Chapter 107: Auctioning Jadeite Without Worries

  Today, five stone-cracking machines cracked a total of thirty-seven gambling stones, two of which were completely worthless and couldn't be sold for any value.

  The remaining thirty-five pieces have twelve pieces that are cut across, and the most severe ones are not much stronger than those that are completely cut across. Fortunately, such gambled stones are rare, with only three pieces, while others can still recover part of the cost.

  The remaining 23 pieces of jade all rose, and this proportion only occurs in the "Opening Red" event. However, it also shows that the jade is not easy to obtain, with a one-third failure rate even after careful selection and preparation for a year.

  Twenty-three blocks of gambling stones, eight of which are big winners and fifteen small winners. Overall, this time's opening red results are still very good. Especially this time, unexpectedly, another glass species was released, and it was solved by an ordinary member, making everyone even more excited.

  On the way back to the conference room, Sima Lin and Zhang Wei carefully explained the process of the event to Li Yang again. They did not expect that Li Yang would solve the glass species of top-grade jade on his first day.

  The activity later on was actually an auction, and the items being auctioned off were some of the jade that had been released today. The jade released today only had two possible destinations: either it would be kept by its current owner, or it would be sold through auction to other in-province colleagues who possessed auction qualifications - those with auction qualifications being members who operated jade businesses.

  Li Yang's piece of glass jade is the same, Li Yang can choose for himself, if he keeps it, he absolutely cannot sell it to others, even after processing. Once it is discovered that Li Yang sold the jade he obtained at the event to someone else, he will be permanently expelled from the Jade Association and become a blacklisted member of the Jade Association, subject to boycott by all industries related to jade.

  This is not just a simple talk, there has been such a precedent in the past. A few years ago, someone chose to stay behind and eventually sold it to others. As a result, he was reported nationwide by the Jade Association, and later on, this person could not even buy any jade raw materials or gamble stones in public gatherings, and also carried a bad reputation.

  Li Yang knew about this rule yesterday, but didn't understand it as clearly as he does today.

  "Simida big brother, I've already promised the small piece to Wang Zong, let's auction off the large one."

  Li Yang thought for a moment and made a decision. He had a piece of green jade Guanyin on him, which he didn't need temporarily, so he might as well exchange it for cash first and keep an eye out for better jade in the future. Since spending over 10 million yuan on buying a house and a car, Li Yang no longer felt that the few hundred million yuan on him was a huge sum of money.

  "Alright, I'll go arrange it for you. Just a small block of time, and then we can take a walk around the area. Let Wang Haomin take some photos, there won't be anyone else competing with him."

  Sim Lin nodded, normally this should be Zhang Wei's arrangement, but Sim Lin and Li Yang's relationship is not ordinary, he can go in person too. Sim Lin showing up would have a much better effect than Zhang Wei showing up.

  There were about two hundred people sitting inside the meeting hall this time, and there were quite a few empty seats.

  More than 40 people were seated in the front row, they are the ones who have the qualification to bid this time. Zhang Wei and Wang Haomin were both sitting in the front, Mingyang only had these two qualifications, others didn't have it, Li Yang doesn't count, Li Yang is not the boss but just an employee.

  Today, the four pieces of jadeite that were solved are all prepared by the boss himself. These four pieces will naturally be kept by themselves. The remaining four pieces, with the owner's consent, are all taken out for auction. The four pieces of jadeite are Liyang's glass seed jadeite, Xinyang member's high ice seed jadeite, Luoyang member's peony seed emperor green variant jadeite and Zhumadian's golden silk seed jadeite.

  These four pieces of jade will be the focus of today's auction, especially Li Yang's glass species, which has been firmly locked in by four people, but only these four people on site can afford to take down this piece of jade.

  Fifteen pieces of jadeite with a small increase in price, nine pieces were taken out for auction, and these nine pieces became the focus of competition among others. For high-end jadeite, Zhang Wei and Wang Haomin have given up competing, their attention is focused on these mid-range jadeite. With Li Yang's golden silk and that small piece of glass, the supply of high-end goods for the two of them is no longer tense, too much and they can't digest it either.

  Li Yang and Sima Lin, as well as Wu Xiaoli, sat in the fourth row, which was where the local directors were seated. With Li Yang leading the way, no one dared to ask Wu Xiaoli or Liu Gang anything. Now, Li Yang's reputation within the Provincial Jade Association is second only to that of the chairmen, and perhaps even surpasses theirs. For these three days, he has been the most prominent figure.

  The auction started quickly, the Jade Association restricted the outflow of jade while providing the greatest help to members who provided jade, and set this way of auctioning just to let the members who provided jade get the most benefit.

  The auction is prohibited from colluding to lower prices. If the jade sold at the auction is not up to the normal market price outside, the owner of the jade has the right to suspend the auction. At this time, he can sell it to others without any restrictions. Moreover, once collusion is discovered, these people will also be severely punished.

  The auction began, and Nanyang's president, Lao Liang, had specially invited a professional auctioneer to the venue. This kind of auction was not an official one, and all the rules were actually followed by everyone voluntarily.

