Chapter 104: Turning Over (2) Carefree

  The members of the Mingyang Jade Association all stared with wide eyes, and whether they could turn over now depended on this big gamble by Liu Laoban. Everyone hoped that Liu Laoban would make a big surge once.

  Liu boss removed the stone, Zhang Wei and Wang Haomin assisted on the side, and the cutting machine quickly started to move, slowly cutting inward along the seam.

  Cutting from the crack is a method adopted by many people. The most hateful place of the crack is to destroy the jade structure inside the boulder. Since it may be destroyed, cutting from here will not affect the overall integrity value of the entire jade, and if there is green inside, this is also the easiest place to get green.

  All five stone cutters were operating at full capacity, the loudest sound in the central area was this ear-piercing cutting sound, fortunately these Jade Stone Association members had long been familiar with this sound, what was unbearable noise to others was melodious music to some of them.

  "It's sprouting, it's sprouting"

  First to shout was a member of the Jade Association in Zhengzhou, and Old Deng from Zhengzhou hastily stopped spraying water. Indeed, inside the crack that had been cut open, they saw a bright green color.

  From this point of view, the green is still very positive, and Lao Deng's confidence has increased. The three people are doing their own work with great enthusiasm, and they can't wait to open up this gambling stone and dig out the jade inside.

  "We're also out of money"

  The members of Nanyang suddenly shouted, and the few people who were cutting stones in Nanyang also immediately watched carefully, and indeed, this piece of jade that had not been completely cut open also revealed a hint of green.

  Five excavators have two already showing green shoots, everyone's morale has increased, and even Zhang Wei's confidence has slowly risen.

  Liu boss, this is a whole piece of authentic old field mouth jade material, and at least in terms of gambling, it's stronger than their half-jade material. Who knows, maybe there will be a big ice species inside that can surpass the Luoyang Peony Emperor Green and become today's Jade King champion.

  Of course, this is just their wishful thinking. Li Yang had already figured out the situation of the five jade machines. The best one was from Nanyang, and the half-processed material with a visible ice-type emerald on the surface showed its value. Inside was a very large piece of ice-type jade, even bigger than the first batch that Li Yang had extracted, roughly the same as the one he had extracted from Zhang Wei last time.

  The Nanyang ice species is worth almost tens of millions, the Fuyong species Emperor Green is good, but after all, it's a variant of Feicui, and not the entire Fuyong species is Emperor Green, so in terms of value, it can't compare to this Nanyang ice species.

  There is still Zhengzhou's old Deng and their gambled stone, it's too early to be happy now, there is green inside which is good, but the performance is not as valuable as the appearance. The ones in Zhengzhou are also half-gambled wool, most of them are half-gambled wool in the opening red activity, this kind of wool has a greater grasp, similarly, the price of such gambled stone is also higher.

  Lao Deng's jadeite might even make it difficult for them to recover their investment.

  There are two more, one is half jade and the other is full jade. The full jade was brought by Kaifeng Yu Shi Association, I guess they thought it couldn't compare to that Nv Rong Chong Emperor Green, so they gave up today's opening red and left the prepared jade stones for later competition.

  However, the Kaifeng stone performed quite well, with a large dry green inside, valued at over 500,000. Although it's no longer possible to get a good ranking today, after all, it's still a stone that has risen in value.

  As for that half-won bet, it was the second stone to be completely overturned today. That's just how betting on stones goes - some people are happy and others are worried. The performance of the stones gives you enough confidence, but until the very last moment, you don't dare say that you've won for sure.

  Splash

  The first piece of jade to be cut open was the one that had been gambled on, and it was a piece from the Xinyang Jade Association. As soon as the cut surface of the jade was revealed, the faces of all the members of the Xinyang Jade Association fell.

  The crowd of Mingyang cast sympathetic glances at Xinyang people, as they had just gone through the same thing and could understand their feelings.

  The second one to be cut open was Zhengzhou Lao Deng, they were the first to see green, but after cutting it open, these people couldn't laugh anymore, there's indeed green inside, just that it looks too bad.

  Next, the jade stones from Kaifeng and Nanyang were also cut open. Both had green, but Kaifeng's was far inferior to Nanyang's.

  Bingzhong, Jade Stone Association's on-site excavation of ice species jade has once again yielded results, adding to the three blocks of ice species jade that have already been excavated. The news spread outside and surprised members of other provincial jade associations who came from afar. It is indeed a testament to the most successful provincial-level jade association gathering, as they cannot hold such high-quality events in their own places.

  Nanyang's president laughed loudly as he slowly opened the stone, and the members of Nanyang Jade Stone Association also had joyful expressions on their faces. As the host, they have been ranked first in overall score for many years, but surprisingly, Mingyang took the lead in the first two activities before this gathering. This crucial stone-opening event finally allowed them to catch up.

  Splash

  The last of Ming Yang's jade stones was finally cut open, while all the other jade stones had already been solved quickly.

  Everyone's eyes widened at once, staring unblinkingly at the cut surface of the gambling stone. After a splash, everyone's face was filled with intense disappointment.

  There is jade, but it's not particularly good jade, and getting a good result today is simply impossible.

