"It's green, it's green! The price is going to skyrocket!"
Big Gold Chain also laughed heartily, "I just knew I was lucky today, it's my turn to make a fortune."
But the cut only revealed a small patch of green skin, and the worker imdiately made another shallow slice. To everyone's astonishnt, even though it was just a shallow cut, it completely removed the green they had seen.
"It's fake green, what a rip-off."
"Got excited for nothing. Just lost twenty thousand in a flash."
The onlookers love a scene and don't mind if it's big, but Big Gold Chain couldn't take it. Unable to save face, he walked away with his secretary, grumbling as he went, "Damn it, really screwed over. Just lost what I made the day before yesterday."
Just after Big Gold Chain's cut resulted in a twenty thousand loss, the surrounding spectators beca cautious. Many people were looking over the stones but hardly anyone dared to buy.
"Boss, cut this one for ."
At this mont, a man who had been observing for a long ti spoke up. He was in his fifties with a reddish nose and small eyes, clearly an experienced gambler of stones, his deanor calm and collected.
"Old Zhao, how sure are you about this one? Is it a safe bet?" Soone familiar with the old man asked eagerly as he saw Old Zhao choose a stone.
"Don't worry, I, Old Zhao, have been in the gambling stone scene for so many years. Is 'Perspective Eye' Zhao called that for nothing? Just watch."
The stone wasn't big, priced at three thousand yuan. Old Zhao paid and asked the boss to cut the stone. Perhaps because he was well acquainted with the boss, the boss personally took the task. With a light slice that peeled off the surface, green color was revealed.
"There's green, there's green. It's a win!"
This ti, the people around could see clearly, there really was green and it wasn't small. The boss was also happy; with a few more cuts, he carved out the entire piece of jade. Even though it was jade, the stone was small, and its quality wasn't very good. Soone imdiately offered four thousand to purchase it, allowing Old Zhao to flip it and make a profit of one thousand yuan, a modest yet satisfying amount.
Old Zhao was very pleased, constantly bragging about his sharp eye, talking himself up as if he were an Immortal descended to earth. But when asked to continue gambling on stones, Old Zhao didn't dare to bet again. Gambling on stones is a ga of high risk, and no one is guaranteed to strike jade every ti.
After these two rounds of betting on stones, one a big loss and the other a small gain, the people around grew even more cautious, all waiting for the next person to take a gamble on the stones.
Ling Zhenfei had been pondering over gambling on stones, debating whether his Perspective Eye could see through the outer layers. Seeing that no one else was picking stones at the mont, he picked one up to give it a try.
Just holding the stone, he could feel a stream of Northern Spiritual Energy, remnants of sothing billions of years old. The energy was indeed abundant, but the exact color inside was still unknown.
Using his Perspective Eye to look into it, he could vaguely see a green tint within, but he couldn't see very deeply, let alone determine the quality of the potential jade.
Although unsure of the quality of the jade inside, the fact that he could discern the presence of jade ant he wouldn't lose much money.
The rough stone was priced at five thousand yuan. Ling Zhenfei expressed his will to buy the stone. At this point, Mr. Zhao 'Perspective Eye' spoke up.
"Kid, you can tell you're a greenhorn. Let tell you, without going into other matters, the stone you've picked is not the right one. It would be odd to find jade in a stone looking like that."
"Is the old gentleman really that certain?" Ling Zhenfei hated these arrogant types the most, especially people like Old Zhao.
", Divine Eye Old Zhao? How many years have I been in the gambling stone business? I've seen more stones than you've eaten rice. Stones like this have never produced any good material. Take my advice and switch to another one quickly."
Ling Zhenfei shook his head and said, "Other stones might not have it, but maybe this one does. Gambling on stones is all about taking a chance. If you could really see jade inside, then it wouldn't be called gambling on stones."
Upon hearing Ling Zhenfei's words, Old Zhao felt utterly disregarded. Anger was written all over his face as he snapped, "A youngster's stubbornness will be their downfall, and yet you dare to question , Old Zhao. Haven't you heard how much jade I've mined? If this piece of junk stone can produce jade, I'll take you as my master."
Ling Zhenfei snorted coldly and didn't respond. After paying with his card, he had the shop owner cut the stone on the spot.
The shop owner also looked like he had sothing to say, seemingly wanting to warn Ling Zhenfei about the slim chances of anything valuable coming from such a stone, but since it was his business, he kept quiet.
The cutting machine buzzed again, and its blade gently traced across the raw jadeite stone, only to shave off the stone's skin. As a layer peeled away, everyone was stunned.
"Jade! Full of jade! It's skyrocketed in value now!"
"Such a fine water type, it's been many years since I've seen jade so fine. To think, it was found in a stone like this; it's truly a rare occurrence."
A chorus of shocked exclamations rose from the crowd, while Divine Eye Old Zhao wore an exceedingly sour expression, his old face as if plunging to the ground. This was a huge embarrassnt; having spoken so confidently earlier, now it seed there was no way to salvage his reputation.
"Congratulations, Old Zhao, at your age you've got to seek a new master."
"With Old Zhao taking a new master, his eye for stones will surely reach a new height once he resus his work," soone jokingly mocked, taking pleasure in Old Zhao's discomfort as the crowd erupted in laughter.
Blushing with embarrassnt, Old Zhao dashed out of the crowd and fled, prompting another wave of laughter.
"Young man, are you selling this jade? I'll offer you fifty thousand yuan," a young person from the crowd said, stepping forward to ask Ling Zhenfei.
"Fifty thousand and you want to buy it? Do you think it's up for grabs? I'll pay a hundred thousand," a middle-aged man countered the younger one.
Because the quality and luster of Ling Zhenfei's jade were excellent, despite its small size, anything carved from it would undoubtedly be exceptional.
Ling Zhenfei hesitated, as he truly didn't understand much about jade. Coming to gamble on stones today had been completely unexpected.
Just as Ling Zhenfei was at a loss, the shop owner stepped forward and whispered, "Young man, I don't know if you're willing to sell this piece of jade to our shop. We're prepared to offer a purchase price of one hundred and thirty thousand yuan."
"Rest assured, the price of one hundred and thirty thousand yuan is the market rate; we won't let you suffer any loss," the shop owner added, seeing Ling Zhenfei's hesitation.
Since it was to be sold either way, it didn't matter who the buyer was, especially since the shop owner was offering the highest price.
After transferring one hundred and thirty thousand yuan to Ling Zhenfei, it was getting late. At that mont, Ling Zhenfei suddenly received a panicked phone call from Liu Bingying. Liu's voice was laced with fear as she urged Ling Zhenfei to hurry to her house. Ling Zhenfei, not knowing what had happened, quickly took a taxi to Liu Bingying's ho.
Upon arrival at Liu Bingying's building, Ling Zhenfei finally understood what was happening. Soone was standing on the rooftop, prepared to commit suicide. The police had set up a cordon, an air cushion had been laid out below, and crowds of onlookers gathered, watching the scene unfold.
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