After submitting the registration form, Tang Xining realized that there were additional requirements for participating in the competition: she needed to have her own jewelry brand, obtain recognition from relevant organizations, hold jewelry exhibitions, and increase public awareness.

Creating a brand is not difficult, nor is gaining recognition from relevant organizations; these are things that can be solved with money. Gaining public recognition can also be directly handed over to the celebrities under the daughter's management.

The only difficulty is that the number of pieces she has is not yet enough to hold a jewelry exhibition.

Tang Xining is a person with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. With six months to go before the competition, she planned out this time in days.

If she couldn't arrive at her planned location by the appropriate time, she would feel as if her heart was being scratched by a cat.

The only solution Qiao Xia could think of was to buy stones.

In the gem pit, Qiao Xia coughed because of the dust floating in the air, then quickly climbed to the top of the mine, took a deep breath, and resignedly lay down to sunbathe.

Qiao Zhaoxing, who had struggled to climb out of the ground, was in no better shape. He said weakly, "Xia Bao, when can we go back?"

Qiao Xia glanced at Tang Xining in the mine. She was operating a machine taller than a person, and in just a few minutes, the rough outer shell of the stone was removed, revealing the gemstone inside.

Her entire routine was fluid and graceful. No matter how many times she watched it, Qiao Xia would always lament that her family's wealth limited her talent; otherwise, her mother would surely have become the best master at the jade gambling market.

The roar of drones filled the sky. Qiao Xia calmly waved her hand, and a moment later, an exquisite lunchbox was tossed to her.

As Qiao Xia ate, she said, "If you can't stay any longer, you can go back anytime. According to my mother's plan, there are still three days left."

Qiao Zhaoxing's back hunched over instantly. "How can I leave her here alone and leave? But I really can't take it anymore?"

Qiao Xia didn't expect that the most spoiled person in the group would be her father, since he was fine when they went into the mountains before.

Even though there's no noise here, he complains about bugs biting him, not being able to sleep well, and the place being noisy. He never stops complaining.

Qiao Xia patted his shoulder, "My mom plans to exhibit a hundred pieces of jewelry at the jewelry exhibition, so she needs to allocate more time. Judging from her own way of doing things, maybe she can go back tomorrow, maybe..."

"Let's go." Tang Xining appeared beside them without them noticing.

Without any regard for her image, she picked up her rice bowl and ate all the rice in three minutes. Then, she packed her things quickly and left without hesitation.

Qiao Xia followed with quick steps, "Have you decided what you want to do?"

Tang Xining nodded without speaking, but Qiao Xia immediately saw through her plan from the drawings she made while immersed in the production line. "Are you planning to use jade as the main stone? Is this an exhibit or a competition entry?"

Tang Xining explained, "The competition will last for a month. We will draw and create the design on-site based on the topic, but I have already decided to use jade as the main stone."

Qiao Xia gave a thumbs up in admiration. The competition Tang Xining participated in was held in Country F.

Based on what she had learned from being around Tang Xining, she knew that jadeite wasn't highly regarded outside of China.

They prefer rubies and sapphires to jadeite, so Tang Xining's choice of jadeite as the main stone can be considered a rather bold decision.

In the first half of the year, Tang Xining traveled to almost every gem mine that produced jadeite, and had countless pieces of jadeite of various colors in his possession, but far fewer other gemstones.

However, Tang Xining did not love other gemstones as deeply as she did jade. In order to improve efficiency, she had to change her plans and buy several gemstone pits with a wave of her hand.

To prevent anyone from deceiving their superiors and embezzling the best gems, Qiao Xia had no choice but to become a street hustler, frequently arriving at the gem mine with bodyguards, looking just like a rent collector.

Of course, this time the bodyguards were not Uncle Niu and his group. After their last visit to the auction house, they had a profound realization of the dangers of the world and had already given up their life of crime, bidding a painful farewell to the turmoil of the martial arts world.

Qiao Xia hires professionals who charge by the hour, some even earning millions per hour.

In response, the long-dormant system was brought to light and condemned her for being wasteful, but Qiao Xia was not ashamed; on the contrary, she was proud.

On the third-to-last day before the end of the gem exhibition, Tang Xining bought three small shops at the location designated for the competition.

They arrived rather late; the larger, well-lit shops had already been booked by other contestants.

On their first day at the store, several blonde women dressed in Chanel clothes pointed and stared at their store with disgusted expressions.

Qiao Xia couldn't understand what they were saying, but when she swung her hammer and smashed through the wall between the three stores, the blonde women watching screamed and ran away.

A short while later, a portly man in a police uniform came and arrested her on charges of damaging other people's property.

When she produced the transaction documents between the homeowner and her, proving that she was the owner of the house, the pregnant policeman checked them three times in disbelief, still wanting to arrest her on charges of fraud.

He didn't give up the idea until a phone call came into his cell phone.

Two blonde women rushed up to him and started yelling at him. Josha, wearing the latest translator, finally understood what they were saying.

"How could a Chinese person who can't even afford food possibly buy three houses?"

"Open your eyes and look! That must be a forgery. They're experts at making fakes!"

It was then that Qiao Xia realized how serious the discrimination against Chinese people was abroad. "Three houses and you're making such a fuss? Is your imagination of wealth that limited?"

The two blonde women opposite her couldn't understand what she was saying, but they clearly didn't want to pay attention to her. One of them gave her a disdainful look up and down before turning her head away and continuing to shout at the police.

She was told to find a way to get Qiao Xia and the other two out of there, no matter what, because they refused to participate in the same competition as the Chinese.

Qiao Xia laughed in exasperation, calmly made a phone call, and a short while later, all three of them were taken away by the police.

As they were leaving, they looked at Qiao Xia in disbelief: "What have you done?"

"You idiots! You should be arresting this yellow pig! Let it go!"

Faced with their foul language, Qiao Xia calmly made an international friendship gesture.

There's a saying among Chinese people: "The people can't fight with the officials." Qiao Xia thinks this saying is universal, but the difference is that officials in F country are very easy to bribe.

Just in case, before coming here, Qiao Xia bought two of the latest weapons developed by the United States and handed them over to our mother.

Clearly, the underhanded tactics employed by competitors are no match for the national level.