Chapter 45

"Green! Green! It's green, worthy of a gemstone expert!"

"Professor Zhang's reputation in our gemstone circle is quite famous!"

"Is this an ice-ru type? Such a large piece is worth a lot of money!"

The first to start cutting the stone was Cheng Tianlei, and with the first cut on the first piece of raw stone, a bright green color appeared.

Seeing this green, Cheng Tianlei and Zhang Yang both wore smug smiles. Cheng Tianlei even arrogantly gave He Dong a thumbs up, then under everyone's watchful eyes, suddenly turned the thumb downward.

"This bastard is so arrogant. If my legs were good, I would beat him so badly that even his mother wouldn't recognize him." Since he was with He Dong, Wang Xuewu knew He Dong's usual low profile, so he had been holding back, but Cheng Tianlei's arrogance was almost too much for him to bear.

"Hehe, no rush, no rush, he'll cry soon enough!" He Dong said with a smile.

He Dong's strong confidence made everyone around him relax a bit, but as Cheng Tianlei and his team continued to cut the stones, the atmosphere became tense again. The three pieces of jadeite raw stone selected by Zhang Yang all turned out to be jadeite, including one valuable ice-ru type.

"He, it's your turn!" Cheng Tianlei was now in an incredibly good mood. The three pieces of jadeite he had opened were worth at least tens of millions, which made him a profit of more than ten times.

"Old Three! Let Old Liu pick three more for you!" Wang Qiang made a final effort. Old Liu was their company's resident gemstone expert.

"Master!" "Brother Dong!" Zhao Xinxin and Wang Xuewu also looked at He Dong with concern and tension.

"Hehe, I'm not nervous, why are you nervous?" Under everyone's watchful eyes, He Dong carried a piece of raw stone to the stone cutter.

"Shh!" With the sharp sound of the machine, almost everyone, including Cheng Tianlei, became tense. Of course, He Dong, who already knew the result, was leisurely smoking a cigarette.

"Ah! It's a dud!" The first piece of raw stone He Dong brought out was not very large, so it only took a few minutes to be cut open. However, both cut surfaces were gray, which immediately caused a series of sighs.

"Ha ha, a good dud!" Amidst the sighs, there was a wild laugh.

"Master, keep cutting!" He Dong ignored the others' expressions and continued to say calmly.

The machine sound quickly rang out again, but this time everyone's mood had changed. Wang Xuewu and Wang Qiang frowned, while Zhao Xinxin clasped her hands in front of her chest, closed her eyes, and prayed. Cheng Tianlei, on the other hand, looked at He Dong and Wang Qiang with a smug expression, or sometimes at Zhao Xinxin.

"Green! It's green!" In this strange atmosphere, the stone cutter suddenly shouted.

"What?" Zhang Yang suddenly darted forward, splashed water on the cut surface of the jadeite raw stone, and a refreshing green color immediately appeared.

"This... This... This is an ice type, apple green!" An expert exclaimed in surprise.

Cheng Tianlei's face immediately changed from joy to gloom. Ice type apple green, even if it was not very large, was still quite valuable.

"Great, it's an ice type apple green!" Wang Qiang and the others were so excited that they clenched their fists and waved them in the air.

"Is ice type apple green valuable?" Among these people, only Zhao Xinxin, besides He Dong, was an outsider. Although she knew the situation had drastically changed, she was still curious and asked.

"Of course it's valuable. In jadeite, the best is glass type, and below that is ice type. A small ring face of this ice type apple green is worth millions." Wang Qiang explained briefly.

"Really! Great! Master, awesome!" Zhao Xinxin immediately joined in the excited cheers.

"Master, keep cutting!" Listening to everyone's cheers, He Dong still remained calm and said to the stone cutter.

Soon, a high-quality ice type apple green jadeite, about the size of an egg, was cut out. Because this piece of jadeite was so beautiful, as soon as it was cut out, Zhao Xinxin, citing the "ladies first" rule, forcibly took it and played with it lovingly.

"Don't be so smug. Although the value of ice type apple green is high, due to its size, your piece of jadeite is worth at most six million. My three pieces of jadeite are worth ten million." He Dong's joy made Cheng Tianlei extremely jealous, and he said with a gloomy face.

"Don't forget, we still have two pieces of raw stone to cut!" Wang Qiang said with a cold laugh.

"Do you think jadeite is a cabbage? Getting one piece of jadeite is already your good luck! I don't think the remaining two pieces will yield any jadeite." Cheng Tianlei said with a sneer.

"Boss, don't argue with him. Let the facts speak. Master, cut this one out for me!" He Dong said, then handed over another piece of jadeite raw stone.

This time, the piece of raw stone He Dong was cutting was the one he had chosen at the beginning. Because he had been holding it during the argument with Cheng Tianlei, many people had an impression of this piece of raw stone. So, as soon as He Dong started to cut this piece, everyone's attention immediately shifted to it. Even Cheng Tianlei, who was usually talkative, was now tense and watching the cutting process.

"Green! Green! Green!" Zhao Xinxin stared intently at the cutting scene, muttering one word over and over.

"Green! Green! Green!" Zhao Xinxin's behavior gradually influenced Wang Xuewu, who also started to mutter.

"Green! Green! Green!" Then Wang Qiang, Daozi, and Houzi also joined in the muttering.

The muttering grew louder and louder, and more and more people joined in. Eventually, the shouts of "green" drowned out the sound of the cutting machine. However, the louder the shouts, the worse Cheng Tianlei's face looked.

Finally, the cutting machine stopped, and all the shouts disappeared in an instant. The entire gemstone shop suddenly fell into silence, with only the sound of the stone cutter handling the raw stone.

As the clear water was splashed, under everyone's tense gaze, the stone cutter's eyes suddenly lit up. Unable to contain his excitement, he suddenly shouted, "Green! It's green! Glass type, imperial green!"

"Ah!" With this shout, the entire gemstone shop erupted in a roar that could almost lift the roof. Everyone rushed to the newly cut jadeite without hesitation.

At this moment, no one noticed that Zhang Yang was standing there, eyes vacant and face pale, while Cheng Tianlei had a fierce expression, eyes bloodshot, staring at He Dong and the others.

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