Chapter 788 Emerald Gamble (Part 2)
"Drink a little tea, let's talk while drinking it. You should know that in addition to Uncle Zeng's craftsmanship, the tea here is also awesome. It would be a pity not to drink it." After saying that, he gave his daughter a wink.
"Come on, I'll pour it for everyone." Zheng Shuang held the teapot with great eyes and poured tea for everyone. After all, she is half the owner. Whether in terms of identity or seniority, she is the most suitable tea drinker.
The light green tea water in the transparent place poured down the mouth of the pot and fell into a small white tea cup as white as jade. The tea water was clear in color, like jade like green. A few wisps of light smoke scattered in the air with a warm breath. In an instant, a refreshing tea fragrance spread everywhere, with a strong but not greasy, elegant but long-lasting taste, which made people feel refreshed when they smelled it. For a moment, everyone was involuntarily immersed in the strong tea fragrance, speechless for a long time.
"It smells so good!" Zheng Shuang's eyes lit up. Even she, who has always loved drinks but not tea, couldn't help but feel the urge to pick up the tea cup and taste it.
"It's true..." The father of the Zheng family took a sip of tea and put it in his mouth, allowing the fragrance of tea to fill his mouth. It took him a long time to swallow the tea. "It's a pity that although this tea is free, it's only one pot, which is a non-sale product that others want to buy, not sell." The father of the Zheng family said, shook his head regretfully.
"What a pity. If this store sells it, I will definitely quit the drink and drink this tea in this life." Zheng Shuang sighed, which attracted Zheng Jing to nodding and echoing, "However, the tea here is so fragrant that I look forward to the dishes here even more. Also, Dad, you are really not interested enough. You are hiding such a good place!" After saying that, Zheng Shuang couldn't help glaring at her father. It was a good thing that her father always said that she loved her the most, and it turned out to be in love with her mouth.
Seeing that his baby daughter was like this, the Zheng family's father shouted that he was wronged. Is this his fault? It turns out that this girl has forgotten what her expression and attitude she has every time she says she brings her to eat private food. Can this be blamed on him?
"Well, forget it. Let's not talk about the past." Zheng Shuang remembered how she evaluated her when her father said she would invite her to have private dishes: pretending to be x, the dishes are expensive, and only a fool can get the bite.
Thinking of this, Zheng Shuang's face turned slightly red. A hint of embarrassment floated on her face, but with this shamelessness, the embarrassment soon disappeared, and then she asked with confidence: "Dad, you can take me here often. Well, at least before we remember the way here, you must take me here often." Zheng Shuang had already decided. No matter what the dishes here are, just making this pot of tea is enough to make her a regular visitor here.
"Yes, yes, yes, obey my eldest lady." The Zheng family's father seemed to be just a woman.
The Zheng parents, who had been communicating their own feelings, did not notice the thoughtful expression that Jian'er showed after the tea entrance.
After the tea pot was about to be finished, some snacks prepared on the side and some melon seeds and snacks were placed on the table. The father of the Zheng family turned the topic to the topic: "Come on, everyone try the snacks here. Although the food in Zeng's private house is good, unless you say hello in advance, the serving rate is... but this is just right. Anyway, what everyone had eaten before should have not been digested, so let's talk about this jade gambling event at this time."
It turns out that this jade betting is a conventional program in the jewelry store in S City. It will allow major jewelry stores to show their muscles in three years. If you win the championship in this betting, it will definitely make the winning jewelry store that wins the championship gains a lot in the next three years. You should know that this jewelry store is different from other industries. Although its most stable income comes from the mid- and low-end market, the biggest profit margin is the high-end market. The high-end market represents the positioning of your jewelry store, and will also drive the mid- and low-end markets. Both can be said to be complementary.
Although the jewelry store where Zheng's father invested in is not considered to be the top in S market, it is also among the first-class. The father of the Zheng family paid money and received dividends, but did not participate in the management. The manager of the jewelry store is another partner of the father of the Zheng family, and that boss Zhu is the main jade supplier of the jewelry store of Zheng's father. I said before that, although this boss Zhu is not very good, he is extremely stupid to have a son, but he does have a lot of good products, so the jade used in the jade gambling battle has always been provided by Boss Zhu. This episode is obviously impossible.
