Chapter 216: The Ghost City Wins Treasures
Chapter 216: The Ghost Market Gets Treasure
The crisp ringtone of the cell phone cut through the tranquility of the night. When Tang Han opened his sleepy eyes, he was still wandering between half-dream and half-awake, but he could feel a faint light coming in from the window. He subconsciously moved his body to get the cell phone beside the bed, but unexpectedly, the sweet man next to him pressed tightly and stuck to him, and he was still whispering in his mouth, "I still want to enjoy the weekend..."
Tang Han lowered his head and kissed her smooth forehead gently and said with a smile, "You were tired last night, don't worry, you're looking for me."
Unfortunately, his words failed to soothe Ye Xin who was awakened. She took advantage of her energy and tried her best to do anything. She resisted the strange feeling from her body. Tang Han reached out to pick up the phone. He also wondered in his heart who called him so early. Could it be that something happened to the company? Of course, he didn't say this to Ye Xin beside her. When he saw that the call was Mr. Zhuo, Tang Han felt even more strange.
"What's going on with Grandpa Zhuo?" Tang Han asked after answering the phone, reminding the guy who was messing around him.
"I'm in the City God Temple Ghost Market. Do you have time to come here now? The faster the better. I saw a gem, but I wasn't sure."
"Okay, I'll come here right away." Tang Han hung up the phone after saying that. He knew that people as old as Mr. Zhuo usually sleep very little. To be ashamed, he went to Bihai Ghost Market at a young age for only a few times.
"Let's go now!" The night was quiet, and although Ye Xin was harassing Tang Han intentionally or unintentionally, she also heard the conversation between the two clearly.
"Well, if you go late, the market will be closed there."
Ye Xin then let go, "Be careful on the road!"
"I know! Just rest with peace of mind!" Tang Han didn't forget to kiss this lovely person before leaving.
Tang Han went out and drove straight to Chenghuang Temple. The streets along the way were cold and bleak, but Tang Han knew that the ghost market in Chenghuang Temple must be very lively.
As Tang Han thought, the City God Temple Ghost Market is very popular, and the flashlight flashes constantly. Most of them are older. The street stalls in the City God Temple Ghost Market are mostly jewelry and antiques, and books and there are special Confucian Temple markets. When he found Mr. Zhuo, the sky was already slightly bright.
"I didn't bother you to rest!" As soon as we met, Mr. Zhuo made a small joke. He knew everything about Tang Han.
Tang Han replied without any attention, "Where do you mean!"
"I envy you young people. We are like us who can't sleep as soon as we get older," said Zhuo, and then his voice lowered again, and he pointed to a stall a distance from him. "Look, it's here. I just looked at it and felt that there was a sapphire worth collecting, but I wasn't sure, so I asked you to come and take a look. It would be great if I could buy it."
The dark ghost market is a great test for anyone who wants to be in Taobao. Therefore, Mr. Zhuo has been engaged in the jewelry industry for decades, especially the gems that he is not very familiar with.
When Tang Han found Mr. Zhuo, he noticed the sapphires that Mr. Zhuo was referring to. However, the distance was a little far and the light was blurry. No matter how sharp his eyes were as big as an owl, he still couldn't see that it was too big.
"Although many people are very disappointed with the current 'ghost market' and say that there are too many fakes and too few real ones, the older generation knows that as long as they are willing, they can still find good things." Old Zhuo said to Tang Han softly.
Tang Han nodded slightly to express his agreement, but young people as big as him can't wake up from sleep, so how could they spend time on this? Basically, only older people will spend their time in this ghost market for ten years.
"Ahan, just go over and take a look, I won't join in the fun." Old Zhuo didn't want to expose his target too much, so Tang Han understood it. After looking at the several stalls next to him, he then turned to the gem stall.
"Look, these are all top-quality gems." The stall owner was a man in his thirties, and his smart eyes were also quietly looking at Tang Han.
"Is that true?" Tang Han responded casually, picking up a so-called sapphire. In this moment, he had measured the approximate proportion of the gem in his hand. He had trained this skill to perfection.
"Of course, these are all natural, unprocessed sapphires." The stall owner introduced enthusiastically.
Tang Han nodded and looked at him but didn't say much nonsense. He just took the flashlight and started illuminating it. Originally, the most basic tools such as jewelry identification had a ten-fold magnifying glass, so that he could see the inside of the gem more accurately. But Tang Han is now too busy with the flashlight in one hand and holds the gem in the other, so he saves this important link and is too lazy to pretend to be like before, and observe it directly with the naked eye.
The feeling of buying this gem is not particularly good. Although Tang Han also knew that most gems were not good in such places, he still believed in Mr. Zhuo's sense of smell, and it was possible to find good things. Therefore, Tang Han did not treat it casually, but observed it carefully with his only tool flashlight. This is very different from the daytime identification, let alone the identification of various high-tech instruments used in the identification. Fortunately, Tang Han had many similar experiences before, and although he did not have Qin Yue to protect himself, he could deal with the current situation.
At the beginning, Tang Han ruled out the most commonly used glass to pretend to be sapphires. After a closer look, he also found that this was a real sapphire, which had all the normal characteristics of a natural sapphire. Unfortunately, the inclusion in the middle was too large and could not reach the ideal gem level. Tang Han was not very interested at the moment and put it down and replaced it with another gem.
This gem gave him a worse feeling. Although the blue color is very beautiful, its size is not much different from the one just now, but its weight is much lighter. Of course, this is the feeling of Tang Han, who has been through many battles. It is difficult for ordinary people to find the difference. Although he knew it was fake, he still patiently used a flashlight to observe carefully, and it was not necessary to say that it was glass.
