The Shanghai International Jade Expo has begun.
The grandness and grandeur of the scene and the warm atmosphere need no elaboration.
For the first time in this life, Liu Fusheng met the famous King of Jade, Lu Chengfang, Mr. Lu himself.
No matter what kind of industry he is engaged in, as long as he can perform it to the extreme, it is enough to be respected. Coupled with the blessing of wealth and fame, then this person will be the center of attention no matter where he goes.
Lu Chengfang is such a person. He is already over sixty years old, but he is very energetic. His gray hair and thick black eyebrows form a sharp contrast. Surrounded by officials from relevant departments in Shanghai, his every move and gesture shows his success. The charm of people.
Ye Yunze walked up to Liu Fusheng and said with a smile: "All the funds for this jade expo were provided by Mr. Lu! The Shanghai Municipal Government only gave official endorsement! Most of the overseas merchants who came to the exhibition were also Mr. Lu. The old gentleman’s connections! Hey, this guy, if he reaches this point, he will really have no regrets in life!”
No regrets?
Liu Fusheng looked at Lu Chengfang's walking direction and smiled without saying a word.
"I have to find a way to have a face-to-face chat with Mr. Lu," he said suddenly.
Ye Yunze was stunned when he heard this: "Are you kidding? You just saw it, who are the people who can stand next to Mr. Lu! Don't say you are a county magistrate, even if you are the mayor of Liaonan, I am afraid that Just shake hands and say a few words! There is a huge difference in levels!"
Shanghai is a municipality directly under the Central Government, and the superficial administrative level of the mayor is the provincial and ministerial level, but his actual weight is higher than that of an ordinary provincial governor or secretary!
The people who shook hands with Lu Chengfang just now were almost all officials above the department level. Ye Yunze's words are not an exaggeration at all. He is a mere county magistrate of Xiushan County, and he is also the executive deputy magistrate. He is not even qualified to shake hands with Lu Chengfang!
But Liu Fusheng didn't think so, because he was different from others. He held a bargaining chip that Lu Chengfang would definitely value. What he needed now was just an opportunity to directly contact Lu Chengfang.
"Let's go to the exhibition separately first. If there is a chance, we can sign a few letters of intent first." Liu Fusheng said calmly without continuing the topic.
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The venue of the Jade Expo was very lively, even crowded.
Literature and entertainment in prosperous times, gold in troubled times.
Now the country has been peaceful for decades and is far away from war. Especially after the reform and opening up, many people have made money, and their interest in jade and other decorations, playthings, and even luxury goods has become more and more intense.
It's a pity that Xiushan Jade, which accounts for more than half of the country's jade output, is not even qualified to participate in an exhibition of this scale!
"Souvenirs are cheap! Pure natural Xiushan jade souvenirs, fifteen yuan each, twenty-five yuan for two!"
When Liu Fusheng walked to a small booth near the fire door, he finally heard the three words "Xiushan Jade".
He suddenly felt a slight pain in his heart. Isn't this the sadness of Xiushan Jade appearing in this exhibition as a cheap souvenir? Or is it the sadness of him, the official in charge of Xiushan County?
After taking a deep breath, Liu Fusheng turned around and followed the sound, and saw a middle-aged man with an unattractive appearance, hawking his goods...a pile of Xiushan jade pendants and pendants arranged in a mess.
Compared with those jade pieces on gorgeous booths, under the spotlight, crystal clear and beautiful, with price tags of tens of thousands or even millions, these Xiushan jade can simply be called garbage!
"Young man, do you want one? I have all kinds of jade pieces! It costs fifteen yuan each, pick whatever you want! Go back and give it to your elders or your girlfriend. Just say you bought it at the exhibition, it's also a good deal!" said the middle-aged man! The man smiled and promoted to Liu Fusheng.
Liu Fusheng casually picked up a jade piece and looked at it. The carving was not very fine, and there were obvious traces of mechanical processing. It was a product produced by a large-scale machine, but there were not many flaws. If it were replaced with other jade, the price might be ten times higher. Times, even a hundred times.
"Is this a face-saving gift for your girlfriend?" Liu Fusheng asked with a smile.
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "You don't understand this! Although my jade pieces are cheap, if you package them, they will definitely not be worse than other merchants!"
As he spoke, he took out a few exquisite wooden boxes from the bag next to him, took a pendant and rubbed it on his body, then placed it neatly in the wooden box and handed it to Liu Fusheng: "Now look at it. What? Tell others, this thing costs three to five hundred yuan, isn’t it too much?”
Looking at the pendant placed in an exquisite wooden box, which instantly became exquisite, Liu Fusheng nodded sincerely: "You are right."
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "That's right! The goods are sold in a piece of skin, and the packaging is nice. Even if it contains a piece of rotten stone, some people still treat it as a treasure! This box costs twenty yuan. If you want it, Shall I wrap it up for you together?"
Liu Fusheng did not nod or shake his head, but asked: "Are you from Xiushan?"
"Well! A native of Xiushan, from Yulong Township! Do you know about the jade dragon carving? The jade from our Gada is used!" The middle-aged man casually spoke the dialect of his hometown.
Liu Fusheng smiled and said: "We are fellow villagers. I am also from Liaonan. My hometown is Shuicheng!"
The middle-aged man laughed: "I've heard it a long time ago! Did the young man go to school in Shanghai?"
Liu Fusheng smiled noncommittally and asked, "Uncle, did you come to Shanghai to sell jade by yourself? It's not easy to come all this way!"
"That's not good! We have suffered a lot along the way! My wife and children came here together, thinking of making some money and taking them to see the big city! They are over there now..."
Bang!
Before the middle-aged man could finish speaking, a loud noise suddenly came from the direction of his finger!
Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of exclamations, curses, and children's cries, all ringing out in confusion!
At first, the middle-aged man didn't pay attention, but when he heard the child's cry, his expression suddenly changed: "That seems to be my little boy! Young man, I won't chat with you anymore, I have to go and have a look!"
At the same time, the place where the sound came from in the distance was already in chaos. After hearing the movement, many people began to gather there.
The middle-aged man gathered all the jade items on the stall in a tablecloth, and with the baggage in his other hand, he squeezed into the crowd, and then he was dumbfounded!
This is a high-end jade manufacturer's booth located in the core war zone.
At this moment, an independent glass display cabinet had fallen to the ground. The glass was made of good material and was not damaged or cracked. However, the jade pendant placed inside hit the exception and broke into two halves!
A saleswoman from Southeast Asia was cursing in her own language.
The people she scolded were a little boy about seven or eight years old and his mother.
Regardless of the appearance or clothing of the mother and son, it can be seen that the family is not wealthy.
The little boy was lying in his mother's arms, grinning and crying in fear. His mother was also panicked. She squatted there hugging the child with tears in her eyes. She didn't know what to say except apologizing.
The middle-aged man who was chatting with Liu Fusheng before, the middle-aged man selling Xiushan jade, hurried in and asked: "My dear mother, what's wrong with you?"
The little boy suddenly cried even harder: "Dad! She beat me... wu wu wu..."
It was only then that many people around discovered that one side of the little boy's cheek was swollen, with an obvious slap mark on it, and there was blood at the corner of his mouth!
When the woman saw her husband coming, she burst into tears: "His father! The baby got into trouble! Just now... there were too many people just now, and our baby knocked over someone else's cabinet..."
