The leader of the inspection and exchange team in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province this time was Deputy Director Xu Yan, accompanied by Deputy Director Zhao Jinxi, a deputy director of the Finance Department, a veteran police officer from the Sixth Division who had made meritorious service last year, and a section chief of the Political Division.
and clerk Xiao Gao, etc., including Dong Xuebin, no more, no less, exactly ten people. After getting off the plane, Xu Yan took everyone to the hotel they had booked in advance, assigned rooms, put down their luggage, and then announced free time.
This "inspection" lasts for three days. Except for a symbolic trip to the National Security Department in Lin'an, you can spend the rest of the time freely. However, if you don't return home overnight, you need to report to the team leader in advance and ask for leave.
Hotel, room 3026.
The luxurious decoration, elegant atmosphere, and glittering layout make it clear that it is not a cheap place.
Dong Xuebin and Xiao Gao from the Political Department were assigned a room. After all, he was not at the level of Xu Yan and Zhao Jinxi, so he was not assigned a separate room. However, Xu Yan was still very partial to Dong Xuebin and deliberately allocated this room with the largest area.
The suite was reserved for Xiaodong.
Xiao Gao looked up and down the room in admiration, "Director Dong, I have benefited from you."
Dong Xuebin threw his luggage next to the bed, "Haha, where are you going to go for activities later? Are there any tourist attractions in Lin'an?"
"Oh, there are so many places to play here. There are mountains, water and rivers. Director Dong, I studied the travel brochure on the plane. If it's not inconvenient for you, ahem, I'll follow you in the afternoon.
Right?" Other agencies can bring their family members for inspections, but the National Security Bureau can't. This trip seems a bit monotonous. Why do you have fun by yourself? So Xiao Gao wants to follow Director Xiao Dong, and he also wants to take advantage of this
Opportunity to build a good relationship with Director Xiaodong.
Dong Xuebin smiled bitterly and said, "Sorry, I have something else to do."
Xiao Gao waved his hand hurriedly, "It's okay, it's okay, you are busy with your business."
After waiting for a while, Xiao Gao called the old police officer from the Sixth Division, and then he seemed to have made an appointment with someone, and they left together.
When Dong Xuebin saw that he was the only one left in the room, he immediately put away his leadership arrogance. He hummed a tune and strolled to the bathroom to take a shower. After drying his hair, he leisurely put his hair on his soft face.
As soon as I lay down on the big bed, I took out my mobile phone and called Qu Yunxuan, "Hey, Xiaoxuanxuan, I've arrived in Lin'an."
"...No matter how big or small, call me aunt!"
"Oh, what about you? By the way, where are you?"
"I just flew to Shanghai and was asking a friend for advice on doing business."
"Hum, how many days has it been? Why haven't you decided on a business yet? Don't worry too much, just find an industry you like. As long as you are happy, it doesn't matter whether you make or lose money, just forget it!"
"How can that be done? This money is all earned by your hard work. I can't waste it on you. I have to study it carefully."
"Uh, how's your research going?"
Qu Yunxuan on the other end of the phone paused, "...that's it, listen to what my aunt said and see if it's feasible. Haha, that's what my aunt thinks. Since you are so good at picking up leaks, one coin today and a pearl necklace tomorrow
The day after tomorrow, a small bowl from the official kiln is also very good at reading gambling stones. So, should we develop in the direction of antique collection? Now that the collectibles market is so hot, there should be many opportunities to make money. My aunt is also studying antique knowledge these two days.
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Dong Xuebin's eyes lit up. His back could indeed play a big role in the antique business. Whether it's betting on stones or picking up leaks, if you open this kind of business, you should be able to make a profit without losing money. "...Good idea! Then
What to open? An antique shop?"
"An antique shop can only be opened on a small scale. Just think about it. If you want to do the stone business, a good Tianhuang stone seal will cost millions. If you want to do the porcelain calligraphy and painting business, let alone official kilns and famous calligraphy, ordinary
We can't even get hundreds of thousands of Tong, so let's just take two million, isn't it enough?"
Dong Xuebin thought the same thing, "Do you have an idea?"
"Well, what do you think of the auction house?"