  "Simida, who came up with this pattern first?"

  Sitting on a chair, Li Yang quietly asked Sima Lin, now Li Yang has completely understood the severity of this pattern.

  Bring everyone together, mobilize the strength of all to gamble on stones, and then sell all the jade gambled out to members operating in the jade industry. The members operating in the jade industry are actually those main force members.

  Core members have access to raw materials, they can better develop their own business, maintain the local jade association's operation and development of new high-quality members, gradually expanding the influence of the Jade Association.

  And members will not be at a disadvantage, betting on good jade can get the due benefits, most importantly, with such activities some members usually do not go out to gamble on stones alone, leaving all their energy on this activity, which is equivalent to retaining a batch of high-quality members who provide raw materials for the main force.

  Especially in the current situation where high-end jade raw materials are in short supply, these ordinary members have become even more important. In fact, a considerable portion of the jade raw materials for these main members every year are provided by these ordinary members during activities.

  The main members develop well, and the Jade Stone Association develops well too. Slowly but surely, the Jade Stone Association will expand, thus forming a virtuous cycle.

  Moreover, today alone can auction off more than a dozen decent jade pieces, and the following days will only add to that. In fact, after each event ends, most of the main members can get satisfactory jade materials to alleviate their pressure on raw materials.

  "I don't know either"

  Sim Lin shook his head and said in a low voice, "Do you see the benefits of this pattern? The more you look at it, the more benefits you will find. Our Henan Province Jade Association is currently the best provincial branch in the country. This activity has made great contributions, other places' jade associations can't even establish municipal-level folk associations, we have them in every city and they are all well-developed folk associations."

  Li Yang highly agreed with Sima Lin's words and couldn't help but nod his head, saying: "This is so awesome, the person who came up with this pattern must be a genius!"

  It can't be said that way, this pattern is actually explored by everyone in their usual gatherings, every participant understands and maintains it voluntarily, which is also the biggest reason why our gathering can bring out a market. Don't look at the intense competition between different places in peacetime, all of them are beneficial, there will be development only with competition.

  Sim Lin shook his head again, the auctioneer had already started bidding on the first piece of jadeite, and this first piece was actually that small glass kind from Li Yang, with a starting price of one million, and each increase in price was ten thousand.

  The auctioneer had just finished introducing it, and Wang Haomin added 700,000 yuan at once. When the auctioneer's hammer fell, no one else bid.

  This was all arranged beforehand, this kind of thing is called an internal shot, it's just a matter of not violating the rules and going through the motions, who doesn't have some good friends to help out, no one will say anything, on the premise that this friend must be someone with bidding qualifications, in other words, they must be a main force member.

  Of course, if Li Yang were to sell that large piece of glass like this, everyone would disagree. Many people are eyeing that big piece, staring at it like wolves. Such a rare and precious thing is hard to come by, and who wouldn't want to fight for it?

  Wang Haomin snapped up the small piece of glass jade, then sat there smiling at it. The remaining four large pieces of jade he and Zhang Wei would no longer fight over, this was also a kind of mutual concession.

  The second auction was a dry green jade, and the bidding voice continued uninterrupted as soon as the auctioneer reported the bottom price. In the end, it was bought at a high price by a director from Zhengzhou.

  This dry green jade Li Yang still has an impression, the final price given by Zhengzhou's director is very high, it's hard to sell at this price in the market, so ordinary members who provide jade raw materials will definitely be satisfied.

  This mutually beneficial relationship is the easiest to maintain, and the biggest success of the Jade Stone Association's gatherings getting better year after year also lies here. Li Yang, who understood this, began to feel that his trip to Nanyang was not in vain, as he learned a lot from it.

  Soon, all the jade rough stones were auctioned off by everyone, and Zhang Wei also got a piece of jade rough stone worth 800,000 yuan. The people who got the jade all showed satisfied smiles, this is probably the real meaning of opening red.

  Slowly, only the last piece of jade material was left, and this last piece was the final act, which was naturally Li Yang's large glass jade. This piece of jade can be made into at least two pairs of large bangles or three pairs of small bangles, and the remaining jade material can also be used to make several good pendants and a dozen ring faces. Such materials are rare and precious for Anshi Jewelry.

  "The last piece is the glass-type jadeite solved by Mr. Li Yang, a director of Mingyang Jade Stone Association today. Everyone has seen this piece of jadeite, so I won't elaborate on it. The starting price for this glass-type jadeite is 120 million, and each bid increase is 10 million. Let's start the auction now."

  The auctioneer's deliberate omission of introducing the glass-type jadeite was a calculated move. In this type of auction, any glass-type jadeite would not be introduced. The more introductions made, the fiercer the competition becomes. However, even without introduction, genuine connoisseurs have already grasped the true value of this piece of glass-type jadeite.

  "Eighteen million"

  As soon as the auctioneer's voice fell, someone directly added a high price of 60 million, with an attitude of determination to win.

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