  Zhang Wei was also very disappointed. Although Liu boss had a hint of disappointment, it wasn't that obvious. At least for now, the whole bet on wool materials is still rising, and he didn't lose money.

  The jade in the gambling stone was generally mediocre, and Zhang Wei and Wang Haomin's enthusiasm for opening the stone had also decreased. After they finished opening that small gambling stone and other stones, they only opened half of it.

  Several group leaders discussed and decided not to wait for the fifth round, this time betting on four blocks of stone. As for Mingyang's block, let them slowly untie it first, anyway, Mingyang's comeback is basically impossible today.

  The remaining four pieces of jade also performed well, and there was an unwritten rule in the opening red activity that not too bad jade could be used. This is their internal activity, which also represents the face of all Henan Jade Association members, and also means to show the energy of Henan Jade Association to the outside world.

  The mystery of the Ming Yang's gamble stone was finally solved, and Zhang Wei and Wang Haomin both returned to their own camps with low enthusiasm. Liu Laoban held the jadeite that had been solved, his face showing no joy or disappointment, after all, this gamble stone had earned him some money, but ultimately did not meet everyone's expectations.

  The other four blocks have almost all been solved, and this round's four blocks did not produce any ice or peony varieties, only one block of golden silk variety that performed fairly well. However, none of the four blocks in this round, including Mingyang's large gamble stone, were able to break through, and they all just made a small gain.

  The fifth round is actually the second piece of jade prepared by various places. From the fifth round, it will slowly disappear from particularly good jade, and if there are any, they are individual cases.

  "Simida gege, Zheng da ge, let's go up together"

  Li Yang pointed to the gambling stone that Liu Gang was still holding and said with a smile, "This Liu Gang is really something. This gambling stone isn't big but it's not light either, why hold onto it all the time?"

  "Okay, I still believe in Li's good luck."

  Zheng Kaida was the first to respond, Sima Lin smiled but didn't say a word, however her body moved closer to Li Yang's side.

  Li Yang took the gambling stone from Liu Gang's hand, and the three of them walked towards the stone-solving machine together. At this time, the atmosphere around the stone-solving machine was not as tense as before, and it didn't matter who solved it first. Unless there were those who had prepared multiple good gambling stones and definitely wanted to take the championship of opening red, but from what could be seen now, it seemed that no one had such thoughts yet.

  Ming Yang has someone standing out again, still the most famous Li Yang. People from other cities just watch and don't say anything. Every year, there are some cities that are not reconciled to their fate, but ultimately, almost none of them can turn things around.

  Xin Yang, who stood out with Ming Yang, also had a miserable performance, losing face in front of everyone. The people of Xin Yang also wanted to regain some dignity, after all, they had achieved good results last year, ranking fifth overall. Today, they were completely defeated, and it was unacceptable.

  "Brother Sima, this time you take the lead, I'll assist."

  Li Yang put down a good bet, but instead of going to the explanation himself, he yielded the position to Sima Lin. Sima Lin was stunned for a moment, and his face seemed somewhat puzzled.

  Li Yang's face slowly broke into a smile, and he said softly: "I believe that Brother Sima will definitely come up with a good solution for the jadeite. It doesn't matter where I am."

  "Alright, I'll explain"

  Sim Lin stared at Li Yang for a full minute before finally nodding heavily. He now understood what Li Yang meant, that earlier Li Yang had deliberately let Zhang Wei's jade become worthless, causing many other Jade Association members to no longer believe in them, and some even suspected that Li Yang's previous achievements were all fabricated by the Mingyang people on purpose.

  This is not a guess, it's a fact. When Li Yang went out to buy gambling stones, Sima Lin had personally heard someone say so before.

  After Li Yang returned, such rumors decreased a bit, but there were still some. It's estimated that Li Yang himself also heard them, so he made the decision to let Sima Lin take over as the main interpreter.

  Sim Lin carefully analyzed the jade, since Li Yang handed over the jade to Sim Lin, he would not ask about it again, even if Sim Lin damaged the integrity of the jade and affected its value when cutting the stone, it didn't matter, anyway, even if it was affected, it wouldn't affect much.

  After five minutes, Sima Lin carefully drew a line on the jade stone. Looking at this line, Li Yang's smile became even more brilliant. Sima Lin's line was not in the best position, but it would not cause any major damage to the jade inside, and one cut would reveal the true face of the jade, letting everyone see its true appearance.

  Xinyang people also set up a knife, Li Yang didn't go to observe other gambling stones. Now Li Yang already knows that it's hard to buy good gambling stones in this market today. If this glass species still can't win, then it proves that Mingyang really doesn't have the luck today.

  "Hmm"

  The sound of the cutting machine rang out again, and more than a dozen people from Mingyang stared wide-eyed. Li Yang's performance with this gamble was still passable. Although they didn't trust Li Yang that much anymore, there was still a glimmer of hope. As long as there was hope, no one wanted to admit defeat completely.

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  A bit disappointed that it's only one monthly ticket so far today, but Xiaoyu will continue to work hard. Today's minimum is three updates, and Xiaoyu is going to start writing now, striving to update earlier.