Xu Jiangcheng was also filled with regret. He had considered buying it earlier, but ultimately didn't make up his mind. However, as a businessman, he always prioritized maximizing profits, so he quickly spoke up: "Sir, I'll offer 5 million for this piece of fabric. Will you sell it to me?"
Now this half of the fur, if it's just that green band, as Chuyan previously estimated, it's worth at most 8 or 9 million. However, as mentioned earlier, there is also a python pattern on this piece of fur, so there is still some gamble value.
Of course, just because of the performance of this green strip, it can't be said that it must have a value of hundreds of thousands of jade if it is cut out. If the luck is really bad, there is also a possibility of losing the bet.
Chu Chen had heard a story before, about an old gambler who had spotted a piece of jadeite rough that was high green glassy kind, with green visible everywhere. According to conventional wisdom, the chances of it being valuable were very high, so he spent several million buying that piece of rough, only to find out after cutting it open that it was all white cotton, and the color had been eaten away almost completely.
So any piece of wool, before it is completely dissolved, no one can determine with 100% certainty whether this piece of wool will win or lose. (Of course, except for Chu Chen who has special abilities)
At the same time, as soon as he heard the two words "it's gone up", a middle-aged man with a beer belly suddenly rushed in from the outside and squeezed to the front row. It is unknown how he managed to squeeze in so agilely with his figure.
This is not all, after hearing the news of the dissolution, there were still people behind Chu Chen who wanted to squeeze forward and push, these people all wanted to occupy a good position to watch. Fortunately, the two girls were standing in front of Chu Chen, otherwise it would have been possible for them to be pushed out in the chaos.
This scene reminds Chuyan of an old saying in the stone gambling industry: crazy people buy, crazy people sell, and there are still crazy people waiting.
The middle-aged man did not directly respond to Xu Jiangcheng's offer, but said he would consider it, then stood aside with a smile, letting everyone watch the original stone, probably also wanting to wait for a better price.
Of course, the middle-aged man's behavior must have a sense of pride in it. From being laid off to getting a raise, in just a short period of time, he experienced the ups and downs of life. Anyone else would not only feel proud but also fearful afterwards.
"This piece of wool I'll give you for 5.2 million, what do you think, sir?" The middle-aged man with a beer belly, after seeing the performance of the wool, was also moved.
However, the middle-aged man was still smiling and standing there, not moved by this price at all. It's also understandable that this piece of wool is what he had been looking for with great difficulty, and he even took a big risk to cut out the green belt, which was ice-green spinach green.
Although this green belt may be at most 8-9 million, don't forget that on the edge of this half-material, there is a python pattern. He believes that with his years of research, this half-material is likely to rise sharply.
And even if it doesn't surge much higher, the middle-aged man thinks that with the current performance of wool, he won't lose out, so in terms of maximizing gains, this risk is worth taking.
550,000!
After all, the material of this piece of ice is already considered mid-to-high-end jadeite, and in the jade market, the higher the grade, the greater the appreciation, so Xu Jiangcheng will not give up on this raw material easily.
In fact, ice species can also be divided into good and bad, new and old, so some people simply divide ice species into ice species and quasi-ice species. Ice species have a water head of 1.5 points, are very transparent, and have an excellent texture. Quasi-ice species have a water head of 1 point, are semi-transparent, and have a very good texture.
Like this piece of wool fabric, the quality is not as good as Chu Chen's last piece of ice jade worth tens of millions. If it were made with the same quality as Chu Chen's last piece, the estimated value of this wool fabric would be at least 20-30% higher.
However, the fat boss also didn't want to give up this piece of wool easily, so the two of them started bidding against each other, and the price of the wool was rising rapidly. But both of them were cunning businessmen who stuck to their principles and wouldn't let the middle-aged man take advantage of them.
Of course, the on-site quotation is not possible for just two people. Besides them, there are also some jade merchants who are eager to try.
"Seven hundred and fifty thousand!"
When Xu Jiangcheng quoted this price, the fat boss thought for a moment and withdrew from the competition, while the other bosses also lost.
The middle-aged man was still unwilling to give up, although the price of 750,000 had already moved him, but he finally decided to come down and cut another knife.
"Xiao Chen, what do you think of this half piece of material?" Li Guodong asked softly after looking at the half piece of woolen fabric.
Chu Chen looked at him with a slightly furrowed brow, and knew that he had also noticed something was off. He said in a low voice, "Li Ge, I suppose you've also seen it, this Three-headed Python card has been somewhat... altered?"
