Zhao Ruyi came out of Yunjin Airport without any luggage and asked the taxi driver to drive directly to Jinyu Street in Taiyun City.
Shannan Province is also a northern province, and Taiyun City is the center of Shannan Province and an ancient capital with a rich history. However, because Taiyun City is located inland, it has not encountered good development opportunities. Therefore, in recent years, Taiyun City has
The development momentum is gradually surpassed by some coastal cities.
However, it is precisely because of this that Taiyun City maintains its antique tradition to a certain extent. The relative isolation also brings relative traditions. For example, Jinyu Street in Taiyun City is the largest and best antique concentration center in the country.
This street is two kilometers long. If you stroll slowly, you can't finish it in a day. Not only are there many antique shops on both sides of the road, but there are also hundreds of street stalls.
Many antique lovers and collectors make a special trip here to pick up antiques or appraise them.
In the past, when the relationship between the Zhao family and the Liu family was good, Zhao Wuji often came here to see things. However, because of Zhao Ruyi's incident, the relationship between the two families gradually broke off, and Zhao Wuji never came to Taiyun City again.
"Dad..." Zhao Xiaobao pulled Zhao Ruyi's arm excitedly, but he didn't expect that Zhao Ruyi would take her out to play for two days in a row.
She couldn't understand the dazzling array of things here, but she just liked lively places.
Life in kindergarten is very interesting, and hanging out with dad is a different kind of happiness.
Shannan Province is a traditional inland province, and the snacks here are also very unique. This makes Zhao Xiaobao, a "snack lover" who is brave enough to try new things, hold a stone cake in his left hand and a small twist in his right hand, and keep putting it into his mouth.
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"It's for you!" Zhao Ruyi bought a wooden necklace from a roadside stall for ten yuan and hung it around Zhao Xiaobao's neck.
"La la la, thank you daddy!" Zhao Xiaobao happily raised her little golden head and kissed Zhao Ruyi's cheek with her sticky mouth.
Zhao Ruyi smiled and felt that it was quite fun to bring Zhao Xiaobao out.
He used to travel alone, but now he has a little beauty to accompany him, and he seems to have more fun in life.
He went to Jinyu Street in Taiyun City today, not to pick out something good for his grandfather, but to buy something for Yao Shao's grandfather, Liu Jin'an, the nominal head of the Liu family in Shannan Province.
This time the Zhao family held a birthday celebration for Zhao Tianyue. The gift given by the demon master to Zhao Tianyue was two gold pendants, and the gift to Zhao Wuji was a small trinket from the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, when Zhao Ruyi came to Shannan Province this time, she naturally wanted to reciprocate the courtesy and buy something for Liu Jinan.
Another reason for this is to prove that he was indeed in Shannan Province and did not deceive Liu Xia. Otherwise, with Liu Xia's temperament, there would definitely be a big fuss.
Today is not the weekend, but Jinyu Street, which is famous all over the country, is still bustling with tourists and experts.
Zhao Ruyi didn't do much research on antiques, so she wasn't going to waste too much time here. She was going to spend some money to buy Liu Jinan two pieces of high-quality Hetian jade, the size of which could be made into a seal.
In recent years, the price of Hetian jade has skyrocketed, with a small piece sometimes costing hundreds of thousands. It was reasonable for Zhao Ruyi to buy two pieces of Hetian jade as a gift.
He had been to Taiyun City before and knew that "Jubaozhai" was a relatively reputable antique store in Shannan Province, so he walked along the street and saw a magnificent three-story ancient building with cornices and corners, and stepped inside.
The two beauties in ancient costumes standing at the door saw Zhao Ruyi walking in and immediately took two small steps to greet her.
"I just want to take a look." Zhao Ruyi waved his hand and made them stand back to where they were.
The blond Zhao Xiaobao, holding two cheap small bracelets from roadside stalls, followed Zhao Ruyi obediently like a cute little pet.
Jubaozhai is divided into three floors. The first floor is an antique exhibition area, where you can see and buy. The second floor is a teahouse, which also displays a lot of antiques. Of course, a cup of tea is expensive. The third floor is a VIP room.
Only big collectors or appraisers who are related to Jubaozhai can enter. Some "good things" that are not circulated in the market are often viewed here.
Zhao Ruyi bought antiques on Jinyu Street to give to Liu Jinan. It was simply meaningless, so he simply ignored these various antiques and went directly to look at the jade materials.
The things in Jubaozhai are all extremely expensive, but the quality of the things here is also relatively high. Ordinary things are not displayed at all, and every thing on display has been reviewed by several experts in the industry, and they are not sure about the authenticity.
, you can rest assured.
"good……"
Outside Jubaozhai, there was a sudden commotion. It was obviously the group of jade bettors who had opened a good piece of jade.
This kind of thing happens every day. The waiters in the store are not surprised, and Zhao Ruyi is not interested at all.
He picked two pieces of Hetian jade with comfortable colors at the counter, played with them in his hands, and felt that the size was just right, so he asked the waiter to wrap them up.
The total price of two pieces of Hetian jade was 320,000 yuan. Zhao Ruyi directly pulled the card to pay without any hesitation. There is no shortage of wealthy businessmen in Shannan Province, and there are even more wealthy people who come here to buy things, so the waiter watched Zhao Ruyi pack two pieces for 30 yuan.
