Chapter 98: Crazy Stone (4)

  Next, except for Chu Chen, the three of them prepared to unseal all the wool they had obtained. In a place like Jade Stone Street, unsealing a piece of wool was still relatively simple, as almost every stone-selling stall had tools for unsealing stones.

  However, if it's a large piece of wool or a valuable one, they usually wouldn't choose to unravel it here. After all, there are many people around and it would be troublesome if someone were to take notice. So, the yellow salt sand wool that Chuyan bought was going to wait until they went to the stone factory that Hou Yuanming knew to unravel it.

  It's just that the business here is better, so both of Wang's jade carving machines are working at full capacity. It seems that they won't have a chance to use them for a while. However, Yu Shi Street doesn't lack anything, including jade carving machines. So, Wang let someone take them to a familiar store, where the jade carving machines can be used for free.

  Fortunately, the store was not far away, and Mr. Wang also gave him a backpack, otherwise it would be quite inconvenient to hold a 20-kilogram wool blanket.

  There were five stone mills in the shop, three of which were being used. One was larger and they didn't need it either, so the four of them came to a small unused stone mill.

  However, there is a bit of trouble with the stone here. There are not enough masters to unlock it, so we can only do it ourselves. Fortunately, apart from Chu Chen, Li Guodong has also learned about gambling stones for several years, and this simple task of unlocking the stone can still be completed.

  Everyone decided that the several hundred to thousand yuan worth of wool would be sold first, so they let Li Guodong go up first. However, when he started preparing to sell the wool, a sudden commotion broke out beside him, which made all four of them very curious about what had happened. Wen Yuting even ran over to surround and observe.

  Chu Chen said helplessly: "Alright, let's wait a bit and figure it out later. First, let's go take a look at what's going on."

  Li Guodong and Chu Yulan nodded in agreement when they heard this, after all, they were both cheap wool, small in stature, easy to disentangle, and it wouldn't hurt to go take a look at the lively atmosphere of the gambling den.

  Chu Chen led others into the crowd and found a middle-aged man polishing a stone.

  Some people estimated that the piece of wool was no longer good, and they retreated, just in time to let the empty space be taken over by Chu Chen's four-person group. Moreover, what they didn't expect was that Mr. Xu from before happened to be standing right next to them.

  I was worried that no one would introduce us, but I didn't expect to meet Mr. Xu. So Chu Chen smiled and said: "Mr. Xu, it's a pleasure to meet you. Would you mind introducing us? By the way, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Chu Chen, you can call me Little Chu." After that, he briefly introduced Li Guodong and others.

  Xu Boss's real name is Xu Jiangcheng. He was very good at talking and smiled as he told the four of them about the characteristics and price of this piece of fabric.

  The middle-aged man bought a piece of yellow sand-colored wool fabric, which was slightly larger than the one Chu Chen bought, weighing 25 kilograms. The fabric had a fine texture and excellent performance, with both python and pine flower patterns, making it five million more expensive than the one Chu Chen bought.

  As for the price of this jade stone material, the prices this year and last year are quite different. This is also due to changes in the global economy, which has brought the jade industry into many people's line of sight. With the participation of many bosses, the industry has now entered a booming market, and the price of materials has naturally risen sharply.

  Last year, the price of wool was around 200-300 yuan per kilogram, but this year it has risen to 700-800 yuan per kilogram, and if the outer skin is of good quality, the price can even reach tens of thousands of yuan.

  If it's a colored old mink fur, and the water is good, then the price will be even more outrageous, with tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands per kilogram, or even tens of millions for one piece of fur, which is also very normal.

  Due to Myanmar being the source of high-quality jade, mining has been ongoing for hundreds of years, especially since entering the 20th century. Some old mines have almost been depleted, and many people are looking for new ones. Under this situation, coupled with the fact that jade is a non-renewable resource, Chu Chen believes that this upward trend will definitely continue.

  This makes him think that even if he has money, he should also hoard some wool, and after a few years, it's estimated that it will be impossible to buy wool at the current price.

  The truth is revealed, since the value of this piece of wool is so high, for safety's sake, the middle-aged man chose to rub it against a stone. However, his luck was not good, and at the location of Songhua, he did not manage to produce any green color, which caused the many onlookers to suddenly become noisy.

  In fact, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of wool products, even if they are semi-fine wool products, may not be frequently purchased in places like Tengchong. If it's such a high-value fine wool product, the number of buyers is even smaller. Generally, high-value wool products are mostly traded on public platforms.

