Chapter 4: The Gambling Stone Storm (Part 1)

  Sister Sun noticed Li Yang was very interested in the raw materials area and suggested: "Why don't we go take a look over there!"

  "Let's take a look!" Li Yang smiled and nodded, Wu Xiaoli didn't seem too pleased, but seeing that Liang Ge and Sun Jie had already headed towards the raw materials area, she could only follow along.

  "The raw materials area and our jewelry display area are different, their customers are mostly us jewelry companies, so they come earlier, many raw materials have been brought into the venue by them!" Sun sister explained to Li Yang while walking.

  Li Yang can now be considered a person in the jewelry industry, but he only has three months of experience selling jewelry. He's fine with finished jewelry, but when it comes to raw materials, he can only scratch the surface. To be strict, even that's not true - everything he knows was learned from colleagues or online, and today is his first time seeing these actual raw materials.

  "These are all rough diamonds, our country's production of rough diamonds is small, these are probably mostly smuggled from South Africa!"

  The first stop was the diamond raw material area, where diamonds of different sizes were placed in ordinary glass cabinets, and Liang Ge couldn't help but exclaim.

  "Smuggling?" Li Yang was taken aback, the word "smuggling" was not unfamiliar to him, but in his impression, smuggling was always a secretive and stealthy affair. How could something smuggled be so openly displayed here?

  "Not all of them, but definitely a considerable number are smuggled in. In the past few years, 90% of our country's diamond rough stones were smuggled goods. It's been better in recent years, but the proportion is still not low. Some of these smuggled diamonds are processed into finished products by the smugglers themselves and sold to jewelry companies, while others can obtain certificates through their connections and sell them openly!"

  "I didn't know that, to be honest!" Li Yang spread his hands and sighed, he was higher than Wu Xiaoli in position, but in terms of professional knowledge, he was far less knowledgeable than her.

  Li Yang's colleagues, Liang Ge and Sun Jie, looked at him in surprise. This was something that most people in the industry knew about, but Li Yang didn't know it, which could only mean that he was either a newcomer to the field or someone who never asked questions in the company.

  However, no matter which one, Li Yang is a relationship person who has basically been confirmed. Once they understand this point, the two of them are not so optimistic about Li Yang anymore.

  "These hematites in front are all from Changhua!"

  He walked a few steps forward, and Liang Ge introduced again that chicken blood stone has been very popular in recent years. In previous years, it was rare to have chicken blood jadeite participating in the jewelry exhibition, but this time Qingdao invited some sellers of Changhua's chicken blood jadeite to come and enhance its influence.

  Li Yang didn't say anything this time. He only knew about the chicken blood stone, but he didn't understand it. All he knew was that the chicken blood stone was the best material for making seals, and high-quality chicken blood stone seals were extremely expensive.

  "This side is all jade rough stone, these years of financial crisis have caused the stock market to plummet, but diamonds, gold, and jade have all risen sharply, especially jade. As Myanmar's resources become increasingly scarce, some jade has risen several times in price, and the rise in jade prices has also driven up the price of jade rough stone!" Liang Ge suddenly quickened his pace by two steps, pointing to a large area in front of him as he introduced it to Li Yang.

  "Jade rough stone, gamble on it, I know this!" Li Yang smiled and replied.

  In front of the emerald rough stone exhibition area, which occupied almost half of the raw material district, Li Yang's interest was significantly increased. The emerald rough stone is a gamble, and Li Yang had heard from his colleagues that it was like "one knife to heaven and one knife to hell". The unique gamble of emerald rough stones made Li Yang very curious.

  Moreover, the movie "Crazy Stone" made many Chinese people understand this thing called "gambling on stones", and Li Yang was no exception. Looking at these rough-looking stones, Li Yang found it hard to imagine that they could make someone rich overnight.

  "Assistant Li, since you know, why don't you tell us about it in detail? Let us understand as well!"

  Wu Xiaoli suddenly said, Liang Ge and Sun Jie were shocked to look at Wu Xiaoli and Li Yang. Wu Xiaoli was Li Yang's subordinate, so she must have understood him better than they did. A person who doesn't even understand diamond rough can't possibly understand the more complex jadeite rough? It seems that these two colleagues from Mingyang don't get along well.

  However, the two soon saw through it. From a short period of understanding, Wu Xiaoli was obviously stronger than Li Yang in terms of business knowledge. Being surpassed by someone with connections would be unbearable for anyone.

  "Wu Xiaoli!" Li Yang's face suddenly turned very ugly, Wu Xiaoli had opinions about him he knew, but he never expected Wu Xiaoli to embarrass him in front of other branch colleagues, this was not just a matter of having an opinion.

  In fact, Wu Xiaoli regretted saying this sentence. Normally, Wu Xiaoli was very broad-minded and could show her displeasure towards Li Yang, but she had never publicly embarrassed him before. It's just that earlier, seeing Li Yang's pretentious look made her very angry, and for some reason, she brought up this difficult question.

