Wang Wanqian looked at Meng Yan's expressionless expression again, and gritted his teeth as he thought of what happened with Meng Yan in the black market in Lake City.
"Okay, Brother Meng, I'll take the ten million!"
"Boss Han, go pay the bill now."
Several people walked in and drafted an agreement for both parties. The ten million was given to Boss Han. Then Meng Yan pointed to the stone on the table and said.
"Brother Wang, please ask someone to open this stone."
Wang Wanqian took out his mobile phone and made a call. After a while, several staff members walked in from outside, carrying the machines they had brought.
Looking at the rough stone weighing a hundred kilograms in front of him, the stone cutter felt a little confused and asked Wang Wanqian.
"Boss, how are you going to remove this stone?"
Everyone's eyes fell on Meng Yan.
Meng Yan leaned over the table and carefully observed the lines on the original stone.
The magic pupil allows him to see clearly what kind of jadeite is inside the original stone, but deciphering the stone is another level of knowledge. To put it simply, it means at what angle and how much to cut, so that the jadeite inside the original stone can be completely cut out.
Although the knowledge here is a bit inferior to Xiangshi, it is also very complicated.
If you don't master it well, the color layer of the original stone is cut off, and the variegated colors or cracks are cut into the jade side. Unless there are very good craftsmen, the value of the jade will be greatly reduced, and some may even collapse directly.
Meng Yan chose the middle of the three materials. The so-called old elephant skin means that the surface of the skin is like an elephant. It is not only thick but also gray in color. If you want to light it, the light cannot shine through it. It is very risky.
Meng Yan stretched out his hand and slowly touched the original stone, moving forward little by little along the outer shell. After waiting for a long time, Meng Yan picked up an oil-based pen next to the table and followed an almost invisible line.
The cracks circled the original stone.
Boss Han on the side was watching with interest, waiting for Meng Yan to make a fool of himself. He watched Meng Yan explain the stone out of professional habit, so he couldn't help but get a little closer, and then he saw that the line in Meng Yan's painting was almost invisible.
of cracks.
At that moment, I was shocked, and my view of Meng Yan changed slightly.
This young man does seem to have some ability in unraveling stones.
But so what? For this kind of old rubber, generally speaking, nine out of ten physiognomists can't figure it out. The last one still has to rely on gambling, after all, the light can't get in at all.
This one is called Meng Yan. You can tell with the naked eye what's inside this old elephant skin?
"Follow this and stop when it turns green." Meng Yan stood up and pointed at the stone on the table.
Several stone cutters hurriedly stepped forward, carrying the rough stones on the table one by one towards the stone cutting machine.
The old stone cutter looked at the stone placed on the stone cutting table, touched it along the line drawn by Meng Yan, and gave Meng Yan a look of approval.
"Boy, the number of stones I have cut over the years is not 20,000 but 10,000. Not to mention that this elephant's skin cannot be seen through the door. It is rare for you to find such fine cracks on it at this age.
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"Master Wu, do it quickly." Wang Wanqian on the side urged with a smile, turned around and explained to Meng Yan.
"This stone-cutting master has been working at our Yubaotang headquarters for decades. He is one of the best masters here. He has a steady hand and will not be afraid of damage if left to him."
Meng Yan nodded, looked at the stone cutter and said, "Master Wu, I'll help you."
"No problem!" Master Wu said as he pressed the power button.
"Woo..."
The electric drill made a loud noise. Since the rough stone was too large, the stone cutter carefully and cautiously followed the line drawn by Meng Yan and slowly moved the electric drill up.
"It's green, winter melon is green."
The master stone cutter stopped the electric drill in his hand as he spoke. Seeing this, everyone stepped forward and cut five centimeters into the stone, revealing a green jadeite about the size of a thumb.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, it's indeed an old elephant skin seed. Although the seed looks a little off, the color is really good enough. It's just starting to turn green. If you cut a little more inside, maybe you can get positive yang."
When Boss Han heard this, he immediately lost his composure. What Meng Yan said just now was that Zhengyang could come out of this stone.
"What's there to say about the green just now? If you cut any more into it, it might collapse. Why are you so anxious?" Boss Han's voice sounded a little guilty. How could any boss hope that the stone he bought from him would collapse?
But what he said is not unreasonable. Although there is still a loss for such a little green stone and such a hundred kilograms of stone, it is no problem to resell it for three to four million.
Under normal circumstances, this rough stone would be worth at most one million, so a little green would directly multiply its value several times.
The master who cut the stone naturally didn't know how much the stone was selling for. After hearing Boss Han's words, he looked at Meng Yan and said.
"This little brother, the value of this stone has quadrupled at least when it looks so green. There is no problem at all in selling it for four million."
"Your friend is right. You can't see what's going on inside this old elephant skin. It's really risky to cut it anymore. How about we stop like this?"
Meng Yan shook his head: "Continue, of course this piece of material will collapse, and there are spider cracks inside."
The stone cutter looked confused.
"Brother, what did you say?"
Not to mention whether Meng Yan was right or not, after so many years of cutting stones, this was the first time he heard a gambler calmly say that there were spider cracks in his stones.
Could this little brother have been stimulated by something in his brain? How could he curse the stone he bought like this?
"Change the face." Meng Yan pointed to the other side of the original stone and said.
"This spider crack is very powerful. If you see the green part here, cut it inward and it will be destroyed. Then cut it inward from the other end."
Several people present looked at Meng Yan, then at Wang Wanqian, who bought the rough stone, and saw him nodding.
"As Brother Meng said, switch to the other side and continue cutting."
Don’t be suspicious of people and don’t be suspicious of employees. Since I have already paid 10 million, of course I will follow Meng Yan’s decision.
The stone cutter rolled the stone around on the table, moved it to the other side, and pointed the electric drill at the line drawn by Meng Yan.
"Okay, then I'll continue cutting."
Seeing that no one said anything, the stone cutter pressed the power button and restarted the stone cutting machine.
"Woooo..."
After a few more minutes, the stone cutter stopped again.
"It's green."
Several people came forward and saw that the green they saw this time was much chunkier than before, and only about two centimeters were cut into the jade.
Everyone took stock of the distance between the green spots on both sides and took a deep breath.
It is said that this kind of old elephant skin jade basically has no faults. If you see green when you enter.