Chapter Twenty-One
The two settled down and rested for one morning. After going out for lunch, Song Yi first went to the bank opposite the hotel to make an appointment to withdraw money.
Then the two went to the lively Jade Street next to them, where jade merchants from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Taiwan gathered here. In this era, Tengchong was the largest gambling base in China.
Before we figured out the situation, Song Yi would not take action rashly. It has always been the principle of gambling stones in the industry. His experience of gambling stones was developed in the 21st century. At that time, public bidding was popular, and basically cut jadeite, and the risks in it were very high, and if you were not careful, you would lose your bet.
Nowadays, there are very few gambling stones that can be sold when cut open like this. Generally, cutting out green is a gambling increase, which is worth setting off firecrackers to celebrate. After cutting out green, merchants are scrambling to buy back the jade. Of course, the risks behind them are borne by these merchants.
At this time, everyone is basically gambling with all gambling materials and half gambling materials. Some of these half gambling materials are green, while some open the window to reveal the green.
Su Mei followed Song Yi and walked into a shop selling wool materials. The shop owner was discussing business with others and asked them to take a look first.
Song Yi was so happy that he pulled Su Mei to look at the wool piled on the ground. This was the first time she saw these jade wool materials, especially those windows that were opened very well, revealing balls of green wool materials. She seemed very excited, "Why do I think these stones seem to have jade inside them."
Squatting beside her, Song Yi said, "The stones that really gambled are only a little bit. In other words, most of the stones do not have jade, even if they have a stream of green on their surface."
"That's true. If there is, others will have cut it long ago and it will be our turn!" Su Mei sighed lightly, and it was the same as the reason for thinking about it carefully.
"My sister is very smart!" Song Yi laughed, "It's a pity that many people don't realize this, and they even think they have taken a big advantage."
When she said this, Song Yi couldn't help but think of those fake and inferior gambling stones at the stone gambling exhibition or jewelry exhibition. On some Burmese stalls, most of the green appeared on a gambling stone, which was so fake that it could not be fake. Just imagine if there were so many greens, the owner wouldn't cut it open. But some people are obsessed with it, believe that they are lucky and take a big advantage. But they don't know that you were deceived and others are giving you a word in secret, fool!
"And this color is far inferior to the two jades you have!" Su Mei looked carefully at the gambling stones opening the window in front of her. The green is very light, which is a world of difference from the two jades she had seen before.
Song Yi smiled and said, "That's the best jade. How could any stone have such good quality and color? Also, polished jade is much brighter than the green you see now, and you will understand it slowly."
Although I know that there may be top-notch jade in these stones, Su Mei has no experience in gambling stones, she is completely blind when facing these stones.
After following Song Yi for a while, Su Mei found that her interest was not on this. "I can't understand at all! I still prefer the processed jadeite, which is shiny and green, so pleasing to the eye!"
"It's very boring! So gambling on stones is basically a game for men." Song Yi smiled, "My sister is careful, please help me pay attention to the situation of these shops on Jade Street!"
"What should I pay attention to?" Su Mei asked.
"You just follow the steps of market research. For example, what are the main products these jade merchants now sell, what are the most needed, what are the customer flows in different periods and different locations, the impact of store decoration on sales, etc. This is a tiring job, I just don't know if Sister Mei is interested in doing it?"
"Of course, this is much more interesting than facing stones!" Su Mei accepted this task happily. She had been mentally prepared for a long time and never thought that Song Yi brought her over and asked her to play with her. Listening to Song Yi's words, he planned to do something here. This would be just right, and it would be a waste of her job and followed him from afar.
"That's because you haven't fully understood the charm of gambling stones!" Song Yi said with a smile, "I prefer gambling stones, but if they gambling stones, my capital is not enough, let alone confronting these existing jade tycoons. I invite Sister Mei to come here this time, hoping that Sister Mei can help me maximize the profits of gambling stones."
"Okay!" Su Mei agreed immediately, "I don't understand the gambling of stones and don't care about it. I can only do what I am good at!"
"Then let's just say that." Song Yi likes to deal with smart people, and it's annoying to get along with those who are overestimating their abilities, let alone cooperate.
Su Mei nodded and agreed. Such an experience was also a challenge for her, but she had sufficient confidence to prove that her own wisdom was not inferior to beauty.
Su Mei did it as soon as she said that, and did not look at the boring stones. She carefully looked at the surrounding environment and focused on her market research.
Her first feeling was that the decoration of these stores was too bad, and it could be said that there was no decoration.
Song Yi himself focused on these jade wool materials. He knew that good things were either taken first or hidden by the owner of the goods. The prices of these wool materials were generally not too high, and the gambling ability was naturally not high.
