golden ear

Chapter 309 New Resources

"In many cases such as opening an account in a bank in Japan, a seal is required. Engraving a seal in Japan is very expensive, and Japan does not recognize soft seals such as rubber stamps. Usually, stamps made of hard materials such as wood and horn are used. Japan usually uses seals with a diameter of 1 ~ 1.8cm round seals, not square ones."

Fujita played with the small Tianhuang seal fondly and said: "This is a piece of high-quality Tianhuang that I specially auctioned at a high price. I found a master to engrave the real seal. It is also a status symbol to carry with you."

"We Japanese really started to use seals, which began in the Nara era, which is equivalent to the Tang Dynasty in our country. This is mainly due to the influence of ancient Chinese culture. In 1784, Emperor Hanguang of China unearthed in Shiga Island, Kyushu granted Kyushu "Wonu Kingdom" The gold seal was the first gold seal passed from China to Japan. Of course, this seal was only used as a symbol of state relations, not a seal actually used. Moreover, because Japan did not have Chinese characters at that time, the use of seals did not exist. become popular."

"By the Edo period, in addition to administrative documents, private documents also had the habit of using seals. In order to register official seals, a seal book was made. This is the origin of the later "Seal Registration System". In Edo In Japan at that time, the seal was the most important thing besides life as the protection of the private property of the people. Since then, Japan's unique "seal culture" has also begun.

"In the Meiji era, the Meiji government believed that the use of seals was a bad habit and tried to abolish the seals to imitate the signature system of European and American countries, but because of the great resistance to abolishing the seal system that had been deeply rooted in Japan and the low literacy rate of the Japanese people at that time There were a lot of objections due to other reasons, and finally nothing happened.”

"In Japan, the seal is a symbol of status. A good seal can only be used by people with a certain social status. It is a symbol of status. It shows formality and status. When signing documents, relatively formal documents, Not only must there be a signature, but also the person's own private or official seal. This shows a kind of rigor and formality."

"In ancient times, there was no such thing as machine-carved seals. Such seals were basically made by hand, and different people carved different seals. When it comes to a series of equipment such as knives and seal materials, the forgery of seals is very difficult. Both the difficulty and the degree of insurance will be increased. This is why the seal is stamped. In addition, the position of the stamp is also an anti-counterfeiting mark. The position of the stamp and the angle of the stamp are all particular. , which itself is a kind of anti-counterfeiting mark”

Wu Tianyuan did not expect the Japanese to attach so much importance to seals. He went to Japan several times and saw that everyone carried their seals with them. When he asked curiously, he discovered a huge business opportunity!
"After young people join the company, the company will make a stamp for each employee, which is generally returned when leaving the company. It is used to sign various documents within the company, ranging from large contracts to small confirmations for reimbursement of transportation expenses. The Japanese also I put a lot of effort into making the stamps, and many companies issue stamps with dates to their employees, and before each use, the date must be adjusted to the current day, and then stamped."

"What's more interesting is that Japanese name stamps are all round, but China seems to have more square ones?" Fujita said with a smile: "So when I returned to Japan and took out Fang's name stamps, people around said the first When I saw the name stamp for the first time, there was Fang, and I thought it was very majestic and beautiful.”

Wu Tianyuan laughed, and said to himself: "That's because your little Japan is an island country, and you don't have any mineral deposits, so you can only use it sparingly!"

After sending Fujita away, Wu Tianyuan pondered, this time he had no objection to remind him of a new business opportunity, a seal!
Chinese seal cutting culture has been passed down for thousands of years. Since the Qin Dynasty, the material has changed from bronze to jade and stone.Every auction has a special auction, and my first pot of gold is also obtained through the seal.

"Since Little Japan attaches so much importance to seals, the market is absolutely huge. According to Fujita, ox horn seals and plastic seals are mainly popular in Japan now. Only those with status can use stone or jade seals. Tian Huangshi can only be used by the best people?"

Wu Tianyuan was a little excited, there are plenty of stone resources in the country, Tianhuang stone is naturally rare and precious, and now it is basically exhausted.However, there are many other stone species that work well, and the best varieties are not necessarily inferior to Tian Huangshi.

"Like Huang Longyu!"

Wu Tianyuan suddenly thought of a name. Huanglongyu was originally called Huangwashi. It has the color of Tianhuang, the hardness of jadeite, good hardness, high transparency, and bright and rich colors.Because it was produced in Longling and its main color is yellow, it was finally named Huanglongyu.

It is mainly produced in Xiaoheishan Nature Reserve, Longling County, BS City, YN Province and the surrounding Supa River Basin. It is very close to the emerald production area in Myanmar. It belongs to the Yunnan-Myanmar gemstone formed by the mutual extrusion of the Eurasian plate and the Indian Ocean plate. Metallogenic belt.

Its main colors are yellow and red, and there are suet white, blue and white, black, gray, green and other colors.It is known as "yellow as gold, red as blood, white as ice, and black as ink".The yellow ones include golden yellow, honey yellow, egg yolk, chicken oil yellow, orange yellow, loquat yellow and other shades of yellow.The red ones include chicken blood red, cinnabar red, pig liver red, rose red, light red, water red and so on.

Wu Tianyuan hurriedly asked Wang Hong to collect the latest information about Huanglongyu, and found that in early 2004, good mountain materials on the market cost only a few yuan per kilogram, but now it has risen to several thousand or even tens of thousands of yuan per kilogram.Due to scarcity of resources, high-quality seed materials, turf materials, mountain streams, grass flower materials, etc., are even more difficult to find, and the prices are growing rapidly and continuously.The rapid price increase has created a miracle in the history of jade.

"I asked an expert, and they said that a few years ago hot money hyped Huanglong jade and Kunlun jade, and as a result, the price of raw materials increased hundreds of times. However, it has gradually returned to rationality in the past few years. After all, it is a new variety, and it takes time to settle."

Wang Hong said with a smile: "Boss, are you interested? Although the price of Huanglong jade is increasing rapidly, its absolute price is far lower than that of Hetian mutton white jade, which is 2000-3000 million yuan per kilogram, and a top-level jade pendant breaking through 2 million yuan." , a top bracelet with a sky-high price of [-] million yuan. As one of the three recognized excellent jade species, Huanglongyu’s value is far from being fully reflected, and its investment and collection space is self-evident.”

Wu Tianyuan nodded and said: "As a kind of jade, the culture of Huanglong jade is indeed not as good as that of Hetian jade and jadeite. After it became famous overnight in China, there are mixed opinions in the collection circle, but the reason is that its appearance time is too short, and it has not formed its own. The unique jade culture takes a certain amount of time to form."

"The early experience of jadeite in China was unsatisfactory. When it first appeared, it was similar to today's Huanglongyu. It took about seven or eighty years to become the object of everyone's pursuit. With the accumulation of time, this non-renewable natural resource The value of Huanglongyu itself is comparable to gold, and its appreciation potential is huge. I have reason to believe that Huanglongyu will form a new jade culture."

Wu Tianyuan has seen the top Huanglong jade collection, the quality is not inferior to Tian Huangshi, this is really a big business opportunity, he hurriedly set off to Longling, Yunnan, to find Huanglong jade veins, and occupy rare resources.

(End of this chapter)