Chapter 65

Update Time: April 2, 2013

As Liang Fatso said this, Zhang Yang and Duan Fei's faces changed simultaneously, both harboring ulterior motives.

"Hehe, I don't gamble, but I have some friends who might be interested in this rough stone. Since you're not gambling, I thought I'd call them over to take a look. It would be a pity to miss such good rough stone," Liang Fatso said.

Zhang Yang had no choice but to respond, "I do have a good feeling about this rough stone, but I can't accept the price. Brother Liang, this rough stone belongs to Brother Duan. You should discuss it with him."

After listening, Liang Fatso turned to Duan Fei and asked, "Boss Duan, would you mind if I called a few friends over to take a look?"

Duan Fei, unable to find any other solution, replied with a gloomy face, "Of course not."

After saying this, he walked over to Zhang Yang and whispered, "Brother, do you really have a good feeling about this rough stone?"

Zhang Yang saw the restless heart of Duan Fei and deliberately said, "Indeed, I do. My intuition is usually very accurate. Look at the two rough stones I picked; both turned out to be jade. I really want to buy this one, but the price is too high. Brother Duan, can't you give me a discount?"

Duan Fei shook his head helplessly, "Master Zhou is the expert on gambling stones in the store. He set the prices for these rough stones. It's impossible to get him to lower the price!"

Zhang Yang sighed, "What a pity! But it's true. According to Master Zhou, this rough stone would be fought over at an auction! Brother Liang saw it and, not gambling himself, naturally wanted to introduce it to others. Once the jade is revealed, he could buy it at a lower price. What a pity for such good jade."

Hearing Zhang Yang's words, Duan Fei's eyes flickered. Reminded by Zhang Yang, he thought of a good idea. Lowering the price was impossible, but raising it might work! With this in mind, Duan Fei walked over to Zhou Yiran and whispered, "Master Zhou, the price of this rough stone is so good. Can we raise it a bit?"

Zhou Yiran shook his head, "I carefully set this price. Unless someone is competing for it, it can't be raised!"

"We can hold a small auction! Master Zhou, you have some old customers, and that Liang Fatso is a jewelry merchant who is contacting his friends. We can pick a time, gather them together, and sell it to whoever offers the highest price," Duan Fei suggested.

Zhou Yiran thought about it and said, "Your idea is good. It can not only fetch a high price but also increase the reputation of Jade轩. But the timing?"

Duan Fei quickly replied, "I'll arrange it; it's my job."

Zhou Yiran nodded, "Alright."

Hearing Zhou Yiran agree, Duan Fei was extremely excited. Ha, how could such good material be auctioned? Of course, he would be the one to reveal the jade. Once the jade is out, he would be rich. As for the auction, it had nothing to do with him.

"Boss Duan, we have some new ideas about this rough stone. A few more customers want to take a look. How about we set a time for everyone to come and see?" Duan Fei walked over to Liang Fatso, who was on the phone, and said.

Liang Fatso frowned, understanding Duan Fei's intention. They were going to hold a small auction and sell it to whoever offered the highest price! He hung up the phone after a brief conversation. Liang Fatso was somewhat displeased, but this was someone else's store, and he had no say. He could only say, "Alright, once the time is set, Manager Duan can notify me."

Duan Fei smiled, his spirits relaxing. No one noticed the intense desire in his eyes as he looked at the rough stone.

Zhang Yang chuckled to himself. Indeed, Duan Fei was still so greedy.

However, this piece of rough stone alone couldn't force Duan Fei into a corner. Even if he lost three million, Duan Fei could afford it. But if all the rough stones here were cut, even just a third of them, Duan Fei would be doomed.

Thinking about this, Zhang Yang focused on the larger pieces of jade in the warehouse. Such rough stones would definitely be expensive, but to make Duan Fei fall even harder, this was the best approach.

Zhang Yang knew Duan Fei's background. Having worked in the gambling world for so many years and personally gambling with him, Duan Fei must be a gambler. If the old pit stone didn't yield the jade he wanted, his first thought would be to recover his losses, and he would only continue to cut more stones.

He needed to give Duan Fei the impression that the larger the stone, the more jade it would yield, and the higher the price. This way, in Duan Fei's quest to recover his losses, he would choose the higher-quality rough stones, leading him to lose more and more, and the more he lost, the more he would want to recover, creating a vicious cycle. Only by cutting these high-quality rough stones could he cause greater losses to Jade轩, not only preventing Duan Fei from recovering but also causing significant losses to Xiao Fei.

