Chapter 628: Gambling stones

Although Zhu Zizong started out as a gangster, his business is in a big state now. He thinks he can still talk to the big people in Beijing. Of course, he is unwilling to do his past graceful style. The cunning in his bones makes him understand that gambling is like gambling. Nine out of ten gamblings will lose. If you want to become a big winner, you must first find out the inside story. You must never rush in with a slight look.

In addition to attracting many jade experts, he also inquired about the origin of Myanmar where he wanted to get good jadeite raw stones. Not only were the "water" jadeites good, but the price was also lower than that of the country. However, since the military and political affairs came to power, the country has been uneasy. There are many ethnic groups in Myanmar and the power is complex. Many ethnic minorities have been dissatisfied with the authority of the central government since they arrived in Myanmar. They have divided the land into their own ranks. The Myanmar government has also wiped out many times, but due to the terrain and the strong armed forces of ethnic minorities, they have always been left alone.

Myanmar is close to China. After the military and political affairs came to power, Western countries led by the United States imposed sanctions on Myanmar's political affairs for a long time, resulting in Myanmar's long-term economic backwardness and could only support the political situation through trade with China. Myanmar's jade, logs, etc. exported to China by Myanmar are all major foreign exchange-making investors. In addition, the warlords in various parts of Myanmar who occupy the mountains are jealous of the huge profits of jade, so several famous places in Myanmar have long been divided up by various forces.

But Zhu Zizong participated in the auction of jadeite rough stones at a new temple entrance this time, which was a rare opportunity. This new temple entrance was not controlled by the Myanmar government, but was in the hands of a warlord. Although the conditions were good, people were in a foreign land and were engaged in armed transactions with anti-political forces, so they had to consider personal safety issues.

Zhu Zizong was not stupid and bold. He held a huge sum of money. If he was not familiar with the local area, he would not even have a place to reason. So after he arrived in Tengchong, he did not rush to set out to sneak across the border to Myanmar immediately, but instead recruited soldiers and waited for his trusted subordinates to come and meet.

This time he went abroad to bet on stones, but the risk was very high. He was planning there. In case of precautions, he placed his subordinates and equipment in a house outside Tengchong. The group lived in silence, but this made his wife Hu Meishuang feel bad. Although Zhu Zizong was cruel outside, he inherited a fine tradition of Shanghai men, which was to be afraid of his wife.

Hu Meishuang is the wife who made a fortune with him. At least half of Zhu Zizong's contribution to the fact that Hu Meishuang was willing to fight with him. Now Zhu Zizong has a developed career in Shanghai, while Hu Meishuang has made profits from the money he earned in the mainland in Hong Kong and has made profits from the money he earned in Hong Kong. The income he obtained in turn supports Zhu Zizong's career in the mainland. This virtuous cycle has led to the continuous development and growth of Zhu Zizong's business kingdom. Therefore, Zhu Zizong can speak the same thing in front of his subordinates, but when he meets Hu Meishuang, he is timid and his bones are much softer.

Since Hu Meishuang is also Zhu Zizong's business partner, everyone knows her jealous skills. She deeply agrees with the law of men becoming bad when they are rich and keeps a close eye on Zhu Zizong. Not long ago, Zhu Zizong had an affair with a well-known jade star in Hong Kong. She went to the restaurant where the actress was having dinner without saying a word, and went up to slap the actress a few times, causing the female star to call the police to arrest people. This incident caused a lot of storm in Hong Kong. Hu Meishuang and Zhu Zizong both were on the front page of the entertainment. Zhu Zizong was afraid that his wife's fame would spread all over the place.

Hu Meishuang believed that she was a rich wife who had entered the upper class of Hong Kong, so she would take action when she wanted to hook up with her husband. But she was used to enjoying the urban environment in Hong Kong. Now she was so uncomfortable to go to Tengchong, a place where birds didn’t poop. How could she sit there? So after staying for a few days, she ran to Zhu Zizong to complain. With such a tigress by her side, Zhu Zizong had no choice but to agree to her go to Tengchong to go for a walk in the city.

Tengchong is just a small county town under Yunnan. Yunnan itself is located in the middle and lower reaches of the country. There are many ethnic minorities in the country, and there are many national poverty-stricken areas. If Tengchong had not bordered Myanmar, the business of turning over jadeites in recent years was probably not much different from many poor counties in China. Tengchong has a history of jadeite development for more than 600 years. In addition, in recent years, the domestically vigorously promoted the tourism industry. Tengchong has a sound of jadeites at home and abroad, and naturally there are jade shops everywhere on the streets, becoming a big scenery.

Hu Meishuang looked down on other local specialty products such as Tengchong, and was only interested in jade jewelry. She was just wandering on the largest jewelry store in the local area, and looked carefully at each store. Myanmar is known as the country of gems. Although jade accounts for the largest part of the jade minerals, other types of gems are also well-known. The best rubies in the world come from Myanmar, so in addition to jade, there are many other gems in the street jewelry store in Tengchong, which is full of other gems, which makes Hu Meishuang's eyesight gained in Hong Kong dazzling. There are also experts and staff sent by Zhu Zi Sect. Unexpectedly, they bought fakes, so they bleeded heavily.

