At 9.20 am, Dong Xuebing took out a school bag from his wardrobe drawer. He kept the 110,000 RMB that he did not have time to deposit in the bank. He went downstairs to the ICBC branch on the east side of the road to withdraw the money. But this branch was not big, and any transactions above 50,000 RMB must be booked one day in advance. Dong Xuebing wanted to withdraw 100,000 RMB, but he was too lazy to go to the branch at Qiaobei. So be it. 50,000 RMB. His total should be 160,000 RMB. He kept the money in his school bag and adjusted his jacket collar. He went to the Panjiayuan Old Goods Market in the cold wind and hailed a taxi. He went to the Panjiayuan Old Goods Market on the South Third Loop. He walked along the fence to look for places to sell raw materials.
"Boss, do you have Jade raw stones?"
"No. We only sell finished products here. You can go to other shops and ask."
"Boss, sorry to bother you. Can we gamble on stones and jade here?"
"Oh, we don't have this."
"Boss, do you know where I can gamble on stones in this area?"
"Stone gambling. There are not many in Panjiayuan. If you want to gamble, you should go to Haidian or Chaoyang. Every week, there will be auctions for raw stones. The prices are reasonable, and the quality of the raw stones is also high." Dong Xuebing also knew that Haidian's Antique Market had auctions for raw stones. But the process there was to look at the raw stones first, then bid and pay. The last step was to open the raw stones. There was a lot of time wasted in the middle. 6 minutes was not enough to start the auction. That's why Dong Xuebing set his sights on the retail shops.
Walking and walking, looking for raw stones, asking and asking.
Suddenly, Dong Xuebing could hear the sound of a stone cutting machine from afar.
Dong Xuebing's eyes brighten up. He had seen people gambling on stones when he was working in the past. He knew this sound very well. He looked up and immediately walked over. But when he stood in front of that shop, Dong Xuebing was surprised to see that the stone the man was cutting was not Jade. From the color and shape of the stone, it should be a natural crystal stone. Crystal gambling? This was not common. Dong Xuebing hesitated for a while and walked over to take a closer look. Crystal gambling, agate gambling, turquoise gambling, seed gambling, jadeite gambling. That's why Dong Xuebing does not need to bet on jadeite or Nephrite seeds. Crystal gambling is also a way to win big.
The sound of the cutting machine stopped, and a large window was opened on the side of the amethyst ore.
The sellers were a young couple. Seeing this, the girl asked, "Is this good? How much can it be sold for? "
"The quality inside is average." The slightly plump boss put down the cutting machine and picked up the raw stone to have a look. "It's worth about eight hundred yuan."
"Only one thousand for five thousand?" When the girl heard this, she angrily slapped her boyfriend. "I told you not to buy it. Look, you lost the bet, didn't you?" It was said that you would lose nine out of ten times in stone gambling. Although crystal gambling wasn't as risky as jade gambling, it wasn't much different. It was normal for the stones to fall. It would be abnormal if you spent five thousand yuan to get a raw stone that was worth tens of thousands of yuan. In addition, Beijing wasn't a professional place for stone gambling. Most of the raw stones that were transported to Beijing were the "leftovers" that were picked from the production area and the main raw stone sales area. Therefore, the chances of the stones rising were extremely small.
The young man was a prideful man. When he heard his girlfriend grumbling, he gritted his teeth. "This and that! Cut out two more! "
The girl shouted angrily. "Stop buying! You can do anything with that money! "
The young man did not listen to her and insisted on paying the boss to cut the stone.
"Fine. I will cut it the same way as before." The fat boss held the cutting machine in his hand and turned on the gears. After that, he pressed his hand on the raw stone and used the gears to cut the surface of the raw stone. Crystal was not as hard as jadeite, and it was much faster to cut the raw stone.
One cut …
Five cuts …
Ten cuts …
Squeak, squeak. After a while, two colorless raw gemstones, one big and one small, came out. The big one had air bubbles and was basically destroyed, so it was not worth much money. The small one, on the other hand, had no major problems, but its color was average, so it was not worth the price he had paid for it.
In the midst of the quarrel, the young couple left angrily with the raw stone in their arms.
After a while, an old man came and spent 10,000 RMB to buy a big piece of yellow crystal. In the end, there was an impurity the size of a fingernail in the yellow crystal. His 10,000 RMB was wasted. At 11 o 'clock, another group of people who seemed to be tourists bought four or five natural crystal stones. The best one was cut flat, which meant that the buying price was equal to the selling price. However, the other three or four were all lost.
This was stone gambling. The losers will always outnumber the winners. Success or failure depends on luck. Dong Xuebing felt guilty.
He had been watching for so long, and no one had started to make money. Can he really do it?
"Young man, do you want to try it?" The fat boss wiped his hands with a towel and looked at Dong Xuebing.
Dong Xuebing, who was standing at the entrance, was not ready to start. He shook his head and walked into the shop to look at the crystal ornaments on display. He pointed to a few of them and asked about the market price. "How much is this pink crystal necklace? 800 RMB? What about the amethyst Guanyin? 20,000 RMB? What about the crystal ornaments? 130,000 RMB? " The price ranges from 10 RMB to more than 100,000 RMB. There were different colors, sizes, brightness, purity, and prices.
"The finished products are expensive." The fat boss tried to entice Dong Xuebing. "Do you want to play stone gambling? If you do it well, you can get rich overnight! "
Dong Xuebing smiled and did not say anything. In his heart, he might even go bankrupt if he did not do it well!
After lunch, Dong Xuebing returned to the crystal shop and spent an hour to observe and learn. He had a general understanding of the value of the crystals. Natural amethyst is more expensive than natural topaz. Natural topaz is more expensive than natural colorless crystal. The color of the crystal is more expensive than the color of the crystal. The purity of the crystal is more expensive than the purity of the crystal. The weight of the crystal is more expensive than the weight of the crystal. The raw stone that can be used to make a crystal ball is more expensive than the raw stone of the same color and weight. The crystal with hair inside is more expensive than the crystal without hair. The crystal with smooth hair is more expensive than the crystal with messy hair.
After knowing all these, Dong Xuebing had a rough idea in his mind. He starts to calculate the time needed to cut a piece of raw crystal. It will take a long time to cut the edge of the raw stone. It will take 10 minutes or 15 minutes. But if Dong Xuebing does not care about the damage to the raw stone and cut a big piece of the raw stone, it will take less than 10 seconds. After all, the hardness of the raw stone is not as good as Jade.
10 minutes later, Dong Xuebing was ready.
Dong Xuebing took a deep breath. Ok! Let's start!
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