The local people in Hotan are very clear about this.
Therefore, the Hotan government readily agreed to Yang Jing's request. For these leaders, as long as they could keep the foreign investment in Hotan, everything would be fine.
As for whether you can successfully mine jade and how much jade you can mine, that has nothing to do with us.
Of course, the leaders of Hotan also kindly advised Yang Jing not to spend so much effort going into the mountains to mine jade. It is not only dangerous but the gains are not worth the investment. It would be better to honestly purchase the best jade picked by miners from the mountains in Hotan. As long as you are willing to collect, we can provide you with a variety of top-quality materials.
In fact, all the top-quality Hetian jade produced in Xinjiang Province is exported.
In the 1970s and 1980s, in addition to the top-quality Dashanzi (large ornaments), the Hetian jade used for export also included a large amount of top-quality seed material and mountain material. Especially the large pieces of seed material were "more popular"!
It is estimated that few people will be able to imagine that in the 1970s and 1980s, most of the seed materials used for export and foreign exchange earnings were "kilogram-level". This is "kilogram-level" seed material. Thirty years later, a piece of "two-level" seed jade is a rare and precious product. In this era, "kilogram-level" seed materials cannot be said to be everywhere, but the quantity is definitely large.
In this era, complete kilogram-level large pieces of material are the darlings that all major jade carving factories are vying for. In the domestic market of this era, the demand and value of seed material have not been truly discovered and restored, so after receiving these kilogram-level top-quality seed materials, jade carving factories generally tend to carve large mountains of seed jade and then mainly use them for export.
In this era, people were too willful. If the seed material was a little smaller, they would not accept it. If it was a little incomplete, they would not accept it. If it was slightly green, they would not accept it. At that time, the requirements for seed material were "extremely demanding". It is conceivable that in this era, there were so many top-quality seed materials in the entire Hotan area!
But at the same time, due to the pursuit of export and foreign exchange earnings, a large amount of seed material was wasted in this era, including many large fine raw stones.
Yang Jing also knew these things. Many later documents mentioned the "stupid things" that the jade carving factories had done in this era. This practice of picking and choosing and not accepting anything that is not top-notch would be considered a typical "waste of natural resources" thirty years later, and would be something that jade lovers would point their fingers at and scold as "wasting things".
Therefore, when Commissioner Zhu Changhe of the Administrative Office suggested that Yang Jing purchase finished jade carvings or top-quality seed materials from major jade carving factories in Hotan, Yang Jing agreed very readily, but he had one small condition.
"Commissioner Zhu, I can buy some finished jade carvings, but not in large quantities. I want all the seed jade, mountain jade, mountain stream jade or Gobi jade in stock from major jade carving factories. You name the price, and I'll buy it in US dollars. The price will follow the market. How do you think?"
In this era, because the true value of Hetian jade has not been developed, the price of Hetian jade is incredibly low. There is a saying in the Hetian area in later generations that can explain how low the price of Hetian jade is in this era: thirty years ago, Hetian jade was sold by carload, and now, Hetian jade is sold by gram!
This is why the price difference of Hetian jade is so huge in just thirty years.
In this era, the price of Hetian jade is really low. Of course, the carved Dashanzi is another matter, but the price is much lower than that of later generations. As for the raw stones of this era, the price is really not much higher than that of stones...
That's why Yang Jing made such a request to Commissioner Zhu. Of course, the best ornaments must be collected. Nowadays, such a large mountain of ornaments is extremely rare in later generations. Any one of them can be regarded as a national treasure.
Of course, what Yang Jing wanted more were the raw stones and seed materials. Even if the raw stones and seed materials were wasted by the jade carving factories now, they would be priceless in thirty years.
"Of course! Mr. Smith, if you have any needs, just let us know. We at the Hotan Administrative Office will do our best to meet your requirements!" For Commissioner Zhu, whether it is mining jade in the mountains or purchasing finished jade carvings or raw jade and seed materials, it is all about earning foreign exchange! As long as you can keep the US dollars in Hotan, you can say anything!
Commissioner Zhu was not making random remarks. Foreign exchange earning comes first! Foreign exchange earning comes first! Foreign exchange earning comes first! Important things should be said three times, and this is still the case in this era.
For Commissioner Zhu, if he could transform the mountains of Hetian jade into lush green Franklin, that would be more important than anything else!
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