Dong Xuebin was slightly startled, "Of course that is good, but the investment will be more, right?"
"There is a lot of investment, but it is not necessarily more than opening a high-end antique store. Think about it. Those collection auction houses don't spend money to buy it. They just sign a contract and then leave your things.
Now, after the auction, even if the auction fails or the auction price is very low, the auction will not suffer any losses, and it can also draw commissions from it. Of course, the auction house also spends a lot of money, such as how to form a scale in the early stage and how to let others
Sending the auction items to us requires advertising costs, renting hotel venues, hiring experts, hiring employees, etc., but overall it is still feasible."
"Two million is enough?"
"It's definitely not enough. I came to Shanghai just to inquire with my friends. I met a lot of people when I worked in the advertising department of a newspaper. This person has a relative who is in the antique business and knows this business very well. I simply told him
After some communication, he said that if there is nearly three million or more, it would be no problem to open a small auction company in a second-tier city."
"Then we don't have enough money?"
After a pause, Qu Yunxuan said: "But it's not much different. That friend of mine may be interested in cooperating with us. If you decide to open an auction company, I will communicate with him?"
"I have no objection to starting an auction company. It's very good and promising. It doesn't matter if we don't have enough cooperation with others. I just think the company belongs to the two of us and I don't want anyone else to get involved." Yes, Dong Xuebin doesn't want others to take shares.
There are too many troubles, and the shares are not easy to allocate. He will continue to make money and inject capital into the company in the future. How can there be more than one person?
"Haha, my aunt will listen to you, okay?"
"Uh-huh."
"Then with these two million... open a small antique shop?"
Dong Xuebin thought about it, turned over from the bed, put his elbow on the pillow and said: "Let's just open an auction company. Don't we have enough money? It doesn't matter. I happen to be working with Lin'an and Changhua Chicken Blood Stone right now.
, Tianhuang Stone, there is property here, I will bet on stones in the afternoon, try to make money to open an auction house, and if there is another one worth hundreds of thousands, one million will be enough, right?"
"Betting on stones is too risky and not good."
"Aunt Xuan, just leave it alone. I won't do anything I'm not sure about, so just leave it at that."
After hanging up the phone, Dong Xuebin rolled over on the bedside, got out of bed, opened his suitcase and took out a bag. Dong Xuebin was not just traveling to relax this time, he finally came to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces again. Why?
I had to get some money to go back, so I prepared 100,000 cash in my bag in advance. However, because I came with my colleagues and leaders, Dong Xuebin did not dare to bring too much money for fear of the negative impact. If it was not enough, he would give it away later.
Aunt Xuan came over.
I have accumulated twelve times in the past few days. Well, it is enough.
After leaving the hotel, Dong Xuebin walked on the street in the city center, asking people where there was a place for stone gambling. However, although Lin'an is the origin of chicken blood stone, it seems that there is not much sales of raw chicken blood stone. After walking a lot, he asked
After many people were called, finally an old man gave Dong Xuebin his address.
This is an old store, and the light box that sells soapstone has long been faded by the weather and the sun.
Dong Xuebin looked left and right at the door, and then stepped into this small shop of more than 20 square meters. There were many soapstone seals on the counter, which were as bright as blood and extremely charming. Seven or eight pieces of soapstone carvings were displayed on the shelves next to them.
There were also Tianhuang seals and Tianhuang ornaments, but I didn’t see the original chicken blood stone.
"Boss." Dong Xuebin casually pointed to a piece of chicken blood seal on the counter, "How do you sell this?"
The boss is a middle-aged man with small eyes, "The blood volume of this seal is at 70%. Counting Dahongpao, it costs at least 800,000."
Dong Xuebin: "What about this one?"
"The blood volume of this one is less, maybe 150,000."
The price of chicken blood stone is related to the size and blood volume. If it is large, heavy, good land, and has a lot of chicken blood area, the price will be expensive. The best type of chicken blood stone is Dahongpao. If the blood volume accounts for 9%
It is not a problem to sell a top-quality Dahongpao worth ten or more for millions. In this regard, bloodstone is much more valuable than crystal.
