Chapter 31 Ways to Make Money
Take out any item inside and it will shock the world.
But there was no need for her to touch those treasures. She walked out of the door and went straight to Jade Street.
The jade business in the southwest is very prosperous. Every city has a street dedicated to selling jade. Pieces of rough stone are piled in front of the shops. People everywhere dream of getting rich overnight.
Gambling on stones.
As the saying goes, one sword will make you poor, and one sword will make you rich. The bet is whether there is jade in the stone. Many people put their life savings into it, but in the end it turns out to be a white stone.
In recent years, there have been fewer and fewer jadeite in Myanmar, and fewer good jadeites can be found, but the number of people betting on stones has not diminished at all.
Xue Dongli looked at the rough stones in several stores and was very disappointed. She used to gamble on stones to make money. In the 1920s and 1930s, she could get imperial green stones every time.
Jadeite contains rich spiritual energy. The better the water quality of the jadeite, the more spiritual energy it will have and the purer it will be.
Xue Dongli can distinguish the type of jadeite based on the aura in the original stone, and has never failed.
Twenty years ago, you could occasionally find violets, iron dragons, and the like, but now, most of them are bean seeds, oily green seeds, poor water quality, and not valuable at all.
It's impossible to just randomly find glass-based Imperial Green from scraps as described in novels.
Xue Dongli sighed and could only put in some effort.
She didn't have enough money, so she had to pick out scraps. She came to a shop called "Ming Yuxuan". There were a lot of scraps piled at the door. Next to it was a paper sign that read: One hundred yuan a pound.
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This price almost makes it clear that it is impossible to buy jade, but there are still many people who want to take a gamble and buy it.
A middle-aged man bought four large pieces and spent 20,000. He had the stone dismantled by a stone-cutting master nearby. All four pieces were unwrapped, and there was not even a trace of jade inside.
The middle-aged man's face was pale. His family's condition was very bad. The 20,000 yuan was all his savings, and now it was all gone.
Xue Dongli didn't even look at him. He picked the smallest stone and said, "Boss, I want this one."
The boss glanced at her with disdain on his face.
He has seen this kind of people many times. They are all country people with little money in their pockets. They want to gamble and can only afford scraps.
Anyway, these scraps are just stones, and it doesn’t matter how much money they can be sold for.
The boss weighed her and was about to pay when suddenly a voice came from behind: "Boss, I want this rough stone."
Xue Dongli turned around and saw a gorgeous woman in her 20s, wearing the latest Chanel dress this fall. The bag in her hand was a limited edition and worth 7 figures.
The boss pointed at Xue Dongli and said, "I'm sorry, lady, this rough stone has already been bought by this lady."
"Hasn't she paid yet?" the woman said, "I'll pay double."
The boss's eyes lit up and he said quickly: "Okay, give me two thousand, and you can take the rough stone away."
Xue Dongli said: "Boss, when doing business, you have to be on a first-come, first-served basis, right?"
The boss was very impatient. He turned to look at Xue Dongli and said, "Girl, as the saying goes, first come, first served. The one who comes last will pay more. If you are higher than her, you can take the rough stone away."
Xue Dongli frowned, and the boss sneered: "Since you can't afford a higher price, the rough stone will belong to this lady."
Xue Dongli narrowed his eyes and said, "Boss, you are not kind."
"Nonsense, I, Zhao Si, have always been fair in doing business." The boss raised his chin, "This is the rule of our industry."
Someone next to him said: "Boss Zhao, don't bully this little girl because she doesn't know how to do it. Just weigh it and it's settled. Unless the customer doesn't want it, you can't sell it to others."
Zhao Si glared at the man. He knew the man, had some problems with him, and deliberately came to undermine him.
Xue Dongli pointed to an ugly stone at his feet and said, "Well, boss, how about you sell me this rough stone for 1,000 yuan at a low price?"
Zhao Si took one look at the rough stone and saw that it was impossible for it to turn green. He waved his hand pretending to be generous: "Okay, I will take a small loss and sell it to you."
Xue Dongli picked up the rough stone, and the gorgeous woman curled her lips with disdain: "You'd better go back to the countryside. This stone can just be used to cushion the table."
Xue Dongli looked at her coldly and said, "I will definitely be able to make a difference here."
The gorgeous woman sneered: "How pitiful."
She turned around, drew a line on her piece of rough stone, and said, "Start solving it from here."
The stone is moved onto the stone cutting machine, and the master carefully cuts along the line.
"It's green!" someone exclaimed in surprise.
This shout attracted everyone around, and after the stone was untied, a layer of green was revealed.
The stone master brought a basin of water and sprinkled it on the cut surface, and a beautiful layer of green appeared in front of everyone.
"It's ice!" someone exclaimed in surprise, "and the water head is very rich!"
"It's a pity that although the color is apple green, the overall color is uneven and has different shades. It's inferior." Someone shook his head and sighed.
"This is already very good! Good jadeite has become increasingly rare in recent years. It is really good luck to find such a good jadeite from scraps!"
Everyone looked at her with envy and jealousy, and the pretty woman curled her lips, showing a bit of pride.
At this time, someone said: "I just don't know how much of this green is eaten. If it depends on the green skin, it is not worth it."
The so-called green skin means that there is only a thin layer of green, and it cannot be made into jewelry at all.
There are half bets and full bets on all stones. Half bets refer to buying this half-unlocked stone. If it is not for the green skin, you can make a lot of money; if it is, you will lose completely.
Someone immediately said: "Girl, do you want to sell this stone? I will pay 200,000!"
The gorgeous woman ignored him, drew a few more strokes on the stone, and said, "Master, continue to explain."
The master agreed and continued to unravel the stone. Soon the stone was completely unraveled, revealing a fist-sized piece of ice jade.
Unfortunately, the color of this piece of jadeite is uneven and there are some impurities in it, which greatly reduces its value.
But the crowd was still excited, and someone said excitedly: "Girl, I'll give you 500,000!"
"Such a large piece of jade can be used for several bracelets. If it is made into handicrafts, the price will be higher. Lao Li, you are not kind. I will pay 600,000!"
The gorgeous woman slowly took off her sunglasses and said, "I'm sorry, everyone, but this piece of jade is not for sale."
"Emerald Princess?" someone in the crowd asked in surprise.
"What? He is Princess Jade? Zhou Mei, the daughter of the Zhou family, a well-known jewelry family?"
"Zhou family? What Zhou family?"
Chapter completed!