Li Zhouhao, who was originally resting with his eyes closed in a recliner, was so startled that he almost fell off the chair. He got up in a very embarrassed manner and rushed to the side of the raw stone.
"Go away, don't block the road!" Li Zhouhao rudely pushed the stone-cutting master away and poured a handful of clean water on the window of the raw stone that was rubbed to a green glow.
The jadeite in the raw stone window presents a pure and bright emerald green color. Although it is not the top glass type, it is also an extremely high-quality ice type.
Old Master Li nodded slightly from a distance. It was quite good to be able to mine such jadeite, but he still felt that luck played a big role.
Li Zhouhao said in disbelief, "Perhaps this much jade can only be mined from such a large piece of rough stone. Keep cutting for me."
After a sharp cutting sound, the entire surface of the original stone was ground off, revealing the full and round jade inside. The key point is that the volume actually accounts for three-quarters of the entire original stone, which is almost equivalent to a ball with a diameter of one meter!
The stone-cutting masters all stopped what they were doing and sighed with emotion.
"Oh my god! I've been cutting rough diamonds for most of my life, but this is the first time I've seen a rough stone this big!"
“Although it’s not glass-type, the size of this one is already overwhelming!”
Old Master Li walked over to the jadeite and exclaimed in amazement, "Tsk tsk, even I don't often see a rough stone this large and intact. It's truly a rare and fine piece of material!"
Although Li Zhouhao was shocked in his heart, he still said disdainfully: "Tsk, there's a warehouse full of raw stones, and now we've only just found one. What's so exciting? I think it's just a blind cat catching a dead mouse. It's not certain whether we can even break even!"
As he was speaking, another cry came from the other side of the warehouse:
"Boss! Another green one! This one seems to be violet glass!"
Mr. Li's expression changed, and he ran over like the wind. "How could it be violet glass? I've only seen jade like that at exhibitions."
After he carefully wiped off the dust on the window, he indeed revealed a purple jadeite with a flower-like color, inlaid with silk-like emerald green strips.
Old Master Li's beard was shaking with excitement. He completely ignored his identity as the head of the Li family and opened his arms to hold the entire raw stone in his arms.
"Mr. Long, just name your price. You must sell this jadeite to me."
Li Zhouhao, who arrived at this time, was also stunned. He knew the price of the violet glass jadeite in front of him very well. At the previous Guangdong East Auction, a violet ice jadeite smaller than this one had a starting price of 100 million!
The value of this violet glass jadeite alone is probably more than 200 million. If it is further processed, the group can earn at least 300 million in profit.
Long Yi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, I said before that I will not sell this jade, I am just playing with it."
When Mr. Li heard Long Yi's words, he was stunned for a moment. Thinking carefully, he realized that Long Yi had really said this just now.
He glared at Li Zhouhao fiercely. If Li Zhouhao hadn't just said something too much, he could have easily pocketed the entire warehouse of raw stones. It would have been a sure-win deal.
Just as Mr. Li was hesitating whether to lose face and ask Long Yi to sell the jade to him, the workers who were working around him expressed their feelings one after another.
"It's green again. This piece of mine is old mine jade!"
"I also got some green on this side, and it turned out to be Cuisi jadeite!"
"I'm green too..."
In a short while, more than a dozen workers opened all the raw stones in the warehouse. There were a total of 32 raw stones in the entire warehouse, and each one produced a jadeite of excellent quality that would be so popular if it were thrown into the market.
The midday sun shone on them, and each piece of jade was sparkling. No piece of raw stone was worth less than tens of millions.
Mr. Li was now so shocked that he was speechless. If opening a top-notch jadeite was luck, then opening an entire warehouse of jadeite was his own strength.
He has been immersed in the jade industry for most of his life, and has never heard of anyone with such a keen eye. Not to mention that every selected raw stone can produce green, even if 80% of it can produce green, he can be considered a master.
Mr. Li continued to ask, "Mr. Long, can't these jades be sold to the Li Group? The price is negotiable."
Just as Long Yi was about to answer, a clear female voice came from the warehouse door, and the sunlight shining through the eaves outlined a graceful figure.
"Mr. Li, it's fine if Brother Yi doesn't want to sell it, but aren't you trying to force a sale by asking so many times?"
Long Yi looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was Ye Qingxue, the head of the Treasure Pavilion, who was speaking!
Old Master Li's expression changed slightly after seeing the girl's appearance clearly. The eldest daughter of the Ye family?
The Treasure Pavilion of the Ye family in the capital has considerable influence throughout the country, while the Li family in Jiangzhou is only famous in Jiangzhou.
Whether in terms of family financial resources or influence, the Ye family is far ahead of the Li family.
"Qingxue, why are you here?" Long Yi asked.
Ye Qingxue smiled lightly and jokingly said, "Of course I came to find you because I missed you! The Ye family has spies all over the capital, and since you didn't deliberately hide your whereabouts, it wouldn't be easy for them to find you."
When Long Yi saw the girl's evil smile, he knew that something was wrong. He thought to himself that even an old lady should know when to make jokes!
Sure enough, Li Yutong's face was already frosty, her eyebrows were raised, and her beautiful eyes were almost spitting fire.
"Long Yi, I've gained a new sister after just a few days of not seeing you? Brother Yi, not only do you have a good eye for jade, you also have good luck in love."
"Ahem." Long Yi stood there awkwardly, not knowing how to explain for a moment.
Fortunately, Ye Qingxue quickly distracted everyone's attention. She ran to the violet glass jadeite in great surprise and exclaimed:
"Brother Yi, can you sell this jadeite to the Treasure Pavilion? I'm willing to pay 1 billion!"
After thinking for a moment, Long Yi said, "Okay, then you can move this jade away."
When Mr. Li heard this, he felt disappointed. It seemed that he would have to give up the beautiful jade he had obtained. But who could he blame? He could only say that he was short-sighted at the time.
He asked cautiously again, "Mr. Long, I don't want this violet jadeite anymore. Can you sell the rest of the jadeite to our Li Group at the market price?"
Long Yi jokingly said, "Mr. Li, are you no longer afraid that Yutong and I will collude with each other? Are you not going to call the police to arrest me, a fraudster?"
"Mr. Long, don't take it to heart. This kid is just talking nonsense! I'm old and I almost got led astray by him!"
After saying this, Mr. Li grabbed Li Zhouhao's ear and brought him in front of Long Yi, saying sternly, "Why don't you apologize to Mr. Long quickly?"
Li Zhouhao stiffened his neck and said angrily, "Why should I apologize to him?"
"Pa!" Old Master Li slapped Li Zhouhao in the face with a loud and crisp slap.
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