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Text Chapter 301 The Land of Gold and Jade

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    "Boss Huang, what is the strength of Li Yongqian's processing plant? Is it so big? After Huang Bingyu's words, Qin Feng's heart moved.

    Qin Feng received a call from Feng Yongkang and Xie Xuan yesterday. They have reached an agreement with the Hotan Jade Mine in Xinjiang Province to purchase a batch of high-quality Hotan jade rough stones from there every year at a relatively low price.

    In this way, there is no problem with the supply of nephrite jewelry in "Zhen Jade Square". What needs to be solved now is the source of jade jewelry. The reason why Qin Feng insists on following Huang Bingyu here is also for this reason.

    Now that he has met a master carver with good skills as soon as he came to Jie, Qin Feng was thinking about it in his heart, whether he could hand over the processing of his jade jewelry to Li Yongqian in the future?

    "Boss Qin, although Li Yongqian is a good carver, he is a craftsman and his business is a bit rigid. He also doesn't seem to have sufficient funds. This processing factory's work is average."

    Huang Bingyu shook his head and said: "He is too demanding on craftsmanship. He has to polish some craftsmanship by hand, which can be replaced by machines. This consumes a lot of time and energy"

    In Huang Bingyu¡¯s view, Li Yongqian seems to have some bottom line as an ancient craftsman. He has always been adhering to the traditional skills of hand-carving jade. The so-called processing factory means that he brought several apprentices to work.

    But there are many problems arising from this. Firstly, the processing fee for hand-carved jade is much higher than that of machine. Secondly, the time is slow and the shipment is slow. Li Yongqian's processing factory has delayed the shipment time several times.

    ¡°After several rounds of discussions, some jade merchants who originally came to admire Li Yongqian¡¯s reputation stopped doing business with Li Yongqian.

    For those businessmen, ordinary customers simply don¡¯t understand the difference between machine processing and manual processing. There is no need for them to spend high processing fees to ask Li Yongqian to carve it by hand.

    ¡°It¡¯s a good thing to be meticulous.¡±

    After hearing Huang Bingyu¡¯s explanation, Qin Feng smiled and said: ¡°What, Boss Huang, after you bought the jade, you also planned to hand it over to Li Yongqian?¡±

    "Me? Oh, brother, I'm not afraid of your jokes, but I can't afford to invite him."

    Huang Bingyu smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said, "It takes Lao Li three days to make a pendant. Even if he includes his apprentices, how many objects can he produce in a month?

    And even if you carve the simplest jade jewelry, the asking price is more than 300, which is even more expensive than the price of the jade itself. Do you think I can afford it?  "

    "It takes three days to do one pendant, which is a bit slow."

    Qin Feng frowned when he heard this, and when he saw that he had arrived outside the room, he immediately said: "Let's put away our things and go to eat first. Boss Li is still waiting below."

    "Okay, by the way, Qin Feng."

    Huang Bingyu suddenly said: "I'll pay for the meal later. I owe you too many favors. When it comes to business, it won't be easy to open your mouth"

    Huang Bingyu's business is not big, and he only has a million dollars in total. He just wants to buy some ordinary jadeite rough stones and process them into jewelry for sale at a price of three to five hundred yuan, so he is unwilling to accept Li Yongqian's offer.  Human.

    Qin Feng smiled and didn¡¯t say much. He was really hoping that Li Yongqian¡¯s business would not be good so that he could concentrate on processing jade for him. However, Qin Feng was a little puzzled. Why was Li Yongqian¡¯s jade carving efficiency so low?

    You must know that Qin Feng himself is a jade-carving master. For him, it takes him an hour to carve a simple pendant, but it takes Li Yongqian three days, which makes Qin Feng a little confused.  .

    Regarding this question, Qin Feng asked Li Yongqian face to face after arriving at the hotel and sitting down.

    After hearing Qin Feng¡¯s question, Li Yongqian said bitterly: ¡°Boss Qin, I use old techniques. Whether it is removing impurities in jade or later polishing, everything is done by hand.¡±

    "Is it all done by hand? It does take three or four days, but Boss Li, using a machine for this urgent process shouldn't affect the value of the finished jade, right?"

    Qin Feng was a little stunned when he heard this. The technical requirements for removing impurities and polishing jewelry are not very high. They can be replaced by machines. He doesn't know why Li Yongqian is so stubborn?

    "I know this too, well, let's be honest"

    Li Yongqian sighed and said: "I have been working for people in the past few years, and although I have saved some money, after I started working in a factory, I bet a stone with someone, and the bet failed, so I didn't even buy the machine.  All the money is gone"

    ¡°The people who have the most contact with stone gambling, apart from the original stone owners and gamblers, are probably the craftsmen who carve jadeite.

    I have seen this a lot. Many jade craftsmen themselves have rich experience in stone gambling.??, they know what kind of stone skin is where good jade is most likely to appear.

    Li Yongqian has a good eye. Before he came out to work in the processing factory alone, he once helped others to bet on stones.

    Moreover, Li Yongqian was very lucky. A piece of rough stone with black sand about the size of a fist turned out to be an egg-sized piece of glass with light green jadeite. The rough stone that he bought for more than 1,000 yuan at that time was resold and helped the man earn more than 1 million yuan.  .

