I changed the world

However, the jade merchant seemed very happy when he saw that the jade material was sold. He quickly took out his mobile phone and told Zhang Jing that he could pay by mobile phone, cash or bank transfer.

Because the amount was relatively large, Zhang Jing finally used bank transfer. After the transfer, he waited for a while, and the jade merchant announced that the funds had been credited, and the transaction was completed.

The jade merchant stood up happily and extended his palm, so Zhang Jing gave him a high-five according to local etiquette.

Because the transaction amount was relatively large, there was a lot of movement here. At this time, some people gathered around, and they were all talking. Some said it was not worth it, and some asked Zhang Jing to cut the stone directly and take a look.

Seeing this, Zhang Jing simply smiled and said: "Okay, then I will cut it open and take a look. Anyone who is interested can come and take a look."

At this time, the jade merchant dragged a small trailer with four universal wheels from the side. This kind of trailer can often be seen in empty spaces in the big bazaar. It is a public good and anyone can take it. You can drag bulky items out of the Grand Bazaar.

The piece of jade was extremely heavy, and normally one or two people could not lift it. However, when they heard that Zhang Jing was going to cut the jade on the spot, there were more people watching the excitement. At this time, several people came up to help and lifted the jade piece. trailer.

Zhang Jing thanked him, pulled the trailer, and walked towards the jade processing shop not far away.

In a large jade distribution center like the Grand Bazaar, jade processing shops are naturally indispensable.

Unlike jadeite, which requires almost every piece of material to be jade, Khotan jade is not very jade-like. Similar to the all-over skin color that Zhang Jing bought, there are relatively few that cannot see through the inside. Therefore, the processing of jade here is mainly based on carving. Mainly processing, of course, cutting jade is not a problem either.

Chapter 78 Millions of wealth

The indoor trading market has a total of four floors. There are about five or six jade processing shops, one or two on each floor. These shops are actually independent small workshops, ranging from about 30 to 50 square meters, with many workstations inside. , there is a jade craftsman working with his head down at each work station.

Zhang Jing was currently heading to the nearest store. He arrived within a few steps. The owner of the store helped tow the trailer in, and then a bunch of people watching the excitement swarmed in, filling the small store to the brim. .

The boss knew what Zhang Jing was going to do at a glance, and asked directly: "How should I cut it? Do I cut it directly or peel it first?"

"Peel the skin first." Zhang Jing reached out and tapped the corner of the jade: "Let's start here."

"Okay, it's up to you." The boss directly brought a special grinder and started to work.The skin of Khotan jade is very thin. After a little polishing, you can see through the stone skin and see the stone flesh. The boss polished the jade material back and forth and then stopped the machine. He brought a wet cloth and wiped it. People around him wiped it. Looking over, Zhang Jing also stared at the wiped out position.

Then they saw that the stone skin there had been scratched open about two fingers wide, a hole as long as a thumb, just below the stone skin, a jade color as white and oily as mutton fat was displayed in front of everyone.

With just a sound of coaxing, everyone in the venue immediately started to stir up excitement. With just this moment, Zhang Jing made a huge profit.

"Is this mutton-fat jade?! This is going to make you rich!"

"It's hard to say whether it's mutton fat or not, but it's at least level one. This is really a treasure..." Someone squatted down and got closer to the side to take a closer look.

"If I had known, I would have gritted my teeth and bought it just now..." Some people even sighed there.

"Stop...stop!" At this time, a fat man squeezed over, stretched out his hand to hold down the boss who was about to continue, and looked at Zhang Jing: "Brother, please stop wiping. If the meat underneath is not good after wiping, then smash it." Well, let me pay 500 million to buy this piece of jade, what do you think, brother?"

"Six million." At this time, another voice came from the side. Zhang Jing turned around and saw that it was indeed the old man who had been haggling by the stall just now. He also followed him and saw a look on his face. Looking at Zhang Jing with a somewhat sad look, he sighed and said: "Young man is so courageous. Old man, I will pay you 600 million more for this piece of jade. 100 million will save you the risk in the future. What do you think?"

