Chapter 27 Hibiscus Seed
Old man Yang looked up at Du Ruo. This young lady is quite lucky.
He asked quietly, "My dear, what do you think?"
Du Ruo's eyes were moving around the venue. Not many people were looking at the raw materials, and the prices were rising and falling. Her appetite had been whetted, and she normally didn't want to make a move.
Hearing Old Man Yang asking her, Du Ruo glanced at Old Man Yang's head and said, "I think he's fine."
Old man Yang was overjoyed. He now trusted Du Ruo. Sometimes luck is also a kind of strength.
He raised his hand to signal the boss to come over, as he wanted to negotiate the price.
Old Man Yang and the boss argued for a while, and finally, the deal was settled for 5,000 yuan.
Yang Ze was also looking at a piece of raw material. When he saw his father had bought the item, he gestured to the assistant and asked him to carry it to the car.
Their company has a place where they cut stones. It's quiet there and doesn't attract much attention.
The hustle and bustle of other people's homes is, after all, theirs. The people at the scene gradually regained their composure and began to walk around the venue, selecting raw materials.
Du Ruo squeezed in the crowd and followed the flow of people forward. She found that the horizontal lines above someone's head fluctuated violently. If it was suitable, she would go up and buy it.
She didn't have much cash with her, so she discussed it with Yang Ze and had Yang Ze pay for her. She then went back to the bank and had the money transferred back to Yang Ze's account.
After a round of shopping, Du Ruo bought four stones, some big and some small. Of course, the largest one was not huge.
Yang Ze also picked a few pieces. Sometimes he would ask Du Ruo for her opinion, and sometimes he would not.
Several people bought more than twenty stones in total, none of which were too expensive. They were frightened by Jinbao and kept their hands away.
Yang Ze suggested that all the stones be taken back and cut into pieces, and invited Du Ruo to go to Yuan's branch to let their company's people help to cut them into pieces.
Du Ruo thought it was a good idea, but she couldn't buy the stone in this way. She picked up a few pieces of rough material and paid for them all.
Yang Ze drove himself and took Du Ruo and his father-in-law back to the company.
Yuan Group's Linshan Branch is located in the central business district of Linshan City. The office building has six floors, and General Manager Yang's office is on the top floor.
Everyone took the elevator to his office. After the guests were seated, Yang Ze joked, "If Ms. Du finds a glass-type jade today, you can't take it away. I will put it directly into the warehouse."
Old man Yang laughed and said, "Are you a bandit? Why are you so domineering?"
Du Ruo smiled and said, "Okay, I'll sell the jade directly to you, and I can just take the carving part."
There is a saying in the jade industry, "No strands, no flowers", which means that perfect jade does not need any processing.
Only jade with cracks and flaws needs the skillful hands of a sculptor to transform decay into something magical.
When they arrived at the studio, the staff had already arranged the stones that the three people had bought.
The visitor is a guest, Yang Ze said, "Let's untie Ms. Du's first?"
Du Ruo nodded, it’s the same morning and evening.
Since we are cutting the stone together, we need a good start and a good start.
Du Ruo took a look, pointed at a rough stone and said, "This is it."
The workers hurriedly arranged the raw stones and put them under the cutting machine. They asked Du Ruo, "Ms. Du, how do you think we should cut it?"
Du Ruo was no novice in these matters. She had cut stones many times by herself, and her experience was gained through hard work.
Du Ruo looked at it for a while, drew a few lines on the stone with a pen, and said, "It should be about the same."
The stone cutter smiled and said, "You are an expert. I am afraid your stone cutter skills are better than mine."
Du Ruo knew that he was humble. How could someone who could be a stone cutter in the Yuan Group be an incompetent person?
She smiled and said, "Since you think it's okay, let's do it this way."
Old Man Yang said, "My dear, you are amazing. I know that you are not very involved in this field.
But you work in a jade processing factory, so you must have seen a lot of things. Just relying on this, you can develop such a skill. Is this a gift from God?"
Du Ruozhen smiled and said, "My feelings are sometimes quite accurate."
No way, she has always been a street player in the casino. It would be tears if I said more.
The raw stone that Du Ruo picked out performed very well, with evenly distributed dark green pine flowers, clearly visible python patterns, and a very deep dark green color. The only flaw was that the surface was loose and not tight.
Generally, gamblers of jadeite believe that even if there is jadeite in such a situation, the quality will not be very good, and at most it will be bean-type or oily green type.
So the price of this stone is not high.
The stone-cutting master cut along the line drawn by Du Ruo, and when the skylight was opened, light green mist came out.
Yang Ze said "Huh?" "Is it going to turn green? Is it white mist?"
The appearance of white mist often indicates that the seed is old, and stone gamblers also like to bet on white mist that looks like garlic skin.
Old Man Yang said happily: "This is the trend of a big rise!"
Du Ruo smiled and said, "Thank you for your kind words." But she knew in her heart that this stone would not produce the finest jadeite.
Sure enough, when the white mist was removed, a layer of light green was revealed. This green was very clear and pure, giving a feeling of early spring.
The texture is much more delicate than the bean variety, between the old pit variety and the fine bean variety. The color is very fresh and elegant, and it can really highlight a person's temperament when worn on the body.
Mr. Yang looked at it for a long time and said, "It should be a hibiscus seed. It's very good. It's rising sharply!"
It is indeed a huge increase. When Du Ruo bought this piece of raw stone, it only cost 3,000 yuan. This large piece of hibiscus jade is worth at least 300,000 to 500,000 yuan.
If it were in the hands of the Yuan Group, it would create a value of at least five million.
Therefore, it is easy to imagine how much importance jewelry companies attach to jewels and raw materials.
And sometimes it is not just a matter of money. After the top-quality jade is opened, it becomes the treasure of the jewelry company and people will never sell it to other peers.
If you produce few top-quality jadeite, your competitiveness will be weak. No matter how powerful you are, if you don’t have something good to show for it, you won’t be able to compete with others.
The stone cutter had already completely cut out the jade, and everyone came forward and gathered around him.
Old Man Yang said, "Although it's just a hibiscus seed, it has good water content, not dry at all, and has good transparency. What's rare is that it's quite large. Can it be made into several pairs of bracelets?"
Yang Ze nodded and said, "Yes, yes, it's mine!"
Du Ruo was amused by him. She said, "Here you go. Shall we continue?"
The staff walked forward and carefully moved the jade away, placed it on a display stand covered with gold velvet, and put another piece of rough material on the stone cutting machine.
Du Ruo gestured to cut it from one third.
The master adjusted the angle, turned on the machine and started cutting.