Chapter 27 Appointment

  This matter Chu Chen also found it inconvenient to say much, so he changed the subject and said:

  "Mr. Liu has been in this business for many years and must have seen a lot. Mr. Liu, which piece of jade do you think is the most promising today?"

  "No."

  Mr. Liu shook his head and sighed, "I'm now a lonely person with only this hobby of gambling on stones. But I've come to realize that it's better to be cautious in the future. Without exceptional skills and luck, one will definitely lose nine out of ten times. Although I've gained something over the years, I'm still far from being a master."

  "Haha, with your level of expertise, you're a senior to me. I'll have to ask Mr. Liu for more guidance in the future." After saying that, Chu Chen respectfully handed over his own business card.

  Mr. Liu's impression of Chu Chen should be pretty good, and he also exchanged his business card with a smile: "Don't say that, I've heard from others that you've been in contact with jade for quite some time, we can exchange ideas later. I'm envious of your mindset, spending less money to learn the tricks of gambling on stones, unlike me..."

  Chu Chen took the business card and only then did he know that this Mr. Liu was actually named Liu Zhiqing. Seeing him looking sad again, he comforted him by saying: "Mr. Liu, people still have to look forward, may I ask, do you have any plans for the future?"

  "Sorry, I lost my composure for a moment."

  Liu Zhiqing perked up a bit and replied, "I've spent so many years on gambling stones, and now I'm only interested in this aspect. So, I plan to open a store in the future, specializing in woolen goods business. I have a few friends in southern Yunnan, and next month I'll go there to investigate the market."

  Chu Chen heard this and immediately said with a flash of inspiration: "Mr. Liu, I have an impertinent request, can you take me along when you go?"

  "This kind of thing, is it presumptuous or not?" Liu Zhiqing replied with a smile: "I'll probably set off around the 5th of next month. I'll call you on the 3rd. If I forget, just remind me, no big deal."

  "Thank you so much, Mr. Liu." Chu Chen said excitedly as he agreed.

  Liu Zhiqing joked: "Don't need to thank me, when the time comes and the store opens, you can come often to patronize it, that's the best way to thank me."

  "That's for sure, and first of all, I'd like to wish Mr. Liu a prosperous business." Chu Chen said with a smile.

  "Then thank you for your kind words, Little Chu. We can be considered acquaintances now. If you call me Mr. Liu again, it would feel a bit distant. If you're willing, just call me Brother Liu from now on."

  After seeing Chu Chen nodding in agreement, he continued to ask: "Xiao Chu, are you here today to make a big move?"

  "I don't have much money, it's not enough to make a big bet, but I won a little yesterday and got some confidence, so today I came here again to try my luck."

  Chu Chen waved his hand and replied, then asked curiously: "Liu Ge, you came before me, have you encountered any particularly good pieces?"

  "Hehe, I haven't been here for long either, just took a look at the thousand-yuan district over there, but their performance isn't very good." Liu Zhiqing shook his head and said.

  After hearing, Chu Chen also swept a glance at the thousand-yuan area's wool fabrics, and was instantly somewhat disappointed. The wool fabrics here were varied, some of which had considerable volume, but it wasn't hard to tell that most of them were new-venue wool fabrics.

  Generally speaking, the jade gambling materials on the market can be roughly divided into three categories: Xin Chang Yu, Sha Pi Mao Liao Dou Shi and Shui Shi.

  Xin Chang Yu refers to the raw jadeite material that is directly excavated from the mountain, characterized by little or no skin, with minimal internal and external changes. The excavated materials are often low-to-medium grade white-based cyan materials, which have a relatively low market value.

  But since it is jade wool, some unscrupulous businessmen often grind new jade into gravel and then make fake skin to imitate Huangsha Pi or Hei Wu Sa gambling stone or water stone.

  Water jade rough is a kind of nephrite that has been weathered and eroded by wind and water, transported by rivers, and then formed into pebbles without skin. Water jade, due to the transportation of river water, has already worn away the loose parts, leaving only the relatively hard and dense parts.

  Jadeite pebbles are formed when boulders, which were originally buried underwater for a long time due to the uplift of the earth's crust, reappear on the water surface and undergo a second round of weathering and erosion. After undergoing another round of weathering, they develop a layer of sandy skin on their surface, known as jadeite pebbles with sandy skin, which is the main type of jadeite pebble found in markets.

  And most of the thousand-yuan area is the first kind of new scene jade, other wool materials, looking from a distance, also perform poorly, so Chuyan would feel disappointed.

  Liu Zhiqing saw Chu Chen's somewhat disappointed expression and patted his shoulder, saying:

  "Xiao Chu, your mindset is not good. Don't you remember that the jade you found yesterday was from a brick head material? In our line of work, we need to be bold and meticulous, just like playing with antiques. If there's even a slight possibility, don't give up on any raw material. Of course, this isn't encouraging you to play with brick head materials, but rather to wait until after practice to draw conclusions. People can't be judged by appearance alone."

