The mermaids carried the two purifiers to the city wall.
Shui Yiyao looked at the hundreds of wolffish eyes across from her, all fixed on the purifier beside her. She reached out and patted the top of the device, saying to the people below, "Why are you holding this one? It's too old."
The elder nearby was bewildered. The mermaid carrying the machine came over and said understandingly, "Princess, do you want a different one?"
"Forget it. It's too much trouble." Shui Yiyao sat on the machine, looked at the wolf fish tribe, and smiled: "I just want to see how long you can sit here without a purifier."
Seeing Shui Yiyao carelessly lift her tail and sit on the purifier, the wolf fish tribe was stunned. Their tribe's purifiers were all protected by protective shields.
"Boss, she's sitting on the purifier..."
"Don't panic. It might be fake."
The people of the Wolffish Clan looked at the purifier under Shui Yiyao's butt and were very nervous.
"Boss! The sea water is clean! It's a real purifier!"
"Don't shout, I saw it!"
The seawater around the two purifiers quickly became clean at a rate visible to the naked eye, leaving no room for doubt.
"How is it, is this thing of mine okay?"
Shui Yiyao boasted.
The wolffish people had complicated expressions.
What kind of wealthy family is this that wastes such good things?
Wolffish leader: "Where did you get so many purifiers?"
Shui Yiyao lowered her head and smiled, her tail wagging slightly: "Where else do you think I can get it?"
"The Jiaolong Clan?"
The leader of the wolffish tribe gave the answer without hesitation.
The Great Elder was about to scold him for talking nonsense, because this thing was obviously obtained by the Great Princess.
But Shui Yiyao answered seriously, with a sense of certainty: "What else?"
"How could you possibly get it? You and the Jiaolong Clan..."
"We have an marriage alliance with the Jiaolong clan. You all know about this, right?" Shui Yiyao spoke the story as if she were chatting with her family.
"But didn't you refuse?"
"The Jiaolong tribe's marriage proposal is with me, but I've changed my mind. I agreed to marry them. Their leader said they'd definitely come with a giant dragon and eighty-eight air purifiers." Shui Yiyao sighed, "Eighty-eight air purifiers! Why would I refuse? Would you refuse?"
The Great Elder was shocked when he heard this. He almost believed the lie told by the Great Princess.
The Wolffish tribe across from them also took it seriously, looking at Shui Yiyao in disbelief, then at the purifier. Eighty-eight units! Even their leader, let alone their princess, would have no problem marrying into one.
"I'll remember the revenge for today's arrow attack." Shui Yiyao's smile faded as she cursed, "Wait until I marry into the Jiaolong Clan, and then I'll show you how I'll deal with you."
"It's all a misunderstanding!" said the wolffish leader. "We came here today because we heard from the shark brother that you guys have returned home, so we came to say hello. Just to say hello."
Probably because he felt his excuse was unreliable, the Wolffish leader didn't wait for Shui Yiyao to speak, "Princess, we've said hello, so we'll be leaving first."
Seeing the Wolffish Clan slip away without a trace, the Great Elder turned to Shui Yiyao and asked, "Princess, is what you said true?"
Shui Yiyao came down from the wall, picked up the purifier and carried it back. "We tricked them." She paused. "We have a grudge, so they wouldn't dare to ask the Jiaolong Clan for proof anyway."
Besides, this could delay their coming to cause trouble. She couldn't stay at the bottom of the sea for long, so she had no choice but to tell this lie.
The Great Elder nodded slowly, as if it was correct.
And he didn't think the wolffish tribe would be suspicious, because they did have a purifier. Among the entire sea tribe, only the dragon tribe had a purifier.
"So, where did you get the purifier?"
Shui Yiyao swam towards the main hall. "Don't worry about where they came from. They weren't stolen or robbed. Feel free to use them. Give me some time, and I'll make eighty-eight of them for you!"
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After spending a night recuperating from his injuries at the bottom of the sea, Shui Yiyao returned to land the next day.
I sneaked back before dawn when the tide was receding.
Because she was going to the beach, she didn't take her cell phone with her. As soon as she returned to the house, she heard her cell phone ringing.
She wiped her hair with a dry towel while answering the phone.
The caller ID showed "Peng's daughter".
"Hello?"
"Yiyao, you haven't woken up yet? I've called you over ten times, why are you only answering now?"
Before Shui Yiyao could process the memory of this person, she replied, "Excuse me, what do you want from me?"
"I heard you've finished filming, so the pay must be quite high. I'm going to take you out to buy some nice things."
"ah?"
"There's a jade and jewelry exhibition opening in Chaoyang Building. There's a lot of great stuff. I'll take you there to see it."
Jade exhibition?
"Sure, when?" She just wanted to buy some stones.
"Today at 3 o'clock this afternoon, go directly to the entrance of Chaoyang Building and I will give you an invitation."
"Okay. Thank you."
Only after the other party hung up the phone did Shui Yiyao remember who she was.
The daughter of the Peng family loved taking Shui Yiyao shopping. She didn't usually contact her, but as soon as Shui Yiyao's film pay arrived, she would call and take her shopping.
The jasper bracelet and black jade anklet were recommended by her.
If I had remembered earlier, she wouldn't have said thank you. This is too heartless. She sold something worth 5.8 yuan for 58,000 yuan.
Shui Yiyao didn't know anything, so she just paid with her credit card when Peng said she could buy it. She was completely fooled.
The jade carving tools she ordered have also arrived.
These were all food items. She opened them one by one and checked them. There was nothing wrong with them. They were just of average quality. To save money, she compared them and bought them. Her only criteria was that they just worked.
Not surprising.
It will take three or four days to deliver the customized finger knife weight.