After the old man said this, there were also active people around him who were ready to take action. After all, most of the people who came here were jade merchants, and the market was always hungry for good materials.

Seeing this, the fat man hurriedly continued to speak, as if he was about to say something, when he saw Zhang Jing cupping his hands towards the two of them and even those around them, and said with a smile: "Don't be anxious, everyone. Since they have been wiped away, they must all be wiped away." It's open, if any of my friends want to take it down, please wait until it's finished."

Seeing Zhang Jing's attitude, the others sighed and gave up their thoughts of picking up bargains. In fact, the internal changes of Khotan jade are not as big as those of jade, so the most important thing is the first rub just now. The probability of having the same jade color is extremely high.

So, the boss continued to run the grinder, and then spent about half an hour wiping out about two-thirds of the entire jade at key locations, and also turned it over once so that both sides were not left behind.

After rubbing to this extent, the texture can be completely confirmed, so no further polishing is needed.Mainly because when carving the seed material, some stone skin will be left to prove the identity of the seed material, and it does not need to be completely polished.

With a splash of water, amidst everyone's amazement, what was displayed in front of everyone was a huge piece of snow-white jade, especially about one-third of one side of the stone, which was as smooth and flawless as white suet. The remaining two-thirds, against the backdrop of the one-third, appear slightly less white, but individually, it is already a very good white jade.

At this time, as time passed, more and more people gathered here, so much so that there was no room left in the shop, and some people stood at the door and looked in.

Many people gathered around the jade material to observe carefully, and some even turned on strong flashlights to shine inside. Zhang Jing let them watch without caring.

"It should be cut from here. This piece is made of mutton-fat jade. It has a good shape and can be carved into a Guanyin ornament. The bottom part is all first-grade white. It can be carved whole or cut into small pieces."

"It's a pity to cut it open. Find a good master and carve it into one piece. That would be awesome. Carve a sleeping Guanyin. This ball of mutton fat just opens up the face."

"This is really something extraordinary, a rare thing to see..."

Some people have already started discussing it. Of course, most people are just talking about it, but some really powerful people are already gearing up.

Zhang Jing pulled the owner of the processing shop aside and settled his wages with him first. Zhang Jing directly gave the boss 2000 yuan: "Boss, I will borrow your space for half an hour to hold an auction. Is that okay?" "

"It's okay, brother, you can use it. I'll help you maintain order." 2000 yuan is far more than the boss's actual salary, so the boss is naturally happy to do this business.

Nodding, Zhang Jing stretched out his hand to pat it, and then said: "Everyone, everyone, listen to me... It is not convenient for me to carry such a large jade material, so I am going to do an auction here today. If you are able to participate, please stay. If you are not prepared to participate, please leave temporarily. The space is limited, sorry!"

Zhang Jing said this, and the owner of the shop began to bring several jade carving masters in the shop to help maintain order. Some people began to walk out of the shop. Of course, more people stayed, and some even heard the news outside. People hurriedly squeezed in from the door.

Zhang Jing raised his eyebrows as he looked at the crowd that had not diminished at all. He knew in his heart that most of the people here were just fishing in troubled waters to watch the excitement, so he spoke again and said loudly: "Also, I would like to remind you that money and goods will not be cleared on site. Arrears, so friends who want to participate, I will draw a line here, 800 million cash deposits, mobile banking to show to the few masters here, if it is less than this amount, there is no point in you staying, the space is limited, please cooperate Thank you for your cooperation, friends!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a sigh. Some people who originally wanted to fish could only turn around and leave. Some people loudly said: "Friend, can you please extend your time and I will ask someone to raise money."

"Okay, in this case, the auction is scheduled to start in half an hour. Friends who need to raise money can do so as soon as possible."

After Zhang Jing finished speaking, many people had already walked aside and started making phone calls. Some were preparing to raise money, and some were informing their friends of the news. There were even some people squatting next to the jade to take pictures, and then put the jade material Send photos to friends who are not present.

