Pearl Pearls Profiteering Chain: Cost 400 Yuan Necklace Can Be Sold To 10000 Yuan.

000 yuan necklace cost four hundred pearl to green all the way up

Reporters went to Zhuji and Yiwu to visit Zhejiang to unveil the Pearl "painted skin": mussel powder "jewelry", plastic beads "advanced technology", poor quality beads amazing profits!

Pearl of Qingdao

"The Pearl of Qingdao is a decent and affordable thing to bring home," both tourists and citizens. As long as they come to the coastal areas like Zhanqiao, they will be entangled with hawkers.

Pearl shops are also popular in many small shops near Zhanqiao.

Pearl is really a specialty in Qingdao, and the interior is laughing and crying. "The water temperature in Qingdao is simply not suitable for pearl mother growth."

During the two sections, reporters from Qingdao's seaside hawker, Jimo Road small commodity market, until pearl Township Zhuji, wholesale and retail center Yiwu, witnessed the soaring price of pearls, and unveiled the pearls of fake pearls: most of the pearls of Qingdao are Zhuji goods. Along the way, not only the price has been turned over several times, but also many fake pearls made of plastic beads and mother powder.

Place of visit: Qingdao

Pearls are made in Qingdao.

The Mid Autumn Festival is followed by the National Day holiday.

Before mid autumn festival, in the afternoon of September 21st, the cold wind of Qingdao shallow sea rose, and a few hawkers in Zhanqiao Park curled up and chatted under the bridge.

Reporters just walked to the bridgehead, two female vendors catch up, "boss, it's not easy to come to Qingdao, buy a necklace for my wife!" "Qingdao produces pearls?" asked the reporter, provoked them to talk about the "Pearl of Qingdao", the magic effect of health care.

In the Zhanqiao underground shopping malls and nearby tourist souvenirs and specialty shops, the pearl necklace of "Qingdao" specialties "self occupied" also occupies a prominent position.

The price is reduced to two yuan.

On the morning of September 23rd, the reporter came to Zhanqiao Park again.

The pearl necklace, which sells pearl necklace, costs 10 yuan and the most expensive hundred yuan.

The reporter killed the price to 2 yuan.

"2 yuan a piece, really let you pick a big bargain, the opportunity to buy more than a few rare bar!" see reporters seem to want to buy, like a few vendors to compete with reporters.

In the Zhanqiao Park, a tour guide from Ji'nan is taking tourists to pick pearl necklace. The tour guide shows visitors that Qingdao has high quality besides Pearl Seafood.

While the tourists dispersed, the reporter reminded the tour guide that the seafood in Qingdao is indeed true, but Qingdao does not produce pearls.

The tour guide said she was also listening to hawkers' publicity.

Female vendors told reporters that in addition to the "souvenir shop" with the attractions, some tour guides and small vendors in the scenic spots collude with each other, deceive tourists to buy souvenirs for profit.

The tour guide once sought to cooperate with her, but because she had too many profits, the two did not talk about it at last.

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According to the introduction of the insiders, pearl necklaces in the hands of seaside peddlers come from the Jimo road wholesale market.

Reporters then came to the market and found dozens of stalls selling pearl necklace and pearls.

Reporters dressed as customers visited the goods several times and contacted more than 20 stall owners. 18 of them insisted that their pearl products were Qingdao specialties.

"You can really fool around and deceive foreign tourists. Pearl is actually our specialty in Zhuji!" the reporter did not believe in the introduction of his colleagues. The two traders with Zhejiang accent soliciting reporters to buy necklace also reminded reporters that they should not be fooled.

The reporter picked up a pearl necklace at one of the stalls, the size of the Pearl and its bright necklace, the main price is 10 yuan.

After bargaining, the stall owner gave the "jumping price", "two yuan one, sell it to you at a loss, you can buy a more expensive one, or else I can lose a lot!" then he picked up a necklace with beads all over the scar and recommended it to reporters. This necklace is of good quality and is only natural seawater pearl, only 60 yuan.

