"Xiao Fang, you are not kind."

After being pulled out of the crowd by Fang Yi, Lao Shitou looked unhappy, "You old Shi, I want to buy it. If you don't sell it, it's good now, you haven't lost a penny, right? Wouldn't that be fine if you wanted to sell it to me just now?"

"Uncle Shi, that thing is not worth that much money."

Fang Yi shook his head and said, "If you really like it, I'll carve one for you in the future. I promise that as long as you can come up with similar materials, I can carve one for you exactly the same one."

"Oh, can it be the same? Even if it is the same, the meaning is different."

Lao Shitou smiled bitterly. In his opinion, Fang Yi's work has already subverted his creation. Such things were made with a flash of inspiration, and they were not produced in assembly line, so how could it be exactly the same?

Moreover, the seal carved by Fang Yi in front of everyone was less than two hours before this incident spread throughout the jade industry, so this seal became more and more precious. Even if Fang Yi carved another one, it would not be as famous as this seal.

"Uncle Old Shi, then I have no choice." Fang Yi said: "It's not possible to sell. If I keep it in my hands, I will be missed by others, so it's better to donate it. Uncle Old Shi, now that things have come to this, let's stop worrying about it."

In fact, for Fang Yi, as long as the old stone can take out a piece of similar material, he can really carve a Shoushan National Stone without any fault. Of course, the differences caused by the differences in the material itself cannot be calculated inside.

"Okay, let's forget about this, but you owe me an object."

Lao Shitou also knew that if Fang Yi was not short of money, his choice would be correct. Compared with one million, the Shoushan National Stone collected by the Gem and Jade Association would undoubtedly make Fang Yi famous.

Just like some painters, if the Great Hall of the People wants to collect their paintings, they will definitely not make a penny and work hard to draw a fine piece and donate it, because this represents their social recognition.

Moreover, this matter seems to have been lost by Fang Yi, but in fact, it is not the case. With Lao Shitou's previous offer, I believe that Fang Yi's works will be sought after by the market. This is a matter of only making money but not losing money for Fang Yi.

"Cheng, Uncle Shi, come back and give you a charter and I will carve an object for you."

Fang Yi nodded and agreed. It would probably take several weeks or even longer for someone to carve a fine work. However, in Fang Yi's hands, only ten minutes, he took two days to make a work that fat man sold for a year.

"Fang Yi, he took advantage of you again." Yu Xuan also retreated from the crowd and said, "Do you think this old guy is doing a loss-making business for one million to buy your seal?"

"Teacher, it's really not worth that much." Fang Yi shook his head when he heard this, and said, "And the materials for the seal were originally from Uncle Shi. If I really sold it, wouldn't you always cause trouble for me?"

"What trouble do I cause you? If you sell it, the old stone will make a lot of money." Yu Xuan looked at the old stone and said, "Don't blame me for tearing down your platform. This time the national stone selection is a national behavior. If the Shoushan national stone falls into your hands, wouldn't the organizing committee be very shameless this time?"

"Whether the organizing committee has face or not, it has something to do with me." Old Shitou rolled his eyes at Yu Xuan. He had indeed had his own considerations when he called out a price of one million.

Lao Shitou is engaged in the Shoushan Stone business, and the business is very large. However, this does not mean that Lao Shitou can monopolize the industry. There are still two or three people who are about the same scale as his business. These people are all business rivals that Lao Shitou has been competing for many years.

The seal of Shoushan National Stone carved by Fang Yi caused a great sensation. The reason why Lao Shitou called out a price of one million was to cause an advertising effect. If he really took the seal, at least in the eyes of outsiders, Lao Shitou would be the first person to manage Shoushan Stone.

"Okay, although you haven't bought the seal, you can call it out for one million, which can be considered as advertising for yourself. Fang Yi would be good if you confiscate your advertising fee. Don't behave like it if you get cheap here."

Yu Xuan pointed out Lao Shitou's thoughts and said, "Where is the Shoushan Stone you have taken, take it out quickly and take a look."

The reason why Yu Xuan squeezed out of the crowd was to see what Lao Shi Tou took out was that he knew very well that his old friend was a honest and cunning person when he was doing business. In the business world, I don’t know how many people have been deceived by Lao Shi Tou’s appearance.

"I brought a total of six pieces of material this time. There are two pieces in the booth and four pieces here. You can see." Lao Shitou didn't say nonsense, waved and asked someone to take a bag. The bag was not big, it was made of cotton cloth, and it looked bulging from the outside.

"Hey, you're really bringing something."

Yu Xuan opened the bag and looked at it, nodded with satisfaction, and handed it to Fang Yi casually and said, "These materials are all good, they can be regarded as the finest products among Shoushan Stones. It is absolutely fine if you use them to celebrate the old man's birthday."

Fang Yi took it and looked at it. He found that the cotton bag of the old stone containing Shoushan stone is very particular. It is divided into several independent pockets. Each pocket contains a Shoushan stone, two of which are slightly larger and can be divided into three or four smaller seals, and two can only be made of one seal.

