In Ruili, Yunnan in 2000, the jade market on the China-Myanmar border was undercurrent. Chen Qingshan, a young man from a small town, was forced to drop out of school and enter the jade industry because his father went bankrupt by gambling on stones. From an apprentice at a night market stall to a jade tycoon cooperating in a mining area, he relied on his keen insight into the texture of raw stones and his down-to-earth business philosophy to counterattack in the ups and downs of the industry.
This book uses real and delicate writing to restore the traditional trading model of the jade industry around the millennium, the hardships of mining in mining areas, and the thrilling game of the stone gambling industry. The protagonist's craftsmanship as a master, his life-and-death cooperation with Burmese miners, and the human relationships at night market stalls are intertwined into an industrial epic. Interspersed with the estranged emotions of Ayu, an overseas Chinese girl from Myanmar, and witnessing the jade world of an era amid the pull of interests and true love.
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I've read two or three chapters, but it doesn't appeal to anyone, so I'll start again.
I've read two or three chapters, but it doesn't appeal to anyone, so I'll start again.