Chapter 079 Chapter 79
Gu Yanyi: "Are you free?"
Shen Ming gave him a wink and said, "Although I am free, I have a lot of money! Just let me spend the money, just consider it as a favor to me."
Everyone: ...What should I do if I want to beat him up even more?
The boss's mind came to life, and he asked him, "Do you really want to buy all the stones in the store?"
Shen Ming shook his fingers and said, "I'm buying them temporarily as a bargaining chip. If the stone is cut to a higher value, I will pay you three times as compensation for your reputation loss; if it is cut to a lower value, you will pay three times the amount. Do you want to bet?"
"...Three times?"
Shen Ming pulled out a black card with dark gold patterns from his pocket and signaled to the boss, "I have plenty of money."
The boss knew the source of the raw stone very well, but the positive green jadeite that had just been opened gave him a glimmer of hope.
Maybe, if the stone is really cut to a higher value, he can not only get a piece of jadeite, but also get three times the compensation.
But the only thing he could really bet on were the ten rough stones in the glass cabinet. They were rough stones pulled back from the real mine.
Except for a few of them that were faked to deceive customers, there were indeed three that had no windows. The mine owner told him that they would produce green.
Even if it was the lowest quality variety, he had won the bet!
The boss gritted his teeth and said, "Deal!"
Shen Ming immediately called the secretary to draft a contract for the boss to sign.
Oral bets have no legal effect. For businessmen like them, a contract on paper and in writing gives people a sense of security.
The boss also carefully read the contents of the contract, and after confirming that there were no traps for people to fall into, he took a pen and signed his name.
After signing the contract, the secretary showed the contract in front of everyone and said loudly: "This event is fully sponsored by Yusheng Group. Yusheng Group's shopping mall will open in City D next week. There will be many discounts and activities. Yusheng Group welcomes your presence."
Gu Yan looked at Shen Ming with a smile: So you are waiting here.
Shen Ming: Yeah.
It cost nearly 6 million to buy all the stones in the store. The transfer speed was too slow, so Shen Ming wrote a check to the boss.
After confirming that the check was correct, the boss asked the master to start the stone cutting machine. Because there were too many stones to cut, he borrowed four machines from people in other stores, a total of five machines, which were not enough in the store, so he simply put them in the lobby.
The news of the rough stone bet spread quickly, and citizens and tourists from City D flocked to watch the excitement, bringing unprecedented popularity. It
even attracted interviews from some local TV stations.
Of course, Shen Ming's promotion was inevitable.
The Jade City heard about this incident. In order to avoid any stampede due to the large number of people, they also urgently arranged security personnel to be responsible for the safety of the scene. In order to facilitate people to watch, they even used a large screen to broadcast the cutting of the rough stone.
The boss really didn't expect that a simple bet would cause such a big sensation. He originally planned that if the cutting was really bad, he would simply buy the master who cut the material to cheat and give some of the benefits to the master who cut the material.
But now there are so many cameras around each machine, and countless eyes inside and outside the screen are staring at him, so he has no idea where to start.
The boss felt like he had just lifted a stone and dropped it on his foot.
Soon, under the witness of everyone, five machines started cutting together.
Ten pieces.
Twenty pieces.
Fifty pieces.
One hundred pieces...
As the rough stones were cut one by one, everyone went from regret at the beginning to indifference later.
There really is not a single piece with green.
The boss was so anxious that his limbs were shaking slightly.
The machine he was staring at most was cutting the rough stones he had actually pulled back from the field.
The boss prayed in his heart that as long as there was a little green, just a little bit of green, even if it was the worst bean variety, even if there was rice core and cotton, it didn't matter!
The first seven fake ones must have been cut down, and the three that might have turned out green, two of them have now broken, leaving only one that has not been cut.
As the cutting machine stopped, the cutting master pried open the rough stone along the gap, and the boss's heartbeat was so fast that it almost jumped out.
"It broke down..."
The boss sat paralyzed on the ground.
It's over, everything is over.
He spent 100,000 yuan to buy these three rough stones! But the people at the venue actually deceived him!
At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted loudly: "This is not jadeite rough stone! This is an ordinary stone!"
The camera and the live broadcast lens quickly focused on that person, a young man.
The young man threw away the stone in his hand, picked up other stones scattered on the ground, checked the stones scattered under each machine, and finally stood next to the stone cutting machine where the boss was and said, "We were all deceived by him! Only the raw stones cut by this machine were pulled from the field, and the others were just ordinary quarry stones!"
He immediately revealed his identity.
His name is Yin Haifan, and his father Yin Ying is a well-known jade collector. Yin Haifan came to City D this time to see this nationally famous jade Internet celebrity place. It happened that he ran into the raw stone betting, so he must stay to watch this excitement.
But as the raw stones were cut continuously, he looked at the stone scalp and cross-section, and the more he looked, the more strange it felt. After checking, he confirmed that this batch of stones was not even pulled from the jade field, but just a batch of the most ordinary quarry stones!