  So today, you can see people unwrapping tens of thousands of jade wool on the side of Jade Street. It's also the luck of Chu Chen and others, just like Chu Chen himself, who wouldn't choose to unwrap stones on Jade Street for safety reasons.

  "Chu Ge, how's it going? Is this considered a loss?" Wen Yuting asked in a low voice from the side.

  Chu Chen took a closer look and shook his head slightly, saying: "Need to take another look, if there's green it's still okay, but if the green can't be wiped out, although it can't be said to be ruined, the value will definitely be affected."

  There's a saying in the jade trading business: "A rise without polishing doesn't count as a rise." Similarly, if you don't polish out the green, it doesn't mean that this piece of jade material is worthless. After all, no matter how well you polish it, everything has to be fully revealed before you can draw any conclusions.

  Of course, if the green is wiped out, the value of the wool will definitely skyrocket. And if this painting wants to be resold now, don't mention 380,000, I'm afraid even 250,000 or 260,000, there won't be many people willing to take it over.

  It seems that the middle-aged man's luck was really bad, he continued to wipe for a while, then used a strong light flashlight to explore for a while, but couldn't show any greenery. His expression became even more desolate than before. This one wipe made him lose tens of thousands, and others would not feel good about it either.

  "This is going to be a disaster!" This was probably what many people in the audience were thinking.

  "Brother, stop wiping it down, if you keep wiping, the money will be gone. Let's just resell it now and we can still make a profit." A person who looked like his younger brother advised beside him.

  However, obviously, this piece of wool with its current performance and the old pit's reputation, the price won't be cheap either. Although it can't be concluded yet, but judging from its current performance, everything is going down, it might be worth only a thousand or two hundred dollars, so people around are not very interested.

  Chu Chen was somewhat interested in this piece of fabric, but just as he was about to take out his flashlight and other tools, the middle-aged man took a deep breath and said: "This piece of fabric is something I've looked at several times before deciding on it, it can't possibly only have this little to show for it. If I were to resell it, I definitely wouldn't be willing to take the loss. In that case, I'll just have to take a gamble!"

  "I'm rooting for you, maybe I'll even cut out a piece of glass to come with." The onlookers who were watching the commotion were stirred up by his words.

  "Right, if you're going to gamble, then go big or go home." Someone even joked.

  Perhaps having really listened to that person's words, the middle-aged man indeed gambled big. He and his younger brother moved the wool to one side, made a few strokes, then fiercely cut off a large sum of money, just as the person had said, he was preparing to gamble big, preparing to cut it in half with one knife.

  The waist cut, this stone machine is not enough, so the middle-aged man directly hugged the wool fabric to that bigger stone machine, and the crowd also followed past, this time Chu Quan's hands and feet were fast, bringing others squeezed inside a layer.

  The middle-aged man was also quick, and after putting the wool on, he didn't hesitate to press the power button. However, afterwards he took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it up and took several deep puffs. From the smoking action or the slightly trembling hand when taking out the cigarette earlier, it can be seen that he was extremely tense at this moment.

  Among the onlookers, many people were also infected by this atmosphere. Some people took out cigarettes and lit them up, causing Chu Yulan and Wen Yuting to cover their noses one after another.

  "This is a public place, isn't it?" Wen Yuting covered her nose and muttered.

  A wisp of smoke and fog surrounded it, and in the tense waiting of the people, the sound of the stone cutter finally slowly came to a stop.

  The middle-aged man calmed down a bit, and with his still slightly trembling hands, he picked up the side with some loose flowers and python patterns. The people around him held their breath, waiting for the result with bated eyes.

  Only a middle-aged man was stunned at first, when everyone thought the woolen blanket would collapse, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and his younger brother even cheered up.

  "It's going up, it's going up, brother, we've won our bet!"

  Only on one side of the pine flower and python pattern can be seen a green belt as thick as a thumb, while the other side is a vast expanse of white.

  The middle-aged man immediately washed the stone and then shone a flashlight on it.

  "Ice type, spinach green!"

  This scene made many people in the crowd feel a pang of regret, why didn't they buy the original stone at a low price earlier. If they had bought this piece of material cheaply earlier, they would be the ones cheering now.

  However, judging from the performance of that half piece, Chu Chen estimated that it would rise in value, but not by much. At present, it is estimated to be worth around 400-500 million yuan. Moreover, if the wool material only has that green band, and the green band only has this kind of performance, then the final solution will be that the value of the jadeite will be at most around 80-90 million yuan.