But for him, only by watching more can he quickly accumulate experience. Although the probability of jadeite being produced in these stones is not high, even experts will have times of mistaking the opportunity. And besides, people who are prepared are bold and careful! He will pay attention to the wool materials with a slightly better appearance, use a strong flashlight, and observe carefully with a magnifying glass.
Unfortunately, there is nothing worth betting on these wool materials. His principles will not change. He will not act rashly before seeing the stone he likes.
Song Yi was very patient because even at the peak of jade mining, it was not so easy to buy the right wool material.
After the shop owner in his forties sent another customer out, he came to greet them, "You two are here for the first time! You didn't have time to greet you just now, I'm really embarrassed!"
"The boss is too polite. As long as the boss doesn't hide the good goods." Su Mei kept paying attention to them. According to the scene she saw, the two should not have reached an agreement.
"How can we do it! We just hope to start a business." The boss was thin and had a kind smile on his face.
Needless to say, Su Mei’s social skills started chatting with him soon and learned that his surname was Huang. Boss Huang was very talkative, “What kind of wool do you want?”
"The boss can take out any good things, please take them out and take a look!" Song Yi stood up at this time and said with a smile. At this time, he was not very famous, so he had to ask others to take the wool materials to see. If he had fame, it would be different. Many people would take the initiative to deliver the wool materials to you!
"Then see if the stones in this valley are right for your pile!" Boss Huang brought out a piece of yellow sand fur from under the counter.
Song Yi squatted down and looked carefully. The half-betted wool was not big, it was square, about ten pieces thick. There was a small opening at the python belt that was two fingers wide, revealing a little apple green.
Generally speaking, the python belt and pine flowers on the surface of the wool are the manifestations of jadeite on the outside, and they are often used as the most important basis for gambling stones. The only feasible way to determine whether there is jadeite in a piece of wool is to use its external manifestations. If it is not wiped or cut, the performance in the wool cannot be seen with any instrument, and the risk of gambling stones is therefore infinitely magnified.
There are also some specialties in opening windows like this. In order to reduce risks, the owners often open a window in the best performance, and then take the wool material from the windows to leave the remaining risks to the people behind! Only Erlangzi will give up opening windows in the best performance and go to other places to open windows.
In other words, opening the window is equivalent to displaying the whole piece of wool from the best performance side.
But the best performance of this piece of wool is only a little apple green, which is not optimistic. Song Yi guessed that this is also the reason why most people gave up betting on this stone. Most people, including the master who opened the window for this piece of wool, were not optimistic about the piece of wool when they saw that the wide python belt was only a small bit of green.
In any case, for Song Yi, it was a rare experience to experience any piece of wool, so he carefully looked at the whole piece of wool.
As Boss Huang said, this piece of wool is something from the old town valley. The quality of wool from the old town is guaranteed. It is very likely that yellow salt sand like this can be gambling out good jade.
In addition to this python belt, there are also sparse dot-shaped pine flowers on the surface of the wool. When Song Yi observed carefully, he was also thinking in his heart. According to the distribution of these pine flowers, if the green in the dense pine flowers on the back is connected together, there is still hope to rise, but the probability is not high.
When Song Yi looked through the wool, he also stretched out his fingers to press the pine flower hard, which felt very hard, but this was not enough as a proof. He also turned on a strong flashlight and shone it in from the window. Judging from the texture and light transmission seen at the window, it can reach the ice type, second only to the best glass type. And from the reflection situation, there seems to be green jade inside.
Whether to gamble or not, he dared to gamble even if he had a little green in the past. If he wanted to accumulate wealth quickly, he had to take greater risks and must not delay!
Isn’t the charm of gambling stones just on the word gambling?
Song Yi secretly made up his mind to seek wealth and honor in danger, and he bet!
Since he decided to bet, Song Yi began to ask the price, "Boss Huang, what is the price of this gross material!"
"Fifty thousand!" Boss Huang replied.
"Thirty thousand!"
"Forty-five, no more low!"
Song Yi said, "I see up to 36,000!"
"Xiaoyi, do you really want to bet? Do you want to see more?" Su Mei interrupted. She didn't expect Song Yi to start bidding so soon. She had heard him talk about related customs, which was a promise. If the other party accepted your offer, even if you felt that you lost money afterwards, you would not regret it!
Su Mei's words made Boss Huang make up his mind, "Get the deal!"
At this time, it was too late for Song Yi and the others to regret it. Su Mei was a little worried. What should I do if the bet broke?
Song Yi was very excited. Compared with the fierce competition in later generations that were often millions, the cost of gambling stones at this time was much lower.
Asked Su Mei to count the cash from her backpack and pay it to Boss Huang, the wool made of yellow salt sand is Song Yi.
Now, not only Song Yi, but even Su Mei couldn't wait to know what kind of jade this piece of wool can produce. If he really bet on the rise, it would be a classic case of using small to fight big.
Chapter completed!