Chapter 136: Huang Feicui
Happiness came too suddenly, and Xuán Qí felt a bit dizzy. He had only confirmed that it was an antique based on his knowledge of appraisal techniques, but he didn't know what the painting underneath Huáng Shǎo Qiáng's actually depicted. The 50,000 yuan investment in Huáng Shǎo Qiáng's bamboo bone was already a great deal, and as for what would be revealed underneath, Xuán Qí hadn't really paid attention to it.
Who would have thought that in the end, it was actually Zheng Banqiao who emerged, and it was even one of Zheng Banqiao's most famous poems, his specialty bamboo painting. The value of this painting has already exceeded five million, and if a buyer who likes it is found, it may break ten million.
It's like walking on a bridge with your eyes closed, kicking a stone with your foot, opening your eyes to pick it up and take a look, damn it's actually a golden dog head, this luck is blowing the sky.
The painting had just been unveiled, and the young man was doing some simple processing, just repairing some edges. The two young men were already excitedly trembling with their bodies, able to encounter a legendary beauty that had been talked about in the antique calligraphy and painting circle for at least fifty years, and they felt it personally, this feeling was truly too wonderful.
Upon hearing Zhou Kai's boastful words, Xuan Qi couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. Some people just had to be knocked around until they were bleeding before they could understand the phrase "the heavens are high and the earth is thick". Xuan Qi didn't mind teaching Zhou Kai a lesson, letting him know that not everything in this world should go according to his wishes.
Wang Lang looked at Sheng Dengfeng and Lu Zhuoqun, and found that they had no opinion. Xuan Qi also went with the flow, took out a piece of paper from his pocket that he had written earlier and handed it to Luo Zhanggui.
Luozhanggui's hand had four more slips of paper, a high-stakes gamble involving 200 million was about to begin. Fortunately, with the purchase fund limit of 15 million added on top, the price of the seeds in the house was not cheap, so only a few seeds were selected.
After careful comparison, Zhou Kai was tragic. The five pieces of material he had his eye on were marked by Sheng Dengfeng and two were marked by Lu Zhuoqun. Originally, the five pieces of material selected by Zhou Kai only had two left due to price elimination, but the funds in his hands still had one million left.
Lu Zhuoqun won the bid for four pieces of jade material with a total price of 12 million. The remaining 3 million was not used. After cutting out the jadeite, he calculated the return on investment by dividing the market price by the purchase price.
Sheng Dengfeng bought three pieces of rough jade for 15 million yuan. There was no remaining balance, and after cutting out the jadeite, it was directly used to settle the account.
After Zhou Kai had three pieces of seed material stolen in a row, he still had 1 million yuan left. He used this 1 million yuan to directly purchase the old pit seed material with green python skin. When Zhou Kai pushed out this suitcase-sized seed material, Xuan Qi's eyes flashed with astonishment. This guy was really lucky.
Xuan Qi bought a giant seed at the price of 15 million, which was marked as 13 million. This seed is about the size of a small car trunk and has been abandoned here for decades. It was first seen by Luo Zhanggui when he went to Myanmar to buy seeds and was cheated by an old player from Myanmar.
This piece of material is large in size, but it has a tumor and it's a malignant one. Generally, materials with tumors don't have jade inside. What's even more bizarre about this piece is that where it cracked open, the area where the stone skin fell off was emitting mist. In the process of cutting and polishing the stone, emitting mist means there's jade hidden inside. It was precisely because of this point that Luo Zhanggui was deceived into buying it back like he had gained a treasure, and later became a laughing stock in Beijing's jade circle.
Lu Zhuangui also spent three months studying jade knowledge and finally realized that he had been deceived. He kept this piece of material as a warning against shame. After a long time, the material was covered with dust and was placed in the corner of the seed warehouse. A few days ago, Xiao Huji casually marked it at 13 million, but unexpectedly won the bid, and the buyer of jade turned out to be Xuan Qi, who had created many miracles.
Looking at the material being pushed out, staring at the tumor in the middle of the material, Zhou Kai, who was originally bitter and resentful, immediately said with a smile: "This time you've been blinded, 15 million bought this material just look at this tumor to know that there is no jadeite inside, your good luck is about to run out"
Xuan Qi shook his head and said: "Whether or not there is jadeite, whether it's eye-catching or not, what you say doesn't count, we have to see clearly. Moreover, as long as the card hasn't been flipped over, there's no need to stare, whatever the outcome is, let's wait and see."
Before Zhou Kai could speak, Sheng Dengfeng clapped his palms and said: "Xuan younger brother's tiger-like aura is really impressive. No matter who wins or loses this time, I've made friends with you."
Lu Zhuoqun, who was standing beside him, smiled and said: "A real man, a big husband, must have this momentum. Win or lose, this face can't be lost. Teeth fell and blood swallowed, stood up straight and didn't fall down. Just because of your temperament, I must give you an opportunity, I'll invite you to drink a cup." Lu Zhuoqun said, holding out his business card with both hands in front of Xuan Qi.
His mind was like a series of thunderclaps, and everything in front of him seemed like a dream. Zhou Kai didn't know what words to use to accurately describe his emotions. It's too damn mysterious! Tomorrow is the Dragon Soaring into the Ninth Heaven, how can it be willing to lower its posture and make friends with ants on the ground? Isn't it just a college entrance examination champion? Apart from being lucky and picking up a big leak, there's nothing else!
