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Chapter 126 0125 Jade Must Be Carved to Be Useful (Seeking Subscriptions)

Before Master Li's eyes could take in all the shocking details hidden within the president's office, Chen Jue had already instructed an iron golem to bring over the large, lychee-shaped jadeite boulder.

Of course, upon seeing the white and green jadeite material, both Shi Xinlong and Master Li couldn't help but stand up.

"It's so beautiful! This material!"

"It's even more beautiful than it looked in the video!"

Shi Xinlong circled the material, holding a professional flashlight to examine its details.

Master Li on the side was also observing with a flashlight, and finally, following the纹路 (wén lù - grain/纹理), he pointed to the green area in the upper half of the spherical material and said, "President Shi, President Chen! This area is a full bean green color band! It's very suitable for carving."

As he spoke, Master Li took out his phone and showed Chen Jue several of his past award-winning jade carving works.

As the saying goes, jade must be carved to be useful.

Before being finely carved and chiseled, this spherical jadeite material was only slightly better than ordinary stones in Chen Jue's eyes.

Especially since unpolished jade materials all have a kind of frosted, rough texture.

However, after seeing the finished jade carving works in the photos, Chen Jue immediately showed a hint of interest: "Are these white and green speckled bean-type jadeites all used to carve cabbages?"

Shi Xinlong explained from the side: "Brother Chen, your material is most suitable for carving cabbage! Cabbage symbolizes 'hundreds of fortunes,' which is a timeless jade carving theme. From ancient times to the present, it has been the most popular in jade carving art, more down-to-earth than those carved Buddhas and Bodhisattvas."

"What's more, the price of vegetables has been rising so fiercely recently, it's been trending on social media several times. Placing a jadeite cabbage in the store can also ward off bad luck."

(National Treasure: Jadeite Cabbage)

Chen Jue's heart stirred after seeing it.

He himself started his career by farming and selling vegetables, so he cares about the price of vegetables more than anyone else.

He had also frequently seen the soaring vegetable prices trending on the internet, as mentioned by Shi Xinlong.

Because of the flooding in various places in July, major vegetable farmers and vegetable planting parks were affected, impacting the production of cabbage and Shanghai greens in various places.

This caused the hard-pressed workers to constantly complain online: "Wages don't rise, but vegetable prices rise every day!"

In this way, this first jadeite material dug from Myanmar is truly destined for him.

"If such a large piece is carved into a finished jadeite cabbage, how long would it take?" Chen Jue's eyes rolled, and he began to feel a little reluctant to sell it.

It just so happened that the president's office seemed a bit empty, so carving a cabbage to display for his own enjoyment would be good too.

If not, when Old Nong's 'Cubic Agriculture Technology Company' is established, using this jadeite cabbage ornament as a feng shui item for the company's entrance would also be suitable.

As for cashing it out, with Chen Jue's current daily cash flow of over 50 million from soybeans, it was really insignificant.

At this time, Master Li began to introduce: "President Chen, your material weighs at least a thousand catties. If ordinary workers carve it quickly, it will take at least 3 months. If you hire a master-level carver, you'll have to wait at least one or two years before it's finished."

"So slow?" Chen Jue frowned upon hearing this.

Shi Xinlong laughed and said: "Brother Chen, this is called slow work produces fine craftsmanship! Many good jade carving works require a long time to conceive and compose before the master starts carving. Your material is so large, the time required to carve a top-quality piece will definitely not be short."

The implication of this boss of Xinlong Jewelry was that young people like Chen Jue are impatient and can't wait for such a long carving time.

If it really doesn't work, he can cede this material to him, and the price is negotiable.

"Then Brother Shi, what do you think my material is worth?" Chen Jue asked curiously.

This was the first piece of jadeite he had dug from the ground in Myanmar.

Although the location where this material was dug had not yet reached a true high-quality mining area, Chen Jue would not be stingy to sell it if it could be sold at a certain high price.

After all, with MC's [Pickaxe]'s rapid excavation ability and the tireless work efficiency of the iron golems, Chen Jue was confident that he could definitely find more similar or even higher-quality materials back.

