Chapter 231 When the fake is real, the real is also fake
Chapter 231: When it is true, it is true.
Continuing to the next store, Tang Han and the others were glad that the owner of this store did not know them, and they could also avoid the boss's verbal bombing.
Another boss with no characteristics, Qin Yue simply ignored them. Seeing that the two were young, Tang Han only said to take a look as soon as he came in. The boss was just playing with the handpieces in his hands and let them take a look as much as he wanted.
Qin Yue didn't have the time to look at the jade that had been carved, and worked with Tang Han to study the uncarved jade. Occasionally, when he encountered a few cuts, he could draw the characteristics of the whole piece of jade. Qin Yue couldn't help but look at it. The foundation required to figure out the jadeware must be very deep. The seemingly random cuts actually require a clear understanding of the jade as a whole, and then he can remove the drought and preserve the essence.
However, the two did not find any signs of Hetian seed jade. There are some mountain materials and mountain flowing waters that are pretended to be, but not many, most of them are Russian materials and Qinghai jade. The real Hetian jade is divided into several types, and the most popular one is seed jade. Seed jade is produced in the lower reaches of the Yulong River at the Kunlun Mountains, and is available in the river and on the river. Most of the seed jade buried on the riverside is naked seed jade. The seed jade buried on the river has been stained by the outside world for a long time. The seed jade is washed by the flowing water and absorbs the essence of heaven and earth, becoming warm and smooth.
The mountain flowing water is slightly worse than seed jade. It is the weathered jade that falls into the middle and upper reaches of the river by flowing water. Since the time is still short, the essence of earth like seed jade has not been absorbed, and both the value and price are much lower. The mountain material is jade collected from Kunlun Mountains, and it has the lowest value among several types of jade.
The two saw more fake skins, and some were very rough. Qin Yue shook her head when she saw them. These days, fake goods are rampant! After reading the information, both of them understood that the annual output of Hetian jade in Xinjiang is no more than 50 tons, but the market marked that the amount of Hetian jade reached almost more than 500 tons. In other words, more than 90% of Hetian jade in the market are impersonated by other jades.
Qin Yue was holding a small piece of jade in her hand. Although it was also pebbled egg-shaped, she felt that it was obviously wrong. When she took out the magnifying glass to observe carefully, she could find something strange.
This jade does not have the natural sweat pores formed by the natural formation of Hetian seed jade, but has traces of being rolled and ground. Qin Yue said dissatisfiedly, "This skin is too fake! The real color should have penetrated into the jade meat, especially in places with cracks, but this color is bright but it is concentrated on the surface. Moreover, there is no patina on the surface of the jade. Brother, do you see if this is the legendary 'thief light'!"
Tang Han looked at the little goose jade in her hand, "It's indeed quite 'shen'. The luster of the real seed jade is not so dazzling. People often say that it is as warm as jade. The surface of a good jade should be a warm luster. If you take a magnifying glass and look carefully, it must have a warm luster. The surface of the jade must be similar to frosted glass, and there are some uneven protrusions. Let's just think this is the reverse teaching material."
"There are so few real-seed jades! People who are deceived should be indispensable." Qin Yue threw away the jade in his hand and shook his head.
Tang Han smiled and said, "We mainly look at fake seed jade outside, so that the jade the boss takes out is possible with the possibility of genuine ones."
Qin Yue nodded in agreement, "It is probably many people who will be fooled by the fraud method! Most people only know that skin-free seed jade is the best, but they don't know that the real good jade is skinless."
"Sweep the roots and chase the ends!" Tang Han sighed softly, and then said coldly, "After all, good jade is hard to find, and fakes are popular, so everyone's requirements are naturally lowered. First of all, we must distinguish whether it is a real product, and other requirements are ranked behind. This is also the tragedy of the times. Hetian jade is known as national jade, but the rampant impersonation has made the jade shame. Perhaps it is necessary to compare beauty and ugliness to make the authentic product appear to be valuable."
Qin Yue reached out to pick up a piece of jade, "Brother, don't be too moved. The contradiction between true and false has been like this since ancient times. As long as there is a conflict of interest, fakes will not disappear. However, we cannot be as vulgar as them. If we want to collect, we must collect the best white mutton fat jade."
Tang Han looked at her, "I just said it casually. If you want good jade, it depends on opportunities and luck! People say that white jade with mutton fat is hard to find, and it is harder than to reach the sky. It is not so easy to find."
"But for my brother, there is nothing difficult in the world." Qin Yue responded with a smile.
"You really think of me as a god!" Tang Han shrugged. This little girl really can put on a high hat!
