Beads are on the side, the president is on the top

Chapter 59
Simply put, stone gambling is an ancient way of trading jadeite rough.The initial appearance of rough jadeite is more like an ordinary stone, and its appearance is often covered with a layer of naturally formed skin.For rough stones that cannot be seen at first glance, jewelers can only judge the quality of the internal emerald material based on the characteristics of the shell, the direction of the grain, and a small opening (commonly known as the "door") in the stone.When people trade rough jadeite, for those rough stones that have not been cut, they completely rely on guessing the internal conditions inside. This process is called stone gambling.

Jin Yuze brought Lin Xi to the Guangxi Emerald Gambling Stone Base. In the huge market, one stall after another was densely packed. In the afternoon, there were not many people on the stalls, and it seemed a bit deserted. However, there were many stones of various colors on the stalls. The rough stones are purchased from Myanmar, Yunnan Ruili, Tengchong and other distribution centers. This stone gambling field was invested and built by Shengshi Tianyi Branch, and the branch also set up a stone gambling site here. Of course, Jin Yuze will not take Linxi to his own booth.He took Lin Xi to several stone gambling places, walked around a few stalls, and chose a few stones.

The sound of cutting stones and the discussion of crowds of onlookers all reveal thrills.

Lin Xi didn't quite understand this behavior of betting on stones at first, but was gradually attracted to him. At this time, Jin Yuze chose a big stone in a store.

"Are you sure there is something in it?" Lin Xi was a little worried, because the stone that Jin Yuze picked was worth 30 yuan.

30 is not a small amount, it is undoubtedly a huge sum of money for an ordinary family.Now being bought casually by Jin Yuze to gamble on luck, Lin Xi still looks a little scared.

"Is that why you don't believe my eyes?" Jin Yuze looked very relaxed and natural, "If I lose this stone, I will count it as mine. If I win, I will give it to you!"

"It's not very good." Lin Xi mainly came with him this trip, to thank him for the gift of the dog, and not to gamble on stones, so she quickly refused: "Win or lose is yours, I don't participate."

"You have to be a little courageous, otherwise you can't succeed?" Jin Yuze smiled provocatively: "Do you just want to sell wooden beads for the rest of your life?"

Lin Xi didn't think so, and retorted: "Isn't it good to carve wood beads? I'm finally earning my own living!"

"Do you know why Su Mingyu held such a touring exhibition last time?" Jin Yuze squatted down, looked at the stone carefully, knocked on the stone, and pretended to be tricky on purpose.

Lin Xi had doubts in his heart for a long time, and now he naturally wanted to know the reason, but it was inconvenient to ask him to tell the reason, so he had to act nonchalantly: "Aren't you businessmen all in the same way, always promoting environmental protection, in fact It’s just for the hype to make money, isn’t it?”

"It seems that you really don't know Su Mingyu very well." Jin Yuze stood up, "He is an absolute supporter of environmental protection, and he is so paranoid that picking wild calamus and planting it at home is not allowed, let alone using wood to make wood carving beads , This is simply a big taboo against him."

"..."

"What you sell in your store are all low-end products. Some high-end wood carving beads are made of endangered rare trees. Do you understand what I mean? I think Su Mingyu is not targeting you, but some wanton destruction of the environment. Therefore, in Shengshi Tianyi, he has always advocated the protection of antique cultural relics, and when auctioning cultural relics, he will always selectively auction some top-notch overseas products to merchants who really have a heart for collecting."

"I can't see that you will still speak for Su Mingyu. Haven't you always disagreed with him?" Lin Xi looked at him warily: "Aren't you paying attention again? Let me tell you that there is no relationship between me and Su Mingyu gone."

"You don't need to be too nervous. I'm just discussing things now. My thoughts are the same as Su Mingyu's. I hope you can sell some jade or something. In this way, on the one hand, I can make more money, and on the other hand, it can be regarded as promoting environmental protection."

Lin Xi didn't quite believe that Jin Yuze would be so kind to plan for her, and looked at him with full of guard.

"You don't want Su Mingyu to look down on you, do you?" Jin Yuze provoked her.

Lin Xi gave him a deep look.

There was a smirk on the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were sharp, showing a serious but provocative look, as if he could penetrate Lin Xi's heart.

Lin Xi, who was stimulated, made up his mind and said: "I will offer [-]. If you win, you will get my share. If you lose, [-] will be yours."

"it is good."

Jin Yuze was very satisfied with Lin Xi's answer, so he asked someone to take a stone and cut it.

Lin Xi followed, and so did the crowd watching, because the price of this rough stone was 30, which was a relatively high price for ordinary stone gamblers. A little nervous, watching the stone being cut.

At a corner of the stone gambling field, the shopkeeper went down with the first knife, sparks flew, and a small piece of stone was cut off.

