Chapter 576 (1/2)
Chapter 576
The exchange fair of the Jadeite Plains in Hangzhou was in full swing. It was set up on a temporary worker's land not far from the West Lake. The surroundings were already surrounded by walls. There were guards standing guard outside, patrolling the area. The security aspects of this operation were extremely outstanding.
Although it was called a temporary site, it had only just begun construction. Other than the surrounding walls, there were no other buildings. Even the foundations had yet to be built. As long as a few temporary tents were set up, it would look like a bustling market!
However, the items traded in the market were not other things, but pieces of jadeite ore. These ores varied in size and price, but without exception, they all had a common characteristic, and that was, it was enough to let the partic.i.p.ants in the stone gambling, all of them were excited and their eyes were bloodshot. They even hoped that the smallest price would be enough to cut out the largest and most outrageous jade, resulting in them becoming rich overnight!
On the other side of the construction site, there was a large temporary shelter for construction sites. It was a two-story building, and there were signs nailed to the door of each of the rooms. Every office's function names were written on them, such as the one on the outside.
Seeing the three words, Guo Tao, who was standing beside Ji Feng, immediately laughed out loud, ”A help gathering?!” ”These people really know how to name themselves. What's not good, but they call themselves by such names …”
Ji Feng couldn't help laughing. This' reunion 'should be referring to the' Primal Transaction Management Committee ', but when it came out of Guo Tao's mouth, it immediately changed to the form of a' buy-out meeting '!
Ji Feng was even thinking, if Zhang Lei that guy saw these words, wouldn't he directly say these words without any concealment!
Ji Feng had a deep understanding of Zhang Lei's thoughts. When he thought of Zhang Lei laughing all day, Ji Feng could not help but shake his head and smile.
”Boss, this Emerald Raw Stone Exchange is quite large!” Guo Tao looked around at the decorations of the trade fair and couldn't help whispering, ”In the past, when we were mercenaries, we also took on missions in this area, escorting some people to trade fairs, to Myanmar, and also to diamond trading fairs in Africa. The scale of this place is quite big!”
Ji Feng laughed, ”This is Jiang Zhe, one of the most developed provinces in China. Not only that, it's in Hangzhou, the capital of the province. It's too small to handle.”
In fact, he had carefully understood that under normal circ.u.mstances, the domestic transactions rarely took place in the interior or in the north, and most of the time, it was held in the southern cities. On one hand, because of the economic development of the south, the transportation was more convenient, and on the other hand, the raw stones of China were basically all from Myanmar, so if it was the southern cities, the transportation of ores would also be very convenient. If they went to the northern cities, it would not be easy to transport them, and on the safety side, so the northern cities would not be too big!
Hangzhou belonged to the south, and was also the capital of the Jiang and Zhejiang provinces. If its scale was small and the number of ores it contained was insufficient, how could it be held for half a month? I'm afraid it'll be over in three or five days.
For example, last year at the Jade Jewelry Fair in Jiang Prefecture, the trade for ores only went on for a week. The rest of the time was spent on trading jewelry and jade, but the real reason was because there weren't enough ores.
It was Ji Feng's first time partic.i.p.ating in such a huge trade fair. Of course, he had only partic.i.p.ated in two such trade fairs in total!
”Let's go take a look!” Ji Feng laughed as he said, ”Let's take advantage of the lack of people and see if we can find a good ore.”
It was not yet eight in the morning and the fair had just opened, so there were not many people in the bazaar. Even a few people in the bazaar seemed to be scarce.
”Boss, should we look for Mister Xiao and the others first?” Guo Tao asked.
Xiao Zhanghe and Lin Qinsheng were preparing to return to Jiang Prefecture after completing the procedures yesterday. However, they didn't expect that when they woke up early this morning, they would receive a call from the organizer, telling them to go over because there was something they needed to discuss.
Before Ji Feng and Guo Tao, the two of them arrived at the trading fair as well.
Ji Feng smiled as he shook his head, ”There's no need for that right now. After they've settled their matters, they will naturally contact us.”
Ji Feng looked at the arrowhead sign in front of him and walked towards the retail area. There was no need to go through the auction here. However, after the transaction was completed, the stall would pay a certain amount of fees to the host based on the turnover, and it seemed to also have to pay a tax. Apart from this, there were no other requirements for the customers who bought the ore.
To the surprise of Ji Feng and Guo Tao, the organizers of the trade fair carried out their work in a very meticulous manner. However, all the customers that came to the trade fair would issue a booklet. This was a rough map of the trade fair with the locations of the various ore sales, the locations of the rock stonecutter, the service points, and so on.
”Guo Tao, do you want to see the ore as well? Do you want to play two games? ” Ji Feng asked with a smile.
”Boss, if you want me to bet, I will only lose money. I'll just bet with you!” Guo Tao laughed. As mercenaries, the vast majority of them would seek pleasure after a battle or would fight and gamble to vent the killing intent in their hearts. However, Guo Tao and the others never got involved with these things.
Ji Feng smiled as he nodded his head, ”Since that's the case, let's forget about it then!”
Other than the fact that the results of the discussion between Zhou Weiqing and Fei Fei and the female student's family had yet to arrive, there was nothing else that had happened. Thus, the two of them leisurely strolled in the bazaar.
Because Ji Feng himself did not have much experience and did not have many things to do with the Celestial Stone, he came here to take a look and relax his mind. Due to the incident with the female student previously, his heart had always been a little depressed. But now, he felt a lot more at ease.