Global Treasure Hunting: From Penniless to Billionaire

Chapter 21 Stone Betting Again

Ruili has been an important town for jadeite trade with Myanmar since ancient times.

Today, it is the largest distribution center for emeralds and jades on the border. About 6000 tons of wool are imported from Myanmar to Ruili every year.

A one-stop industrial chain of raw materials, processing, wholesale and retail has been formed, attracting businessmen from dozens of countries in the world to engage in the jewelry and jade industry here.

When Zhao An drove the car to downtown Ruili, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon. Various jadeite advertisements at the intersection reminded passing vehicles that this is the emerald capital with distinctive features.

Following the guidance of the billboard, Zhao An drove to a relatively large jadeite wholesale market. There were finished and semi-finished products in the market, and of course there were unresolved rough stones.

As soon as I got out of the car, I saw Zhao An driving a luxurious Escalade, and one after another, brokers rushed up and asked if they wanted something good.

They all hold emerald objects of various styles in their hands, and the greenness is very gratifying.

When you ask for the price, they will tell you, "Look at your good looks, if you give me 80 yuan, the item will be yours, which makes people feel 'upright'."

But this thing, as long as people with online IQ will not want it,

Zhao An put his real eyes in and took a look, all of them were garbage worth only a few tens of dollars, and some of them were fakes made of glass.

The jadeite articles placed on the counters in the market are of a much higher grade, but the price tag is also much higher, which is many times higher than the actual value.

But no matter if it was the junk in the hands of the broker or the finished product in the counter, it was not what Zhao An wanted.

If you want to make a lot of money and find real good jadeite, you still have to bet on rough jadeite.

Compared with the price of the finished product, the price of the rough stone is not much worse.

Ignoring the solicitation of various brokers, Zhao An went straight to the rough stone trading area a few rows behind.

Seeing that the wooing didn't work, the brokers also dispersed to find the next target.

There was only one middleman who looked to be in his twenties, with a greasy face and a little fat, ran a few steps to catch up with Zhao An, and panting, he stopped Zhao An and said, "Brother, wait a minute."

Zhao An turned around and said with a sneer, "Why don't you give up? The goods in your hand have deceived others, but not me."

The broker smiled and said: "I know that my brother is a discerning person, so I won't make a fool of myself with this little thing.

See what Big Brother means, do you want to bet on rough stones? "As he said, he put the things in his hands into the small satchel on his back.

Seeing Zhao An nodding his head slightly, the broker said enthusiastically: "My name is Wei Xiang. I have been hanging out in this area since I was a child, and I can get acquainted with the bosses of all walks of life.

How about I show you a way, and if your brother is in a good mood, just give me some money for hard work. "

Zhao An was a little speechless about this guy's familiarity, but he really needed a guide,

He himself is a novice, and he doesn't know anything about the market and human relations. It would be safer to have Wei Xiang who is familiar with the market to act as a lubricant than to rush to buy rough stones.

Thinking of this, Zhao An sized up Wei Xiang, then nodded and said, "Then lead the way, as long as I buy a satisfactory rough emerald stone, the benefits will definitely be yours."

Seeing that Zhao An was not a fuel-efficient lamp, Wei Xiang didn't deal with those foolish people anymore, and led the way straight ahead.

At the same time, he said to Zhao An: "Come here, come this way,

Brother Wang is also a sensible person, and I won't spend that much effort to trick you. "

It sounded like the truth, Zhao An wasn't afraid of being tricked, and with a real eye, no secret tricks would be of any use in Zhao An's eyes.

As long as you don't pay out, who can rob it, right?

He led Zhao An through several rows of sheds, and came to a shed full of rough stones. Wei Xiang greeted the boss as soon as he arrived, obviously he knew him.

The boss gave cigarettes to the two of them politely, Wei Xiang took it with a smile, Zhao An declined and said no.

When the boss heard that Zhao An needed to buy rough jadeite, he asked, "How many tons do you want to buy?"

Zhao An was stunned, and thought: So the wholesaler meant to buy by ton by ton, not to sell individually.

This stumped Zhao An. I didn't have such a big car to buy this ton by ton.

So Zhao An tentatively asked, "How much is a ton?"

Pointing to the rough stone in the shed, the boss said: "The 2000 a ton here, the 2500 a ton was ordered in the past, and the 3000 a ton was ordered over there.

More than ten tons can give you 200 yuan cheaper per ton. "

Zhao Anxin said, "Boss, how about this, I'll pick a few pieces at random, and I'll give you two thousand for every piece I pick, how about it?"

