Chapter 172: Love is always hurt by ruthlessness

Lin Shitu personally accompanied Zhou Xuan and historic sites in Tengchong, but most of them were ancient silk towns. After three or four days of traveling, Zhou Xuan tentatively asked Lin Shitu about the situation in Myanmar at Lin Shitu's home.

"Boss Lin, you are in the wool business and the largest jewelry wholesaler in Tengchong. You should know a lot about the situation in Myanmar, right? Haha, I want to go over and take a look!"

Lin Shitu pondered for a moment and said, "I am quite familiar with Myanmar. Only Menggong and Myitkyina are the areas of jadeite, which are only 150 kilometers away from us Tengchong and Ruili. Because jadeite is only popular among Chinese people, we Tengchong and Ruili have become the largest sales centers of Myanmar jade!"

"In fact, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Menggong and Myitkyina were still under the jurisdiction of Baoshan City. At that time, Baoshan was called Yongchang Prefecture. Since then, jadeite was imported into our country through Tengchong and Ruili, and it has been four or five hundred years since then. It has been recorded that, 'Teng is the number of jade workers, and it is made into utensils, and it is sold in various provinces in Yunnan.' The best-quality jade is often sent to the border areas of eastern Guangdong, Shanghai, Fujian, and Yunnan for a long time to operate the jade industry, and has formed a unique jade reputation for hundreds of years."

Lin Shitu said while making tea: "At that time, there were often seven or eight thousand or even tens of thousands of horse gangs transporting jade and other materials on the official roads from Myanmar to Yunnan. In order to get jade, merchants from all walks of life came with huge sums of money. For this reason, there was a grand scene where 'the former prosperous treasure street was used to bring capital to the great merchants and merchants came with capital'. Most of the mine owners who pick jade in Myanmar were actually Chinese, but there were very few real mine owners in Myanmar. My grandfather's uncle was a Chinese who settled in Myanmar and specialized in jade business. By his grandson's generation, my cousin still had two large mines in Myitkyina. My goods came from there, and of course there were other mines. After all, Tengchong was the largest factory, especially after Jin Fatty was seized, my goods were even larger in the past few days!"

When Lin Shitu said about Fatty Jin, he glanced at Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan just smiled faintly, not saying anything.

Lin Shitu said again: "Before liberation, our Tengchong and Ruili were the largest distribution centers of jadeite, but after liberation, due to the domestic closure, the jade business dropped sharply, and our family's contact with cousin was cut off. Myanmar jade merchants had to go far and away and transport wool jade to Chiang Mai, Thailand thousands of miles away to trade with Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japanese merchants. In the past 10 or 20 years, Chiang Mai changed from an old thatched hut market to a world-class jade trade center with tens of thousands of people. Until the reform and opening up, the domestic trade and processing and production of the jade industry were restored, and in more than ten years it regained the title of the largest international jade trading market."

Zhao Lao Er was not interested in drinking tea, but in the past few days he had been studying jadeite. If Lin Shitu had said this, he would have been confused and would not be able to listen. But now he is more and more energetic as he listens. He asked: "Boss Lin, we have obtained a passport, can we go through Myanmar to take a look?"

"Haha, it's easy to live in Myanmar. I'm familiar with that. I've had a lot of transactions with my cousin in the past ten years and have been busy with my cousin. It's okay to go there, but..."

Lin Shitu pondered, "It would be fine if he just went to visit and play. If he wanted to go bet on stones or wanted to trade directly with the mine owners, it would be difficult!"

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "So what to say?"

"The mining yards in Myanmar are all prehistoric forests with difficult conditions. From the mines, many places are not open to traffic and there are no roads. The jade mines are harvested by artificial, horses, elephants, etc. Moreover, the national conditions of Myanmar are unstable. In addition to the government forces, there are also troops of various parties and ethnic forces, each of which control a piece of land. For example, foreigners have to pass through these places, which is full of dangers!"

Lin Shitu sighed and said, "And the Myanmar government also stipulates that the ore mined should be auctioned by the government woven and public auction, and the profits will be shared by the mine owner and the government. However, some of the ore will be secretly transported out, and most of it will flow to Tengchong and Ruili. Half of my ore wool materials were taken back from Myanmar and half were smuggled out. Of course, the ore smuggled out is much cheaper."

