The rise of gambling in the Mainland

According to an article published on the 29th by the Hong Kong China Communications Service, in the past two years, in China’s large and medium-sized cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Hefei, the gambling industry has started to face ordinary people and the wind of gambling has risen. In Beijing, betting shops even opened up to the market.

Gambling stone is originally a method for the jade processing industry to initially purchase jade stone from Myanmar and Yunnan. Its professional knowledge and capital investment at every turn can be covered by non-workers. However, the reporter of the Hong Kong China Communications Service noted that the wind of betting stones has now risen in large and medium-sized cities in the Mainland. In Beijing, betting shops even opened up to the market.

Beijing Wangjing Street agricultural and sideline products market covers an area close to the size of a football field. Here is the supply of hundreds of thousands of people in the Wangjing area. The two gambling stone shops are also open to them, making them look very different in many fruit and vegetable stalls.

China Radio News reporters stepped into the 20-square-meter Jade Bird Gambling Shop and saw piles of emerald stone booths wrapped in weathered layers placed inside the house. On the side of the corner there was a chain saw for cutting the surface of the original stone. Another On the side there is a jade carving workbench. Some customers of pocket pockets enter and leave the shop from time to time, and some seemingly intrinsic customers look through the original pile of stones. The TV hanging in the shop scrolled around with knowledge of gambling, as well as stories of gambling stones that made a fortune by making small fortune.

The female owner told the reporter that the original stone from the store was from Myanmar. The weathered layer is wrapped with the original stone (dark material) that does not see the internal quality, priced at 150 yuan (***, the same below) 1 kg, the customer can choose the right scale after the scale can be cut on the spot, the internal quality is good and bad, Stone selection depends entirely on your own experience and eye contact.

In the past two years, in China’s large and medium-sized cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, and Hefei, the gambling industry began to face ordinary people. The reason is that the price of jade jewelry soared. At the same time, many TV stations set up Kampo collections to inspire people’s treasure hunt. Collection passion. However, local gambling stone merchants often set up shops in the jewellery mall and the antique culture market, or jade wares companies regularly set up gambling stone activities to attract entrepreneurs. And it is very rare to be "condescending" in the vegetable market.

The female owner explained that my shop belongs to the entry level, and the jade stone is relatively small, a few hundred dollars, and even a few tens of dollars can bet on a piece of rough stone, there are also "half-clear" and "clear" for selection, the risk is relatively small some.

The owner stated that there are hundreds of thousands of people in this community, and there are quite a few gem lovers and wealthy people who do business every day. She also took out her mobile phone and showed reporters a photo. The photo shows a piece of jadeite stone that has been cut and has a good appearance. “This is the stone that a customer had bet on me in the day before yesterday. It bought more than 100 yuan and was worth more than 10,000 yuan.”

The reporter noticed that there are no lack of customers in and out of the store, but they are mostly waiters and waiters, and there are very few shots. A middle-aged man said that he would come in and go around shopping every day. Before his 10-year-old son had randomly chosen a stone, he was actually not bad after the cut. Therefore, there is also interest in this gambling stone.

He said: "In fact, this is a play. It's about the same as buying a lottery ticket. No one is really going to be able to. I haven't seen a doorway for a long time. I just watch luck."

A white lady took a strong light flashlight against a piece of rough stone for 10 minutes, but still gave up. She told reporters that she had been exposed to betting stones for more than a year and spent more than 3,000 yuan. As for the outcome of the bet stone, she said: "The gods can hardly cut their jade. This can be as good as I can. I can, it should be no loss. A good stone has carved a small piece, and the poor have been thrown into the fish tank at home. ."

The owner expressed optimism about his betting business. She said: "It's too expensive to buy jade directly, and it's mostly an artificially-colored B cargo. Cushi is a cheap investment, and it's a real cargo. If you're lucky, you're rich. There will be more and more people."