Hello, 1983

Liu Qingshan looked at the middle-aged man who offered 5,000 yuan, wearing a pair of white sleeves, a pair of leather sandals, and a folding fan in his hand.

This guy had a big smile on his chubby face. At first glance, he didn't look like a local, and his accent was a bit of Beijing.

Uncle Lu leaned into Liu Qingshan's ear and whispered, This person is the biggest jade wholesaler here, Liu Datou.

Liu Qingshan looked at the man's head again, it was indeed one size bigger than the others, so he smiled and waved his hand: Not for sale.

That's right, the elders just set a price, at least more than 10,000 yuan, and you can only give 5,000 yuan.

Li Likun also unceremoniously said to the other party, this is not a cheap thing at all, it is clearly bullying a foreigner.

That Liu Datou still had a smile on his face: Young people shouldn't be too angry, our rule here is that jade must be sold on the exchange.

You are a second-order dealer, not from an exchange.

Lu Fang replied that he and Uncle Lu had dealt with this Liu Datou.

Don't look at the smile on this guy's face, but his hands are extremely dark, and the price of jade is directly increased by ten times.

Liu Datou calmly shook his folding fan: I am a consignee hired by the exchange, and of course I am qualified to acquire jade.

It's you, without our permission, don't even think about taking a piece of jade from here, not even an ordinary stone.

Where did you come from, go back to where you are, don't even go home!

That's right, this guy is looking for ballast at a glance.

Obviously, the other party also knew that Liu Qingshan's group was going to get involved in the jade business, and this was a verbal warning.

Li Likun and Lu Fang are both strong-willed men. Of course, they can't stand these words. A cold light flashed in Li Likun's hand, and a military thorn suddenly appeared:

Liu Big Head, you smiling tiger, the jade is here, come and get it if you have the ability!

That Liu Datou was unmoved at all: Young man, doing business is not about fighting and killing. Jade cannot be smuggled. This is expressly stipulated above.

If you don't comply, there will naturally be law enforcement agencies to handle you, listen to people's persuasion, and have enough to eat.

Liu Qingshan waved his hand,

Ask Li Likun and the others to carry the jade stone: Come on, let's go to the exchange and see.

Liu Datou thought that the other party was cowardly, and smiled contemptuously: It's not the same everywhere.

Hotan urban area is not too big. In 1984, it changed from county to city.

Soon, a group of people came to the Jade Raw Stone Collection Exchange, and even the old man Alimu came with a dozen men.

The men all had knives slung around their waists, each with a grim expression.

Inside the Exchange Court is a row of bungalows, and some poplar trees are planted in the courtyard.

More than a dozen people are lining up to sell the jade they have picked up.

Among them, there are local people in national costumes, as well as Han people in blue cloth trousers and blue hats.

There are baskets at people's feet, with one or two or three pieces of jade scattered in it.

Let's start, let's get in line! Accompanied by a lazy voice, a young man in overalls, with a cigarette in his mouth, began to buy jade.

At the front of the line was a little Balang, who was struggling to pick up a big black stone and put it on the wooden table.

What kind of thing are you, it's dark, and no one picks up the goods on the side of the throwing road. You don't accept it.

The young staff reached out and pushed the big rock to the ground.

If it wasn't for that little Balang hiding quickly, he might have smashed his feet.

This is the jasper I picked up from the Karakashi River. Do you know the product?

The little Balang was obviously annoyed, and asked the staff member's nose.

The old man Alimu also stepped up, checked the black stone, and nodded: It's a very good jasper, and it's worth at least a few hundred dollars.

The young staff snorted: Your Jasper is black, you don't know how to bully me, right?

The old man Alimu was also full of disgust: Since you are a jade collector, you don't understand this professional knowledge!

The jasper in the Karakashi River will form a black stone skin on the outside. After grinding off the outer stone skin, the inside is the best jasper.

The jade sellers shouted: Yes, such an inexperienced person is also worthy of being an inspector!

What a quarrel, I really thought I was willing to play with these broken stones.

The young staff spit the cigarette butt on the ground and waved his arm very arrogantly: Do you like to sell it or not.

