Chapter Fifty: The Crazy Stone

  "Boss, how to cut?" the staff asked.

  Zhang Yang picked up a piece of chalk from the side and drew a line on it, which deviated from the stone heart and happened to be on the edge of the middle piece of jade.

  "After finishing, Zhang Yang smiled and said: 'Cut it, if you have it, you'll make a profit; if not, consider it as paying tuition fees.'"

  At this time, Meng Zong appeared out of nowhere and smiled: "Young brother, your attitude is great! It just so happens that I have nothing to do, so I came over to take a look. You don't mind, do you?"

  Zhang Yang already knew that this so-called Meng Zong must have had other purposes, but as long as he didn't say anything, he would pretend not to know and sit back to observe, waiting to see what his plans were. As for saying that his mentality was good, that was just nonsense. He wasn't in a good state of mind because he knew that there was jade inside this piece of fabric, so why worry when it was a sure win?

  The worker moved the wool to the shearing machine, the cutting blades aligned with the lines of Zhang Yang's painting, and looked up to ask: "Boss, no changes, I'll start the machine."

  "Cut it off!" Zhang Yang said cleanly and neatly.

  This confident demeanor, when it fell into Meng's eyes, was a display of not caring about money. It seemed that his target hadn't been chosen incorrectly, this kid really had money.

  The staff turned on the power, and the dehairing machine roared to life. The gears made contact with the wool, making a hissing sound as stone chips flew everywhere. Zhang Yang took several steps back to avoid getting hit in the eyes.

  "It's going up, it's going up, betting on a rise!"

  Among the onlookers, someone with sharp eyes spotted a green light and shouted out loud. The people surrounding the area rushed forward several steps, each one excitedly watching the rotation of the grinding stone.

  Although these people see the stone being cut every day, they don't often see it surge up, and many haven't seen it at all. So when they saw a streak of green, they excitedly shouted one after another.

  At the same time, some people were desperately squeezing forward to see the quality of the jadeite. These people were all jadeite merchants who hung out at Lidu Gambling Stone Company every day, waiting for an opportunity to buy jadeite.

  Nowadays, the price of jade is rising all the way, and many people can't even buy raw materials with money, so the gambling stone company has become their gathering place.

  Liang Pangzi laughed so hard that his eyes narrowed, never expecting that a young man he had casually met would actually win the jade, and maybe he himself would have a chance to buy it from him. Thinking of this, Liang Pangzi pushed forward with all his might, his big belly leading the way.

  At this time, the security guards who received the news also ran over, and several people took out ropes to pull them up, blocking the onlookers from rushing in, lest they get into danger or something unexpected happens, their responsibility would be huge.

  The quarry worker turned off the machine and took out clear water to wash away the green half of the wool, with excited light in his eyes.

  Anyone who personally solves the jade is a happy thing, and it also affects their future. The gamblers are very superstitious, and an overall solution to the jade solver will often get old customers as designated solvers, with significant increases in salary, treatment, and bonuses.

  The stone worker washed the wool and handed it to Zhang Yang, saying: "Boss, you're really lucky. If you had gone any further in, the jade would have been damaged."

  Zhang Yang looked at the wool in his hand and smiled: "My first time gambling on stones, I should have good luck."

  After seeing the jade being taken out, it was no different from what he had seen before. Zhang Yang put down his worries, and he really had some concerns that after his eyes absorbed the spiritual energy hidden in the jade, the jade would be damaged and become worthless. Now there's no need to worry about it anymore.

  Meng Zong stood beside Zhang Yang, carefully observing the jade in the wool, and praised: "The water head is good, it's a clear egg. The green meaning is a bit light, the color is very correct, not bad, it's a good material. Little brother, you're prosperous, your luck is too good!"

  Thinking that this piece of wool was still helped to lower the price by himself, Meng Zong had a slight regret in his heart. If he knew there was jadeite inside, it would be better. But it's also good this way, this kid gambled on the jadeite and will definitely sell it, having money on hand is more convenient for himself.

  Someone in the crowd below shouted: "Friend, I'll give you 100,000 yuan for this material, let me have it."

  "One and a half million, I'll take one and a half million."

  "I'll give you 200,000, sell it to me!"

  "What are they doing? I haven't even finished cutting yet?"

