Mixed in 1980

Chapter 392 Shura Field

After finishing her morning exercise, Ye Wan invited Chen Yanjin to have breakfast in the cafeteria: "Consider it tuition for learning the Eight Vajra Skill."

Chen Yanjin teased, "If we're talking about tuition, breakfast isn't enough; we need a proper meal."

"Dream on, at most we'll add one more breakfast."

"That's okay too!"

After breakfast, everyone went their separate ways.

Chen Yanjin went back to his dorm, took a shower, changed his clothes, and then picked up his phone. He dialed several times before it was answered: "Fourth brother, where are you?"

"Second brother, it's immoral to disturb someone's peaceful sleep."

A groggy voice came through the microphone: "I'm with my older sister. Could you get me some breakfast? Buns or steamed bread are fine."

Chen Yanjin bought two breakfasts and went to another building in Changchun Garden. Chen Yanxi is a PhD student at the School of Archaeology, Peking University. Because there are few female PhD students in the Department of Archaeology, she has a dormitory room to herself.

I knocked on the dormitory door, and my younger sister answered it.

Chen Yanjin reached out and grabbed her ear: "Chen Laosi, you're something else! Have you forgotten who treats you best in this family? You betray me as soon as you get home."

Chen Yanyin winced in pain, then forced a smile and said, "Second Brother, I was wrong, okay?"

After Chen Yanjin let go, Chen Yanyin asked again, "Second brother, where's the ring? Give it back to me, those things are hard to find, there are only a few in the whole market."

Chen Yanjin pouted: "Sold it!"

"How many did you sell?" Chen Yanyin was taken aback.

"two hundred!"

"Ten thousand?"

"If you don't have ten thousand, then two hundred!"

"Two hundred? Chen Lao Er, you spendthrift! Do you know how much material you wasted to make this ring? You're infuriating me!"

Chen Yanyin scratched her hair hard, then suddenly realized: "You wouldn't sell it to that girl, would you? The one who comforted you yesterday."

Seeing her second brother nod, Chen Yanyin's eyes were strange: "Could it be that he's taken a liking to someone? He's already got a new target right after breaking up, tsk tsk... what a scumbag."

Seeing that her second brother was about to hit her again, Chen Yanyin was so frightened that she quickly moved away: "Big sister, look at Chen Lao Er, he hits me all the time, quickly teach him a lesson."

Chen Yanxi disdainfully pushed his sister away and looked at his brother: "That Xiao Ya won't do. She's not fit into our family. I'll introduce you to a better one later."

"Don't even try, I can find it myself."

Chen Yanjin pouted and put the breakfast on the table: "Hurry up and eat breakfast. Fourth brother, how's your graduation thesis going? Do you need my help?"

Chen Yanyin is about to graduate with her bachelor's degree.

Chen Yanyin took a bite of her steamed bun: "Don't look down on me. Graduation thesis is not that difficult. The topic has been approved, and I've been busy checking literature lately."

Chen Yanjin nodded and asked, "What are your plans after graduation? To be my assistant for two years?"

Chen Yanyin pouted: "Chen Lao Er, stop messing with me. Being an assistant is like being a slave. I don't work anyway, I just stay at home and sponge off my parents."

Chen Yanjin chuckled: "Would the old lady agree?"

“I…” Chen Yanyin said with a bitter face.

My biological mother is easy to talk to, even lazier than I am. Learning from her is just genetics. But my aunt is not easy to talk to and will definitely make me go out to work.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Forget it, I'll just take the postgraduate entrance exam. My undergraduate degree is too low. I have to get a master's degree. I can't hold you back."

Chen Yanjin scoffed, "I'll just take the postgraduate entrance exam and coast through for another three years."

Unfortunately, no one could say anything. No matter what, taking the postgraduate entrance exam is considered ambitious. This lazy girl is really going all out to avoid working.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yanjin said, "Your second aunt said she's going to find some time to clean out some of the jade and Hetian jade in the house, and she'll put you in charge of that."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yanyin made a bitter face.