People are state-run, that's the attitude.

Liu Qingshan also shook his head. Although this exchange will disintegrate within a few years, the trading of jade will be liberalized and the market will have the final say.

However, in the past few years, it was also the time when the price of jade materials was the lowest, and Liu Qingshan also wanted to seize this opportunity to hoard more jade materials.

The little Balang finally left with the jasper in the basket, wiping his eyes while walking, obviously very angry.

The young staff member continued to receive the goods.

It's not that this guy doesn't understand at all, it's just that the price is too low. In Liu Qingshan's opinion, white jade of good quality is only given a few yuan per kilogram.

If there are no tricks here, it would be called a strange thing.

After collecting the jade, use a brush dipped in red ink to mark the grade and weight on the surface of the jade.

The dozen or so people in front had all sold out the jade, and when they left, they all looked annoyed.

Liu Qingshan observed it, and the money in their hands was only a few dozen yuan at most, and some were only a few yuan.

Compared with the value of jade, it is too cheap.

Finally, it was Liu Qingshan's turn. Cao Xiaofei and Li Likun carried the piece of white jade onto the table. The young staff member squinted and looked at it, probably seeing that it was a good thing, and then came closer to take a closer look.

Cough, there was a light cough from the side.

I saw Liu Datou throw a cigarette to the staff member, and then said with a smile: I have seen this jade, second class.

Brother Liu, okay, okay. The staff nodded vigorously and lit a cigarette happily.

After the weighing, the staff said to Liu Qingshan:

Second-class white jade, 60 kilograms, 50 yuan per kilogram, 3,000 yuan in total, hehe, you are really lucky, enough for you to earn two years.

The people who followed Liu Qingshan also stared at them: Three thousand? What a joke!

At this time, a big head leaned in front of Liu Qingshan: Hey, brother, how about it, I won't sell it for 5,000 yuan, so let's sell it now.

Liu Qingshan still had a smile on his face: Then I won't sell it, I can keep it for myself.

That's your right, hahaha. Liu Datou let out a few wild laughter.

When Liu Qingshan and his party left the yard of the exchange, Liu Datou spat fiercely on the ground:

I don't know the depth, so dare to take a trip to this muddy water, is the hair long?

At this time, a few more people came together: Big brother, that kid is mixing with that old guy Alimu, we'd better be careful.

I don't believe what tricks he can play. Go, call the people on the exchange, and have a drink. Liu Datou waved his hand imposingly.

At ten o'clock in the morning the next day, there were dozens of people lining up at the jade rough collection exchange, ready to sell jade.

There were two jade-picking teams coming down from the mountain today, so there were a lot of people.

Those who can go up the mountain are all strong men with rich experience and good physical fitness.

Although their clothes were tattered and their spirits were relatively tired, everyone's faces could not hide their excitement.

In each person's back basket, there are ten or several kilograms of jade. If you are lucky, a good price will be enough for the family's annual expenses.

At this time, a little Balang walked into the yard of the exchange angrily, and with a thud, threw a black stone on the ground.

Little guy, don't jump in the queue. Someone in the team laughed and joked.

But I saw that little guy took out an iron hammer and held it up high:

Say I'm a broken stone, I'll break it open and tell you to see if it's a jasper inside!

At this time, a voice came: Don't smash, don't smash, we'll take it.

Little Balang put down his hammer and looked at the person who was talking, but it was not a staff member in the exchange.

That person was Cao Xiaofei, and he shouted with a smile:

We also collect jade, the price is fair, and the price is set by the old man Alimu himself.

When these people heard Alimu's name, they no longer hesitated. They all carried the baskets and followed Cao Xiaofei out.

Diagonally opposite, there used to be a few empty houses, but now there are bills and small scales, and there are a few people, sitting or standing, waiting there.

There are also two signs standing next to them, with two kinds of characters on them, and the words Acquisition of Jade are written on them.

The little Balang ran over first and saluted Alimu, who was sitting behind the desk and drinking tea, and called out Bowa, a title roughly equivalent to grandpa.

