Chapter 395 The auspicious time has arrived

Chapter 395 The auspicious time has arrived

Chapter 395 The auspicious time has arrived
The jadeite rough stone "Big Jade King" located in a mansion in Repulse Bay in Hong Kong City has been sent to Sihui in the north of Shenzhen City in a high-profile manner and has been put on public display in a warehouse for more than a week.

Not only did it attract stone gambling experts from all over the country to come and admire it, but reporters also flocked to the scene, and there were endless debates about whether there would be a big rise or a huge loss, which directly raised the expectations of the outside world.

Whether it is for the rough stone itself or for the soon-to-be-completed movie "The Golden Eyes", the publicity effect is explosively good.

Several listed companies engaged in jade business also benefited from this, with their stock prices increasing by an average of 17% during the period. This shows that investors are very optimistic about this possible wave of jade buying craze, just like the one after the release of "Crazy Stone" last year.

The jade production area was monopolized by the Burmese. After the price of raw materials skyrocketed, in order to thank Fan Wumian, a jade chamber of commerce in Burma specially gave him a pair of ice-type sky blue jade elephants. Both were about 30 cm in size and were engraved with the words "good luck" and "attract wealth and treasure" respectively.

This made Fan Wumian feel uncomfortable, as he felt that he had enriched many old Burmese mine owners by selling goods.

But even without him in the previous life, the jade industry would have still developed, just a little later than it is now, so the blame cannot be put entirely on him.

As the hometown of Chinese jade, Sihui has many processing factories.

There happened to be a factory that had just bought a large wire-cutting machine at the beginning of the year, which could barely meet the requirements of the wire-cutting "Big Jade King".

The reason for choosing wire cutting instead of directly using an oil saw is mainly to save materials.

The large saw blades are so thick that one cut will destroy a basketful of bracelets and tags.

Even if Fan Wumian is wealthy, he would not be so extravagant as to lose tens of millions of RMB just to save some time and make the picture effects more outstanding.

This time.

The chairman of the listed company "Eastern Jinyu", who had contacted Fan Wumian last year, personally came out and brought several experts in the gambling stone industry to carefully study the Big Jade King. After most of the day's repeated discussions, they finally drew a line on the raw stone.

When Fan Wumian arrived at Sihui by car, the crew of "The Golden Eyes" had just finished filming.

The director of this film was Guan Hu. In order to prevent him from not understanding the antique market and making the film as awkward as the previous version of "The Golden Eyes", experts were specially found from Liulichang and Panjiayuan, and several consultants were assigned to Director Guan.

In summer, it gets dark late.

At around 5 o'clock in the evening, when Fan Wumian arrived at the worship ceremony site which had been arranged long ago, the pink sunset in the sky was particularly charming.

Director Guan Hu had known for a long time that "The Golden Eyes" had a chance to attract the attention of overseas distributors and might be released in the North American and European markets. When shooting this film, he was very dedicated and often asked the actors to shoot over and over again, focusing on details with the idea of ​​​​constantly improving.

At this moment.

Director Guan stood beside Fan Wumian and said with a wave of his hand:
"I just filmed the scene where the main actors were praying for good luck. Everyone is so enthusiastic today that some stall owners even forgot to sell their goods and came to join us for fun. There are crowds of people below. They didn't know you were coming, Mr. Fan, so more than half of them have left. There are still many people left, waiting for the auspicious time to start cutting."

There were indeed a lot of people nearby, and the roadside was full of cars.

Fan Wumian asked blankly, "Start waiting now? Didn't they say that the wire cutting will take about a day?"

Director Guan replied:

"Well, but we have many experts here. They can roughly tell whether there is any jade inside by looking at the debris, cutting speed, etc. Jade is very hard, and it takes a long time to cut it in half by just grinding it slowly with a wire. Many powerful jade dealers even ask if they can sell a piece to them directly after it is cut."

Fan Wumian immediately shook his head and said:

"That won't work. There's no such large wire cutting machine in Hong Kong. I brought it to the mainland just to facilitate cutting. I'll have to ship it out again when the time comes. I've already reported it to the customs in advance."

"Once it is sold to the outside, its nature changes and a large amount of tax needs to be paid."

"If we sell it to the public secretly, not only will I be in trouble, but the entire Golden Eyes project will also suffer. Remember to tell them not to wait."

Director Guan was not that famous yet, so he was very polite in front of Fan Wumian and said:

"Okay, I'll go and inform them later. The real auspicious time is 6:18 pm. The altar is ready. How about you, Mr. Fan, go and burn some incense and pray?"

If it was just cutting stones, the plot would be a bit dry.

For the sake of picture effect, such a place for sacrifice and prayer is specially arranged to mobilize the emotions of the audience and raise expectations.

Hearing the time, Fan Wumian couldn't help laughing and said, "18:18? It's really an auspicious time. I have to send it today."

He has full confidence in the Great Jade King, but others have no idea what is inside.

This raw stone became a prop for the crew of "The Golden Eyes". From director Guan Hu to actors and screenwriters, they were inevitably worried about it being cut, so they prepared a plan B script early on.

Plan A is to cut into the big rise, and the protagonists happily become rich.

