On the ground were raw materials of a low level, while on the shelves were raw materials of a high level.
Raw materials could be sold by number or weight.
The price of a raw material didn't rely on its size. From a professional point of view, if the skin was good and the green rate was high, it would be marked as a higher level, and was more expensive.
Of course, the higher level didn't equal to a high green rate. After all, it was extremely difficult to choose the right raw material with jade in it. No one knew whether there was an emerald in a raw material.
Therefore, even if it was a raw material of a low level it was possible there was an emerald in it.
It all depended on one's luck.
There were many people in the store, and no one came to welcome Gu Ning. Gu Ning liked that though. She wasn't willing to shop with a salesman who kept talking beside her ears.
Gu Ning immediately used her Jade Eyes to scan over those raw materials. She checked those on the shelves first. They were supposed to be in the high level with high green rate. However disappointedly, they were mostly white stones.
Although there were some jade in them, the jade wasn't of good quality. It wasn't worth much even if you cut it out. Gu Ning didn't want to waste her time on it.
Then, Gu Ning turned to the raw materials on the ground. They were all white stones again.
It seemed a pair of Jade Eyes wasn't enough. Gu Ning also needed good luck!
She stepped out of this shop with disappointment then entered another one.
The result was the same. The raw materials were either white stones, or with bad jade in them.
The power in Gu Ning's Jade Eyes was thin, so she felt tired after a short time. She prayed in her heart, hoping to find jade soon. Otherwise her power would be completely consumed soon. Without the power, she couldn't use her telepathic eyes.
It seemed the God had heard Gu Ning's pray. When Gu Ning was about to close her Jade Eyes she found two raw materials with green jade in them among a pile of raw materials.
One was almost as big as a football, while the other was merely bigger than an apple.
Both of them were of good quality.
Gu Ning felt excited, but remained calm. She walked like an ordinary customer to the pile of raw materials. With a cart, Gu Ning picked up those two raw materials with green jade in them.
To avoid special attention, Gu Ning also picked up another three raw materials in different size. They were all smaller than a football.
"Hey, how much are these in total?" Gu Ning pushed the cart to the counter.
The boss was a little surprised to see Gu Ning, who was a teenage girl, but since she was a customer, the boss treated her kindly.
There were marks on the raw materials, so the boss didn't need to ask where Gu Ning had picked those raw materials up.
Those raw materials were all of a low level, and weren't expensive. 200 yuan a pound.
Those five raw materials that Gu Ning had picked up weren't big. They added up to 40 pounds and cost 8,000 yuan.
Eight thousand weren't much as long as there were emeralds in those raw materials. If they were all stones, eight thousand would be too much.
Gu Ning paid her bill. The boss asked, "Miss, do you want to cut them out now?"
"Yes, please," Gu Ning replied.
Gu Ning was here for money. She definitely wanted to cut the raw materials on site, and sell to the emeralds right away.
"Lao Zhang, come and cut the stones out," the boss called someone inside the room.
"I'm coming." A man, who was around 50 years old, walked out from the room. He came to the counter, seeing Gu Ning. He was surprised that the customer was a young teenager.
Lao Zhang asked with uncertainty, "Miss, it's you who wants to cut the stones out, right?"
"Yes," Gu Ning answered.
"Please follow me." Lao Zhang then guided Gu Ning towards the area where they cut stones.
Meanwhile, those customers in the shop all stood around them to have a look.
Although there was a faint, almost zero, possibility to get jade out, it was the exciting point of stone gambling. Even if it was impossible to get jade out, the gambler would stay hopeful.
Everyone who enjoyed stone gambling shared the same feelings.
And the crowd was surprised the owner of those raw materials was a young girl.
Most customers here were middle-aged men or the elderly. There were few young people, especially young girls around.
Gu Ning handed the worker a waste material first. The worker asked her, "Miss, how would you like to cut it? Rub or cut?"
"Cut, please," Gu Ning said.
