Chapter 83

And as for the No. 5 jadeite rough stone, after the second cut, it no longer performed well, and its performance became increasingly poor.

Starting from the third cut, no jadeite appeared in the No. 5 jadeite rough stone. Only the first cut surface showed a bit of jadeite, and it was scattered, not continuous, and very thin. Without the need for an appraiser to judge, anyone at the scene who had a basic understanding of jadeite rough stones knew that this piece of jadeite had little value.

Subsequently, the No. 5 stone cutter divided the rough stone into more than ten pieces, but no jadeite appeared again.

The most expensive No. 5 jadeite rough stone was unexpectedly the first to be eliminated, which surprised everyone.

The No. 1 stone cutter continued to cut downward after cutting out the green. The green on the cut surface became even more evident.

The large screen made a close-up of the green cut surface, allowing everyone to see it more clearly.

"It's the pure Yang green, and it's of the glass variety. It's a big win; the No. 1 rough stone has a big win," one of the onlookers couldn't help but shout.

Now, if the No. 1 jadeite rough stone were to be sold, it would be worth at least 2 million. Su Zhe's smile grew wider, while Zheng Yan's face began to change, looking very displeased.

The No. 1 stone cutter found a new place to cut and saw green again.

Through the two green cut surfaces, the stone cutter quickly found a new place to cut, and the cutting machine started working again.

Suddenly, someone shouted, "Heaven, it's a failure."

The No. 1 stone cutter was startled, thinking, "I haven't even seen it yet, and you already know it's a failure." He looked at the person who shouted and realized that the failure was not from the No. 1 jadeite rough stone but from the No. 4 jadeite rough stone. The 3.8 million yuan jadeite rough stone was full of ordinary stone, with no jadeite at all, a complete failure.

It seemed that the person who shouted had a significant amount of money bet on the No. 4 stone. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so agitated. Su Zhe guessed that the 3.8 million yuan No. 4 rough stone was likely bought by him.

The No. 1 stone cutter refocused on the No. 1 jadeite rough stone. After pouring some water, the stone cutter couldn't help but feel pleasantly surprised, as this cut not only showed green again but the green area was even larger than before.

The stone cutter no longer dared to continue cutting but began to carefully polish the stone. No one at the scene complained about the stone cutter being too cautious. This piece of jadeite rough stone was now very valuable, and if it were accidentally damaged, the loss would be significant.

The jadeite inside the No. 1 rough stone was not large, but it took the stone cutter more than half an hour to polish it all out.

The No. 1 stone cutter presented the polished jadeite to everyone, and the beautiful No. 1 jadeite immediately attracted everyone's attention. It was indeed the glass variety pure Yang green.

"Now the result should be clear, Mr. Zheng. It seems Su Zhe's luck is quite good today," Liu Xiong said with a hearty laugh. He was in a good mood, as he had finally seen Zheng Yan, who was usually arrogant, humbled. After all, Zheng Yan had never given him any face before, and he had dared to target Su Zhe, knowing that he was his friend.

"Brother Liu, the competition results haven't come out yet. Anything can happen, Mr. Zheng, don't you think so?" Su Zhe waved his hand and said humbly. By saying this, Su Zhe made it even more obvious that he was mocking Zheng Yan. The value of the No. 1 jadeite, even if not the highest, was clearly much higher than that of Zheng Yan's No. 5 jadeite.

Faced with the back-and-forth between Su Zhe and Liu Xiong, Zheng Yan's anger flashed briefly, and then he appeared calm: "Mr. Su, you're joking. I accept my loss."

Zheng Yan then transferred the money to Su Zhe on the spot, without waiting for the competition results. Throughout the process, he was polite, as if there was no unpleasantness at all. After Su Zhe confirmed, he bid farewell and left.

The more indifferent Zheng Yan appeared to the loss, the more frightening it was. If he had been angry and embarrassed, it would have been easier to deal with. But hidden hostility was hard to guard against. So Su Zhe had already begun to be wary of Zheng Yan.

Soon, the competition results were announced by Xu Chang.

Out of the five jadeite rough stones, four produced jadeite. After being evaluated by five appraisers, the results were as follows: the No. 1 jadeite was estimated at 16 million yuan, the No. 2 jadeite at 200,000 yuan, the No. 3 jadeite at 5.5 million yuan, the No. 4 jadeite rough stone did not produce any jadeite, and the No. 5 jadeite was estimated at 5,000 yuan.

The results were clear: the No. 1 jadeite was the winner. The combined value of the other jadeites was not even as high as the No. 1 jadeite, which was a surprising outcome.

"Su Zhe, you're really amazing," Liu Xiong couldn't help but say after the results were announced.

"It's all luck; I had good luck," Su Zhe explained, attributing everything to luck.

Su Zhe couldn't reveal the real reason, and even if he did, no one would believe it. After all, no one would believe that someone could know whether there was jadeite inside a rough stone before it was cut.

This time, Zheng Yan was unlucky, choosing the No. 5 jadeite rough stone. Only if Zheng Yan had chosen the No. 4 and No. 5 jadeite rough stones did Su Zhe have a sure chance of winning.

The 3.8 million yuan No. 4 jadeite rough stone was the only one that did not react to Su Zhe's divine power. The other jadeite rough stones had some reaction, so Su Zhe was certain that the No. 4 jadeite rough stone did not contain any jadeite.

The No. 5 jadeite rough stone chosen by Zheng Yan reacted to Su Zhe's divine power, but the reaction was weak and scattered. It was about as weak as the reaction from the brick material Su Zhe had used to test the waters. At the time, Su Zhe had bought 5,000 pieces of brick material, and the jadeite he cut from it was of poor quality and small size, eventually selling for only 2,000 yuan, making it the only jadeite rough stone he had ever lost on.

Now, the 5 million yuan No. 5 jadeite rough stone had a reaction as weak as the 5,000 yuan brick material. So Su Zhe had guessed that although it contained jadeite, it would be very small and of little value.

The reaction from the No. 1 jadeite rough stone was completely different. Otherwise, Su Zhe wouldn't have easily agreed to the bet with Zheng Yan. He had already been confident and accepted this obviously unequal bet.

If Zheng Yan had chosen the No. 2 or No. 3 jadeite rough stone, Su Zhe wouldn't have taken the risk so easily.

Although the reaction from the No. 1 jadeite rough stone was the strongest, Su Zhe couldn't be sure that a strong reaction meant high value. He had only guessed that the jadeite from a strongly reactive rough stone would be larger than that from a weakly reactive one.