In the next half hour, people kept walking into the room. Of course, some people tried to get close to Zhang Jing, handing out business cards and exchanging Qianluo numbers. Zhang Jing also smiled at him, but when someone asked about Zhang Jing’s relative privacy, When asked questions, he would change the subject and become more of a listener.

Half an hour passed quickly, and there were finally 16 people left in the shop. Some people even rushed over after receiving the message in the last 5 minutes. To be honest, the number of so many people participating was beyond Zhang Jing's expectations. , when he originally wanted to come, because there was no prior publicity, it was just an accidental event, so he was satisfied with ten people participating.

At this time, the shop owner had closed the door according to Zhang Jing's request, thus isolating all the spectators. The people present were all jade merchants with proven wealth, and many of them had already handed over to Zhang Jing. business card.

"Everyone, let's start now." Zhang Jing bowed his hands to everyone present: "It's just a temporary auction, and it's not so formal. In short, there are two points. One is that the highest bidder wins, and the other is that the cash settlement clear."

"Everyone must have seen the thing clearly, so I won't say more. The starting price is 800 million. If you have a higher price, you can start bidding."

"1000 million!" The fat man was the first to make an offer and said eagerly.

"........."

The price went up quickly, and after a few rounds it was raised to 2000 million. However, after the price was raised to 2000 million, the bids from all parties were obviously much more cautious, and the price increase was also significantly reduced.Zhang Jing noticed that the fat man had stopped speaking at this time, with a disappointed expression on his face, while the old man had never spoken since the beginning.

Finally, when a middle-aged man shouted 2300 million, everyone stopped talking.

Zhang Jing waited for a while and saw no one spoke, so he announced the deal.

"Boss Chen, congratulations." Zhang Jing clasped his fists and congratulated him. He had an impression of this person. He also had a business card given by this person just now. His surname was Chen. He was the shopkeeper of Jie Yu Pavilion. He was said to be a famous jade merchant in the north.

"Same joy!" This person also smiled and said to Zhang Jing.

"Boss Chen, congratulations!"

"Congratulations!" Some people around also came forward to congratulate.

After a brief exchange of greetings, the person started transferring money to Zhang Jing through mobile banking. He transferred the money in three installments, the first two were 1000 million each, and the last was 300 million.

After a while, Zhang Jing's cell phone rang. Zhang Jing picked it up and checked it. It was indeed a notification text message from the bank, informing him that the funds had arrived.

"I got it, then we have cleared the money and goods." Zhang Jing bowed his hand to Boss Chen again: "If Boss Chen has nothing else to do, I will leave."

"Okay, please, Mr. Zhang, let's talk more in the future..." Boss Chen enthusiastically came up to shake hands with Zhang Jing, exchanged a few words and sent Zhang Jing out the door.

There were still some people who had not dispersed outside the door and wanted to watch the fun. Seeing Zhang Jing come out, they all gathered around and asked questions, mostly to find out how much the jade material had been sold for.

Zhang Jing just smiled and cupped his hands, ignoring the noisy inquiries and walked quickly towards the market gate.

Just as Zhang Jing left quickly, two young men dressed as locals and wearing border-style daggers at their waists looked at each other, stood up, followed Zhang Jing out.

In the sight of the two people, Zhang Jing did not delay at the surrounding stalls, but walked directly out of the gate of the indoor trading market. However, after exiting the gate, Zhang Jing did not leave the market immediately, but first walked to the side. Go to the public restroom...

There was only one door to the public toilet, so the two young men had no intention of following in. They just waited outside from a distance, chatting and looking at the door of the toilet. However, after about 10 minutes, they still didn't see it. Come out to Zhang Jing.

The two of them seemed a little anxious, and their gazes changed from observing each other to staring at each other, but after another five minutes, Zhang Jing still didn't come out.

Finally, a young man cursed in a low voice in the local dialect and walked quickly towards the toilet, and the other man followed immediately.

When I walked into the toilet, I saw that there was only one person dressed as a foreign merchant and he was peeing, and no one else was seen in the toilet.There were three toilet pits in the toilet, all of which were open pits without wooden doors. At this time, there were two people squatting on them, but they were not the Zhang Jing they were looking for.