After briefly understanding the market situation, Dong Xuebin said: "Boss, can you gamble on stones here?"
The boss looked at him, was silent for a while, and then said: "According to regulations, direct sales of raw chicken blood stone are not allowed, but if you really want to bet, well, you come with me." The boss turned around, called someone over, and continued
Walking inside, I took Dong Xuebin to the backyard. As soon as I entered, I heard a squeaking sound coming from the backyard of the store. It seemed that someone was cutting materials. I followed the sound and looked around the corner. Hey, there are really people there.
Quite a few.
Dong Xuebin was refreshed and found it.
Over there, there were about six or seven people around, and one of them, a middle-aged man, was cutting a window out of a piece of soapstone wool with a cutting machine. The raw stone of soapstone is not as smooth and smooth as the rough crystal stone, but is rough, bumpy, and large.
Some parts are very irregular in shape.
"See the blood! See the blood!"
"It should be fine! The blood can seep in!"
"Come on! More!"
Dong Xuebin walked over and scratched his neck to watch the fun. The rough stone being cut weighed more than ten kilograms. There was a lot of bright chicken blood on one corner of the surface. I think this stone must be expensive. If the chicken blood on the surface can extend into the stone
Inside, the harder it penetrates, the higher the value of the stone. If the chicken blood is just a layer on the surface and falls off as soon as the cutting machine wipes it, it is basically worthless, because a stone without chicken blood can no longer be called a chicken blood stone. It can only be called a chicken blood stone.
It's called pyrophyllite.
Now, the clerk in this store is using a cutting machine to cut around the chicken blood, trying to see how thick the blood is.
Squeak, squeak... squeak, squeak...
The stone is being polished little by little...
Dong Xuebin made a visual inspection and found that the chicken bloodstone is still a relatively soft stone. It can be cut easily by pressing the cutting machine gear on it. If he bought seven or eight chicken blood stones in one go, he would use the fastest speed like that time when he was betting on crystals.
It should be feasible to ask the boss to cut the area where there is blood to see if the blood is deep. But after thinking about it, Dong Xuebin shook his head and gave up this plan. According to his own understanding, chicken blood stone is not the kind of stone that can be used for gambling.
Unlike jade stones and Hotan jade, why are there so few chicken blood stones in Lin’an, a place where chicken blood stones are produced? It’s because it doesn’t have much gambling properties. You can usually tell whether there is blood on the surface, and it doesn’t matter whether the blood is deep or not.
The difference is too big. In other words, the reason why betting on chicken blood stone is not very popular is because whether it goes up or loses, the price of the stone will not fluctuate too much.
For example, the person who bought the raw chicken blood stone in front of me may have spent more than 200,000 yuan, but if the blood volume increases, the value of the raw stone can immediately rise to 300,000 yuan.
If the blood volume has dropped or the color of the blood is no longer as bright as the appearance, the original stone can still be worth 180,000 or 90,000 yuan. There are very few cases of getting rich overnight or losing everything overnight like jadeite gambling. Of course, it is not impossible, there is, but the probability is extremely high.
Very small.
Therefore, if Dong Xuebin still uses the method of gambling on crystals to try his luck one by one, it is obviously a waste. Even if the bet goes up, he will not make tens of thousands of dollars, not to mention that he only has 100,000 yuan, and he cannot buy it in one go.
There are so many stones, and if you buy them back one by one, the transaction time in the middle will still be wasted.
what to do?
"Hey! It's out!"
"how is it going?"
"It's just so-so. The blood volume is about the same as it looks on the outside. It hasn't gone up or down."
No one is surprised. Gambling on chicken blood stone is like this. You can't make a lot of money, but you can't lose a lot of money either.
"Bring me another one! That's right! That's it!" The man who bought the stone just now was very unwilling and spent 80,000 yuan to buy a smaller one.
Dong Xuebin pondered while watching, thinking about how he could make hundreds of thousands on chicken blood stones so that he could open an auction company as soon as possible. Well, since the method he used when betting on crystals didn't work that time, he could only wait for others.
