Chapter 47: Green, but the size of a coin
Lu Shaoyan's face suddenly turned pale and red.
When facing girls from the wealthy circle, he would always subconsciously show his gentlemanly manners. Of course, he was not willing to show his gentlemanly manners to someone like Xu Youyou, who had no background but had made a fortune, seemed to be not serious, and had been secretly targeting him.
At this time, his indecent behavior was directly exposed by Xu Youyou, and he was embarrassed on the spot.
Boss Chen observed her expression and stepped out to smooth things over: "Ms. Xu, it doesn't matter who opens first or later, it won't change the result. Why don't you open the Stone King first? I've been curious about it for a long time."
No one else present objected.
A staff member immediately put the stone on a cart and transported it outside the Jade Museum.
There were already quite a few stone gamblers gathered there, and they were all extremely excited to see new stones being transported in.
"Oh my goodness, I remember this is the Stone King! I'm so lucky today, I can actually see the Stone King being opened live!"
"I just don't know whether this cut will lead to an increase or a decrease."
Listening to the discussions of the jade gamblers, Boss Chen suddenly looked satisfied. He said to Lu Shaoyan, "Master Lu, I just asked someone to contact several jade bosses. They should be on their way now."
For this kind of stone that is likely to be sold in large quantities, it is necessary to contact the buyer in advance.
Lu Shaoyan said: "If there is a lot of material, I will keep some of it and make a set of jewelry for Xueying."
He looked so confident, as if his Stone King would definitely produce something great.
Xu Youyou didn't say anything and watched his performance patiently.
After a lot of preparation work was done, the big stone was placed under the stone cutter. This time, Boss Chen was still in charge of the operation himself.
But unlike last time, Lu Shaoyan confidently went up and drew the line.
Boss Chen cut along the line he drew.
Everyone present shouted at once.
"It's green!"
“It’s also imperial green!”
"When did Imperial Green become so worthless?"
"How can the Imperial Green be worthless? It's obvious that the Jade Museum has been very lucky recently, and it can easily produce top-grade Imperial Green!"
Boss Chen's face was also full of surprise. He thought that this stone would be green, but he didn't expect it to be imperial green. Although only a palm-sized area has been cut out so far, revealing only a coin-sized amount of green, it is enough to prove the quality of this stone.
He couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If he had known it would be Imperial Green, he would have kept it for himself and opened it slowly.
"Will you sell it?" Boss Chen estimated the possible weight of the jade hidden in the stone and offered a price: "Sixty million?"
Before Lu Shaoyan agreed, Xu Youyou started making a fuss.
"Boss Chen, when I came to open the stone that day, you only gave me 50 million for the half-opened stone. That's not fair of you!"
Boss Chen smiled awkwardly and said, "I always give normal estimates, without favoritism."
Xu Youyou's face was full of disbelief.
Lu Shaoyan shook his head and said, "Not for sale."
He looked at Xu Youyou provocatively. He remembered clearly that Xu Youyou's stone was sold for 1 billion yuan, and he felt that his stone should also be sold at a high price.
"One hundred million!" Someone suddenly shouted.
The person who hurried over was none other than the bald man wearing a big gold chain who had met Xu Youyou last time.
The bald man smiled when he saw Xu Youyou. He had just arrived and asked, "Miss Xu, is this your stone again?"
Xu Youyou shook her head and pointed at Lu Shaoyan beside her.
The bald man saw that Lu Shaoyan was obviously someone he knew, and said, "Master Lu, Old Liu, I'll give you 100 million yuan, and that way you can get back all the money you lost on gambling on stones in the past few years."
When Lu Shaoyan heard this, he immediately looked at Gu Xueying beside him. Seeing that Gu Xueying did not react much, he felt relieved.
Another person squeezed in from the crowd. Xu Youyou took a look and found that it was another acquaintance, Sun Laoer who had participated in the auction of her stone before.
"Liu Guangtou, you want to buy this kind of quality stone for only 100 million? Are you kidding me? I'll offer 200 million!" Sun Laoer doubled the price as soon as he opened his mouth.
When the price was 100 million, Lu Shaoyan had no intention of selling it at all, but now that it has become 200 million, Lu Shaoyan looks tempted.
Gu Xueying whispered at the side: "Shao Yan, why not just sell it? Ten million for two hundred million is already impressive."
Gu Xueying is not a stone gambler, so she naturally thinks that she should quit while she is ahead.
But Lu Shaoyan remembered that in the story related to Xu Youyou, someone offered a high price to buy the half-opened stone at the beginning, but Xu Youyou insisted on unlocking it all, so the sky-high price of ten billion was achieved.
Just when he was struggling, Xu Youyou suddenly spoke.
"Mr. Lu, you won't sell this? Do you think the price is too low? Otherwise, if Boss Sun raises the price, maybe he will be willing to sell it."
Sun Lao Er also cooperated when he heard this: "Okay, then 250 million. This is the only price I can give for the stone for the half-open door."
Xu Youyou said, "This price is very reasonable, Mr. Lu. If I were you, I would definitely sell it. After all, the net profit is 240 million. You should be more down-to-earth. Not all stones can be sold for 1 billion."
It would have been fine if Xu Youyou didn't say anything. As soon as she opened her mouth, Lu Shaoyan's mind was filled with the thought of "ten billion".
The Lu family is indeed rich. Although it is a branch, its assets are still two or three hundred billion. Ten billion in cash is very valuable even for a billionaire, let alone Lu Shaoyan.
Lu Shaoyan had already sensed Xu Youyou's hostility. With Xu Youyou's previous record of randomly picking stones for him, he instinctively didn't dare to trust Xu Youyou's proposal: "Miss Xu, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. I won't sell them. I want to untie them all."
Boss Chen felt that Lu Shaoyan was a bit impulsive and couldn't help but persuade him: "Lu Shao, once the bow is drawn, there is no turning back. If you cut it down with a knife, it will be terrible."
Although Lu Shaoyan came from a wealthy family, since he had already come to the gambling stone hall, he naturally had a gambling nature.
"Keep going."
Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Boss Chen had no choice but to turn on the machine and continue.
As the roar ended, there was no trace of jade on the newly cut surface.
Lu Shaoyan's heart sank.
Sun Lao Er sighed and said, "This is ruined. If you sell it to me now, I can only pay 50 million."
Boss Chen asked: "Mr. Lu, do you want to continue?"
Everyone around stared at Lu Shaoyan. After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "Continue."
The stone is very big, and he doesn't believe that the green part is really only the size of a coin. The other parts of the stone must contain top-grade imperial green.
The machine continued to polish, but after nearly an hour of whirring, no more green appeared.
In the end, something happened that surprised everyone. This huge stone did produce imperial green, but it was only the size of a coin, and the rest was waste.
Sun Lao Er covered his chest and sighed, "Fortunately, fortunately! If he had agreed to sell it to me for 250 million, I would have really lost everything!"
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