Zhou Zhenghong didn't want to argue with Shao Ping in public. Besides, he had no chance to win. Thus Zhou Zhenghong swallowed down his anger, saying coldly, "It's none of your business. Shao Ping, take care of yourself in case something bad happens to you out of the blue."
"I'm not afraid at all! Who cares what a loser says. Zhou Zhenghong, do you have enough money to buy one piece? If you don't have, I can lend you some," Shao Ping humiliated Zhou Zhenghong.
"Who says who can't afford! Uncle Zhou, let's go to the counter." Gu Ning walked over, pulling Zhou Zhenghong away before he could struggle.
"You…" Zhou Zhenghong was very surprised. He didn't expect the young girl would be that strong.
He understood this young girl was helping him, but he did not have money to buy the raw material.
Shao Ping didn't know Zhou Zhenghong was with a young girl. He was a little upset, but also wanted to know what Zhou Zhenghong could get.
"Young girl, I'm not buying," Zhou Zhenghong said awkwardly.
"Mr. Zhou, I know you're still optimistic about this raw material, but you have concerns. In fact, I'm also optimistic about this raw material. If you are not willing to take full risks, we each can pay half of this raw material. If it's valuable, we can share the profit. If it's not, you won't lose much money either." Gu Ning knew Zhou Zhenghong liked this raw material too, but because he lacked money, he hesitated.
If Zhou Zhenghong planned to buy this raw material, Gu Ning wouldn't compete with him. She could wait till he dropped it.
But Gu Ning had her own plan. She approached Zhou Zhenghong for a reason.
"Well…"
Zhou Zhenghong changed his mind.
He did not dare to take the risk, but also liked this raw material. Thus he hesitated.
If someone was willing to share the cost with him, he would like to try.
But it was a young girl. Zhou Zhenghong believed she didn't need to take the risk. He didn't want to take advantage of a young girl. "Young girl, if it's a waste material, you will lose money too," Zhou Zhenghong said.
"I know, but if it's valuable, I'll win money! Besides, that's gambling," Gu Ning replied.
Zhou Zhenghong hesitated for a while longer, then agreed at the end.
This raw material weighed around six pounds. It cost ten thousand yuan a pound, and around sixty thousand yuan in total.
The buyer of the raw materials needed to register and sign. Since they bought it together, they needed to sign both of their names.
After signing and paying, Gu Ning let Zhou Zhenghong take the raw material to cut it out together.
On their way, Gu Ning pushed her cart with her. Zhou Zhenghong was astonished. "Did-did you buy all of these?"
"Yes," Gu Ning answered.
Zhou Zhenghong swallowed with great force. This young girl must be from a rich family!
Since she was a rich kid, Zhou Zhenghong was relieved. And they had already paid the bill.
Shao Ping stood afar looking at Zhou Zhenghong. So he had no idea Zhou Zhenghong and Gu Ning bought the raw material together.
Besides, Gu Ning was merely a teenager. Shao Ping didn't believe Gu Ning bought it, so he believed Zhou Zhenghong must be the only buyer.
He knew although Zhou Zhenghong went bankrupt, he wasn't that poor and could afford a raw material.
But when Shao Ping noticed the cart full of raw materials pushed by Gu Ning, he was shocked.
How could Zhou Zhenghong afford those raw materials? They cost at least millions!
Shao Ping immediately walked over. "Gee! Zhou Zhenghong, how can you afford these raw materials?"
Zhou Zhenghong didn't want to talk with Shao Ping, but he didn't want to cause a misunderstanding either. So he explained, "These aren't mine."
Hearing that, Shao Ping was relieved, then he mocked, "Indeed, I forget you're too poor to afford that many raw materials now."
But if these raw materials weren't Zhou Zhenghong's, then it must be the young girl's.
Who can afford all of these raw materials at one time? This young girl must be from a rich family. Shao Ping thought. What's her relationship with Zhou Zhenghong?
