"This is where Hetian jade is produced?"
Gege, who had just stepped off the plane, asked Yang Jing a little dumbfounded.It's no wonder she has such an expression, because Hotan Airport is actually built on the edge of the desert, to be precise, on the edge of the Gobi Desert between the Hotan Oasis and the Kunlun Mountains.When the plane landed and circled just now, you could clearly see the snow-capped Kunlun Mountains in the south, the Hotan Oasis, and of course, the yellow Gobi Desert between the two.Green, yellow, and white are particularly visible in the sky.When you get off the plane, the feeling is even stronger.Hotan at the end of February is not too cold, compared to the northern Xinjiang, it can be called the south of the Yangtze River.The Pamirs in the west and the Tianshan Mountains in the north are like two heavy arms, firmly holding the southern Xinjiang basin and keeping out the cold air blowing from Siberia, so even if the latitude of Hotan is about the same as Tianqu, the weather in Hotan feels even warmer than Tianqu.The only thing that is unpleasant is that the wind here is so dry that blowing on your face is no different from blowing with a knife.Gege tightened his headscarf and followed Yang Jing to the car parked outside the airport.Since the late 80s of the last century, Yang Jing incarnated as Cole Smith to buy a Hetian jade processing factory from Hetian, and the factory has been in operation.Thanks to the overseas connections of the Evil Dragon Fund, this jade carving factory, which is nominally a subsidiary of the Pacific Mining Company, has always been profitable, at least much better than other state-owned jade carving factories in Hotan.Now, this jade carving factory is also a well-known local jade carving factory in Hetian.And Yang Jing, the big boss, came in person, and a kind of high-level officials of the jade carving factory came to greet him in person.Sitting in the comfort of the Desert Prince buggy, Gege was amazed as he watched the scenery outside.Compared with Hotan more than 30 years ago, Hotan is undoubtedly much more beautiful now, there are many more high-rise buildings in the central area of the city, and the highway is also much more spacious, especially the greening is getting better and better.Although there are still many bungalows in most parts of the city, Hotan is much better at this time than it was more than 30 years ago.In the evening, a group of people in the canteen of the jade carving factory had a sumptuous lunch, with the characteristics of Hetian, the evening of the group stayed in the Silver Star Hotel, early the next morning, under the leadership of the director of the jade carving factory, the group took five off-road vehicles to go straight to the Aqike mining area.When crossing the Jade Dragon Kashgar River, Gege asked curiously: "Is this the Jade Dragon River that produces Hetian jade seed jade?"
”"That's right, it's the river.However, I am afraid that the seed jade in this river has been almost dug up, and it is now difficult for people to find the seed jade in the course of this river. ”"Then how did you get so many seeds of jade in your hand?""
Hehe, that's a long way to say.My cheap master told me about his time here.He told me that when he came to Hotan at the end of the 80s of the last century, the price of Hetian jade was still very low, and at that time, people from other places did not know how to go to the river of the Yulong Kashgar River to find seed jade.At that time, my master invested a lot of money in Hotan, and then helped the local government clean up the course of the Yulong Kashgar River and build a levee for free, and then" Yang Jing shrugged his shoulders and made a knowing expression.There was no one else sitting in this car, except for the two of them, it was Liu Zhentao and Morris, who was driving, so Yang Jing was not taboo.Liu Zhentao and Gege both shook their heads.At the end of the eighties of the last century, people cleaned up the river, and if they couldn't get a large amount of seed jade, it would be unreasonable.Liu Zhentao asked, "Xiaojing, do you know how much money your master invested back then?"
”"Well, I think about it.It seems that when my master arrived in Wushi, he donated $20 million to the local government, and then after arriving in Alar on the way, he donated $10 million to the agricultural reclamation troops in Alar.When he finally arrived in Hotan, not counting the money for the purchase of Hetian jade from the warehouses of some jade carving factories, he invested 50 million US dollars in the Hotan government alone.If you include the funds for the purchase of Hetian jade in Hetian, it is estimated that he directly threw in nearly 100 million US dollars during his trip to Xinjiang Province. ”This number made Liu Zhentao stick out his tongue.100 million US dollars, even now, is a huge amount of money, not to mention that 30 years ago, when China's foreign exchange was extremely tight, 100 million US dollars is a great investment.If you think about it like this, it is not surprising that Yang Jing's master was able to obtain so much Hetian jade.You must know that at that time, the price of Hetian jade was still extremely low.Isn't there a legend circulating in the circle of playing jade?