I shouldn't have said I liked jade and emeralds when I was little. My stepmother thought that because I liked them, she worked hard to save up for me, and I would have to take responsibility for them in the future.

No. 17, Ya'er Hutong!

Xu Jinqiu walked through several rooms and couldn't help but feel a headache looking at all the stones. She had agreed to hand them over to her little girl, but her little girl clearly didn't want to take over.

After the medals for the 2008 Olympics were made of Hetian jade, the price of Hetian jade skyrocketed. Some top-grade seed jade could sell for 70,000 to 80,000 yuan per gram, or even 100,000 yuan.

The price of mountain jade has also increased significantly. Ordinary quality jade costs 3 to 4 yuan per kilogram, while the high-quality jade collected at home costs tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan per kilogram.

"The mountain material needs to be processed first."

Xu Jinqiu glanced at her husband and said, "Anyway, we have enough raw jade at home, enough for Lao Si to mess around with. We also need to get rid of some of the jadeite."

"You used to receive goods, how could you not have had channels?"

Chen Fan shrugged and said, "Jadeite is now graded in more detail in terms of texture and color. There are even different types of icy jadeite, such as glutinous icy, icy, and high-icy. While the market is good now, let's get rid of the glutinous icy and icy jadeite and keep only the top-quality high-icy and glassy jadeite."

“Alright then!” Xu Jinqiu agreed.

The price of Hetian jade skyrocketed in 2008, and it has now basically peaked. High-quality seed jade can be kept as an asset allocation, while keeping mountain jade is not very meaningful.

The price of jadeite has fluctuated considerably. After the subprime mortgage crisis, the price dropped significantly and only began to recover last year. Now it is in an upward trend, making it a good time to buy.

The following day, Xu Jinqiu contacted the client.

They were all people I had worked with back then. One of them was Mr. Yang from Feitian Jewelry. Seeing the materials he had sold made him feel like crying.

The mountain jade that was sold for 800 yuan per kilogram now costs tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan per kilogram to buy back. Nothing is more heartbreaking than this.

"Mr. Xu, are you considering selling jade pebbles?" Mr. Yang's eyes held a hint of expectation. In today's market, Xu Jinqiu has the largest stock of jade pebbles, especially high-quality ones.

Back then, all the jade merchants in Yangrou Hutong were helping her reap the rewards. She sold three batches, totaling more than six tons.

They are all top-quality.

Such material is extremely rare on the market now; you can only come across one piece occasionally, and many of them are remnants from the 1980s and 90s.

As for the jade pebbles being sold in the market, anyone in the know understands that they are mostly fakes. They are either mountain jade, Russian jade, or Qinghai jade, or they have been treated.

Seeing Xu Jinqiu shake her head, Boss Yang persisted: "Boss Xu, you may not know, but in the past, a lot of Hetian jade was used as gifts. Now that the country is cracking down on it, the prices of low- and mid-range jade have been impacted."

“The price of high-end jade has not changed, but it is obviously not selling as well as before. It will definitely be impacted in two years. You might as well allocate some of it.”

Upon hearing this, Xu Jinqiu still shook her head.

High-quality jade pebbles are nearly exhausted, and no matter how much the price is affected, it will not be too low. If Mr. Yang cannot see this point, would he be willing to spend money to buy them?
Some of the high-quality goods were kept for the youngest daughter, and the rest were to be passed down as family heirlooms.

Seeing this, Mr. Yang had no choice but to buy raw materials from the mountains. After careful selection, he bought a ton at a price of 12 yuan per kilogram.

That one ton is worth 1.2 million yuan!

After completing the transfer, Mr. Yang felt even more like crying. He had sold it for 800 yuan per kilogram, which was only 80 yuan per ton, but now he had to spend 1.2 million yuan to buy it back.

Back then, they hauled dozens of tons of mountain jade for Xu Jinqiu, and only received tens of millions of yuan, which is not even enough to cover the cost of a few hundred kilograms of jade now. This business is outrageous!