Fang Yi held the slightly larger Shoushan stone in his hand. This was a piece of Tianhuang stone, which can be said to be the most representative stone type of Shoushan stone. The material was light golden yellow all over, with delicate and transparent texture. When you look closely, there were fine and clear radish patterns on it, giving people a feeling of frozen meat under the light.

"This is the material I have been stocking for more than ten years and I have never been willing to take action."

Seeing Fang Yi pick up the Shoushan stone, the old stone said, "This is the top-notch Tianhuang frozen stone. If it were placed in ancient times, it would be a royal tribute and the people would not allow it to exist at all."

“This stone is good.”

Fang Yi clarified the stone in his hand and nodded slightly. The material looked like a broken egg yolk, which looked very transparent and actually was not transparent. More importantly, Fang Yi felt a trace of extremely faint spiritual energy in this spiritual clear field stone.

"The jade that the ancients said could absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, but it seems that it is not a false statement." Fang Yi suddenly moved his heart, took out a spirit stone from his pocket, and said, "Uncle Shi, you often deal with stones. I wonder if you have ever seen such jade?"

"You're jade?"

After taking the spirit stone handed over by Fang Yi, the old stone looked at it carefully. After a while, he shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it before. Why does this thing give me a very spiritual feeling? Where did you get it?"

He had been dealing with Shi Tou for a lifetime, and the nickname of Old Shi Tou is really not for nothing. Although he could not recognize the origin of Fang Yi's spirit stone, he still felt extraordinary from it. Old Shi Tou discovered that holding this jade in his palm could actually give people a sense of peace of mind.

"I picked it up when I was in the North Pole. I'll forget it if you haven't seen it before."

Fang Yi was a little disappointed. No one like Lao Shitou who had dealt with Shitou in his life had seen a spirit stone. It seemed that he had really had a great fortune last time and only got these spirit stones at once.

"This jade is very good. Xiao Fang, do you sell it?"

After holding the spirit stone in his hand and playing with it for a while, the old stone actually felt like he couldn't let go. "Xiao Fang, although I can't see what kind of jade this object is, it should be very precious. I used the four pieces of material here to exchange for your jade, will you change it?"

"Uncle Shi, I'm sorry, I like this thing very much. A gentleman doesn't take advantage of others. Don't make any idea about this."

Fang Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head. Compared with the spirit stone with this Shoushan stone, it was purely an international joke. Even if the old stone put a Shoushan stone as big as a mountain in front of Fang Yi, he would not exchange it.

"Hey, I'm interested in two things today, they are all your kids, and I haven't gotten it yet." Old Shitou returned the spirit stone to Fang Yi with a sad face.

"Fang Yi, show it to me."

When Yu Xuan heard the conversation between the two, he was also a little curious. He had a lot of dealing with jade. Compared with the old stones that only mined Shoushan stones, Yu Xuan was involved in a wider range of things. He had studied various gems from home to abroad.

"This is jade!"

As soon as Yu Xuan got started, he spoke and set the tone. However, after observing for a while, Yu Xuan's expression gradually became solemn, "Fang Yi, did you really get this jade from the North Pole?"

"Yes, teacher, I have to get several dollars in total. My elder brother and the one from Thailand have separated them." Fang Yi nodded. His words were not considered deceiving the teacher, but they were not as detailed as they said.

"I've seen this kind of jade once."

Yu Xuan hesitated for a moment and said, "But the piece of jade I saw is much smaller than your piece, and it is only as big as the nail of the little finger. It is a ring face. Although I still haven't figured out what kind of jade it is, the material of your piece is definitely the same as the ring face I've seen before."

"Old Yu, someone uses white jade as a ring face?"

The old stone next to him raised objections because the jade that Fang Yi took out was only the size of a thumb, and the whole body was milky white, with a layer of treasure light faintly appearing on it. Although it looked extremely extraordinary, this color was not very suitable for ring faces.

Gems for ring faces are usually brightly colored, such as sapphire rubies and emerald coral. The most expensive ring face in the world is made of a piece of ruby. In the 1980s, the sky-high price of 40 million pounds was sold at an auction in the UK.

"I don't know if that is a ring face, but it was auctioned as a ring face at that time." Yu Xuan looked at the jade in his hand and his tone became more and more firm, "Yes, I won't admit it. The material of this jade and that ring face must be the same."

"Teacher, what's going on? Tell me."

Fang Yi was suddenly excited when he heard that the teacher had seen the spirit stone. Although according to Yu Xuan, the spirit stone was only the size of a fingernail, as long as it contained spiritual energy, it was extremely precious to Fang Yi.

"Let's go, let's go to the office and say that this has been going on for several years. If I hadn't seen your jade, I would have forgotten." After looking at the noisy surrounding environment, Yu Xuan said to Fang Yi: "Call the girl Chuxia and the boy from the Wei family. Turn back and the teacher will take you to eat sheep and scorpions, which tastes very good."

