Chapter 72 of 100

Chapter 72

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After finishing his driving lessons today, Su Zhe did not return home. Instead, he directly took a car to the Jade Street in Yan Yun City. The Jade Culture Festival had not yet ended, and Su Zhe planned to go and take another look.

Although the Jade Culture Festival had been going on for several days, the number of people each day was still quite high, indicating that jade gambling had a significant appeal to people.

To avoid being recognized, Su Zhe did not go to the same jade gambling hall as before. Instead, he found another larger-scale jade gambling hall. Most of these halls were similar, with the first floor selling finished jade jewelry, while the second floor was filled with the exciting world of jade gambling.

He did not linger on the first floor of the jade gambling hall and went directly to the second floor. Su Zhe first focused on the raw jade pieces that were classified as scraps.

The jade gambling hall Su Zhe visited this time was different from the one he and Liu Xiong went to before, where the scrap pieces were ignored. Here, many people were picking through the scrap pieces. Su Zhe did not know that the main reason for this was his own doing, followed by the merchants' opportunistic hype.

It was after he bought a scrap piece for 500 yuan and found a piece of jade worth a million yuan, with a 2000-fold profit, that people began to take these scrap pieces seriously. They hoped to find valuable jade from these low-priced scraps and become rich overnight.

Su Zhe did not pay attention to the others and picked his own raw jade. This time, he examined the raw jade much faster than before. He could basically finish examining each piece in about half a minute.

After half an hour, Su Zhe still had no luck. He had examined nearly a hundred pieces of raw jade, ranging in size. However, none of the raw jade pieces reacted to his divine power, and he did not feel the same as before.

Just as Su Zhe was about to think that his divine power no longer worked on jade, he finally felt a reaction from a piece of raw jade that did not look very good. This piece of raw jade was about twice the size of a home computer case, much larger than the one he bought last time. However, the reaction it gave him was very weak.

Su Zhe did not think too much and bought this piece of raw jade directly. The price was not cheap, costing 5000 yuan.

After buying the raw jade, he immediately asked the staff to send it to the jade cutting area to be cut open.

The result after cutting was not very satisfactory. Although there was indeed jade inside this piece of raw jade, the jade was very small and of poor quality. Only one person was willing to buy it for 2000 yuan. Since Su Zhe had no use for it, he sold the jade.

Although Su Zhe lost 3000 yuan on this piece of jade, he was not without gains. If there was jade inside the raw jade, it would react to his divine power. The strength of the reaction might be related to the thickness of the outer shell or the size and quality of the jade inside, or perhaps both. This was a significant discovery for Su Zhe, which would be very useful for judging raw jade.

After selling the jade, Su Zhe continued to search for his target in the raw jade area. This time, his target was no longer the worthless scrap pieces. He had already examined about half of them and found only one piece with jade inside, which was a very low probability. Moreover, the jade he found was not valuable, and the gains did not match the effort.

Therefore, Su Zhe did not waste time on these scrap pieces and went directly to the area with relatively higher-value raw jade, where the pieces were priced in the tens of thousands.

Su Zhe found that these higher-priced raw jade pieces indeed had their reasons for being expensive. Before long, he discovered several pieces that reacted to his divine power. Although not every piece reacted, and the reactions were not strong, the probability was much higher compared to the scrap pieces, where only one in a hundred had jade.

Although Su Zhe found several pieces that reacted to his divine power, he did not buy them because the reactions were too weak. He estimated that even if he found jade, it would not be of high quality. Moreover, these pieces were not cheap, and the costs would not be covered by the gains.

So, Su Zhe directly gave up on these pieces and continued to search for his target.

Finally, he felt a reaction from another piece of raw jade, and the reaction was not weak, although it was not as strong as the one worth a million yuan. However, it was much stronger than the other pieces that reacted.

This piece of raw jade was priced at 80,000 yuan, which was not cheap. After some thought, Su Zhe decided to buy it and take a chance.

After paying, Su Zhe sent the raw jade directly to the jade cutting area and asked the jade cutter to cut it open.

The result was that Su Zhe won. The jade that was cut out was not small and of good quality. It was sold for 320,000 yuan, a fourfold increase in price.

Although many people gathered around to watch, it did not cause much of a stir, as such profits were quite common in jade gambling.

After selling the jade, Su Zhe continued to search for raw jade with jade inside. Each time he cut out jade, he gained a deeper understanding of the relationship between the strength of the reaction and the quality of the jade, allowing him to avoid cutting out jade that was not worth the cost of the raw jade.

Su Zhe spent a considerable amount of time in the raw jade area, buying six pieces of raw jade that reacted to his divine power, with a total value of 850,000 yuan. He believed that even if the jade inside these pieces did not sell for a high price, it would at least not result in a loss.

This time, Su Zhe did not go directly to the jade cutting area to cut the jade. If each piece of raw jade he cut out was valuable, it would definitely cause a stir, and Su Zhe did not want to draw too much attention. So, he asked the staff to find a quieter place for him to cut the jade.

Most larger-scale jade gambling halls, in addition to providing a jade cutting area for customers to cut their raw jade for free, also prepare rooms for more low-key customers to cut their jade. Of course, these rooms are not provided to just anyone; the jade gambling hall has certain conditions that must be met to use the rooms.

For example, at the jade gambling hall Su Zhe visited, one must purchase raw jade worth 500,000 yuan or more in a single transaction to qualify for the use of a room.

Since the total value of the raw jade Su Zhe bought this time was 850,000 yuan, he qualified. Therefore, the staff quickly arranged a room for Su Zhe to cut the jade.

Su Zhe learned some basic steps for cutting jade from the jade cutter and then asked the jade cutter to leave, planning to cut the jade himself.

Many people who gamble on jade like to cut the jade themselves, as the sense of achievement when cutting out jade is greatly increased. Some people are very confident and only believe in their own luck, so even if they lose, they cannot blame others.

There are many such people in the jade gambling world, so the jade cutter did not suspect Su Zhe.

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