Only then did Zhou Xuan understand the situation in Myanmar. He thought that it would not work if he wanted to cooperate with the mine owners. First, the regulations there were, and second, the national conditions were unstable, personal safety was not guaranteed, and there was no need to take risks. It was not that money was short of, and if you wanted to gamble on stones, you would just come to Lin Shitu for one month or two months.

"Since that's the case, then forget it. I'll prepare and go back today and tomorrow!" Zhou Xuan turned his head and said to Zhao Laoer.

Lin Shitu smiled and said, "I think... I'd better play for a few more days, and it's not in a hurry. I want to talk to Mr. Zhou about his experience in jade. I've seen many people who don't have the luck of you. Haha, if it's all about luck, I don't believe it. After all, it's just eye-catching experience and skills!"

Zhou Xuan smiled and said shamelessly, "That's right, our boss Zhou is a master. I, Zhao Er, have been practicing with him for a day or two. But when Tengchong picked a stone, he sold more than 20 million yuan!"

Lin Shitu looked at Zhao Laoer and smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao is good at kung fu!"

"Kung Fu is actually only a little bit. My old Zhao, the most important thing is luck!" Zhao Lao Er said with a smile, "Boss Lin, tell me how to identify jade?"

Lin Shitu looked at Zhou Xuan and smiled and said, "You Boss Zhou is just an expert. If you want me to say that you are just showing off your skills, haha!"

"Boss Lin is too modest!" Zhou Xuan said lightly, "I actually have only a slight understanding. Many of them are still learned from Boss Lin's father. Anyway, if you have time, Boss Lin will explain and explain, let me and my brother learn more!"

Lin Shitu also thought Zhou Xuan was quite unique. Sometimes he felt unpredictable and profound, but sometimes he looked like a child. But in general, he still felt that he was a straightforward and trustworthy person.

"Haha, since Boss Zhou said that, I will just say it casually!" Lin Shitu stopped refusing and said openly, "I am ugly, jadeite. The first factor in evaluating jadeite is color. In the jade world, there are four points in the colors of the best jadeite, positive, thick, and yang!"

When Zhao Laoer saw Lin Shitu explaining, he quickly poured him a cup of tea and said, "Boss Lin, take a sip of tea and continue talking!"

"Thank you!" Lin Shitu took the tea, took a sip, and then slowly said, "This is the definition of the color of jade. It refers to the range of color, which depends on the ratio of the main color and the secondary color. That is to say, it is pure green, and not mixed with other colors. If other colors are mixed, the value will drop greatly. The second point is that thick refers to the depth of the color. As for jade green, the concentration should be between 70% and 80%, and 90% is already too thick!"

"The third point is that Yang refers to the brightness of the brightness of the color of jade. The brightness of jade is mainly determined by the ratio of green and black or gray. The green ratio is more bright, and if it contains more black or gray, the color becomes dark. Experts often use image methods to represent the brightness of the color. For example, the commonly mentioned boxwood green, parrot green, green onion heart green, and pepper green all refer to the color of freshness. Spinach green, oil green, river water green, and black green refer to the dull dark green color. The more fresh the jade, the higher the natural value."

Seeing that Zhou Xuan and Zhao Laoer were both excited and spoke vigorously, Lin Shitu drank a sip of tea to moisten the throat and said, "The last one refers to the uniformity of the color distribution of jade. The color distribution of jade is generally uneven, and it is not easy to get jade with even color distribution. If a top-grade jade must be pure, the green concentration is between 70% and 80%, the fresh sun is bright, and the color distribution is also even. Jade like this is the real old pit type!"

Zhao Laoer is a real rookie and doesn't understand, but Zhou Xuan understood that Lin Shitu is the real expert, and what he said is much more useful than what he copied the book and said!

It’s better to listen to the old experienced experts like Lin Shitu and his father, learn experience and technology, and combine the results of ice gas detection, you should get started quickly, at least it is reasonable in the scene and will not make others suspicious.

Zhou Xuan was about to ask Lin Shitu to continue talking, but he saw Zheng Bing hurriedly coming from outside the hall, holding a cell phone, and whispering: "Mr. Zhou, the phone number from Beijing is said to be urgent!"

Zhou Xuan was stunned. What urgent matters were there in Beijing’s phone number? He knew that he didn’t have a cell phone and could not be contacted. If the family members asked him for him, they must have found Wei Haihong. Then Wei Haihong found Li Lei again and called him around.

