The 193rd chapter gambling tree (4)
"This tree is considered useless..." Old Gu took out a caliper, measured the size of the heart material at the roots of the tree. After putting down the caliper, a wry smile appeared on his face.
The trunk of a tree that is thirty or forty centimeters thick, the diameter of the heart material is only three centimeters thick. Although it is a little thicker than chopsticks, it is not useful. At best, it can only make some beads, and the size can only reach 2.0 at most.
"Lao Gu, there are not many materials for the roots of trees, and the trunks may be different..." Seeing Lao Gu's depressed expression, one of his friends said, "This man doesn't know much about gambling trees, and he thought that the heartwood contained in the trunks and the roots are different."
"Old Liu, the grid in the trunk will only become thinner and thicker, but not as thick as the roots of the tree..." Old Gu shook his head with a wry smile, looked at Aming next to him, and said, "Aming, let me see all this tree open, saw one meter and divide it into six or seven sections..."
After playing Huanghuali for so many years, Lao Gu can now conclude that the tree lost his bet. However, if the quality of the heartwood in the trunk is better, the pattern of the tree can also be made into five or six beads, which can make up for some losses.
"Old Gu, this tree is not doing very well..."
When Aming saw the trunk of the entire tree, he was speechless. The original grid at the roots of the tree were very thin. Who knew that the grid on the trunk was even thinner. By the last two meters, it was really only the thickness of chopsticks. Old Gu almost spit out his mouthful of blood.
"Damn it, it would be nice to be able to make two strings of beads..." Looking at the trunks that were divided into sections, Lao Gu would be in tears. This Huanghuali tree that was bought for more than 10,000 yuan was worthless.
"Abao, I'll give you a thousand yuan in this tree. Do you want it?" Old Gu turned his face and looked at Abao. Although the size of the product was made of pear, he was too lazy to peel off the outer skin of the tree and get the heartwood inside.
"Okay, Lao Gu, I want it..." Abao nodded and agreed. He calculated that in addition to making two strings of beads, the grid in this tree can also make some small-sized Buddhist beads. It should be no problem to sell for two or three thousand yuan.
The Huanghuali tree that was bought for an average of more than 17,000 yuan was lost in a blink of an eye. The huge contrast made the audience twitch and Zhao Hongtao even said he was lucky in his heart.
"Fortunately, Lao Man said that irritated Lao Gu, otherwise I would be the one who lost money..."
Zhao Hongtao was very grateful, because he had already seen it when he was bidding before. When he called 30,000, Lao Gu was a little hesitant. If Man Jun hadn't let the other party get out of the stage, he would have been the one who opened the tree now.
Zhao Hongtao and others were frightened, but Ah Ming always had to organize a tree betting three or five times a year. He was used to this situation. After putting the sawed trunks next to them, he spoke to Lao Gu: "Boss Gu, since it's a gamble, there will be wins and losses. In addition, can you open this tree?"
"Amin, let's saw this tree directly from the middle..."
Lao Gu nodded. He did not doubt the origin of the tree. After dealing with Amin for so many years, he knew that this kid would not be the kind of person who used other places to pretend to be a stone mountain Huanghuali.
"Huh? Old Gu, this tree can make you reply..." After Ah Ming sawed open another tree, he exclaimed.
"Hmm? What's wrong? Is the purple oil pear square coming out? How thick is it?" Old Gu, who had not even come up, heard Ah Ming's words and hurried over, but when he squatted down and saw the sawed cross-section, he showed a disappointed expression on his face.
"Amin, this is the material of bran pear. Not only is it oily, but the patterns are not good-looking, and they can't sell for much money..."
Although the heartwood shown by the heartwood of this tree is six or seven centimeters thick, it is very light in color and is not oily enough. Moreover, there are a little cracks in the center of the heartwood, which is at best just a middle and lower quality Huanghuali.
"Does the rest still be sawed?"
Amin pointed to the trunk of the tree and said, "If there are all this kind of heartwood inside, you can make two or three crutches. In addition, you can make a follow-up ornament at the roots of the tree. It will be fine to sell it for a few thousand yuan in total..."
Amin gave a very pertinent opinion. Although the heartwood of this tree is of average quality, it is still very beautiful to make a cane. When it is polished and polished, it can be sold as a high-end Huanghuali craft.
"Saw it all open, Amin, just do what you said..." Lao Gu knew that his gambling tree was a loss, and he was not very interested. In fact, he didn't care if he lost tens of thousands of yuan, but he just felt that he had lost face in front of a group of friends.