At last, the booth owner received 20 yuan from reporters. "One cent does not make you. Next time you come to Qingdao, don't forget to come again!"

Visiting place: Zhuji, Zhejiang

The more beautiful the pearls, the bigger the profits. The wholesale necklace of 10000 yuan is only 1000 yuan.

A few yuan of pearl necklace can be sold in Qingdao for 20 yuan, a 10 yuan, one colored pearl, and a necklace sold to the customer's hands, each with an appreciation of more than 7 times.

During the interview, reporters learned that the real pearls sold in the Qingdao market were basically from Zhuji, Zhejiang.

In September 24th, reporters came to Zhuji to find out.

Before the experts, "plastic pearls" show their fill.

The broad Pu Yangjiang passes through the city, in the green belt along the riverside of Jiyang North Road, Zhuji, the low pine and cypress trees form the 8 characters of "hometown of Xi Shi's Pearl".

The reporter disguised himself as a customer from Qingdao and walked into the "Zhejiang Hui Bao pearl Co., Ltd." on the roadside, and pulled out the necklace bought from Qingdao to find out the price.

A more than 50 year old man, after careful identification, said it was a real pearl necklace.

The man told reporters that his surname was Wang, and he had been breeding and processing pearls for over 30 years. He knew by experience that this necklace was made of pearls.

But another young man in the company scraped the "Pearl" lightly with a small knife, and immediately exploded a layer of leather on the surface.

"The technology of counterfeiting is too clear now. This is clearly a plastic bead. It has deceived me for decades." Mr. Wang picked up the necklace and looked at it and laughed at himself.

"Seawater pearls" are fresh water products.

Later, the reporter took out the necklace made of "seawater pearl" which cost 20 yuan.

"This is our product in Zhuji. It is made of the lowest grade freshwater pearls. The maximum value is 6 yuan, and wholesale is only four or five yuan."

Mr. Wang did not see eye to eye this time, and several technicians of the company agreed with him.

Reporters also visited more than 10 Pearl Companies and shops nearby, and everyone said they did not have such low-grade goods.

"You see, there are ugly threads on this string of pearls. They are all damaged in growth and grow out of pieces, making necklaces can only take the low-end market."

Several bosses remind reporters that only the inferior pearl necklace will be bought only in the opposite market.

Along the direction of the boss, the reporter saw a big brand and a huge indoor market. The big brand was written on "East China International Jewellery city".

Inside, pearls are stacked at random in various stores.

Many stores have this kind of low-grade necklace, asking for a price ranging from a few cents to 4 yuan.

Shopkeepers said that the customers who came to Zhuji to buy their products were very particular about their purchases.

Generally speaking, this pearl product from Zhuji is first sold by wholesale traders in Yiwu market, and then sold to all parts of the country.

The vendors said that this kind of goods was a high quality goods in the Yiwu market. Despite repeated pfers, wholesalers and distributors at all levels still have huge profits to make.

30 yuan to Qingdao for 100 yuan.

In a company that operates pearl products such as Zhejiang Hui Bao pearl Co., Ltd., the reporter saw pearls or string of clothes, or put them in plastic bags, and put them in containers such as pots.

"Double-sided light" pearls are small 300 yuan a kilogram, bigger 450 yuan a kilogram, necklace 40 centimeters long, make Necklace each cost 14 yuan to 30 yuan, but in your Qingdao, each can sell at least 80 to 120 yuan.

The company bosses told reporters that the "double-sided" Pearl was so cheap because of its irregular shape, but the sales link was still huge profits.

Compared with low-grade products, the profits of high-grade pearls are even more staggering: one kilogram (800) color pearls cost only 8000 yuan, 40 can make a necklace, the cost is only 400 yuan, and the wholesale price of each necklace is 1 thousand yuan.

In the retail market, the price of each pearl is at least 7 times higher than that of a necklace, and a necklace can be sold to ten thousand yuan.