Women are second to shopping, and enjoying the fun of purchasing is the first priority. Just when Hu Meishuang was satisfied and felt tired and wanted to go back, she suddenly saw the biggest shop in the jewelry street in the crowded world. She was curious and asked the jade expert and guide to inquire and found out that it was gambling here, and it was the best time to enter the venue to pick stones.

Tengchong is the gateway for the entry of Burmese jadeite raw stones into China. The top domestic jewelers can form groups to go to Myanmar's public market and directly participate in the auction, but small and medium-sized jewelers who have no way to enter Myanmar can only wait to eat other people's leftovers in Tengchong. However, due to the great uncertainty of gambling stones, people often can gamble good materials in Tengchong, so the scale of gambling stones in Tengchong is the highest in the country.

Hu Meishuang and the others came to Tengchong to gambling stones. She wanted to try her luck first, so she hurriedly squeezed in to check the goods. She saw that the middle of the yard of the shop was like a watermelon sold in a supermarket, with stones of different colors and sizes all over the ground. Although it was washed, there was still a strong smell of earth in the air.

These stupid stones looked gray, brown, and brown on the outside. Those who didn't know how to know could not tell what they had to do with the crystal clear jade, but the people around and her guide all looked happy, and many of them had a fanatical look in their eyes. Obviously, these stones were real jadeite rough stones.

Soon a large group of people squeezed the small yard so much that they were all hurriedly picked up the stones at their feet and looked at them carefully. There were many famous tourists here, and they didn't know how to identify the quality of the raw stones. They were just a gamble of luck. They picked up a stone and ran to the store to cut them open. Of course, they almost got nothing. Only a few people who knew the knowledgeable people took homemade tools and carefully pondered them, especially the few large stones placed in the middle with obvious characteristics of good materials. They all started at 10,000 yuan, and there were many people who were willing to take action.

Hu Meishuang's guide is an expert in jadeites. He looked carefully with a strong flashlight on the side for a while, secretly pointed to one of the big stones, pointed to the part on the leather shell that was faintly shining by the strong flashlight and said to Hu Meishuang: "Boss, that stone is likely to turn green." This is an lingo in the industry, which means that there is a good jade material in the stone.

A woman is the creature with the weakest resistance to jewelry. When she heard this, Hu Meishuang's fighting soul immediately burned. She quickly paid a deposit of 10,000 yuan to the store owner and ran over to observe the stone directly. Since she accompanied the man here to bet on stones, she also knew a little about the inside story of the jade industry.

To measure the quality of a piece of jade, the first is its hardness and density. The hardness of jade is very high and can mark traces on glass. In the jade world, it is called "type". The better the "type", the higher the hardness. The hardness of good jade and gold and steel stone is almost the same. The second is transparency. In the jargon, it is called "water head". The higher the transparency, the higher the quality. The best jade is like glass, and the jade world calls it a glass bottom.

After the tour guide accompanied her to take a closer look, the two of them were shocked after exchanging their eyes. If they were not wrong, the water head of this raw stone was excellent. After listening to the boss's introduction, this was an old pit jade that came in from the famous Myanmar venue. Hu Meishuang's heart suddenly became hot. At this time, tens of thousands of yuan was a large amount for others, and it was really nothing to her. She opened her mouth and was about to buy it, but suddenly a female voice came in next to her: "I bought all these pieces of the boss, and the price was 100,000 yuan!"

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on the speaker, and saw a graceful woman standing there. She and the other woman beside her were picturesque and beautiful. Everyone present felt their eyes lit up. Especially when they were dressed with precious clothes, their temperament was elegant, and they were obviously separated from others. Hu Meishuang was already afraid to intercept and dissatisfied with someone, and then saw that the other party was younger and more beautiful than her. The jealousy in her heart immediately burned loudly and cursed: "Where does the wild woman come out? Don't you know how to come first and then arrive? Boss, I just want this stone, 100,000!"

When everyone saw that it was a scene of two phoenixes competing for jade, they stopped picking and wanted to watch the show. The beautiful woman sneered: "You are the village woman who doesn't know how to pretend to be wise. Who is the most expensive to bet on stones? What do you have? I'll pay 200,000 yuan, will you follow?" She thrust her towering breasts, and the men around her showed ambiguous smiles. As expected, the beautiful woman has a deep "capital"!

The woman next to her casually opened a bag, and the red 100-dollar bill inside was dazzling, making the surroundings amazed. Hu Meishuang's eyes turned red by her puns. She was used to being domineering, but she had never suffered such insults. She shouted at the top of her voice, "I'll pay 300,000!" "400,000..." The beautiful woman continued to increase the price without hesitation.

When Hu Meishuang blurted out "1 million!", everyone around was shocked. The woman who had been telling her that she had always been away from her was full of sarcasm, "What a stupid woman!" As soon as she finished speaking, Hu Meishuang's anger finally burst out. She jumped forward and wanted to do something. The woman holding a purse reached out and twisted Hu Meishuang's arm, which made her unable to move. The beautiful woman stepped forward and "snap" her palm, and Hu Meishuang's face had a bright red slap mark on her face!

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