Qin Yue smiled, "I think my brother is more powerful than a god! People say, 'It's hard to break the square jade in the immortal', but when I get to my brother, I'm not sure what to do, so..."
Tang Han interrupted her, "The little girl knows nothing, and seeing more and touching more is the ultimate truth!"
"Brother, do you want the boss to come out and take a look?" Qin Yue didn't bother about this, but instead asked about the serious matter. Tang Han nodded in agreement with her support.
Qin Yue asked the boss to ask him to take some real seed jade. The slightly bloated boss only said that the jade in the store was all real Hotan seed jade and refused to use other jades.
Qin Yue replied dissatisfiedly, "Boss, look at us young, think we don't know anything, right?"
"The customer is God. How dare I? The best Ziyu from the shop is here. If you like it, just choose what you two like." The boss's face was as usual, as if Qin Yue's words were just in his ears.
"I don't like these..." Qin Yue refused to give up, but was dragged out by Tang Han. The little girl turned around and muttered a few words, "Hmph, I guess you can't come up with any good things."
"The duck is dead and the mouth is hard. Do you still help such a person?" Qin Yue was still a little dissatisfied when he left the store, dragging Tang Han and shaking him.
"Why don't you lose your value and experience it like him when you know he has no good things?" Now that he is a boss, Tang Han can understand the difficulties of doing business. If you have to forgive others, please forgive others!
"I just can't stand his face!" After a while, Qin Yue, who was arrogant and arrogant, returned to his usual mentality. At this time, Tang Han had already taken her to several jade shops. The owners of these shops were pretty good. They saw some real-seed jades with a very high quality and the price was ridiculously expensive.
Qin Yue knew Tang Han’s temper. As soon as he entered the store, the first thing he saw was those uncarved raw stones. Generally, there were a lot of them in the store, and the same was true for this store with average but clean and tidy decoration.
After several blows, Tang Han felt that he had no confidence in himself, and now he was no exception. He just regarded himself as familiar with fakes.
But when his hand habitually sucked into the pile of jade, he flipped over and touched something unprecedented. It felt a bit wonderful, as if it was really slippery as grease, and it really felt amazing.
He didn't have hope for his feelings, but he still reached out to fish the jade. After seeing the oval jade on his hand, Tang Han was so excited that he could not cry. The feeling suddenly changed. The situation was like seeing a wonderful and graceful back, but when he saw the gullies on his back, his joy and expectation immediately fell into the abyss.
Qin Yue saw that his expression was a little strange and came over to watch the fun. He saw that the jade in his hand was not big, but the color of the outer skin was extremely red and almost covered the entire surface of the jade. Although the jade exposed outside was not particularly ugly, it was also terrible.
"Brother's feeling is getting more and more outrageous!" Qin Yue said with a smile, "This color is obviously made of fake skin!"
Tang Han smiled extremely helplessly, "Xiaoyue, don't hit me again!"
"This can be used as a classic textbook, but it's just the opposite." Qin Yue's smile on her face became stronger, and she completely forgot about the unhappiness just now.
"Tsk! Maybe there is really a jade inside!" Tang Han rubbed it, and he was also wondering in his heart that the one he just touched should be this jade! Could it be that he was also a person who only looked at the appearance, and was so scared that his feelings changed. Although Tang Han didn't say it, he was extremely proud in his heart. He always looked at the jewelry and jade, except for the surface, which pointed directly at the essence of the jade.
"If there is really good jade inside, I will..."
Tang Han interrupted her without hesitation and whispered, "That feeling is coming again!"
"Let me feel it too..." Qin Yue was a little dissatisfied with Tang Han's interruption, and stretched out her little hand. When Tang Han was so proud, she snatched it and held it in her hand to observe carefully.
The jade is not big, but it is better than her. The four or five thumbs are bigger, and it should look like 400 grams. What makes her particularly funny is that the dyed infrared skin only flows on the surface. It can be seen without a magnifying glass that the connection between the outer skin and the jade is abnormally mixed, and it is completely different from the seed jade that has a real outer skin. The true skin and the jade should be harmonious and consistent, and the outer skin will also penetrate deeper and will not float on the surface.
The jade exposed by this jade is also pale white. Because it is not transparent and cannot be seen deep, Qin Yue didn't bother to look at it again, so he handed the jade back to Tang Han. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is jade, but Qin Yue believed that this is not Hetian jade.
Qin Yue's feeling in her hand was not much better than Tang Han, and she was too lazy to work hard at this moment. "I can't feel it. Brother, please feel it again."