"Cut it directly, or draw lines first?" the worker asked again. Although he could tell this one must be a waste material, he needed to follow the customer's order.
"Cut it directly, please." It was a waste material. Gu Ning didn't care at all.
Cutting a stone directly didn't mean to cut it randomly. The worker still needed to have a good judgment.
The machine started to work. After one cut, it was nothing but a white stone. After another cut, there was still nothing in it. After the third cut, the stone had already been cut half out. Nothing in it. It was waste.
The crowd felt disappointed after the result.
But if there really was jade in it, the crowd would be envious.
That was human nature.
Gu Ning calmly picked up another waste material. It also proved to be a pure stone. The crowd began to feel bored. Some walked away.
The third time, Gu Ning chose a big raw material with jade in it.
"Let me draw lines first," Gu Ning said, then drew some lines on it.
She didn't draw the lines accurately, but basically the same.
The machine started to work again. After one cut, the out layer was removed. There was a light green color open to the air.
All of a sudden, Gu Ning sensed a kind of strong power. She was excited, and couldn't wait to absorb it.
The power was absorbed into her eyes. She felt cool and comfortable. Her sight became better and she was energetic now.
At the same time, the worker raised his voice in excitement, "The jade! There is jade in it!"
His voice immediately attracted everyone's attention in the shop.
The people in front of them were all surprised and wide-eyed. It was so incredible! Those who had just left immediately turned back, and some who just entered the store, all came up.
"What? There is jade in it?"
"Yes, there is jade in it!"
The onlookers seemed more excited than Gu Ning, who was the owner, because stone gambling was a high-risk business, and the green rate was always low.
Most of the onlookers knew Gu Ning was the owner. They all looked to Gu Ning with envy, but Gu Ning stayed calm as usual.
The crowd all wondered whether this teenage girl understood stone gambling, or if she simply didn't care at all.
"Young lady, would you sell this raw material to me for fifty thousand yuan. Although there is a little light green color showing out, who knows if there is more inside, right? If there is no more inside, then it'll be waste. If you sell it now, you can earn fifty thousand yuan anyway. If you don't sell it, you'll have nothing," a middle-aged man in a suit, who was a little fat and about 50 years old said.
If the raw material which was cut open had green in it, the cut was called a "window". If the owner didn't want to gamble any further, he or she could sell it.
The buyer was also gambling of course, because a light layer of green didn't mean the raw material would be valuable.
There was often only one thin layer of green in many raw materials, or the jade inside was very small.
But a raw material with a "window" was much more expensive than a raw material without a "window", like the one Gu Ning had bought for two thousand yuan and the man later bid fifty thousand yuan for it.
The raw material showed green after all. It was possible that there was jade in it.
If the green layer was thin, it would be waste. If there was jade in it, it would be worth a certain amount of money according to the size of the jade.
The middle-aged man was simply trying to deceive Gu Ning. In his eyes, Gu Ning was merely a teenager and must know nothing about stone gambling.
Even if there wasn't jade in the raw material, he could afford fifty thousand yuan.
But if there was jade inside, he could make a lot of money.
Although Gu Ning didn't know much about stone gambling, she knew the jade in the stone must be extremely valuable. fifty thousand yuan couldn't buy one percent of it.
"I'll stay and gamble till the jade is all out. The most generous buyer will get it," Gu Ning said.
The man was disappointed, but he couldn't do anything about it.
The worker continued to cut. After the second cut, there was another layer of green shown, and the type of the jade was revealed.
"It's valuable!" the worker said in excitement.
"The color is a little yellow. The quality is good. This is of the glutinous rice type," the boss came over, and was also thrilled.
"Young lady, could you sell it to me in five hundred thousand yuan?" the middle-aged man bid again.
"I'll pay eight hundred thousand yuan for it."
"One million yuan."
…
"Two million yuan!"
When the price rose up to two million yuan, no one else bid again. The jade hadn't been fully cut out. It was still uncertain how big it was and how much it was worth.
