Chen Lu took out three crystal clear goblets, filled them with red wine, and sent them to the two of them.
Ye Qing was really hungry, so he took a large piece of venison without any politeness, poked it open with chopsticks and ate a little bit, very politely.
"I heard that men in Kyoto are very generous. Why can't I let go today?" Chen Lu asked playfully.
"It's unsightly to gobble in front of two beauties!" Ye Qing swallowed the venison before speaking!
Shen Junyi's teeth itched at the sight, and she kicked him hard:
"How come you are so elegant and graceful in front of Chen Lu, but you are so mean when you treat me!"
Chen Lu smiled and said nothing!
"How can it be the same? You are a lawyer and you speak aggressively, but the lady is a businessman and her emphasis is on being friendly and making money!"
Ye Qing smiled and asked: "Miss, can you tell me what is going on?"
"You can take a few more bites. It's not urgent!" Chen Lu said with a smile.
Ye Qing sighed: "Hey, how can we not be in a hurry? Master is lying in the hospital. I still owe you 200 million high-end jadeite. If you can't win the bet, I have to pay 600 million!"
Chen Lu stood up and bowed slightly to him: "I am also very sad about the consequences. I solemnly say I'm sorry!"
"Miss, don't be so polite!" Ye Qing smiled, picked up the goblet, and shook it gently:
"I'm not here to ask questions, but I want to know the cause of the matter!"
Chen Lu also heard that Ye Qing still had doubts about herself. She chuckled and raised her glass to drink with him, and the three of them took a sip together.
Then he whispered softly: "If I say that I really don't know what channel Mr. Wen used to buy that sky-high-priced gambling stone, will little brother believe it?"
Ye Qing smiled and said: "Young lady is so honest, how can I not believe it!"
Chen Lu then smiled and said: "Thank you, little brother, for your trust. This makes me feel more at ease.
The cause of the matter was that high-end jadeite continued to sell well around the year and after, and the warehouse alerted us, and we and Mr. Wen made a final order for a batch of high-end jadeite!
Originally, there was no need to rush for this batch of goods, because Yangon holds public sales in March and June every year.
At that time, we can purchase a large amount of jadeite material from stone gamblers. The purpose of doing this is just to be prepared.
But unexpectedly, bad news suddenly came from Yangon, and the public sale was postponed to October.
In this way, our inventory can only last until the end of May. My brother is also an expert in the industry and should know what it means for a jewelry company to be short of high-quality goods! "
Ye Qing nodded: "We have lost a lot of high-end customers!"
"Yes!" Chen Lu sighed sincerely:
"The lack of high-end jade jewelry for five months has resulted in the loss of high-end customers, which is enough to cause a jewelry company to suffer heavy losses or even close down!"
Ye Qing said to himself: "This can explain it clearly!"
Shen Junyi's strength is litigation and she knows nothing about business operations: "What did you think of?"
"Lao Burma is the only source of jadeite rough!" Ye Qing explained with a smile: "The Yangon public sale was postponed, and jadeite rough stone became scarce."
Shen Junyi said in surprise: "Isn't there also a public sale in China?"
"The rough stones for the domestic public sale are also purchased from the Yangon public sale! They have strict control over rough stones there, and all rough stones of good quality must be on the public sale.
Moreover, due to over-exploitation in recent years, the production of Laochangkou has ceased. In order to alleviate this situation and raise more wool, Yangon chose to postpone it! "
Chen Lu smiled and said: "But precisely because of this, domestic public sales have lost their supply of goods!"
"The source no longer supplies water, and the downstream naturally dries up!" Ye Qing frowned and said: "Although there are jade public markets in Sihui, Jieyang, Guangzhou and Hepingzhou, they are far away from Lao Burma.
Only Ruili is blessed with more than 200 kilometers of border with Laos and Myanmar, as well as special trade zones in Muse and Jiegao, and numerous channels.
Before the public sale was held in Yangon, Jie Gao and Delong were the only sources of goods for domestic jewelry merchants. "
What he said was cryptic, but Shen Junyi also understood it. This place is too close to the origin of raw stones, and it is inevitable that the major mine owners have some private goods, which appear here through special channels.
"The Jade Guild immediately learned about the postponement of the public sale, and then began to purchase high-quality jade raw materials at any cost!" Chen Lu said with a hint of anger on her face:
"We just have to create a time lag and maliciously raise prices when jewelry merchants are in short supply of high-end jadeite. However, jewelry merchants are unwilling to lose the high-end market, so they can only grit their teeth and endure the exploitation."
Chen Lu turned around and asked, "What does this have to do with your master!"
"Master has been operating in Jie Gao for many years and has many channels under his control." Ye Qing said solemnly:
"If the Jade Guild wants to monopolize the high-end market and make huge profits, it must cut off this channel and prevent Laoguang jewelers from getting high-end jade products from Delong Jiegao."
Shen Junyi smiled and said: "If you don't have high-end jade, you can sell it in the mid-range and low-end markets. There are so many jadeite products on the market every day."
Chen Lu smiled bitterly and said: "Jewelry companies have their own stores in the prosperous areas of major cities.
You need to pay high venue fees and industrial and commercial taxes, which makes the operating costs very high. You can't make money by just doing mid-range and low-end products.
Take Ruili, for example. This is a tourist city, and stone gambling is only part of its income.
But you can’t expect it. Tourists who come here will gamble on stones.
The travel agency's biggest income comes from the high commissions given by the finished jade merchants under the Jade Guild.
But can you expect these tourists to buy jade jewelry worth tens of millions?
Mid-range and low-end jade jewelry are the best choices for tourists.
In the past few years, low-end jade jewelry cost 500 and could be sold for 5,000 or 50,000. Mid-range jade jewelry ranged from 50,000 to one million, with huge profits.
No one expected that the Internet would allow e-commerce companies to rise. They did not need to pay site fees. In order to quickly sell goods, they continued to drive down the price of low-end jadeite.
Not only jewelry merchants, Rayleigh's tourism industry and jade merchants were also hit hard.
This has resulted in mid-range jade jewelry being barely able to survive, while low-end items have become money-losing items! "
Ye Qing smiled and said: "The one who defeats you is not your peers, but the one who crosses the border!"
"Yes!" Chen Lu felt the same way: "Only because of the scarcity of supply, the price of high-quality jadeite has not only remained stable, but has also been rising.
Nowadays, the biggest profits of jewelry companies come from high-end goods! "
"Profiteer!" Shen Junyi was filled with indignation: "How dare you sell jade jewelry worth 500 yuan for 50,000 yuan, mid-range jade jewelry for one million yuan, and how much do you dare to sell high-end jade jewelry."
Ye Qing directly turned on his phone, searched it, and let her see for herself!
Shen Junyi trembled in fright: "A glass emperor green pendant only weighs 49.8 grams, and you dare to sell it for 40.25 million.
A three-color bracelet with high ice, good fortune, longevity and longevity can be sold for 17.25 million yuan.
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How many lawsuits do I have to fight before I can afford a pendant or a bracelet? What a profiteer! What a profiteer! "
