Song Tao was waiting for Jiang Zhongtuo's answer in confusion because he could not think of the truth.

Jiang Zhongtuo first asked: "You should know that there is a competitive relationship between Hetian jade from various origins?"

Song Tao nodded.

In an era when import and export trade was underdeveloped and mineral deposits in various countries had not been fully discovered, Chinese people could only buy Hetian jade produced in the Tianshan area and the Kunlun Mountains in the border areas. Rare things are expensive. At that time, the price of Hetian jade was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

However, in mineralogy, Hetian jade is just an ordinary aqueous calcium-magnesium silicate, containing multi-mineral aggregates such as tremolite, yangqi, and keramoleite, and is produced in many countries around the world.

Since the 1980s, Russian Hetian jade with qualified quality and low-priced quality has flowed into the domestic market. By the 21st century, Russian Hetian jade has begun to pose a fundamental threat to the domestic Hetian jade mining area.

At first, domestic Hetian jade could still regard itself as "orthodox" and compete with Russian materials based on its own strengths and their weaknesses. However, in 2013, national industry standards formally stipulated that all appraisal institutions did not determine their identity based on the origin of Hetian jade.

Whether it is Xinjiang or Russian materials, anyway, since authoritative institutions are Hetian jade, consumers will naturally tend to have lower prices.

At this point, Russia is expected to officially occupy the mid- and low-end market with its strong price advantage, and this is what Jiang Zhongtuo said about the competition.

Song Tao asked in confusion: "Webmaster Jiang, the more this is the industry standard, the more it should support the appraisal of origin. This will be beneficial to our domestic mining areas?"

Just imagine, two pieces of Hetian jade, one was identified as originating from Russia, and the other was identified as originating from the Kunlun Mountains. Which one can resonate more with cultural resonance?

The so-called "Kunshan Jade Broken" can inspire endless emotions by just hearing this name.

In addition, the Hetian jade in domestic mining areas has the advantage of being more oily. If major institutions provide verification of the origin, even if customers need to spend more money, they may still choose the Hetian jade in China.

Jiang Zhongtuo said: "It should be the case in theory, but there are some problems in actual operation, which can be summarized into three reasons."

"First of all, from an academic perspective, Hetian jade is a mineral noun, not a cultural symbol. If only domestically produced aqueous calcium-magnesium silicates can be called Hetian jade, this does not conform to the academic rigor."

"The second reason is that the current Hetian jade origin identification technology does need to be improved, and it is in an embarrassing state of 'use and use is reasonable,'"

Song Tao nodded, but was still focused because he knew that the last reason was the top priority. Jiang Zhongtuo said that there is a place of origin appraisal or no, so the next reason must be the decisive factor that causes industry standards to not allow for place of origin appraisal.

Jiang Zhongtuo paused first, and then continued: "The third reason is that most of the Hetian jade mining areas in Russia are in the hands of Sugut Mining Group, which is a giant in the world's mineral industry."

"The standards for my country's jewelry industry were jointly drafted by the three most influential appraisal institutions, namely, the actual formulation of industry standards is in the hands of these three institutions."

What Jiang Zhongtuo said now is something that Song Tao had never heard of. He had never heard of these things from the school teachers. When he heard that these three institutions included Huachang Land and Earth, a sense of pride arose.

However, what Jiang Zhongtuo said next surprised Song Tao.

Jiang Zhongtuo stretched out his index finger with his right hand and said, "Russian Sugut Mining Company donated so many scientific research funds to our three institutions every year."

Song Tao said in surprise: "Ten million?"

"One hundred million." Jiang Zhongtuo said in a deep voice: "And it is these three institutions, each of which donates 100 million yuan each year."

"What!" Song Tao was stunned. Although he had heard of this world-renowned mining company before, he did not expect it to be so rich that it was so terrifying that it donated 300 million yuan a year, which was really sensational.

After a brief surprise, Song Tao turned a sharp turn and said in disbelief: "Can you say that Sugut Mining Group uses huge funds to control the three major institutions that formulate industry standards in exchange for industry standards that are beneficial to it?"

The regulations on not setting the origin are obviously more beneficial to Russian Hetian jade. Although Sugut's annual spending of 300 million yuan sounds terrifying, it would not be a big deal if it could be exchanged for the current large and extremely fast-growing jade consumer market in China.

If you just do this, won’t you violate relevant regulations?

Song Tao asked seriously: "Webmaster Jiang, so we Huachang Dida University also accepts this huge donation every year, but is it a problem to do so..."

"It's not what you thought." Jiang Zhongtuo knew what Song Tao was going to say and interrupted him in time.

Jiang Zhongtuo denied: "The donations from Sugut Mining Group have always been open and transparent. They insisted on both openly and privately that these donations were sponsored by our scientific research funds, and of course we should not do it in vain."