After changing a few, Tang Han didn't even look down on him. He either had poor quality or was just fake. When he held the gem with the most hopeful sapphire in his hand, Tang Han also prayed in his heart that he would never be like other gems. He had overcome the temptation in the middle of the night and got up, and it would be bad if he returned empty-handed.
Fortunately, this sapphire brought him a good feel, and I don’t know if it is a psychological factor. Strictly speaking, this gem is not the best among the few gems, and there is no outstanding place in terms of color or appearance. This sapphire looks about 90 carats, while the large sapphire looks about 120 carats. But Tang Han knew that the facts are often very different from the surface phenomenon, and he also used enough strength to identify the sapphire.
When viewing jewelry under the lamp, Tang Han relies on his extraordinary visual and color perception ability. In addition to having common characteristics of ordinary sapphires such as color distribution and very uniform color distribution, the sapphire has obvious six-color starlight. After careful observation, he also found that there were some extremely small solid wraps in the middle. According to Tang Han's common sense, it should be black mica, but if you don't observe carefully under a high-power magnifying glass, you can basically not see it. Most of the pure and flawless sapphires will be treated as artificial sapphires.
It is worth mentioning that although the blue color of this sapphire is very light, the color is brighter and pure, and the ribbon is richer. Moreover, the fine particles in the middle are almost invisible, and they can be considered a good sapphire in terms of texture and color. I believe that what Mr. Zhuo is talking about is this sapphire.
After thinking about it, Tang Han immediately had a result in his mind, such as a sapphire from Sri Lanka. But he didn't know why it fell into the hands of the man in front of him, and he was also mixed in the pile of sapphires of different authenticity. Without thinking much, Tang Han put the gem down, picked up a gem again and observed it in a pretentious manner.
The stall owner was observing Tang Han's every move, but unfortunately Tang Han's expression was always calm, which made him a little confused. When Tang Han asked him how to sell these gems, the stall owner replied that he would give a specific answer after he looked at which gems.
After Tang Han despised him fiercely in his heart, he chose three gems and then had a verbal battle with him. "These sapphires look good, please give me a price!"
"Two hundred thousand per ounce!"
Tang Han only glanced at him, it would be better to go rob him!
"Sapphires like this big are rare, and the price I give you is already very good."
"That won't be so expensive, and these sapphires have not been processed yet. It will cost a lot of weight to process some of them!"
"Then how much did you say?" the stall owner asked.
Tang Han said seriously, "Ten thousand per ounce."
"Little brother, you are really good at joking." The stall owner said.
"I am bluntly speaking, these sapphires are of very low quality, but they are better because they are quite heavy. Otherwise, I wouldn't pay for the price!" Tang Han stared at the stall owner and said seriously. He must have known that there is glass in it. A glass is sold for 10,000 yuan. If he knows and buys it, he will be a complete fool. Unfortunately, Tang Han is playing the role of this fool now.
"Ten thousand yuan is too low."
"I can't afford it no matter how much I have. I just bought it for collection."
The stall owner smiled bitterly, "I still need to do business!"
"I know, it's not easy to do business!" Tang Han sighed softly and agreed.
"Yes, brother, you can understand it best."
"It seems that I have to give up one after the pain," a few sapphires were circling in Tang Han's hands. No matter how you look, he seemed reluctant to let go, in the end he put down the largest one, "Let's take a step back, how about the remaining two, a total of 30,000?"
"It's really hard for me to do it!" The stall owner still refused to let go. It seemed that he was still far from his psychological price.
Tang Han gritted his teeth and put down the most dazzling one of the other two. Tang Han seemed to have made up his mind, "It's okay to do this! I only have this one, and no matter how many I can do it."
"Young people should not be so impulsive when doing things!" Mr. Zhuo appeared behind Tang Han at some point and reminded him coldly that the sky was getting brighter and the ghost market was about to close.
"The price is not a problem, just like it. It doesn't matter if I lose a little. Just take it with 30,000 yuan!" The stall owner said hurriedly after hearing Mr. Zhuo's words.
Tang Han was full of joy that could not be concealed on his face, but Old Zhuo shook his head and muttered, "Young people now!"
After completing the subsequent transaction, Mr. Zhuo had already left, and Tang Han drove home. Although it was clear, when Tang Han went back, the little girl Qin Yue had not yet got up, and the charming Ye Xin was still staying on the bed.
Tang Han turned on the light and showed the pure and bright beauty of the Sri Lankan sapphire together with the pure white beauty of the beauty on the bed without any omission.
Putting aside his shyness, Tang Han lets her hug her behind her and do whatever he wants. The curious Ye Xin took the sapphire, looked left and right at the light, and finally muttered, "Why is it the same as the fake?"
While enjoying the extremely soft and tender feel, Tang Han chuckled and said, "How can you buy it so cheap if you don't like fake ones? In fact, just observe carefully and you will find that this is very different from artificial sapphires. Be patient and you will see it."
"Forget it, it's true if you say it's true." Ye Xin flipped over and over, but she couldn't see the reason. Her understanding of sapphire was only on the surface, and she didn't have the owl vision like Tang Han. She moved away Tang Han's tricky hand and put the sapphire in his hand. She was too lazy to tell the difference. It would be enough to have him.
"Do you think this looks like the heart of the ocean?" Tang Han put the sapphire on Ye Xin's proud white chest, with red, blue and white colors interspersing, extremely charming and charming.
Ye Xin raised her head and gave him a blank look, but gently slid down his body, and stretched out her perfect and charming body.
Chapter completed!