Chapter 111: The Wool Warehouse (Part 2)

  This is a piece of old elephant skin leather, looking like it weighs around 20 kilograms or so. On the surface of the leather, at first glance, there is a beautiful strip pattern of pine flowers. The length and size of the pine flowers are moderate. Just based on this, plus the fact that it's made from old elephant skin, the possibility of its value increasing is extremely high.

  Logically, the price of such a good piece of mammoth skin should not be cheap. However, Chu Chen took a closer look at the price tag and his face showed a surprised expression: "Zhang Ge, what's going on? This old mammoth skin is only 800,000 yuan, is there something wrong with it?"

  Zhang Yanbin stood up and shone his flashlight on a spot next to the pine flowers, saying somewhat disappointedly: "There really is a problem. You come take a look and you'll see. Next to this pine flower there's actually black truffles, and it's straight truffles too. This could very likely damage the jade material inside. And you guys take another look at this spot."

  As he spoke, Zhang Yanbin flipped the old elephant skin over and turned the woolen side out. Chu Chen took one look and shook his head in disappointment.

  At the bottom of the wool, there was actually a small patch of ringworm, and the ringworm in front of me was actually pig ringworm!

  Boar bristle, as the name suggests, is shaped like boar bristles that are deeply rooted, can penetrate into the interior of the stone, and are ubiquitous, with extremely destructive power. Generally, if a jade material has boar bristle, even if it looks good, it can only be treated as a decorative material, and when pricing, it cannot be bought at the price of good jade material.

  "Alas, this good old elephant skin has been ruined by these moles. Now you know why I only asked for 800,000 yuan. In my opinion, with these two moles, this piece of fur is not worth 800,000 yuan at all. If it were me, I definitely wouldn't buy it at such a high price."

  Chu Chen nodded in agreement with Zhang Yanbin's words, to be honest, if there was only that one faint straight scar, relying on the reputation of old elephant skin, this piece of fur would still not be too expensive at 800,000, but there was also a small patch of pig bristle scar, although this piece of material was large, if it were his own, he would sell it for no more than 200,000.

  However, the old pit's old elephant skin fabric is indeed rare in China. It's not easy to come across one, so Chu Chen had to study it carefully before letting others take a look. He said to the others, "Let me take another look at this fabric, Li Ge and you guys can just take a casual glance around, there are plenty of fabrics here for us to learn from."

  As they went to look at other fabrics, Chu Chen carefully examined this piece of fabric bit by bit. The reason for doing so was that Chu Chen had just thought that the boss here couldn't possibly put a price tag of 800,000 on a piece of fabric worth only 200,000 to 300,000.

  After all, for someone like Boss Yu, reputation is the most important thing. He cares about long-term business and cannot afford to mark up the price of woolen goods arbitrarily. Of course, if Boss Yu marked this price just because of Old Elephant Skin, then Chu Chen has nothing to say, at most it's just a waste of time.

  As expected, with Chu Chen's now somewhat demonic eyesight, he soon discovered another spot of ringworm. As soon as this ringworm appeared, it immediately made him feel very happy.

  Some people may ask, since it's a ringworm, why is Chu Chen still so happy. This is because the ringworm in front of us is the one that everyone likes the most among many ringworms, which is the plaster ringworm.

  Plaster ringworm, shaped like a plaster, this type of ringworm is mostly not deep inside, and the color ringworm separates. Moreover, there are also high green appearances under many plaster ringworms, but this also needs to pay attention to the thickness of the ringworm.

  This piece of moleskin is lighter than the previous one, and its location is more biased. No wonder Zhang Yanbin didn't notice it earlier. Moreover, this piece of moleskin doesn't look thick, plus it's made of old elephant skin material, so although there are two places with moles, the price of 800,000 is still worth it.

  Chu Chen found this medicinal plaster, and suddenly became more interested in the fur of this old elephant hide. He continued to carefully search for the special features of this fur. However, it is clear that such a rare and famous fur must have been carefully evaluated before being priced, even if there are other issues, they must not be obvious.

  So Chu Chen looked around carefully and didn't find any other signs, just as he was about to give up searching and use his ability to sense instead, Hou Yuanming happened to come over.

  "Hmm, this old elephant skin material is quite good, huh? How come it's only 800,000 yuan? Xiao Chu, is there something wrong with this material?" Hou Yuanming asked doubtfully.

  Although Chu Chen is now very interested in this piece of wool, he still generously pointed out the three places he had just discovered to Hou Yuanming. He didn't worry that Hou Yuanming would rob him, after all, he hadn't said no yet.

  Something just happened next, and Chu Chen's mind was suddenly shocked.

  Because Hou Yuanming came suddenly, Chu Chen's high-intensity flashlight had just been forgotten to turn off, and it happened to shine on the not-so-distant eczema. When Hou Yuanming used the flashlight to examine that area of eczema, in the part where the two light sources overlapped, Chu Chen discovered a hint of abnormality.

