148: Chapter 148 Silence in the Entire Venue_1 148: Chapter 148 Silence in the Entire Venue_1 “Eh, isn’t that half of the batch picked over by Sir Ran?”
Suddenly, soone among the onlookers made a discovery and exclaid in surprise.
At his words, everyone else also noticed it.
Bai Xiaosheng was actually making his selection from the part that Sun Yiran had already chosen from!
“He’s actually trying to pick up what Sir Ran left behind!” soone said in disbelief.
“Simply foolish.
If Sir Ran has already been through it once, doesn’t that an there’s even less chance of finding good jade material?”
“I just heard Sir Ran say, if he finds good material, Sir Ran will buy it for ten tis the market price!
Tsk tsk, if it were , I wouldn’t even consider this half and directly gamble on the other side!”
“That’s why I say this kid is dumb!”
The discussions around were even more intense than before.
In everyone’s mouth, the word ‘foolish’ followed Bai Xiaosheng’s actions.
Shuying’s face was filled with anxiety, Zhang Min was sowhat nervous, and Min shook her head slightly.
“Quiet down, don’t disturb the divining stone!” Sun Tianli’s face darkened slightly as he raised his voice and shouted.
“Right, everybody pipe down and watch quietly,” Xie Youxin chid in.
The organizers used their staff to maintain order.
The wave of discussion hadn’t fully subsided yet.
Over there, Bai Xiaosheng had already picked up a raw stone as big as a waterlon.
He had made his choice!
“So quick, he’s already picked it out!” the crowd around murmured in surprise.
He only took a few minutes, which was much less than the ti Sir Ran took to select his first piece.
And furthermore—
“He seed to have just looked at it, then stroked it for a while, and even patted it a few tis, as if picking waterlons!” Zhang Xiaoqiu, amidst the crowd, couldn’t help but shout out.
The crowd erupted into laughter.
“I think he doesn’t know how to divinate stones at all, he’s completely guessing!” Zhang Xue sneered coldly, “Probably, he chose the cheapest one.”
A staff mber ran over, took the stone from Bai Xiaosheng’s arms, and carried it to the workshop table.
Soone else rushed to Bai Xiaosheng’s side, holding a POS machine.
“Sir, please swipe your card to pay first, then we can start cutting the material,” the person said politely.
That’s how stone gambling worked: money and goods exchanged, with no regrets allowed.
Bai Xiaosheng nodded his head.
“Use mine, I brought a card!” Shuying called out quickly from the side, waving a bank card, “How much?”
“Two hundred thousand!” the person responsible for collecting paynt said calmly to her.
“Two hundred thousand!” Shuying’s expression froze.
The onlookers were astounded!
Bai Xiaosheng had actually chosen such an expensive piece of material!
Shuying’s complexion beca sowhat difficult to maintain.
She didn’t have that much money in her card!
And she hadn’t brought any other cards with her.
This damned guy, really daring to choose such an item.
If it turned out to be a useless piece after one cut, two hundred thousand would just be gone!
Even for soone like Shuying, who was a well-off professional gar and super internet celebrity, the thought of gambling two hundred thousand on such a venture was painfully distressing.
Forget it.
If it’s a loss, then so be it!
In front of so many people, a man’s pride is important!
Shuying bit her lip, took out her phone, and was about to transfer money from Alipay.
“Can you please wait a mont?
I need to transfer…” Before Shuying could finish speaking, she saw Bai Xiaosheng take out a bank card and hand it to the person collecting paynt without any expression.
The collector efficiently took the card, swiped it, printed a receipt, and handed it back.
Already paid?
Shuying was stunned as she watched Bai Xiaosheng return the bank card to his pocket as casually as one would after buying groceries at a supermarket.
“This guy, he’s got money!”
Han Shuying scrutinized Bai Xiaosheng as if he were a nouveau riche.
For the longest ti, she hadn’t cared what Bai did for a living, assuming from his ordinary attire that he was at most a wage-earning office worker, perhaps a minor white-collar employee.