It was Lin Xi's first time to gamble on stones, and he didn't have the courage to look directly at it. Jin Yuze saw her take a few steps back, and suddenly felt that her nervous appearance was a bit cute, and then turned his gaze to the stone again, and a green ribbon appeared. .

"The bet has gone up." Someone around cheered.

Jin Yuze seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and didn't take it seriously. He didn't seem to care much about everyone's congratulations. Instead, he congratulated Lin Xi: "Congratulations, you won almost 15."

"This...you're not joking?" Lin Xi couldn't believe her ears, the ending made her feel a little too smooth.

"Go over and have a look. This stone is full of green and has a high value." Jin Yuze leaned closer to her ear: "But we won't make a second cut, and the second cut is likely to lose."

Lin Xi looked back, a little puzzled: "Why, this color is so good, I just heard from the boss that if there are still below, I can win 20 yuan!"

"Now you are quite courageous, accept it when you see a deal, this is what I always do with stone gambling." Jin Yuze smiled at her: "Let's go, take the money, and treat the guests to dinner."

"Must." Lin Xi reluctantly watched the stone being taken away by the person who bought the jade, and still felt a little unbelievable, but just a few seconds ago, she made a profit of 15.It wasn't until she came to the restaurant that she was still a little dazed. Looking at the 15 reminder on her mobile phone, she felt a little more real.

Jin Yuze had already ordered steak and red wine, reminding Lin Xi to eat quickly.

A Nanning family's very distinctive pepper steak is fresh and moist, and it looks delicious. Unfortunately, Lin Xi doesn't have much appetite at all, so she took a sip of red wine.

The red wine has a rich taste and strong stamina, much better than the discounted red wine in the supermarket. Lin Xi grew up with small meals and earns tuition and living expenses by himself since college. He knows that life is not easy, and it is always difficult to adapt to expensive consumption.But at the same time, Lin Xi knew that people like Jin Yuze who pursued the quality of life would not buy low-priced red wine, so she didn't hesitate to thank him at the moment. On the contrary, Lin Xi felt that if Jin Yuze could spend more, she would be able to get the money. Be down-to-earth.

"What's the matter, are you not satisfied with the bottle of Lafite I ordered?" Jin Yuze tapped on the table and picked up the red wine. The red liquid shook gently with the edge of the glass, giving off an intoxicating aura.

"No dissatisfaction, just give me your card number, and I will transfer 5 to you."

Jin Yuze couldn't help laughing out loud: "When I asked the boss to send you the money, 5 has already been deducted."

"This..." Lin Xi suddenly felt very embarrassed, "Aren't I an empty-handed white wolf, no no no, we have to settle the score."

Jin Yuze didn't care, smiled slightly, and put the red wine glass on the table: "I'll take you to the jadeite processing factory tomorrow, and let you learn the production process."

Lin Xi's eyes lit up when she heard this, it seemed to attract her more than winning money from betting on stones.

"Bringing you to Guangxi this time is to let you learn more things, so that if you do jade business in the future, you can start faster."

"Thank you...but what is your purpose? I don't think you just brought me here to study." Lin Xi is not a fool, so he naturally understands that people like Jin Yuze will never help her without asking for anything in return. It's that simple for an outsider to get started.What's more, the relationship between him and Su Mingyu is so tense now, there is absolutely no need for him to spare this effort to deal with her.

Jin Yuze took another sip from the wine glass, and his thin lips looked extraordinarily charming because of the red liquid.

"You are still doubting me. In fact, I just want to take you out to see the outside world, instead of just guarding your little booth and your little world. Because you already have the potential to go to the next level, I don't want to just bury your talent like this." Jin Yuze said as he cut off a piece of steak, put it on the plate in front of Lin Xi with a fork, "Your patience for antiques determines that you can become an excellent talent in Antique Street, The goods on your storefront, the second-hand goods you collected, and the wood carving beads you chose are all unique, if you can exercise a lot, you will definitely be able to make some achievements in this line of work. Do you understand what I mean?"

Lin Xi nodded and smiled gratefully: "Thank you for your approval. I have been studying hard. Give me some time, and I will try to understand you better. At least I will try to treat you as a friend first."

Jin Yuze was a little disappointed. He didn't know until now that in Lin Xi's heart, he wasn't even considered a friend.

This strange feeling made him a little astonished, he never thought that he would value Lin Xi's opinion of him so much.

Could it be that besides being overly interested in Lin Xi as Tang Xin said, he actually started to care about Lin Xi?

Jin Yuze frowned, and shook off the messy thoughts in his mind, but his gaze still fell on Lin Xi.

In the western restaurant, Lin Xi stopped talking and quietly cut the steak on the dinner plate with a knife and fork.Today she is dressed very casually, in a casual suit, and her backpack is put aside casually. She doesn't pay attention to her image at all, she doesn't see Jin Yuze in her eyes at all, she doesn't dress herself up deliberately, and her eating posture is not at all. He didn't twitch, and even his eyes didn't fall on him for a moment.

(End of this chapter)