Therefore, the more beautiful pearls, the greater the profits of producers and sellers, and the whole industry, besides Pearl's dazzling brilliance, is the huge profits they bring.

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Mother mussel powder can also make fake pearls.

In an interview with reporters in Zhuji, we found that pearl powder is not only counterfeiting, but also used for jewelry.

Influenced by the fake powder of pearl powder, in the reporter's interview, more than 10 pearl companies were contacted on the street in the town of Yamashita (17.67, -0.16, -0.90%), and they were asked to buy some cheap fakes.

In the end, when the reporter was soft and hard, the boss of a company quietly told reporters that he wanted to buy fake pearls and get the jewelry city of East China.

So the reporter went back to the East China International Jewelry City.

There are at least a few thousand shops. Reporters have been asking for more than a dozen shops, and the shopkeepers have made it clear that these days are tight and they do not sell fake goods.

No way, the reporter had to take the fake pearl necklace bought in Qingdao to go to the north gate of the bulk cargo to take a chance.

Just went to the middle of the jewelry City, a woman took the initiative to speak with reporters.

Knowing that the reporter wanted to buy fake, she took the reporter to the north gate of the "070X" counter.

The woman took out a few purple pearl necklace, told reporters that this is a synthetic pearl necklace, each as long as 500 yuan, she sells at least 5000 yuan in Beijing counters.

Reporters found that the so-called synthetic Necklace exudes dazzling brilliance, the 40 beads are the same size, and each is crystal clear, which makes people fondle admiringly.

"Pearl industry has a jargon, called 7 beads 8 treasures, (diameter 7 millimeters can only become pearls, diameter 8 mm is jewelry)" this bead necklace beads 11 mm each diameter, has been very precious, the identity of the people can wear.

The woman told reporters that the Pearl was made from the mother mussel powder. First, the mother mussel powder was made into pearls by machine, and then polished and polished.

Because the counterfeiters are highly skilled, the fake pearl feet can be false.

Visiting place: Yiwu, Zhejiang

Fake products are sold in Guangdong and sold to repeat customers.

Fake pearls sell blatantly, buyers are mostly repeat customers, wholesale plastic beads of a few cents, shipped home to become a "pearl necklace".

According to the tips of Zhuji pearl boss, the reporter went to Yiwu International Trade City before the eleven holiday and visited the wholesale sale of fake pearls. It was found that the fake pearls were sold and most of the fake pearls came from Guangdong and other places.

You know the fake pearls.

Yiwu International Trade City, the two floor of the vast area, wholesale "Pearl" and other jewelry stalls stand, many stalls are placed "pearl necklace".

The reporters found that the two samples they bought in Qingdao were placed on the stalls.

"How much do you want? Here is not retailing!" the reporter picked up a string of "pearl necklace" from a booth. The owner immediately raised his head to chat with reporters.

He told reporters that they only wholesale goods here, like this necklace, a one-time purchase of 500 packets (12 bags per pack) above, in order to give wholesale price of 1 yuan.

The reporter told the other person that he had been in such goods at other stalls, which was only 8 yuan per pack.

The owner said that his necklace was produced in new technology, and the outer skin of the beads would not fall off easily, so the price would be higher.

"Will the epidermis fall? Is this not pearl?" the reporter pretended to be unaware of the matter and deliberately asked the other side.

"What are you doing?"

Without listening to the flaws in the reporters' remarks, the booth owner said that the stalls here basically do business with repeat customers, and the old customers know that the necklace is plastic.

After wholesale, it will be sold as a pearl necklace.

Most fake pearls come from Guangdong.

Reporters then asked several vendors to buy genuine pearl necklaces. These stall owners said that Yiwu did not produce pearls, and that the freight increased the pfer link, which would definitely increase the selling price. The reporter wanted to buy pearl necklace and only went to nearby Zhuji city.

When the reporter was leaving, a more than 40 year old stall lobbyists said that the real pearl necklace was originally priced at a high price, so it was better to sell some fake products here.