The boss thought that the business was done well, so he agreed.

Zhao An inserted his real eyes and picked among the hill-like raw jade stones.

In the eyes of the real eye, most of these rough stones are waste, and only a few of them are in stock.

In the end, Zhao An picked 3 rough stones with emeralds in them, and a piece of scrap with nothing, to confuse the public.

According to Zhenyan's valuation, each of these rough stones can barely be worth 30 million yuan.

The overall quality is like that, nothing is better than nothing...

After paying the boss 8000 yuan, Wei Xiang found a flatbed cart, put four rough stones on it, and consciously pushed the cart and followed Zhao An out.

The doubts in my heart are not just a little bit.

Seeing that Zhao An's speaking style is like an old Jianghu, and he is also seasoned in his work, but he is very casual in picking a rough stone,

I bought 8000 rough stones for 4 yuan, anyway, Wei Xiang couldn't see anything, and there was no trace at all.

But how could Zhao An explain so much to him, as long as the rough stone he picked could be produced and sold at a good price.

As he walked, Zhao An observed the rough stones in the entire market with his real eyes.

But to be honest, the quality of rough stones in this market is just that. Most of the stones are gray and there is no emerald at all.

Or there is just a point on the corner, and the color band has not gone in at all, but if the owner wipes out the corner and just shows a colored point, the value of this stone will undoubtedly be doubled.

But this kind of stone would not even kill Zhao An.

Seeing Zhao An's dissatisfied expression, Wei Xiang smiled and said, "The boss doesn't seem very satisfied? Is the stone here not good?"

Zhao An nodded: "It's really not in my eyes, I think it's better to forget it, I'll go back and find a place to look."

There are indeed disappointments, but Zhao An's interest in the stone gambling business has not diminished by half. He still wants to gamble a big fortune, the kind that makes him rich overnight.

Wei Xiang said: "This is also normal. Ruili's gambling stones are divided into night market and morning market, not here, especially the night market. The situation there is much more lively, and there are more high-quality rough stones and half gambling stones than here. There are many."

Zhao An was surprised and said, "Oh, then I have to see it."

Among Ruili's hooded gambling stone trading markets, Jiegao Morning Market and Delong Night Market are the most popular.

In the evening, Wei Xiang took Zhao An to walk in the night market on Delong Street.

There are crowds of people here, and there are sellers of large and small stones along the street.

After an afternoon of understanding, Wei Xiang also had a basic understanding of Zhao An. He introduced to Zhao An: "Mr. Zhao, these are all jade diggers from Myanmar. Of course, there are also sellers from domestic organizations, and the quality is definitely much better than that in the market this morning.”

Zhao An switched his field of view and looked at it, and it was indeed so.

In terms of probability, the stones here are not a little bit better than those in the morning market, and even the quality of the jadeite in the stones is much higher.

Wei Xiang also said that these unfunded jade diggers in Myanmar are also called Ye Muxi. They have been digging jade for decades, and their vision is quite unique. strange.

Zhao An walked along the street, asking the owner of the goods from time to time, and occasionally picked up a stone to pretend to observe, but he didn't start immediately, most of them were observations, and maybe he didn't find a better target.

Finally, it is concluded that the stones here range from dozens to hundreds of thousands, and most of them are in kilograms and low-value rough stones...

At the beginning of the night, the bustling stone gambling market is really dark. Experts or enthusiasts will use flashlights to find their targets.

This market does not seem to like too bright lights, because under the dark light, it is easier to distinguish the quality of jade.

Suddenly, Zhao An's eyes lit up.

On a rough stone booth not far ahead, a stone weighing seven to eight catties attracted Zhao An's attention.

It was a roughly triangular cone-shaped stone, and the whole was earthy yellow in the weak light of the night. Zhao An walked over and pretended to look at the other stones on the booth, then squatted down, and rummaged through the booth to pick them up.

From time to time, I picked a piece up, took the flashlight I carried with me, and smashed it on the stone, looking at it in a decent way.

The owner of the goods was a long-haired girl in her twenties, and there was a sign for free stone cutting behind her. She didn't care about Zhao An's actions. Not all the guests here and there do it like this... .

Zhao An picked up a small blue stone, looked at it and asked, "How did you sell this one?"

The girl put down the mobile phone in her hand and said calmly: "This one belongs to Moxisha, 3 kilograms."

This stone is not very big, it weighs more than one catty, but Zhao An knows that there is only a little green on the corner of this stone, and this green is basically trapped on the corner. There is simply no access to more space inside.

