Hearing this, Catherine nodded and put down the stone she was holding.
Years ago, she already knew how comprehensive and strong Ye Huan's abilities were.
At this mont, she had no doubt in believing Ye Huan.
Ye Huan said this stone was average, so there's no way this stone was any good!
"How could you tell?" Liu Tianyun, like a curious baby, asked from the side.
"Experience." Ye Huan shrugged.
There's no lie in what he said. Recognizing that the stone was average was based purely on experience!
When he was a child, it was incredibly boring in that godforsaken Jimiwula Village, so besides practicing martial arts, he would often sneak down the mountain following the big yellow dog in the village to play around with stones!
That big yellow nose was truly the dog of dogs, incredibly sensitive!
Every ti it picked a rough stone, it could be cut to find top-quality jade!
Over ti, spending a lot of ti with the big yellow dog, Ye Huan also developed a pair of sharp eyes.
Whether what's inside a stone is good, bad, or ordinary, he could tell at a glance.
A seasoned gemstone friend!
"This one isn't bad." Ye Huan glanced at the stones on the table and pointed to one worth three million.
"Alright."
Catherine had absolute trust in Ye Huan, and without hesitation, reached out to pick up that stone.
At this mont, a man with a white headscarf and a loose white robe, clearly from the Middle East, spoke in broken French: "My friend, this is not the way to choose!"
"I am Saudi Prince Mohamd, I've been fond of gambling on stones from a young age and have a wealth of experience. I just checked this stone, and whoever buys it will lose money!"
"This stone is the real profit!"
"Since you don't want it, I'll take it!"
Mohamd laughed heartily, afraid that soone else might snatch it, quickly grabbing the stone Ye Huan had previously said was average and that Catherine had put down after believing him.
With a broad smile, he headed towards the cutting area!
Very generously tossed out a black card!
"Crazy." Catherine remarked with a black line on her forehead, uttering those two words.
Then she took the stone recomnded by Ye Huan, the one Mohamd said would certainly lose, to the cutting area.
At this mont, the cutting machine emitted a brilliant green light!
The operator, looking incredulous, held up the all-green, slightly white top-grade jade from the cutting machine, swallowed hard, and handed it to Mohamd, saying, "Sir, congratulations, this is Bao Yuan erald, given its size, valued at least four million francs!"
"Haha!"
Mohamd jumped up with joy!
The stone cost two million and opened up to be worth four million, doubling in value!
The spectators were similarly wide-eyed in astonishnt!
From the beginning to now, ten people in total had had stones cut, and the first nine all lost money!
Yet Mohamd directly earned back double the stone's initial value!
"I recognize him; he's the least conventional Saudi Prince Mohamd, addicted to gambling on stones since childhood, and still is! He posts photos of the top-quality jade he opens up from gambling stones on Twitter and Facebook daily!" Soone recognized Mohamd and pointed at him in shock!
Others rubbed their eyes, and with this reminder, they also recognized Mohamd!
Mohamd is a renowned genius in stone betting!
There was once he spent one million on stone and opened up a fifty-million jade, shocking the world!
With arms behind his back, Mohamd strode out of the crowd, chest held high!
Everyone made way for him naturally.
After walking out of the crowd, Mohamd happened to run into Ye Huan and others.
Glancing at the stone Catherine was holding, Mohamd frowned, "Beautiful young lady, I've appraised this stone, and it's definitely a loss. Spending three million on it is no different than throwing money into the water."
"Thank you for the warning, but I believe in my friend's judgnt more."
"How could his judgnt compare to mine? Look." Mohamd glanced at Ye Huan, patted the Bao Yuan erald in his hand smugly, "He said the stone I just cut was very ordinary, yet I opened up Bao Yuan erald worth double! The difference in our stone betting skills is clear."
Ye Huan, hands in his pockets, yawned, "Just doubling, of course, it's ordinary stone."
"Heh, then let see what the stone he picked for her can open up to. Wouldn't it hurt your conscience to cause soone to lose three million?"
Mohamd snorted angrily, making way.
Allowing Catherine to pass.
Ye Huan and the others approached the cutting machine.
Catherine handed over the bank card, paid for the stone, and then gave it to the staff.
The worker was very deft, put on a protective mask, and began cutting the stone with the machine, sparks flying everywhere!
The onlookers all wore strange expressions, murmuring among themselves.
"What do you think, what's with this young lady? Mohamd kindly advised her, but she listens to this guy next to her? Could it be that this guy is a stone-betting expert?"
"What expert, didn't you hear him earlier identifying Mohamd's stone as ordinary? I think he's an outsider!"
"Can't say an outsider, just that he knows nothing about stone betting..."
While the onlookers murmured.
A dozen ters away, Onions smirked gleefully, himself a seasoned gem friend, having heard of the gemstone genius Mohamd's stone-betting prowess.
Very high indeed!
If Mohamd said Catherine's stone was worthless, then it must be trash!
Yet Ye Huan deliberately picked this one for Catherine!
If it fails to yield anything, this guy will embarrass himself!
In Onions' mind, he could almost see Ye Huan's embarrassing deanor, the cunning joy in his eyes unable to be hidden!
Although he dared not hold any thoughts of revenge against Ye Huan anymore.
But that didn't an he had forgiven Ye Huan's "misdeeds"!
Onions was still very eager to see Ye Huan make a fool of himself, hoping to vent the pent-up anger in his heart!
"Zzz—"
The stone-cutting machine operated at full power.
All of a sudden, everyone's eyes were glued to the stone on the machine.
The next second, the stone radiated an incredibly brilliant blue light, freezing the mocking expressions on all the onlookers' faces!
Onions' face also froze instantly when he saw that blue light!
"What the hell, how is this possible!"
Mohamd's eyes almost popped out of their sockets as he involuntarily cursed, utterly dumbfounded!
The worker's face was filled with the words "unbelievable", exclaiming in shock: "A millennia-old top-grade Nephrite Jade! Given this size, it's worth at least thirty million francs!"
Thirty million!?
Hearing this number, everyone was dumbstruck!
A stone worth three million has transford tenfold into thirty million Nephrite Jade?
Is this for real, can't be a mistake?
Mohamd just opened up a jade worth double, and you directly opened up a top-grade Nephrite Jade worth ten tis?
"How is this possible!" Mohamd charged into the crowd, closely examining the fully cut stone, looking puzzled, "This kind of stone should be waste, how could it yield millennia-old Nephrite Jade?"
"That's because this stone is not ordinary."
Ye Huan could tell that Mohamd had no malice earlier; he just didn't want to see a fellow gem friend lose money, so naturally, he answered his confusion, "It has both inner and outer layers. Apart from the outer layer, there's an inner rock wall layer. The structure of the rock wall layer is very unique, very thick, even the most seasoned treasure appraiser, touching this stone, feels like touching waste."
"But actually, besides a strong sense of roughness on the outer layer, there's also a very slight frosted texture that an experienced hand can perceive if felt carefully. Stones with dual layers like this are generally over a thousand years old, having long condensed into precious jade inside."
"You could say the value of such a stone is at least ten million and up."
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