"Old Gu, do you still want this material?" Abao smiled and said, "If you don't want it, sell it to me for 3,000 yuan..."
"You think beautifully, I will give it to others with two crutches, and the remaining roots are made into carvings. You have nothing to do..."
Old Gu glared at Abao angrily. Huanghuali's crutches are not common things. At that time, he will take gifts to others, which is a very expensive gift. Besides, he spent tens of thousands of yuan, and he would not be short of the three thousand yuan.
"Boss Gu, I wonder if the crutch you made can be sold to me?"
Seeing Lao Gu rejecting Abao's behavior of buying materials, Zhao Hongtao didn't want to speak at first, but thinking that the mother of a senior leader in the province was about to celebrate his 80th birthday, he immediately became interested. The yellow rosewood crutches on the market were probably fake. Although the heartwood of this tree is average, it was made of yellow rosewood.
However, what Zhao Hongtao was a little dissatisfied was that the crutch could only be made into a straight handle but could not be made into a whole. He also needed to use other materials to make a handle for the crutch, which lowered the crutch a lot.
"Boss Zhao, sorry, I plan to give this crutch to someone..."
Lao Gu lost two trees in a row, and he felt unhappy now. Without thinking, he refused Zhao Hongtao's request to buy crutches. By the way, his net worth of tens of millions does not need to rely on selling these things to make up for the losses.
"Okay, Boss Gu, victory or defeat is common in military affairs. This time I can only say that I am not lucky, so don't care..."
Zhao Hongtao was not very satisfied with the materials of this tree, and he was not angry when he got blocked by Lao Gu in words. Instead, he comforted the other party generously.
"Do you bet or not?" After comforting Lao Gu, Zhao Hongtao focused on the trees behind him.
When Zhao Hongtao had never seen a gambling tree, he was just thinking about seeing it. When he saw it now, he realized that the risks of gambling trees were actually no less than those of gambling stones. To talk about the difference between the two, it was that the capital demand for gambling stones was larger.
"Boss Zhao said that today's luck is really not very good..."
After hearing Zhao Hongtao's words, Old Gu felt a little embarrassed. Compared with Zhao Hongtao, his own measure was a little smaller.
However, when Lao Gu accidentally saw several other trees on the ground, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he grabbed Zhao Hongtao and said, "Boss Zhao, do you want these two trees in the middle? If you don't want them, I'll buy them again to see what kind of material can come out inside..."
Like gambling, since the gambling tree takes up the word "gambling", if you lose the bet, you will have the mentality of turning the money. Just like after a gambler loses a lot of money at the gambling table, he often puts his entire fortune on the net, so as to win back the money he lost.
Although Lao Gu was not like a gambler, his mentality was somewhat similar. After confirming that the two trees he bought lost the bet, he wondered if he could make up for it on the other two 50 or 60 years old Huanghuali trees.
However, Lao Gu said before, and he didn't want the remaining few trees. If he wanted to buy the other two yellow rosewood trees, Zhao Hongtao would need to nod.
"Boss Gu, I'm here from afar, and I still want to bet..." Although I saw the two trees I bought by Lao Gu, I lost all my money, but if I didn't gamble on the two trees to see, Zhao Hongtao always felt a little panicked.
"Amin, I want these two trees..."
After making up his mind, Zhao Hongtao turned to look at Ah Ming, who had just sawed the material of Lao Gu. Anyway, it was only 12,000 yuan. If he lost the bet, Zhao Hongtao would treat it as buying something and slapped it, and just take medicine and pay tuition.
"Okay, these two trees cost 12,000 yuan. Boss Zhao, do you want me to help you see them open?" Although Lao Gu did not raise the price, Zhao Hongtao was still willing to continue to bet when Lao Gu lost the bet, and Aming was still very happy.
"Wait, I'll take a look first. Let me take a look, let me see it, so I won't bother you..." Although Zhao Hongtao decided to buy the tree, he was psychologically unwilling to let Aming open the tree. He was also the kind of mentality of a gambler who wanted to change to another dealer if he lost money.
"Fang Yi, what are you doing? Come and help me see these two trees..."
Zhao Hongtao looked around and did not find Fang Yi. After searching carefully, he found Fang Yi squatting next to the trunks that Lao Gu saw open, touching the rough bark with his hands, and didn't know what he was doing.
"Brother Zhao, I don't understand Huanghuali. If you ask me to help you see, it's just asking Yu Biao..."
Chapter completed!