Shui Yiyao installed the cutting machine, ivory carving machine, and grinding wheel one by one. Since the house was small, they could only be placed in the living room. The already small space was immediately filled with these machines.
After everything was installed, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.
I haven’t eaten yet.
Shui Yiyao looked at the small "studio" that had been set up and smiled. Now that the utensils for eating were ready, she felt less anxious.
Time to stock up on some rocks.
There are still two hours before the three o'clock meeting agreed with Miss Peng. It takes an hour and a half to get to Chaoyang Building from here. If there is a traffic jam, it will take even longer.
There was no time to cook, so Shui Yiyao opened the refrigerator and took out a pack of instant noodles to cook.
The instant noodles were brought from Shui Yiyao's previous house. Shui Yiyao couldn't cook, and the company didn't assign her a cook, so she just bought instant noodles. Luckily, she was born with good conditions, otherwise, with her diet, her figure would have collapsed long ago.
Shui Yiyao ate two packets of instant noodles without any celebrity baggage.
After eating, she counted her bank cards and went out.
About an hour and a half later, she arrived at the entrance of Chaoyang Building.
There was an eye-catching red car at the door. When Shui Yiyao approached, the driver's window rolled down and there was a girl inside.
It’s the same face as Peng Qianjin in my memory.
Shui Yiyao wants to join the socialite circle. When the daughter of Peng Group finds out, she expresses her willingness to bring her into the circle, and the way she does it is by shopping.
The things I buy are either fake or inferior.
I don't know if it's for fun or to cheat people out of money.
Peng Qianjin smiled and handed out a golden invitation from the car window: "It's about to start, let's go in."
The jade exhibition hall is on the first floor of Chaoyang Building.
Peng Qianjin was beaming with joy: "My friend is here too this time. He's exhibiting raw Hetian jade. He's the owner of the mine, and his items are all excellent. You've really broadened your horizons this time."
"Oh." Shui Yiyao was very cold.
Eye-opening?
Although she didn't pick up a carving knife until she was six years old, she has been sleeping with a Hetian jade pillow since she was born. Few people can say that this is an eye-opener for her.
Peng Qianjin didn't think her attitude was wrong. Shui Yiyao usually didn't like to talk much, and it was hard to read her expressions. In short, just spend the money, who cares about her attitude?
Shui Yiyao walked and looked around. There were a lot of things in this exhibition hall, but most of them were quite ordinary and the prices were expensive.
A bit watery.
After a while, Miss Peng brought Shui Yiyao to one of the booths.
This booth had a display board showing Hetian jade ore, and many stones were placed directly on the ground. The raw stones were different from the finished products, as they were all large pieces, some as tall as a person.
"Brother Wang, I'm here. I brought a friend with me and I'm going to pick out some good things."
The owner nodded and looked at Peng Qianjin with a smile on his face. "Look, they all have small windows opened." He pointed at the pile of raw stones. "Look at the texture of the meat, absolutely delicate. The shipment rate is guaranteed to be high."
Shui Yiyao looked down and saw that there was a small window on each raw stone, through which she could see the white jade flesh inside.
In order to sell the stones, the owners of raw stone mines will grind off a piece of the stone skin in advance to expose the texture inside so that buyers can check the quality.
Peng Qianjin: "We don't need to buy something too big, just enough to make a bracelet."
"Make a bracelet, this one. This is a mutton-fat grade rough stone. Look at the jade flesh in this little window, how delicate it is." The owner pointed to a basketball-sized stone. "This will definitely be a high-quality piece if it's made into a bracelet."
"You'll still have a lot left after you make a bracelet out of this."
Mrs. Peng: "How much is this?"
The mine owner held up three fingers and said, "I won't ask for more than that. Three hundred thousand."
Princess Peng looked at Shui Yiyao: "Yiyao, what do you think?"
How is it? Not so good.
A raw stone this small could only be made into a bracelet if it was top quality. And she knew there was something wrong with this one at first glance.
She pointed to a crack on the stone and said, "It's a crack that goes straight through the heart. I can't even make a peace locket out of it, let alone a bracelet."
A through-the-heart crack is a crack that goes from one end of the stone to the other, running through the entire stone. This type of through-the-heart crack makes it very difficult to make things.
The mine owner's smile faded. "Little girl, if you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. This crack is just a tiny one, just on the surface. As long as you grind away the stone skin, the crack will naturally disappear."
Shui Yiyao rolled her eyes, took out a special small flashlight from her bag, and pointed it directly at the stone.
She turned on the light, but no light came through from inside the stone.
"It doesn't even let in light. That's it, high-end stuff?"
This happens when the stone is too rigid or the stone skin is too thick, making it opaque. This stone is not big to begin with, and if the stone skin were a little thicker, there would be nothing at all.
She put the flashlight against the small window again, and now a little light could penetrate, but only slightly.
"It's definitely cracked, and it's quite stiff, with a very ugly stubble." Shui Yiyao observed it carefully and shook her head. "No, boss. This thing... let alone a bracelet, it's hard to even carve beads into it. You're just selling off the last ounce of stock as the first ounce. Three hundred thousand isn't enough, but three hundred is."
Jade dealers like this usually buy jade in bulk from the mines, which is also called currency. For example, if they wholesale five stones for 300,000 yuan, these five stones are called currency. The best of the five stones are called the head of the goods, and the worst is called the tail of the goods.
Those with experience can make a pretty accurate judgment.
There are also unspoken rules in this business: the first batch of goods must be sold above the cost. If the cost is 300,000, then the first batch of goods alone must be sold for more than 300,000, because the remaining goods may not be sold. If you sell it too low, you will lose money.
Everyone will respect the rules.
But selling the last ounce of goods as the first ounce of goods is just too foolish.
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