  Meng Zong smiled and said, "Although the green has been cut out, it's not completely open yet. Nobody knows exactly how much jade there is, so there's a certain risk involved. Some people try to avoid risks and sell as soon as they see an opportunity."

  Someone in the crowd shouted: "Zhang old brother, it's me, Liang Pangzi."

  "Brother Liang, let security allow him up, he's my friend," Zhang Yang said.

  Meng Zong's face didn't look good when he heard Zhang Yang say that. He wasn't a newcomer, was he? How did he get in touch with Liang Pangzi?

  Liáng Pàngzi wiped the sweat and walked up, giving Zhang Yang a thumbs-up: "Brother, awesome! You solved the jade for the first time in a stone gamble."

  "Liāng Gē, aren't you not into gambling? Why are you also coming to join in the excitement?" Zhāng Yáng asked doubtfully.

  Li Ang smiled and said: "I don't gamble with all the chips, sometimes I'll take a look at this half-gambling stuff, do you understand, little brother?"

  Zhang Yang said without hesitation, "Solve it, this is my first gamble stone, I must solve it all. Even if I lose, I will admit it. And with my good luck today, I won't lose."

  "Good, little brother has guts. If you don't mind, I'll help you out!" said Liang Pangzi.

  Zhang Yang asked in surprise: "Brother Liang can still interpret the stone!"

  "Little brother, didn't I tell you before? The day I started playing with jade in the capital, cutting and polishing wasn't a problem. This piece of material, I have high hopes for it, if one accidentally cuts it wrongly, the loss will be great, and a good piece of material will be wasted." said Liang Pangzi.

  Feicui is trapped inside and can't escape, who cares about Zhang Yang anyway? Upon hearing Liang Pangzi say this, Zhang Yang took the opportunity to say: "Liang Ge, then I'll trouble you with that."

  Liáng Pàngzi smiled and said to the stonemason beside him: "Lend a hand and move the woolen goods up there."

  The jade worker nodded, although somewhat regretful that he couldn't personally take out the piece of jade, but who let him be the boss, he had no choice but to listen.

  Seeing Liang Pangzi going up, many people thought Zhang Yang was going to sell it, some shook their heads in regret. But who knew that Zhang Yang refused again, seeing the stone being put back on, everyone fell silent, quietly waiting.

  As long as it's not sold, there's still a chance; whether Liang Pangzi and Zhang Yang are friends or not doesn't matter.

  For the sake of money, husbands and wives can become enemies in court, fathers and sons can turn against each other; what's to say about friends?

  Everyone's attention was fixed on the cut-opened fur goods.

  Wang Jun should be an old hand, first at the incision site, wiping up the stone, wiping in about two or three centimeters, without seeing jade, gesturing a bit, drawing a line at one-third of the way.

  Zhang Yang doubtfully said: "Liang Ge, what are you doing here?"

  No wonder Zhang Yang was puzzled when he just arrived. The distance from here to the place where the jade is produced is still one-third of the way, and if it's cut like this, there won't be any jade.

  Li said, "We can't cut too much at once, or the jade will be cut in half and the loss will be great. We'll cut a little bit at a time, so although it takes more time, the loss is smaller."

  Zhang Yang thought, "You don't have to worry about it anymore, there's no jade here." After thinking again, he said, "Forget it, I've already told him to come and solve it himself. If he really can't do it, I'll take care of it myself."

  Liang Pangzi was also a decisive person, drawing a line and immediately starting the machine, cutting it off.

  A piece of stone fell out from the cut in the fur coat, and there was nothing white.

  "It's all over, alas, it's all over." someone sighed.

  The crowd began to discuss, some sighed, some gloated, and others were eager to try.

  Someone below shouted: "Little brother, don't sell it, how about selling it to me for 30,000 yuan?"

  "Brother, you're taking advantage of me, just based on that cut, it's at least 40,000. Little brother, give me 40,000, okay?"

  Liáng Pàngzi turned his head and took a look at Zhāng Yáng, who said without hesitation: "Brother Liáng, continue to explain. Still as much as before, cut it off."

  Li Angzi was also a straightforward person, re-arranging the wool, fixing its position, and then starting the machine again to cut it.

