July 13, 8 a.m.
Lu Cheng wore a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, put the salute in the trunk, and drove to pick up Jiang Qiuyun.
Jiang Qiuyun wore a printed dress. The skirt was neither long nor short. It looked cool and full of youthful vitality.
Her father, Jiang Fangcheng, watched her go out and told Lu Cheng to "drive carefully."
Lu Cheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, we both have amulets with us."
The corner of Jiang Fangcheng's mouth twitched slightly, thinking: "I told you to drive carefully, which means a lot. Alas, my daughter has raised her up and she has taken advantage of this boy."
The car was speeding briskly on the G3 highway, with the cool air-conditioned wind blowing, Jiang Qiuyun felt very relaxed.
"It's rare to have such a relaxing day! Lu Cheng, do you know? I have been very tense in the past few months! In addition to classes and exams, I have to type for three hours every day and update at least 50,000 words! It took me three months In that time, I wrote 4.3 million words.”
Lu Cheng stared straight ahead and praised: "Awesome!"
Jiang Qiuyun said: "My book has just finished, and subscriptions are still increasing. I have more than 3 million fans, but only 130,000 subscribers. Subscriptions plus rewards, there are almost 40 million. Of this, the website gets 30%, I get 70%, and after deducting taxes, I can only get about 20 million."
Lu Cheng praised: "It's quite a lot. Your income from writing books is higher than my endorsement fee!"
He knows that online subscriptions are only the first level of income, and then there are physical publishing, which is the second level of income, and then there are film and television, audio, and even game development, which all add up to a considerable amount.
"Actually, you don't have to work so hard."
"It's not hard because I like writing. Writing makes me happy. As an author, I can control the emotions of 3 million fans with just a few taps on the keyboard..."
"What you say is so evil!"
"I want to write more books while I'm young. My dad often nags at home, saying that he was wasted when he was young and didn't write more books at his peak because he was influenced by my mother and me! If it weren't for our mother, Two, it’s time for him to win the Contradiction Literature Award.”
"What nonsense! Is this old man so rude at home?"
"Actually, my dad is quite versatile. I think he wasted too much energy on calligraphy, so he was not very good at creation."
"By the way, I asked someone to make a few brushes, but I don't know if they are finished yet. I'll get the brushes later and send them to your dad."
"What kind of brush?"
"A real langhao pen! It has some spiritual energy and helps to understand the way of heaven."
"Don't forget to leave one for me. To be honest, I am also talented in calligraphy."
"No problem, there are at least twenty or thirty pens."
The two chatted leisurely while driving leisurely.
Lu Cheng didn't drive very fast, basically driving at the speed limit. He was so energetic that he could drive for three days and three nights without eating or drinking.
Jiang Qiuyun was also very energetic. She set off in the morning and had some snacks at noon. She didn't get off the expressway until 6 pm when she arrived in Changde, Hunan.
After eating, Lu Cheng continued on the expressway and drove for another two or three hours to Tongren where he stayed.
The next morning, we set off at 6 a.m., arrived in Guiyang at 10 a.m., and arrived in Kunming at 3 p.m.
Kunming is a well-known tourist city in the country and the most active market for finished jadeite products in Yunnan. In ancient times, most of the jade from Tengchong, Ruili and other places had to be recycled through Kunming before entering the mainland. Therefore, Kunming was the gateway for Myanmar jade to enter the mainland. The jade transit trade also flourished with the popularity of jade. From the late Republic of China to the early days of reform and opening up, the overall jewelry and jade industry was relatively sluggish, and Kunming’s jade market also gradually declined.
After the reform and opening up, the KM Municipal Government named Kunming the "No. 1 Tourism Jewelry City in Yunnan" in order to recreate the prosperity of Yunnan jade and revitalize and inherit the thousands of years of Chinese jade culture. So far, Kunming's jade retail market has gradually recovered. In recent years, with the development of Kunming's economy and the expansion of geographical space, the jade market has expanded in breadth and depth. There are professional and high-end jade shopping malls in the city center, and large-scale tourist jade trading markets in suburban scenic areas. .
Lu Cheng and Jiang Qiuyun settled in the hotel first. The purpose of settling in the hotel was to find a place to deliver the jade. They don't have much to do with their gifts, and all of them are contained in jade rings and storage bracelets.
After completing the check-in procedures, it was less than 4 o'clock.
The two went to Jingxing Flower and Bird Jewelry World and Generations Jingxing Jewelry City.
Jingxing Flower and Bird Jewelry World is adjacent to Generations Jingxing Jewelry City, located in the middle of Jingxing Street, in the mainstream business district of KM City, and is the main jade trading center and distribution center in Kunming.
This time, Lu Cheng was not as hasty as visiting Panjiayuan.
He slowly visited several stone gambling shops and spent 70 million to buy 33 rough stones. After buying 2 of them, he cut them on site. Because of the popularity, they were snapped up, allowing him to get back 50 million in cash.
In this way, this is equivalent to him buying 31 rough stones for 20 million!
The remaining rough stones were sent to the hotel where he stayed and were included in his jade ring.
The next morning, they went to the Yunnan Minerals and Jewelry Trading Center. Located in Building A of Huidu International, No. 131 Baita Road, also known as Jinshi Plaza, its 1st to 3rd floors sell jadeite and various types of gemstones. It is a relatively professional and authoritative jadeite store in Kunming and enjoys a certain reputation throughout the country.
