Related thematic articles: Untitled Document "Not yet, do you have any cheaper cards for temporary use?" Yang Ming asked: "We may not stay here for many days!" "Then buy the Shenzhou Travel Public Card, it's unnamed, no monthly fee, recharge and you can use it!" The salesperson introduced: "Calls cost two mao per minute, receiving calls is free, long distance by dialing 12593 costs three mao!" (Lao Yu didn't know the local rates, so he just made it up.) "Alright, I'll take this one." Yang Ming nodded, thinking it was a good deal. "Card fee is thirty yuan, top-up card is one hundred yuan, total one hundred and thirty yuan." The salesperson said: "Here's the number list, pick a number! As long as the last digits don't have an asterisk or triangle symbol, they're fine. Numbers with symbols are auspicious numbers, which require extra payment. But if you're using it temporarily, it's completely unnecessary!" Yang Ming randomly picked one that sounded better, the last digits being 3401, Lan Ling's being 3402. When activating the card, there's no need to wait, once recharged, it can be used directly. After testing and confirming that the call could go through, Yang Ming paid immediately. Since the mobile phone card doesn't involve issues like the 'three guarantees', there's no need for a receipt; just paying cash is fine. Yang Ming took out the warranty card and accessories and put them in Lan Ling's small bag, directly throwing away the packaging box. Although having these items would make it easier to sell second-hand in the future, Yang Ming didn't expect much from a phone worth over two hundred yuan. After leaving, Yang Ming gave Zhang Bin a call. "Hello? Who's this?" Zhang Bin, seeing an unfamiliar number, curiously asked. "Hello, this is Hong Kong Dabin Group, your mobile number has won the second prize..." Yang Ming said seriously. "Get lost. I don't believe it! If you call again, I'll report it... Wait? Yang Ming?" Zhang Bin suddenly felt the voice was familiar: "Damn, how could it be you!" "Ha, didn't expect you'd react so strongly. Did you get scammed before?" Yang Ming laughed. "Only fools get scammed!" Zhang Bin said: "Since I got a mobile phone, I've received at least ten scam calls and messages!" "This is my new mobile number, just bought. Call me if you need anything!" Yang Ming said. "Alright, where are you now?" Zhang Bin asked. "I'm about to go to the bookstore!" Yang Ming said: "What's up?" "Nothing, you guys hang out. I'll take a nap later, don't call unless necessary!" Zhang Bin instructed. After hanging up, Yang Ming asked Lan Ling: "Do you know where there's a bookstore nearby?" "You want to buy books?" Lan Ling was slightly surprised. Who goes on vacation and buys books? "Yeah, buy a few books about jade knowledge." Yang Ming didn't hide it from Lan Ling. "Oh, I see!" Lan Ling nodded: "There's a Xinhua Bookstore on Nanmen Street of Wujie. By the way, Yang Ming, you haven't told me what happened this morning yet! We were back at the hotel and too busy doing other things, I forgot to ask!" "Who told you to have such unhealthy thoughts! You little temptress!" Yang Ming patted Lan Ling's little butt and said. "I just thought on my own, if you didn't want to, there's nothing I could do! If you weren't hard, even if I die of exhaustion, I couldn't do anything to you!" Lan Ling whispered in Yang Ming's ear. Damn! Isn't this seduction! Yang Ming felt himself getting hard again! Lan Ling easily noticed Yang Ming's discomfort, glanced down at his crotch: "Look, who's the one with all the unhealthy thoughts, thinking about it right on the street!" "Just wait till tonight, I'll punish you!" Yu Qiuyu glared at Lan Ling. "Welcome, warmly welcome!" Lan Ling bounced around like a child, looking extremely happy. Yang Ming was truly helpless, and had to change the topic: "What happened this morning?" "This morning when you were gambling with stones, how did you know the quality of the jade inside? Shouldn't today be the first time you touched it?" Lan Ling asked curiously: "Do you also have the same intuition as me?" "Not really, I'm just lucky!" Yang Ming hadn't decided whether to tell Lan Ling about his abilities. After all, it wasn't a small matter! "Fine, not telling me then!" Lan Ling pouted, looking unhappy. "It's not that I won't tell you, but my situation is special, hard to describe!" Yang Ming gave himself an excuse. What happened to Yang Ming was indeed quite strange, but not impossible to describe, it's just that explaining it would be rather... "Alright!" Lan Ling let Yang Ming off. However, she didn't dwell on it, forgetting about the matter shortly after. Due to Tengchong's geographical location and trade peculiarities, there were many books about jade in the Xinhua Bookstore. Jade here, is like a culture. Being a Tengchong resident, if one doesn't know anything about jade, it would be somewhat embarrassing! According to the sign at the entrance, Yang Ming and Lan Ling easily found the section dedicated to jade books. There were several readers standing here, among them an elderly man who looked scholarly, probably around fifty years old. Looking at the vast array of books, Yang Ming felt a bit of a headache. He had the same feeling when he bought lip-reading textbooks. Now people's living standards are high, their spiritual culture rich, but correspondingly, substandard cultural products have also increased. For essays, novels, comics, picture books, etc., it doesn't matter if you exaggerate or talk nonsense, but academic books, if fabricated carelessly, are problematic! And now, there are quite a number of such "professional" books. Yang Ming flipped through a few books and felt a bit confused. Everyone seems to have their own viewpoint, each author's understanding of jade varies greatly, making it difficult to know which book to read! Lan Ling's ability to identify jade is entirely based on intuition, her knowledge of jade is nine-tenths ignorant. "What's wrong, young man, why do you look so worried?" The elderly scholar standing next to Yang Ming suddenly asked. "Old sir, I want to study jade knowledge, but I don't know which book to start with!" Yang Ming asked hesitantly, seeing him searching for books here for quite some time: "But I find that many books have different viewpoints, I don't know what to do!" "Haha! It's because of this, isn't it!" The old man laughed: "Why worry about this! Most of what you mentioned are appraisal books, written by collectors with different interests, preferences, and perspectives!" "But, isn't the value of jade ultimately determined by these collectors?" Yang Ming questioned. "Not necessarily! To a certain extent, what they say can serve as a reference for evaluating the value of a piece of jade, but not entirely!" Saying this, the old man pulled out a book titled "Appreciation of Hetian Jade Articles" from the shelf, flipping to a page and pointing to a photo: "Take these two jade bracelets for example! Look carefully, the materials used are similar, see here, their quality evaluation reports!" Yang Ming took a glance, sure enough, the quality of both was almost identical, yet the evaluated prices differed by over two million yuan! "See? Do you know why this appraiser praised one bracelet highly while barely mentioning the other?" The old man asked. Yang Ming shook his head, how would he know these things! If he knew, he wouldn't be troubled! "Hehe, young man, the quality of jade is indeed important, but the person carving it matters too! These two jade bracelets have different carving techniques, look closely, the one with higher evaluation is carved very finely, while the other is rather rough!" The old man explained. "Ah! I understand now!" Yang Ming suddenly realized! Just now he only focused on the difference in the quality of jade, ignoring its carving technique. "I was wondering why jade of the same quality has such a big price difference!" "Yes, the carver of this bracelet might be a novice, bluntly speaking, he ruined this jade!" The old man shook his head regretfully. "I understand!" Yang Ming nodded: "Then, old sir, what kind of books should beginners like me read?" "If you're interested in jade, you can start learning from the quality of jade, like this book, it suits you well!" 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