Chapter 396: Skyrocketing

Chapter 396: Skyrocketing

Chapter 396: Skyrocketing

There is nothing much to say about Yao Xingtong and "Li Dazui", they are both our employees who can be seen frequently.

This is the first time that Fan Wumian has met Chen Kun since the filming of "The Golden Eyes" began. He became well-known for filming "The Story of a Noble Family" with Liu Yifei a few years ago, and was nominated for the Best Actor at the Golden Ant Awards last year for the movie "Mandarin Duck and Butterfly".

What impressed Fan Wumian the most was the feminine eunuch who played two roles in "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate". Ordinary actors really couldn't act out that kind of feeling.

Eat, drink and chat.

We still have to continue filming tomorrow, so we will just open two bottles of white wine as a token of our appreciation.

The film is almost finished, and Director Guan still wants to continue cooperating with Bandit King Media, and he is so polite about it.

In a joking tone, he tried to say things like "I envy Director Lu Hao" and "It would be great if I could find a stable job", and it was obvious that he wanted to get a long-term meal ticket.

However, Fan Wumian had a so-so impression of him. He was only brought in to save the situation temporarily because he lacked a good director under his command and Huang Bo, who had worked with him before, helped to introduce him out of social connections.

When filming the TV version of "Eternal Love" in his previous life, Fan Wumian discovered that he had an unclear relationship with a young actor in the crew, which later caused a lot of trouble.

How can I allow other fishermen to come into my own small fish pond?

This alone was enough to make Fan Wumian give up the idea of ​​signing him, to prevent the Bandit King Media from being dragged into trouble because of problems in this guy's private life.

The dinner just ended.

On the way back to the hotel, Fan Wumian received news that the processing plant had stopped the machine for inspection. He shone a light through the newly cut gap and saw a large area of ​​skin around it. There should be something inside, and the water quality seemed to be quite good.

Probably because they were worried that he would be happy too soon, the other party specifically reminded him that it was not yet clear how many cracks there were or what the color was, and they would have to wait until it was completely cut open to know.

There is a saying in the jade industry that "a one-point difference in color will result in a ten-fold difference in price, and a one-point increase in water will result in a ten-fold increase in silver." Even if the jade is of good quality and green in color, it is still likely to have spider-like cracks, causing its value to plummet.

Before it is actually cut, no one dares to guarantee that the price will definitely go up.

After all, due to the performance of the fracture, the outside world has previously valued this piece of jade at around 2 million Hong Kong dollars, rather than calculating the value based on the purchase price.

In other words, once the problem is found after it is cut open, the jade inside will not be worth 2 million Hong Kong dollars, which means Fan Wumian will lose money. It would be better for him to sell it directly as semi-gambling material.

Tonight, countless jade merchants at the meeting could not avoid talking about Fan Wumian and his big jade king.

In a mahjong parlor.

A jadeite rough stone supplier named Jin was busy playing mahjong with his friends at the moment, and during the chat he said:

"It will take until tomorrow night to cut a stone that's more than a ton. By then I'll buy some firecrackers and bring them over. Maybe I can get a red envelope and a banquet. If such a big boss gets rich by cutting the stone, he should at least show some appreciation."

On the left, there was a wealthy woman who specialized in selling bracelets. She crossed her legs, held a cigarette in her mouth, and said:

"He spent 400 to 500 million to buy that stone, and made more than 100 million by increasing its value several times, but he still won't sell it. How big is the appetite of that celebrity named Fan? If it were me, I would have sold it at a public auction long ago, and I would have never had to worry about food and drink for the rest of my life, and I could have bought a shop and collected millions of dollars in rent a year."

There was a Mahjong partner nearby, who continued:

"Yes, outsiders often do this. Unlike us, they make the money they deserve and immediately sell it to others. It would be interesting if something is said to be worth 2 million Hong Kong dollars, but it is only worth or million after being cut, or even not recovering the cost."

The supplier named Jin shook his head and said:
"Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Company really offered him HK$2 million. It wasn't just something that Boss Fan said for fun."

"If it were me, I would definitely not dare to cut any further, but Boss Xiao Fan is very wealthy. He probably thought that the purchase price was only tens of millions, and he could make another 2 million if he continued to cut. That's why he dared to take a gamble. After all, even if he lost money, it wouldn't hurt him too much."

"They are rich people. They can win or lose tens of millions by playing cards in Macau for a night. It's so easy to make money. Of course, their thinking is different from ours."

This is true.

Although many people are jealous and do not want the profits to rise, no one thinks that Fan Wumian cannot afford to lose, which is completely different from others risking their lives and losing everything.

Practitioners in the jade industry across the country, even the mine owners in old Myanmar, are paying attention to the Big Jade King today.

There has never been a warrior as brave as Fan Wumian in history, who actually dared to directly cut a piece of semi-bright material worth 2 million Hong Kong dollars. Penguin Weibo also exploded with excitement, ranking first on the hot search list.

Other large jade and jewelry companies can explain their stone cutting as doing business.

This time, Fan Wumian's move was purely a gamble. One netizen commented, "Chow Yun-fat's God of Gamblers is not as exciting as this stone," and received more than 2,000 likes.

At the mahjong table.

Another middle-aged man who remained silent said to Boss Jin:
"Old Jin, didn't you buy a spring material worth more than one million yuan at the end of last year, and it increased by hundreds of thousands? Otherwise, try your luck and cut it tonight."

