Chapter 15

Wandering among the raw stones, Ye Yuan was pushing a handcart. On the cart, there were already six stones of various sizes, the largest being 80 cm and the smallest about the size of a watermelon. Ye Yuan knew that two of these six stones contained jade, while the other four had no points at all.

The two stones with jade were the largest and the smallest, while the ones in between had none.

Ye Yuan decided to call it a day, after all, these six stones cost him 500,000 yuan. This was all because the largest stone alone was priced at 350,000 yuan by the boss, and Ye Yuan gritted his teeth and bought it, as the system提示 indicated that this stone was worth 10,000 points.

When he heard the prompt, Ye Yuan was quite startled. What kind of stone would be worth 10,000 points? Out of curiosity, he bought the raw stone.

Coming to the middle, he saw Lao Er cutting a stone, so Ye Yuan walked over. "How's it going? My 'Jin Shao'." Lao Er hated it when people called him by his name; his roommates all called him 'Lao Er,' and people outside generally called him 'Jin Shao.'

"Brother, you're not as lucky as me. I threw in 2 million, but didn't even get a single strand." Although he said this, there was no sign of regret on Lao Er's face.

"You're amazing, really amazing." Ye Yuan gave Lao Er a thumbs up.

Seeing the master who had helped him cut stones the last two times was still there, he pushed the cart to the master and said, "Cut them all. Cut the largest one last, and you can decide how to cut the others."

Ye Yuan knew that among the first five stones, only one had a higher value. The main focus was on the last one. Cutting stones was a time-consuming task, so there was no need for Ye Yuan to cut the large one first. He could just finish cutting it and leave.

The master didn't waste any words, picked up a stone, and started cutting. Not far away, Zhao Chuan walked over, and Ye Yuan asked in surprise, "Isn't Master Nie with you?"

Zhao Chuan smiled and explained, "When we buy jade from a jewelry store, we don't cut it here. The reason is simple: if we win, our peers will be jealous, and if we lose, it's embarrassing. We take it back to our store and cut it there."

Hearing Zhao Chuan's words, Ye Yuan nodded, and the two of them went over to Lao Er. Lao Er had already finished cutting all the stones. The 2 million yuan raw stone only yielded a few pieces of average-quality jade, and the cutting master estimated a value of 100,000 yuan.

Some of the jade merchants knew that Lao Er and Ye Yuan were with Zhao Chuan, so no one came to offer a price.

Seeing his two brothers walk over, Lao Er glanced at Zhao Chuan and nodded at the few pieces of jade. "Process a pair of earrings for me, and the rest are yours."

Zhao Chuan knew that Lao Er didn't care about the money, so he made a call, and soon someone took away the jade.

"Let's go, let's see the luck of my lucky baby." Lao Er walked over to Ye Yuan's pile of raw stones.

At this moment, the cutting master was slicing the watermelon-sized raw stone. It quickly turned green, and a three-color jade larger than a fist appeared before everyone.

"Fu Lu Shou" Zhao Chuan directly named the jade. Lao Er patted Ye Yuan on the shoulder. "You're a lucky baby, no doubt about it."

Zhao Chuan looked at Ye Yuan and said, "1 million yuan."

"You're happy, that's all that matters." Ye Yuan knew the main event was still to come, so these were just appetizers.

Ye Yuan took the jade from the cutting master and handed it directly to Zhao Chuan, who immediately transferred the money.

Seeing another 1 million yuan credited to his account, his balance was now over 1.6 million yuan. With the black pearl, he estimated that buying a fishing boat should be no problem.

He just didn't know how much wealth the last stone would bring him. Thinking about this, his heart couldn't help but race.

Seeing Ye Yuan's state, Zhao Chuan thought he was excited about receiving 1 million yuan. So he continued to watch as the last large stone was cut.

With the hum of the cutting machine, one cut, two cuts, three cuts... until the ninth cut, the stone still showed no green.

Seeing such a large stone, the cutting master came over to consult Ye Yuan's opinion, asking if he could cut it in the middle. Such a large stone, if cut one by one, it was unknown how long it would take.

How could Ye Yuan agree to such a method? He comforted the master and told him, "No matter what, I'll give you a 10,000 yuan red envelope."

Hearing about such a large red envelope, the cutting master said nothing more and continued cutting.

After five more cuts, as a layer of stone skin fell off, a hint of green appeared before everyone. The cutting master immediately called over another person to help, and the two carefully worked on it.

Seeing this jade, Zhao Chuan was a bit uncertain. If it was what he thought, it would be incredible. This time, Zhao Chuan didn't give the grade of the jade. After 40 minutes, a piece of emerald green jade appeared before everyone, and the cutting master's hands were trembling.

Zhao Chuan swallowed, then grabbed Ye Yuan's backpack and put the jade directly into it. He looked around, and seeing no one, he felt a bit more at ease.

Everyone knew that Ye Yuan and Zhao Chuan were together. If they cut good jade, it was none of their business. So, they might as well go look elsewhere.

Without a word, Zhao Chuan gave each cutting master a 50,000 yuan red envelope and said to them, "You know nothing, understand?"

The two nodded nervously.

Pulling Ye Yuan and Lao Er, they quickly left the place, started the car, and drove away.

After driving a few kilometers, they stopped the car by the roadside and took deep breaths.

Ye Yuan and Lao Er didn't understand what was going on with Zhao Chuan and looked at him with questioning eyes.

Zhao Chuan calmed down and looked at Ye Yuan. After a long time, he said, "Ye Yuan, this time, brother owes you a huge favor. I must buy this piece of jade. 20 million yuan, how about it?" Zhao Chuan's tone was unusually serious.

When Zhao Chuan said 20 million yuan, Ye Yuan was no longer in the mood to think, and even Lao Er was a bit stunned. "What kind of thing is worth 20 million yuan?"

Zhao Chuan looked at the two and then said, "Glass-type imperial green jade, have you heard of it?"

"Damn, Ye Yuan, are you the illegitimate child of the goddess of luck? You even cut this out?" Lao Er yelled.

Thinking for a moment, he felt something was off and added, "Even 20 million yuan, it shouldn't have you this shaken, right?"

Zhao Chuan looked at Lao Er and said helplessly, "Money isn't the key. The key is that there's a rule in the industry. When such jade appears, everyone shares. It's fine if I cut it myself, but since Ye Yuan cut it, if I take it all, it would break the rules."

Through Zhao Chuan's explanation, the two understood. This type of glass-type imperial green jade might not appear even once a year, so the industry had such a rule to prevent one person from dominating and to maintain mutual checks and balances.

Ye Yuan agreed to sell this top-grade jade to Zhao Chuan's jewelry store.

The three of them went directly to the company. After Ye Yuan signed a few papers, the bank transfer was completed.

Now he was a millionaire. He never thought that in just a few hours, he had gone from a million in assets to ten million.

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