  Although Chu Chen couldn't wait to take out the wool fabric for a look, there were still others around at this time, so he remained calm and composed.

  Hou Yuanming shook his head after reading it and said, "The performance on this piece of wool is too complicated. Although it's worth 800,000, I really don't dare to gamble. Xiao Chu, are you interested in this piece of wool?"

  Chu Chen nodded and said: "En, yes, so I want to take a closer look before making a decision."

  Hou Yuanming nodded in agreement: "Right, we should be more careful. I'll go take a look over there."

  "Alright."

  Because there was still a staff member behind him, Chu Chen didn't show any impatience afterwards and continued to look over slowly as before. However, with the previous discovery, he indeed found something else in that place, and this discovery made his heart extremely excited.

  It turned out that Chu Chen carefully identified this place as a pinecone of a valley shell!

  Valley shell pine is a relatively difficult to identify pine, the shape of the pine is similar to white bran. This pine only grows on good wool, if there is jade, the color will be good. The old elephant skin wool is originally famous for its good growth, and the combination of the two is even more beneficial.

  Originally, the shell of the pine nut was already quite difficult to identify, and since it was made of old elephant skin material, it looked very rough, making it even harder to discover.

  He discovered that the wool was of high quality, and even without using his special ability, Chu Chen would have definitely bought it. After using his special ability, he was even more delighted. So he immediately called the staff to send this piece of wool to the pile he had chosen.

  Next, Chu Chen arrived at Li Guodong's place and found the three of them arguing about something while surrounding a not-so-large piece of woolen fabric.

  Chu Chen walked closer and found that they were arguing over a piece of fur estimated to be around 4-5 kilograms, with the skin of a yellow pear.

  The outer shell of the yellow pear skin looks like a ripe yellow pear, slightly transparent. If there is a little green on the shell, the possibility of rising is extremely high. This kind of wool is generally high-grade gambling stone wool.

  Chu Chen stepped forward and asked: "What's going on with you guys?"

  Upon hearing the voice, the three of them turned their heads to see that it was Chu Chen. Wen Yuting then said: "Chu Ge, come take a look and evaluate this piece of fabric for us. Yu Lan wants to buy it."

  Chu Chen smiled and nodded, took the wool fabric and looked at it. The surface of this yellow pear skin wool fabric can clearly see some greenish tint, in this regard, the performance is indeed not bad, but on the back there is a very obvious nep, and it's a chicken claw nep.

  The shape of the chicken claw is like a chicken claw, and it is generally highly destructive. The chicken claw that has penetrated into the wool will greatly reduce its value even if the jade is extracted again. The chicken claw will split the jade inside into four or five pieces, and some may not have any use value at all.

  However, even if there are chicken feet marks, it doesn't mean that the fabric will definitely fall apart. If the chicken feet marks only appear on the surface of the fabric, then it's still usable.

  Those who really like to gamble on fabrics, the most favorite is this kind of chicken claw fabric. However, judging whether the chicken claw pattern only exists on the surface requires very high eyesight. So Chu Chen also found it strange why Chu Yulan had to buy this piece of fabric.

  Chu Chen looked at the wool and asked, "Xiao Lan, are you thinking of betting on this chicken claw? This kind of bet is very risky, it's better for inexperienced people to avoid it."

  "Brother Chu, I just think this piece of jadeite looks quite light in color and not too big, so it has some potential for appreciation. Also, I feel that the material will come out well, and the price is not expensive, only 650,000, so I want to buy it."

  650,000 is indeed not expensive, and the feeling Chu Yulan said is also not unreliable. There are many examples of spiritual efficacy in this line of work, of course, relying on intuition to gamble on stones is not very reliable.

  Although 650,000 may not be expensive for Chu Chen, it is a large sum of money for Chu Yulan. Previously, when the two chatted casually, they learned that although Chu Yulan's family conditions were very good, her parents and relatives would not give her a lot of pocket money every month. The money she used to buy wool and antiques was all her savings from childhood to adulthood.

  Thinking of this, Chu Chen felt obligated to help Chu Yulan manage her purse, after all, she was invited by him to come over.

  Next, due to the circumstances and timing, Chu Chen directly used his special ability. Anyway, he had already used it for Li Guodong's couple before, now using it for Chu Yulan again wouldn't be unfair.

  After using the heterodyne, Chu Chen couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Xiao Lan's luck is really too good. Previously, she didn't solve any good jade and thought she had lost her previous luck in Xijing. I didn't expect that just this piece of material would make her trip worthwhile."

  Chu Chen pretended to examine the wool fabric carefully, then furrowed his brow and said: "Xiao Lan, the chicken claw velvet is not very good in my opinion either, so I don't dare guarantee anything. Everything can only rely on luck, whether to buy or not depends on your own decision."