Like today, he wore a starched but sowhat shabby shirt.
Who could have known that he would nonchalantly swipe two hundred thousand yuan without so much as furrowing his brow!
Sun Yiran also slightly startled.
The casual ease with which Bai Xiaosheng made the paynt was sothing even he felt sowhat inferior to.
Two hundred thousand yuan—I must see what you can produce from that!
Sun Yiran’s eyes flashed with a sharp gleam, not believing that among the stones he had personally gone through, there could truly be anything of value.
“The stone cutting has begun!” soone murmured softly.
The machine cut into the rock, emitting a piercing noise.
With one slice, the master craftsman checked and even slightly shook his head.
“It’s over, two hundred thousand yuan down the drain!” soone couldn’t help but exclaim.
Two hundred thousand yuan!
That was no small sum of money; even the rich, throwing it away like a pebble into the ocean to create barely a ripple, would have found it painful to bear.
“Spending two hundred thousand yuan just for a stone egg, that’s a real wealthy man!” Zhang Xiaoqiu deliberately raised his voice.
“That’s the consequence of being overly arrogant, tsk tsk, still thinking he could find a leak from Sir Ran!” Chen Xue followed closely with a face full of disdain.
Under their influence, other people also started to voice out frequently.
“Not knowing the imnsity of heaven and earth, what a pity for such a large sum of money…”
A wave of ridicule inevitably rose all around.
Sun Yiran couldn’t help but secretly sigh in relief, a smile appearing on his face.
Just monts ago, even he was a bit anxious.
If this youngster sohow got lucky, he would be at a loss where to put his face.
To miss out on good material and be defeated by an unknown youngster would be the ultimate insult.
Now, all was well, and Sun Yiran felt greatly at ease in his heart.
There, the master craftsman began to cut carefully and slowly, as if he had seen a bit of green, but only sparse speckles which made him shake his head.
Laughter rose again.
Han Shuying bit her lower lip, wanting very much to leave with Bai.
Zhang Min too watched quietly.
Only Bai remained composed.
A joke, a re two hundred thousand yuan, what of it if it’s thrown away?
Besides, he trusted Red Lotus.
“This kid is quite calm, to carelessly throw away two hundred thousand yuan without changing his expression.
Who knows what family he cos from,” Sun Tianli comnted indifferently.
“Why concern yourself with him?
In any case, he hasn’t revealed any valuable material.
Mr.
Yiran wins,” Xie Youxin said, raising a cup of tea to his lips, blowing away the floating leaves, and taking a sip.
“Rich color!” Suddenly, a sharp cry rang out.
The crowd, abuzz with debate, was silenced by this piercing scream.
Everyone looked over to see the stone-cutting in progress.
“Ice-type Imperial Green!” the stone cutter exclaid, almost jumping up on the spot under everyone’s watchful eyes.
Ice-type Imperial Green!
Silence fell abruptly around them, and the faint smile on Sun Yiran’s face instantly stiffened.
Xie Youxin sprayed out his tea.
Even Sun Tianli was taken aback.
Those in the know were left speechless, while Han Shuying, Zhang Min, and Min, who didn’t quite understand, could tell from the shocked expressions of those around them that this ti, sothing truly big may have been discovered.
“I, Bai, have labored over this for a long ti; how could I possibly choose just a stone egg?” Bai Xiaosheng chuckled lightly.
“It’s just been hidden too deeply!”
“Expert valuation, nine hundred thousand yuan!”
The consecutive announcents brought the entire venue to silence!
“A top-quality stone worth nine hundred thousand yuan!” Xie Youxin couldn’t help but swallow hard.
Such a large piece of top-quality material, if processed into a finished product, and then marketed well, how much money would it sell for!
And Bai Xiaosheng had spent only two hundred thousand yuan!
The staff carefully presented the stone to Bai Xiaosheng, who took it in his arms.
Carrying the stone, Bai walked towards Han Shuying, and as he passed by Sun Yiran, he suddenly paused and chuckled at him.
“At ten tis the market price, would you want it?”
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