bottle of wine on the train.Wen Yaru shook his head and said:

"Eating out is as comfortable as eating at home. We specially hired a part-time worker, and the lunch is prepared and sent to the store every day. You can try it too."

"Well, I'm so tired of eating outside every day. Just try some home-cooked food, don't make me addicted to it, or I will come here every day for dinner."

"Now I find that you are a bit like a businessman. You have a thick skin. It's no problem to come here to eat, and the requirements are not high. Let's make such an order every month."

"You have a thicker skin!"

While talking and laughing, a burst of firecrackers sounded, and Wu Di was still wondering who would dare to act arrogantly in this restricted area, but he saw Wen Yaru standing up abruptly, almost knocking down the tea on the table, and walking out quickly , while saying:

"Xiao Wu, come on, come with me."

"Brother Wen, what's the matter?"

"A good stone has been cut out next door, go quickly and see if you can snatch it."

Wen Yaru ran downstairs without looking back, Wu Di followed behind him with a puzzled face, what a good rock, what is a good rock?

Going downstairs to the hall, Wen Yaru quickened his pace, and Xiao Gangzi yelled at the door:

"Boss, hurry up, I saw that Boss Zhang has already run in."

Wen Yaru speeded up even more when he heard the words, he didn't look like a person running five at all, Wu Di grabbed Xiao Gangzi and asked,

"what happened?"

"When a good stone is produced, firecrackers will only be set off if it is above the ice species."

After a little delay, Wen Yaru's people had disappeared, Xiao Gangzi pointed his hand to the right,

"Go, Stone City, you won't be able to get in if it's too late."

Wu Di ran to the right in bewilderment, and finally caught up with Wen Yaru at the gate of Stone City. The shop door of Stone City had been closed, and a few shop assistants were explaining to a group of people in front of the door that Wen Yaru Squeezing to the front, a little girl smiled bitterly and said:

"Uncle Wen, it's Gao Bing, not the glass species. Don't worry."

"Little girl, I'm not old yet! Gao Bing, I'm going to watch it too."

Wu Di hurriedly shouted loudly:

"Old brother, and me!"

The little girl let the two of them in, and turned to face the more angry crowd. The security personnel of the market finally arrived in time, and everyone explained to a large group of people who understood the truth, joined in the fun, and booed. Finally, the flow of people slowly dispersed.

The store in Stone City is slightly smaller than Mingtangzhai, and the style of displaying goods is also different from Mingtangzhai.Wen Yaru didn't stop, walked straight through the lobby, Wu Di heard a voice from a long distance ahead, it seemed to be bidding, and within ten seconds of passing through the lobby, the price of the thing had already reached 280 million. 310 million.

Passing through the lobby, there is a small courtyard behind, the area is not much different from the lobby, a group of people surround the northeast corner of the small courtyard, layer by layer is airtight.The sound of bidding comes from the crowd.Wu Di already knew that he was bidding for jadeite. After all, he grew up in Yudu, so he still has a superficial understanding of jadeite.

Before the two got close, the crowd had already begun to squirm, and it seemed that the price of 320 million had already been sold.A fat man saw Wen Yaru approaching and said with a smile:

"Old Wen, why are you running so fast? It's just a piece of ice-cold melon rind green. Lao Zhang got it."

Wen Yaru shook his head and sighed:

"It's too hard to find this kind of high green glass. This year, I heard that there are two pieces from GD, and one of them is still floating flowers. I haven't seen one from yn."

"In these days, who will make a fuss about it? If it doesn't work, you should pester Lao Zhang. He has been making jade all his life, so he must have private goods."

"Fatty Qian, you're talking bad things about me behind my back again! I'm still short of a high-green glass shop."

Wen Yaru laughed and said:

"I'm lucky if I get it, but if I lose my life, I can afford to wait. It's not like you old Zhang, who went to other people's stone city to grab stones, you don't want to mess around?"

Fatty Qian smiled and waved his hands:

"I mainly gamble on stones here. The stone gamblers have to participate in the competition of Ming materials, and it's not far from the end of the game. Besides, I can't stand Lao Zhang and throw money hard."

The crowd dispersed quickly, in fact there were only more than 30 people, but the place was small and crowded just now, which made it look lively.Wu Di has already looked around the yard. There are some shelves on all sides, and all kinds of stones are placed on the shelves. He knows that they are rough emerald stones.There is a cutting machine in the open space in the northeast corner, which should be used for cutting stones. The ground in the northwest corner is covered with a layer of small stones. The biggest one is not as big as Wu Di's fist, and the small one is about the size of an egg.

Wen Yaru greeted Boss Zhang and Fatty Qian, and didn't mean to introduce Wu Di, but Fatty Qian came up and asked:

"Old Wen, why don't you introduce me?"

"Hehe, Wu Di, the little brother I met on the freight train back to Meishan, came to see me today. I heard you set off firecrackers here, so I followed you to see what's new."

Fatty flipped his hand, and a business card appeared in front of Wu Di,

"My surname is Qian, Qian Dafu, and I run a small business of emerald wool. Welcome brother Wu Di."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Boss Qian, I've never seen a rough emerald before."

"Old brother is short of everything, but there is no shortage of stones. You can look at it casually, but don't listen to Lao Wen's opinion. He is a big stinky hand, and he is a loser!"

The last few sentences were deliberately lowered, but Wen Yaru could hear them. Wen Yaru shook his head with a smile, walked to the side shelf, and began to look at the stones.

