There were a lot of people watching, but most of them were just there to watch the fun, and no one rolled up their sleeves to join in the fun.
Xiang Hui only saw Wu Shiwen shouting hard but no one came forward to buy, so he shook his head and said to Xiang Yang beside him: "Wu Shiwen seems to be in some trouble."
Xiang Yang nodded, then shook his head, "Everything is difficult at the beginning. The pearl oysters he has are good stuff, and the pearl yield rate is very high. As long as there are one or two people taking the lead, things will be better later."
Xiang Hui smiled and said, "How about we act as a stooge?" He thought that Wu Shiwen was his fellow villager, and pearl oysters seemed to be a good business. If he really did this in the future, he would have to ask Wu Shiwen for help. He might as well give Wu Shiwen a favor. It wouldn't cost much anyway.
"How to be a stooge?" Xiang Yang asked with a smile.
"I'll go buy a clam shell and try my luck later." Xiang Hui said.
Xiang Yang nodded, "A little gambling is fun, just open one or two for fun, there's no need to open more. I don't think the guy who becomes your agent will return your money afterward."
"How can I ask him to return the money? I'm just trying my luck and won't play after one or two." Xiang Hui walked forward with a smile, "Boss, how much are these pearl oysters?"
Wu Shiwen had been here for almost a morning and had been frowning due to the poor business. When he heard the voice, his eyes immediately lit up.
When he saw clearly that the person coming was Xiang Hui, he was a little surprised.
But he reacted immediately and said, "The pearl oyster is one hundred yuan each, and the labor cost is free. I will help you open the oyster, and whatever comes out is yours."
Xiang Hui readily took out two hundred yuan and handed it to Fang Youqun, "I'll open two for fun, can you choose one yourself?"
The crowd around immediately burst into a commotion:
"One hundred dollars for a clam, and there are still people who open it?"
"Could it be a trust?"
"Let's see first. If I can get a pearl with a hundred dollars, it's not a loss. I'm just afraid that I won't get anything."
Wu Shiwen also heard the discussions, but he did not stop them. Instead, he was happy to see it happen. He held up the money and shouted, "Look, everyone, someone is going to open clams. This boss wants to open two."
Sure enough, Wu Shiwen's shouting attracted some people from afar, and more people gathered here.
Wu Shiwen then looked at Xiang Hui and asked with a smile, "Boss, which two do you want to open?"
Xiang Hui picked and chose between the two fish frames before picking out two that he estimated might be the largest, "Let's open these first!"
"Boss, you really know how to choose." Wu Shiwen took the two pearl oysters and said loudly, "This batch of pearl oysters is produced in the south of Southeast Asia. The pearl yield rate is very high. The bigger the oysters, the higher the pearl yield rate. And there may even be the legendary black pearls."
Xiang Yang and Fang Youqun looked at each other and smiled knowingly, not to mention that the two guys were really singing the same tune and that was really interesting.
Wu Shiwen began to open the clam. He used two screwdriver-like objects to pry the edges of the clam shell open, and then he pried the entire shell open.
Then he used a sharp butterfly knife to cut the pried open clam meat, and he turned the entire clam meat over.
Suddenly, five or six white pearls the size of soybeans rolled out of the clam meat.
The people around were a little excited:
“It actually produces pearls.”
"How can one clam shell produce so many pearls?"
"Are these pearls valuable? Can any knowledgeable brother tell me whether he made a profit or a loss?"
Even Xiang Hui himself was very happy. He did not expect that there would be so many pearls in a pearl oyster he picked at random.
People like Xiang Yang who really know the business had a hint of disappointment on their faces. A clam can produce at most thirty or forty pearls, but those pearls are very worthless. Generally, three or five are considered to have some value. If there are more, the quality is basically poor and they are small. If there are fewer pearls, the quality will be relatively better and they will also be bigger. But don't underestimate this bigger size. Usually, if a pearl is just a little bit bigger, its value will immediately double.
Wu Shiwen did not expect that Xiang Hui's luck would be like this. If you say he was unlucky, he produced pearls. If you say he was lucky, the soybean-sized pearls could only be ground into pearl powder and had no decorative effect at all. All his pearls were not worth five dollars.
Wu Shiwen put the pearls in a plastic bag for Xiang Hui and then opened another one for him.
It was still the same method of opening the clam, but this time after opening it, Wu Shiwen's face changed.
Not only did Wu Shiwen's face change, Xiang Yang's eyes also narrowed slightly. The clam meat of the clam shell had bulged so large that it was visible to the naked eye.
Wu Shiwen looked up and grinned at Xiang Hui, "Brother, you are really lucky."
"What's wrong?" Xiang Hui was confused.
"You'll know when you see it." Wu Shiwen said no more. He carefully used the butterfly knife to cut along the edge of the clam meat, for fear of scratching the pearls inside.
The clam meat was cut open, and a round, golden pearl rolled out, emitting a jewel-like luster all over.
Xiang Yang narrowed his eyes.
Wu Shiwen's eyes suddenly widened!
"Golden Pearl!" Gasps were heard from the crowd.
On the contrary, Xiang Hui, the person involved, was a little confused. "Golden pearls, are they very expensive?"
"It's not expensive, not expensive at all, but I think it looks pretty and I want to buy it as a gift for my wife. Brother, you name a price. I'll buy it if the price is right." said a guy next to him.
Xiang Hui ignored the guy and directly took the pearl from Wu Shiwen and handed it to Xiang Yang, "Brother, can you help me see if this pearl is valuable?"
Xiang Yang took it and looked at the pearl carefully towards the sunlight. It was a golden pearl with a slightly rainbow-like luster. The color was rich, and a hint of peach red could be seen faintly in the gold. The color was extremely deep.
Xiang Yang grasped the pearl and said, "It has a bright color and is perfectly round. It doesn't need to be polished. It is the best pearl and is very valuable."
"How high is very high?" Xiang Hui asked hurriedly.
"The value of golden pearls varies greatly. The cheapest ones cost a few thousand yuan, and the most expensive ones cost tens of thousands. If you want to sell this golden pearl of yours, you can show it to me. If I am sure that it is a natural pearl and not a sea-cultured variety, I will pay you ten thousand yuan for it." A flat-headed man said.
Xiang Yang looked at the man. "Do you know how to distinguish natural pearls from cultured pearls? Are you a specialist in this?"
The price of gold pearls has actually been very fixed. In the past twenty years, the price of common gold pearls around the world has been around 300 to 800 US dollars. If the diameter of a gold pearl is larger than 15 mm, the price will be more than 10,000 yuan regardless of its quality.
The price of gold pearls in my country has been like this since Hong Kong gold pearls became popular in 1993, and there has been almost no change in the market price until now.