This boss is totally cheating!
He threw away the stone in his hand and grabbed the boss: "Call the police, he is cheating!"
Everyone was stunned by the sudden turn of events.
Originally, they thought the outcome of the bet on the raw stones was the biggest attraction, who would have thought that it would jump to a criminal plot.
Gu Yanyi's fans were not surprised at all.
They didn't even look at who the protagonist of this scene was, it was Gu Yanyi, the Gu Yanyi who played the role of Jail Wind and Hell Wind.
Ever since the boss agreed to the bet, fans have already made a big fuss for him.
You could have offended anyone else, but you had to offend this God of Hell. If you really did something shameful, the best way to deal with Gu Yanyi was to keep a low profile instead of rushing to get yourself killed.
Of course, by the time the boss realized all this, it was too late. He was taken into the police car in front of everyone and left with a grumble.
The merchants in Jade City were blatantly fake. Normally, they could just fool around and get away with it, but this time the bet was so big that netizens from all over the country were watching in real time. The boss's behavior was a devastating blow to the reputation of the mall.
The mall manager wiped his sweat and apologized repeatedly in front of the camera, promising to strengthen the qualification screening of merchants entering the mall, and sincerely invited Gu Yanyi and Yin Haifan to visit other shops. They can choose ten rough stones from different shops, and the mall will fully bear the purchase costs. They just hope that they will cut them on the spot to prove that the only one who is operating in bad faith is the owner of Jubao Pavilion.
Such a big commotion has indeed affected the operation of Yushi City. Gu Yanyi thought about it and agreed.
Seeing Gu Yanyi's agreement, Yin Haifan also hurriedly said that it was no problem.
So, the mall manager led the way, introducing the merchants who settled here one by one, and Gu Yanyi and a few others followed him and listened. Behind him, a crowd of onlookers, TV reporters and anchors from various platforms followed in a dark crowd.
It was quite embarrassing. It was
the first time that Zhou Bingwen was so conspicuous, and he felt very uncomfortable.
Soon, Gu Yanyi selected rough stones from ten different stores and asked the people from the Jade City to cut them on the spot.
As the rough stones were cut one by one, the onlookers became numb.
If the rough stones of Jubao Pavilion were always cut down, then the rough stones selected by Gu Yanyi were always cut up.
Ten pieces of raw stones, the worst of which were jelly-type, and all of them were of excellent quality with few cracks and cotton, which were easy to carve.
Even the shop owner did not dare to think that the raw stones in his shop could produce such good materials.
On the other hand, the materials selected by Yin Haifan turned out to be much more normal, mostly bean-type and sticky-type, and four pieces were cut down.
However, because Gu Yanyi was responsible for the bottom line, no one thought that the merchants were cheating.
This gambling on stones was full of ups and downs, and the crowd of onlookers watched it thoroughly and exclaimed that it was exciting.
The mall also kept its promise and wanted to give the stones to the two people, but Gu Yanyi and Yin Haifan both refused.
Gu Yanyi said to Shen Ming: "Pay it, big boss. We just made so much money, give some to your brother, he can use these stones."
When it comes to money, Shen Ming is always decisive and never drags his feet, he paid the money directly to the boss.
Although the bosses regretted that they did not find good stones, they pay for what they gain in business, because of Gu Yanyi and Yin Haifan's patronage, their store opened good materials, attracted many customers, and they did not feel unbalanced.
The young man did not sell the jade to Shen Ming in the end.
Gu Yan shook his head and said to him, "Nine times out of ten, you lose. This time, you got this unexpected fortune because of the blessing of your ancestors. After paying off the family debts, live a serious and down-to-earth life, and one day you will be able to revive the family business in the future. But you must also remember that one success does not represent everything. Keeping your original heart is the most important thing. When you are confused, think more about the reasons why you did it in the first place.
"You have to walk your own path. When making a choice, consider your family more. Remember. "
Gu Yanyi's words made the young man confused, but he kept them in his heart.
This man was his savior in his despair, even if he didn't know what his words meant, he could as well remember them.
In the days that followed, as the young man grew older, whenever he faced a crossroads in life, he would chew these words over and over again in his heart, and ultimately helped him make the right choice again and again.
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After returning home, Gu Yan handed all the cut raw stones to Shen Ming and said, "Help me find a reliable master to polish them. Don't cut them, just grind off the skin."
Looking at the four uncut raw stones mixed in, Shen Ming asked, "Why didn't you cut these four just now? "
Gu Yanyi: "It's not good to be too ostentatious."
Shen Ming & Zhou Bingwen: Cutting and raising ten stones in a row, do you think this action is low-key?
Gu Yanyi pointed at the four stones: "Glass type, imperial green, violet, red jadeite, cut?"
Shen Ming & Zhou Bingwen: …………
These really can't be cut, if they are cut, they might be snatched away on the spot.
It turns out that this person kept them when he picked the raw stones just now!
Damn, I was really fooled by him!