Upon hearing this, Gao Yan shook his head inwardly. Liu Dong was clearly insatiable, or perhaps he was provoked by Gao Yan and wanted to make a fortune.
With a thought, Gao Yan activated his Golden Eyes and looked at Liu Dong's raw stone.
Then it became clear that Liu Dong was doomed.
There is indeed jade inside this rough stone, but the jade inside is only worth 100,000 yuan. Once it is cut open, there will be a loss of 1.4 million yuan.
Soon, the stone cutter secured the raw stone and began cutting it.
"Hiss!"
A piercing sound rang out, accompanied by flying stone dust and sparks.
After a while.
The rough stone, about the size of a washbasin, was cut in half.
But after seeing the colors revealed on the two cut surfaces, Liu Dong's face turned pale.
"Mr. Liu, shall we continue cutting?"
The stone-cutting master asked.
"Old Liu, if you give up, I'll buy these two rough stones for 500,000 yuan, so you can lose less!" At this moment, Qin Lin, the manager of Hongyun Stone Gambling Shop, appeared and said to Liu Dong.
Qin Lin knew that Liu Dong had been gambling at their jade gambling den for some time. By now, Liu Dong had mortgaged his house and car and borrowed hundreds of thousands of yuan from others.
If the rough stone is completely cut and destroyed, he will not only lose his house and car, but also be burdened with hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.
As the saying goes, even ghosts don't accept money for hanging themselves. If Liu Dong can't withstand the blow and chooses to end his own life, it won't be a good thing for their gambling stone shop.
Therefore, he was willing to pay 500,000 to buy back the rough stone.
After all, the purchase price of this rough stone was not as high as imagined; it came from the rough stone mine owned by the Qin family in Myanmar.
"Manager Qin, I appreciate your kindness, but even if I die, I want to know why!" Liu Dong shook his head, unwilling to accept Qin Lin's offer, and gritted his teeth, shouting, "Keep cutting!"
"Old Liu, why won't you listen to advice? Manager Qin is just trying to be helpful, just sell it already!"
"Even if it's just Lao Liu, losing a little is still making a profit. This rough stone is already ruined!"
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Seeing this, the guests in the crowd who were familiar with Liu Dong also spoke up to persuade him.
But Liu Dong was now a gambler who had lost everything, and he wouldn't listen to anyone's advice. Instead, he shouted rudely, "Shut up, all of you! What does it matter to you if I lose all my money?"
"You can't reason with a damned devil!"
Gao Yan originally wanted to try to persuade him, but after hearing Liu Dong's words, he knew that even if he tried, the other party would definitely not listen.
"Gao Yan, did he lose his bet?"
Zhuo Jiangyue said.
"It's hard to say now, but it's about time. Let's go pick out a couple of rough stones to cut!"
Gao Yan pulled Zhuo Jiangyue out of the crowd. He already knew the outcome, so there was no need for him to continue watching.
The raw stones used for Hongyun Stone Archway come in two types.
One type is without windows, which is cheaper and mostly consists of scraps, making it difficult to get good quality pieces.
One type is those that have had a window cut open, confirming that there is jade inside the rough stone, and their price will be much higher.
Gao Yan's Golden Eyes only has nine chances left.
It is obviously more cost-effective to use raw stones with windows cut open.
"How about this, we each choose a piece of rough stone to cut?"
Gao Yan then spoke to Zhuo Jiangyue.
However, upon seeing the price tags on these rough stones, Zhuo Jiangyue quickly shook her head: "No need, these rough stones are too expensive."
Because the cheapest rough stones that have been opened have a price tag of over 100,000, and the most expensive ones have a price tag of over 10 million!
At this moment, Gao Yan whispered in Zhuo Jiangyue's ear, "Wife, there's something I haven't told you yet. Last time, I spent seven million to buy a rough stone, cut out jade, and resold it, making a profit of nine million. So, you can choose whatever you want; don't worry about me not having the money!"
Really?
Zhuo Jiangyue said with delight.
"Of course, otherwise those people wouldn't have been so enthusiastic towards me!" Gao Yan said with a smile.
"Thud!"
Suddenly, Zhuo Jiangyue kissed Gao Yan on the cheek, blushing slightly, and said, "Gao Yan, you're amazing!"
Although her family was not short of money, 9 million was still a huge sum of money for her. She never expected that Gao Yan was so capable that he could earn 9 million in one go.
"You dared to ambush me! I'll get my revenge!"
Gao Yan pretended to kiss her back, but Zhuo Jiangyue quickly ran away laughing.
After some playful fighting, the two began to choose raw stones.
In the end, Zhuo Jiangyue chose a rough stone that cost just over 100,000 yuan. Although the rough stone had been cut open, it only revealed a type of jadeite.
Moreover, this rough stone is not very large, so even if it is not cut into a flawed piece, the possibility of a significant price increase is not high.
Thinking of this, Gao Yan used his Golden Eye on the raw stone that Zhuo Jiangyue had chosen, and as expected, it was exactly as he had predicted.
The jade inside this rough stone is only worth 80,000 yuan, so we will lose more than 20,000 yuan.
During this period, Gao Yan also crammed a lot of knowledge about gambling on stones and jade.
There were over two hundred rough stones with windows opened, and it was impossible to scan them all with his Golden Eyes alone. So he first selected the eight rough stones he thought were the best from this area, and then used his Golden Eyes on those eight stones to jump out and earn more.
Accompanied by Zhuo Jiangyue, Gao Yan spent more than half an hour examining all the raw stones.
Then, eight raw stones numbered a009, a087, a098, a099, a118, a129, a188, and a203 were selected.
Immediately afterwards, Gao Yan used his Golden Eye on the eight raw stones.
Ultimately, A118 was the most valuable. According to information provided by Golden Eye, this rough stone contains a piece of icy imperial green jadeite, valued at 24.8 million.
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