master of the deep

Chapter 66
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"I came here today to bring my granddaughter here to play, so I won't bet on stones, you can play by yourself." The old man said with a smile.

"Guo Yuer, your grandfather is Li Mingqiang, a famous jade expert. Grandpa Li, my uncle is Wang Huaichen." Wang Biao has already stepped forward respectfully to say hello.

"Hello, Mr. Li." Lin Fan and Zhou Xiaolin also stepped forward to greet him respectfully.

"So it's Lao Wang's nephew. Do you know Yu'er?" Baoyu expert Li Mingqiang was the one who bought a pair of snail jades from Wang Huaichen. Seeing the three of them approaching, he nodded and asked with a smile. .

"Grandpa, they are all my classmates." Guo Yu'er's face turned red instantly, she glanced at Lin Fan secretly, and found that Lin Fan was smiling at her, she quickly lowered her head.

"That's really a coincidence. By the way, Xiao Wang, last time I bought a pair of snail jade from your uncle. I heard that you found them when you went to sea. Can you tell me what happened?" Li Mingqiang Suddenly asked Wang Biao.

"Grandpa Li, it was Lin Fan who discovered the snail-shaped jade. The fishing boat also belonged to Lin Fan, so we just went out to play with him." Wang Biao was stunned for a moment, and quickly pushed Lin Fan out.

"You are Lin Fan, you are such a nice young man. You have your own fishing boat at such a young age, it's amazing." Li Mingqiang's eyes fell on Lin Fan, and after a careful look, there was some surprise in his eyes .

"Grandpa Li, the discovery of the snailed jade last time was purely accidental. It was because a small volcano erupted on the bottom of the sea before. Those snailed jades were all found on the edge of the volcanic island on the seabed." Lin Fan briefly said that he found the snailed jade. Yu'er passed by, and when Guo Yu'er heard Lin Fan calling Grandpa Li, her face turned red again.

"You boy, you are really lucky." Li Mingqiang said in a joking tone, obviously he had a good impression of Lin Fan.

"Grandpa, Lin Fan gave us the bluefin tuna meat last time." For some unknown reason, Guo Yuer suddenly said to her grandfather in front of Lin Fan, and then glanced at Lin Fan again , there seemed to be a little shyness in his eyes.

"It turns out that the classmate you mentioned last time is also Lin Fan. That's right. Lin Fan has his own fishing boat. Well, he is indeed a good boy. I like you." Li Mingqiang smiled like an old urchin He made fun of Lin Fan, but at the same time, he also glanced at Guo Yuer, who was blushing, and seemed to see something.

"Are you here today to gamble on stones?" Seeing that her grandfather was happy, Guo Yu'er let go a little and asked Lin Fan and the others.

"We just watched a treasure smashing event in the Jizhen Pavilion. Lin Fan picked up a big leak and found a relic hidden in the lotus platform of a Buddha statue." Wang Biao immediately bragged, Guo Yuer and even Li Mingqiang Listen with interest to his story about what happened today.

"Okay, well done." Hearing that Lin Fan had donated the priceless relics to the Buddhist Association, Li Mingqiang immediately applauded loudly, without hesitation in his compliments.

When Guo Yuer saw her grandfather praising Lin Fan so much, she actually felt sweet in her heart, and the eyes she looked at Lin Fan unconsciously showed a strong light, and anyone with a discerning eye could see her thoughts at once.

"Since you are so lucky, why don't you choose a stone and try it." Guo Yu'er didn't feel it, and her voice was different when she spoke to Lin Fan.

"Well, let me take a look first. If I choose jade, I will give it to you." Although Lin Fan didn't know why Guo Yuer had such a change, he felt that Guo Yuer had affection for him, and his heart became sweeter. , decided to take the initiative.

"Okay, fourth, you must choose a top-quality jadeite and give it to classmate Guo Yuer as a token of love." Zhou Xiaolin was a little panicked, and immediately clapped his hands and shouted.

Guo Yu'er didn't object after hearing this, but just glanced at her grandfather, and found that Li Mingqiang was also looking at her with a smile, and couldn't help but blushed even more, and then looked at the stone next to him.

Lin Fan didn't speak, but just started picking stones.In fact, he had known for a long time that among these stones, there were indeed a few top-quality jadeites, and the price was not high, because those stones themselves looked inconspicuous, and the windows opened were nothing special.

However, it is definitely impossible for him to directly select all these rough stones, that would be too eye-catching.So he slowly selected for about half an hour, and finally selected five stones with a total price of 26 yuan.