We’ll talk about it after we fully unlock the bloodstone. If the blood volume is large and the land is good, then I can go back and buy it myself. But the only problem is that if I don’t buy the stone myself, I won’t be able to control the time.
I was very careful when wiping stones. Sometimes it took more than 20 minutes to remove a stone. I only had 12 minutes to go back, so it was too late to retreat.
There is no other way, Dong Xuebin can only wait patiently and act according to the situation.
Half an hour has passed...
An hour has passed...
Two hours have passed...
There have been three or four rounds of stone bettors, and sixteen or seventeen pieces of chicken blood stone have been found, but the rough stones are all the same. The best one was bought by a middle-aged woman for 50,000 yuan, and was later given out.
The original stone was worth 100,000 yuan, but it has doubled. The worst piece is the man who is still trying to solve the stone in the backyard. He just spent 110,000 yuan to buy a piece of wool, but a lot of the blood was wiped off, and in the end it was only worth 50,000 yuan.
The other dozen or so rough stones have neither risen nor fallen, and their fluctuations cannot exceed tens of thousands of yuan.
Looking at the watch, it's almost dinner time.
Dong Xuebin has long been impatient. Alas, it was easy to think when he came, but who knew that better chicken blood is so difficult to come out. Why has he not seen a top quality one after waiting all afternoon? When he thought about it, even if it really existed
When good, top-quality chicken blood appears, it may be too late for me to go back, and I don’t have much money. Alas, let’s go back to eat after solving this problem. It’s not a problem to wait like this.
Squeak, squeak, squeak...
The clerk is now cutting a rough stone that is not very big. The cutting machine is rubbing it around the chicken blood bit by bit, hoping to expand the area of the chicken blood. Only in this way can it be considered to be enlarged. But after rubbing it,
The rough stone on the side has not changed color yet, it is still gray and black impurity pyrophyllite!
"Oh! The blood didn't go in!"
"Oh, this is not good."
A middle-aged man with a mustache stared at the original stone closely, and couldn't help but cursed, "I'm so fucking unlucky today! Two pieces in a row!" Seeing that the soapstone was basically useless, just a little bit on the surface.
Poor blood, the man with the mustache turned around and said: "Does anyone want this stone? The back part hasn't been wiped yet, and it's still gambling. I just bought it for 80,000 yuan, and now it's sold for 30,000 yuan. Whoever buys it gets it.
Walk!"
"You'd better drive it yourself."
"Haha, there's no blood on the side, who would want it?"
"It's almost enough to sell it for a few thousand."
No one is stupid. The bloody end of the rough stone has collapsed. Who will buy it?
Even Dong Xuebin, a layman like him, curled his lips in disdain, thinking to himself that this mustache is really worth asking for, 30,000? No one wants 3,000 now.
The man with the mustache glared and said to the clerk: "Then I'll open it myself! It's just a matter of paying money! What the heck!"
The clerk looked at him, raised the cutting machine and slowly dropped the knife on the bloodless area at the back, squeak, squeak, squeak!
No one took it seriously. Everyone was choosing rocks and chatting casually, hoping to wait for this rock to be solved before looking at the next one.
But accidents always come so suddenly!
After the clerk dropped the knife several times, he suddenly shouted "Holy shit". This voice attracted everyone's attention. When everyone saw the cut surface of the rough stone, many people immediately followed.
He yelled "Holy shit"!
See blood!
Actually saw blood!
Moreover, the delicate bright red color and the thick density are actually the best Dahongpao among the bloodstones!
Dong Xuebin was also stunned. Who would have thought that there was no blood on the bloody end of this piece of wool, but the bloodless end was bleeding! Judging from the area of blood volume, although this stone is not big, if it is cut,
Cut out the bloody areas neatly, and you can make a seal, a chicken blood Dahongpao seal!
The man with the mustache seemed so happy that he laughed loudly and said, "I got hundreds of thousands!"
Stones with this kind of blood color and blood volume are rare among the raw stones of chicken blood stone. It is really a one-in-a-million stone. Whoever catches it will get rich!
Dong Xuebin's eyes flashed, and he keenly caught the opportunity, so he no longer hesitated, "back! back!" he shouted twice!
…
Time flies back!
