Global Treasure Hunting: From Penniless to Billionaire

Zhao An reluctantly reported the location of the hotel, and Ai Qingrou said that she would be there soon.

Sure enough, in less than 10 minutes, Zhao An had just finished breakfast in the hotel restaurant when Ai Qingrou called: "Where is it? My car has already driven downstairs to the hotel."

Zhao An replied: "Okay, I'll come down with my things right away."

Carrying the snakeskin bag downstairs, Zhao An saw Ai Qingrou driving an Audi Q7. Today Ai Qingrou looked smart and capable. She got out of the car, opened the trunk and said, "Look at this, Mr. Zhao The harvest is not small."

Zhao An said with a smile: "Where is it, Mr. Ai, please don't make fun of it. There is no telling about the original stone."

"It's true..."

Ai Qingrou nodded, closed the trunk and invited Zhao An to get in the car, and left the hotel calmly.

Soon I arrived at a somewhat remote location, which looked a bit like a warehouse, or like an urban-rural junction.

Looking at Zhao An's puzzled eyes, Ai Qingrou smiled and said: "What are you doing, are you afraid that I will sell you?"

Zhao An raised his eyebrows and said, "No, I just feel that the environment of this place doesn't match your identity..."

Zhao An still trusts Ai Qingrou's character. In his impression, the other party is a woman who is majestic, calm, with both appearance and connotation.

Ai Qingrou laughed and said: "What kind of identity am I... I don't have to care about the quality of the environment when I do things with my head down, and let's use jadeite as a metaphor. Good jadeite must have passed through the geological environment of high temperature and high pressure underground. Some rare elements may be added to form flawless jade in the end."

"Thus, the harsher the environment, the more likely it is to raise the proud son of heaven, although the probability is not high..."

After a while, the Q7 stopped at the door of a side-by-side small bungalows, and there were quite a few cars parked on the side of the road.

"Here we are, Mr. Zhao, please get out of the car."

Ai Qingrou got out of the car, and Zhao An also unbuckled her seat belt and followed, went to the trunk, opened it, and took out the snakeskin bag.

Then Ai Qingrou took the lead and led Zhao An to the bungalow.

"This is our company's workshop in Ruili. The place is absolutely safe. Mr. Zhao can trust us to cut the stones."

Ai Qingrou said softly as she walked, "If a good stone is cut out, I can help Mr. Zhao collect it."

As Zhao An walked, he looked around calmly and entered the small one-story house, only to find that it was a place with a hidden cave.

There is a large office at the entrance, and then there is an even larger workshop. There are at least seven or eight machines in it, none of which Zhao An knows or has seen.

Some machines were still running, and two or three workers dressed up were standing around the rotating machines, talking to each other.

Seeing Ai Qingrou bring someone in, a worker nodded first, and then greeted, "Boss Ai is here so early today?"

Ai Qingrou looked at the cut stones on the ground, and sighed, "Is this cut today?"

The worker replied: "Yes, all of them have been cut and discarded. The few yuan collected last night are all here, and there is another piece that is being cut."

Ai Qingrou suddenly lacked interest, and couldn't help looking forward to the stone brought by Zhao An.

Soon the machine stopped, and the worker opened the lid of the machine enthusiastically, took out a stone that was cut in half, and gently placed it on the ground in front of Ai Qingrou.

He squatted down, and carefully lifted the cover of the rough stone, like a pious gambler when opening cards, slowly and gently lifted the cover.

"It's gone up, haha, it's gone up!"

The worker saw the watery color at the incision, and happily picked up the stone and said, "It's made of waxy ice bottom, and it seems that the water is still relatively old, but the angle of the crack is not ideal, but it can be removed anyway." A few brands, some egg noodles."

But Ai Qingrou's eyes flashed a look of disappointment, but her mouth still encouraged: "Yes, keep up the good work!"

Then he looked at Zhao An and introduced to the workers: "Mr. Zhao is my friend. He brought a few stones today. You all help to cut them."

The excitement on the worker's face remained undiminished, and Zhao An immediately poured out the few stones he collected yesterday.

Then I saw the worker applaud and said: "Hey, these stones have a good appearance, this boss is a connoisseur of goods."

Zhao An was about to say a few words of modesty, but Ai Qingrou spoke first: "Don't talk about it, the real thing is to cut out the stone brought by Mr. Zhao."

A few workers did it as soon as they said it, and after a little research, they put a slightly larger stone directly into a large machine, then fixed it and started the robot to cut it.

Smaller stones are manually held, sitting in front of a smaller cutting machine, and cutting while dripping water.

The small one was cut quickly, and the worker came over enthusiastically and said happily, "It's increased, it's increased."

The worker opened the lid of the stone in front of Zhao An, revealing the crystal clear color inside.