No matter what the relationship between them was, Shao Ping felt jealousy already.
He was worried that someone would help Zhou Zhenghong to restart his business, which would be a threat to him. He had done a lot to defeat Zhou Zhenghong.
Zhou Zhenghong just gave him a cold glance, then walked straight to where the stones were cut out.
"Let's see what you can get." Shao Ping followed up.
As long as there was someone to cut the raw materials, people in the shop would gather around to have a look.
Although there were several machines, Gu Ning wasn't in a hurry to cut hers out.
After drawing the lines, the worker started to cut.
After a cut, a light green showed. The worker raised his voice in excitement, "A green jade!"
The crowd was excited at once. The most excited one was Zhou Zhenghong.
A green jade! There was a green jade in it!
Shao Ping, at the same time, felt upset, with his eyes full of viciousness.
He had schemed so hard to make Zhou Zhenghong go bankrupt. Was he going to fail?
No, no…
Before long, an emerald the size of a man's palm was fully cut out.
Its color was light and pure. It was of the hibiscus type.
Hibiscus type was the type ranked between glutinous rice type and ice type. It belonged to the upper quality types, and was very valuable.
Feeling the strong power, Gu Ning naturally absorbed it in.
The jade was out. People began to bid.
"Five million yuan."
"Six million yuan."
…
"Eighteen million yuan."
At last, the jade of the hibiscus type was bid to a high price of eighteen million yuan.
It was sold at the price of eighteen million yuan at the end.
No one was more thrilled than Zhou Zhenghong.
He finally had money.
"Miss Gu." Zhou Zhenghong walked to Gu Ning, wanting to talk about the money.
"You can keep all the money in your card for now," Gu Ning said.
Hearing that, Zhou Zhenghong was struck dumb. "Aren't you afraid I would take all the money and disappear?"
"I trust you," Gu Ning said with determination. She didn't really trust Zhou Zhenghong, but wanted to give him a test.
If he ran away, then she had made a wrong decision. If he didn't, then he passed the test.
With the money, it wouldn't be difficult for Zhou Zhenghong to start his business afresh. And when he found out what were in Gu Ning's raw materials later, he would know what the right choice was.
Feeling he was being trusted, Zhou Zhenghong was moved. He was an upright man himself.
If he had been a malicious man, he would have thought Gu Ning was dumb to trust a stranger.
Zhou Zhenghong went to sign the contract, and Shao Ping had already left.
Gu Ning planned to cut her raw materials out, when Qin Yifan and his friends came towards her.
Both Qin Yifan and Li Zhenzhen had a cart with them. In Qin Yifan's cart, there were two materials, while in Li Zhenzhen's cart, there were three raw materials.
Seeing there were seven raw materials in Gu Ning's cart, Qin Yifan and his friends were all astonished.
Jesus! He had checked for so long to choose these two. Gu Ning had picked up seven already. Was she buying expensive raw materials or cheap vegetables?
Li Zhenzhen was amazed too, but then she sneered.
Although she knew Gu Ning had a lot of money, she had never seen anyone waste money like that.
"Gu Ning, are you buying expensive raw materials or cheap vegetables?" Qin Yifan found it interesting.
"I am buying raw materials at the price of cheap vegetables." Gu Ning laughed. She used her Jade Eyes to scan the raw materials in their carts.
Qin Yifan had one big and one small raw material. The big one was a little bigger than a football. Unfortunately, it was a pure stone. The small one was as big as half a football. There was jade in it, but it was too small and in the size of a baby's fist.
Gu Ning judged from the thickness of its fog that it was a high-level jade.
But Gu Ning had no intention to tell him. She didn't want to cause herself trouble.
As for Li Zhenzhen, she had three raw materials. Two of them were as big as half a football. One was a pure stone, while the other had a medium-level jade inside.
The last was slightly bigger than a football, but it only had a thin layer of green inside.