Ten thousand yuan of jade, but I still think it is a small business.
Under the courtesy of the two beautiful shopping guides at the door, Zhao Ruyi carried the beautifully packaged gift box and took Zhao Xiaobao out of Jubao Zhai.
"Open! Open! Open!"
In an open space outside the door of Jubaozhai, a master was cutting stones with a machine. Next to the stone cutter, five or six men with big muscles and round waists were shouting loudly, their faces flushed.
There were dozens of people standing nearby, some staring at the machine, and some talking in low voices.
Zhao Ruyi was not interested in gambling on stones, but seeing Zhao Xiaobao stretching his neck to find out, he picked up Zhao Xiaobao and let her ride on his neck.
People who were watching the stone gambling suddenly saw a little blond loli towering over the crowd, and they all turned to look at Zhao Xiaobao.
Zhao Xiaobao watched the scene of cutting stones attentively. Because the noise was too loud, she covered her ears with her hands and looked curiously at the center to see what interesting things could be cut out of the stones.
But what disappointed her was that there was no skill in cutting the stone. She just cut the stone into two pieces, and the stone was gray and there was nothing good-looking.
"well……"
Seeing that nothing was cut out with the knife, the men sighed and asked the master to continue cutting.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Zhao Xiaobao clamped Zhao Ruyi's neck with his long and thin legs, removed his little hands from his ears, bent slightly, put his little head on Zhao Ruyi's head, and asked
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"This is called gambling stone. There is colored jade hidden inside the stone. After cutting it, if there is jade inside, then you win." Zhao Ruyi said.
"Oh..." Zhao Xiaobao seemed to understand, but his attention was attracted by the snack seller in the distance.
Zhao Ruyi saw her looking around and knew that she was just joining in the fun. She suddenly thought that there was a teahouse on the west side of Jinyu Street where traditional dramas were performed. Maybe she could take Xiaobao there to have a look.
"Haha, why didn't you notify me when Brother Zhao arrived in Taiyun City?"
Just when Zhao Ruyi was holding the slender Zhao Xiaobao and turned around, a young man suddenly came over.
Zhao Ruyi looked at him and was stunned for half a second, and finally remembered that he was Wang Tianming, the third eldest son of the Wang family in Shannan Province.
There are three major families in Shannan Province, namely the Wang family, the Liu family and the Xie family. The comprehensive power of the Wang family and the Liu family is about the same. But in traditional Shannan Province, men represent power, and the men of the Liu family have
The number is small, so they are ranked behind the Wang family.
The Wang family and the Liu family are both rooted in Shannan Province, and their strengths are so close. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and it is natural for them to fight each other to the death.
Lintian Group, controlled by Liu Xin, is engaged in a highly profitable coal mining business. In recent years, under Liu Xin's support, the group has also gone to Africa to dig for gold and diamonds, and has gained a lot.
The coal mines from Shannan Province are almost monopolized by the Liu family's Lintian Group. Therefore, the Wang family's cash cow is not in the coal mines, but in the jade business.
The inland Shannan Province is quite rich in geological resources. There are many coal mines in the west, but there are many jade mines in the east. These jade are almost monopolized by the Wang family in Shannan Province.
With more than ten years of continuous excavation, the coal mines in the west still have a lot of surplus, but the jade mines in the east are gradually turning to exhaustion. So the Wang family set their sights overseas, and their business scope expanded to the gem business besides general jade, contracting
There are several mines in Myanmar, Brazil, and Mexico, and the harvest is not small.
Especially for Burmese jade, which is popular in China, in terms of distribution channels, the Wang family controls nearly 60% of the volume. With the skyrocketing price of jade in the past few years, the Wang family is simply sitting there collecting money and making a huge profit.
Now, the Wang Tianming of the Wang family who appeared in front of Zhao Ruyi was the eldest son of the third head of the Wang family.
The three brothers of the Wang family join forces to do the gem business, but the specific division of labor is different. The eldest brother controls the mines, the second brother controls the channels and processing, and the third brother is responsible for sales.
Nowadays, many of the jewelry chain stores across the country are assets of the Wang family and are directly controlled by the third son of the Wang family.
"What a coincidence?" Zhao Ruyi grabbed Zhao Xiaobao's soft knees and continued to let her ride on his neck, replying lukewarmly.
Next to Wang Tianming was a man in his 50s. Even though Zhao Ruyi didn't care much about the developments in the antiques industry, he recognized this as the famous Taishan Beidou in the domestic antiques industry - Ma Yongkui.
"Master Wang, who is this..." Ma Yongkui, standing next to Wang Tianming, frowned and asked.
In this circle, Ma Yongkui knew almost all big buyers who spent a lot of money, but this young man who seemed to be on the same level as Wang Tianming felt very unfamiliar to Ma Yongkui.
"Haha, this..." Wang Tianming shook his fan and laughed twice, "This is Mr. Zhao from Sunan Province. If I remember correctly, he just came out of the detention center a few days ago, right?"
When Zhao Ruyi heard what he said, her expression suddenly changed.