"It's grown in high ice, and there's very little cotton. I wonder how much the boss paid for this stone? If it doesn't exceed [-], it will be a huge profit."

This is exactly the small piece of rough stone that Zhao An received at the Delong Night Market last night, and the big one is being cut with a wire cutter.

It was Ai Qingrou who spoke first: "You talk too much, do things!"

Then he tapped on the stone a few more times and said, "Here, and here, cut them all out."

As the workers went to work, Ai Qingrou turned her head to look at Zhao An and said with a smile, "Good luck, the first piece of jade came out."

Zhao An replied calmly: "Shang Ke Shang Ke..." But his eyes looked a little nervously in the direction of the thread cutter.

About ten minutes later, the thread cutting machine finally stopped, and Zhao An and Ai Qingrou surrounded it. The worker who greeted Ai Qingrou at the beginning opened the cover of the machine and held the stone to Zhao An. In front of the road:

"Boss, did you open your stone yourself?"

He meant to ask, but he was also curious in his heart, whether there is any good stuff in this stone with such a good surface.

Zhao An took the stone, squatted down, imitated the posture of the worker just now, and carefully opened the stone.

"I'm sorry, glass species! Haha, get rich, get rich!"

Although he knew the situation inside the stone, when Zhao An opened it, he still "exclaimed" and happily picked up the stone and showed it to Ai Qingrou.

There was a flash of surprise in Ai Qingrou's eyes, and then she said happily: "It's full of water, and the planting water is quite old, as expected of Moxisha!"

Then he said: "Mr. Zhao, is this stone for sale? I have to pay you 500 million just because of the window I opened."

"But it's hard to say if you continue to cut it, maybe there will be mutations and the like..."

Are you afraid that you are thinking about farting...

Zhao An glanced at her with a look of disdain, and grinned, "I bought it for 500 million, and you asked me to sell it to you for 500 million. Isn't my work in vain? Mr. Ai, what do you think?"

Ai Qingrou didn't believe that he bought it for 500 million yuan, but seeing that he didn't want to sell it now, she let him go, and ordered the workers to cut the stone completely for him.

Another ten minutes passed, and the previous stone was completely cut, but now the focus of everyone's attention is obviously not on this stone.

The glass-bottomed Moxisha rough stone was the focus of their attention.

The worker from before came over with the cut stone, and his face was also full of excitement and excitement. After all, what he was holding now was a valuable emerald.

If the top-quality jadeite was really sold out, he would be able to increase some of his own talking points if he said it.

In the end, the stone was placed on a clean table. Zhao An didn't do it again this time, but said directly to the workers, "Go ahead. Anyway, the result is already doomed. Life and death are at your own risk."

Tremblingly, the worker peeled off the cut skin of the rough stone, and what finally appeared in front of everyone was a piece of crystal clear jadeite that moistened the heart when looking at it.

The glass kind, the perfect glass kind.

Although it is not big, it is indeed a kind of jadeite made of glass.

The worker made gestures and said: "The effect is really perfect, there is no trace of internal cracks, the bottom of the seed is completely melted, and the light-sensitive emerald is perfect, the feeling of old stick ice oil, a pair of glass There is no problem with the bracelet I planted, and the remaining leftovers can be bought for a few brands..."

The praise between words is beyond words. Seeing such a rough emerald is enough for him to brag about it for at least a month.

A look of excitement also appeared on Ai Qingrou's face, she looked at Zhao An and said, "Mr. Zhao, are you still planning to sell it now?"

Zhao An said: "Sell it, I can't keep it as a meal, if Mr. Ai likes it, let's make a price..."

Ai Qingrou pursed her lower lips, finally picked up the stone and said, "Let's talk over there!"

Returning to the original office area, Ai Qingrou closed the door and said, "This is not the first time I have dealt with Mr. Zhao, and Mr. Zhao also basically understands my personality. Generally speaking, I give customers real prices."

"800 million, what does Mr. Zhao think?"

Zhao An shook his head and smiled, "Add some more?"

Ai Qingrou said sullenly: "How much?"

"300 million!"

Zhenyan valued Zhao An at 2000 million yuan, but Zhao An spent 120 million yuan himself, so he felt that he should find it from Ai Qingrou.

Ai Qingrou snorted, but still said: "Deal! 100 million, right? I'll transfer it to you right away!"

Zhao An wondered, "Oh, why didn't you see your secretary today? Transfer the money in person?"

Ai Qingrou said angrily: "They went to the morning market, and they probably haven't come back yet!"

After finishing speaking, he asked for Zhao An's bank account, so he did some manipulations.

Then Zhao An also received a message in his mind reminding the female voice: Get 100 million good luck points, and the good luck points will increase, continue to collect your good luck to upgrade your true seeing eye.

After the transaction was completed, Ai Qingrou solemnly put away the piece of glass-grown jade.