Looking at the pile of raw materials in the house, Mr. Yang felt even more heartbroken. In previous years, he had worked himself to the bone, but he hadn't earned as much as he had from stockpiling these materials.

Ultimately, we still didn't understand how to play it.

Xu Jinqiu received the money and then went to file a tax return. What he sold was raw stone, not finished products, so it was taxed as income from the transfer of property, and the tax rate was 20%.

I had a lot of raw materials stockpiled at the beginning, and customers would come to the door from time to time, either to buy Hetian jade or jadeite, which made things much more complicated.

When the weekend came, Xu Jinqiu called her youngest daughter over, but seeing her reluctant expression, she immediately lost her temper: "Why don't you call your older sister too?"

Chen Yanyin shook her head hastily, feeling embarrassed: "Second Aunt, these are all minor matters. There's no need for Eldest Sister to take action. Just hand them over to me quickly."

After two busy days, Chen Yanyin rushed back to school.

Selling jade is not easy. Each piece of jade has a different value, and you need to bargain to reach a price that both parties can accept.

She couldn't escape this task. Every weekend, her second aunt would call her back and make her take charge of these things. Her phone also had a lot more contact information from clients.

"They're forcing me to go to work!"

Compared to Chen Yanyin's suffering, Chen Yanjin was living a very comfortable life, often having meals with Ye Wan while writing his graduation thesis.

I always feel very relaxed when I'm with this girl.

Over time, a slight fondness developed between them, which also confirmed that Ye Wan had feelings for him and would occasionally reciprocate his invitations.

A very principled young woman.

"Wanwan, who else would I be looking for today if not you?"

When her roommate Li Minghui teased her, Ye Wan immediately rolled her eyes and said, "Don't talk nonsense. He and I are just ordinary friends. We just get along well."

Li Minghui smiled slightly: "Really?"

"Otherwise what?" Ye Wan asked back.

Li Minghui smiled and tapped her chest: "How would I know? You'll have to ask yourself."

Ye Wan's heart skipped a beat, and her pretty face flushed slightly.

After spending some time with Chen Yanjin, I found him quite interesting. When we chatted, I discovered that he could talk about almost anything from all over the world.

It resonates with me.

But I have no plans to date. Many people have said that college relationships usually don't work out, and graduation season is breakup season.

Indeed, many classmates broke up, and Chen Yanjin was no exception.

After entering university, Ye Wan did not think about dating. She hoped to have a pure and innocent relationship in the future, rather than being promiscuous while in school.

"Have you thought clearly?"

Li Minghui smiled and took her best friend's arm: "If you haven't thought it through, you can think about it slowly after dinner. I'm starving, let's go out and eat something good today."

"Barbecue?" Ye Wan suggested.

The two carried their bags and walked out. When they were almost at the school gate, Li Minghui, with her sharp eyes, pointed ahead and asked, "Wanwan, isn't that Chen Yanjin?"

Ye Wan looked in the direction the finger was pointing, and her expression changed slightly. It was indeed Chen Yanjin, with a girl by his side.

A very beautiful girl!
Ye Wan had always been very confident in her looks, but when she saw the other girl's face, she felt that she was slightly lacking; the girl's appearance was too stunning.

She's the kind of person who can instantly attract everyone's attention just by standing in a crowd.

"Pah...scumbag!"

Li Minghui spat and cursed, "You keep asking me out to dinner, but you're with other women. What does that mean? You bastard."

Ye Wan tugged at her, her voice choked with emotion, "Don't say anything more, he and I are just ordinary friends."

"Wanwan, you're too kind. That makes you easy to be bullied. You bastard, we can't let this go. We have to get revenge."

Pushing her best friend's hand away, Li Minghui called out to the front, "Chen Yanjin, over here!"

PS: There will be another update tonight~ I fell asleep while thinking about the plot last night~ I'll owe you one chapter for now and make up for it after I've rested up.

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