The wholesale price of counterfeit goods is low, but consumers absolutely can't identify it.

Reporters pretended to be interested in the proposal and talked with the booth owner. He also stopped tidying up the booth and introduced "business knowledge" to reporters.

He said that the plastic necklace is almost entirely made in Guangdong. After the plastic is made of pearls, a layer of chemical material is added to the outside to disguise the skin as pearl.

The pearl necklace is made of clam shell powder, which is produced locally and in Zhuji. The necklace is expensive and the selling price is higher.

He disclosed that there are hundreds of shops selling jewelry made of shell powder into beads on the street of the international trade city and outside jewelry, which is no difference from the appearance of pearls, but the price is much cheaper than the necklace made of shell shell powder. Many large city customers like to wholesale such goods.

Jewelry street is hard to see genuine.

From the International Trade City, the reporter came to the opposite jewelry street, just walked into the street, the reporter saw a jewelry shop called "golden Da Coral" on the wall, covered with various colors of necklace.

"Is there a pearl necklace?" the reporter asked the male shopkeeper after entering the door. "Yes, these white and purple pearls are Necklace!" he then stood up and told reporters.

The owner opened the lamp conveniently. Under the light, the necklace reflected on the wall reflected the dazzling and gentle light. The beads on the necklace were full and big, and they were very popular.

But ask the price, but let reporters feel very puzzled, purple "pearl necklace" each sell only 15 yuan, white pearl necklace each as long as 7 yuan, and the same size pearl necklace, in Zhuji's Shan Xia Town Pearl Company, each to sell several thousand yuan.

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"It must be a fake. How can a pearl necklace be so cheap?" the reporter said.

"I don't think you are doing this business!" the shopkeeper was surprised. But later in the chat, he admitted that the Pearl Necklace on the street was mostly shell shells, which was made from the big shell of the South China Sea.

The shell color is white and needs to be dyed to become a beautiful pearl necklace.

At the owner's desk, the reporter also saw a basin of beads. The shopkeepers introduced them as pearls made of shell beads.

The reporter left the shop and then came to the "Shunda coral marine ornament" shop next door. The shopkeeper said that the Pearl Necklace sold on this street was actually a shell bead. The two looked very similar, but the texture and price were very different.

Subsequently, the reporter pferred to more than 10 stores, although some shopkeepers said they sell pearl necklace, but in the reporter's inquiry, they quickly admitted that they sold the shell beads necklace.

Visit Pearl Culture

Harvesting in 4 years is quite complicated.

China is the birthplace of Pearl and the pearl producing area of the world, accounting for more than 95% of the world's total output, while Zhuji is the main producing area of freshwater pearls.

Reporters learned that today Zhuji pearl has been raised to Hunan, Jiangxi and Jiangsu.

Pearl culture is divided into three steps.

On the afternoon of September 24th, reporters found a killing field in the village of Zhan Dong village, Zhuji.

The broad ground was covered with mussels. 10 workers sat behind the mussel and opened the shell to pick up pearls. The reporter took the opportunity to understand the pearl culture process.

Cultured pearls should first cultivate mother of Pearl (also known as Zhu Miao). Freshwater mussels used to breed freshwater mussels include Hyriopsis cumingii, clingy clam, pearl mussel, dorsal clam, pond mussel, etc. the Pearl mother of Zhuji is mainly Hyriopsis cumingii.

The main sources of mother shellfish are wild collection and artificial hatching.

After nurturing the mother of pearl, it is necessary to insert seeds into the pearl oyster shell to form pearls.

The core is usually made from shells or mussel meat. It has a good roundness and a diameter of about 5~7 millimeters. It determines the size of cultured pearls.

The insertion is usually done by a woman who has become a proficient woman for a year. They use various methods, such as inserting bamboo sticks, to make the shells of Pinctada martensii slightly open.

Then the implant was implanted into the outer membrane of the shellfish with a surgical tool. After completion, the implant was placed in the cage to allow it to recuperate.

