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Chapter 10 Stone Gambling

The first floor of the Stone Record is the gate of the hall. After Guan Yingying and Wang Zhuo explained their purpose, a salesperson took them to the backyard.

This is a yard of nearly 200 square meters, surrounded by many unknown lathe equipment, and in the center are several rows of double-layer shelves more than one meter high, with stones, stones, stones...

Of course, this is not an ordinary stone, but a raw stone with wool materials hidden in jade. Maybe there is a piece of top-quality jade hidden in it. It may not be worth it, and it is definitely more than enough to make people get rich overnight.

Since Wang Zhuo and Guan Yingying were first exposed to gambling stones, a salesperson warmly welcomed them and explained the knowledge about jade.

After listening for a while, Guan Yingying was eager to try, and walked to the shelves and looked at the raw stones.

Wang Zhuo was concerned about what kind of jade is the most expensive. Two middle-aged masters were cutting stones on a cutting machine, which is what the jargon calls "calcite", so he walked over and looked at the trick.

Calcite is a meticulous job. One solution is called opening a window, which means cutting a small piece of area on the raw stone. If a jade with good quality is exposed inside, it is called "cutting and rising". At this time, you can sell it at a higher price or continue to calcify.

Another solution is to completely decompose the jadeite rough stone, so that the true form of jadeite can be seen at a glance, and it will be gambled to the end. Of course, this solution cannot be cut randomly. Cutting it well and breaking it will affect the value of jadeite.

Taking advantage of the time when the two calculators were fiddling with the raw stones, Wang Zhuo took a look at it first. What made him somewhat regretful was that the density of the jadeite raw stone was very high, and he was a little unable to see the color inside, as if there was a small layer of mist.

This is a raw stone the size of a sea bowl, with a brown-yellow skin. Most of the positions that Wang Zhuo sees are white and occasionally a little light green. There is only a small piece of thicker green at the core, which seems to be a little color-shifting, and Wang Zhuo is not sure about it.

Calcite is a very exciting thing. There is a jargon called "One knife is poor and the other knife is rich", which is a true portrayal of calcite. In front of the cutting machine, there were a few people around, including men and women. Like Wang Zhuo, just like Wang Zhuo, they were also waiting to see the result of the decomposition of this raw stone.

Calculate the knife position, place the raw stone, and rotate the cutting machine roars and takes a knife, stops the machine, observes, then sets the knife position, cuts, and observes again.

After five consecutive knifes, the white stones cut out were still white, occasionally some of which were light green and worthless. The onlookers shook their heads repeatedly, thinking that this stone might be in danger.

Wang Zhuo looked at it with great care. When the two calculators set the raw stone again, he already knew that this knife would cut out that small piece of green.

Sparks splashed everywhere, and after a roar, another piece of raw stone was cut off, and a piece of green as big as a nail was finally revealed inside.

"It's rising! The bet has risen!"

"It's cut out green, it seems like you're going to make a profit this time."

The audience whispered, and the two calcite masters also showed joy. They stopped, turned off the machine and took the raw stone to a desk to take a closer look.

After rinsing with half a bottle of mineral water, the dust on the green was wiped off, revealing the color below. An audience member said happily: "It's boxwood green, it seems to be glutinous."

A calcite master held a strong flashlight and shone it into the green position so that he could see the situation inside clearly. After watching for a long time, he smiled and nodded, "The ice glutinous species has no cracks, but it is a little smaller."

The people watching were talking again. Wang Zhuo was confused and probably understood that ice glutinous type was better than glutinous type. Boxwood green is also the medium-grade color of jadeite. No crack means that there is no crack in jadeite, which is also the key factor affecting the final value.

The two masters continued to calcify. This time they changed into a portable angle grinder. Every time they cut, they had to rinse the cut surface with water, and then shiny with a flashlight to avoid cutting off the green part.

Twenty minutes later, the process of calcification finally ended, and the boxwood green was completely peeled off, about the size of an egg, with irregular shapes, and is waiting for subsequent design and carving.

The jade was cut out, but it was not put away immediately. Instead, the audience took turns to appreciate it. It seemed that this was also a feature of jade culture. Wang Zhuo also saw that he had a share, so he walked up like others and observed it carefully with a magnifying glass.

The audience was talking about some terms that Wang Zhuo could not understand, such as "water feet", "floating flowers", "epied spots", etc. Wang Zhuo kept them all in his mind and slowly verified them later.

"If you make money, this raw stone can be worth at least 20,000 yuan." A tall and thin old man commented.

One of the masters Cheshi nodded and smiled, "It's almost the same, design it well, and you can carve a large flower piece."

"Is this piece of material sold?" asked a young woman with a lot of charm.

Mingmei is a jade raw material that completely demonstrates its value. It is the final product of gambling stones. This boxwood green is now a Mingmei. In addition, the jade raw material that has been polished on this basis is also called Mingmei.

Master Jieshi smiled and said, "This is something that needs to be asked by the shopkeeper. We are just Jieshi and cannot make the decision."

A short and fat man with a businessman looks next to him smiled and said, "Master Zhao, how much has this amount increased? Is there another bonus today?"

Another calcite master Zhao nodded and said, "The wool material is more than three thousand, and it has indeed increased several times."

This made more than 10,000 yuan? After Wang Zhuo was moved, he started to act, no longer listened to their chats, and turned around and walked towards the shelves where the raw stones were placed.

Each rough stone is numbered in oil paint, most of which are whole stones, and some have been cut on it to reveal the texture, stone or jade, and occasionally some green.

Wang Zhuo knew that the whole stone was called "full gambling material", which was the most risky and the cheapest. The stones that opened the window were called "half gambling material", which were often more expensive than the whole gambling material, but the white stones exposed on the window were "cut down" and depreciated, but it may be cheaper than the whole gambling material. The corresponding one was "cut up" and meant appreciation. The boxwood green just now was cut up.

With the ability of perspective, Wang Zhuo of course tried his best to maximize his interests. So he saw those half-gambler materials that had opened the window and directly skipped the perspective of the whole gambling, and occasionally looked through several pieces of half-gambler materials that had been cut. However, he soon discovered that almost all the cut wool materials had collapsed. The best part of the article was cotton-shaped white and green jade. He did not understand the value of this kind of jade, so he refused to take action rashly.

After walking around, Wang Zhuo finally chose two raw stones, one with two fists in the same size, the surface was black, the other with brown and yellow surface, and the size was larger, and both were all gambling materials.

When he asked the salesperson, Wang Zhuo was a little hesitant. The two pieces of wool were 3,600 yuan, but he only brought three hundred yuan with him. Guan Yingying's wallet must not have that much money.

However, when Guan Yingying saw Wang Zhuo talking to the young salesperson, she immediately walked over and said with a smile: "How about Wang Zhuo? What's the point of view? Do you want to have a gamble?"

Wang Zhuo smiled and nodded: "I've been optimistic about two stones, but unfortunately I didn't bring any money."

Guan Yingying waved her hand generously: "I'll pay the money, and where is the stone, let's take it to pay."

"How embarrassed?" Wang Zhuo said politely.

"What's the matter? You saved my dad 400,000." Guan Yingying asked the salesperson the number of Wang Zhuo's two stones, and said as she walked: "I'll go swipe my card to pay, and I'll cut it together later!"

Wang Zhuo sighed in his heart that he earned three months of living expenses by just breaking a wine cup. It was indeed a risk of wealth and honor.
Chapter completed!
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