Hearing this, Xiao Bai nodded unconsciously, and then smiled with some relief.
Life is not a TV series. Although the price of each piece of jade in this public sale is very high, and under the guaranteed invitation system, only wealthy people come to participate.
But so what, everyone is here to make money, not to show off their wealth.
Seeing the relief on Xiao Bai's face, Qin Hai spoke again and continued to teach: "Look, if one or two people like us come, they are basically invited guests."
"And those who form a group of more than four or five people are the real main force who come to buy goods."
"Nowadays, bidding for this jade basically requires a team effort. After all, everyone is good at different things, and everyone's judgment on the value of a piece of jade is also different, so we can only better gather the ideas of most people and get the best price." Only by offering a price that the team can agree with will you have a chance to make money.”
"Keep looking carefully. Are almost everyone carrying two flashlights?"
"This yellow light is used to see the seeds. Under the yellow light, the jadeite is closer to the effect of natural light, and the white light is more penetrating. However, if you look at the jadeite under the white light, the germplasm will be improved a lot, so Just use it to see the cracks."
Hearing this, Xiao Bai nodded blankly, and then said with a smile.
"Master, it seems that we are just here to be spectators this time. Most of these jadeite are too big. Even if I don't understand, I know that most of them are in the millions or tens of millions. They are more suitable for relevant practitioners. , not enthusiasts.”
"Well, yes, I brought you here this afternoon mainly for study. Although the scale of this fair is not too big, it still contains thousands of rough stones."
"Each of these rough stones has a corresponding place of origin label. You can use this to learn about the characteristics of the shells at each site and the germplasm that may appear inside each shell after it is cut. This can be said to be a good experience. Learning opportunities."
After understanding his master's thoughts, Xiao Bai no longer wasted time, but carefully looked at the jadeite stones in front of him one by one.
It wasn't until the sky gradually darkened that Xiao Bai and his master Qin Hai left today's fair.
"Apprentice, how are you? I've seen so many products today, is there anything you want to take pictures of?"
Hearing that his master was teasing him, Xiao Bai smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Master, please stop teasing me. With my little wealth, it's not enough to see in this place. There is no head covering material in this public sale. The good materials are looked at by countless experts, so there is almost no possibility of leakage." .”
"In this place, if I can win the auction, there is only one possibility, and that is that I have been taken advantage of and the price given is extremely high."
Hearing this, Qin Hai let out a burst of hearty laughter: "Okay, okay, if you can understand this, our visit today will not be in vain."
"After dinner tonight, I will take you to a place where insiders trade, where there will be some high-quality gambling materials for trading tonight."
"If you are interested, you can buy a few pieces there, but you have to remember one thing, don't bet too much. Just pay as much as you see on the leather case. Don't expect that you can cut the stone into pieces. burst!"
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In the evening, after dinner, Xiao Bai followed his master Qin Hai into a small hotel building that looked a little shabby.
Different from the general hotels, there are no beds in the rooms here, but old wooden tables with large and small woolen materials placed on them.
If Xiao Bai were to say it, this place is more like an indoor jade night market.
The lights in the room were a bit dimmer than the previous Jade Night Market.
"Okay, apprentice, you can watch over here. I'll go to the third floor to chat with my old friend. You can tell me which one you like. This is no different from the rules of the Jade Night Market."
With the paving the way in the jade public sale, Xiao Bai now knows a lot more about jadeite rough stones.
Precisely because of his experience in the public sale in the afternoon, Xiao Bai also understood more clearly how lucky he was with the two pieces of jade that had skyrocketed in price.
Looking at the pieces of jade wool in each small room, Xiao Bai couldn't help but sigh.
The quality of the wool here is indeed very good. Compared with the stones at the Jade Night Market before, it was like selling experience to customers.
In line with the higher quality of the wool, the price of raw jade here is also a bit scary, with a piece worth at least five figures.
The kilogram ingredients that were available in the night market before do not exist here at all.
After stopping and bargaining along the way, Xiao Bai finally spent 220,000 yuan to buy two not-so-large jadeite rough stones, each one weighing a little over six kilograms and shaped like a brick for 35,000 yuan.
The other piece only weighed one kilogram. It was similar to a discus. Although it was small, it cost Xiao Bai a full 185,000 yuan.
Not finding a place to cut stones on this floor, Xiao Bai went directly to the third floor to look for his master.
"Have you chosen?"
Seeing Xiao Bai walking in, Qin Hai stopped talking with several other people.
"Well, I chose two pieces, but I'm not very confident."
Hearing Xiao Bai's words, an old man sitting next to Qin Hai laughed.
"Young man, you must be Lao Qintou's apprentice. Hey, it's normal to have no confidence. Not to mention you are so young. Those of us who have been in the industry for decades are also walking on thin ice when faced with a piece of raw material."
"Let's go, Lao Qin, let's go to the second floor and take a closer look at the two stones your little apprentice chose to see if his luck is really as good as you said."
The second floor looked much brighter than the first floor. When he came to an idle stone cutting machine, Xiao Bai placed the two stones he purchased on the table.
The stone-cutting master looked at the two stones on the table and asked without raising his head: "How do you want to cut these two stones?"
"Do you draw the line yourself, or do I watch and cut it for you?"
After hearing the stone cutter's words, Xiao Bai thought about it for a moment, and then said: "Master, just cut the larger piece of moxisha directly along the big crack while you watch."
"This is a small piece of Houjiang paint. Please rub a little stone skin on it first."
Hearing Xiao Bai's words, the stone cutter nodded indifferently.
"Okay, you are really brave, just buy something that is a matter of life and death."
"What's the matter? Do you believe in your luck so much? If there is dirt in these cracks, this big piece is better, but this small piece of Houjiang material will basically be thrown away."
Xiao Bai laughed twice when he heard the stone cutter's complaints.
He really wanted to buy the kind of paint with excellent surface performance and no cracks visible on the surface, but the price quoted really made him feel as if his heart had stopped.
"I think I'm very lucky. Besides, as long as the germplasm of this emperor's cleft is good enough, the possibility of it getting dirty is actually very low."
