Seeing that Gao Yan showed him no respect, Wu Shilin's expression turned ugly.

His disciple was even more furious. His teacher was admired and respected wherever he went, and now a mere brat dared to disregard his teacher.

So he turned to Qin Lin and questioned, "President Qin, my teacher has finally taken a liking to a piece of rough stone. You'd better think of a way to help, otherwise we'll have to reconsider our cooperation!"

Jade carvers are becoming increasingly rare, and master jade carvers are even more so. As a result, every piece they create is highly sought after and fetches prices far exceeding the value of the material itself.

In March of this year, a jade carving by Wu Shilin fetched a record-breaking HK$100 million at Christie's auction house in Hong Kong.

The jade carving itself was worth no more than 20 million.

In other words, a piece of jade raw material can increase in value several times over once it passes through his hands.

Although machines can be used to carve exquisite jewelry, the things carved by machines are all the same and lack a certain charm.

Therefore, the Qin family usually has top-quality jadeite cut into jewelry by master jade carvers, rather than having it made by machine.

The chief jade carver of the Qin family was a student of Wu Shilin, and they respected their teacher greatly. Jade carvings made by him would at least double in value.

Meanwhile, two of the three top jade carvers in the Qin family are also students of Wu Shilin, and their works can also increase in value by several percent.

If they offended Wu Shilin, his three students might leave the Qin family. Of course, this was unlikely, since the Qin family was no ordinary family.

The three of them had to consider whether they would offend the Qin family before leaving. If the Qin family got angry, they would not have a good outcome either!

However, he needs to be wary of the cooperation between the Qin family and Wu Shilin.

Wu Shilin creates two top-quality jade carvings for the Qin family every year.

The two jade carvings he made for the Qin family last year have already been sold, and the Qin family has made a profit of more than 100 million yuan. Moreover, it's not just a financial gain, but also a benefit in terms of connections.

Because top-quality jade carvings are extremely rare, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy one!

Wu Shilin is hard to offend, but is Gao Yan easy to offend?

The other party is involved in the Qin family's triennial gambling battle, which involves interests worth tens of billions.

Moreover, this raw stone was originally chosen by Gao Yan.

Now Wu Shilin is trying to take advantage of his seniority and jump out to snatch the raw stone. If he really makes Gao Yan give the raw stone to Wu Shilin, he is sure that the cooperation between the two parties will fall through!

The key is that Gao Yan has the confidence to turn against them. He himself is a strongman at the peak of Dark Force, and he also has a mysterious teacher who is at least at the Transformation Force level.

After quickly considering his options, Qin Lin said, "Mr. Wu, businessmen value integrity. This rough stone was chosen by Young Master Gao through his own abilities. Your student's actions are a bit unreasonable. As for the cooperation between our two families, it's a contract signed in black and white. If you're going to tear up the contract so easily, do you really think my Qin family is made of clay?"

At this point, Qin Lin's sharp gaze fixed on Wu Shilin's student, who was so frightened that he retreated repeatedly, shouting in panic, "What do you want to do?"

Qin Lin comes from a family of martial arts practitioners. Although he is not a master, he has at least stepped into the Ming Jin realm. It would be quite easy for him to intimidate an ordinary person with just his eyes.

"You bastard, who gave you the right to speak here? Apologize to Xiao Qin right now!"

Seeing Qin Lin lose his temper, Wu Shilin didn't dare to act arrogantly anymore. Fortunately, Qin Lin wasn't targeting him directly, but rather his student. So, he had no choice but to back down and sternly reprimanded his student!

He is indeed a master jade carver, and in his cooperation with the Qin family, the Qin family also had to curry favor with him. However, this does not mean that the Qin family is inferior to him. On the contrary, the Qin family is not one that he can afford to offend.

If he truly angers the Qin family, they can easily send a martial arts master to his death, and even the forensic doctor won't be able to find anything wrong.

Of course, the Qin family wouldn't go that far. If they did, their reputation would be ruined, and which jade carving master would dare to cooperate with them in the future?

But then again, it's better to be safe than sorry, and he didn't want to gamble with his life.

After being reprimanded by Wu Shilin, the student dared not argue and quickly apologized to Qin Lin.

Qin Lin waved his hand and said, "No need to apologize to me, apologize to Young Master Gao instead!"

"Young Master Gao, I'm so sorry!"

The male student bent over in frustration.

Gao Yan said calmly, "Fine, I accept your apology. Just don't make the same mistake again. What era are we living in? Don't still try to force people to buy or sell!"

Upon hearing this, the male student's face turned bright red, and Wu Shilin's expression also turned rather unpleasant. At the same time, he also reflected on whether he had become too arrogant after being praised too highly over the years.

The two of them, master and apprentice, were in the wrong to begin with. They even threatened Qin Lin with the cooperation when the other party disagreed, which was really unreasonable.

So he took a deep breath: "Young man, Xiao Qin, this old man also apologizes to you, and hopes you won't hold it against me!"

Seeing this, Gao Yan was somewhat surprised.

I never expected Wu Shilin to actually swallow his pride and apologize; I underestimated him.

So he said, "Old Wu, you flatter me. As the saying goes, you don't know someone until you've had a fight!"

"Haha, what a great saying, 'No fight, no friendship'! Young brother, if you ever need my help in the future, I'll lend a hand for free!" Wu Shilin laughed loudly.

"Then thank you very much, Elder Wu!"

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