Seeing Chen Jue take the initiative to ask for a price, Shi Xinlong thought for a while and reported truthfully: "A few years ago, when the overall environment was good, the valuation given by the collectors would be higher. Now... this kind of ornament material is worth at most four or five thousand yuan per catty."

As soon as Chen Jue heard the price, he immediately had an iron golem bring over a high-precision electronic scale from downstairs.

Upon weighing it, the entire bean-type jadeite weighed 1326.45 kilograms, nearly 1 ton.

Compared to the rough material with skin when it was first unearthed, the weight was at least half less.

"Roughly less than 10 million yuan?"

Chen Jue pressed the calculator and felt that the price was too low and there was no need to sell it.

"About the same! I can give you this price at most. If it were glutinous type, with more green, the price could be even higher." Shi Xinlong nodded. Seeing Chen Jue was thinking, he didn't say anything more.

......

After about a few minutes, Chen Jue decided not to sell the material anymore.

He planned to keep it and carve it himself, making it a commemorative collection.

After all, with his current situation of earning gold every day, he didn't care about the 10 million or so in cash.

Instead of selling it for cash, it's better to keep it and carefully carve it into his favorite jadeite cabbage.

"Since Brother Chen is unwilling to part with it, I won't force it. However, for such material, Brother Chen should find a professional master craftsman. There are several masters in the country who specialize in carving cabbage, and I can help introduce you." Seeing that he was going home empty-handed, Shi Xinlong was not annoyed by this trip.

After all, it is rare to encounter such a young boss with strong strength. Making more friends and getting closer will also help his future business.

"Then I'll trouble Brother Shi to recommend one for me! If my clients have such materials to pay off debts in the future, I will definitely contact Brother Shi you as soon as possible." Chen Jue smiled politely.

Before getting up to send these two industry insiders from the jewelry circle away, Chen Jue also specially took two small gift boxes made of Phoebe zhennan wood from the collection display rack in his office as souvenirs.

These gift boxes contained either Phoebe zhennan wood bracelets or hand-held pieces such as worry stones and shoehorns.

He had processed a batch of wood in the warehouse and it was very suitable to take out and give away.

"There will be such big materials in the future?"

Shi Xinlong was stunned when he heard this.

Looking at the dazzling gift box in his hand, he immediately realized that he had underestimated this young President Chen.

Since people can use such good Phoebe zhennan wood materials to pay off debts, can't they use jade to pay off debts?

In this way, Shi Xinlong imagined that Chen Jue was very likely to have connections with the jade producing areas in Myanmar, which overlap with the Phoebe zhennan producing areas.

And it's the kind with extremely crude connections!

Otherwise, how could he come up with such a material that has never appeared in the jadeite public market?

Even in the entire high-end jadeite circle, no one has ever heard of such a beautiful ornament material.

Because the circulation market for high-end jade is very small, and there are few people mixed in it. Basically, everyone knows which material each family has.

After all, the jadeite public market for jade transactions is only held 2 to 4 times a year. As long as jade materials worth tens of millions appear, there will be rumors flying everywhere!

Only the collections hoarded by those Myanmar warlords cannot be known to outsiders.

Thinking of this, Shi Xinlong became more and more terrified.

To be able to deal with the warlords over there, how crude must this path be?

"It seems that I have to interact more with this Brother Chen in the future."

"Look at how people do business, how generous! Solid wood hand-held pieces of Phoebe zhennan wood worth thousands or tens of thousands on the market are given away casually. With our Xinlong Jewelry's little energy, it is estimated that we are not worthy of carrying shoes in front of others." After making up Chen Jue's background, Shi Xinlong got in the car with the souvenir.

Before leaving, he did not forget to look back at the Cube Factory standing at the estuary.

He felt that he had really opened his eyes on this trip!

As for Chen Jue, after sending off Boss Shi, he immediately threw the jadeite in his hand to an iron golem in the workshop.

Then he opened his status bar and glanced at the densely packed [Skin Library].

Sure enough, a brand new [Jade Carving Master: Level 1 / Senior Technician] professional skin has been automatically updated at this moment.

Today's first update ~