Chapter 1725: A Complementary Relationship
At this moment, Xia Mili felt so wise about Zhou Zhi’s decision to extend the contract from one year to three years.
I am even very happy.
Because the sentence in the poet Cen Shen's poem "Hu Tian will snow in August" is not false. It is now the end of June, and there is almost no time left for mining.
If the one-year contract was signed, it would be absolutely impossible for the newly discovered new vein to be mined before the end of the contract period according to the normal mining progress.
And next year, someone will definitely have the idea of picking peaches, and it is unknown whether the contract can be renewed.
If that really happens, the only way is to increase the mining speed and dig out as much jade as possible in the limited time.
The only option is to continue adding explosives.
If that is the case, it may be difficult to obtain large pieces of raw materials. Judging from the current explosion effect, the largest mineral material that can be obtained is less than one hundred kilograms, and the smallest is only one hundred grams.
Xia Milili immediately took this batch of scraps to Urumqi, and while looking for an expert to identify them, he called Zhou Zhi to tell him the good news.
Zhou Zhi immediately told Xia Mili that he could no longer mine violently, and at the same time told Li Qiyan the news.
As a patriotic businessman in Hong Kong, Li Qiyan is still very popular in high-level positions. If he comes forward to tell others that he is waiting for the shipment of this batch of jade materials, it means that someone above him will be watching this matter. If you want to engage in secret operations, it will be impossible.
As long as everything is in accordance with the contract, Zhou Zhi certainly has nothing to fear.
The quality of this batch of jade materials is very high. After a round of price increases at that time, the old mine materials could only be sold for thirty to eighty-one kilograms, and this batch of more than one hundred kilograms of jade material , the price given by Gongmei is 500 to 810 kilograms!
The sky-high price of an average of 651 kilograms immediately made the entire Hotan jade circle excited.
The Autonomous Region Gongmei also announced the characteristics of this jade material: when it is still wool, they will have a slight flash of green, but after carving and polishing, it will magically turn white. It is warm, delicate, white and greasy, and even many first-grade seed materials are difficult to match. It is the best mountain material that can be proven by records in the history of modern Hetian jade mining!
The reason is that although this jade vein is very small, it is the core extension of the main vein. The bloodline from the main vein makes the jade material usually very good, with a dense structure, white fat and perfect.
Zhou Zhi knew that this must be the small vein called "95 Hotan", because no mineral deposits of similar quality were mined in the entire production area, and it became the "last glory".
Zhou Zhi estimates that the 8,000 kilograms of mining volume is due to excessive losses caused by violent mining. If this mine is properly mined in more than two years, the amount of jade that can be obtained will definitely be more than this.
Calculated based on 10,000 kilograms, the total price of this batch of materials should be around 7 to 8 million. Excluding various mining expenses, there can be a profit of 4 to 5 million.
Zhou Zhi really looked down on this profit, and he was even prepared to give all the profits to Xia Mili, asking him to recruit more teams and mine the jade veins as fully as possible as soon as possible.
Because Zhou Zhi knew how much people were pursuing "95 Yutian materials" in the previous life, by the end of 1996, this batch of jade materials would be basically sold out, and the price would soar to a maximum of 4,500. Yuan per kilogram.
In another twenty years, the price of Hetian jade materials with obvious status standards of "95 Yutian", or the quality close to "95 Yutian", will exceed 5,000 yuan per gram. In other words, this batch of jade materials will eventually be turned into luxury items with a total value of more than 40 billion, and this will be developed on its own without Hong Kong people hyping it up.
Now with the participation of Hong Kong Islanders, and even the participation of the "Confucian Culture Radiation Zone" of Japan and South Korea, it is a bit scary to think about what the market for Hetian Jade will eventually be.
It’s hard for Zhou Zhi to say whether high-grade Hetian jade will develop to the same level as top-grade jadeite, but Zhou Zhi is looking forward to it.
This news certainly makes Zhu Qinghong very happy. The pursuit of processing materials by craft masters can be said to be the most obsessed. Although many masters are good at "turning decay into magic" and turning the original flaws on some materials Treatment is the finishing touch, but there is another premise, that is, these flaws are originally attached to the best materials. Only such flaws are worthy of the master's attention.
If the masters were faced with a pile of bad materials and asked to carve something fine, they would probably just shake their heads and say, "Rotten wood cannot be carved."
Zhou Zhi wants to swallow all the 8,000 kilograms of jade material and put it in an insurance warehouse. It is neither possible nor realistic. China, a huge humane society, allows you to get individual contracts in advance when the government opens abandoned mines. News, of course, can also prevent you from eating alone.
For example, the Autonomous Region Gongmei Company, such as the Autonomous Region Jade Carving Factory, Suzhou Jade Carving Factory, these units that have had pleasant dealings with Zhou Zhi, I would definitely ask for it with my fingers.
At best, Zhou Zhi can only guarantee that he has the best jade materials in his hands. The rest can only be distributed through Xia Mili and sold to partners first.
Even if he knew that the craftsmanship of XJ Gongmeihe Autonomous Region Jade Carving Factory was not worthy of the future value of these jade materials, there was nothing he could do.
If he took the initiative to tell others that this batch of materials would become treasures worth tens of thousands of dollars in the future, everyone would just regard him as a madman.
I simply shook my head and shook off these thoughts, and discussed with Zhu Qinghong the current reality and the issue of how to use the cherry red stone sent over for shipment.
In one sentence, the difference between persimmon red and cherry red is clear, that is, persimmon red looks like a tomato, and cherry red is just like its name, like a cherry.
The difference lies in the "water head" of the two textures, that is, the transparency.
Zhu Qinghong also excitedly told Zhou Zhi that the polished cherry red material has the same "gluing" effect as jadeite with a better water head.
Many transparent or translucent mineral crystals have a characteristic. They are not purely transparent like crystals, but have a "glue" feeling. Although they are transparent, they have a kind of fluorescence or glue. The texture, if it were more pronounced, would even create cat eyes and starbursts.
No matter which state it is, the reason is that there are tiny, invisible microcrystalline arrangements inside the mineral. These microcrystals can change the propagation path of light after it enters the mineral material. When reflected into the human eye, Different feelings occur.
This feeling is very important, especially for mineral materials with bright background colors. It can play a "beautifying effect" and allow people to distinguish the details on the surface of the mineral materials more clearly.
Such attributes have advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is of course that it shows the carving skills better, and it can also make the polished gems or carvings more beautiful.
The disadvantage is that defects will be magnified. Natural raw materials are difficult to be perfect. Therefore, when processing such mineral materials, the requirements for the mineral material itself will be very high. If it is a carved piece, how to use design and techniques" "Carving skillfully to avoid cracks" and dealing with defects until no one can see them is a must for every craftsman.
This type of material is generally valuable and has extremely high requirements for design and craftsmanship. It can also best reflect the extraordinary value of "master craftsmanship". The two complement each other.