If it were the usual practice, with the ability of the Zheng family father, it would not be too difficult to find a way. But now it is not the case that the jade bets are about to be fought every three years, and almost all the suppliers have their best materials. At this time, it will be difficult for the Zheng family father to make it difficult.
If it weren't for the bet with the Wu family, it would be fine if he hadn't gritted his teeth and accepted the loss for the past three years, but..., hey, the matter was blocked. But if Zheng's father asked the boss Zhu to bow to Boss Zhu and sacrifice his daughter's happiness to change his career, Zheng's father said that he would rather go bankrupt than close the door.
"The gambling battles every year can be said to be almost the same, and are generally divided into infields and outfields." Zheng's father explained in detail to Jian'er, "The infield is a real gambling battle, and the outfield is more like a display platform."
"What do you mean?" Hearing this, Jian'er became a little interested. It was just a gambling battle. These people seemed to be playing with flowers.
"Let's talk about this infield first. After all, the main focus of this bet is the infield." After drinking a sip of water, the father of the Zheng family moistened his throat, and then continued, "The infield gambling is generally divided into three games. The first game is to find treasures in the sea. The second game is to see the stones. The second game is to bet on stones."
"Dad, what's the point here?" Zheng Shuang blinked and filled his father with water for details.
After satisfyingly taking a sip of his daughter's filial piety, the Zheng father continued to explain: "Let's talk about this first game first. It's very simple to find treasures in the sea. The wool suppliers of various jewelry stores will provide a certain amount of wool materials, all bets, half bets, no limit on authenticity, no limit on participants. As long as you pay the entrance fee, you can go in and select wool materials. The materials you open will be as follows. After the selected wool materials are paid, the silver goods will be opened on site to determine the winning or losing value. The second game, the stone is from
The organizing committee provides ten pieces of gambling raw materials. Each company can check it nearby, and then write its own judgment on paper, write it down and seal it. Then the organizing committee cuts the ten pieces of gambling raw materials to win the most accurate judgment. The third game, that is, the last game, is also the most exciting game. That is the gambling stone! Participants must carry the gambling raw materials. They must cut the raw stones they carry on the spot to rank, and the final winner will get the raw stones of all the losers in this competition."
As soon as the Zheng family father said this, everyone couldn't help but breathe a cold breath. The last bet was a big bet. You must know that in order to win, each company would take out the good materials in the box. In this way, the possibility of the materials being produced in the last game, especially the best or even the best jade, should be extremely high. After the winner took the raw stones of all the losers... Hiss, everyone couldn't help but feel a little sore, which was a big sum of money.
After listening to the explanation of Zheng’s father, Jian’er said thoughtfully: “According to this comparison, this competition is actually comparing the eyes of each family.”
"That's right!" Zheng's father affirmed Jian'er's idea, "Essence is actually to show the ability of each company to obtain better jade raw materials in the future. Of course, the best resource must be controlled by the strongest person. In three games, there will be a dedicated person to score points and then rank. This ranking also determines the allocation ratio of jewelry resources in S City in the next three years, and the winner will get a certain resource tilt."
"No wonder." Zheng Shuang felt a sudden realization when she heard this, "No wonder, dad, you always say that once the bet ends, it may lead to a major reshuffle in the jewelry industry in S City."
"That's right." Zheng's father nodded, "Compared with the inner field, the outer field does not have that heavy smell of gunpowder. This outer field is mostly displayed with the ingredients. Some are raw materials display, and the other is finished product display. In fact, there is nothing to say about this. Both are nothing more than to show the buyer their raw material reserves and design capabilities."
Jian'er nodded. This is easy to understand. You should know that for those cutting-edge customers, the finished jewelry placed in general stores cannot satisfy their pursuits. Private customization and tailor-made are their choice. Each jewelry store puts out its top-level raw materials and latest designs to attract the attention of those top-level customers. Attract raw materials, win by design, and attract some business for themselves. After all, anyone knows that this kind of tailor-made is the most profitable for merchants.
