The next day, Ding Hao brought Gu Qingchen and Gu Yuanchuan to the trade fair. Everyone had a badge, which was used to enter the venue.
Gu Qingchen and Gu Yuanchuan were wearing blue badges, while Ding Hao was wearing green badges. Gu Qingchen also saw someone wearing red badges.
After asking, she found out that these colors represented the length of time they had been in the jade business. Gu Qingchen and Gu Yuanchuan’s badges were blue, which meant that they had just played with jade not long ago. There were also white badges, which meant that it was their first time to get to know the jade.
Ding Hao’s green badge represented that he had been in the business for ten years, and the red badge represented that one had played with jade for twenty years.
If she had not entered this industry, how would Gu Qingchen know these things? Even if she had read a lot of books in this field, it was impossible for her to know.
Therefore, it was better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books.
A person’s rich experience was much more practical than the books they read.
After entering, she realized that there were almost no white badges here. The blue badge was the standard, but there weren’t many blue badges here.
At first glance, most of the badges were green, and there were quite a few red ones. People with blue badges like her and her father easily became the focus of everyone’s attention.
There was a hint of surprise in the eyes of these people, but they didn’t look down on Gu Qingchen and her father. They just felt that it wasn’t appropriate for someone who had just played not long ago to come here.
However, they understood that these rookies also had the right to come here.
This was also good. More people with blue badges in the fair today meant that fewer people would compete with them.
Those who came here to pick raw stones were all experienced people. The probability of those rookies picking good raw stones was too low. This meant that there were fewer people competing with them.
Gu Qingchen learned all this from Ding Hao. When Ding Hao said it, his expression was a little awkward. He afraid that it would hurt Gu Qingchen and Gu Yuanchuan’s pride.
Fortunately, Gu Qingchen and Gu Yuanchuan were not the kind of people who cared about their pride. They just nodded and did not blame Ding Hao for giving them the blue badges.
After Ding Hao entered, he was not in a hurry to pick raw stones. Instead, he brought Gu Qingchen and Gu Yuanchuan around and introduced this place to them.
“Although this place looks simple, it used to be a jade mine. However, after the mine was mined, this small area became an empty space. To give this empty place a more practical use, they use it for jade trade fair.”
Ding Hao pointed in a direction and continued, “Look over there. The back of that place is the jade mine.”
Gu Qingchen followed Ding Hao’s finger and looked over. As expected, there was a mountain wall over there. In other words, the place she was standing at now was a part of the mine before, but it had been excavated and used as a trading venue.
This place was quite convenient. They could just stack the freshly mined raw stones in here, saving a lot of logistic problems.
“The raw stone here is also divided into different categories. From small to large, from the low quality to the good quality and from old pit to new pit. There are many fine categories. Of course, the prices are naturally different. The big ones are expensive, the good quality ones are expensive, and the old pit’s raw stones are the most valuable.”
The new pit and old pit referred to the place in Myanmar where raw stone was mined. Generally speaking, the quality of the raw stones from the old pit was better.
Therefore, the price of raw stone in the old pit was higher than the price in the new pit.
“We can buy raw stone directly here. We can also cut the raw stone open, and we can also bet on raw stone. We have a dedicated stone cutter, and we can also process the raw stones ourselves. It’s very convenient.
“Also, there is a transportation team here. We can ask them to transport the raw stones back after we buy it. If there is any problem during the transportation, they will be responsible for it.”
Ding Hao’s introduction was very detailed. He mentioned almost every detail.
“As for the rules of buying raw stones and stone gambling, they’re the same as ours. There’s nothing much to say about that. This time, apart from buying some jade that I usually sell, I’m also looking for special jadeite. I hope you two can help me find it. I’ll definitely pay you handsomely.”
Ding Hao did not have enough manpower, so he had to pull some people to make up the numbers.
In his opinion, although Gu Qingchen and Gu Yuanchuan knew some knowledge about jadeite, they were both rookies and could not offer much help to him.
But it was better to have someone than no one. If he wanted to pick alone, it was absolutely impossible.
Gu Qingchen saw so many raw stones piled up like a mountain and was instantly overjoyed.
She didn’t know if her sensing ability was still that strong, but she had to give it a try later.
“Mr. Ding, if you like the raw stones here, how do you want to trade?”
Gu Qingchen asked the most important thing.
Ding Hao patted his forehead in realization, Oh, I forgot the most important thing. If you like raw stone, you can use your badge to reserve it with the seller. You can pay all the raw stones you ordered at once before you leave.”
This method was very convenient. Gu Qingchen was quite satisfied. If she liked a raw stone, she would have to pay to buy one and then handle the transportation. It was too troublesome to do it one by one.
In this way, she could go shopping directly. After choosing all the raw stones, she would pay for the transportation at once.
“That’s good. We can split up. If the two of you see any rare jadeite, you must help me book it first. I thank you for help.”
Ding Hao said very seriously. However, he also held back. He only asked them to book the rare jadeite for him, but he did not ask them to book the raw stone for him.
After all, Gu Qingchen and Gu Yuanchuan were newbies. Ding Hao still could not believe that these two could pick a good raw stone. But if they saw a rare jadeite, it would be a big help to him.
Gu Yuanchuan was very loyal. After all, Ding Hao had shown him a lot in the past two days. He could still a little favor for Ding Hao.
“Hahaha, Mr. Ding, you’re also here. What a coincidence. Huh? You didn’t bring any helpers? Hehe, don’t tell me you are counting on these two blue badge newbies to help you? You’re really brave and admirable. If I don’t know you, I would have thought that you are a country bumpkin from some mountain instead of a big shot in the jewelry industry of City Y.”
Just as they were about to split up to choose the raw stone, a burst of laughter came from the other side. It seemed that Mr. Ding knew someone.
This person took a look at Gu Qingchen and Gu Yuanchuan. When he saw that the two of them were wearing blue badges, he immediately laughed out loud as if he had seen something funny.
His tone was full of contempt and disdain. He was obviously an arrogant man.
It seemed that the person who spoke arrogantly was not Ding Hao’s friend, but Ding Hao’s opponent.