The appraisal given by the Eye of True Sight is: Moxisha rough jadeite, weighing 0.7 kg, containing high-ice jadeite, with an estimated price of 7 RMB.

If you buy more than 2 yuan, you can still earn 5 yuan.

Zhao An immediately made a decision and said, "Just this one!"

After spending 2 yuan to buy this stone, Zhao An handed it to Wei Xiang, and finally picked up the yellow rough stone casually and said, "This one, how did you sell it?"

As soon as Zhao An picked it up, the little stall owner smiled cheerfully: "This one, this one is amazing, this is a million-level good stone."

"This stone may not look small, but it is of high quality..."

Zhao An remained calm, and was indeed a little surprised in his heart. It seems that the surface of the rough stone can indeed reflect a lot of things. Some experienced people can completely judge the rough stone by the surface, sand, and light. Still very high.

The identification given by the Eye of True Sight is: Moxisha jadeite rough, origin Moxi Shachangkou, weighing 3.8 kg, containing glass-type jadeite, with an estimated price of 2000 million RMB.

This stone is worth 2000 million yuan, although it is small, it is worth a lot, so Zhao An is determined to get this stone.

He raised his head and asked, "Give me a real price, I'll really buy it!"

The little girl said: "I have sold this stone for more than a year, and no less than a thousand people have seen it, and they have never said that this stone is bad."

"If you want to sell it sincerely, I will give you 40 a kilogram!"

"Hi~!"

The tone was really not small, Zhao An gasped when he heard it, and Wei Xiang was also terrified to see behind Zhao An, such a big stone is worth more than 100 million?

Zhao An frowned, weighed the weight of the stone again, and said, "It's too expensive, you don't have such a price..."

The girl chuckled lightly and said, "What is this? This street is full of people who gamble on emeralds. It is not uncommon for people to get rich overnight. Betting on stones is nothing new."

Zhao An tried to talk about the price again: "I don't care too much with you, the price is 100 million, how about it?"

If it is based on 40 per kilogram, Zhao An would need more than 150 million to get the stone.

But Zhao An bid 100 million, the little girl was a little surprised, she grinned and said: "The minimum is 120 million, if you agree, we will make a deal."

Zhao An looked around calmly, and saw that there were still people coming and going, but their attention was focused on the stones placed along the street.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's do what you said, deal!"

After transferring the money, Zhao An threw the stone into a snakeskin bag, pretended to stroll around the market for a while, and finally left the market as if nothing had happened.

"Is there a stone cutting place near here?" Zhao An asked Wei Xiang.

Wei Xiang replied: "Yes, Ruili is known as the capital of emeralds, and there are eight hundred workshops that can cut stones, if not one thousand, how about I introduce one to the boss?"

Zhao An originally wanted to ask Wei Xiang to help introduce him, but after thinking about it, he dismissed the idea.

I am not familiar with this place, and there are more than 2000 million stones, so I dare not gamble.

He said: "Not for the time being, I will find a way to open it later."

In the end, he gave Wei Xiang 3000 yuan as travel expenses, and he returned to the hotel where he stayed in the afternoon with the snakeskin bag on his shoulders.

Put all the leaving stones harvested today into bags, and then throw them all under the bed.

Chapter 22 Industry Secrets

The next morning, Zhao An woke up and found the business card that Ai Qingrou had given her to make a call.

"Oh, Mr. Zhao, it's been a long time..."

Zhao An coughed lightly and said, "I bought a stone at the night market in Ruili yesterday, but I haven't cut it yet. Can you help me find a place where it's convenient and safe to cut the stone?"

Ai Qingrou gasped in surprise at first, then laughed and said, "I was also at Delong Night Market last night, why didn't I meet Mr. Zhao?"

She was there last night?Good guy, it can't be such a coincidence...

Zhao An replied: "Then who knows, maybe I left early and didn't have a chance to meet Mr. Ai face to face."

Ai Qingrou didn't get too entangled in this aspect, and instead answered Zhao An's previous question: "Our company has a stone cutting workshop in Ruili, with all kinds of cutting tools. If Mr. Zhao is trustworthy, you can come to us. Come and cut."

After a pause, Ai Qingrou seemed to realize something, and then said: "No, Mr. Zhao still give me an address, and I will come pick you up in person."

Zhao An wanted to refuse: "How about this, you should give me the address, and I can go there by myself..."

But Ai Qingrou said in an irresistible tone: "That's it, the address...where is it?"