Then came the second container, 40 feet in size.
The auction host was a bald man who was too lazy to talk, so he asked someone to cut the iron lock on the cabinet door so that the treasure hunters could see the goods directly.
As far as the eye can see, there is a container of furniture, which is well wrapped and looks quite high-end.
Zhang Jing and Kangxi were not interested, but Dateji Ming expressed that he wanted to buy it.
The auction started at 3,000 yuan, and the price quickly soared to 30,000 yuan. The main bidders were Narumi Date and a brown-haired woman. It was obvious that the woman knew furniture very well.
In the end Datesaru gave up and gave up. In his words, he didn't want to compete with women.
The third container is for cables. Everyone knows that these things are valuable, and the price has increased to more than 40,000 meters.
The fourth container came from Japan, and Zhang Jing was finally tempted.
When you open it, you will see the restaurant equipment, including sushi display cabinets, Japanese screens, special tables and chairs, etc.
What Zhang Jing was interested in was a stone that looked like a handicraft for restaurant decoration.
Unlike warehouses, the starting price of a container is 3,000 yuan. When the price of sea freight increases, the actual shipping cost is more than 3,000 yuan.
As the host finished speaking, Zhang Jing was the first to bid +2000.
A fat middle-aged white man has opened a restaurant for two years and knows that these equipment are valuable, so he follows +600.
An African-American woman added 400, pushing the total price to 6,000 yuan.
Zhang Jing added another 2,000, bringing the total price to 8,000, which looked very fierce.
"15,000-meter knife!"
Everyone looked around and saw that the bidder this time was a thin white man who looked to be about forty years old.
The price of 15,000 yuan scares off other treasure hunters. If Zhang Jing doesn't bid, he will be auctioned off, decisively +2,000.
The thin white guy is not a vegetarian, so that’s +2000.
You come and go, and the total price reaches 30,000 yuan. At this time, even the host was dumbfounded.
Although the goods seem to be quite valuable, these equipment can only be used in Japanese restaurants and cannot be used in other places.
Is it possible that these two treasure hunters both own Japanese restaurants?
Kangxi touched Zhang Jing's arm and reminded: "It's not worth it."
"I feel that whether I can embrace it in the future depends on this loan cabinet." Zhang Jing looked confident and raised his hand to increase the price to 40,000 yuan.
Just as the host guessed, the thin white man was really a Japanese-style restaurant operator. The price reached 40,000 yuan. He judged that it was not worth it and chose to give up.
The container belongs to Zhang Jing.
Zhang Jing did not hide his excitement, waved his hand vigorously, decisively paid the money, and then called out to his competitor, the thin white man.
"I will only take away the landscape stone and sell the other things to you for only 30,000 meters."
The thin white man thought for two or three seconds and agreed.
Kangxi and Date Temple were stunned, just for a good-looking stone?
The stone weighed about forty or fifty kilograms. Zhang Jing took it out of the container and placed it in the sun.
"What's so special about this stone?" Kangxi asked curiously.
"I used to pick up meteorites and jade in Western Xinjiang. There may be good things in this stone!" Zhang Jing spoke with enthusiasm.
"Emerald? Jade?" Kangxi asked in surprise.
"Probably." Zhang Jing knew how to use a hammer to penetrate a stone three-thirds, which is one centimeter, and saw a patch of icy green.
Date Templeru struck, "This is just an ordinary stone. The possibility of finding an emerald is very low. There is a high chance that the joy will be in vain."
"Where can I unblock the stone?" Zhang Jing asked.
"There's a jade shop in Pike Place Market, so they should be able to do that," Datederaru recalled.
Before the afternoon, Zhang Jing immediately returned the deposit and gave up the subsequent auction.
Both Dateji Ming and Kangxi were curious, so they gave up the auction of the container, returned the deposit, and the three of them set off.
Twenty kilometers to the city, they found an inconspicuous stone and jade shop deep in the market, and the three of them walked in.
The shop is not big, about thirteen or four square meters, and the owner is an Asian, about fifty or sixty years old, with a darker complexion, like a South Asian.
"What do the guests need?" the boss asked politely.
Zhang Jing went straight to the point, "Can I cut stones here?"
"OK."
"What about the price?"
"free."
After receiving a positive answer, Zhang Jing returned to the door and moved the stones in from the car.
The boss took a closer look and shook his head, "This is not jadeite."
Kangxi wanted to laugh but was embarrassed to laugh, Dateji Ming couldn't help but laugh as well.
Zhang Jing didn't care, took out one hundred meters and put it on the counter, "I'll pay for it."
Money can make a fool of himself. The boss carefully looked at the stone that Zhang Jing brought in and used the electric light to look for the cutting point.
Zhang Jing pointed to the top of the stone and said, "Just cut it off from the top, bit by bit."
The shop owner readily agreed.
Stone cutting is a dedicated workshop, there is not as much dust as expected, and it is relatively clean.
The motor starts, the sound is very loud, the blade rotates at high speed, and water is sprayed at the same time.
Zhang Jing used his mobile phone to record the cutting video. More than 20 seconds later, the first piece was cut off, with a thickness of about 5 mm and an area of about the size of A4 paper.
As expected, there was nothing. Dateji Naru was somewhat gloating about the misfortune, "Besides rocks, they are still rocks. You are in great trouble..."
At this time, the shop owner used a spotlight flashlight to shine on the cut surface, and Dateji's words suddenly stopped.
Date Siming saw it, Kangxi saw it, Zhang Jing also saw it, and there was green cuteness under the light.
"Green," the shop owner said in disbelief, "there are really good things!"
"Cut down again." Zhang Jing urged.
The shop owner looked at Zhang Jing and discussed, "Sell me this stone for 200,000 yuan."
Zhang Jing had a confident smile on his face and said, "Please go down and cut again."
As the cutting machine sounded again, another layer of stone was soon chipped away, and this time a blue lake appeared directly.
The corner of the boss's mouth trembled uncontrollably. He was completely surprised. It turned out to be the best ice jade from Laokeng.
'Laokeng' does not refer to the old mine, a name for high-quality jadeite.
Looking at the color, the emerald green is pure, rich, and even. There is no variegation under the flashlight, and the transparency is quite good. The depths are like a dark sea.
If you look closely, there are no cracks or dark spots inside.
When tapped, the sound is clear and sweet, it’s amazing!
The key point is that it's big enough, and although there's a centimeter-thick coating on the outside, the quality is so good that it's impeccable.
Looking at Zhang Jing again, the shop owner moved his mouth and said bitterly: "Congratulations, this is the upper quality Laokengbu jadeite, the kind I can't afford."
Kangxi and Date Temple were so surprised that they were speechless.
Zhang Jing asked the shop owner for advice, "How much is it worth?"
"Between 2 million and 20 million yuan."
"Why is there such a big difference?" Zhang Jing asked strangely.
"If the entire stone is the same, it would be worth 20 million meters, but it cannot be ruled out that it will break in other directions."
Zhang Jing understood, thanked him, and planned to leave with Shitou.
"If you plan to sell it," the store owner stopped Zhang Jing and said enthusiastically, "I can introduce you to a buyer."
"What about the cost?" Zhang Jing asked.
"free."
Zhang Jing left the phone number readily, returned to the car, and sent the video he just recorded to Irina, who uploaded it to several video platforms.
Irina is in Maryland at the moment, and tomorrow is the day of the Preakness Stakes.
Flying to Eastern Europe next week, Zhang Jing plans to take Irina with him as a translator.
