Chapter 14

Yeyuan walked slowly, with smaller stones placed irregularly on some racks, and larger ones directly on the ground. 520 Official Website

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Yeyuan knew nothing about gemstone gambling, so he simply looked up some information online. There were mainly several types of raw stones: kilogram material, blind-packed material, surface material, market material, and high-grade material.

After reading many introductions, Yeyuan was still in a fog. He walked back and forth among the stones, occasionally touching this one and that one. When his hand just touched a raw stone the size of a basin,

"Energy source detected, can be exchanged for 1000 points. Do you want to exchange?"

The system's prompt sounded.

"No"

Yeyuan immediately canceled the operation. He was really afraid that the stone would suddenly disappear in front of him. With so many people watching, it would be hard to explain.

This was the first time the system had given a prompt without the item being placed in the space. Could it be because he touched the stone?

He then touched a few stones nearby with his hand, but there was no reaction at all.

He decided to buy this one first and see what happens. He looked at the stone in his hand; its surface was brownish-yellow, and there was nothing special about it compared to the other stones.

Yeyuan took the stone to the stall owner, "How much for this stone?"

"3000 yuan, no bargaining," the stall owner replied after looking at the stone in Yeyuan's hand.

Yeyuan did a quick calculation. 1000 points could be exchanged for 1000 pounds of sea fish, which would cost about 7000 yuan. This was a sure profit, so Yeyuan paid directly with his card.

Of course, Yeyuan couldn't exchange it for points right now. He wanted to know what was special about this stone.

He took the raw stone directly to the stone-cutting area. Stone cutting was a very exciting activity. There was a saying in the gemstone gambling industry: "One cut to poverty, one cut to wealth." This was a vivid description of stone cutting.

He found a stone cutter, and the cutting here was free. All the stall owners collectively paid the wages of these stone cutters. If good jade appeared during the cutting, a red envelope would usually be given to the stone cutter, the amount depending on the value of the jade.

The stone cutter operated skillfully, calculating the cutting position, placing the raw stone, and the cutting machine hummed as it rotated. One cut, stop the machine, observe, cut again, observe again.

Each time, only a thin layer of the raw stone was cut off. From a distance, Zhao Chuan and Lao Er also saw Yeyuan cutting the stone and hurried over.

Lao Er said to Yeyuan with a grin, "You're quick, how much did you pay?"

"3000," Yeyuan didn't even turn his head, his eyes never leaving the stone.

Zhao Chuan came over but didn't speak to Yeyuan. Instead, he looked at the stone cutter, Nie Shifu.

"Average quality, not likely to increase in value," Nie Shifu gave a direct result.

The stone cutter had already made four cuts, and what came out was still just white stone. Many people around shook their heads, thinking this stone was likely a loss.

When the stone cutter made the fifth cut, sparks flew, and after a loud hum, another piece of the raw stone was cut off, revealing a fingernail-sized green patch inside.

"It increased! It increased!"

Immediately, the onlookers exclaimed.

At this moment, the stone cutter didn't rush to continue cutting but washed the raw stone with water. As the stone powder on the green part was washed away, the color underneath was revealed. Zhao Chuan said excitedly, "Glutinous rice type."

The stone cutter held a flashlight and shone it on the green part to see the inside clearly. After a long look, he said to Yeyuan, "Glutinous rice type, with slight cracks, not a large volume."

The people around started discussing again. Yeyuan didn't understand any of this and looked helplessly at Zhao Chuan.

Nie Shifu, standing nearby, looked embarrassed. Who would have thought that his prediction of no increase would be proven wrong so quickly.

At the same time, Nie Shifu saw that Yeyuan was a layman and explained carefully, "Glutinous rice type is a high-quality jade, with a hardness of about 7. The color is like glutinous rice, hence the name. It has a slight yellow tinge, and its transparency is not as good as ice type."

Zhao Chuan followed up, "Shifu Nie, you don't need to explain so much. This guy probably doesn't even know what ice type is." He laughed as he said this.

Yeyuan ignored Zhao Chuan and thanked Nie Shifu.

The stone cutter continued, this time using an angle grinder. He would wash the stone with water after each cut. After about ten minutes, the jade finally separated, about the size of an egg, irregular in shape.

People around were talking about terms Yeyuan didn't understand, like "sufficient water" and "floating flowers." Someone directly offered 8000 yuan.

Zhao Chuan said to the bidder, "This is my brother, don't even think about getting a bargain."

Zhao Chuan had only been in the industry for a short time, but he had a high starting point and was quite well-known in the Beijing jewelry and jade circle.

Seeing Zhao Chuan say this, everyone dispersed.

Lao Er came over with a smile, putting his arm around Yeyuan's shoulder, "Not bad, not bad. The boss said you've had good luck lately and got some good stuff, but I didn't believe it. Now I'm really convinced. Who else has such good luck as you?"

Yeyuan said to Lao Er with a bad temper, "Do you think this small amount of money is worth anything? Can the money from this jade pay for your hotel stay?"

"Can they be compared? Do you understand the process? Gemstone gambling is all about the thrill, the result doesn't matter."

"I only care about the result, the process doesn't matter," Yeyuan retorted.

Zhao Chuan came over, "10,000 yuan, I'll take it."

Yeyuan looked at Zhao Chuan and said, "Let's see after it's done. I was planning to make some jewelry for my mom and sister with this jade."

"Alright, I'll have our company's designer help you with the design when the time comes." Zhao Chuan didn't insist, as this piece of jade wasn't significant to his company. He was genuinely happy for Yeyuan's success in the gamble.

After a few more words, everyone went back to look for their favorite stones. Yeyuan also gave the stone cutter a 500 yuan red envelope.

Through this stone cutting, Yeyuan learned that jade could provide points, and that as long as he touched the raw stone, the system could give the point value.

Yeyuan believed that the higher the points, the better the quality of the jade. To test his theory, he started looking for more raw stones.

Finally, Yeyuan found a raw stone worth only 50 points in a pile. He bought it for 1000 yuan.

He took the stone to the cutting area and found the same stone cutter. The cutter only took a few minutes to cut the stone. This time, the stone wasn't large, and only a small amount of green was revealed. The stone cutter told him that this was a loss.

Yeyuan collected the broken jade and put it directly into his backpack.

Everyone understood, as these small pieces could still be used for small earrings or something. But compared to the price of the raw stone, it was a significant loss.

After two stone cuttings, Yeyuan realized this was a rare opportunity. There was no place for gemstone gambling in Lando City, and he couldn't often come to Beijing to gamble. Once or twice could be explained by luck, but over time, someone would surely become suspicious. The jade circle was relatively small. Besides, he didn't want to get addicted to gemstone gambling.