There weren't many rough stones on the shelves. After all, high-end old pit stones were hard to transport to the country, and most were bought en route. Even these stones were acquired through various means by the boss. So, Zhang Yang didn't have many choices and quickly looked over most of the rough stones.

The more he walked, the happier Zhang Yang became. Most of the stones didn't contain jade, and if they did, it was only a tiny bit, smaller than a baby's fist. Such small pieces of jade wouldn't have any effect even if Duan Fei cut them.

Just as he was about to finish looking at the rough stones on the shelves, Zhang Yang stopped.

Influenced by Zhou Yiran, Zhang Yang also paid attention to the surface of this rough stone. It was pitted and had the "pine flower" Zhou Yiran mentioned, but no "python band." The price wouldn't be as high as the old pit stone, but it was a good choice. Of course, the real reason Zhang Yang stopped was that he saw jade inside this rough stone.

Unlike the previous times, as soon as Zhang Yang saw the jade, a large amount of spiritual energy surged into his eyes. This cool energy was more intense than the jade he had previously cut, and even more intense than the small pieces of jade.

Zhang Yang had already made a preliminary judgment: the larger the jade, the better the quality, the more spiritual energy he absorbed. The smaller and lower-quality jade had very little spiritual energy, and some didn't even have any.

This jade had such a large amount of spiritual energy, indicating that its value was also very high.

After absorbing the spiritual energy, Zhang Yang carefully observed the shape of the jade inside the rough stone.

He saw a piece of jade larger than an adult's fist, located about one-third to the left of the rough stone. It was entirely green, with no impurities and very high transparency. As for this green, Zhang Yang couldn't think of a better way to describe it, so he called it a vivid green.

So large, so transparent, and so green. Could this be the glass-type jade that Zhou Yiran mentioned?

Zhang Yang couldn't help but mutter.

"Brother, are you interested in this rough stone?" Liang Fatso walked over to Zhang Yang and asked.

Zhang Yang smiled, "This rough stone gives me a good feeling."

Liang Fatso smiled bitterly. He had never encountered someone who chose rough stones based on intuition like Zhang Yang.

"Let me help you take a look!" Liang Fatso, who had just given Zhang Yang a discount on the jade, wanted to help him.

Liang Fatso took out his professional tools and carefully examined the rough stone. After finishing, he said with a somewhat unhappy expression, "Brother, I don't have a good feeling about this rough stone. It has pine flower but no python band. The surface is white sand skin, the most common type. The possibility of it containing jade is low, and it's prone to cracks. The worst thing in gambling stones is not cracks but fissures. It would be better if it were white salt sand skin, which would have a layer of yellow sand skin inside, increasing the possibility of high-quality jade."

"Very good, I didn't expect this boss to know so much about rough stones," Zhou Yiran said.

Liang Fatso humbly replied, "I'm just showing off my skills in front of an expert."

He had already figured out that this old man was the gambling stone consultant here. Such people were respected wherever they went, as they had real skills.

"Brother Duan, how much is this rough stone?" Zhang Yang asked, deliberately not asking Zhou Yiran. One reason was to avoid involving the old man, and another was that he thought the old man knew too much, making it easy for him to reveal his true intentions.

Zhou Yiran snorted, "Fifty thousand. This rough stone weighs over twenty pounds, has pine flower, and has a high gambling potential."

"Too expensive, forty thousand," Zhang Yang said.

He definitely wanted to buy it, but he couldn't be a fool. The stone that yielded jade was sold for only thirty-five thousand, and this one was fifty thousand, which Zhang Yang found hard to accept.

He thought Zhou Yiran would refuse such a large discount, but unexpectedly, Zhou Yiran quickly agreed, "Alright, forty thousand."

This rough stone had been seen by Zhou Yiran and many others. No one in Myanmar had a good feeling about it, and they had only paid ten thousand for it. Selling it for forty thousand, after deducting costs, would still leave a profit of over twenty thousand. Of course, he agreed, and he didn't believe Zhang Yang's luck could be so good. If this rough stone, which no one liked, yielded jade, he would be truly impressed.