When Fang Yi left the crowd, Bai Chuxia and Wei Mingcheng also retreated, but when they saw Fang Yi trading objects with Lao Shitou, they all consciously wandered around not far away.

As for Hua Ziyi, he stayed in the circle because his teacher Qin Haichuan was also the official in charge of this selection. After announcing the ownership of Guoshi, there are still some procedures to leave. Since Hua Ziyi has come, he naturally cannot leave the teacher to accompany Fang Yi.

"Lao Yu, what good is sheep and scorpions? Let's eat Donglaishun when you come to Beijing." As soon as Yu Xuan finished speaking, Qin Haichuan's loud voice sounded, "It's the most comfortable to eat hot pot this winter. I'll turn around and ask Ziyi to get the wine. I'll arrange this meal today."

"You are a landlord. Are you willing to arrange for me to still rob you?" Yu Xuan smiled and said, "But you won't participate in the official activities tonight? It doesn't matter if I am a silly cloud and wild crane, but you have the identity there."

"As soon as I retired, how much better than you?"

Qin Haichuan looked indifferent. When he was in office, he was of a low level and was similar to that deputy minister. Now he is a retired cadre, and even if he relies on his seniority, others can't say anything.

"Then let's go, go to the office to make a pot of tea, and after telling the story, we'll go to have a meal." Hearing Qin Haichuan's words, Yu Xuan laughed, and the group left the noisy venue and came to the office that the Cultural Palace temporarily bought for them.

Although he is a entourage from the Hidden Group, Fang Yi is the youngest in this room. After entering, he is busy serving tea and pouring water. When Qin Haichuan saw the spirit stone that Yu Xuan was playing with, he couldn't help but ask: "Old Yu, you seemed to be talking about jade just now, is it the piece in your hand?"

"Old Qin, there are many treasures in the Forbidden City. Do you see if you have ever seen such jade?" Yu Xuan handed the spirit stone to Qin Haichuan.

Qin Haichuan looked at it for a while, shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it before. This thing doesn't look like jade, but it's a bit like stalactites. This kind of object has never been included in the Forbidden City."

"Teacher, you should talk about that." Fang Yi was not disappointed when he heard Qin Haichuan's words. If the spirit stones were really everywhere on the street, the spiritual energy would not have disappeared from the earth.

"That happened five years ago. I went to the UK to attend that World Jewelry Expo..."

When Yu Xuan talked about the Jewelry Expo, he told Fang Yi about the origin of the so-called World Jewelry Expo. In fact, the word world mentioned here was forced by the British, and some people in the industry called it the London Jewelry Expo.

Although the United States has been the top leader in the world's power since World War II, in the eyes of the British, the United States is a nouveau riche.

For example, the World Jewelry Fair, which is held every three years, is basically held in Britain, which is still immersed in the glory of the British Empire. For Europe, the Paris Biennale, Basel and Vicenza, the British have always been sniffed.

However, the British do have the confidence to do this. For the triennial jewelry feast, designers from various jewellery vendors have done their best to create countless artistic jewelry products.

In addition to continuous innovation in inheritance, you can also see many medieval antique jewelry at the jewelry exhibition in the UK. Almost the world's leading brands, agents, jewelry designers and senior collectors will gather in London to jointly create a jewelry feast.

Where so many collectors gather, those auction houses that rely on collectors to have dinner will naturally not miss this opportunity. Therefore, with the expo, there are auctions organized by world-class auction houses such as Sotheby's. These auctions are also extremely lively and almost full.

Yu Xuan was invited by the Zheng family in Hong Kong to attend the Jewelry Expo. Although the Zheng family is the leading jewelry company in Hong Kong and Macao, it is not very eye-catching in Europe. The purpose of inviting Yu Xuan was to be held in an auction that was intertwined with the expo.

The Zheng family started out in gold jewelry, and Asians are particularly fond of jade, so they pay special attention to the jade items in the auction. Yu Xuan saw this ring face in the color book given by the auction house.

Yu Xuan had seen the colorless jade ring face, but Yu Xuan had never seen the nearly milky white ring face before, so he also paid special attention to it. Before the auction was held, Yu Xuan went to see the physical object of this item, so he dared to say so surely that the ring face was the same as the jade piece that Fang Yi took out.

"Teacher, where is that ring face?" Fang Yi was not interested in how Yu Xuan saw the ring face. What he wanted to know was whether the ring face was taken out and whose hands finally fell into it.

"I was photographed."

Yu Xuan thought for a while and said, "The ring face looks inconspicuous, and the final price was not low. It sold a total of 1.2 million pounds, which is equivalent to 10 or 20 million of our RMB."

"Who shot it away?"

Fang Yi asked, as the saying goes, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still flesh. What's more, if you miss a piece of spirit stone, you don't know if you can meet the next piece. If you have a chance, Fang Yi wants to get the spirit stone that has been made into a ring face into his hands.

"have no idea!"

Yu Xuan shook his head straightforwardly and said, "Many people may not attend the auction of that level in person. In addition to real collectors, those big-name figures basically find a client and then use their phone to manipulate the auction."
Chapter completed!