Chapter 5: The Gambling Stone Storm (Part 2)

  Li Yang seemed to have not heard Wu Xiaoli's words, still squatting there hugging that piece of half-washed fabric, feeling disrespected, Wu Xiaoli became even more furious.

  "Li Assistant!" Wu Xiaoli's voice was loud, especially the two words "Assistant" were bitten very heavily. This time even the seller of the jade rough stone discovered that these two young people were not on the same road.

  "Wu Xiaoli, you're calling me?"

  Li Yang recovered from the shock, turned his head and asked expressionlessly. In his mind, a 3D image of this piece of jade rough was still present, not only a 3D image but also a colored one. There was a green spot in the lower center of the stone that looked particularly eye-catching.

  Li Yang's attitude made Wu Xiaoli even angrier, and she glared at Li Yang fiercely: "Assistant Li, since you know so much, why don't you just buy a piece of jade and gamble with us? Let's open our eyes and see what this 'gambling stone' is all about!"

  Liange and Sun Jie exchanged a glance, wanting to say something but ultimately didn't speak up. The situation had already gone beyond their control. Now Wu Xiaoli was clearly competing with Li Yang, and before he made any indication, they couldn't say anything either, or else it would make Li Yang look like he didn't know what he was talking about, which would be even more embarrassing for him.

  "Want to buy one?"

  Li Yang's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, not because he was thinking about Wu Xiaoli's words, but because he was carefully observing that piece of green. Even if he didn't understand anything else, he knew that jade was a good green color. This hidden piece of green must be jade, and its color was much more beautiful than the exposed one outside. It was just a bit small. Li Yang had no idea how much this piece of green inside would be worth.

  Although he has three months of experience in selling jewelry, most of the jade sold are low-grade ones that cost hundreds or thousands of yuan. For those low-grade jades, he only knows they look good, but he doesn't know how to analyze them and doesn't even know what kind of jade the green piece he saw is.

  "Right, is Assistant Li afraid of gambling?" Wu Xiaoli nodded, and in order to take revenge on Li Yang, she even used the most extreme method.

  The seller smiled and watched them from the side, he had already seen that the young couple was in a huff, but this huffing was beneficial to him, being able to sell more materials was better, it would be best if Li Yang could buy everything back, otherwise these things couldn't be sold out and taking them back home would be a troublesome thing.

  Li Yang put down the stone, and the three-dimensional image in his mind immediately disappeared. Now Li Yang was completely awake, and Wu Xiaoli's unfriendly attitude towards him again made him very angry.

  "Older brother, how much is this material?" Li Yang ignored Wu Xiaoli and asked the seller.

  "This piece, not expensive, just 10,000 yuan!" The seller smiled slightly, in fact this half-gambling wool fabric is worth at most 8,000 yuan, but seeing someone competing with each other, he doesn't mind adding a bit to the price, this seller is a shrewd businessman.

  "Ten thousand!"

  Li Yang hesitated, knowing that the jade was very valuable, but not knowing exactly how much it was worth. What if the green wasn't worth this price? He would lose big time! Earlier, he had already taken a closer look and saw that the green only extended a little bit from the cut surface, while all the other greens on the outside were just superficial phenomena.

  "Assistant Li, you don't even have 10,000 yuan? If not, I can lend it to you first!" Wu Xiaoli sneered coldly, and the opportunity to strike back at Li Yang had arrived. To avenge Li Yang, she clearly didn't care about anything else, even if it meant being scolded by Zhang Ying or resigning from her job. Wu Xiaoli believed that with her abilities and conditions, she could shine anywhere.

  "Alright, 10,000 is 10,000, I'll buy this material. Brother, can you accept card payment here?"

  People are fighting for a breath of air, and the Buddha still wants to fight for an incense stick. Li Yang is now thoroughly enraged by Wu Xiaoli's attitude. No matter how much the green stone inside is worth, he must buy this raw stone. At worst, he will lose 10,000 yuan, which is just his monthly salary.

  "We can swipe cards, little brother come and I'll swipe for you!"

  The seller smiled and pulled out a POS machine, this time Li Yang was not so surprised. These raw materials cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, cash transactions are not convenient, it's normal for them to have a POS machine.

  The password was entered, and 10,000 yuan formally flew away from his card. Thinking of this, Li Yang couldn't help but feel a little heartache. If he had put it aside in the past, he would have saved this money by being frugal for almost a year.

  "Little brother, are you taking this fabric away or opening it up here?" The seller handed the half-bolt of fabric to Li Yang with a satisfied smile. Originally worth only 8,000 yuan, he had sold it for 10,000 yuan. Although the extra 2,000 yuan wasn't much, it was still a gain, enough to cover his food and drink expenses in Qingdao this time.

  "Let's open it here!" Li Yang bowed his head and thought deeply for a moment before making a decision. He knew how to open the stone, but he wasn't clear about the specifics, and even if he took it back, he wouldn't be able to open it. It was better to just open it here, and besides, Li Yang also wanted to know how much the green thing inside was worth. After opening it, there would be experts around who could tell him.

  "Alright, I'll get it for you right away!" The vendor replied with a smile, taking the half-bolt of fabric from Li Yang's hands and walking directly to the back.

  The seller had a dehairing machine behind him. Li Yang, who didn't know much about dehairing, watched as he put the half-processed material in, without saying anything.