The two looked at each other, hurried out, and then quickly rushed into the women's restroom nearby. Immediately afterwards, a series of screams sounded from the women's restroom...

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At this time, Zhang Jing had already walked out of the Grand Bazaar and was walking slowly towards the train station.When he came out just now, he noticed that there were people following him, and he used a little trick to get rid of those tails.

At this time, he has a huge sum of money, and the auction just now will probably spread a lot in a short time. Zhang Jing knows that he will be noticed by many people intentionally or unintentionally, so although there are still many stalls that have not been viewed, Zhang Jing Jing was not ready to continue watching. Although he was not afraid of trouble, he did not want to cause foreseeable troubles.After all, he is not the character in some previous novels who pretends to be cool and slaps people in the face.

He looked at the time. Because he came out earlier, the time at this time was only about 15:00, and there was still a long time before dinner. Zhang Jing looked around. Although Khotan is not a big city, it is only a small county town. However, due to the large number of merchants near the Grand Bazaar, some service industries have developed. For example, Zhang Jing saw a well-decorated teahouse.

A sign saying "Internet is available inside" hangs outside the teahouse. In cities where the signal is generally poor, such a sign can attract some business customers.

Strolling into the teahouse, this is a southern-style teahouse. Due to the economic aspect of the empire, the southeast has always been the most prosperous place in the empire, where wealth is gathered. Therefore, the consumption of luxury goods is also the same.There are also many merchants from the southeast who come here to purchase goods. As soon as Zhang Jing walked into the teahouse, he could hear some merchants with southern accents talking there.

In the teahouse, soft sounds of silk and bamboo are played, and the overall atmosphere is relatively quiet. In order to ensure privacy, each seat is separated by a screen.

Zhang Jing found an empty booth and sat down under the guidance of the service robot. He ordered a cup of black tea and a pile of melon seeds. Then he took out his mobile phone and connected to the network provided by the teahouse according to the instructions posted on the table. Sure enough, he went online. Much faster.

First, he carefully checked his bank account and opened the mobile banking account of Southern Bank. Currently, there are more than 2306 million yuan lying quietly in his account.Although this number does not allow him to enter the top wealth class of the empire, it is indeed no exaggeration to say that he has no worries about food and clothing and financial freedom.

Coupled with the accumulation of wealth in his previous life, Zhang Jing has never owned such a large amount of money.Although he had been prepared for it and everything was achieved in the expected way, Zhang Jing couldn't help but feel a little happy when the money actually came out of his bank card. He took a deep breath. He picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp, then picked up the teapot on the side and refilled himself with another cup.

This time he came to Khotan, and his biggest purpose was to make money through his pupil skills.After all, in this society, money plays a similar role to wishing points to a certain extent.

According to Zhang Jing's plan, after he obtains enough money, he can use the power of capital to organize, identify and collect relics from ancient times on a large scale. This will be more efficient than him collecting through the market alone. Improved countless times.

But to achieve this, there are two prerequisites. One is that he needs to have more money, and he needs at least hundreds of millions of wealth.The second is that during this period, he needs to control the way and frequency of "making trouble" to obtain wish points.Because once the country and certain consortiums or organizations link the gradually emerging extraordinary power with "ancient relics", it will be twice as difficult to implement his plan in the future.

In a sense, he is playing against time now.After all, the emergence of extraordinary people has become an unstoppable trend, and these days, whether it is the "old man" ghost he encountered when he moved into his new house, or the "Cat Mata" incident he encountered afterwards, they all told him this fact.He can imagine that at the national level, there will only be more such incidents, and it is impossible for thoughtful people in various countries to have no reaction to this.

Similarly, one day, caring people will notice the value of those "ancient relics". Zhang Jing even speculated that with the efficiency and intelligence of modern humans, this day may come sooner than imagined.