As she said, Tang Han really held it in the palm of his hand and felt it carefully. The warm and smooth feeling sometimes didn't happen. Although he had no confidence in his own feelings, such strange things must be found out. But Tang Han rubbed it for a while, but he no longer felt amazing at first.
Qin Yue couldn't stand it, so he picked up a piece of jade and said, "Everyone said it was fake. Brother, let's try changing a piece of jade! From me, this piece of jade is better than it, at least its appearance is better than it."
"We should not be fooled by its appearance. Maybe there is something we have ignored!" Tang Han replied casually. He picked up the jade and observed it carefully, determined not to simply believe in his feelings. After all, in the past years, eyes were his true ceremonial guard and what he really saw through the essence.
Qin Yue slapped her small and delicate lips, "How else can I cheat? You can see it too. This is just a fake skin."
"What if it is not fake, or even if it is fake and dyed, it really cannot be penetrated!" Tang Han and Qin Yue often happened to the objection, and he naturally blurted out at this moment.
But after saying that, Tang Han realized that there was really a possibility. In that case, the one inside could be a top-notch jade.
Tang Han, who was interested, really observed it carefully. Before, he and Qin Yue thought they were dyed fake skins, so they did not study them carefully.
It's true that Tang Han found some clues after careful observation. Looking inward from the junction of the bright red outer skin and the pale white jade, the bright red only stayed on the outside, as if it was blocked by something in the middle. It was also said that it was artificially dyed, but it could not be said that it was a good jade. The most important thing is that Tang Han wanted to find a reason for his feelings, so he grabbed the last straw and refused to let go.
Qin Yue only said that he was making excuses for his poor feelings and said with a smile, "The chance of this is too small!"
Seeing the two of them having fun making a fuss, the boss lady in her thirties came over and asked them what jade they liked, and also said confidently that this was the real Hotan seed jade.
"How much do you want for seed jade like this?" Qin Yue pointed to the jade in Tang Han's hand and asked curiously.
"The price of our store has always been fair. For only 15,000, you can take this real piece of Hotan seed jade home. Look how cute the bright red skin is, it is a special symbol of Hotan seed jade. You can take such a good seed jade back to make handmade pieces to play with. Find a good carving master. With this red skin, you can carve outstanding works with just a few knives."
"It's too expensive! And the red skin looks weird and feels a little stiff. If you want to choose, you have to choose a better one, at least a little white one. Like this light white one is not worth anything at all!" Qin Yue talked happily, looking at Tang Han and the boss's wife from time to time.
He was shocked, but the boss's wife showed no trace on the surface, and she smiled brightly, "Oh, I can't tell, the little girl is quite good. Everyone understands it. You can offer a price and start a business, so you can make it cheaper."
"It's not a good thing, so you don't need to be cheap, let alone this piece of jade..." Qin Yue seemed very determined. Although Tang Han's analysis made sense, it was unlikely that the probability would be considered with the soles of his feet.
Before Tang Han could see it carefully, the boss's wife came. He didn't plan to use his mental power to check it out for the time being. He wanted to change to a piece of jade, so he put down the jade in his hand and changed to another piece of jade to find the feeling again. He felt that what he needed to play with it for a long time, practice makes perfect, and ultimately it all depends on comparison.
After listening to the conversation between the two, Tang Han responded casually, "How about a thousand dollars?"
"One thousand is too little..." The boss lady rushed to say it, but seeing that Tang Han didn't care about it at all, she quickly changed the subject, "But I see that the two of you are also people who know the goods, so I won't say much about anything else. If you like it, just take it. I didn't make a penny for you. We'll be familiar with each other again and again, so we'll make friends this time!"
"Brother! That's dyed!" Qin Yue paused, but she also knew that the boss's wife agreed that the business would be completed. As the boss's boss's boss's wife must know the truth about the jade. She agreed so readily. This time she lost a lot. She believed in his feelings. What reasons are all excuses in her opinion.
"It's good to buy it back and make textbooks!" Tang Han responded lightly, but his heart was filled with joy. Although he was not sure, the boss's wife had no idea in her mind. Even if there was nothing good, she could be considered buying a order for his touch, and a thousand yuan was nothing.
"That's it! If you really like it, little girl, I'll take the jade for you to show you. You can wait a while!" The boss's wife is a familiar person, with a smile on her face. She turned around and went to get the jade she said in her mouth.
"Brother, do you really buy it? Do you really believe in your illusory feeling and think there is a good jade inside?" Qin Yue frowned and asked in a low voice.
