Chapter 49 "Ask for Monthly Pass Support"

Now that it has been discovered that these stones may be raw jadeite, Panshi naturally has to consult the transportation information at that time, and found Tengchong, Yunnan. Over here, a shop in Tengchong transferred several million in handling fees just by handling it, and the owner at that time had already quit, it is said that he had made enough money to immigrate.

Although it is impossible to know the detailed inside information, now the whereabouts of the money has finally been clarified, which can be regarded as a satisfactory end to the fraud case at that time, and Fan Wubing's reputation has reached an immeasurable level. The height is so high, people can recognize the jade from the inside of the pool!

In fact, if it wasn't for Fan Wubing's good luck, he wouldn't have discovered this problem. His luck was just that he happened to see a touch of greenery at the bottom of the water, and that piece of leather shell was worn out during the transportation. It’s just that the porters at the time didn’t pay attention, so they didn’t know that the stones brought back from Yunnan were actually Burmese jadeite.

How to effectively use these jadeites and obtain the maximum value is Zhang Maolu's specialty. He has asked Fan Wubing for a large sum of money and hired the most famous jadeite processing masters from all over the country to come to Panshi to work together. Witness this unprecedented stone opening event.

As for Fan Wubing, he also hung out with Zhang Maolu all day long to watch him process the rough jadeite that had already been cut.

"You look at me like that, which makes me very uncomfortable." Zhang Maolu frowned and said to Fan Wubing.

"I just look at stones. Are you that good-looking? You're not a pretty girl---" Fan Wubing replied.

The donkey didn't squeak anymore, but just took tools to carve carefully there, probably using small pieces from pieces. Carve two earrings first to see the effect. He can be regarded as a multi-faceted expert in the field of antique jade, especially in counterfeiting, which is outstanding and has reached a very high level. He will be supported by Fan Wubing, with an annual salary of millions of dollars a year, not including dividends.

China is a country with thousands of years of jade culture, as jadeite was introduced to China from Myanmar. This kind of beautiful jade with rich colors and tough texture was immediately accepted and praised by the people of the country, and the best green jadeite was sent to the imperial palace. Due to the lack of understanding of mineralogy and the habit of historical formation, people habitually call jadeite jade. The jade that people in Yunnan refer to refers to jadeite. In Khotan, Xinjiang, people say that the earth jade is suet jade, and naturally in Xiuxian County, Liaoning, the jade people refer to is Xiuyu.

In fact, jadeite is different from the familiar Hetian jade and Xiuyu in terms of composition and physical properties. The jade industry refers to jade represented by Hetian jade as nephrite, which is a calcium magnesium silicate. A collection of compounds, while jadeite is a collection of sodium aluminum silicate compounds, which is called jadeite in mineralogy. The hardness of jadeite is much higher than that of nephrite, and it can even be used to engrave letters on glass, while the hardness of nephrite is relatively low.

Generally, in order to express a difference, jade is usually referred to as nephrite and does not include jadeite.

Therefore, the craftsmanship required to process jade is different from that of ordinary jade, and it should be said that it is more difficult. This also leads to the salary of technicians who can process jade is much higher than that of ordinary jade masters.

It didn't take long for Zhang Maolu to carve the embryos of the two earrings, but Fan Wubing felt that the appearance was very ugly and the surface was unsightly, so he couldn't help doubting. "Is this your craft?"

"It has to be polished and polished before it can be considered a finished product!" Zhang Maolu was very annoyed at the contempt for his hard work.

Polishing jadeite is also a very common technical job, whether the polishing is good or not. It is directly related to whether jadeite can become a fine product, so even if it is a donkey, it must be treated with caution.

As the saying goes, if jade is not cut, it cannot be made into a tool. The carved jade has to go through a very important process before it can truly interpret and express the connotation of jade, which is polishing. Zhang Maolu first applied a layer of paste-like polishing powder to the surface of the carved jadeite, and then said to Fan Wubing. "It's called paste. The green one is chromium oxide, and the orange-red one is cerium oxide." Then he began to grind. Use a 2,000-mesh grinding wheel to grind the surface of the jade, and then apply paste to grind it, and repeat it several times.

The next step is to apply the diamond powder on the surface of the emerald and then use a hard brush to polish it. After that, it is fine work. It starts to polish the small places that cannot be thrown by large tools. Use bamboo to dip diamond powder and make it bigger. With bamboo chopsticks, bamboo toothpicks are needed for small places. This process is also time-consuming and energy-consuming. The last step is fine polishing. The emerald is coated with diamond powder and then polished with hard leather. Zhang Maolu said that cowhide is mostly used in China, and elephant skin is mostly used in Myanmar.

According to Zhang Maolu and Fan Wubing, the hand-carving before liberation was to use the fluff inside the tender gourd that has not yet grown up, soak it in water, dip it in Jieyu sand, and polish it bit by bit. It took a long time , Generally speaking, it takes half a month to a year to throw a good item. Of course, this is related to the size of the item.

The current machining method is to use a rotary rotor and dip it in powdery or paste polishing agents of different finenesses for polishing. It takes very little time, but the effect is not very satisfactory. In this process, no matter whether gourd velvet or polishing rotor is used, water must be involved, and the speed of polishing should not be too high, otherwise the surface of the emerald will be damaged.

Even after polishing, there will still be some small pits and pits on the surface of the jade piece, which has nothing to do with the degree of polishing, because the characteristics of jadeite are like this, even the top polishing, there will be such a phenomenon, so in the end It is necessary to coat a layer of Sichuan wax on the surface of the jade piece to increase its gloss, so that the polishing work of the jade is completed.

The emerald has been polished, but there are still a few finishing touches to be done. Zhang Maolu first uses an ultrasonic machine to clean the remaining polishing powder on the emerald, and then wipes the areas that cannot be cleaned with alcohol. The last step is to apply wax to form a protective film on the surface of the finished jadeite, and then dry it with a hair dryer.

