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Soon after graduating from medical school, Eunice Zhang began buying jade jewellery worth 10s of thousands of yuan. She earned a professional qualification as a gemologist and a jade appraiser, and in 2019, she founded her brand and opened two accounts on Xiaohongshu, where she hosted live broadcasts selling jade jewellery.