He quickly answered the phone, and the voice of his sister Zhou Ying came from the phone. He was a little anxious and a little panicked: "Brother, is it you?"

"It's me. If you have something to do, please tell me slowly, don't worry!" Zhou Xuan said in a deep voice.

Zhou Ying's voice suddenly hesitated: "Brother, come back quickly. Anyway, there is something urgent. Come back soon, something happened!"

Zhou Xuanyun said: "What's the matter? You said, why are you hesitating? Tell me quickly!"

Zhou Ying paused for a moment before saying, "Brother, let's talk about it when you come back, just come back quickly!"

Zhou Xuan was so angry that he shouted: "You are at Brother Hong's house, give me the phone number!"

Zhou Xuan was really good at it, but Zhou Ying really gave the phone to Wei Haihong.

However, before Zhou Xuan could speak, Wei Haihong's voice came over: "Brother, I know what you are going to say, this... I can't say it, you should come back by yourself!"

After saying that, he hung up the phone. Zhou Xuan was angry and thought that he would call back, but he thought of something that Wei Haihong didn't want to say, so he asked again that he would be useless. He immediately said to Zhao Laoer and Lin Shitu: "Boss Lin, second, I have urgent matters to rush back to Beijing, so I would like to help Boss Lin, transfer the car, second, escort the car, and transport the freight back to Beijing, and... "

Zhou Xuan looked at Zheng Bing again and said, "Company Commander Zheng, the second brother is a newbie. I'm not at ease with him. If you are convenient, arrange two people to follow him. If possible, there are two brothers Zhang Shan and Wu Feng, this..."

Zheng Bing agreed without thinking: "No problem, Zhang Shan Wu Feng stayed to take goods back to Beijing with Laosheng Zhao, and I will fly back to Jiang Jin and you!"

Zhou Xuan was anxious and didn't think about it anymore. He said goodbye to Lin Shitu and quickly asked Jiang Jin to drive to Baoshan Airport.

With Zheng Bing's relationship, Zhou Xuan didn't worry about the air ticket at all, but just had to wait until the time. The plane was at 6:15 pm and waited in the airport waiting hall for about an hour.

Zhou Xuan felt dry and didn't know what was going on at home. However, from the tone of Zhou Ying and Wei Haihong, there must be something happening, but it shouldn't be a dangerous thing for the family members. You can tell from the tone of their speech. And Wei Haihong knew that he knew. If the family members were in danger, how could he stand by and watch?

Although I was not worried, Zhou Xuan felt that he was extremely uneasy and could not say anything, but this was the feeling!

After getting off the plane at Beijing International Airport, Zhou Xuan did not stop at all. He really took out the airport building and stopped a taxi and walked home. Zheng Bing and Jiang Jin took him to Villa No. 8, Hongcheng Garden, and then said goodbye to Li Lei to hand in the service.

Zhou Xuan was anxious and did not greet them. Anyway, he would treat them to dinner if he had the chance in the future, but now he is really in a bad mood.

He hurriedly entered the door and walked into the hall. His mother, Jin Xiumei and Liu Sao, were sitting in the living room. As soon as he saw Zhou Xuan enter the room, Jin Xiumei got up and grabbed Zhou Xuan's hand and cried, "Son, the wife is gone, the wife is gone!"

Zhou Xuan thought nothing about Fu Ying's head. When he heard Jin Xiumei's words, he felt heartbroken and asked in fear and surprise: "Mom, please tell me slowly, explain clearly, what's going on!"

Jin Xiumei wiped her tears, took out a letter from her pocket, handed it to Zhou Xuan, and said with a sob: "My wife was fine yesterday. This morning, a guest came to our house. She is very young and handsome. She is looking for a wife. As a result, her wife whispered to him a few words, and then she went back to the room to write this letter to me, asking me to hand it over to you, and told you not to...Don't miss her anymore, and find a good girl to live a good life. Son, what's this?"

Zhou Xuan immediately slapped his chest like an iron hammer. He sat down on the sofa with his chest covered, his heart hurt and twisted. It took him a while to recover and tore open the envelope in his hand with only a piece of paper inside.

Zhou Xuan took a few breaths before tremblingly opening the letter paper. There were only six words on it: "Zhou Xuan, forget me!"
Chapter completed!