The best perspective expert

Chapter 585 The Jade Picker

Zhou Cheng just saw Han Zhenyang's statement, so he smiled in relief, and then asked: "Do you want to go shopping? There are many good things on the street today. In order to attract customers, those sellers really spent a lot of money. .”

Han Zhenyang turned to look at Zhou Ruyi.

Zhou Ruyi hesitated and nodded.

Seeing this, Zhou Chenggang waved his hands, "Let's go, I'll introduce you to a few friends, Xiao Han, aren't you planning to do Hetian jade business? These people have a large amount of seed materials in their hands. Relatively speaking, such a small amount of goods in my hand is easy It can only be regarded as a small fight."

Han Zhenyang smiled and said, "Uncle is too modest, if you are a small businessman, then there will be no big businessmen in the country."

"Hahaha, I'm really not humble. I mainly eat mines. I have as much mountain material as I need. There are not many seeds, because the collection of seed materials is too troublesome, and the cost is not easy to control. To put it bluntly, I just look at it. Eat in the sky," Zhou Chenggang explained with a smile.

"I see," he nodded, pretending to be stunned, and then asked: "Uncle, what kind of high-quality materials are in the mountain materials?"

"In fact, the high-grade materials in the mountain materials are not inferior to the seed materials, but they are a little less moist than the seed materials, and they don't have those colorful skin colors, and they don't have the natural beauty. They can only be mined. Cut into pieces and make carvings, generally speaking, most of the Hetian jade bracelets, ornaments, pendants, brands and other objects on the market are made of mountain materials."

"Is there a sample?"

"Yes, but not here," Zhou Chenggang smiled. "Let's go out for a walk. There are many high-end materials on the street. It's just that it's a little difficult to identify. It takes experienced players to distinguish."

Speaking out, Han Zhenyang, Zhou Ruyi, Zhou Chenggang, Xu Lan, Zhou Jixiang and Zhou Qingqing left the shop and came to the street.

The street is indeed quite lively, full of people and voices of bargaining, and there are many big buyers among them. There are dozens or hundreds of them when they open their mouths. Hundreds of thousands, hundreds are millions.

It can be said that those who dare to buy jade on this street, except for tourists who don't know anything, are some big local tyrants, and some seemingly inconspicuous people may be jewelry store owners with a net worth of over [-] million.

Zhou Chenggang explained the things on this street to him and Zhou Ruyi while walking. As the largest jade trading market in Hotan, there have been many wonderful stories, comedies, or tragedies, which have been passed down from generation to generation. Being a Hotan person told the story over and over again.

When he was about to walk to the lively rostrum, Zhou Chenggang explained in a low voice: "Actually, the scale of jade trading in Hotan has declined in recent years, and people prefer to go to Dihua, where there is the largest Hetian jade trading in China. The market, after all, has well-developed transportation there, while Hotan is much more remote, too far away by train, and it takes a connecting flight in Diqing to fly, so most jade merchants have branches there."

"How about you, uncle?"

"Hehe, of course I can't be exempt," Zhou Chenggang chuckled, and then said sternly, "Actually, most of my business is done in Diqing, and Hotan has less. Familiar."

"It's no wonder I haven't seen any large-scale warehouses here," Han Zhenyang finally understood the truth. Before, he only thought that Hetian was the origin of Hetian jade, and it would be the largest distribution center of Hetian jade. He didn't expect him I was wrong, everyone opened the store in Diqing.

But it's normal, Hotan is really too remote, and it's really uncomfortable for those who can't go to the village or go to the store to rest on this throat.But Diqing is much better. Relatively speaking, it is closer to the inland. It is also the location of the transportation hub in the northwest area. The transportation network is extremely developed. The population, public security and even the natural environment are better than Hotan. People will choose Diqing, which is a matter of course. up.

It's a pity that when they came, they passed by Diqing and didn't enter the city at all, and they didn't know what the city of Diqing looked like.

Fortunately, there will be opportunities in the future. After all, according to Zhou Chenggang, he spends a period of time in Diqing every year to do business. It is only logical that his son-in-law-to-be goes to Diqing to show his filial piety.

Among them, he and Zhou Chenggang were the only men, so the two of them walked in front side by side, chatting while walking, and there were no restrictions on topics, they could talk about whatever they thought of, and even chatted softly about the girl from the Northwest and the girl from the Central Plains difference.

It was also at this time that Han Zhenyang found out that Zhou Chenggang was originally from Lu Province, but not from Daocheng, but from Dengzhou. However, he followed his father to Hetian before going to elementary school, and then settled down in Hetian. It's been so many years, and I even went back to Dengzhou once in these years, because Dengzhou has no relatives anymore.

