Chapter 181 Xie Yi asks Chu Ci to help buy stones
Xie Yi didn't remember Meng Yuxin, but took the initiative to greet Chu Ci.
Meng Qingyan looked at the situation and didn't know what to ask anymore, so she changed the topic to jadeite.
Talking with Xie Yi about buying jadeite.
"I don't really understand." Xie Yi admitted that this was not something he was good at. He turned around and asked Chu Ci, "Would you like to help me choose one?"
Chu Ci paused, "Okay."
Chu Ci had a good impression of Xie Yi because he gave him food and clothes, so he was willing to help him choose a stone.
Chu Ci pointed casually: "That one."
They were chosen so casually that I didn't even take any of them for a closer look.
Meng Qingyan was nervous, "Ah Ci, don't point fingers at Mr. Xie casually."
That is a piece of stone with no windows at all. This kind of stone usually needs to be inspected by an expert. If you buy a stone like Chuci blindly, the possibility of it going up in value is too low.
Meng Qingyan didn't want Xie Yi to lose money because of her daughter's words.
Meng Qingyan quickly called over a master craftsman she knew in the market and asked him to help her judge the product.
The master craftsman Meng Qingyan knew was an old man in his early sixties with gray hair. He had been in the jade circle since he was young, and he had touched more jade stones in his life than many people had seen.
"Master Xiang, please help me take a look at the material over there." Meng Qingyan hurriedly asked the master to go and see the stone that Chu Ci asked Xie Yi to buy.
Master Xiang only took one look at it and shook his head: "That stone has been here for a long time. It's a large piece of material, but I know from the skin that it's not good."
As he spoke, the master walked to the stone and shone a light on it, showing everyone how it would look under the light. "Look, you can't see the type or color of this stone under the light, and you can't even see its quality. I don't recommend it to laymen, because it's very likely to be marble."
Master Xiang said, "The starting price of this stone is 200,000 yuan. This price is not suitable for gambling. If it was 5,000 or 10,000 yuan, you can buy it and take a gamble, but 200,000 yuan is really not necessary."
The master's advice is very pertinent.
If it wasn't really unpopular, this stone wouldn't have been left here for several months with no one bidding on it.
Meng Qingyan turned to Xie Yi and said, "Mr. Xie, how about asking Master Xiang to help you pick another one? Master Xiang is an experienced master, and he is quite accurate in choosing stones."
In this jade market, even the most experienced masters can only say that they are relatively accurate. No one dares to say that they can be 100% accurate.
However, for a stone that so many masters think is not very good, the possibility of it increasing in value is basically zero.
"No, I want that one." Xie Yi politely rejected Meng Qingyan's proposal and insisted on bidding for the stone that Chu Ci pointed at.
Meng Qingyan was very anxious and tried to persuade him again: "But Mr. Xie, my daughter doesn't know anything about stones. Today is her first time to come to this market."
"It's okay." Xie Yi smiled and turned to ask Chu Ci, "How much do you think is a suitable amount to bid?"
The stones here are thrown in a hidden box method. Write the price you think is appropriate on the label and throw it into the corresponding box. The official will then make a unified count. If multiple people throw the same stone, the one with the highest bid will win.
Chu Ci stood on tiptoe and whispered a number in Xie Yi's ear.
This is the rule. You cannot let others know how much you bid, otherwise if someone else takes a fancy to the same piece as you, they will bid just slightly more than you.
(End of this chapter)
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