Seeing the chicken blood raw stones in this warehouse, Chen Xia couldn't help but feel his heart beating faster, his palms sweating, and his vagus nerve began to get excited.
"Director Li, ahem, these are all bloodstones? Ahem, why are they different from what I imagined? They look so ordinary."
He was used to playing dumb and didn't dare reveal his true inner thoughts. There were too many heroes in the world, and anyone who could become a commune cadre and a local tyrant in those days was not a simple person.
"Hahaha, Chief Chen, you don't understand. These are raw stones. They need to be processed before they can become the seals and ornaments you see. Premier Zhou Enlai even gave bloodstone to Japanese leaders."
Chen Xia scratched his head. With so many stones, how could he know which ones were good and which ones were bad? What good would ordinary stones do? Since God had given him this opportunity, of course he had to choose the finest bloodstone.
Any collectibles and jade are polarized. As long as you grab the best quality goods, you can make most of the money in this industry.
"Director Li, do you have any experienced craftsmen here? I'll ask someone to help me choose. Let me tell you, money is not a problem, but I only want the best."
Li Baocheng's eyes lit up. Money is not a problem?
Although Chen Xia saved five children, they were not his own children. How much friendship could he have? Just now, he thought Chen Xia only wanted to take a few dollars and do a favor.
Now, judging from the tone of this young cadre, it seems that he is planning a large-scale acquisition, which is quite serious.
Although he didn't dare put the money into his own pocket, so many bloodstones had long become an uncollected public account. If they could be sold and put into the commune's small treasury, then these local tyrants could spend it however they wanted, right?
"Section Chief Chen, how much are you planning to charge...?"
"As long as it's top-grade bloodstone and the price isn't too expensive, I'll give you as much as you want."
Director Li smiled and called out to a young cadre at the door, "Xiao Hu, go and invite Zhou Jinyao from the Kangshan Brigade."
Principal Hong beside him quickly explained, "Master Zhou grew up in the bloodstone mining area. He's a first-rate expert at both prospecting and identifying stones. Chief Chen, don't worry."
While waiting for someone, Chen Xia walked into the pile of stones and observed them carefully. To be honest, the unprocessed raw stones were really ugly, but many of them had obvious red color, which was more or less a problem.
Chen Xia was able to think of the bloodstone because his father in his previous life had a private seal in his collection, which was carved from bloodstone. The key point was that this seal was not even full red. The old man kept it like a treasure and didn't even show it to his most beloved grandson.
After the old man became obsessed with antiques, he saw countless things and probably almost lost all his pension. Chen Xia's personality is such that the less you show him, the more interested he becomes. Unfortunately, he doesn't know the password to the safe and can only stare blankly.
If he can get the "Dahongpao" this time, he will definitely go to Jiangzhou to show off to Comrade Chen Zhenwu.
About half an hour later, Master Zhou arrived. He was a dark-skinned man in his 70s. When he saw a group of commune cadres, he immediately bowed and said, "Director Li, are you looking for me?"
"Old Zhou, come here, let me introduce you. This is Section Chief Chen from Yuezhou. He wants to buy some top-quality bloodstone for personal use and would like you to help him select it."
Chen Xia also quickly smiled and handed over a cigarette: "Master Zhou, I don't know much about this. I'm sorry to bother you."
When Zhou Jinyao heard that it wasn't about the debt owed to the commune, he felt relieved. "Leaders, it's okay. I don't have any other skills, but I can tell you everything about stones."
Chen Xia thought to himself, I can make a good judgment too, I just choose the one with more red.
Zhou Jinyao was also a shrewd person. Seeing Chen Xia's expression, he knew that young people always had a mysterious confidence. He did not say it out loud and introduced:
"The quality of this bloodstone depends on the blood and the ground. The blood color can be divided into bright red, red, dark red, purple red, etc. Among them, bright red is the best. It is probably like the blood splashed when a chicken is killed, so it is called bloodstone.
High-quality bloodstone requires its blood to be bright and positive in color, lively, and melted into the stone. There should be a lot of blood, the more the better, and it should be thick. The blood shape is preferably in the form of a clumping blood, followed by a dot of blood.
The second thing to look at is the ground, which is divided into Dahongpao, glass jelly, Tianhuang jelly, mutton fat jelly, ox horn jelly, cinnabar jelly, lotus root powder jelly, five-color jelly, peach red jelly, bean green jelly, agate jelly, wood grain jelly, fish brain jelly, snowflake jelly, etc.
The quality of the ground tea is determined by four factors: color, transparency, luster, and hardness. The ground tea should be deep and elegant in color, translucent, have a strong waxy luster, and be soft. The best is Da Hong Pao.
Chen Xia complained in his heart: I also know about Dahongpao, but you are talking so much nonsense to me. It's like playing the lute to a cow. I have to understand it too.
But Master Zhou seemed very professional in his explanation, and even Gu Lin and the others listened very carefully.
Master Zhou was particularly happy to see that these young people were stunned and were listening to his explanation attentively.
Ever since the Bloodstone Cooperative was cancelled, he has returned home to farm. He has a lot of skills but no room to display them. Today, he has caught an outsider and he must give him a good talk to satisfy his curiosity.
"Leaders, besides the color and the ground, the blood content of this bloodstone is also important. Generally speaking, bloodstones with a bright red blood content of more than 30% are high-grade, more than 50% are fine, and more than 70% are rare.
The more blood there is, the better. If it's all blood, it's cinnabar, not chicken blood stone. For finished seals, six sides with blood are considered top-quality, called "full house red." Four or five sides with blood are considered genuine. Thirty or two sides with blood are considered second-best, and only one side with blood is considered inferior.
At this time, Kong Zhenzhen saw a stone and shouted, "Master Zhou, you just said that bloodstone is red. Why does this stone have three colors: black, white, and red? Does this mean it's a defective product?"
Zhou Jinyao went over to take a look and said, "The old man didn't explain it clearly just now. This bloodstone is not only red, but also has black, white, yellow, green, blue, gray-brown, purple, and green.
Just like the stone in this woman's hand, it has black, white and red colors. We call it "Liu Guan Zhang" in the industry. It's a rare and good item. Find a good jade craftsman and it can be made into a fine ornament."
Chen Xia thought to himself, "Liu, Guan, and Zhang? So this saying also exists in chicken blood stone. Back when he was in Ruili, he encountered a multi-colored jadeite that was also called Liu, Guan, and Zhang. I wonder what the meaning is."
The comrades from Yuezhou Hospital listened with great interest, but Director Li became impatient.
It's just a few broken stones, is there any need to show off so much? The correct way to open it is to quickly find the best bloodstone and agree on the price.
"Hey, Lao Zhou, it's no use just talking. Hurry up and find some top-quality bloodstone in this warehouse and show it to Section Chief Chen and the other comrades."
"Okay, I'll find it right away."
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