Similarly, he also briefly explained the situation on his mother's side, but he still didn't go into details. He was really afraid of frightening his future father-in-law, so he only said that his grandparents were the old Red Army, and his uncle was the old Red Army. A civil servant didn't mention his position, only that he was dawdling in a certain yamen in the capital.

Seeing Zhou Chenggang's stunned expression, it was obvious that his two uncles were the second generation who relied on the shade of their parents to fool around.

But what he wants is this kind of effect. Anyway, this kind of thing can't be hidden for too long, and it is better to accept it if it is revealed a little bit. Otherwise, the gods of his mother's family will suddenly move out, and it will really scare the good people to tears. Even himself, when he first found out the identities of his grandfather and uncles, he was quite frightened.

Of course, on Yushi Street, jade is the most talked about.

Zhou Chenggang has been immersed in jade for so many years. Although he is not an expert or scholar, his understanding of jade is far beyond that of ordinary people. His understanding of jade related industries is even better than those so-called experts and scholars. After all, all walks of life have their own If you are not an insider, you usually can't figure out those strange ways.

For example, go to the mountains to collect jade.

Han Zhenyang has also learned about the profession of jade picking from the Internet before. In some text descriptions, this is an industry with both opportunities and risks. It looks romantic and exciting. The most important thing is that if you are lucky, you can go to the mountain once Eat for a lifetime.

But that is not the case in Zhou Chenggang's mouth. According to Zhou Chenggang, mining jade in the mountains is the most boring, dangerous and hardest job in his opinion. The lives of people are in danger, wild animals are trivial matters, and the most terrifying are natural disasters such as mountain torrents and landslides. When encountering such disasters, no one in a group of people can escape, and even their bones cannot be left behind.

Of course, such disasters are not common, and even if there are experienced guides, they can be carefully avoided.

The most frightening thing is that it is boring, bending over and wading through the water all day to turn over stones on the river beach, my physical strength is a little weak, and I will be dizzy and unable to straighten up after a long time, let alone carry the picked up Stone.

Don't think that you can make money by picking up stones. In fact, most of the jades are worthless goods. Occasionally, if you pick up a good piece, it is also the common property of the entire team. Jade people can only transfer some hard-earned money.

Of course, those hard-earned money is relatively a lot. As long as the luck is not particularly bad, there are also white-collar income levels, or even higher, but that's it. Only people with good luck can make a fortune.

In fact, this principle can be understood when you think about it. How much difference is the probability of finding jade in the pebbles as many as the stars in the sky, and finding a needle in a haystack?What's more, the production area of ​​Hetian jade is so large, and it has been turned over for hundreds of years. How much is left now?
So now there are not many jade pickers. Even if there are, most of them have been incorporated. Now they drive excavators to work on the river beach, trying to dig out the materials buried under the silt. The job of the jade people is to find possible jade from the excavated soil. Of course, the ownership of the jade belongs to the owners of the excavators, and they can only get a small share.

However, he came to Hetian and had ready conditions, so he was really unwilling not to try it.

In addition, he is a person with the ability to see through. As long as he goes out, no matter how deep the jade is hidden, he will not be able to escape his eyes. Therefore, his harvest will definitely be more than that of ordinary jade pickers.

Thinking of this, he tentatively asked: "Uncle, I should be interested in the job of being a jade picker. Hehe, look, do I have a chance?"

Zhou Cheng just smiled and said: "It's normal to be interested. Basically, people who know this business will be interested. In recent years, such tourism activities have even sprung up. Professional guides take people into the mountains to collect jade. It’s all owned by individuals, and the business is booming, so much so that I want to get involved.”

But he quickly shook his head again, "It's just that the time is not right now. If you came a month earlier, you could go to the mountain to play for two days, but it's too cold now, and the temperature in the mountain changes irregularly, which is very dangerous. The jade people all retreated a month ago. If they really want to go, they can only go to the lower reaches of the Yulong River. However, those places have been sieved many times, and the silt by the river has been turned over many times. Nothing to gain, just a waste of time."

"Hey, I just want to experience that kind of life, it doesn't matter if I get something or not," he could only explain with a sneer.

Zhou Chenggang nodded, "Alright then, after the Jade Festival is over, I'll take you to find a place to have fun for two days, and I'll treat it as a field trip." Having said that, he laughed and said, "Speaking of which, I haven't seen you for many years. Picking jade, I suddenly feel a little nostalgic."

"That's just right, with you leading the way, there will be a great harvest," he said flatteringly.

While walking, Zhou Chenggang suddenly exclaimed, "It's so big!"

(End of this chapter)