Here Lu Cheng bought 8 more stones, cut one on the spot, and after selling it, he recovered all the money.
This time, he lowered the level of goods he purchased and no longer pursued high-level ice types, he wanted as long as they were ice types! Forget it about glutinous rice.
In the afternoon, they went to Cuihu Jade Business District.
Cuihu is the only natural lake in the center of KM. It surrounds Qingyun Street to the north of Cuihu. Its street-facing businesses are mainly composed of shops in Junyuan, a high-end residential building. In recent years, well-known local jade merchants such as Cuizhijia and Xu Diwang have It has successively opened high-end jade specialty stores in Qingyun Street, forming a relatively concentrated area in Kunming that specializes in high-end jade, and is relatively well-known in the industry.
However, for Lu Cheng, most of the stones here were made of plain materials and there were a large number of jade products, so he was not very interested in this.
Therefore, after he walked around, he went to the Garden Expo Flower and Bird Market.
The Expo Flower and Bird Market is located at the intersection of East Third Ring Road and Bailong Road, just a few minutes' walk from the Expo Park. The Garden Expo Flower and Bird Market is a comprehensive jewelry market. Its jade products are ordinary, but there are a lot of rough jade stones.
Lu Cheng came here to gamble on stones. He stayed here for 2 hours and bought 12 more stones at a cost of 45 million. He cut one on the spot and recovered 38 million in funds.
In the evening, Jiang Qiuyun stayed in the hotel to rest, while Lu Cheng went to Qishi City alone.
Qishi City is located on the north side of the Second Ring Road in Kunming, west of the Jinxing Overpass. It specializes in jade carving and jade stone gambling.
Lu Cheng bought 6 stones here, one of which was larger than the price, weighing 2500 kilograms!
This jadeite rough stone comes from the Houjiangchangkou mine in northern Myanmar. The original stone has a yellow skin, a mountain stone, and white mist can be seen under the skin. It has an old color and an irregular rectangular shape, with the middle part slightly higher. The original stone is covered with pine flowers, and a python belt can be seen on the left side of the middle, about 90 cm long and 50 cm wide.
The performance of this piece of material is very good, but the store’s asking price is also sky-high, 170 million!
This is the treasure of the store, everyone must take a look when they come in.
The store owner has been buying this stone for many years, demanding a high price, but has never sold it.
The good stuff is real, and the old and colorful ones are good, but it still has a lot of gambling potential.
The main reason is that the color of the original stone is not particularly correct.
There are many kinds of jade green, the most high-end one is emerald. The green color of this type of jade is bright and pure, full and not evil, does not contain any traces of other colors or color casts, is evenly distributed, and has a fine and translucent texture. Sometimes individual emerald greens and emerald colors are more full, creating the best of emeralds, such as imperial green.
The second is apple green: also called seedling green, this kind of jade is dark green in color, but it looks slightly tinged with a little bit of yellow, but this yellow is basically invisible. This type of jadeite has a slightly less full hue, but it is also a rare and top-grade jadeite.
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Then there is Huangyang Green: This color is very tempting, just like the tips of boxwood buds that have just emerged in early spring, with a gorgeous green color and a slight hint of yellow.
Next, there is onion heart green: What is the color of onion heart? Extremely tender, slightly yellowish.
There is also parrot green, which is as gorgeous as the feathers of a parrot, but slightly transparent or opaque; pea green, also called pea green, which means emerald green is similar to bean color and is the most common color in jade; spinach green: this type The emerald green has an emphasis on blue-gray, just like the color of spinach, mostly between translucent; melon skin green: green with cyan, between translucent and opaque, the green is unevenly distributed. There are also tea green, oil green, toad green and so on.
The color of this big stone is uneven. Some places are melon green, some are toad green, and a small area is emerald!
If it weren't for the emerald, this stone would have sold for 30 to 40 million at most.
Just because there is an extra piece of emerald, it gives people unlimited room for imagination.
But how many emeralds are there at such a big age? How much green can you eat? How many bracelets and pendants can be made? This is all nonsense!
Because of this, the store tried to sell it at a high price but failed to sell it for many years.
When such a stone falls in Lu Cheng's eyes, he can see the dazzling energy rising straight to the roof! It is obviously a rare piece of jade!
So, he spent half an hour negotiating the price with the store, and finally reached 130 million, which he could no longer afford.
Lu Cheng didn't hesitate, bought the stone, and asked the store to cut it on the spot!
The store owner was very happy. It was obviously a good thing to not only sell the stone but also be able to take a look at it!
At this time, many people gathered around the shop, all wanting to see the result of stone cutting.
Someone asked the shop owner: "How much did you spend on it?"
The shop owner is an old man over sixty years old, with a red face and a fat body. He holds out three fingers.
"30 million? Then you will make a lot of money!"
The shop owner was angry: "Make some money! I bought it from a public sale in Myanmar in 2013! It's been 15 years now! It's been 15 years! How much trouble has it caused me! If I could turn back time, I would never buy it !”
Someone laughed and said: "It has quadrupled in 15 years, and you still made money! If you save it in the bank, it can double at most!"
The shop owner snorted: "You're wrong! I'm in the stone betting business. If I sell it earlier and turn it around a few more times, it will be more than 4 times the price."