    It was only after receiving more than 100,000 yuan in hard work from that person that Li Yongqian decided to go it alone.

    ¡°It¡¯s just that when he had just completed preparations for his processing plant and had not yet purchased it, a man from the same village came to him and said that he had great eyesight! He and Li Yongqian teamed up to gamble on stones.

    Speaking of the gambling stones in Yangmei, we must first introduce the history of Yangmei.

    Yangmei is a village in Jiejiedong area, known as the "hometown of gold and jade". Since 15 years, the villagers have been engaged in jade processing, production and trade, which has a history of nearly a hundred years.

    The total population of Yangmei Village is more than 600 households.

    There are more than 400 large and small jade processing, production and trade companies, and more than 1,500 people specialize in jade processing, production and trade. It can be said that in Yangmei, almost every family has an indissoluble bond with jade.

    With a history of nearly a hundred years of jade processing, production and trade, stone gambling is also very popular in Yangmei. As early as before jade jewelry was popular in China, people from Yangmei went to Myanmar to gamble on stones, and many people hid the best ones.  Jade rough stone.

    When the jade craze started in China, stone gambling became a shortcut for many Yangmei people to get rich. Due to financial constraints, they joined together with several families with good relationships to form a joint venture for stone gambling.

    In the early days of the stone gambling market, most of the stones that appeared on the market were rough stones from old pits.

    The so-called old pits refer to those old pits that are known for their large output and fine quality of jade. People who cooperated with Yangmei to bet on stones at that time took great advantage, and at very low prices,  Bought a lot of high-quality jadeite.

    But last year, as the output of Myanmar¡¯s old jade pits decreased, some raw stones from newly developed jade mines entered the country. Li Yongqian was also unlucky and just caught up with this group.

    At that time, he and his friends from the same village jointly invested 1 million and went to Myanmar to participate in a jade auction. However, the result was that Li Yongqian was in tears. The rough stone he bought for 1 million was cut into pieces and cost 100,000 yuan.  Not worth it.

    No one can blame him for his bad luck. Li Yongqian could only stop gambling on stones and concentrate on setting up his jade processing factory.

    "It's just that he has no money, and Li Yonggan's processing factory is not even as good as other workshops. If he hadn't made some achievements in jade carving, he might not even be able to recruit apprentices.

    "Boss Li, your craftsmanship is so good. If you borrow some more money, can't you buy the machine back?"

    Qin Feng was a little surprised when he heard this and said: "As long as the processing business is on track, hundreds of thousands a year won't be a problem, right? Why do you still insist on doing every process by hand?"

    In Qin Feng¡¯s view, every household in Yangmei is doing business, and it shouldn¡¯t be very difficult to borrow hundreds of thousands of private loans, so he was a little confused about Li Yongqian¡¯s behavior.

    After hearing what Qin Feng said, Li Yongqian drank a glass of wine in a depressed manner and said, "Boss Qin, that's not the case. You lost everything by gambling, and no one is willing to lend you money"

    In Yangmei, not only does every household do business, but every household also gambles on stones, and these people are very superstitious. If your bet goes up, everyone will rush to join you in betting on stones, hoping to get some happiness.

    "But if the bet fails, it will definitely be defeated by everyone."

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????: Even your own relatives are merciless and can give you money to eat if you don¡¯t have money, but there is no way to borrow money to do business, which is exactly what the saying goes, "There are no fathers and sons in the business world."

    "Boss Li, there will be a way to reach the mountain. You don't have to worry. Maybe there will be some solution. Boss Li, this Kung Fu tea is good. Is it this year's new tea?"

    After figuring out what happened, Qin Feng picked up a drink and toasted Li Yong, but he never mentioned the stone gambling and the processing plant. He just discussed the Kung Fu tea on the table and the taste of Chaoshan cuisine with him.

    "Thank you, Boss Qin, for your kind words. I still have some of this tea. If Boss Qin likes it, I can give you some later"

    Li Yongqian had no intention of talking about tea with Qin Feng. He turned to Huang Bingyu and said, "Boss Huang, have you made up your mind to start a jade business?"

    "Yes, the jade market is good now. It almost accounts for half of the jade market. I want to change my career."

    Huang Bingyu nodded and said: "Boss Li, Yangmei Stone Gambling seems like FanIt¡¯s not big, they are all brought here by regular customers. I have to rely on you this time"

    When it comes to the stone betting market, the first one is naturally the Burmese jade auction that takes place two to three times a year. However, the threshold there is too high. With Huang Bingyu¡¯s strength, even if he goes to various places, he can¡¯t compete with the major jewelers from Southeast Asia.  of.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: The jadeite public sale is open to the outside world only in Pingzhou, Guangdong Province. However, the scale is far less than that in Myanmar, and it only happens once a year. It has already opened this year.

    Like Yangmei¡¯s jadeite rough trading, to put it bluntly, it is actually a secondary transaction carried out internally by some powerful merchants in the village of Yangmei after returning some stones from Myanmar¡¯s public betting.

    Compared with Pingzhou¡¯s jade public sale, the scale of this kind of transaction is even smaller and can basically be digested in Yangmei. Therefore, if it is not led by an acquaintance, outsiders cannot even enter the trading venue.
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