With the Spring Festival holiday, people returning home gradually returned to the city, and shops started to open one after another.At the same time, the first domestic jadeite public sale in Pingzhou during the New Year is about to kick off.

Years later, Su Ge made arrangements for the opening of the store, and after explaining it carefully to the shop assistants, he and Lao Zhou went to Foshan, Guangdong to participate in the Pingzhou public offering.

Pingzhou is not as chaotic as the border. It is supervised by the Pingzhou Jewelry and Jade Association, and the participants are basically jade merchants from all over the country. There are tens of thousands of people, so there will be no trouble here.

Shen Yu was busy, Su Ge didn't call him up, and it happened that Lao Zhou's store was going to buy some new materials, so the two made an appointment to go to Pingzhou as companions.

After getting off the plane, Su Ge clearly felt the warmth of the southern winter.

Unlike the dry cold air outside the imperial capital, the winter air in Guangdong is not dry and the temperature is just right.Su Ge didn't feel cold in a thin cashmere coat, so he hailed a taxi from Foshan Airport and headed to Pingzhou Yuqi Street.

In the car, Lao Zhou sighed comfortably: "The weather here is still good. I stayed in the north and I got nosebleeds every two days."

Su Ge nodded and saw that the street trees on both sides outside the window were still lush and green in winter, which was different from the trees that fell in winter in the north, and the people watching were in a good mood.

Lao Zhou looked out the window for a while and looked back, touched Su Ge's with his arm, and when Su Ge looked over suspiciously, he asked in a low voice, "There is something I wanted to ask this morning."

Su Ge: "?"

"Have you quarreled with my son? It feels like something is wrong with him during this time, and he has a bad face. I asked him to drive me to the airport in the morning. He heard that I was getting up with you in Foshan, and he didn't want to see me off without saying anything. "

Su Ge was stunned for a while, and it was not easy to explain the reason to Lao Zhou, so he said vaguely: "It's a bit of a misunderstanding."

Lao Zhou sighed: "Brother, I don't treat you as an outsider. There is something I have to say. Although Zhou Man has a bad mouth and a bit of a stubborn temper, he likes to look at people with his eyes hanging. A few times, he would put on airs and ignore my father..."

Su Ge: "..." Are you speaking for him or are you hurting him behind your back?

Lao Zhou also realized that he seemed to have said too much, coughed: "Anyway, he is still a good boy, there is nothing evil about him."

Su Ge smiled: "I know."

He knows Zhou Man better than anyone else, so no matter what Zhou Man says, he still regards him as a friend.

Lao Zhou looked at Su Ge, and saw that he really didn't care, so he was slightly relieved.

It's just over 20 miles from the airport to Yuqi Street, and it didn't take long.

After getting out of the car, Su Ge squinted his eyes. Although he had expected it, he was still a little surprised to see the crowded scene in front of him.

This is a street with a sense of age. Both sides of the street are full of large and small jade workshops and shops.The crowd around me had all kinds of accents, apparently from all over the country.There are many tourists, but most of them are jade merchants from all over the place.

Speaking of the place where Pingzhou Jade Street is located, it was originally a small town in the east of Nanhai District, Foshan.Now that it has become so prosperous, it is naturally related to jadeite.Now it is the first of the four major jade markets in my country, and it is also the largest jadeite raw material distribution center and gambling stone market in the country.

On this street, there are more than 3000 jewelry stores and more than 500 large-scale processing factories. Many people patronize each store, and there are piles of emeralds everywhere.

There are high and low-grade jade here, and a complete industrial chain has long been formed from the sale of rough stones to product processing and sales of finished products.Thousands of people trade jadeite here every day, and when the jadeite market opens, the number of people will soar.

Looking at the time, the public market will officially start the day after tomorrow, but the streets are already crowded with people.

Seeing the endless stream of people coming and going, Su Ge suddenly realized a problem.He and Lao Zhou are going to stay here for a few days, but judging by the situation in front of them, the nearby hotels and hotels must have been booked long ago, right?

He patted Lao Zhou hesitantly, and Su Ge asked, "Old Zhou, have you booked a hotel yet?"

After listening to Su Ge's question, Lao Zhou looked around and slapped his forehead: "It's broken, I forgot to order it, what should I do?"

"First ask if there are any rooms left." Su Ge was a little helpless. This was his first time participating in the Pingzhou public market, and he had no experience. If he had known that there were so many people, he should have booked the hotel a month in advance.

The two ran to a nearby hotel to ask, the room was fully booked half a month ago, and there were no rooms left.

I even asked several companies, and even the kind of dilapidated small hotel that didn't know if it had a business license didn't have any rooms left.

After leaving the hotel and walking on the street, seeing Lao Zhou's dejected appearance, Su Ge comforted him with a smile: "It's okay, at worst, we'll take a taxi to find a hotel in the city to rest at night."

Old Zhou thought it was the only way to go, sighed and nodded.

"Brother Su?" Just as Su Ge was ready, a familiar voice suddenly came from beside him.

Su Ge turned his head and saw a 60-year-old man not far away looking at him. Su Ge recognized Jiang Jianben who had met in the Ruili jadeite trading market. It was a bit of an accident that he happened to meet up.

Jiang Jianben is the chairman of Southern Shengshi Jewelry and the vice-chairman of Pingzhou Jade Association.

"Teacher Jiang." Facing the senior, Su Ge called out with a bit of respect in his voice.

Su Ge has a good impression of this old man. Whether it is his status in the industry or the management of the company, he has already sat in a high position that is difficult for others to reach.But even so, he personally climbed mountains and waded to various places to select wool.

For this alone, many people can't compare.