"Are you sure you're going to buy them all?" Qin Yifan asked with uncertainty. He intended to remind Gu Ning to be careful, but he didn't stop her directly, because no one knew whether there was jade inside or not.
If he stopped her, and there was jade in the raw materials, he would have done the wrong thing. Gu Ning would probably hate him for that.
"I already paid the bill," Gu Ning said.
"What? You already paid?" Qin Yifan was shocked again. He didn't expect Gu Ning to be so efficient. "How much did you pay?" he asked.
"4.5 million," Gu Ning answered. She stayed calm from the beginning to the end, like 4.5 million was nothing to her.
Of course, she knew these raw materials were valuable, or she would not pay that much to buy seven stones.
Although 4.5 million meant nothing to Qin Yifan too, it was still hard for him to spend that large an amount of money on raw materials at one time.
"You're really indulging yourself." Qin Yifan didn't know what else to say.
"Miss Gu, do you plan to cut them out? I'm curious how many of them have jade inside," Li Zhenzhen said with disdain. Qin Yifan now noticed she was being unkind, and felt displeased.
"Zhenzhen, stone gambling largely relies on one's luck. Even you can't be 100% sure to cut out jade from every raw material with your professional knowledge. Songhua, python stripe and moss aren't the essential marks of a raw material with jade inside," Qin Yifan said plainly.
"I…" Li Zhenzhen felt embarrassed. She agreed with what Qin Yifan had said, but she was mad that he stood up for Gu Ning against her.
The silent man who followed them all along frowned a little. He was Li Zhenzhen's older brother. He apparently also felt dissatisfied that Qin Yifan helped Gu Ning.
But what Qin Yifan had said wasn't wrong, so Li Zhenyu could do nothing but stay quiet.
"Well, it seems Miss Li is confident about your ability. Why don't you pick one and compete with mine?" Gu Ning challenged Li Zhenzhen.
She didn't want to be a coward.
People around them focused on them at once. No one wanted to miss the bet.
Facing the challenge, Li Zhenzhen couldn't wait to accept it.
"No problem! You can use three of your raw materials to compete with mine. Whoever can cut out the most valuable jade wins. If no one can cut out jade, then it's even." Li Zhenzhen was confident there must be one raw material with jade among her three raw materials.
At the same time, she also believed Gu Ning couldn't cut out a single emerald. Even if she had only one raw material with jade inside, she would win.
"Well…" Qin Yifan hesitated. They had chosen these raw materials with great care. Although they weren't confident all of them had jade inside, there was a good possibility to cut out jade.
And Gu Ning made her choices all by luck. It wasn't dependable.
But before he could say something, Gu Ning already accepted, "Very well, but we need to put money in the bet, or it will be boring."
"How much?" Li Zhenzhen asked. Apparently she agreed.
"Let's say ten million yuan," Gu Ning said.
"Sure!" Li Zhenzhen answered without hesitation.
Li Zhenzhen accepted Gu Ning's condition so quickly not because ten million yuan was nothing to her. Actually she didn't have that much money herself.
She was merely confident that it was impossible for her to lose.
Now it was too late for Qin Yifan to stop them. One was his great old friend, the other one was his new friend. He didn't want either of them to lose; thus he could only pray it would be even.
From the beginning to the end, Li Zhenyu never interfered. He was obviously confident too.
Li Zhenzhen picked a raw material randomly. Gu Ning used her Jade Eyes to scan it. It was a waste material. Thus Gu Ning chose a waste material too.
Although it was a waste material, Gu Ning still paid.
There were two machines. After Gu Ning and Li Zhenzhen had paid their bills, two workers started to cut the stones.
Although Li Zhenzhen was confident, she paid a lot of attention to Gu Ning's raw material.
After one cut, there was nothing in it. Then it was the second cut, and still nothing in it. After the third cut, it was still a stone. The raw material had been cut half out without any green. It must be a waste material.
Seeing Gu Ning's was a waste material, Li Zhenzhen felt relieved, but hers was the same, which disappointed her a lot.
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