Feng Ping laughed and said, "You mean Fang Wenzhi? I beat him up like a pig's head and he slunk away!"
Those familiar with Feng Ping and Fang Wenzhi know that Fang Wenzhi could easily take on Feng Ping one-on-one, while for Feng Ping to take on Fang Wenzhi one-on-one would be an absolute joke.
"Feng Ping, you're not just messing with us, are you?" Feng Ping's friends clearly didn't believe that Feng Ping could beat Fang Wenzhi into a pulp.
"What's the point of me lying to you? Can't you see my older brother is here? As long as my older brother is here, even if ten Fang Wenzhis come, it won't be a problem," Feng Ping said smugly.
"Really?" Feng Ping's friends looked at Liu Xiaoyuan with suspicion, thinking that no matter how they looked at it, a handsome guy like Liu Xiaoyuan didn't seem like the kind of tough guy who could take on ten people at once.
When Feng Ping saw his friend questioning Liu Xiaoyuan's fighting ability, he said unhappily, "How can you talk like that? My brother's skills are enough to take on not just ten Fang Wenzhis, but even a hundred or a thousand."
Feng Ping's words only made everyone more convinced that he was exaggerating. However, no one bothered to call him out on it; after all, they were friends, and a little boasting wouldn't be a big deal.
"The jade gambling has begun!" someone suddenly shouted, and most of the people in the room immediately went into a separate room.
"Brother, let's go take a look too," Feng Ping asked Liu Xiaoyuan for his opinion.
Liu Xiaoyuan naturally wanted to go and see for himself, because he had only ever seen gambling on stones in novels before, and had never actually seen it in person. When he read about gambling on stones in a novel, Liu Xiaoyuan even went to Baidu to check if it was true.
In its early days, this gambling on jade stones wasn't called "gambling on jade stones," but rather "gambling in the gambling industry." People who gambled on jade stones were usually guided by experienced jade stone experts to select the stones they chose.
A skilled jade gambler must possess three essential qualities: a strong ability to take on challenges, a spirit of adventure, and rich experience. None of these can be lacking.
However, jade gambling isn't always done by expert jade gamblers; some wealthy businessmen also want to try their luck. Of course, this is rare, since nobody's money comes easily.
Leaving aside inexperienced individuals, even seasoned jade gamblers are gambling when they gamble on stones. Therefore, in the jade gambling industry, there are those who become rich overnight, and there are also those who go bankrupt.
There's a saying in the jade gambling industry: "Even a god can't judge a piece of jade," highlighting the gamble involved. Even with today's advanced technology, no instrument can detect whether a rough stone contains genuine jade.
Therefore, in the final analysis, gambling on stones is just like playing cards. Skills are necessary, but luck is even more important. The two are indispensable and complement each other.
Following the crowd inside, we found ourselves in a huge room with many tables and stones of various sizes laid out on them. These stones were the raw materials for gambling on stones.
Looking at the stones of all sizes, Liu Xiaoyuan felt that beautiful jade could be cut out from them, and thought that nature was truly amazing and incredible.
The table in the room is divided into two sides. The stones on one side are priced, while the stones on the other side are unpriced.
The stones here are all clearly priced and have been inspected by experienced masters. Stones that can be cut into beautiful jade naturally have a higher price. Therefore, buying stones here for gambling on rough stones is relatively less risky.
Of course, this would also greatly reduce the excitement of gambling and diminish the enjoyment of it.
On the other side of the table, the stones are not priced; they are auctioned off. If you both like a particular stone, the one who bids the highest price wins.
Therefore, this method is more like gambling, which can give people a sense of excitement. If you are lucky enough to cut out a good type of jadeite, the sense of accomplishment will be overwhelming.
Therefore, there are naturally many more stones here than there that have clearly marked prices.
Immediately, some people couldn't resist stepping forward to test their luck. Some of the people who came here tonight specifically for gambling on stones had brought along experienced stone gamblers.
Some people are just there to have fun, they don't care about money, as long as they're happy, they don't care about a few hundred thousand or a million.
"How much is this stone? I'll take it!" A man in his forties walked to the table where there were no prices listed and carefully picked out a stone.
"Sir, this stone is worth 100,000!" a staff member in charge of gambling on stones said with a smile.
"Here you go!" The middle-aged man took out a check, scribbled a few words on it, and handed it to the staff member in charge of gambling on stones.
After glancing at the check, the staff member smiled and said, "Sir, this jade is yours. Good luck."
"I've always been very lucky," the middle-aged man said confidently. "Come on, cut this stone for me!"
The craftsman in charge of cutting the stone took the stone and then prepared to start cutting it.
Cutting jade is a skilled job, not everyone can do it. Not to mention you might hurt yourself, if you just cut randomly, what if there's a precious piece of jade in the rough stone? If you ruin it with one cut, you might feel like jumping off a building.
Therefore, cutting jade requires experienced masters.
Everyone immediately turned their attention to the stone-cutting master. Everyone wanted to see if the stone that the middle-aged man had bought for 100,000 yuan could actually be used to cut out jade.
Liu Xiaoyuan was also very much looking forward to it. Everyone has this gambling mentality. As the saying goes, "Take a gamble and you might turn a bicycle into a motorcycle." Everyone hopes to get the highest profit with the least amount of money.
Under the master's cutting, a layer of the raw stone was slowly cut away, but even after the layer was cut away, the appearance of jade could still not be seen. Everyone continued to stare intently at the jade in the master's hand, hoping that his second cut would produce a miracle.
Liu Xiaoyuan also turned his attention to the stone-cutting master, wondering whether the stone he bought for 100,000 yuan would be worth several times, even dozens or hundreds of times more, or be worthless. This was something that people were very much looking forward to.
The waiting time is the hardest part. Everyone hopes to see the best result, but cutting jade is something that cannot be rushed.
Do you think this rough stone might yield jade?
"I don't know. I think it's a bit far-fetched. If it were that easy to cut out jade, then all the people who gamble on jade would be rich."
"Well, you can't say that. Maybe this person is lucky and actually cuts out a piece of jade."
Just as everyone was discussing it, the result was finally revealed. Keen-eyed people noticed that there was something green in the jade in the stone cutter's hand, which was jadeite!
"Look! It's been cut out! Jade has been cut out! Jade has really been cut out!" a sharp-eyed person immediately shouted. Everyone then looked closely to see what kind of jade could be cut out of this stone that cost 100,000 yuan.
(End of this chapter)
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