  Li Yang and his group's commotion also attracted a lot of people. The exhibition had not yet started, and the raw materials area was still somewhat deserted. As soon as someone saw them deciphering the stone, they all rushed over, and when others saw the crowd gathering, they too flocked over. In no time at all, Li Yang's group was surrounded by dozens of people inside and out.

  "Little brother, how should we solve it? Should we cut it directly or scrape it open and take a look?"

  The onlookers also boosted the vendor's enthusiasm, this is a piece of semi-gambling material, from the cross-section, no matter what, there will be jadeite inside, if it's good, it can be used for promotion. Besides, the vendor had few customers here today and was getting impatient, having something to do could lift his spirits.

  Li Yang thought for a moment, smiled and replied "Wipe it first, but wipe slowly, let me take a good look at this colleague!" After finishing, his eyes glanced at Wu Xiaoli, who was the one who had urged Li Yang to buy this half-gambling wool fabric.

  "Hmm!" Wu Xiaoli snorted again, but she didn't retort anything. After all, there were many people who gambled on stones and lost, and even this half-gambling material had some risk. Wu Xiaoli was still waiting to see Li Yang's joke after he lost the gamble.

  "Alright, let's start from this side and work our way in. If there's even a third of green jade inside, it'll be worth over 10,000 yuan at the very least. You won't lose out, little brother!" The seller chuckled as he set up the cutting machine on the polishing machine. The two young men were competing with each other, but he knew what was going on and was actually helping Li Yang, who was his customer. Wu Xiaoli might be beautiful, but she hadn't bought anything from him yet.

  This piece of rough jade is not very large, and it's easy to polish. The seller sets up a diamond sand wheel and starts grinding, the hissing sound in this hall is quite piercing, also attracting more people to come and watch. The jade gets smaller as it's polished, although Li Yang already knows what's inside, but when it comes true, he can't help feeling a bit nervous, at this moment he deeply understands what it means to gamble on stones.

  Before long, the seller's hands suddenly stopped and stared blankly at the half-finished wool in front of him. He had wiped along the green area to the inside, but except for a little green on the surface, there was nothing else inside.

  "Awesome!"

  Suddenly, a sigh of relief echoed around, and some people began to disperse. The seller's face didn't look good either. He had just said that the other party wouldn't lose out, but now he was losing big time. Not even 10,000 yuan, not even 1,000 yuan, this piece of fabric wasn't worth anything anymore. Maybe it could be sold for a few hundred yuan to let someone play with it.

  "How come you didn't untie it?" Li Yang asked in surprise, he didn't understand what was going on with the knot, but he knew that the green one inside hadn't been untied for him yet.

  "This piece of goods has already been gambled away, what's the point of explaining? There's nothing left!" Wu Xiaoli snorted coldly, looking at Li Yang who had really lost everything, and the refreshing feeling in her heart was beyond comfort.

  "Older brother, you continue to explain, there's still so much left, maybe there's still a chance!" Li Yang smiled slightly, without even looking at Wu Xiaoli.

  "Ah, good, untie!" The seller was stunned for a moment and hurriedly continued to untie the stone.

  The place where the green comes out has been determined, and it's not necessary to continue wiping the stone. The seller put away the cutting machine and prepared to cut open the stone again. In fact, in his opinion, this stone is no longer necessary to be solved, but Li Yang insisted on continuing, so he continued to solve it. Li Yang's persistence was also seen by him and others as a manifestation of a gambler, many gamblers are like this, not giving up until they reach the Yellow River.

  "Whoosh", the fabric was cut in half from the middle, Li Yang's mood became tense again, this time the cutting position was very close to that green piece he saw.

  The seller stared blankly at the cut-open place and rubbed his eyes, as if he didn't dare to believe it.

  "Oh no, it's gone up again!" A full minute passed before a voice finally rang out from the crowd.

  Wu Xiaoli also stared blankly at the cut open jade, and on the cut surface, a small piece of green appeared again. However, this green was not comparable to the green that had just been revealed on the half-cut material. This green was crystal clear and translucent, with a full water head, and even Wu Xiaoli herself felt extremely beautiful.

  "This brother, I'll give you 20,000 to buy this half-gambling wool fabric, how about it?" Suddenly another voice came from the crowd, and this time it was a man in his forties who looked like a shrewd businessman.

  "Although it's small, the green one has a great water performance, it might be an ice type. Little brother, I'll sell it to you for 50,000 yuan, how about that?"

  As soon as the words fell, another voice rang out. Li Yang was completely stunned this time. He didn't expect that a little green would be so valuable. Just revealing a bit of water vapor, the woolen goods that were bought for 10,000 yuan rose to 50,000 yuan.

  Liang Ge, Sun Jie and Wu Xiaoli were also stunned there, especially Wu Xiaoli, whose facial expression was even more complicated, just now still mocking the gambled stone that had suddenly risen again.

  "Although I don't know the size of this green thing inside, from the surface it looks like 50,000 is worth it. You'd better sell it, kid. If you gamble and lose again like just now, you'll have nothing left!"

  An older man walked over, took a look and said to Li Yang, the people around also discussed it, but no one disputed the price again. This piece of wool is too small, and the green part is not big either. Five hundred thousand yuan is indeed the value he can show for now.

  "Little brother, what do you think?" The seller didn't know how to say it either. He really wanted Li Yang to continue gambling, but he was also worried that if he lost again like before, no matter the outcome, today's event would already be a pretty good promotion for him.

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