Chapter 86 International Jewelry Exhibition (4)

  Generally, slightly better raw jade is cut open to a window, and at least some green mist should be seen, indicating that there may still be jade inside, but this piece has neither.

  The staff member in charge of operating the machine looked at Qu Wen and asked, "Sir, do you want to continue cutting?"

  "Let me do it myself."

  The first cut didn't reveal any green, but the emerging spiritual energy was even stronger. Qu Wen knew this was a sign that they were approaching the jadeite. Earlier, he had only let the staff members make a small cut, fearing they might damage the jadeite inside. Now, seeing that it was about to emerge, he thought of trying himself.

  Earlier, when the staff were demonstrating the machine, Qu Wen carefully observed the operating method from the side and felt that it wasn't too difficult, as long as your hands were steady.

  He went up to the machine, readjusted the cutting angle of the saw blade on the original stone, then opened the electric gate and pressed the saw blade down with force, immediately shooting out a large amount of sparks from the original stone.

  The second knife is crucial. One knife makes you poor, two knives make you rich, and three knives make you wear hemp clothes. If the second knife still doesn't produce green, then the entire original stone is basically useless.

  Looking at the spinning saw blade, the onlookers felt tense, and the boss who sold the raw stone to Qu Wen was even more tense.

  Most people who gamble on stones are very superstitious. If a stall's stone can be solved as jade, everyone will think that the stall's feng shui is good and will rush to buy it. On the contrary, if the first piece is broken, everyone will think that the stall's luck is not good, which will affect the stall's business.

  So Ming knew that the original stone already belonged to Qu Wen, but the boss of Mao Liao was even more nervous than him.

  In just a few short minutes, a new layer of skin was cut off, and before Qu Wen could even react, he heard the loud cheers erupting from the crowd.

  "It's gone up! It's skyrocketed!"

  It was unclear who shouted first, but the crowd of onlookers all leaned forward and stretched their necks to see the original stone that had been partially opened on the stele.

  Looking at the green dot that was only the size of a thumb, people became excited. This was the first rough stone to be revealed at the jewelry exhibition, and it showed green on the first try, which was a good omen.

  The stone boss let out a long sigh of relief: "Congratulations, Mr. Qu, this piece has good water head, the exposed green is very even, it should have reached the level of ice jade, if there's more below, then you've made a big profit."

  Ice jade is a second-grade emerald variety, which belongs to the middle and upper grade in jade. No matter what kind of object it is made into, the price will not be too low.

  Zhao Haifeng walked forward and splashed some water on the opened stone surface. He was worried that the cracks above would extend too deep, affecting the quality of the jade inside. Now, looking at all the cracks, they seemed to have just grazed the edge like last time in Qishi City, without penetrating into the jade.

  "In the tenth generation of good people, they still can't figure it out; such a half-gambling material is already worth a lot of money."

  Just as Quwen was about to speak up, someone in the crowd shouted out: "Hey, little brother, sell me this piece of fabric for a good price, I'll give you 4 million!"

  As soon as the jade was solved on the original stone, someone had an idea. Take advantage of the current price to suppress it a bit lower. When Qu Wen completely solves the jade, it may have to be flipped several times or even ten times.

  "I'll give 500,000!"

  550,000!

  "Six hundred thousand!"

  The bidding was getting higher and higher, quickly reaching 600,000, constantly testing Qu Wen's composure.

  Qu Wen thought for a moment, according to the spiritual energy of this original ore, there should be more than one piece of jadeite inside. Six hundred thousand is already not low, but he wants to gamble again, maybe he can win the whole bet in one go.

  "Sorry, I was still counting on it to win the bet, so I can only reveal everything."

  Qu Wen bowed to everyone and then gave up his seat, letting the staff at the meeting continue to help decipher the original stone.

  The person in charge of removing the stone was a seasoned expert who had been specially invited to the scene. After observing the pattern of the stone, he operated the machine and finally polished it with sandpaper. As the entire piece of jadeite was clearly displayed before everyone, Qu Wen's face couldn't help but reveal a happy smile.

  An oval-shaped jadeite the size of a bowl appeared before everyone, although the green area was not particularly large, only on top, but with sufficient water content and a big enough block, it could make several pairs of bangles and rings as well as small pendants.

  "What a big surge! I think this piece can sell for at least 12 million yuan. If it's further processed into decorative crafts, its value will be even higher." Zhao Haifeng hastily picked up the jade and held it in his arms, reluctant to let go.

  Originally, a piece of wool that was not highly valued suddenly turned into a top-quality jade within half an hour, its value increasing several times in an instant. However, no one followed up with a bid immediately. Because the prices of such materials are mostly on the high side, buying it back would at most earn some processing fees, and as profits thinned out, the merchants who were only interested in making money all cooled down.

  Of course, there are good materials that are not worried about selling. This is the iron law of the jade industry. It's just that businessmen will calculate their own costs before deciding whether to sell.

  "I've finished this piece, now it's your turn." Qu Wen pointed to let the staff at the scene continue to crack open the original stone chosen by Zhao Haifeng.

  Not long after, the original stone selected by Zhao Haifeng was also completely decomposed, although it also came out green, but compared to Qu Wenxuan's, it looked much duller.

  More than 50 kilograms of wool, the jade extracted is only about half a fist in size, and it's still very thin and long. The water head can only be said to be barely passable, and even if made into an ornament, it won't sell for much money, and can only be considered a low-end product.

  However, this is enough to make the wool boss who sold the original stone to Qu Wen overjoyed. Two consecutive original stones have come out green, one of which has even soared, and I believe that the wool he brought will be sold out soon.

  "Mr. Qu is really a lucky star, this is my business card, if Mr. Qu wants to buy woolen goods again in the future, he can call me at any time." The woolen goods owner happily handed over his business card to Qu Wen.

  Qu Yun looked at it and saw that the title on top was very simple, just "General Manager of Yunfan Stone Materials Co., Ltd. Yun Wenyong".

  "It's actually Cloud General, okay okay, but next time you should give me a better discount."

  Qu Wen put Yun Wenyong's business card in his pocket and chatted with him for a few pleasantries. Then, Yun Wenyong hurried back to his stall, believing that he would soon be busy.

  Just as they had just escaped from the jade, Qu Wen and the three of them were still immersed in joy, but soon a shocking news came.

  On another jade polisher in the venue, someone also polished out a piece of high-quality icy green jade.

  Upon hearing the news, Qu Wen and his two companions hastily made their way to another stone-mill location. When they arrived nearby, they only saw Qiao Ziquan and a man in his fifties standing beside the stone-mill. Qiao Ziquan was gazing at Qu Wen with a triumphant look, as if this gamble had already been won by him beforehand.

  "How is it? I heard that you also solved two pieces of jade, I don't know what kind of variety they are, can they reach the level of ice jade?"

  The results are not ideal, and the people of Manchu have been hit hard. I won't say more, keeping updating is the best.