Gu Ning didn't stop them from bidding. After they finished, Gu Ning opened her mouth. "I will sell it when the jade is fully cut out."
The jade must be worth more than two million yuan.
The worker then went on to cut the stone.
He removed the out layer first, then started to rub it.
Half an hour later, a jade which was as big as half a football was finally cut out.
The glutinous rice type was jade of a high level. It was absolutely worth a lot.
Moreover, its size wasn't small.
"Five million yuan."
"Six million yuan."
"Seven million yuan."
"Ten million yuan!" a bright voice sounded. The bidder directly omitted the three million gap.
An energetic old man of 70 years old walked inside.
"Oh, Master Fu, it's been a while! Nice to meet you again!" a man immediately greeted.
"At the beginning of the month, my great-grandson was born. I've stayed at home for a long time, but it was uncomfortable to stay at home for too long. Thus I wanted to take a look around. Unexpectedly, I arrived on time when the top grade jade was cut out. I wanted to buy it and make a gift for my great-grandson!" Master Fu said.
Master Fu was mainly engaged in real estate business, and many other industries. He was a very rich businessman with eight billion yuan of wealth. His family was one of the third-tier richest families in a second-tier city like G City.
Although the super rich families could be divided into the first-tier, second-tier and third-tier, there were only 10 of them in all.
Because only the top 10 richest people were able to be called the super rich.
And Master Fu was in the top seven on the list.
Of course, in addition to those super rich people on the list, there were also many invisible super rich families.
"It seems Master Fu is very interested in the jade of glutinous rice type, but I like it too. I'm afraid I have to compete with you, Master Fu," another man said. "Eleven million yuan."
Although the man wasn't as wealthy as Master Fu, he bid a very high price for the jade.
"The most generous buyer will get the jade. Then, let's compete for it. Fifteen million yuan." Master Fu directly raised his bid by four million.
"Sixteen million yuan."
"Seventeen million yuan."
"Eighteen million yuan."
…
"Thirty million yuan!"
The bid now was thirty million yuan. Master Fu had made it.
Thirty million yuan was almost the highest price of the jade. The buyer wouldn't lose money, but couldn't earn much either.
The boss of the shop had mixed emotions. He was excited and regretful at the same time.
Why?
He was excited because someone had cut out jade from a raw material in his shop. That was great advertisement. His shop would be popular then.
Meanwhile, he was regretful that he himself didn't know the raw material was worth a fortune. If he had known the raw material was so valuable, he would have cut it out himself.
But the boss still understood that was how the industry of stone gambling worked. He was mentally prepared.
Besides, it had happened before, so he soon accepted the reality.
The man didn't expect Master Fu would bid such a high price for the jade. He had to give up at the end. "Master Fu, you win."
He didn't want to pay thirty million yuan for the jade.
He was a businessman after all. He wanted to benefit from the deal, instead of losing money.
"Ha-ha, Xiao Zhao, don't worry. Perhaps there is something better waiting for you!" Master Fu comforted the man. Unexpectedly, what Master Fu had said became the truth later.
Yes, the next jade in a smaller size was worth more than the previous one.
"Thank you, Master Fu." The man smiled with sadness. He knew it wasn't easy to get an emerald of top quality.
"Who is the owner of this jade?" Master Fu asked.
Gu Ning knew this jade of the glutinous rice type was a high-level jade. Even though it was far less valuable than the King's Green, it was still very valuable. Gu Ning estimated it was worth about thirty million yuan, but when she really heard the bid of thirty million yuan, she was still shocked. She couldn't believe it was real.
Gu Ning didn't get her mind back until Master Fu asked the question. She immediately replied calmly, "Nice to meet you, Master Fu. This jade is mine."
Seeing it was a young girl, Master Fu was also surprised, especially since the price rose up to thirty million yuan. Gu Ning could remain so calm.
She was able to stay as calm as always at such a young age.
Master Fu had a good impression of Gu Ning.
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