Global Treasure Hunting: From Penniless to Billionaire

The fat boss smiled and said, "Shuzhou people, how are you doing? Is there a stone in your picture?"

Li Zhiyuan said: "That's all, how much?"

The fat boss smiled and said, "If you like it, you can give me 1 yuan. This stone has thick skin and water, so it should be able to produce good material."

Li Zhiyuan took out her black card and wanted to pay, but Zhao An quickly stopped her and said to the boss, "What about this one."

What Zhao An said was that there was a slightly larger piece of leather next to it with a yellowish shell and a few strands of pine flower belts.

In fact, from the perspective of real eyes, the piece Li Zhiyuan picked is a piece of shit that has nothing at all, with nothing but a good-looking appearance and no valuable connotation.

As for the piece Zhao An picked, there is a large lump of oily yellow jadeite inside it in the field of vision, and Zhenyan’s introduction to it is as follows: Pagan Damakan water material is produced from Pagan Wulu River. Makan pit mouth, weighing 8.8 kg, containing yellow jadeite core, jade core weight 2.1 kg, jade core transparency 4.6, unprocessed estimated value of 120 million yuan.

The fat boss said: "This piece, this piece must cost at least 10 yuan."

Zhao An said: "10 together, how about it."

"Alright." The fat boss nodded in agreement.

Only then did Li Zhiyuan pay the money, each carried a stone, and went out.

The next store is where Zhao An found the imperial green jade. This is a well-decorated boutique. An old man with gray hair is sitting on a wicker chair and drinking tea leisurely. Let Zhao An and the others watch at will.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, hey, Zhao An is just a good guy.

During the investigation just now, I only paid attention to the glass and imperial green jadeites, but I didn't notice that there are all kinds of high-quality and high-value rough jadeites everywhere in this store, all of which are head coverings without windows.

For example, on the shelf on the left, the first piece on the lower floor is a top-quality yellow fei. Although there is no window, the thin leather shell can no longer hide the water head inside. This is a typical Damakan water stone. Fei and Hongfei are famous.

Damakan water stones are generally not very big, but this rough stone is about the size of a washbasin, and the real eye gave it a valuation of 1800 million yuan.

There is also a middle position, near the rear, a stone the size of a basket, in the real eye's field of vision, it turns out to be a dreamlike violet emerald, and the real eye's estimated value for it is 1.8 million yuan.

Of course, the most important thing is the piece of imperial green jadeite in the middle, just the pine flowers on the skin, presenting a kind of artistic beauty, like surging waves, ingenious and majestic.

Zhao Anxin said, this store is probably not as simple as it appears on the surface.

Not long after, a young man in his twenties came out from the room, greeted Zhao An warmly and said, "What do you want to see, is there anything you like?"

Zhao An pointed to a piece of azure rough stone and asked, "How did you sell this one?"

Before the young man could speak, the old man spoke first: "1200 million. If there is less, we won't sell it."

Damn, this old man is amazing. The price he quoted is not much different from the price estimated by Zhenyan. If you buy it, you can make a profit of 200 million, but this is completely inconsistent with the original intention of gambling with stones.

Zhao An didn't believe in evil, and pointed to another piece of rough stone, which was estimated at 1000 million by real eyes, and asked, "What about this one?"

"650 million?" the old man said unhurriedly.

The young man said anxiously: "Grandpa, why are you still like this? The price is sky-high. It hasn't been opened for half a year."

The old man took a sip of tea and said lightly: "What are you in a hurry for? The money I left for you is enough for your grandson to spend in your next life.

Young people are always impatient. This business has been closed for three years, and it has been open for three years.What's more, many mines in Pagan are being closed one after another.

Jade and even rough stones will be even more scarce. If the military is still fighting in various hills, and the Kachin army needs a lot of money to arm themselves, the price of jade may have increased by [-]%. "

This old man is a sensible man, and he seems to be a man who is not short of money. Zhao An was furious in his heart. He usually likes to be clever, but he couldn't think of a way to buy the one in the middle. Rough stone of imperial green jadeite.

Now that they are all placed in the middle, the old man must have figured it out in his heart. Zhao An looked at the rough stone again. This stone looks amazing on the surface, very hard, with a bluish-white skin covered with pine flowers.

Then look at the introduction of Zhenyan in the field of vision: Pagan Mona seed material, weighing 58.8 kg, containing imperial green jadeite jade core, jade core weight 23.3 kg, jade core transparency 6.6, the best in imperial green jadeite, not yet Processing is estimated at 12 billion yuan.

Zhao An felt that if he asked the price, the old man dared to ask for 10 billion, so the situation remained deadlocked.

At this moment, Ai Qingrou and others who were wandering in the market also came to this store.

Ai Qingrou looked at the old man, hesitated for a while, and then said in an uncertain tone: "Master Li?"

The old man looked at Ai Qingrou intently, hesitated, and said in an uncertain tone: "You are, yes, Ai..."