After the first two steps, pearl culture is needed. The Pinctada Pinctada has been implanted into the special raft suspended in the cage, and the rafts are anchored in the calm waters where the environment changes little.

The best time is March and April each year because the temperature is most suitable for the healing of the outer membrane of pearl oyster shell.

2~3 weeks later, the nucleus began to accept the Pearl substance secreted by the pearl oyster and formed pearls.

Zhuji pearl "all around the world"

Ms. Wei, the female boss of the killing field, said that the pearl shell should be checked for 4 to 6 weeks after stocking, and then placed in a new cage and pferred to a fixed pearl farm.

In the next three and a half years, they will remain undisturbed and normal.

Pearls are normally harvested for 4 years to harvest. Some Pinctada shells are aborted and pearls will be picked at any time. Some pearls will be picked up even in two years.

Ms. Wei told reporters that the mussel has been raised for 7 years, so the Pearl in the shell is large and large.

She opened a clam shell at random, and the reporter found that the mussel meat contained many pearls of different sizes, cleaned the mussel meat, and the shells of the mussel shells were full of 32 smooth pearls, and a few pearls and clams were integrated into one.

Ms. Wei revealed that pearls were only initially processed here, and farming was done in the field.

It is understood that in recent years, the surface of Shan Xia Town has been far from meeting the needs of the local people. Many people go to Hunan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Jiangsu, Anhui and other places, or contract the surface of the water, or cooperate with locals to carry out pearl culture.

No matter how many acres of water the Pearl has grown in Zhuji, there is no one in mind.

More than 90% of pearl products from large and medium-sized cities, including Qingdao, are from Zhuji.

Pearl processing should strive for excellence

Pearl, which is integrated with mussel shells, can only be processed into low-grade necklace or ground into pearl powder due to its abnormal appearance.

In a few pearl companies, the reporters saw that the workers were picking pearls according to the specifications. Some people were carrying pearls in front of the small machines, and others were drilling holes and lines on the pearls.

The reporter learned that after the purchase of pearls from the Bengal farm, the pearl company had to bathe the Pearl first, and the Pearl would classify the pearls according to their color, size and shape.

Later, irregular pearls are also polished.

After the pearl is rinsed and fixed, pearls that need necklace should be punched and threaded. Pearls, such as earrings, should be carefully weighed and counted.

A pearl has to go through more than 10 procedures to grow its brilliance and charm from seedling to processed products.

The owner of a pearl company in Shan Xia Town said that the town's annual processing and production of pearls reached 1500 tons.

Distinguish true from false

The two pearls rubbed together and the false pearls appeared.

Reporters in the East China International Jewelry City encountered the woman surnamed Shou, she folded a necklace, each hand pinched with a bead to force friction, beads on the surface immediately scratched, skin damaged after exposing the background, obviously no surface light.

The woman's weapon said that the color of the synthetic pearl began to dye in production, and after forming and polishing, it had to be treated with color.

The color on the surface of plastic beads is also forged by chemical materials. As long as two beads are scratched, the color of the surface will fall off, revealing the inner color and revealing the essence of the fake pearl.

Surnamed Shou told reporters that her family cultured pearls, besides selling genuine pearls, sold synthetic pearls produced by others.

Learned that reporters want to buy goods all year round, Shou immediately took out a mobile phone to contact the manufacturer, and asked reporters to go to the factory to see the goods, but the manufacturers did not take the job.

Shou had to take reporters to find his own master near the South Gate of East China International Jewellery city.

On the way to Fang Jun pearl shop, Shou said that there were many such synthetic pearls in the master shop, but when the reporter asked to see the goods, he was turned down by his boss. At this time, several business law enforcement officers passed by. He boss felt that he was too strict now, and no one in the jewellery city would dare sell the goods in large quantities.

"Let's go to Yiwu to see where pearls and plastic pearls are there!" Mr. ho disclosed. Plastic pearls and synthetic pearls are generally sold to all parts of the country after being pferred through the Yiwu market.