"Uncle Song, I think after the outing exhibition every year, I can bring a lot of orders to various jewelry stores?" Jian'er asked with a smile.
"Xiao Song is a transparent person." Zheng's father gave Jian'er a thumbs up. "You must know that no jewelry store in the industry dares to boast about all kinds of materials. In fact, in addition to showing them to customers, this kind of display also implies the intention of showing them to peers. After all, borrowing each other, having each other and achieving win-win results is also an old habit in our jewelry business. And those small jewelry stores can use their own technology and design to get some orders. After all, everyone can make a profit, have the opportunity, and can show them. Only in this industry can we keep our vitality, right?"
Everyone nodded, it was true.
"Then I don't know what Uncle Zheng needs..." Jian'er has a certain understanding of this so-called gambling battle, but Jian'er doesn't know what Zheng's father needs now, whether it is the wool material needed for the in-field battle or the raw material for the outside field.
"I'm not afraid of you, Xiao Song, for your joke. We're short of materials for both the inside and outside." Anyway, things have reached this point, and the Zheng family's father is not afraid of being embarrassed. Now it's not the time to talk about face. He is also very bachelor in his words.
When Jian'er heard what Zheng's father said, she frowned instinctively. Since this bet is so important, why did this person still get the point where he lacks any material.
Seeing Jian'er's question, Zheng's father patiently explained: "Usually, small and medium-sized jewelry like us do not have too much backlog of funds. We generally do not stock up on raw materials in large quantities, but choose to cooperate with wool suppliers like Boss Zhu."
"So, Dad, once you break off your cooperation with Boss Zhu, then you can't get the wool materials in his hands and some obvious materials, right?" Zheng Shuang frowned, "But Dad, I don't understand, isn't it almost time to fight? Why don't you buy the wool materials in Boss Zhu's hands in advance?"
"Hey~," the father of the Zheng family sighed, "It's not just for the bet with the Wu family. I'm worried that the materials I had been optimistic about before, so I asked Boss Zhu to go to another batch of more safely. Earlier, Boss Zhu heard from him that he had obtained a batch of top-quality materials, saying that he would be able to stock in two days, so..."
"So, Dad, you are fed up with the old and want new materials. You have returned the old materials that have been settled and waited for the new materials. How could you know that this is the case, right?" Zheng Shuang said the father's unfinished words in an instant.
The Zheng family’s father smiled and told his baby daughter right, but after all, Boss Zhu is really good at getting the jade wool material. Since he said the new material is better, there must be no fake. For the final victory, it is really no wonder that he would make the choice of exchange.
"What about the outer field? Why are there any shortage of materials in this outer field?" Zheng Shuang asked. You should know that the outer field is usually made of plain materials. Even if there is no new goods, you should be able to get the previous inventory.
"Well, many of the previous information were placed there by Boss Zhu." The daughter's increasingly cold face made the Zheng father feel more and more guilty and whispered more and more. "Actually, everyone in the industry did this."
"That's why it's so troubled!" Zheng Shuang rolled her father's eyes and said unhappyly.
"Hehe!" Zheng's father smiled foolishly.
"Okay, I understand. Uncle Zheng is short of wool materials now, right?" Jian'er asked, "Where are those finished jades?"
"Ah, that one is not short, that one is what we had prepared before." Huh, there was finally something he had done. Zheng's father secretly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled bitterly in his heart. Oh, he lost all his reputation in this life today.
"I wonder what kind of material Uncle Zheng needs? Are there any requirements for the type and color?" Jian'er asked.
The Zheng family's father hesitated for a moment. Of course, the better the material, the better. However, considering that the other party was just a little girl, the Zheng family's father was not so shameless to raise such high demands on others. Now he dare not ask for a ranking or something. He just asked not to lose to the Wu family and everything would be fine.
So the Zheng family father lowered his head, carefully calculated and compared it, and finally put forward his own request. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!