"Little brother, do you want to cut the stone here or take it home and cut it yourself?" After paying the money, the boss asked someone to move all five stones to the nearby shed, and asked Lin Fan.

Of the five rough stones Lin Fan chose, the smallest was only about the size of a football, and the largest was only about the size of a millstone. Of course he wanted to cut them here, so he nodded and said, "Excuse me, boss, I'll cut the stones here. "

The boss, surnamed Huang, is a middle-aged man, not tall, with a crew cut, but with a shrewd face and a good talker, he is a typical businessman.Moreover, to be able to run a business like rough jadeite, I am afraid that Boss Huang's background is not simple.

"Okay, Master Liu, come and help this little brother cut the rough stone." Boss Huang nodded and called a stone cutter over.

"Boss, which piece to cut first. You can also point out how you want to cut it." Master Liu is about fifty years old. He has a pair of thick palms full of calluses. After opening it, I asked Lin Fan first.

There are three ways to bet on jadeite stones: rubbing, cutting, and grinding. Among them, cutting the stone is the most important step. This is the truth of a jargon heard when entering the market, "the price of rubbing is not counted, and the price of cutting is counted as price".No matter what the result of rubbing the stone is, after the step of cutting the stone, there is only a slight difference between rising and falling.

After all, what Moshi shows is only a small part of the whole emerald betting stone, and it cannot be used as a basis for judging the overall value of the betting stone.According to previous experience, the results of rubbing stones are poor, but good jadeites are cut out;

Of course, cutting stones is not a one-shot deal. You can choose to continue cutting after the first cut results, and it is very likely that there will be completely different results.Therefore, it is very reasonable to say that one knife is poor and one knife is rich.

"Master Liu, you have experience, just watch and cut." Lin Fan said indifferently, if asked to draw a picture, he can definitely draw along the edge of the emerald in the rough stone, but that is too suspicious.

And when they heard that someone was cutting stones, those people who were still selecting stones in the raw material field rushed over one after another, and immediately crowded the shed to the full.Some of these people came to gamble on stones, and some were the owners of some jade shops, who bought jade stones cut by others here.

"Everyone give way to the outside, and the stone cutting will start immediately." Seeing this, Boss Huang had to come out to greet everyone, because heavy dust will be raised when cutting stones, so they can't get too close.

After everyone backed away, Master Liu picked up a piece of rough stone and began to rub it gently with the saw.Wang Biao read nervously: "Cut up, up, up, up—"

"Hey, don't read it, it makes me very nervous." Zhou Xiaolin quickly grabbed him, but found that his hands were also shaking.

"What are you guys doing? Isn't it only a few thousand dollars a rock, is it worth it?" Lin Fan said to them with a bit of dumbfounding.

Of course he wasn't nervous, because he knew that only two of the five stones contained emeralds, one of which was emerald emerald only a little bigger than a fist, and the other glass emerald was the size of a human head.

"These few stones don't look surprising, I guess they were chosen randomly."

"Only the window of that one is green. It is estimated that there will be emeralds in it, and the other four are probably useless."

"You can't say for sure, you have to cut everything to know. You see that there is green in the window, maybe there is only a layer of green light."

"Yes, it's a stone bet. Although experience plays a part, luck is more important. Some people cut stones according to the calendar, and some people cut stones according to their mood, and some will carry stones outside for a walk. If something good happens, cut it; otherwise, choose another day to cut the stone."

The people around were discussing one after another, some were optimistic about one of them, some were not optimistic about all of them, and some were disapproving. In short, everyone was very interested and quietly waited for Master Liu to cut the stone.

"Zizzizi-"

The machine wheel was spinning, the rough stone was touching the blade, and the stone chips were flying, accompanied by sparks.Master Liu poured a little water on the rough stone from time to time, and then there were bursts of green smoke, accompanied by stone chips flying.

However, after several minutes of rubbing, Master Liu did not see any green at all. He thought for a while, and instead of continuing to rub next to each other, he cut in a small piece. When it came down, the emerald color was still missing from the incision.

"It seems that this piece is waste." Someone beside him said in a low voice.

"Master Liu, don't rub it, just cut it from the middle and have a look." Lin Fan thought for a while, and asked Master Liu to cut it directly, so as not to waste too much time, because he knew that there was nothing in this piece of.

"Okay." Master Liu nodded, and then cut down the middle of the stone. After a while, the stone became two halves, and there was nothing inside.

"Boss, this piece is out of stock." Master Liu looked at it, threw down two halves of stones and said to Lin Fan.

"It doesn't matter, let's cut this piece next." Lin Fan seemed to point to a piece at random, but it was the stone with emerald and emerald.

(End of this chapter)