"I heard it right? Boss Zhao, aren't you kidding?"

"What you said is 38,000, which one is 38,000?"

The man surnamed Zhao curled his lips and said, "What do you think I'm talking about?"

I endured it for two minutes before I calmed down.

For the sake of this stone, we hid and hid, and we didn't dare to show up in Yinchuan. As a result, the difference in the recognition of the value of this stone between the two sides was so big that we didn't need to talk about it.

The man surnamed Zhao played with the cigarette box and thoughtfully said, "Brother, the price for agate is already high. Generally, the top agate like this big is only 10,000 yuan. I'm not trying to make you disgusted.

I, Zhao Qiang, made a business openly and honest, and would never be unscrupulous."

"Stop watching! Stop watching!"

Douyazi wrapped the stone directly in the newspaper and said angrily: "38,000? You still say you are not unscrupulous? I think your cardiovascular and cerebrovascular vessels are all black."

"Don't panic first, Yezi."

"What else is there to talk about here! You can't even sell it if you throw it into the river!" Douyazai looked really angry.

No one has seen this blood agate from the Alxa Desert, so there is no market price standard. In Zhao Qiang's perception, the good agate is only 18,000, and he paid 38,000, which can be regarded as a high gift.

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If it really is worth so much money, I don't believe that Aza will pay such a big price to hide it.

"Boss Zhao, then let's not talk about it. I will take back what I said about selling the raw stones just now. What if I find a master worker?"

At this time, the waitress obediently brought a glass of water. Zhao Qiang took a sip of water and said, "I do have a good relationship with a master of Jieyang jade carving. This person happened to be working on the farm exhibition now. The trouble is that the master's construction period is full.

, do you want to add a squat?"

I nodded and said what the price is to add.

Zhao Qiang shook his head and said, "I can help you introduce it, just make friends. In addition, the masters don't just give money. They also need to look at the materials. You have to talk about this yourself."

There are jewelry and jade exhibitions in the Sanhuan Agricultural Exhibition Hall three times a year. I have heard of it. It was the first time I went in and visited. When we went there, the exhibition was already the last two days.

Zhao Qiang had something to do but didn't come. He called the master and arranged for us to meet for a short time.

Three hundred and sixty years of history, the top scorer was born in every industry. This man’s surname is Zou Xiaotong, and he is a little fat. He is in his fifties and is from Sichuan. He lives in Jieyang for many years and has been engaged in jade carving for more than 30 years. He has been in the World Expo and the Hundred Flowers Competition.

He has won gold medals and is famous for his subject matter and clever carvings. He is indeed a very powerful craftsman.

"Boss Zhao is talking about you three, right? I personally don't carve agate," as soon as I met at the Agricultural Exhibition Hall, the man said directly that he didn't carve agate.

I said, Master, you should first look at the stones. The wages are easy to talk about.

He smiled and said, "No need to look at a few of you. I am not very interested in Alaxan agate. Please come back."

Although he didn't say it clearly, I guessed that he thought our Alaxan agate was too low and was not worthy of his use of it.

I winked at Douyazai, Douyazai nodded, opened the zipper of my backpack, and took out the raw stones of the newspaper bag.

"Look," said Douyazai.

Zou Xiaotong turned his head impatiently and glanced.

“Huh?”

"This Red"

The white lights used in the booths in the Agricultural Exhibition Hall hall were used, and the newspapers were not removed. Only a small part of our stone was exposed. The surface of the raw stone was almost as eye-catching as the red color.

Zou Xiaotong was attracted, so he walked over and removed the newspaper and read it for five or six minutes, and gradually became fascinated.

"This is Alaxan agate? Why is the foundation so thin? Aren't Alaxan agate all the same kind of bumpy?"

I said, look carefully, but it was not peeled, and the skin was still there, what was it if it was Alaxan agate.

"Extremely, absolutely, this is really amazing."

Because there were many people walking in the exhibition hall, Zou Xiaotong, the carving master, said three words of saber in a row, which immediately attracted many people to watch.

I heard some people whispering.

"Is this blood amber rough stone? Is this agate?"

"No, the blood amber rough stone is not that big. I see that the ring-shaped stone patterns can be seen inside the stone. This thing is indeed agate, but why does Alxa agate have this color? It's strange."

"There are so many people and eyes, let's go in and talk," Zou Xiaotong looked at the stone and attracted the attention of the crowd and immediately led us into the interior room of the exhibition hall.

"Please give me a look," he said after sitting down.

Douyazi handed it to him.

He looked at him more and more brilliantly, from the front, back, left and right.

"It's so rare that this red color is already inspiration in my mind."

"I made this stone." Zou Xiaotong said, touching the stone with love.

Just now, I looked down on Alaxan agate, and my attitude changed too quickly. Douyazai was stunned and said, "Master, your salary is."

Zou Xiaotong nodded and said, "My wages have always been very stable in the industry. The price of such a large carving piece is around 8."

"What?" Douyazai stared: "The wage is 80,000!"

"No, no, we won't do it anymore, it's too expensive."

Zou Xiaotong said anxiously: "This stone is very special. I can give you a friend the price. How about the salary of 70,000?"

Forget it, Douyazi shook his head and said it was still too expensive.

At that time, Zou Xiaotong was a popular craftsman in the jade industry. He had always been begging him to carve, and those who were able to find him would not care about the salary, which was not like Douyazai.

He said, "You said, how much do you want to give? The wages are not a problem, mainly because I have inspiration for this stone."

Douyazai thought for two minutes and stretched out three fingers.

"Thirty thousand?" Zou Xiaotong shook his head with a serious expression: "It's too low. This will lower the industry average price I have maintained in recent years. Please ask a few of you to respect my skills and make a new price."

Douyazai felt a little embarrassed. He said, "Master, you're wrong again." I'm not talking about 30,000, but I'm talking about 30,000. I think it's already very high."

"What!"

"Three thousand!?" Zou Xiaotong's face changed drastically.

This is not the price of a master of craftsmanship, but the price of an apprentice.

I think Douyazi has gone a little bit, and I feel that it is more appropriate to be around 30,000 yuan.

I was about to speak, but Douyazi had already put on stones.

"Why are you panic? We haven't agreed yet? No!" Zou Xiaotong held the stone.

Later we reached a secret agreement.

The reason why it is called a secret agreement is because Zou Xiaotong said that 3,000 is only 3,000, but we must keep this price strictly confidential and cannot disclose it to outsiders. Even Zhao Qiang cannot let him know.

I was wondering at the time that I only found out the reason later.

It turned out that the most authoritative award in the domestic jade carving industry at that time was the Hundred Flowers Award of the China Bao Association (abbreviated as) . He had won this award once, but it was in this year that the China Bao Association held a new large-scale event.

Competition, this is the first Tiangong Collection and the first Tiangong Award.

Zou Xiaotong himself won the gold medal at the World Expo and the gold medal at the China Treasure Association Hundred Flowers Sculpture Competition. He did not intend to participate in the first Tiangong Award that will be held this year, but he changed his mind when he saw this piece of Alxa blood agate.

What's the result.

He was the first master of craftsmanship carving in the world, including the Hundred Flowers, Tiangong, and the Three Gold Grand Slam. This is very difficult, especially when selecting materials, which is similar to the ancient three-yuan consecutive hits.

It was this agate that he completed the Grand Slam of the Three Prizes, and was famous for his name on the Tiangong List.

This blood agate turned from an ugly duckling to a black swan by craftsmanship, and it was also the name given by Zou Xiaotong.
Chapter completed!