Chapter 84 International Jewelry Exhibition (2)

  Qu Wen's voice was extremely loud and could be heard from far away even in the noisy venue, causing everyone to turn their eyes towards the three of them.

  "Ruiling Jewelry is a company from there, and its employees are so arrogant!"

  "Haven't heard of it, should be a small company, never saw them at previous exhibitions."

  Soon a crowd gathered around, staring at Qu Wen like they were watching a monkey show. Some even suggested that Qu Wen should carve a few more stones to see what kind of jade would come out, without caring about the quality, as long as it was green.

  As for everyone's discussion, Qu Wen didn't care much and stared at Qiaozi: "How about it, dare to bet again? This time play bigger, 5 million is okay, I won't bet on something you're not good at. Since we all do the jewelry business, let's compare who can find more and better jade rough stones in an hour. Otherwise, don't think that just because your company is bigger, it's impressive. At most, it's just that the place is bigger than ours and the toilets are better."

  The meaning of the lyrics is very clear, Emperor Jewelry Company is just taking up space and talking nonsense, actually there's nothing good about it.

  Five million is also a considerable amount for Qiaozi, and last time he forced himself to give Quwen two million, which was already painful. Although Emperor Jewelry looks rich on the surface, many of its assets are not liquid, and most of its cash flow has been invested in projects, so when it's not enough, they have to borrow from banks. Therefore, they cannot afford Qiaozi's extravagance of several hundred million. Moreover, Qiao's family is not just his son, the two brothers are secretly competing with each other, and whoever makes a mistake will be trampled to death.

  Qiaozi didn't respond at all, and Quwen said again: "You're the one who started the gamble last time, how come when it's my turn, you don't dare to take it?"

  Mentioning the gamble three days ago, Qiao Zi was full of anger, and if it wasn't for his father asking him to help with the exhibition promotion, he would have thought of finding someone to deal with Qu Wen.

  Qiao Ziquan was a rich second generation, Emperor Jewelry was a well-known local jewelry company. He was repeatedly reprimanded by an employee of a small company, and Qiao Ziquan felt particularly uncomfortable in his heart. If he didn't accept Qu Wen's bet, so many big companies and social celebrities would watch him leave, and who knows how they would look at the Qiao family afterwards.

  Besides, everyone says that it's hard for even immortals to cut an inch of jade, but he doesn't believe that a big company like Emperor Huang Jewelry can't find a stone selection expert who can tame Qu Wen.

  "Fine, I don't believe a small company like yours with no reputation can have any real talent. Go and get Wu Shifu over here."

  Qiaozi ordered one of his employees beside him, and as soon as he finished speaking, Quwen stopped him: "Don't be in a hurry to leave, the bet of 5 million is not small, we should at least sign a written agreement first."

  Everyone speaks easily, but when it comes to money, they may not be so straightforward. Qu Wen doesn't want to drag things out with Qiao Ziquan afterwards, so he asks someone to bring over two pieces of paper and a pen, writes down the agreement simply, and then signs his name together with Qiao Ziquan.

  Zhao Haifeng knew Qu Wen's character, which seemed bold and impulsive, but actually never did anything without being sure. After Qiao Ziyuan left, he asked in a low voice: "Awen, the original stone of jadeite is something that many masters can't predict, otherwise there wouldn't be the saying 'even gods can't tell apart an inch of jade'. Did you learn something from Master Gong, daring to be so sure you can choose an original stone with jadeite?"

  Gu Quanzhi has taught some, but not very deeply. According to him, learning things should be done step by step, and one shouldn't be greedy for quick results. So in the past few months, Qu Wen has been mainly focusing on ceramics and calligraphy/painting categories, and hasn't delved too deeply into other categories. Otherwise, he wouldn't have asked Zhao Haifeng about the basic identification methods of original stones earlier.

  Daring to make a bet is because there's an idea in mind. The raw stone bought last time in Qishi City, at first thought the spiritual energy on it was sufficient, didn't expect that after opening it, there really was jadeite.

  If the guess is correct, Ling Jue Shen Tong should also be applicable to the emerald rough stone.

  Of course all this still needs further verification.

  "There's some confidence, but not 100%, still depends on today's luck. Whether or not I can make a few more million is all in this one move, hope the gods above are watching over me." Qu Wen bowed to the sky, just hoping that the pig-headed master up there wouldn't cause any trouble at this time.

  "If it's a gamble of luck, I wouldn't worry, because you are a reincarnation of a virtuous person from the past ten lives."

  After going through so many things, Zhao Haifeng was very sure that Qu Wen was the legendary tenth good person. As for luck, he was second, and no one would ever be first.

  The area of the rough stone trading district is very large, similar to that of the jewelry exhibition area. Roughly counting, there are more than 20 wool-selling merchants participating. Among them, the rough stones on display are mostly half-rough and full-rough, and completely opened-up materials are only used as exhibits to attract customers. Of course, if you can afford it, they will also be sold.

  The number of people visiting the rough stone trading area is significantly less than that in the main exhibition area, mostly jewelry company personnel and processors, as well as a small number of private investors. Due to the continuous rise of the jadeite market this year, the price of rough stones has also risen sharply. Moreover, the potential space for rough stones is huge, and once the jadeite is solved, it is basically an overnight wealth event.

  Qu Yun and Qiaozi's private betting on the jewelry exhibition quickly spread, as it was a private matter and not against the law, everyone was happy to have some excitement to watch.

  Unlike before, many wool merchants enthusiastically greeted Qu Wen as he walked near.

  It's not for anything else, because Qu Wen and his two friends have already become wealthy, how can they win today's gamble without buying the original stone?

  "Mr. Qu come and take a look at our company's woolen goods, they are all high-quality yellow sand skin materials, with a very high chance of turning green."

  "Oh, how high can it be, 100% out of jade?" Qu Wen joked, but still walked in.

  The woolen goods merchant smiled and said, "Mr. Qu is really good at joking, if all the original stones could produce green jade, then the price of jade wouldn't be so high. Our company's materials are all from Longkeng, and after careful selection, we dare to bring them to the exhibition."

  Longkong, also known as Longtan, is one of the world's most important jade-producing areas, located in the Kachin hills of northern Myanmar. The raw stones produced here are mainly yellow or grayish-white skin, with a relatively coarse texture, but most have good translucency and color, with a very even green tone, often producing high-grade jadeite.

  Qu Yun had heard of the world's top ten jade mines from Gu Quanzhong, so he knew about Longkeng.

  Squatting down with Zhao Haifeng, pretending to select stones, secretly releasing Ling Jue, a large amount of spiritual energy rushed over.

  All the raw stones containing jadeite will have spiritual energy gathered, which Qu Wen has known for a long time. However, what he is looking for is not only capable of producing green, but also top-quality jadeite with excellent water quality and color.

  It seems that the boss was right, the original stone on his stall has a high probability of turning green, so the spiritual energy is also very strong, but this makes it even more difficult for Quwen to select the stone. It's not easy to find the best jadeite among such a large number of original stones.