Ai Qingrou heard him say the word 'Ai', and she confirmed the answer in her heart. She trotted forward and said to the old man: "Ai Qingrou, Master, you gave me my name. Why haven't you seen me for more than ten years? Just forget about it."

Only then did the old man burst out laughing, and said, "Well, since we left Pagan more than ten years ago, I haven't seen you father and daughter again. In a blink of an eye, you have grown into a big girl, daughter, your father Woolen cloth?"

Ai Qingju said: "My father was ill a few years ago, and he just got better recently. I also started to try to start a business. Didn't I find you, Master?"

The old man laughed and said: "I see you, just like your father, as long as I have good things here, I will always beg for them. Tell me, which one do you like."

Ai Qing subdued Zhao An's gaze, pointed at the bluish-white material, and said, "That's it!"

The old man looked calm and said, "One billion, you take it away."

Chapter 108

10 billion!

Ai Qingrou said coquettishly: "Oh, master, you just said that it is 10 billion, how can I counter the price!"

The old man laughed and said, "Just kidding, but at least you'll give 5 million. This stone has been here for many years. Countless people have seen it, and there is nothing wrong with it. Master will rely on this stone for his retirement." .”

Ai Qingrou said with a smile: "Since Master is optimistic about it, why hasn't it been cut after so many years?"

The old man chuckled: "In the first few years I still had the idea of ​​cutting, but I never dared to do it. Now, maybe the older the world is, the less courageous I am, the less I dare to do it."

Ai Qingrou looked helplessly at Zhao An,

Zhao An bit the bullet and said: "Old man, this rock of yours is good or bad, it doesn't matter, but you don't cut it yourself,

Another sky-high price was set that no one dared to buy, causing the pearl to be dusty. For good things, he should be allowed to cash out his value instead of leaving it here to be ashes. "

The old man's eyes were playful: "What you said makes sense, so how much are you willing to bid?"

Zhao An thought about it, and said firmly: "At most [-] million, any more, the risk is unbearable."

The old man twitched his lips and said with a sneer: "Over the years, countless people have come to see this stone, and their eloquence is much better than yours, and they have seen many tricks and tactics.

But I'm still sitting on the Diaoyutai, I just don't sell it. Your little trick is left over from other people's play. With me, if you want to catch the leak, I'm afraid you are thinking too much. "

Since getting the real eye, Zhao An has never encountered such a difficult opponent. All his methods have been seen through, and even the condition of the original stone is well known by the opponent. He is also a master of money, so there is no room for manipulation. .

But this piece of material is so good that people can't stop it. Honestly, it's not reconciled to spend [-] million to buy it, and this will make Ai Qingrou's cost more, and the room for profit will be smaller.

For a while, everyone fell into an embarrassing situation, in a dilemma.

Seeing that the negotiations had reached an impasse, the young man on the side smiled and said, "Grandpa, it's just a stone anyway. I'm tired of looking at it if it's been here for more than ten years. It's better to exchange it for money."

The old man scolded angrily: "What's the matter with you here, when it's your turn to talk, get out of here, and see the money-minded bastard."

The young man stood with a resentful expression on his face, not daring to speak.

Ai Qingrou smiled and said: "Master, what brother said makes sense, it's just a stone anyway, for the sake of friendship for many years, why don't you give me a little profit and let me show you a good boy?"

Pointing at the young man, the old man sighed and said, "Oh, thanks to my fame in my life, why did I end up with a grandson like you? If your parents hadn't died early, I wouldn't bother to care about you. You said you, besides knowing prodigal, also What can you do?"

Then he said earnestly: "Why don't you understand, my old man can live for a few more days, what do you need so much money for? This stone is the last escape route I can leave for you!"

The young man said dissatisfiedly: "What's the way forward? I'll follow you. In this shabby place, one litter lasts for more than ten years. Do you know how I've lived these years?"

The old man said: "You are rich and well-clothed every day, and you are angry with fresh clothes, and you still feel dissatisfied? Then what else do you want?"

The young man responded: "Brilliant clothes and fine food, fresh clothes and angry horses, these are all imposed on me, do I want this?

When can I have my own thoughts, is it because I want to hang around here all day to sell stones?Is it because I want to live such a monotonous life day after day?

You ask me what I want, I don’t think about anything else, I just want to be the master, even if in your eyes, it is a loss-making business! "

The old man was stunned. He didn't expect that his grandson, who was dependent on each other and loved him so much, would have such an idea. He said with a lonely expression:

"Grandpa was wrong. I restrained you. I only knew to give you material needs and ignored your inner thoughts.

Forget it, money is not everything, and it will come back when all the money is gone, but grandson, you are the only one, grandpa will let you be the master today,

I’ve looked at this stone for decades, and it’s unmistakably top-quality jadeite. You saw it last month. Someone offered 4 million yuan, but I didn’t sell it.

Grandpa will leave it to you today, you can sell it however you want, I will never say a word, as long as you don't resent me in your heart, just treat it as compensation for my neglect of discipline all these years, that's great. "

The young man showed ecstasy and said, "Really?"