"The price is not expensive! I've been watching it! I haven't felt this way for a long time." Tang Han responded with a smile.
"Born optimist!" Qin Yue naturally knew that Tang Han did not use his special abilities, and the two were not particularly familiar with Hotan Ziyu, so this time he bet on stones.
Tang Han didn't care at all, and just kept changing the jade to find the feel. What was the amazing warm, soft and smooth feeling!
The boss's wife soon came out with the so-called good jade in her mouth. She dared not look down on the two of them. From the words of the two, she also judged that the two of them had at least a lot of theoretical knowledge. As for their understanding of market prices, how could they be fooled if they didn't give them some sweetness!
The best piece of Hotan seed jade that the boss took out was the best piece of Hotan seed jade, with a golden skin and a white and delicate jade texture. It just looks bright. What Qin Yue liked was the patina on the seed jade. When it fell into his eyes, it was the warm and soft luster on the surface of the seed jade.
When she heard her patina, she also discussed with Tang Han the reasons for the formation of patina, such as dust blowing, erosion of flowing water, movement of mountains and rivers, and even artificial play, the light on the surface of the jade gradually formed. The patina shows this light, which is not only a proof that the jade has been experienced over time and absorbs the essence of heaven and earth, but also an important basis for experts to judge the authenticity of jade. The boss's wife even felt that these two young people were very knowledgeable. When talking about what this patina is, many experts kept silent, giving people a mysterious feeling that it could only mean and not be expressed.
Tang Han reached out and felt it. The touch of the real Hotan seed jade was indeed extraordinary. The warm and heavy, but smooth as grease was the same as the feeling he had just encountered in a pile of mixed jade.
Unfortunately, the price made the two siblings afraid. Although the boss's wife tried all her skills, it was a pity that the two siblings were unmoved at all. The price of more than 100,000 was not a small amount, and there was still about 100 grams.
Finally, they paid a thousand yuan in cash and received the small piece of jade with bright infrared skin. When Tang Han and Qin Yue left the store, it was almost noon and their stomachs began to have a revolution. After discussing for a while, they prepared to go to the jade shop run by Zhuo’s hometown nearby, where they could have a rest. More importantly, they could identify the authenticity of the jade in their hands.
On the way, Qin Yue still refused to believe that there was a good jade inside, but Tang Han used the excuse of "the real thing is true and the real thing is false, and there is nothing inaction" to make her excuse, and at the same time, she was also cheering up his touch.
Mr. Zhuo is often not at home, and most of the time the Xiangrui Jade Tour is taken care of by Zhuo Ming's mother. When Tang Han and the others came to the house, they warmly greeted them to sit in the house. When they heard that they changed their careers and entered the jade industry, she couldn't help but worry about them, but fortunately they held their pockets very tightly.
Although Tang Han called to order takeaway, Zhuo Ming's mother still handed over the store to the two of them. She went to the back to work hard to make more dishes to greet the two siblings. She also treated these two children who had no parents as their own children. Tang Han was not too fond of them, and she gave them good things during the holidays, and she made a big move because Xinyue jewelry is a fine product.
As soon as she left, Tang Han and Qin Yue gathered together and studied the first piece of jade he bought.
It was almost noon, and there were not many guests on Jade Tour, so Tang Han and his two free space for activities became even larger.
"Xiaoyue, don't you think it's possible that there is a naked jade inside? It's just that the blind man used it as other jade and threw it to dye it."
"I admire my brother's imagination very much, but facts are better than words. If you look carefully, the truth will be revealed." Qin Yue sneered at his statement and proposed the fastest solution.
Tang Han said, "I believe my feeling is correct. Since I touched the real seed jade, I feel that what I am holding in my hand now."
"Brother is self-hypnotizing!" Qin Yue smiled even brighter. In her opinion, Tang Han looked like a dying struggle.
Tang Han didn't talk much nonsense. Based on his experience of playing Hetian jade, he really couldn't judge it from his appearance. If Qin Yue paid attention to his surroundings, he would concentrate his energy and prepare to see through the truth.
When his eyes passed through the red outer skin, he saw the irregular colors on the outer layer. Tang Han also confirmed that it was artificially dyed, but what would happen inside would be. Tang Han was also a little unsure. When Tang Han's eyes passed through the opaque white layer, the scene below really shocked him. The pure white jade was as smooth and heavy as the fat of pork. Because Tang Han had never seen mutton fat, he didn't know what it was mutton fat, but based on the scene he saw and other descriptions, he could be sure that this was definitely the legendary mutton fat white.
Chapter completed!