  However, seeing Li Yang's face that seemed to want to scold himself, Wu Xiaoli's temper also came up: "Assistant Li, just say it, and let us broaden our horizons!"

  "Do you want to know? Alright." Li Yang glared at Wu Xiaoli for over ten seconds before finally nodding reluctantly, this girl had made up her mind to not let him off the hook today.

  "Liāng gē, Sūn jiě, we're over here! Wú Xiǎolì, hurry up and follow us!" Li Yáng took the lead in walking towards a vendor selling jade rough stones. The vendor had laid out hundreds of pieces of jade rough stones of varying sizes in front of him, taking up almost half of the raw materials exhibition area due to their uneven size, with some being large and others small.

  Wu Xiaoli was taken aback, and she was furious at Li Yang's commanding tone. However, after thinking for a moment, she still followed Li Yang and the others as they walked away. As she walked, she began to think of ways to humiliate Li Yang again, and as long as she could make him lose face, she would be happy.

  "Older brother, we are from An's Jewelry, can you introduce these to us?"

  Li Yang smiled and handed a cigarette to the middle-aged jade rough stone seller, Li Yang didn't understand jade rough stones, but these sellers definitely understood them, and they knew more than Wu Xiaoli and her group, they were the experts.

  The identity of Li Yang'an's jewelry indeed played a role, and the middle-aged raw material seller in his 40s carefully looked at the work cards hanging on their chests and hurriedly stood up with a smile.

  "Alright, no problem. These are all old stock materials. Look at the sand skin, look at the pine flowers and also the fog water. I don't know which ones you want, do you want some bright materials or some half-gambling wool materials?" The seller pointed to a portion of the raw stones and said to Li Yang, Li Yang found that many of these stones had already been cut open, and some of the cutting surfaces showed green, presumably it was what he called bright material or half-gambling wool material.

  "Older brother, why don't you introduce each one to us first, we'll listen and then make a decision!"

  Li Yang had a very serious look, and Liang Ge and Sun Jie couldn't help but want to laugh. Li Yang asked the salesperson to introduce the jade rough stone, which indeed allowed them to learn something, but this was somewhat cheating. However, this was also the best method Li Yang could use at present. The two now even more believed that Li Yang was just a newcomer to the industry.

  "Alright, no problem, let me tell you about these materials first..." The seller had no idea he was being treated as a gunhand and began to introduce his jade raw materials in a garrulous manner. Li Yang listened very carefully, this knowledge couldn't be learned normally, there wasn't such detailed information online.

  Bright goods, half-gambling wool goods sellers have said, all-gambling materials also briefly introduced, Anshi Jewelry is a big customer, these people are young but he dare not slack off.

  "May I pick it up and take a look?" After listening to the vendor's introduction, Li Yang became even more curious about these jade rough stones. A seemingly ordinary stone actually had so many subtleties.

  "Of course!" The seller smiled and nodded, these days many jewelry companies have come, but not many people are interested in the goods here, so not much fur has been sold. Therefore, he is eager to please Li Yang and others from Anshi Jewelry, even if nothing is sold today, these young people can still promote for him when they return.

  Li Yang casually picked up a piece of wool that was slightly smaller than a football, this piece of wool is relatively small among these jade rough stones, it's a half-gambling wool, the cut surface reveals light green, but the water head and texture are not high, from the cutting surface, the variety of water is at most Huā Qīng kind.

  The weight of the raw stone was not light, and Li Yang had to use one hand to hold it up, while the other hand gently stroked the green area. The characteristics that the seller had just mentioned were all remembered by Li Yang, and now was the best opportunity to learn and verify them.

  At this critical moment, Li Yang's palm holding the wool suddenly felt a bit itchy. Just as he was about to put down the wool in his hand, a strange feeling suddenly spread from his palm throughout his body, and then a clear three-dimensional image appeared in Li Yang's mind.

  This stereoscopic screen is the original piece of half-gambling material jade that Li Yang had in his hand, and Li Yang can clearly feel everything inside this original stone. The whole stone seems to appear transparently in Li Yang's mind.

  This sudden change left Li Yang stunned, holding onto the stone motionless. He was usually calm in the face of unexpected events, but this bizarre scene had also shocked him into stillness.

  "Assistant Li, since you know so much about jade rough stones, why don't we buy one first and make a bet? Let's open our eyes wide and have some fun!" Wu Xiaoli, who had been at odds with Li Yang, suddenly walked over with a smile. The way Li Yang observed the jade rough stone made Wu Xiaoli think he was just pretending to be cool. Wu Xiaoli's mind turned quickly, and she immediately thought of this method to deal with Li Yang.

  Aren't you pretending? Then I'll let you pretend no more. However, Wu Xiaoli still knew her limits and didn't dare say that she was buying it in the company's name. Even if it were Zhang Ying, she would have to apply first.

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  Thanks to Kunlun brother for the cover.