Li Guodong nodded slightly and said, "This material is not good for betting, the risk is too great."
"Why is it so risky?" Wen Yuting asked softly.
"Yu Ting, you should have also seen the python pattern on the wool just now. This kind of uneven, honeycomb-like python pattern is called Ka San Boa. Generally, this kind of boa has color and most of the stones are half-thin skin and half-thick skin, with a higher jade content, making it better for gambling."
However, we need to pay attention that if the python pattern has formed a plaster-like shape, like a layer of skin similar to a plaster, then the internal jade content will not be high, and may even be colorless. Just this piece of wool fabric with cardamom python, both I and Xiao Chuan feel that it seems to have undergone some gelation, so we think the risk is still very great.
"Ah, I see. But I've never seen colorless jade before. Is it that kind of jade that looks like glass? Isn't it quite pretty? Why isn't it very valuable?" Wen Yuting asked with some curiosity.
Li Guodong smiled and said, "As you said, most people think that colorless glass has no meaning. Those who don't know might even think it's just a piece of glass. So in the past, colorless ones were generally discarded, and even if they were jade, they weren't worth much money. Although prices have risen in the past two years, colorless jade is still not very valuable."
Wen Yuting suddenly realized, so that's how it was. But she immediately asked another question: "Guo Kung, the owner of the wool can't see the scam, why does he still want to gamble?"
Li Guodong thought for a moment and said, "In the stone gambling industry, many people are holding onto lucky psychology. Both I and Xiao Chuan have some similarities, but it's not that obvious, so he might have overlooked it. This is probably why onlookers see more clearly. Of course, the final result will only be known after it's cut open. Maybe in the end, both I and Xiao Chuan guessed wrong, who knows."
When Li Guodong was explaining to Wen Yuting, Chu Chen's heart was very excited. Of course, what he was excited about was not the half of the wool that was being cut open now, but the other half full of white cotton.
White cotton, refers to the semi-transparent or slightly transparent white spots, stripes, filaments and ripples inside jadeite. Its composition is often a mixture of albite, orthoclase and microcline that has entered the jadeite.
This is the impurity of jadeite, and the more obvious it is, the more it affects the quality of jadeite. "White cotton" sometimes mixes with jadeite's fluid inclusions. According to research, the "white cotton" between jadeite green and green may be caused by the uneven distribution of jadeite's own green color.
If the white cotton is once dissolved, this piece of wool is basically considered to be ruined by half, let alone that full face is a snowy white, in this case it is unlikely that the other half will dissolve into jade.
But it was this discarded material that everyone didn't think much of, Chu Chen's treasure detector actually reacted, you know his current detector only reacts to jade worth thousands of yuan, in this situation, he was instantly shocked.
So just now when he was checking that piece of wool, Chu Chen pretended to be curious and went to check the half-piece of wool full of white cotton. He didn't hesitate to use his special ability, and as a result, he became excited and thrilled in an instant.
"I must get this piece of wool!"
Chu Chen had made up his mind, but he didn't want to buy it immediately. He thought it was better to wait for the right time and not rush into buying it, otherwise, it might arouse other people's curiosity and end in loss. Besides, judging from the quality of this wool, probably no one would compete with him anyway.
"Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!"
This time, the middle-aged man chose to stick with the python and cut another knife. If this knife can cut out green, as long as the water is good, then this half-block material will undoubtedly soar. On the contrary, if the result is not good, he can only hope for that green belt.
The jade polishing machine was running smoothly, but the minds of the many bosses waiting on the side were not so calm, and were quite complex. On the one hand, they hoped that the results would be a little better, then they might also gain some mid-to-high-end jade.
But on the other hand, I also hope that the result is not too good, so that it's not easy to get jade at a cheap price. Moreover, some weak bosses hope that this mink will go bankrupt, and everyone won't be able to buy it.
As before, when the stone cutter stopped, the middle-aged man went to uncover the cut stone slab first.
Everyone watching stretched their necks, eager to know the result as soon as possible. When the wool revealed its mysterious veil, some sharp-eyed spectators suddenly gasped in unison.
"Colorless Jade?!"
"Impossible! A fine piece of material actually cut out a colorless jade!"
Seeing this result, Wen Yuting gave Li Guodong a slap on the arm and excitedly whispered: "Guodong, you really guessed it." And Li Guodong was slapped silly by her.