Chun material refers to jadeite with a purple hue.

Many raw stones are covered with mud and wax shells when they are dug out. They need to be washed before they can be seen more clearly, so they are called washed materials.

Boss Jin was happy when he thought of the rough stone that made him hundreds of thousands of dollars, and joked, "Are you interested? I'll sell it to you for 200 million, and we'll cut it now."

The other party immediately shook his head and said:
"I'm not Fan Wumian. My money is tied up in the goods. It's hard for me to even cut a 20 yuan stone now."

As the saying goes, "Nine out of ten purple jades are wood", which means that the quality of most purple jades is poor.

The piece of material in Boss Jin's hand has an overall peach-like spring color that is close to pink. He has been hesitating for half a year and still dares not start, for fear that the value will shrink by more than ten times after opening the window.

Reaching out his arm to touch a card, Boss Jin said with a smile:
"An expert wouldn't dare to gamble. Several people have come to see it, but they can't offer me a high price. I'll take it to Boss Fan tomorrow to have a look. Maybe he's in a good mood and will just throw 300 million to me to cut it off. It's like playing mahjong with us, with only a few dozen dollars to win or lose. A little money on it will be enough for me to live on for two years." Others thought Boss Jin was joking.

However, early the next morning, Boss Jin really opened the safe, took out the piece of spring material that he did not dare to cut, but wanted to sell it at a high price, and ran to guard the door of the processing plant.

I knew the owner of the processing plant and had dinner there several times.

Boss Jin asked a friend to tell Fan Wumian that he had a piece of top-quality peach blossom material and asked if he would accept it.

It just so happened that the chairman of the gambling stone king of the listed company Eastern Jinyu was also there. After hearing the news, Fan Wumian went to Boss Jin and asked several experts who had been dealing with jade for many years to help take a look.

I learned that if the price is not high, I can try to clean the window and bet that the water inside can be dissolved.

Thinking that he might as well find something fun to kill time, Fan Wumian asked the chairman of Eastern Jinyu Company to help him bargain, and eventually the deal was completed at a price of RMB 185 million.

Such a "cost-effective" stone at this price is certainly not worth the effort to hoard. After Fan Wumian asked someone to transfer the money, he immediately asked a master craftsman to peel off the skin.

soon.

The raw stone was fixed on the chainsaw and a lid was cut off first.

Boss Jin couldn't wait to finish reading it, and his eyes went dark because not only did the substance melt, but it also didn't die in the light.

The high-ice violet has no cracks on it. Conservative estimates suggest that it can be made into more than a dozen bracelets, with a value of at least seven or eight million.

It is a little different from the "Zhaoyi Star" in Fan Wumian's impression. It is not the top-quality violet of that glass type, but the color is particularly pleasing.

After listening to the discussion of several gambling stone masters, he said with satisfaction:

"Not bad. If there are no cracks on the bottom, I would like to order a small ornament, such as an incense burner, to burn incense in the study."

It's obviously a bit of a waste of materials, but his ability is there, and others just think that rich people know how to have fun.

The chairman of Eastern Jinyu secretly sighed that no matter how good the vision is, it can't beat the luck that goes against the sky, and suddenly said:
"How about we just cut it here first and save our fortune for the night? That big rock on the machine is the real highlight."

Fan Wumian waved his hand indifferently and said:

"It doesn't matter, this is just a drop in the ocean."

It would be a bit of a waste of materials to cut it directly, so we handed it to the workers in the processing plant, who used a drill to slowly peel off the skin.

Fan Wumian went out to the Jade Trading Market, which was similar to his visit to Panjiayuan, and he took the opportunity to travel and relax.

A little after 4 o'clock in the evening.

After receiving a call saying that the cutting was almost done, he immediately got in his car and rushed back to the processing plant. The entrance was already crowded with people.

When the crew and actors were ready, they turned off the wire cutting machine and directed the workers to pry off half of the jade king. All they could see was green!

I was stunned.

Chen Kun and the others’ expressions are so real that they don’t even need to act.

Li Dazui said stupidly:

"It's so green, this thing must be worth a lot of money."

The venue was cleared early.

Apart from the actors and a few workers, no one disturbed the "Golden Eyes" crew from filming this important scene.

Even though Fan Wumian was mentally prepared, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated when he actually saw the cross-section of the green jade king.

Several veterans were even more excited. If they were not filming, they would have rushed over impatiently.

The chairman of Eastern Jinyu Company gave a thumbs up and was completely amazed by this magical stone.

Wait until a short scene is finished.

Everyone rushed to the stone impatiently. Yao Xingtong, who was wearing high heels, was almost squeezed and fell.

An old master subconsciously shouted:

"Oh my god! The waterway is wider than my palm! I can't see many cracks. At least 200 to 300 kilograms can be taken out!"

"Other places are not bad either! How should we price this stone? Once all of them are released, the high-quality goods market will definitely collapse in a short period of time. There are so many glass-type Yang Green materials!"

Everyone was talking at once, and Fan Wumian couldn't squeeze in, so he could only stand aside and stare.

Someone suddenly shouted, "It's worth at least 10 billion!"

Then someone shouted:

"More than that! The leftovers after taking out the bracelet are probably worth four or five hundred million."

(End of this chapter)