"Not worth it!"
Zhou Hanyun shook her head with a wry smile, patiently explaining:
"Ruyu, that's sothing you don't understand. Actually, there are quite a few Raw Stones that I'm sure have jadeite inside.
"Don't listen to that owner's nonsense. That stone there, if it has jadeite inside to make earrings, it's true, I might even believe it could make a ring."
"But I'm sure that the quality of the jadeite inside is absolutely very low, at ten thousand US Dollars there's hardly any profit."
Zhou Hanyun said confidently.
"Haha! This little girl has so tricks up her sleeve! What do you say, want to co over and chat with this old man?"
While Zhou Hanyun was analyzing that stone for Han Ruyu,
her words were overheard by an elderly man standing nearby.
Hearing the old man's words, Zhou Hanyun and the others imdiately turned their heads to look at him.
The old man was dressed in a long black robe, with a head full of white hair.
At this mont, he was standing there smiling at Zhou Hanyun.
"Of course, sir."
Zhou Hanyun replied with a smile.
Zhou Hanyun was always very accommodating to elders, typically fulfilling any requests they had.
Moreover, since the elderly man only wanted her to co over for a chat, she certainly wouldn't refuse.
Elders always like to share stories about their past with the younger generation.
And Zhou Hanyun didn't mind that at all.
"You've got a good heart, young lady! If it were soone else, they'd have long despised this old man! They wouldn't even talk to . It's rare, really rare!"
The old man chuckled as he stroked his beard.
"You're too kind, sir."
Zhou Hanyun said with a smile:
"Being able to talk to elders like you and listen to your teachings is a blessing for us young people, there's no way we'd despise it."
The old man looked at Zhou Hanyun with increasing satisfaction.
He nodded and approvingly said:
"You were right in your earlier assessnt, I also looked at that stone, and it's certain there's green inside."
"However, the jade inside is certainly not of high quality. The reason why..."
The old man stopped speaking here, just smiling at Zhou Hanyun, seemingly wanting to test her.
Seeing the old man wanting to test her, Zhou Hanyun didn't hold back and shared everything she observed.
"The reason is that its appearance is way too good."
Zhou Hanyun explained with a smile:
"If this Raw Stone isn't manually altered, the appearance would never be this good."
"Also, even though this stone has been very carefully handled, fake is fake."
"With careful observation, one can still see so traces of artificial treatnt, more or less."
The old man nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile:
"Haha! You're not only kind-hearted, young lady, but very perceptive and knowledgeable!"
"Indeed, that stone has been tampered with. Not just the appearance, even the jasper on the surface was artificially treated."
"It's worth about ten thousand Huaxia Coins, no more. This price also includes the cost of manual treatnt by the other party."
Zhou Hanyun seriously nodded, agreeing as she said:
"Yes! The highest price I had in mind was also ten thousand."
The old man burst into hearty laughter:
"Young lady, let's go, walk around with this old man. Today's Raw Stone exhibition is quite impressive."
"Moreover, I've heard that so Stone Kings will be brought here today, why don't you join to have a look?"
Hearing the old man's words, Zhou Hanyun also beca excited and said expectantly:
"Stone Kings, really? There are even those here? I must see them."
Yang Yan watched the two getting along well at first sight, then turned his head to look at Han Ruyu beside him, sighing heavily as he said:
"Look at her, how likable she is! Then look at yourself, sigh!"
Han Ruyu glared and said fiercely:
"Alright! It's only been a short ti and you're already disliking ."
"Dislike you?"
Yang Yan rubbed his temples helplessly:
"How could I ever dislike you! But, it's true you should stay away from that Little Witch Zhou Hanyu, unless you want her to lead you astray."
Hearing this, Han Ruyu burst out laughing:
"Hehe! You're saying Hanyu will lead astray? In which aspect?"
Yang Yan pouted, saying seriously:
"In which aspect? You still don't have a sense of it?"
"It's been so long, when you want it, you co to , but when I want it, I can only find it myself, do you know how that feels?"
After hearing Yang Yan's pitiful words, Han Ruyi couldn't hold back anymore.
She first laughed heartily, bending over from laughter, and after laughing enough, she said:
"Haha! I never realized you had so many thoughts! And what's this got to do with Hanyu?"
Looking like a breathtaking beauty when smiling, she instantly drew everyone's gaze around her.
"Hehe! Those two youngsters are your companions, right?"
The old man glanced at the pair laughing behind and said to Zhou Hanyun with a smile.
"Yes! They're both my friends."
Zhou Hanyun couldn't help but look back at the pair, nodding gently.
"When it cos to Raw Stones and jadeite, with today's technological ans, there are still quite a few ways to determine if there's anything inside."
"However, in this industry, such thods are never used. Even those raw material traders wouldn't inspect their Raw Stones beforehand. Do you know why that is?"
The old man suddenly turned his head to Zhou Hanyun and asked.
Zhou Hanyun was initially taken aback, then shook her head:
"I'm really not sure. I've always been curious, if those Raw Stone traders checked their stones first, keeping the good ones for themselves and selling the poor ones, wouldn't they never lose money?"
The old man gently shook his head:
"Every trade has its rules and laws! If soone uses advanced technology to appraise them first and then sells them, not only would that person be unable to remain in the jadeite industry, but it's questionable whether they could even keep their life."
"Surely not..."
Zhou Hanyun expressed disbelief:
"Even if it's discovered, at most they wouldn't do business in the jadeite industry anymore. Losing one's life seems a bit extre, doesn't it?"
The old man suddenly dropped his smile, speaking seriously:
"Young lady, you're still young, and your experience is sowhat lacking. However, I can assure you that anyone who dares to do such a thing wouldn't survive past the next day."
"In fact, this has beco a hard and fast rule, and no one has ever escaped it."
Han Ruyu, who was actually paying attention to their conversation, couldn't hold back her curiosity anymore and asked Yang Yan:
"Hey! Yang Yan, what does this gentleman an? How co he says they wouldn't survive past the next day?"
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