  Everyone is staring at the gear, if there is no green light, the price of this wool will drop again. It's very likely that the whole wool only has that little jade, which was just solved by Zhang Yang. Such things have happened before.

  It's all up to this one move whether I live or die.

  Meng Zong was a bit nervous and wiped the sweat, Liang Pangzi was even more nervous, if it really collapsed, he would be buried this time, Zhang Yang wouldn't say anything, others would also spread rumors.

  Just as Liang Pangzi was stunned, someone suddenly shouted: "It's green, it's green, it's going up again, it's amazing, it's really amazing."

  Both sides have come out green, and everyone knows that this piece of jade is not small. Some people are regretful, thinking that if they had known it would be cut like this, they would have spent more money to buy it. They didn't think that even if they had offered more money, Zhang Yang wouldn't have sold it anyway.

  Liang Pangzi let out a sigh of relief, this piece of jade material had not fallen apart in his hands after all, that was good. Liang Pangzi cut two more slices, stopped the machine, and took out the jade. He began to polish it with tools until it was about the size of a fist, then he stopped, wiped away his sweat, took out the jade, placed it on the table, and shone a strong flashlight on it, carefully observing it.

  Smiling, he said to Zhang Yang: "Zhang, it's almost done. The water head is good, there are no impurities, the texture is egg white-like, and the color is even. It's a great material for making bangles. Whether to sell or keep it for yourself, you decide."

  Zhang Yang was taken aback and said: "Big brother, can you give me a price? How am I supposed to sell it? You came here wanting to buy jadeite, now that the jadeite is out, why aren't you giving a price?"

  "Little brother, one million paid immediately, how about selling the goods to me?" A short and stout middle-aged man walked out.

  "Lao Xue, your store has enough jade, little brother I'll give you 11 million." A middle-aged man stood up.

  Listening to their words, they are all jade and stone merchants.

  As soon as the two of them spoke up, many people below stopped watching and started bidding, and the price of the jade quickly rose to 14 million.

  Zhang Yang's heart was racing with excitement, a 40-fold profit, no wonder so many people were betting on the stone, it turned out that there really was an opportunity to get rich overnight.

  At this time, Liang Pangzi, who had been silent all along, wiped the sweat and said: "Younger brother, 15 million, what do you think?"

  "Liāng gē, what's this?" Zhāng Yáng said with feigned surprise.

  Li Pangzi smiled and said, "Younger brother, you should have seen that I came here for this piece of material. Friendship is one thing, business is another! My store doesn't have many good jade materials either, so I really need to buy some jade. If you think the price is suitable, then let me have it."

  At this time, the short and stout man known as Old Xu said: "One million six hundred thousand, little brother, let's settle the friendship with friendship, you can't be stingy with money, whoever offers a higher price sells to whom, what's there to hesitate about."

  "1.65 million, little brother, if it's any more, big brother won't be able to afford it, gotta leave some profit for big brother!"

  "Without waiting for anyone else to speak up, Zhang Yang declared, 'No problem, I'll sell it to you, Brother Liang.'"

  When it comes to business, Zhang Yang won't hesitate and will sell to the highest bidder. However, since he has many opportunities to dissolve jade in the future, he needs a long-term cooperative partner, and the price doesn't have to be too high, what's important is stability, so that when dissolving jade, he can find a buyer. Moreover, as a newcomer, he still needs to mix in this industry, there are many things he doesn't know, and he also needs someone to guide him. As for saying there's no profit, Zhang Yang absolutely won't believe it. It's just that this material looks like it's worth about this price, and even if you want a higher price, it can't go much higher than that.

  Liang Pangzi is still a passionate person, regardless of whether the relationship between the two is real or fake, as long as he can help himself, it's okay, and as for losing tens of thousands of yuan, Zhang Yang doesn't care at all, he has already passed that petty stage.

  Upon hearing Zhang Yang say that, Liang Pangzi happily smiled and said: "Still, little brother is quite considerate. Little brother, do you want cash or a bank transfer?"

  "Let's just transfer it instead, once the money arrives, I'll feel a bit more at ease."

  As for Meng Zong being elegantly ignored by the two, Meng Fei was not disappointed. One hundred and sixty-five million, this little brat had earned so much in an instant, but don't worry, it won't take long before this money should be his own.