Wu Di smiled, not knowing what to say, Fatty Qian patted him on the shoulder and said:

"Look more and buy less. It's better not to buy. Take your time."

Seeing Wu Di turn around to look at woolen materials, the fat man swayed to Wen Yaru and raised his chin. Wen Yaru smiled wryly in a low voice:

"It's just a little brother who is more congenial, and he is very generous."

The fat man nodded, shook his head and greeted another group of people looking at the stone.

After Wen Yaru finished speaking, he was stunned. We only met twice, why do you feel so familiar?You had such a good time in the morning, did you really hit it off?Shaking his head, he looked at the stone.

Wu Di looked at it for a while, but couldn't understand it, so he simply walked around and moved to Wen Yaru's side.In just a few minutes, he found that Boss Qian's business was different from others. On the contrary, he helped to find the shortcomings of the stone that the customer was clearly optimistic about, and advised others to be cautious when selling.

Wen Yaru bit Wu Di's ear,

"Listen to his bargaining."

It seems that some customers questioned Boss Qian's stone, Boss Qian laughed and said:

"Actually, for wool merchants of our size, there are relatively few ways to get goods. If you think about it, when the rough stones are dug out, they choose one at the mine, another at the Burmese fair, another at the Pingzhou fair, and another at the Ruili fair. , the rest is our turn. However, my batch of stones is different. Some of them were brought back from Burma by myself, and some of them were smuggled through the Tengchong line. Whether it is good or bad, I dare not boast After all, each has its own dishes. It’s just that the price must not be set according to the kind of stone I mentioned above. Ice seeds cannot be grown in that kind of stone.”

Experts, put yourself on the customer's side first, and then tell the customer that the product is different, and the price will naturally be different.

Another group of customers chose the stone, which was the size of a child's head, but paid 20 yuan.Wu Di heard them talking about pine flowers, python belts and so on, so he hurriedly asked Old Wen. Wen Yaru took a few stones and pointed them to Wu Di one by one.

Pine flowers refer to the faintly visible blocks, strips, and ribbons that look like dried moss and have the color of pine leaves on the jadeite skin.It is the trace left by the green color on the original jadeite rough, which has gradually faded after weathering.According to the depth, shape, direction, quantity and density of the pine flower, the depth, direction, size and shape of the green color can be deduced.

Python bands are the weathered and semi-weathered sand grains of the same dark or light color as the skin on the skin of the jadeite rough, which are arranged in a regular and directional manner such as bands, rings, and blocks. The python bands are generally parallel to the green direction.

There was a piercing sound from the stone-cleaning machine, and the group of guests cut the windows without seeing any green after they wiped the two windows.After cutting off the leather shell about two centimeters thick, another person immediately ran over to shower some water. Wu Di stood outside, seeing nothing, and heard him shouting excitedly:

"There is green, the bet has gone up, boss, your goods here are really good."

With a roar, all the scattered guests gathered around the machine for understanding stones. Fatty Qian leaned on the machine for a second look, and said:

"The green color is pretty good. I can't see the seeds yet, but they should be bean seeds. Should I cut them? If not, I can sell them now."

"Cut, cut again."

There is booing.

Lao Zhang moved a little slower, didn't squeeze in, and shouted anxiously outside:

"I'll pay 40 million!"

Then he said to the people in front of him:

"Rang Rang, thank you, Rang Rang, I have already bid."

No one raised the price at the scene. Bean seeds are different from ice seeds. If this piece of wool can’t be solved with high green or the jadeite is not big enough, let alone 40, 20 for wool may not be able to get back.

Lao Zhang squeezed in, lying on the cutting surface and watching with a strong flashlight for a long time, then stood up without speaking.Those stone-clearing people discussed it and decided to sell the wool to Lao Zhang, because the seed was not good, and then they had to gamble on the color and the size of the emerald. .

Old Zhang smiled and transferred the account using Fatty Qian's computer, and Fatty Qian scolded:

"You burn too much money!"

"Fatty, you're out of date. These days, emeralds are good stones. In two years, it's hard to see bean seeds."

Lao Zhang was not in a hurry to leave, so Wu Di also had the opportunity to appreciate the cut rough stone. To be honest, it was not a star and a half short of what he expected. It was not as smooth and transparent as finished jadeite. Meaning, but the cut surface is relatively smooth, and it is completely different from the epidermis.

Wu Di watched for a long time, Wen Yaru thought he was interested, pointed to a small piece of rough stone on the ground and said:

"What? Interested? The small stones over there are cheap, one hundred and ten yuan, specially prepared for beginners, you can get one and try."

"Oh, so cheap?"

"Without emeralds, it's just a broken stone, and a dollar is a sky-high price. If you want to play with a piece, if you don't want to play, let's go back to eat."

Wu Di stepped forward to look twice, found the biggest piece, and showed it to Wen Yaru, who gave a wry smile:

"You are picky."

"I'm not in a hurry to go back to eat. Anyway, I don't understand, just luck."

Wen Yaru looked carefully and said:

"It's okay, it's a piece of wool, not a stone. Can you explain it? You can just rub it with a small grinding wheel for such a big one."

"I don't understand. Come here and stay as a souvenir. Let's take a gamble."

Wen Yaru was not polite at all,

"Fart, you call it stone gambling, what do other people call it? Fatty, how much is it?"

"My little brother is here for the first time, what money do you have to pay, let's play with it."

"Who gets the jade? Wu Di, throw him 100 yuan and go eat. He deserves what he loses. Who told him to pretend to be generous!"