What does the jargon "better to gamble on a line than a large area" mean? The ups and downs of jade are beyond imagination

Friends who like jade may often hear many people say this sentence, "One knife leads to heaven, one knife leads to hell, one knife leads to wealth for half a life, and one knife leads to a sack of clothes." Although everyone has heard such words, many friends who are new to jade still think that this is just an exaggerated old saying. Sometimes, some friends would wonder, can the value of jade really fluctuate so drastically? Is it really so exaggerated in reality?

Many friends know that the saying "one cut leads to heaven, one cut leads to hell" basically refers to jade materials. In fact, buying materials is not as simple as friends imagine. Many friends think that buying jade materials is like going to the vegetable market, where all kinds of materials are placed there with clearly marked prices, and you can choose and bargain at will.

Actually, it is not. To put it simply, some materials are sold cut and some are sold uncut. After cutting it open, we can see the water content more clearly and have a better idea of ​​it. Those that have not been cut are just like what we often call gambling stones, which carry the nature of gambling. For such materials, it all depends on the buyer's experience, vision, courage and financial resources.

Then this situation will happen from time to time: a large piece of material that looks green on the surface is bought by the buyer at a high price, but when it is cut on the spot, it is found to be full of criss-crossing cracks like the Great Rift Valley in East Africa. I think once this happens, my friends will know without me saying anything that they will definitely lose money. However, many friends are still curious. Even if they lose, will the loss be really huge? Will it be as exaggerated as going from heaven to hell?

For example, at the well-known Myanmar public auction, there was a piece of material with extremely good performance, priced at 60 million euros. This sky-high price was not sold at that time. Later, when it appeared at the public auction again in 2016, it was cut. After the cut, the price jumped from 60 million to 1 million euros, a direct drop of several hundred million yuan.

So think about it, if the deal had really been done, the buyer would have lost hundreds of millions in one fell swoop, which would be like falling into hell. So we often say that jade materials are not something that ordinary people can afford. So we often have a saying, "It is better to bet on a line than on a piece of green", because although a piece of green is good, the risk is not something that most people can afford.

Because even though you see a large area of ​​green on the surface it does not mean that there is also a large area of ​​flawless green inside. It is possible that there are cracks all inside. In this case, no matter how big the piece is, what is the use if you can't even take out a ring face. Or maybe the large area of ​​green we see on the surface is just a thin layer on the surface, which will be directly worn away by polishing. It is also possible that this large area of ​​green does exist and the water quality is also good.

But the water quality becomes worse and worse as you go deeper, and the only green piece of the whole material is worth mentioning. All of these situations are possible, but we all know that once the material is stained with green, the price of the material will basically not be low, not to mention the price of the material with a large area of ​​green. If you bet well, you can make dozens of times the money, but if you bet badly, you will lose everything.

Therefore, when showing the same green, many experts would rather choose to see only "a line of green" rather than "a whole area of ​​green". To put it simply and roughly, "a line of green" means a relatively thick green line seen on the surface of the material, as if someone had drawn it with a green watercolor pen. Such material is usually much cheaper than "a piece of green". Although it looks like only a little green on the surface, it is very likely that there is a large area of ​​green hidden inside. Of course, this is also a probabilistic thing and is full of gambling nature.

To put it bluntly, it is the exact opposite of the "all green" situation. Just like gambling, "a line of green" is like a low-risk gamble, with the possibility of betting on an infinite return with a small probability, while "a piece of green" is a high-risk bet with a high chance of winning but also a high chance of losing. In fact, many experts are not "gamblers". Their money is not blown by the wind. They also have families and businesses to manage, so they would rather choose the safer "first-tier green".

So there is a saying, "It is better to bet on a line of green than on a whole area of ​​green." In fact, the ups and downs of jade’s value have always existed. In reality, no matter how rich people are, they still have to make a living, and as ordinary mortals, we should not play with the materials. Jade took tens of thousands of years to form, and has been loved by people for so many years. How can we easily grasp the value hidden in its skin in just a few years? We should keep learning and learning until we find a finished jade product that we like.

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