Little guy, your jasper is good, I'll give you a wait.

Alimu had already seen it yesterday, so he didn't need to take a closer look. He waved his hand and asked Lu Liang next to him to weigh it.

That little Balang jumped up excitedly immediately, the price of first-class jasper is 80 yuan per kilogram, and his piece is about ten kilograms, that is 800 yuan!

After Lu Liang weighed, he gave Xiao Balang a ticket and told him to go to Li Likun to collect the money.

Li Likun saw that he was too young, so he asked him to call the adults in the family. If the child took so much money, it would be troublesome if he lost it.

Two local people in the crowd stood up and said that they belonged to the same village and town as this little Balang and would go back together at that time.

Only then did Li Likun hand the 820 yuan to Xiaoba Lang.

This made the little guy so excited, he kept salute to everyone.

The other jade sellers also looked happy, and they talked a lot: It seems that the order here is more fair?

Of course, Elder Alimu, but he is notoriously fair.

Liu Qingshan looked at this scene with a smile, and he knew that with the prestige of the old man Alimu, coupled with a fair price, he would definitely be able to pull all these jade pickers to their side.

The progress of the acquisition of jade is very fast, ordering, weighing, payment, and orderly.

The people who sold the jade were all happy. It was not the first time that they had sold jade.

However, after they got the money, they found that they were basically twice as much as expected. Why didn't they make them smile?

Although the acquisition progress is very fast, the people in the queue have not decreased, because people will continue to join in the follow-up.

The exchange on the opposite side was empty, and there was no one there.

After the opening, several staff members of the exchange were quite puzzled: what is going on today?

However, there was no work, and I was happy to relax, and a few people got together and started chatting and spanking.

After a while, I saw Datou Liu leading a few er-dao peddlers rushing in. Datou Liu, who was always smiling on weekdays, was angry today, and when he entered the hospital, he shouted:

You guys still have time to drink tea, and the business is being taken away!

Soon, several staff members appeared on Liu Qingshan's side with Liu Datou and the others.

Unfortunately, this piece of seed material has almost reached the level of mutton fat jade, so it's considered as a second-class special, can you see if you can do it?

The old man Alimu fiddled with a piece of jade the size of a pebble with a regretful look on his face, and asked a middle-aged woman in a turban for advice.

The woman nodded again and again: Okay, that's great, I got it from the exchange a few days ago, and they gave it a first-class white jade, I'm not willing to sell it.

First and second class, the price difference is more than double.

This piece of seed material, less than one kilogram, sold for more than 500 yuan, and the woman was so happy that she kept saying thank you.

He was still muttering: I still have a few pieces at home. I'll go get it now, or you have a fair price.

Among the crowd, several people responded immediately, all of them expressing that they would bring the top-grade jade treasured at home to sell here.

And those staff who saw this scene felt a little fever on their faces.

As for Liu Datou's second-order traffickers, all of them looked bad, as if they were going to swallow Liu Qingshan and the others.

You are stealing business!

Yesterday, the young staff member finally couldn't hold back and started to make his move.

Everyone else was busy, even Uncle Lu helped the old man Alimu to wait for the jade. Liu Qingshan was idle when he saw it, so he laughed:

Comrade, this is not to grab business, but now it is a market economy, and we belong to legitimate competition.

How could the young staff member be convinced: But your purchase price is too high, how can we charge it?

Our pricing is fair and reasonable. Did you set it too low before?

The old man Alimu replied without raising his head.

The local custom is to respect the elders the most, so the young man did not dare to lose his temper at Alimu.

At this time, Liu Datou rushed in front of Liu Qingshan and shouted:

Who approved you to collect jade here?

Liu Qingshan glanced at the other party with contempt: Does it have anything to do with you?

you……

Liu Da's head couldn't help but get angry: Okay, let's see!

In a burst of laughter, Liu Datou and his party left in disgust.

Looking at their backs, the old man Alimu shook his head slightly: The fox won't be reconciled if he didn't steal the chicken.

The corners of Liu Qingshan's mouth were slightly raised: Then eliminate the fox.