Instantly returned to two minutes ago!
"Today is unlucky! Two stones in a row! Does anyone want this stone? The back part hasn't been wiped yet. It's still gambling. I just bought it for 80,000 yuan, and now it's sold for 30,000 yuan. Whoever buys it gets it.
!”
"You'd better drive it yourself."
"Haha, there's no blood on the side, who would want it?"
"It's almost enough to sell it for a few thousand."
The man with the mustache no longer had any hope for this worn-out stone. He just thought that he could recoup some of the cost, but when he saw that no one was stupid and no one was willing to take it, the man with the mustache smiled helplessly in his heart.
, no one wanted it, so he had to open it by himself, so he turned around and asked the clerk to cut the stone.
"Wait a moment." A voice sounded from behind.
The man with the mustache turned around and said, "What's wrong? You want it?"
It was Dong Xuebin who said this, "I want it, but your price is too unreasonable. Thirty thousand is enough for me to buy a new rough stone, why do I need this from you?"
As soon as the man with the mustache looked at Dong Xuebin, he knew that he was not a stoner, he must be an amateur. Seeing that he was interested in buying, he felt happy and said hurriedly: "Okay, how much do you want to give me a price?"
"The man with the mustache really doesn't want to unlock the stone anymore. He knows that even if he unlocks it, it will only be worth a few thousand yuan, so he might as well sell it.
Dong Xuebin was too lazy to talk nonsense, "Ten thousand, maybe."
Many people watching the excitement were startled, thinking that this person was sick. Why would he pay 10,000 yuan for it? Would you like to buy a piece of new material?
The man with the mustache secretly laughed, but said: "No, at least twenty-five thousand."
Dong Xuebin smiled and said, "Forget it."
"No!" The man with the mustache bargained some more, and finally handed it over to Dong Xuebin at the price he paid.
Taking the 10,000 yuan that Dong Xuebin took out from his bag, the man with the mustache smiled and counted them. He was very satisfied that he finally did not pay too much and had recovered some of his costs. Several people watching looked at Dong Xuebin.
, all shook their heads slightly, "Don't buy blindly if you don't understand. If you don't even understand the market clearly, why should you imitate other people's gambling on stones? Then who will pay if you don't lose money?"
Dong Xuebin smiled at the clerk, "Can you please open it?"
The clerk nodded. Of course he didn't think the material could be swollen, so he casually cut the knife on the bloodless part of the back.
One knife...
Two swords...
Three swords...
Just three swords, three simple swords!
But after the three cuts, everyone took a breath of air!
A flash of bright blood popped out without any warning!
Suddenly! Too sudden! No one is mentally prepared for this!
One second...two seconds...three seconds...
Seeing the thick blood on the cut surface, everyone looked at each other blankly, and they were all speechless!
This is so fucking useless! What comes out of it is the highest quality Dahongpao chicken blood!!
For a moment, the man with the mustache was so regretful that his intestines almost turned green! He slapped his thighs several times! Why should I sell it? Why the hell should I sell it!
This is gambling on stones, which is always full of unpredictability.
"Young man, do you sell Dahongpao?" The clerk was the first to speak, and then he began to shout loudly to the boss outside.
A young man who had just bet on stones said, "I'll pay 400,000."
A middle-aged man said: "...five hundred thousand! Do you want to sell it? If so, I will sign a check for you right now!"
"...Give me five hundred and fifty thousand!"
The Dahongpao is rarely seen in auctions, so everyone bid for it one after another.
Dong Xuebin was not in a hurry to sell, but listened patiently.
At this time, the shop owner quickly walked into the backyard and asked, "The Dahongpao is out? Where is it?" Looking at the half-cut piece of wool on the ground, the owner squatted down and touched it from side to side, nodding in admiration, "What a good material, young man."
, you wrote it out? Okay, you’re really lucky, let’s do this, I don’t know what price others paid, um, I have a check here for 700,000, do you think it’s OK?”
Once I heard it was 700,000, no one would compete anymore.
Dong Xuebin felt so happy in his heart. He thought about it and nodded slowly.
With these 700,000 yuan, my total assets have reached 2.7 million yuan!!