Lu Cheng did not express joy at the compliments from the boss and the waiters, but said with a "haha" smile: "It's not a huge increase. Even if I get 30 bracelets, it's less than 3 million. It's not enough to compensate for my losses! Last time I In Jieyang, I bought a few stones and spent more than 7 million, but they were all scraps!" He was talking nonsense, saying that he was an old player and winning or losing was a common thing for military strategists.
To be honest, he didn't want to use these white jadeite to make jade bracelets. Instead, he wanted to cut them into jade slips to make jade charms. Perhaps the jade charms made from jadeite were no less than mutton-fat white jade.
Jadeite and mutton-fat white jade belong to two varieties, one is jadeite and the other is nephrite.
So far, he has not tried to carve with jade, because the jade in his hand is a treasure and he is reluctant to use it for experiments.
Lu Cheng picked up the cut stone and prepared to go out and leave.
At this time, I suddenly heard the store owner shouting: "Young man, if you really like that treasure, I will give you the lowest price, 15 million! How about it?"
Lu Cheng said: "Wait a minute, I'll put these two pieces in the car and look back again."
After waiting for a while, he walked back and touched the original stone.
After about three minutes, he shook his head and said, "It still doesn't work. There are too many cracks! I can't even make a bracelet."
The shop owner said angrily: "That's nonsense. Do you have clairvoyance? Why do you say there are many cracks inside?"
Lu Cheng said: "Sorry, if you don't believe it, you can cut it yourself."
"14 million!"
"I said, up to 8 million."
The shop owner bought this stone many years ago. At that time, the jade industry was not so booming. He only spent 1 million, but it has not been sold after 10 years! There are many masters who play with jade. After they came to see it, they all said that they were not optimistic about it. Not only did it have cracks, but it also had ringworm. They didn't know how much the ribbon outside could absorb, so they couldn't sell it at a high price.
The store owner has never been willing to sell at a lower price. He increases the price by 30% every year, gradually reaching a high price of 20 million! However, it has been unable to sell, and no matter how high the price is, it is of no use!
He didn’t dare to cut it himself! In the early years, I cut off pieces and collapsed, but later I swore I would never cut them again.
He looked at Lu Cheng angrily and shouted: "10 million! I will vomit blood and sell it to you!"
Lu Cheng shook his head: "8 million! This stone is very weird. If it had been anyone else, it would have collapsed! If it falls into my hands, I might be able to save my capital!"
The shop owner is getting more and more angry!
He is in his fifties and has a large bald spot on his head.
He pulled the remaining hair hard, hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "I'm so angry! I'll sell it to you for 8 million!"
In fact, he didn’t lose money after selling it for 8 million! You can also buy new materials if you exchange it for cash. Others bid less than 500, and Lu Cheng's price is already the highest.
Jiang Qiuyun interjected: "8 million? Is it too expensive?"
Lu Cheng said: "Once you say something, it's hard to chase it back." He immediately transferred the money and completed the transaction.
He didn't cut it in the shop because it would take a long time to cut such a big stone. He picked up the stone and walked out of the store, put it in the car, and prepared to take it back.
Afterwards, he sent Jiang Qiuyun back to school and said goodbye reluctantly at the school gate.
Jiang Qiuyun returned to the dormitory and was met with suspicious looks from two classmates.
Zhang Min said with a smile: "Okay! If you don't go home at night, where can you do bad things?"
Jiang Qiuyun asked: "What bad thing did you do?"
"Let me see, is Shou Gongsha still there?"
"Keep your head in check!"
Jiang Qiuyun turned on the computer and sat there in a daze, imagining a new novel.
Hong Qingni smiled and said: "It seems that something happened last night, otherwise how could I be so devastated?"
Jiang Qiuyun rolled her eyes at them: "Don't talk nonsense, I am pure and pure! I have good news for you. The novel I wrote, "The Bald Man Under the Lamp", will be made into a TV series! There are two minor supporting roles in it. , your names are used in the book! If you two please me, I can recommend it to the crew and let you perform in your true colors!"
"Ah? Can we still go filming?" Zhang Min said: "If it's a holiday, I can go and have some fun. I usually have to go to class, so how can I have free time?"
Hong Qingni asked: "Where to shoot?"
"Hengdian Film and Television City, Qingming Festival Along the River Scenic Area."
"What about yourself? Have you ever thought about playing a role?"
"have not thought."
"Are you going to write a new book? Remember to leave me an important role!"
"The new book is almost ready. The title is "Feng Yue Huang Meiyu", which is similar to the previous one. It is a time-travel romance novel."
Zhang Min smiled and shook his head: "I didn't expect that people would still read romance novels these days! Are all your readers middle school students?"
Jiang Qiuyun smiled and said: "Middle school students are only part of it, and there are many adults. In these days, the country is prosperous and the people are strong, and more and more people have money and leisure. Many girls have graduated from college and stay at home to enjoy happiness. They do not have children. , do not do housework, for a long time, gradually withdraw from society, feel lonely and melancholy, lack a sense of security, and have strong emotional needs. Because of this, I like to read time-travel romance novels, which are both novel and comforting. And like those 996 Clerks, with so many busy things to do every day, how can they have the time to read novels?"
Hong Qingni asked: "Qiu Yun, when your TV series is filmed, will you drop out of school?"
"No. You have to get a bachelor's degree."
"That's right, you can change careers after graduation. There are more and more people taking inter-professional postgraduate entrance exams. I asked my former senior sister, if you graduate from the nursing major, you can take the exams for clinical medicine, public health, basic medicine, forensic medicine, medical humanities... and even philosophy. , economics, education, and maybe transfer to the School of Liberal Arts!”
Zhang Min said: "If you want to change departments, you don't have to graduate!"
Hong Qingni said: "I have to read it from the beginning and waste two years, no way, no way."
While the three of them were talking, someone outside sent a few letters. Most of them were for Jiang Qiuyun. She glanced at them casually and threw them into the trash can.
The letters did not come from readers, but were love letters written by boys at the school and nearby schools.
In these days, where are the readers writing letters? They all leave messages in the online book review section, and it’s fine if they don’t scold the author bloody.
When Jiang Qiuyun wrote the book, she used the pen name "Yun Ji", and few people knew her real name.
It's not that absolutely no one knows about it, because some time ago, a radio station revealed that a man and a woman escaped from the disaster. Someone found that the person who escaped was named "Jiang Qiuyun", the author of "Bald Man Under the Lamp". But even so, they didn't know the school or dormitory where Jiang Qiuyun attended.
Zhang Min and Hong Qingni also received some letters and happily opened them to read, laughing while reading.
Jiang Qiuyun began to make an outline of the novel and could not write it until it was ready.
The so-called "putting pen down" actually means typing on the keyboard. There is no need for a pen or writing.
Typing on the keyboard is much faster than writing with a pen. Some people with fast hands can type 100,000 words a day. There is even a voice input method, which is even faster.
However, no matter how fast it is, the key is to have good content. Otherwise, who would be willing to read a bunch of bullshit?
In addition to novels, Jiang Qiuyun also wants to write several novellas, which will be sent to "Harvest", "October" and "Flower City" respectively. She is not willing to be a pure online novel writer and wants to have a place in physical books. In her opinion, since her boyfriend Lu Cheng is so outstanding, she can't just be a salted fish and must show her true strength to fight hard.