Zhou Kai's eyes were dim and confused, he wanted to say something but was restrained by the presence of Sheng Dengfeng and Lu Zhuoqun, so he turned all his thoughts into resentment. He began to fantasize about what kind of expression Xuan Qi would have if this time the seed material he cut out was empty.
Lu Zhuoqun marked four pieces of material, Sheng Dengfeng marked three pieces, Zhou Kai marked one large and two small pieces, also three pieces of material, while Xuan Qi only marked a piece of material the size of a car.
Next to the seed material is a cutting machine. Due to site restrictions, only small stone materials can be cut. Therefore, Zhou Kai's large stone and Xuan Qi's giant had to be taken outside for cutting, so they were put last.
First to make the cut was Lu Zhuoqun's four small pieces of material, Lu Zhuoqun is also a veteran player with many years of experience, his vision naturally has its own unique perspective, and he understands the importance of this gamble, so he carefully selected four good materials.
The grinding machine kept roaring, turning the white stone skin into stone powder. Because the material itself was not large, it looked like a large basketball, and couldn't be cut from the middle, so I could only wipe the material first.
Everyone was intently watching the spinning grindstone when suddenly a ray of light flashed and the stonecutter quickly stopped the machine. After splashing some water on it, he excitedly shouted: "It's fogging!"
Lu Zhuoqun's face immediately showed a hint of joy, picked up the flashlight and shone it on the foggy area, then stuck his whole body to look at the water, after admiring for half a day, his expression suddenly turned strange, he scratched his head and said: "This piece of jade is so weird, why is the color not right?"
"Is the color not right?" Luo Zhuang also leaned in to take a look, and after about three minutes, he exclaimed with joy: "This is an extremely rare piece of yellow jadeite! The material hasn't been fully revealed yet, so we can't tell what kind of water it is." Luo Zhuang said as he stood up, changing the direction of the stone, letting the worker continue to grind. He assisted on the side, and with the continuous grinding of the sanding machine, the basketball-sized stone was gradually ground into a football-sized one. Following the direction of the jadeite, they continued to grind away the original stone. After about 40 minutes, an irregularly-shaped piece of yellow jadeite was revealed.
Because it's a gamble on investment returns, there is also an electronic scale in the workshop. To show fairness, Luo Zhanggui also brought two shop assistants from outside to help keep watch. The Huang Feicui was weighed on the electronic scale and found to be 4.13 kilograms, with dimensions that were not easy to measure, about half the size of a small bowling ball.
The two appraisers began to examine the color, clarity and quality of the jadeite. This is a piece of ice-seed yellow jadeite, which is rare, especially considering its size. The market price for this material is approximately around 5 million.
An absolute opening red, Lu Zhuoqun's first piece rose, greatly increasing his confidence. If the remaining three pieces are not cut, his current investment return ratio has reached eight times. Xiao Gong looked at Lu Zhuoqun, who waved his hand and continued to cut.
The grinding machine continuously hummed, grinding another piece of material into powder. After a whole circle without any fog or mist, Lu Zhuoqun instructed them to cut from three-quarters of the way down. A whole block of stone was cut in two, still without any fog or mist. The remaining work became much easier, and the large stone blocks were chopped into several segments, thoroughly crushed.
Win or lose, you have to be able to bear the gamble. Lu Zhuoqun's face was calm, he waved his hand and placed the third piece of material on the cutting machine. The sand wheel rotated continuously, changing to the third side, and finally opened up a mist. Luo Zhanggui leaned over to examine it for half a day before saying with absolute certainty, "This is a block of glutinous rice floating flower oil green material." Looking at the volume of the stone, the size of the material was not small either.
As the cutting machine continued to grind, a whole piece of jade was revealed. The entire piece weighed 21.3 kilograms and was indeed a type of nephrite with a floating flower pattern in oil green color. Although the water quality was not good and it had an oily sheen, there were white fragments floating inside, which added a lot of color to the entire piece. It was valued at 48 million yuan. If it were bean green or sun green, according to this piece's size, it would easily be worth over 10 million yuan.
The last piece of rough stone was placed on the cutting machine and polished. This time it was as if divine assistance had been given, and the first cut produced a misty effect, achieving the icy green color of the top-grade material. It's worth noting that jade is revered for its green color, and this sunny green ice-type material is already considered high-end, although it can't be compared to the old pit glass type. However, its size is impressive - 10.08 kilograms, resembling a large fire dragon fruit. Under the light, it shines like cold ice at the bottom of the water, with a bright, eye-catching green color that emits a dazzling brilliance. The two appraisers directly estimated its value to be 80 million yuan.
Four pieces of jadeite, three pieces of material out. The success rate reached 75%. Total investment of 12 million, profit of 178 million, and the return on investment reached 14.84. Lu Zhuoqun's opening red is really red. Suddenly, it put a lot of pressure on the two people behind him. To know that before they played gambling stone here, the success rate was only 20%.
Next was Sheng Dengfeng's turn. He put the material under the cutting machine and the grinding wheel started spinning again. Looking at the three pieces of material that had been cut out, he hoped they would bring him good luck.