Therefore, what he has to do is to complete his layout before this day comes.At the same time, try to improve your own strength as much as possible to support his actions in the next stage.According to his conception, in the end, he will have the right to interpret the "extraordinary world", and only then can he fundamentally harvest a large number of wish points.

In addition, jade itself seems to play a great role in the extraordinary system. This can be seen from the fact that the Fa Zang and many magical instruments are made of jade.Therefore, Zhang Jing also needs to know more about this, and even needs to hoard some in the future.

After closing mobile banking, Zhang Jing first went to the railway ticket purchase APP and ordered a return ticket for himself. The ticket was booked at 19:15 tonight.

Chapter 79 I'm not telling a story!!!

Then, Zhang Jing opened Wuya.com and found the design task he had posted before. Then he found that there was a large list of order applications under the task. He browsed through it and found that there were almost fifty IDs for himself. I submitted an application and tried to take the order.

It seems that the salary he released is quite attractive, Zhang Jing thought to himself.Then I started to read these applications one by one. Except for a few purely lucky ones that didn't even have attachments, most of the other applications had attachments of varying lengths. They were basically like job resumes, describing their professional background. , many even attached past design cases.

Zhang Jing first eliminated those who were trying their luck, and then eliminated those who lacked professional background. Finally, 39 applications were left. Basically, they were students with architectural engineering, design and other related professional backgrounds, and several of them were even in the process of studying. Applications from students pursuing a master's degree.

After going through these applications one by one, the one that impressed Zhang Jing the most was not the applications from master students, but an application from a junior student majoring in ancient architectural engineering at Jingshi School of Architectural Design. This one A student named Liu Haitao told Zhang Jing in a very sincere tone during the application that his team was a duo. He and his classmates in the same dormitory took over this task, so in terms of time and efficiency, it would be better than other teams. There are advantages.In addition, both of them are from the ancient architectural engineering major of the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, and they have corresponding majors. The school itself is one of the top universities in the world in this industry.At the same time, he also introduced some ancient building repair projects he participated in at school.

Of course, if it were just the above, Zhang Jing would at most list it as one of the alternatives, and would not treat it differently. What aroused Zhang Jing's interest was that they directly gave a design drawing. It is a design draft of a classical-style tower that they designed based on the requirements given by Zhang Jing. In addition to the specific structural diagram, a simple rendering is also attached.

The rendering shows a 15-story brick and stone tower with typical oriental features. According to the designers, they referred to the design style of ancient dense-eaves towers. In terms of architectural structure, they also drew on some advantages of Western and modern design, making it Compared with the traditional oriental stone tower, it is more optimized in terms of structural solidity and other aspects.In Zhang Jing's opinion, its shape is somewhat similar to the Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province that he saw online in his previous life. He is quite satisfied with this appearance design.In particular, this was in line with his previous request to use as little wood as possible and more masonry.

In addition, the design drawing also gives its own opinions on interior decoration, and a separate appendix is ​​made with the required materials and dimensions.

After carefully reading the design materials, Zhang Jing finally made a decision, it was him!

Zhang Jing selected the application information with the ID name "Artisan Liu" on the website, and then clicked "Apply".After that, other applicants will receive an email indicating that their application failed.

After this step, both the task issuer and the task recipient can easily see each other's contact information, and according to Zhang Jing's request, they also need to sign an entrustment agreement.Tianya.com provides a fixed template for the entrustment agreement, in which the items can be freely selected, which is very convenient. Zhang Jing's entrustment agreement also comes with a confidentiality agreement, which is also attached to the back when the task is released.

Therefore, at this time, Zhang Jing only needs to directly sign his handwritten electronic signature at different locations on the electronic version of the entrustment agreement.About 2 minutes after Zhang Jing signed the entrustment agreement, a reminder came from the website that the other party had also completed the signature.

Obviously, the other party has been waiting in front of the screen, and it can be seen that he is still very concerned about this commission.

After the agreement is signed, in theory, the commission has been reached in a legal sense, and Zhang Jing now only needs to wait for the acceptance results.The previous task time given by Zhang Jing was to come up with a complete preliminary design plan at least half a month, and then complete the remaining drawings, renderings and other series of work within half a month after completing the modifications.It should be said that this time is still tight.

