Pick up bargains in Chinatown and make 10,000 times the profit at the beginning

Chapter 110: There Will Be Good Luck in the Future
"My brother said, if it weren't for you, Brother Lin, I might..."

Lin Yuan waved his hand and interrupted her: "Don't say that, if you survive a disaster, you will have good fortune in the future!"

Xiao Tai, however, did not save face for his sister and directly scolded her: "What's the point of talking about future blessings? As long as she is safe and sound in the future and doesn't cause me any trouble, I will be satisfied."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "It is true that there will be good fortune in the future. Where did that thing in the bag come from? Let me take a look."

As soon as she sat down, Xiao Tai opened her bag to take out tissues, and Lin Yuan noticed the items in her bag.

Xiao Tai's sister was stunned for a moment, then she took out the Buddhist beads from her bag and asked, "Brother Lin, is this what you are talking about? I took this when I was rescued."

It was supposed to be a boss thing.

"Oh? Foreigners also play this?" My uncle was a little surprised.

Xiao Tai's sister shook her head: "They are either foreigners or Chinese. I was deceived into entering by the Chinese."

Lin Yuan: “…”

Good guy!
No wonder people say that when you are abroad, you must be wary of your "compatriots" and "fellow villagers". Those who want to harm you are often those people. Never believe the saying "Chinese people don't cheat Chinese people".

Lin Yuan took the string of beads and looked at it for a few seconds.

Uncle: "Why? This bead is not simple?"

Lin Yuan shook his head: "The beads are simple, nothing special. The valuable thing is this thing."

In the middle of this string of Buddhist beads, there is a special object, which is in the shape of an oval cylinder.

Uncle: "This seems to be called Dzi Bead, is it true?"

Of course he knew that Dzi beads were valuable! But real Dzi beads were very rare, at least he had never seen the real thing, not even Uncle De and Boss Lei had any.

"Yeah! It's true."

Made of agate, dzi beads may feature decorative symbols consisting of circles, ovals, squares, wavy or zigzag shapes, stripes, lines, diamonds, dots, and a variety of other archetypal and symbolic patterns.

Its color ranges mainly from brown to black, and the patterns are usually ivory white. Dzi beads can appear in different colors, shapes and sizes; the surface is usually smooth and waxy, probably due to long-term wear.

Some dzi beads display so-called blood spots, small red dots within the white area, indicating the presence of iron. This is a highly desirable feature among collectors, but is relatively rare.

As we all know, Dzi beads are a rare gemstone, a nine-eyed stone shale containing jade and agate components, and are one of the seven treasures of Tibetan Buddhism.

To this day, Tibetans generally believe that Dzi beads are jewels with special magical powers worn by immortals. They are special auspicious jewels that immortals spread to the world to help humans overcome hardships and disasters, turn misfortune into good fortune, and turn disaster into blessing.

In recent years, due to the scarcity of production and the surge in demand, its price has increased nearly sixfold. A piece of Dzi stone with good quality can be sold for millions or even tens of millions.

"Moreover, this is an old dzi bead." Lin Yuan added.

The bead is finely polished, full in shape, full of luster, neatly inlaid, with precise and sharp lines, clear color, and distinct colors. The bead has been worn for a long time, and its texture is round to the top and very warm. There are cracks on the bead, but it does not affect its use and wearing.

People who know the business should know that Dzi beads are divided into old Dzi beads and new Dzi beads.

In recent years, with the booming market for Dzi beads, counterfeiting has become increasingly rampant, with more and more people in the market using new or synthetic Dzi beads to impersonate old Dzi beads.

Although new Dzi beads are also Dzi beads, their value is very different from that of old Dzi beads. During the long-term wearing and playing of Dzi beads, a thick and oily oxide layer will form, which is called patina by people in the industry. If there is this patina on the surface of the Dzi bead, it looks ancient, so it may have existed for a long time and is an old Dzi bead.

"Well! Looking at the patina, it must be old." My uncle commented in a pretentious manner.

"Actually, you can tell from the shape," said Lin Yuan.

He explained: "In ancient times, due to backward technology, old Dzi beads were often polished by hand, so they generally present an irregular oval shape, and the curvature is basically not particularly perfect."

This is not the case with new Dzi beads, because their production process is mostly machine processing, so although their shape is also oval, compared with old Dzi beads, their symmetry is relatively high and the curvature is more perfect.

In fact, it is better to look at the weathering marks, which are more difficult to imitate.

Because of being worn, played with, and polished, old Dzi beads will develop some completely irregular, crescent-shaped or horseshoe-shaped lines of varying depths on their surfaces, which are the so-called "weathering lines." New Dzi beads basically do not have such lines.

There is also cinnabar.

When old Dzi beads are exposed to the air for a long time, the iron elements inside them will oxidize, forming cinnabar spots of varying sizes and scattered distribution from the inside out. Imitation cinnabar spots generally only float on the surface, and their color, size and distribution also have a certain pattern.

"One, two, three, four, five..." my uncle counted.

Xiao Tai was happy to see his sister take out a treasure. This way, he was not at a loss. Maybe his sister would not have to struggle for the rest of her life because of this thing.

"Uncle, what are you counting?" Xiao Tai asked.

"Eight! Eight eyes, what a pity." The uncle did not answer Xiao Tai's words.

Lin Yuan told him: "Count the eyes of this Dzi bead. The more eyes a Dzi bead has and the more eyes it has, the higher the price will be because it is rarer. And the closer to nine eyes, the better."

However, if there are too many eyes on a Dzi bead, that is, a thousand-eye Dzi bead, the price will be greatly discounted. It is better if the size of each eye is similar. If the size is different, it is not a good Dzi bead.

"How valuable is it?" Xiao Tai couldn't help but ask.

“Although this is not a nine-eyed Dzi bead, and the number is even, the quality and patina are excellent. About 4 to 3 million RMB!” Lin Yuan gave an estimate.

It is basically impossible for ordinary people to buy real Dzi beads in the market now, because the price of real Dzi beads is very expensive. Some people want to spend 3 or 5 yuan to buy a Dzi bead with a certain number of eyes, which is almost impossible.

Nowadays, the price of a Dzi bead with a length of 0.5 cm and a diameter of 0.4 cm starts at 10 yuan, a two-eyed Dzi bead costs over a million yuan, and a nine-eyed Dzi bead costs over ten million yuan.

In the eyes of collectors who like Dzi beads, each Dzi bead has gone through thousands of years of inheritance and development. It is extremely rare to be passed down to this day and preserved intact. Its historical heritage value is very high.

Moreover, the totem of each Dzi bead has its unique meaning. Some scientists have analyzed it like the map of human DNA, which adds an elusive veil to the mystery of Dzi beads.

Therefore, the value of Dzi beads has increased dramatically over the years, although there is an element of hype involved.

Hearing this, Xiao Tai and his sister were very happy.

"Brother Lin, could you please help me find a buyer? " Although Xiao Tai is older than Lin Yuan, he still followed everyone and called him Brother Lin.

"Let me ask you. This is a real Dzi bead. You won't have trouble finding a buyer. Don't worry!"

(End of this chapter)