Zhao An was still enjoying the thrill of making money in his heart, and Ai Qingrou continued: "Actually, whether it is Ruili or other places, the circle of stone gambling is not very big, but such a large circle is still divided into levels."

"The Delong Night Market we all visited yesterday is just an entry-level one. The stone gambling circle for real experts is actually not accessible to ordinary people."

Expert betting on stone circles?

This was the first time Zhao An had heard of this statement.

Chapter 23 4000 million again

"Expert betting on stone circles?"

It was indeed the first time Zhao An had heard of this term, so he humbly asked Ai Qingrou for advice: "Is there any specific method for the professional gambling circle that Mr. Ai mentioned?"

Ai Qingrou smiled slightly, opened her teeth and said, "Our country is a market that consumes a lot of jade and jade, but Mr. Zhao knows that we don't actually produce jade in our country. Mr. Zhao knows this."

Zhao An nodded, and said frankly: "Learn about it, but not much."

Ai Qingrou continued to explain to Zhao An with a smile on her face: "To be precise, all gem-quality jadeites are only found in Myanmar. of emerald."

Zhao An laughed and said, "It's no wonder our ancestors wanted to visit that place where the birds don't shit. So there was such a reason."

"You're going too far, I'm not playing history with popular science jadeite literature."

Ai Qingrou rolled his eyes at him, and continued: "But what you said is correct, that is, the cultural circles in the entire East Asia and even Southeast Asia are all eager for jadeite, especially high-quality jadeite."

"However, jadeite comes out of the deep mountains in the seemingly backward place in Hpagan, Myanmar, so high-quality jadeite or even high-quality rough stone, which is the gambling stone material we are after, is actually something that can be encountered but not sought after. "

"Many mine owners, or high-end players who deal in jadeite, tend to collect high-quality rough jadeite. The market structure with more wolves and less meat is far more cruel than you imagine."

"To put it bluntly, the real high-quality rough jadeite has already been screened at the front line, and it will never flow to these markets at all. Even if you want to see the goods, you don't have to think about it if you don't have certain assets and grades."

Zhao An smiled and said, "That's why you are so anxious to find high-quality jadeite?"

Ai Qingju said: "That's almost what it means. I just know that Ruili has several private collectors of rough stones. Mr. Zhao, why don't you show me?"

She has said so, Zhao An has no reason to disagree, anyway, as long as he can earn money reasonably, he can not only satisfy his pursuit of wealth, but also meet the upgrade requirements of the Eye of True Sight, why not do it.

So Zhao An nodded in agreement, and the two boarded Ai Qingrou's Audi Q7 again. Ai Qingrou drove Zhao An around Ruili city, and finally came to an unremarkable residential house.

Leading Zhao An straight in, the latter discovered that there was something strange inside. The decoration in the room was antique, and the furniture in the room was also made of bronze-colored wood. There were a few calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, showing that the owner of the house At least for those who love elegance.

"Yo, Xiao Qingrou is here again."

A skinny-looking old man in sixties greeted Ai Qingrou in a hoarse voice when he saw Ai Qingrou enter the door.

Ai Qingrou showed a smile on her face: "Old Li, I'll bring a friend over to have a look."

Mr. Li glanced at Zhao An behind her, and said indifferently: "I don't dare to say anything about others, but you can look at the people brought by you, Xiao Qingrou, anyway, anyway, it's just a few yuan. Stone, see if there is no missing piece of meat."

"What's your surname, young man~!"

The last sentence was a polite question to Zhao An, and Zhao An answered truthfully, and Mr. Li grinned again: "Oh, the first surname in a hundred families is interesting and interesting, and young stone gamblers like you are rare. gone."

Maybe there are actually younger ones too, it's just that you old man is more closed...

Zhao An complained in his heart, but said on his mouth: "Aspirations don't come at a young age."

Mr. Li smiled, and without saying anything else, he led the two of them into the room, and then went upstairs. Mr. Li solemnly opened a room. Good guy, there is no other furniture in the room, just a few tables and a few shelves. And these shelves are all filled with stones of various colors and sizes.

The small ones are the size of a fist, and the big ones are the size of a watermelon.

Mr. Li was obviously very satisfied with his collection. He took a long breath and said, "Look, the old man's half-life collection is here. After playing with stones all his life, he will still be accompanied by stones when he grows old."

This is obviously someone with a story, but Zhao An doesn't write novels, so he doesn't have the time to listen to him nagging old stories.

Immediately inserted the Eye of True Sight and watched carefully in the room.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, it's really shocking to see it.

Most of the stones in the room have raw materials, those that Zhao An thinks are worthless, even if there is no jade material at the core, most of the raw stones have some color bands on their shells, and the gambling is still very high.

The room was basically airtight, and Mr. Li closed the door casually, and lit a lamp with a somewhat dim light, which was convenient for observing the original jade materials in the room in a place with insufficient light.