Fortunately, the design work of this world uses a lot of AI assistance, which is more efficient than Zhang Jing's previous life.

Soon, Zhang Jing's cell phone lit up. When Zhang Jing looked at the phone, it turned out to be the call from Liu Haitao, so he answered the call.

It sounded like a boy on the other end of the phone, and his tone was a bit reserved. However, Zhang Jing's gentle attitude quickly calmed the other party's nervousness.After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the conversation between the two quickly turned to professional issues.After all, Zhang Jing has never engaged in professional design, so from a design point of view, the requirements given are quite loose. Of course, the person who gave the money is the uncle, which is nothing to say, but Liu Haitao still hopes to understand the demand side as much as possible. design needs and aesthetics.

Therefore, Zhang Jing described some of the detailed issues raised by Liu Haitao according to his own ideas. The communication between the two parties lasted for about half an hour. Liu Haitao finally said that the design work would be started immediately.

Putting down his phone, Zhang Jing suddenly remembered that Ke Youbi had notified him that he would receive a special recommendation on the homepage this week. It should have started yesterday. So, he opened Shell Music to check, and then he was surprised to find that his data had indeed started. Supernormal growth, fan attention increased significantly, reaching more than 10 people, and the fan comment area below also became lively. Zhang Jing browsed through it roughly, most of them expressed his love for the song, and some Some hope that Zhang Jing can fill in the lyrics of the song.

Some fans even left messages in the comment area to inquire about the news and want to know more about the specific origins of Yuluo Tianmen.This is mainly because Zhang Jing did not hang his avatar as a photo in the avatar column of the column, but only posted a picture of a hazy mountain scene with drizzle. As a result, fans did not know anything except that he was male. It's clear and adds a sense of mystery.

Of course, Zhang Jing currently has no plans to run a fan economy. Generally speaking, his original intention of establishing a music column is, in addition to his hobby, the most important thing is to try to increase wish points, and has no intention of putting himself in the spotlight.Therefore, keeping a low profile is still his main idea at present.

Since there was still a lot of time before dinner, Zhang Jing pinched melon seeds with his fingers to eat while swiping the screen of his mobile phone. First, he checked the situation of several people involved in the "After the Sword" crew to see their latest trends.

Sure enough, there is a new situation, because after the release of the previous video, many netizens were very touched by the words when the master left at the end. In the previous video, due to the distance and shooting, only the first half of the words could be heard. Therefore, director Sun Yue directly exposed the full text of the poem on his Weibo this time.

Especially the last paragraph, "Looking back to the bleak place, and returning home, there is neither wind nor rain." received a round of applause on the Internet. Even some netizens who have always questioned the crew's hype also said, "For the sake of this poem, I won’t scold you anymore…”

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After getting to know the current situation of the crew, Zhang Jing then began to browse the posts in the sub-forum "Zi Buyu" of the "Jiuzhou Forum".

"Jiuzhou Forum" is currently the largest public forum in Dazhao.Although the forum model is gradually declining with the rise of new online social models, the "Jiuzhou Forum" is still an important place for creating online topics due to its huge user base accumulated in the early days.

The "Zi Buyu" forum is currently the largest discussion area for supernatural, ghost, and supernatural topics in China.Of course, most of the posts in it turned out to be fabricated to gain attention, and many posts were even part of the pre-production of some supernatural novels. However, this forum is still a daily check-in for many paranormal and paranormal enthusiasts. A must pass.

Many people described their adventures in encountering ghosts, and there were even some occult, qigong and other enthusiasts discussing some practice methods or mysterious rituals of questionable origin.

The purpose of Zhang Jing's coming here is naturally not to hunt for novelties, but to observe the changes in the world.Although this statement is somewhat empty, Zhang Jing does think so.Because of the changes in the world brought about by his wish, coupled with the incidents such as the resentful spirits he had encountered before, Zhang Jing clearly realized that the world had become different.