"How is it? Does it look good?" Zhang Maolu handed the finished product to Fan Wubing. But he enjoys it.

Fan Wubing took it and took a closer look. He saw that the two earrings were carved by a donkey into a drop-shaped phoenix shape, connected end to end, smooth and natural, and the color was like warm clear water, dripping.

"It's really beautiful! Do you think it's the best?" Fan Wubing praised repeatedly, but asked again.

"Boss, you look like a layman. If you go to Yunnan, you will be the fat sheep." Zhang Maolu said unceremoniously, and then he pointed to Fei Cui and said to Fan Wubing, "Evaluate Jade has terms such as land, good water, and good emerald. Land refers to other colors in jade, and jade with less jade is mostly top-grade; Pretty; emerald green should be combined with thick, yang, positive, and four characters. Nong means thick but not light. Like holly after rain, yang means bright and bright, positive means no variegated colors, mixed with evil colors, and means emerald It is uniform without distinction of depth. The one you are holding now is old pit glass, which is already top-quality. If you want to say whether it can be improved, it depends mainly on the carver. My craftsmanship can only be regarded as passable. , the shape is already there, but the artistic conception is still much worse.”

"I think it's already pretty good!" Fan Wubing felt that there was no flaw.

"No! If you want to sell rough stones, of course there is no problem, but if you want to process and make money yourself, you have to invite masters from Yangzhou to come! If I do it like this, most of them will be destroyed. !” Zhang Maolu said.

"Why does Mao have to invite a master from Yangzhou?" Fan Wubing felt a little curious.

"Yangzhou is located between the north and the south. Therefore, the technique also has the advantages of both the north and the south. In addition, there are many aristocratic families who work here, and the technical and artistic standards are first-class." Zhang Maolu explained.

Oh I got it. Fan Wubing nodded, took the two earrings and turned around to leave.

"Hey, boss! You just took away what I spent a long time getting out of it?" Zhang Maolu asked Fan Wubing's sleeve with some disobedience.

"Pull and pull. How decent is it?" Fan Wubing put the things in his arms. Naturally, he refused to take it out again, so he pointed to the half stone and said. "That's yours, it's a red envelope, you can figure out what to do with it!"

After finishing speaking, Fan Wubing ran away quickly, leaving no time for Zhang Maolu to react.

Zhang Maolu stared at the direction of Fan Wubing's departure with his mouth open, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. He shook his head and said, "What is this? I worked so hard all night and didn't sleep----" But When he saw the rough emerald stone weighing dozens of catties, he felt much more comfortable, and laughed, "It's not a disadvantage! It's not bad to leave such a big piece for future generations , This is the best stone! But, if you want to carve it, you need to put some thought into it, and any waste is money!"

After Fan Wubing left Panshi Heavy Industry, he came directly to his father Fan Heng. Unexpectedly, Fan Heng was packing up his things. When he saw him, he immediately asked, "I heard that you found a pile of jade. It is at the Panshi Heavy Industry site. In the pool?"

"Well, for the money transferred by Li Mingjiu, I ordered rough jadeite from Burma, pulled it back with a special train from Pingyuan Factory, and threw it in the pool. If I didn't find out, I'm afraid it would have to continue soaking." Fan He replied without illness.

"That thing is very valuable? Many people have already asked me about it today." Fan Heng asked after hesitating for a while.

"Of course it's worth money!" Fan Wubing replied with a nod, "Don't even think about it. Li Mingjiu made a hundred million yuan and bought forty or fifty big stones. This stone is worthless. What else is more valuable? Gold Jade is priceless, and jadeite is even more priceless!"

Oh, Fan Heng nodded, and said to Fan Wubing, "No wonder, the phone has not been disconnected since yesterday, it is a group of people who came to inquire about Shitou, it seems that they are calling you Got an idea."

"What kind of relationship?" Fan Wubing was a little unhappy when he heard that, "It's against them! Is someone using power to suppress you? How many galls have they grown?! Dad, how did you deal with it? "

"I answered very simply. Now that the government and enterprises are separated, and Panshi Heavy Industry is now headed by foreign capital, our city government can't control Panshi Heavy Industry. If you have any ideas, let them directly talk to Tian Zhenglun." Fan Heng also answered well. Very straightforward, it seems that he has made a lot of progress in shirking responsibility during this period.

Fan Wubing laughed, thinking that his father is really a wimp, how can Tian Zhenglun be the home of Panshi Heavy Industry, he is just the general manager, he is the leader in the daily management work, but Davis has to wait for the company's decision-making. When people come forward, in the final analysis, they have to turn back to themselves in the end.

Dad asked these people to communicate with Tian Zhenglun, wouldn't that lead people into the ditch.

But this incident also reminded Fan Wubing that good things should be hidden safely. There are too many guys with red eyes staring around everywhere these days, it is impossible to guard against! It seems that it is not a very good idea to put jadeite in the warehouse of Panshi Heavy Industry. After all, money is touching. If there is an omission, the loss will be huge. With so many rough jadeites, they can't be sold for hundreds of millions? Not to mention it can also be made into jewelry to add value!

"By the way, according to the requirements of the province, I'm leaving for the provincial capital tonight. Are you coming with me?" Fan Heng asked casually.

Fan Wubing listened and thought about it. Anyway, Lin Xiaotong is still recuperating in the 301 General Hospital in Beijing, so he has to go back and take care of the first and last. At this time, he will take a trip to the provincial capital. There is no problem. Let's see if he really wants to promote his father Fan Heng.

So Fan Wubing agreed without hesitation, and the father and son planned to go to Longcheng, the provincial capital of Tiantian Province together.