Traveling through 70's wine

Chapter 228 Jade Carving

He Weixing suggested that the pricing of new electric bicycles should be 30% higher than that of old ones. The main reason is that the old ones were priced too low and it has been difficult to raise the prices. Now that there are new products, it is an opportunity to adjust the prices.

He Weixing said: "Compared with motorcycles, our electric bicycles are 800 to 1200 yuan cheaper, and the cost of using the bicycles is lower, so even if the price is increased, they are still quite competitive."

Others had no objections and reported the prices of the new electric bicycles to the Price Bureau.

After Wen Qing finished her business in Ping'an County, she took a train to Xiayang City in Dongyue, mainly to go to Yangmei Village to customize some jade wares, as she would need these things more often now.

To get from Ping'an County to Xieyang City, one needs to transfer in Chaozhou. Wen Qing got off the train. Chaozhou is very close to Xieyang, so she found a hotel to stay in for one night and drove directly to Yangmei the next day.

She walked into Zhuoyuxuan and looked around. Master Lin was not in the store, so she asked, "Is Master Lin here?"

A young man in his 20s answered: "Master Lin has gone out for something and will be back soon."

Wen Qing took out the box of Hetian jade that she got in Kaifeng and selected twenty pieces to make bracelets, jade plaques and pendants. She wanted to sell the rest of the Hetian jade.

Master Lin hurried into the store from outside, and seeing Wen Qing looked familiar, he asked, "Comrade, are you looking for me?"

Wen Qing: "Master Lin, I asked you to make a bloodstone ornament before, maybe you don't remember it? This time I brought some Hetian jade and wanted to customize some jade ornaments. Do you think the other three pieces can be made into ornaments?"

Master Lin saw the 20 pieces of Hetian jade that Wen Qing took out and examined them carefully. They were all of very good quality. He said to Wen Qing, "I will use these pieces of Hetian jade to make jewelry for you. I will use the jade materials as much as possible to make bracelets. For the rest, I will use the larger pieces to make jade plaques and jade pendants, the smaller pieces to make pendants, and the smallest pieces to make beads. Do you think this is okay?"

Wen Qing nodded. She believed that Master Lin would not deliberately waste materials. After discussing, the two decided to make 18 pairs of round bracelets and 6 pairs of imperial concubine bracelets. They selected the patterns and styles of the jade plaques and jade pendants, and asked Master Lin to decide on the other pendants.

There were three large pieces of Hetian jade, one was green jade, one was yellow jade, and one was white jade. None of them were pure colors, but had some stone skin and colors on them. Master Lin couldn't let go of them. Wen Qing saw that he didn't say anything, so she didn't bother him. After pondering for a while, Master Lin looked up and said, "These three pieces of material are very distinctive, with more colors. It will take some time to figure them out, otherwise they will be wasted."

Wen Qing asked: "How long will it take to finish it?"

Master Lin: "The jade ornaments above will take about two weeks, and these three pieces of jade will take a month."

Wen Qing nodded, and Master Lin asked a young man to weigh the things, take some photos, take out the film and give it to Wen Qing. He then gave her a receipt and asked her to come back and see the proofs in three days.

Wen Qing said goodbye to Zhuo Yuxuan with the remaining jade and started walking around the village, visiting every shop. Zhuo Yuxuan was in the processing business and did not accept raw jade. She saw a shop called Yulinglong that was luxuriously decorated, so she pushed the door and walked in.

The clerk in cheongsam came up to greet me and asked, "May I help you?"

Wen Qing asked, "Do you accept jade?"

The saleswoman said, "Yes, did you bring it? Come over here, please."

Wen Qing followed her to the reception room. The female clerk asked her to sit down, served her some tea, and bowed, saying, "Comrade, please sit down for a while. I'll go get the manager."

After the manager came, Wen Qing took out two pieces of jade the size of eggs. The manager introduced: "We purchase jade based on quality and weight." He picked up the two pieces of jade and examined them carefully with a magnifying glass and a flashlight. "The quality of these two pieces of jade is top-notch. We will purchase them at the highest price."

He weighed the jade on the scale, one piece weighed 110 grams, the other weighed 160 grams, 1000 yuan per gram, a total of 27 yuan. Wen Qing nodded, the manager issued a receipt, and asked Wen Qing to provide a bank account. Wen Qing took the jade and went to the bank with the manager to transfer the money.

After finishing, Wen Qing handed the jade to him and asked, "Do you still want to accept the jade?"

The manager also knew that the two pieces of jade were just for testing. After thinking for a while, he asked, "How much do you have? We can prepare the funds."

Wen Qing didn't tell him directly how much it was, but just said she would contact him tomorrow.

The manager went back and told his family about the incident and showed them the two pieces of jade he had collected. His grandfather said, "If they are all of this quality, you can collect them."

His father reminded him: "We only have 300 million yuan in funds now."

His grandfather said, "Let's collect it based on the funds."

The next morning, Wen Qing arrived at Yulinglong carrying a backpack. In addition to the manager he had met yesterday, there was also a middle-aged man in his 50s, wearing a short-sleeved shirt and of medium build. The manager introduced him, "This is my father."

Wen Qing nodded and greeted him, saying, "I still have 8 pieces of Hetian jade, do you want to take them?"

The middle-aged man said, "Can I take a look first?"

Wen Qing took out a box from her bag, opened it, and inside were eight pieces of jade wrapped in cloth. She opened the cloth and placed the jade on the table. The eight pieces of smooth white jade put together shone brightly.

The middle-aged man picked them up one by one and carefully examined them with a magnifying glass and a strong flashlight. He suppressed his excitement and said, "You can buy them. We will buy them at yesterday's price."

The quality of this batch of jade is good. Wen Qing nodded in agreement. The manager asked someone to bring a scale, and the weight was 1060 grams, which is a total of 106 million yuan.

There were three people from the store who went to the bank this time. The manager called two strong young men to go with them. Wen Qing handed the jade to them only after the transfer was completed. The 10 pieces of jade were sold for a total of 133 million yuan, which was enough to complete the decoration of the house in Songjiang, or to buy the office floor in Xicheng.

As agreed, Wen Qing went to Zhuoyuxuan to look at the design samples of jade ornaments and decorations, and got two pairs of round bracelets. The main reason was that round bracelets only needed to determine the diameter and wall thickness, and did not require more design, so they were faster to make.

According to Master Lin's design ideas, the yellow jade can be carved into a picture of five cows, the green jade can be carved into a picture of spring mountains, the white jade can be carved into a statue of Guanyin, the jade plaque can be carved into shallow reliefs of traditional patterns such as dragons and phoenixes, peonies, and fish leaping over the dragon gate, and the jade pendants can be made into traditional patterns such as bamboo joints, gourds, Buddha statues, and Guanyin. Wen Qing made some requests, and two more people, Liu Lingdrunk and Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, were added to the jade plaque pattern. Master Lin gave the simple works to his apprentices, and the complex jade plaques and ornaments were made by him personally.

The two agreed that the small jade ornaments could be picked up in ten days, but the three ornaments would take a month to pick up.

After agreeing on a time, Wen Qing didn't want to wait in the setting sun, she wanted to go to the beach to play.