In 1997, Ma Yuxi was 34 years old. He was a farmer and came out to work in the 1980s. Later, he followed others to run the jewelry business. In the 1990s, he came into contact with stone gambling in Myanmar. From then on, he was out of control.
Stone gambling, as the name implied, was gambling on stones. However, this was not an ordinary stone. It was the raw jade stone that was known as the King of Jades. There were two types of raw jadeite, which were mountain material and small material. The mountain material was directly mined from the jade mine. It had no outer skin and was irregular in shape. There were many edges and cracks, and the structure was rough and loose. The quality was not very good.
The seeds were jadeite mined from the riverbed. It was a gravel that was almost round or oval in shape and wrapped in the outer skin. The jadeite rocks rolled down the hillside after being weathered and broken, and were brought into the ravines or rivers by floods or rivers. The gravel varied in size. The big ones weighed thousands of tons, and even tens of thousands of tons. The small ones were the size of a thumb.
Because the surface of the seed material was covered by a layer of weathered skin, people could not see the internal situation. Therefore, people relied on their own experience to judge whether there was jade inside the seed material, or whether the jade was good or bad. This made it very difficult to identify the quality of the raw materials in the jade trade. Such a transaction was like gambling. Therefore, people called the raw material of jadeite with skin as gambling stone, gambling material, or rough stone or raw material. Stone gambling was also a business activity, but it was a rather mysterious existence in the jewelry industry. If one wanted to participate, one had to have familiar relationships and connections.
The reason why stone gambling was called gambling was because even experienced experts could not be completely confident. Some people could get rich overnight after buying a stone, while others could spend a lot of money to buy a stone. After cutting it open, they would find that it was all white and go bankrupt! It was often the case that 'losing nine out of ten gambles' really tested one's psychological quality. If the stone was green after cutting it, it would be called 'gambling up'. If the stone was white after cutting it open, it would be called' gambling down'.
High-grade jade was quite rare. Myanmar produced about 300-600 tons of jade every year, of which high-grade jade was only 2- 5% of the total production. The Myanmar official government also held a stone gambling conference every year and invited jewelry tycoons with great weight to participate. In 1991, the price of the best imperial jade had reached 2,000 US dollars per carat! Even an ordinary 7 - 8 carat jade ring would cost tens of thousands of dollars or hundreds of thousands of yuan.
Therefore, even if nine out of ten gambles were lost, there were still countless people who would go forward to fight for it. If they were lucky, they could get a jade raw stone worth millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of yuan!
Ma Yuxi was one of the countless stone gambling armies. Fortunately, he had cut open a rare glass jade full of green and sold it for 30 million yuan. Glass jade with green color was rare and its value was higher than that of glass jade. Glass jade full of green color was the best among jade and extremely rare. A glass jade bracelet with green color could fetch millions of yuan.
Just like that, Ma Yuxi made a fortune. After a few years of hard work, he was extremely loyal and became a little famous in the stone gambling world. In 1995, he went to the Myanmar City Conference with his friends and auctioned off a piece of top-grade jade worth more than 40 million yuan. After cutting it out, there was indeed green, but damn it, it was a piece of dead jade! Dead Jade, as the name suggested, looked lifeless. It had no water head, was not transparent, and its texture was dry and rough. It had no collectible value, so he gambled it down. He was full of hope, but in the end, he went bankrupt. After that, Ma Yuxi suffered from consecutive losses in small bets. He had no money for big bets and was completely disappointed in stone gambling. He returned to Yang City with his wife and raised money to open a small jewelry shop on Panshan Road. Occasionally, he would watch others cut stones. When there was jade cut out, he would be in a hurry to sell it. He would accept it if the price was right. Of course, he didn't have much money, but he loved this thing.
However, apart from the few cities in the south where the large stone markets were located, stone gambling was extremely rare in northern cities like Yang City. Even if there was such a thing, it was only in the suburbs or remote areas, because stone gambling was a completely different world and a different kind of circle! Moreover, there were not many good raw materials. Most of them were small stones, and the jade that was cut out was mostly ordinary.
Although stone gambling was not illegal and was considered a risky investment, most people had never heard of it in their entire lives.
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After Ziqing finished her morning jog, she greeted Song Xueyi, who had woken up early and borrowed her violin from Ziqing. She then drove down the mountain for a stroll. Ever since she found out that Ziqing was proficient in the guitar, Song Xueyi admired her greatly, and her attitude changed drastically.
He found a small restaurant, parked the car nearby, and walked into the shop. It was a little early, and there was no one in the shop at all. It was just enough for Ziqing to be quiet. She ordered a bowl of chaotic noodles. She needed to organize her thoughts.
While they were eating breakfast, two people walked in from outside the door, a man and a woman. Ziqing didn't pay much attention to them and just lowered her head to eat.
Just as they were about to finish eating, they heard the man and woman who entered the door suddenly quarrel loudly. Then, they smashed two plates. The woman turned around and slammed the door before leaving, while the man drank large mouthfuls of beer.
Seeing that Ziqing was puzzled, the shop owner came to Ziqing's side and sighed," This person, when he's capable, he's always good. When he's down and out, his wife will shout at you!”
Ziqing absent-mindedly replied,"Oh?”
Seeing Ziqing answer her, the boss was happy. That man is Ma Yuxi. Back then, many people in our area envied him! Big Boss! I heard that it's a stone-gambling house with tens of millions of assets! Later on, I lost all my money gambling on stones, so I told my man that gambling is a thing! He really couldn't touch it! What was Ma Yuxi now? It's hard to live! His wife is making trouble with him every day." The lady boss started to brag.
Hearing this, Ziqing became interested. What did he mean? How?" Ever since she had her special ability, Ziqing was a little sensitive to the word gambling, so she was a little interested in stone gambling.
The lady boss gave him a look that said," You don't understand, but I understand." She said proudly," I heard that you can cut jade. There seems to be a kind of stone that has jade in it. Ma Yuxi made a fortune by cutting out a piece of jade! Later, he lost everything. He had set up a small jewelry shop opposite. Do you think that's something that ordinary people can gamble on?”He sighed again." We came from the same village. At that time, wasn't he glorious wherever he went? Who isn't laughing at him behind his back now…"
When the lady boss finally stopped nagging, Zi Qing ignored her surprised gaze and went straight to sit opposite Ma Yuxi.
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