The old man nodded, smiled and said: "Really! But I declare in advance that this stone, how much money you sell, is yours.

If you sell one billion, I won't ask you for half a cent, and if you sell one, I won't subsidize you. "

"That's good," the young man straightened his collar, smiled and said to Zhao An and the others: "Guests, what do you want to buy?"

Damn, this character entered too quickly.

Zhao An refused to cooperate and said, "Just take a look!"

The young man continued: "Why don't you take a look at this stone? This is a seed material from Mona, Myanmar. The green sand skin is covered with a thick white mist. It is a treasure in our store for more than ten years. .”

This guy is also a good showman, Zhao An said with a smile: "Then how did you sell it?"

The young man smiled slyly and said, "One billion!"

Amy said anxiously: "Didn't you just say that you want to sell it cheap?"

The young man smiled and said, "I didn't say that just now? I just wanted to be the master, and I didn't say that I wanted to sell it cheaply. What I said just now was that it's just a stone anyway. It's better to exchange it for money. That's it." Are you right?"

It makes sense, it seems that if you don't cooperate with this guy today, it will be impossible.

Zhao An counter-offered: "Boss, I can only pay [-] million yuan, any more, it's not what we can afford."

The young man smiled and said, "There is no counter-offer like you. You know, last year someone offered [-] million and I didn't sell it."

This is talking nonsense with your eyes open. Just now, old man Li offered Ai Qingrou [-] million yuan.

But you still have to follow him.

Zhao An said with a smile: "I like this stone very much, but the price of yours, boss, is still open to discussion. How about this, you can spend less."

The young man said: "At least five hundred million is yours, and there can be no less."

Damn, crazy.

Zhao An smiled and said, "I'll give you [-] million at most. If you don't sell it, I'll turn around and leave."

The young man looked embarrassed and said, "Why don't you add some more?"

Zhao An turned around and wanted to leave. If there are more words, I'm too lazy to act with you.

The young man grabbed Zhao An and said, "If it is sold, I will pay the price you said."

Zhao An asked Ai Qingrou to pay, and finally got the stone in his pocket.

Although it failed to achieve the effect of picking up leaks at a low price, but 3 million yuan can be won, and the rough stone worth more than one billion yuan is still a big profit.

Chapter 109

The deal was concluded, and the top-quality jade was bought with a lot of money. The young man moved some stools, and Ai Qingrou accompanied Old Man Li to reminisce about the old days: "Master, the domestic environment is so good now, why don't you consider returning to China?"

Old man Li chuckled and said: "The big hermit hides in the court, and the little hermit hides in the city. I have lived in seclusion in this place for decades. Apart from being tired of the messy disputes, it is because I like jade so much.

I have been fascinated by this thing since I was a child, and later I couldn't put it down, and then I couldn't extricate myself. Now, I am old and don't want to move.

I just want to guard the stones I have collected half my life, and look at them when I have nothing to do. I feel very at ease and satisfied in my heart. "

Zhao An couldn't help complaining in his heart: This is vulgar taste, and it's still not pure.

Ai Qingju said: "In this case, why don't I find someone to install all these stones for you, and build a rough stone museum and exhibition hall for you in Shencheng, every now and then, you can also ask my father to come over to accompany you, how about it?"

The young man nodded repeatedly and said: "Okay, okay, I heard that Shencheng is the most prosperous city in China, and it is also called Magic City. I have long wanted to go."

Old man Li glared at him, then smiled at Ai Qingrou and said, "You little clever ghost, you are probably thinking about my house of stones."

Ai Qingrou who was exposed was not embarrassed, she smiled and said: "Master, can there be any bad things about the stones you collected? What's more, if the fat and water don't flow to outsiders, whoever you sell is not selling, why not sell it to me, let me To maximize their value, how about."

The old man straightened his face and said, "It's not that good. I'm afraid that if I go, in a few days, the stones in my house will be finished by your father and daughter."

Ai Qingrou smiled and said: "Master, you're thinking about it now, my father hasn't played with stones for several years, and ah, in my warehouse, there are all kinds of jadeite piled up like a mountain, even emperor green and emerald. There are quite a few dollars."

What she said is indeed true, but since she left Ai's house, the Emerald Warehouse is no longer under her control. It's just that what she said is her house, and it makes sense in theory. As long as the old man is tricked back, everything else will be fine. easy to say.

Old man Li smiled and said: "You are making a big joke, you think the imperial green is Chinese cabbage, and it is worth a few bucks!"

Zhao An interjected: "Old man, it is indeed true. Last month, at the Super Jadeite Expo in Shencheng, Mr. Ai exhibited seven or eight pieces of emerald green jadeite and seven or eight pieces of emerald green jadeite. Don't you watch the news?"

Old man Li still didn't believe it, and asked Ai Qingju again: "Really?"

Ai Qingrou spoke conclusively: "Really, it's more real than real gold."

Old man Li said again: "I have to call Ai Zhiyuan to confirm."

Ai Qingrou asked Amy to hand over the phone and said, "I'll call you right away."