Then Jiang Zhong asked pretending to be careless and asked: "Song Tao, what do you think about this?"

Song Tao is now shocked. Although there is no problem with this matter in terms of regulations, even a three-year-old child understands the principle of eating people's short-spoken words and soft-handedness. Sugut Company uses these funds to restrict the three major institutions.

So Song Tao said firmly: "I think the three major structures should stop accepting donations from Sugute Group and immediately formulate unified standards for the identification of Hetian jade origin."

"Worker Jiang, why does the domestic Hetian jade mining area fall into a disadvantage? To a large extent, it is because industry standards do not allow the marking of the origin. The Hetian jade produced in the domestic mining area is generally more gentle and delicate, which is the advantage of the origin. We should use professional technology to give the domestic mining area the greatest support, rather than to let the money go."

Finally, Song Tao added: "Webmaster Jiang, I think that no matter how business is, you cannot kidnap academics."

After saying such a lot of words in one breath, Song Tao then remembered to observe Jiang Zhongtuo's expression, but found that he had put away his usual easy-going appearance and was staring at him with a burning look.

Song Tao took a deep breath nervously. He didn't know what Jiang Zhongtuo was thinking, but these words were his true views. He would not regret whatever result it was.

"A good business cannot kidnap academics." Just when Song Tao felt something was wrong, Jiang Zhongtuo put away his serious expression. He suddenly stood up excitedly and almost overturned the chair.

"Good boy, I'm not wrong with you!" Jiang Zhong asked to come, patted Song Tao on the shoulder vigorously, and said with a smile.

When Song Tao saw that Jiang Zhongtuo had no intention of blaming him, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "Website Manager Jiang, you are so scared to death."

Then Song Tao said in surprise: "Do you think so too?"

Jiang Zhongtuo joked: "That's right, the heroes have similar views."

After Song Tao knew that Jiang Zhongtuo did not agree with this matter, he felt that a stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground. Perhaps because he had subconsciously regarded Jiang Zhongtuo as his benchmark.

Jiang Zhongtuo sighed after a brief rejoicing: "Although I also oppose accepting Sugut's donation, even I can't affect this matter. After all, it involves 100 million yuan in annual funds, and the interests involved are significant."

"Don't always stand, sit down." Jiang Zhongto pulled a chair and signaled Song Tao to sit down, obviously wanting to chat with him for a while.

Song Tao sat down and thought about it carefully and asked: "Webmaster Jiang, if the new national standard allows us to mark the origin of Hetian jade, Sugute Group will not give this donation."

Jiang Zhongtuo said: "Of course, we are not living Bodhisattvas. If we don't do them, will we burn incense for us?"

Song Tao's mind was quickly turned around and asked: "Webmaster Jiang, if we can carry out Hetian jade origin identification business, there will definitely be many consumers and merchants who will verify their Hetian jade, right?"

Jiang Zhongtuo nodded and said, "Of course."

In the minds of most people, Xinjiang materials are the most authentic Hetian jade. If Huachangdida conducts production appraisal business, merchants selling Xinjiang materials will definitely issue certificates to show that their Hetian jade is "pure in blood". Consumers who buy Xinjiang materials will also send them to re-inspection to confirm whether the merchant's publicity is true.

There are huge economic benefits hidden in this.

Jiang Zhongtuo immediately understood what Song Tao was going to say, and he quickly denied: "If you want to use the little extra fee to identify the origin to fill the gap in Sugut's donation funds, it would be a bit whimsical."

There is more than one large appraisal institution in China. Unless Huachangdi can seize all the Hetian jade appraisal markets, the funds provided by Sugut are still irreplaceable.

What's more, current industry standards do not allow for the identification of origin.

Song Tao thought for a while and said, "Webmaster Jiang, what if only we in China, Huachangdida has the qualifications to identify the Hetian jade production area?"

Jiang Zhongtuo frowned and said, "How is that possible?"

Song Tao carefully analyzed: "It is a general trend that the dimensions involved in the appraisal are more comprehensive. I believe that sooner or later, the industry standards will allow major institutions to identify the origin of Hetian jade. By then, Sugut will definitely cut off the donated funds."

"Since Sugut Group will stop donating sooner or later, instead of waiting for them to stop the funds, our Huachang Landmark is better to actively promote the inclusion of Hetian jade production appraisal into industry standards, and then take the lead in seizing the economic benefits contained in the Hetian jade production appraisal business."

Jiang Zhongtuo listened carefully, thought for a while and said, "Hey, don't say it, what you said makes sense."

Jiang Zhongtuo glanced at Song Tao in surprise. He never expected that Song Tao's thinking was so flexible. This idea sounded very bold at first, but it was feasible to think about it seriously.

However, Jiang Zhongtuo quickly shook his head: "There is a prerequisite for what you are talking about."
Chapter completed!