Plan B is a small increase or loss, and it contains a foreshadowing that "the hero's golden eyes cannot see through the stone completely because it is too big", which can barely make the plot round.

The main plot of this movie is set as "saving the tomb from tomb robbers", and picking up treasures is just a side story and does not affect the quality of the entire work.

Follow the script.

The boss behind the villain owed the heroine's company a large sum of money, and the hero helped to find where the stolen money was hidden. Finally, they accidentally found this valuable raw stone from the rockery in the lake, and then everyone realized that the villain had exchanged the money for this stone and hid it.

Everyone discussed whether they should sell it directly or try their luck at cutting it open. The male protagonist decided to give it a try and mentioned that there was a 70% to 80% chance of winning the bet.

Then it was natural that the plot would come to choosing an auspicious time to offer sacrifices and pray for blessings, and then start cutting this top-quality jadeite rough stone.

Fan Wumian is not sure how the filming will turn out for now, but as long as there aren't any major problems with the rhythm, the effect should not be too bad given that the male lead in this movie pretends to be cool and gets slapped in the face many times.

Obviously, it is a popular IP with great potential, but the TV series version of "The Golden Eyes" in my memory was so speechless, mainly because of the rhythm and many details.

The public auction doesn't look like a public auction at all. They paint some green and red on the stones and insist that they have cut out top-quality jade, which shocks the audience's IQ.

Fan Wumian would not make the same mistake again, so when choosing a director, he specifically looked for Guan Hu, who was good at paying attention to details.

His previous works "Eight Hundred", "King Kong River", "My People, My Country", "Killing", the TV series "The Wrath of the West Hunan", etc., were all from his hands.

Many reporters have not left yet and are waiting outside for the results.

Now that I'm here, I might as well burn some incense and pray, and help the Great Jade King and "Golden Eyes" get some news coverage. The more people know about them, the greater their potential value.

After Pu Jiajing heard about it, he deliberately went outside and shouted, telling people that Fan Wumian would be praying and burning incense in a while, and asked everyone not to disturb him.

The crowd didn't know at first, but some people who were ready to leave stopped when they heard the news and started calling people to come and watch the fun. The reporters were like fighting cocks, immediately getting their cameras ready.

It's already 5:45.

The offerings are all ready-made and everything is kept simple.

When Fan Wumian burned incense, he silently chanted a few words to pray for wealth. He only remembered that the price of the big jade king had increased. He also saw that the sign "Three Friends and Six Harmonies of Spring" made of this stone material successfully won the Tiangong Award.

But when asked what it would look like after being cut open, he wasn't quite sure.

When it comes to jade, the value can be several times higher if the material is slightly different. I’m worried about the lack of cash flow recently, so of course I hope the value can be higher.

Once the raw materials are cut into pieces, whether he sells them directly or waits a few years and mortgages them to a bank for a loan, Fan Wumian can make a lot of money back.

The place was lively and lively.

After the blessing, Fan Wumian took 10 minutes to be interviewed by reporters. He briefly talked about the process of buying the Big Jade King and why he bought it. He only gave the reason that it was a "prop prepared for the crew."

A beautiful hostess from Phoenix TV put the microphone in front of him and asked:

"Excuse me, if the price of this widely-watched jadeite increases after it is cut, what will you do with it? Send it to auction or keep it for collection?"

Suddenly, Fan Wumian thought of a joke and replied helplessly:
"If the price goes up, I should be able to raise some money to pay it back to the bank. As for the remaining loan, I will pay it back slowly when the time comes."

The host didn't understand the joke and couldn't catch it, so he asked seriously, "Are you confident in it?"

".Of course, most experts seem to be optimistic."

Mainland journalists know the rules and avoid sensitive topics such as "dragon vein stone cultivation". Many traditional customs can be followed by everyone, but as public figures, they cannot publicize these feudal superstitions.

As for the many reporters who came all the way from Hong Kong, they had no such concerns.

Two days ago.

An article just came out from Hong Kong media, which took out old photos of Baby Yang when she just debuted, saying that she is a "man-made fake beauty."

In addition, some media also mentioned her, picking on Baby Yang's swimsuit photos and joking that her "belly is bigger than her breasts."

It means literally and is easy to understand.

The first episode of "Alluring Girl Idol Producer" has just been aired. The content mainly introduced the competition and the situation of each trainee, but it still attracted the attention of countless people and had a very high ratings.

Because the average level of appearance is quite good, some Hong Kong media joked that Fan Wumian seemed to be choosing a concubine, saying that Guo Biting, Zhang Yuqi and others "specialize in treating insomnia."

When the news reached the mainland, a group of journalists and editors began to reflect on why their articles were not read so well. They felt that it was mostly because their attitude was not good enough and their titles were not well chosen.

As soon as 6:18 in the evening arrived, Fan Wumian started the wire cutting machine himself.

The cutting is expected to take more than 20 hours, and the results will not be available until tomorrow evening.

I had nothing to do, and it was too far to rush back to Shenzhen to find Feng Ying'er.

So Fan Wumian decided to treat the entire crew to a meal, taking the male lead Chen Kun, the male supporting actor "Li Dazui", the female lead Yao Xingtong, the director Guan Hu and others to a restaurant.
(End of this chapter)