"Hey, how can I be called 'teacher'? If you call me Uncle Jiang, I will be ashamed and become an elder." Jiang Jianben waved his hand.

Su Ge smiled: "Uncle Jiang, then you can call me Su Ge."

Jiang Jianben nodded with a smile, and greeted Lao Zhou next to him, before asking Su Ge: "Long time no see, are you here to participate in the public offering?"

The two hadn't seen each other since they said goodbye at the Ruili Jadeite Trading Market last time, and Jiang Jianben was also a little surprised that they could run into each other again this time.

He was quite impressed with Su Ge. Jiang Jianben left Ruili very early last time, and he didn't know what Su Ge would gain in the future, but just a few hasty exchanges, he knew that Su Ge had a vision that ordinary people could not match.

"Yes, come here to have a look." Su Ge responded.

"I gave you your business card last time, but you didn't call me when you came back to Foshan. Doesn't that mean you don't give me a chance to entertain you?" Jiang Jianben pretended to be a little unhappy, but with a smile in his eyes.

He glanced at the hotel behind Su Ge and Lao Zhou, and asked, "Do you two live here?"

Su Ge smiled wryly and shook his head: "No, this is the first time I've come here to participate in a public offering. I have no experience, and I don't know how to book a hotel in advance."

Lao Zhou answered, "We walked around the neighborhood, and the hotel has already been booked."

Jiang Jianben let out a "huh" and said with a smile: "That's good. There are still a few rooms in the guest house of our Jade Association. You can live there. The environment is fairly clean and it's close to the public market."

Su Ge was stunned for a moment, thinking that Jiang Jianben was the vice president of the Jade Association, so it would be convenient to arrange a few people to live in the guest house.

But I also know that the rooms in the guest house should be provided to a small number of managers in the Jade Association. After all, he and Lao Zhou are not even members of the Jade Association.

"Uncle Jiang, is it bad?" Su Ge asked hesitantly.

Jiang Jianben pulled him up: "What's wrong? The room is empty and empty."

Su Ge thought that it would be inconvenient to take a taxi back to the hotel in the city to stay at night. It would take several days to participate in the public offering, and it would be tiring to go through such a toss every day, so he nodded: "Then trouble Uncle Jiang."

On the way to the guest house, Jiang Jianben asked, "Have you two entered the Jade Association? To participate in the public offering, you must be a member of the Pingzhou Jade Association."

"No, we are planning to finish this matter today."

"That's just right. It's done today. If you want to become a member here, in addition to paying the membership fee, you also need to be recommended by two members who have been members for more than three years. I am the vice president here, so I can recommend it directly."

To be so enthusiastic towards a person who only met him face to face, if someone else had to mutter a few words in his heart.Su Ge had been in contact with him earlier, and he could see that Jiang Jianben was a genuinely warm-hearted person, with no other intentions: "Thank you, Uncle Jiang."

Jiang Jianben smiled and waved his hands: "Small things."

He took the two of them to the guest house near the public pan, and what appeared in front of him was a small four-story building. It looked old, but it was clean inside and out.

When the three of them walked in, they saw a little girl at the front desk dozing off with her chin propped up, nodding her head.

With a straight face, Jiang Jianben went over and tapped the table, coughing heavily.The little girl was so frightened that she said "ah", and almost fell on the table. She was busy sitting upright, and she was relieved when she saw that it was Jiang Jianben. Regardless of his stern face, she said with a smile: "Vice president, you just like to scare me .”

Jiang Jianben shook his head, with a bit of helplessness on his face: "You girl, at least I saw it, and other people saw it, and you will be scolded again."

The little girl wrinkled her nose, and muttered, "Fortunately, it's you, oh well, I promise I won't be lazy!"

She smiled and looked at Su Ge and Zhou Man behind Jiang Jian herself, and asked, "Vice President, do you want to arrange a room?"

Jiang Jianben nodded: "Arrange two rooms for them."

"Okay! Let me take a look. There are still six or seven rooms vacant on the second floor. Here are two connected rooms. Do you think it's okay?"

Jiang Jianben took a look and asked Su Ge Lao Zhou: "Then these two? It's convenient for you to communicate with each other."

Su Ge nodded: "Okay, thank you Uncle Jiang."

As soon as he finished speaking, a young man's voice sounded behind him: "Wait a minute."

Su Ge looked back and saw pedestrians walking into the guest house, led by a man in his 40s with a square face.There are four or five young people behind him, and the one who spoke just now is the young man on the far right. He looks like 25, wears a suit, and looks decent.

The young man glanced at Su Ge and Lao Zhou, and said angrily to the girl at the front desk: "You don't even know how to serve snacks at work, so you can live in it with any dubious people?"

The little girl was stunned by the scolding, her lips muttered twice and she didn't dare to reply, she just lowered her head and said to the leading young man: "Hello, President."

His expression was completely restrained, not like the cordial and lively appearance when facing Jiang Jianben.

Su Ge raised his eyebrows, President?It seems that the man in his 40s is Ruan Xuelin, the president of the Jade Association.

The president of the Pingzhou Jade Association is not only famous in Pingzhou, but also in the whole country.He himself is the chairman of the jewelry company, and at the same time he has some achievements in academics, especially in the jade appraisal industry. He was once invited by CCTV to participate in the appraisal column.

It's just that there seems to be no expression on his face, and the pride can be seen with the eyes.

The young man said to Jiang Jianben: "Vice President Jiang, the rooms in this guest house are all provided to the internal management of the Jade Association. I'm afraid it's not good for you to use your relationship so casually to let someone else in. ?”

He talks about being a vice president, but anyone with a discerning eye can tell that there is not much respect in it.

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