  Chu Chen listened and indeed it was so, he himself had been a bit superficial earlier, and didn't think that if the jade all came from good quality materials, could it still be called a gamble stone? Liu Zhiqing's words were very correct, people can't judge by appearance, let alone the gamble stone material that even gods find hard to distinguish.

  Liu Zhiqing saw Chu Chen's thoughtful expression, smiled faintly and said: "Alright, it's getting late, I won't waste your time anymore. Let's focus on looking at the wool fabrics."

  Chu Chen quickly reacted and after thanking Liu Zhiqing for his guidance, he also started looking for today's target.

  Although Liu Zhiqing made a lot of sense earlier, Chu Chen's goal was still to start by selecting from the ten-thousand-yuan district's wool products. No choice, after all, his special ability could only be used three times a day.

  Entering the ten-thousand-yuan district, Chu Chen felt somewhat disappointed again. This time, his disappointment wasn't because of the poor quality of the goods, but rather because Bao Jue, who had been given very high hopes by him, didn't react at all.

  It's impossible to say that there is no jadeite in this wool, even if the probability of opening high-end jadeite is not high, but based on the performance of this ten-thousand-yuan wool, it has not reached the point where it can't open up any jadeite.

  It just shows that Baojue's sense of jade is not working, and this situation may change in the future, but for Chu Chen now, it doesn't help at all.

  Alright, I'll take matters into my own hands and make sure I have enough food and clothing. Without Zhang Tufu, I wouldn't have to eat hairy pigs, would I? Chu Chen wasn't too disappointed either. After rallying his spirits, he took out a magnifying glass and a high-intensity flashlight and went back to battle.

  The amount of wool here is much less than that in the thousands district, and the area with more than 500,000 yuan has even less wool. After all, it's still common for people to spend tens of thousands of dollars to participate in stone gambling at this age, but if they were to spend hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars to participate in stone gambling, except for companies, it's not often seen for individuals.

  Two types of goods worth tens of thousands, each divided into two blocks. One block is semi-gambling material, also known as "opening a small window" or "opening a small door". This type of material is well-received by some jewelry companies and customers who are not proficient in gambling stones because it minimizes risk to the greatest extent.

  Although a small window has been opened, it is not impossible to lose money, after all, who can predict what situation is inside the wool, such as encountering cracks and eczema, or the jadeite inside having a thin layer of green skin, etc., which will greatly reduce the value of the opened jadeite or even result in a loss.

  However, this is still much less likely than the possibility of unexpected events occurring with full-time gambling. In the past when Chu Chen didn't have any special abilities, he had thought that once he had more money in the future, he would invest in half-time gambling, although the earnings were small, but the advantage was that the probability of earning money was high.

  The most expensive half-rough jade stone in the ten-thousand-yuan district is a yellow sand skin half-rough material, weighing around 10 kilograms or so. The opened window has plenty of water head and looks very delicate. When held up to the light, it appears to have an icy to glassy appearance.

  Unfortunately, there are many small cracks in this piece of jade, as the saying goes, "don't be afraid of big cracks, be afraid of small cracks", cracks have a great impact on jade, directly affecting its material and appearance.

  Large cracks are easy to observe and it is also easy to see the extent of their impact on jadeite. However, because of their small size and extreme variability, whether large or small, deep or shallow, they can be difficult to grasp.

  This piece of semi-woolen fabric is greatly affected by its texture, otherwise the price would start at least from 500,000.

  Just as Chu Chen was about to give up on this semi-waste material, he suddenly thought that he had special abilities after all. If the inside of the wool wasn't like its appearance, wouldn't he have made a great find?

  Under the excitement, Chu Chen immediately stuck his left hand on the original stone again, lowered his head to pretend to observe, and then activated his heterodyne.

  However, his face suddenly turned brilliant, and the spiritual energy intensity inside this raw stone was only around a thousand yuan level. That is to say, the raw stone was full of large and small cracks, destroying the jade inside completely.

  However, in general, although there is also this possibility, the probability is absolutely negligible. The greatest possibility is that this piece of wool should be the green velvet mentioned earlier, and only the part near the window has jade.

  This piece of wool is really a gamble, gambled to the point of losing everything, Chu Chen couldn't help but sigh in his heart, nature is truly amazing.

  After leaving this piece of semi-gambling stone, he looked at several other pieces of semi-gambling stone, but didn't find any satisfactory ones. The key was that the ability to use only three times a day was really too limited for gambling stones. Chu Chen could only hope in his heart that when the ability upgraded next time, it would be better if the number of uses increased.

  After finishing half of the semi-finished goods, Chu Chen began to flip through the nearby full-finished goods. The performance of these full-finished goods was worth their price, most of which had python patterns and pine flowers. Especially, there was a large piece of black tungsten sand with good performance, but unfortunately, this piece of black tungsten sand was a piece of shell skin without sand skin.