He said that a woman went to Hotan with her family to play, and met a child selling "pebbles" in Hotan.At that time, the child gave the woman a bag of "pebbles", saying that it was a stone found in the Yulong Kashgar River, and that it was enough to give fifty yuan.Although fifty yuan was a lot of money at that time, the woman saw that the child was pitiful, and these "pebbles" were indeed very beautiful, so she gritted her teeth and bought the bag of "pebbles" for fifty yuan.The bag of "pebbles" weighed about five or six kilograms, and when the woman got home, she felt that there was nowhere to put them, so she threw them into the fish tank.As a result, more than 20 years passed unconsciously, and when the Hetian jade fire broke out, a friend of the woman's husband went to the woman's house as a guest, and accidentally found the "pebbles" laid on the bottom of the fish tank from the fish tank, and his eyes almost popped out at that time.It turns out that those "little stones" turned out to be real Hetian sheep fat seed jade, even if the collection level does not reach the top 3A collection level, it can definitely reach the 2A collection level, which is a gram of nearly 20,000 top jade!
Then the woman cleaned up all the "small stones" that she had bought for 50 yuan more than 20 years ago, and found an expert to look at them, and the expert said that the total value of these sheep fat seeds and jade was close to 100 million yuan, and it was indeed the case.That woman unknowingly spent fifty yuan to buy Hetian jade worth 100 million more than 20 years later, and if Yang Jing's master had spent 100 million yuan at that time, he would not have to buy all the seed jade of Hetian.Therefore, if you look at it from this point of view, Yang Jing's master is not a leak, but Yang Jing's master can obtain the mining right of a jade mine for seventy years, which is amazing.Now that mine still has forty years to be mined, how much mountain material will be obtained!
Even if it is mountain material, this is also a Hetian jade mountain material of 800 people, and the probability of solving good jade in it is very great!
The car drove along National Highway 315 to the east, and on both sides of the road there was no visible woodland and farmland, and of course, the houses where the peasants lived.The Yulong Kashgar River not only brought incomparably beautiful Hetian jade seed jade to mankind, but also brought an oasis to the residents on both sides of the river.Not long after passing Luopu County, the car entered the Gobi Desert, and after traveling some distance, the convoy turned south onto a concrete road, which was the road leading to the Aqike mining area.After extending more than ten kilometers to the south, the road reaches the banks of the Aqik River.It's just that at this time of year, the Aqik River is dry.The road conditions are not very good, and the bumps are a bit terrible.No way, this road has been repaired for more than 30 years, and even though it is often maintained by the local road administration department, the road condition is still getting worse and worse without funds to renovate it."
This road should be repaired, and if it is not repaired, you will not be able to drive."
Gege complained."
Well, when I get out of the mine, I'll set aside a sum of money to renovate the road.I guess my master forgot about this path before, so this path has become like this now.But it doesn't matter, now that I'm here, the road must be repaired again!
”Because of the bad road conditions, the back of more than 40 kilometers actually ran for more than an hour.Eventually, however, the convoy arrived safely at the Aqik mine."
See, there, there, and the four mountains over there are connected, forming this mining area about three kilometers long and about one kilometer wide, which is our Hetian jade mine."
After getting out of the car, Yang Jing pointed to the area in front of him where the valley connected the slopes on both sides and said.At this time, Wang Jian, the director of the jade carving factory, also came up, pointed to this area with a smile and explained: "Mr.
Yang, Mrs.
Yang, the area of this mining area is a total of 41 square kilometers, but most of them are hillsides, only the section in the valley that is more than 40 meters wide and more than 200 meters long is relatively flat, and our factory and office area and miners' dormitories are located here. ”Wang Jian is Wu Dawei's nephew.When Yang Jing came to Xinjiang as Cole Smith, it was Wu Dawei who led the way.Wu Dawei was the director of the sales department of a large motor factory in Yanjing, and in the mid-80s of the last century, he followed the trend to go to the sea to pan for gold, but the process of going to the sea to pan for gold was not smooth, and he finally became a little discouraged.Fortunately, at this time, he met Pete Wu, who admired Wu Dawei's communication skills, so he recruited Wu Dawei to his command.Later, Yang Jing made such a big mess in Hetian, Wu Dawei simply moved to Hotan with his family, and at the same time he also served as the director of the jade carving factory and the director of the Aqike mining area.After seeing Cole Smith's wealth, Wu Dawei knew that he had hugged a super thick thigh, and the environment here in Hotan was actually good, and there was no problem with food and housing, so Wu Dawei simply volunteered to preside over the work here, but he was also appreciated by Pete Wu.For this reason, after seeking Yang Jing's consent, Pete Wu also gave Wu Dawei 10 shares of the jade carving factory.Wang Jian also came to Hotan to join his uncle Wu Dawei after graduating from the technical school at the end of the nineties of the last century.Six years ago, at the age of 69, Wu Dawei died of lung cancer, and before he died, when Pete Wu came to visit him, he begged Pete Wu to agree to let his nephew, Wang Jian, take over his class.After inspecting Wang Jian, Pete Wu agreed to Wu Dawei's request, and Wang Jian presided over the work here, and Pete Wu gave Wang Jian 10 shares.Of course, these 10 shares are naturally only the jade carving factory, and the shares of the Aqike jade mine, Pete Wu, do not have that power distribution.