Even before the jade gambling convention started, many vendors had already gathered along the path.
Remembering Zuo Ling's instructions, the Waterfall Rabbit looked around with its eyes wide open and its ears searched for targets like radar. In no time, it found four or five pieces.
Zuo Ling was very happy and gave the waterfall a handful of pine nuts as a reward.
Licking the back of Zuo Ling's hand, Waterfall indicated that it was quite smitten.
Unlike high-tech exhibitions, you can enter the jade gambling convention by swiping your ID card.
Zuo Ling hesitated slightly, extremely sensitive to the act of swiping her ID card.
After thinking about it, I realized I'm not a wanted criminal, so what's there to be afraid of?
Stone City is not Ding family territory, so they won't react that quickly.
Little did they know that news of her appearance in Stone City would appear on the Ding family's news network a few minutes later.
Pei Nansheng had just deleted it when Ding Jiaojiao came to check the information; they were just one step away.
Upon seeing her arrive, Pei Nansheng, with a cold expression, picked up his coffee and prepared to leave.
Ding Jiaojiao pretended not to see Pei Nansheng's cold face and asked with a coquettish smile, "Brother, is there any news?"
See for yourself.
With those three words bluntly uttered, Pei Nansheng strode away.
Ding Jiaojiao pouted, her sweetness vanished, and she gritted her teeth, saying, "What's so great about a bastard? Smiling at you is giving you face."
After looking around, there wasn't anything worth paying attention to.
Unbeknownst to Ding Jiaojiao, Pei Nansheng returned the moment she left.
Inside the jade gambling site, there is a place where you can rent small carts.
Not by the hour, but by the day. Rent for one day, 200 yuan.
I thought to myself, "The jade gambling convention really knows how to make money. I can buy a new one for less than 200 yuan."
You can complain as you please, but if you don't rent it, you won't be able to use it. When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.
We rented a trolley, took the waterfall with us, and strolled around the site at a leisurely pace.
The jade gambling convention is divided into four areas: Area 1 is for sealed bidding, Area 2 is for open bidding, Area 3 is for well-known large merchants, and Area 4 is for small vendors.
The rules of the jade gambling event were posted on the surrounding walls. It lasted for three days and included three forms of bidding: retail, open bidding, and sealed bidding.
There's not much to say about retail sales; just negotiate the price with the vendor and complete the transaction yourself.
Both open and sealed bids involve competitive bidding, with the highest bidder winning.
The bidding process involves both parties knowing each other's offers; it's like Jiang Taigong fishing—those who are willing will take the bait.
Sealed bidding is a psychological game; you don't know the other party's offer, so you have to anticipate their bottom line before making your own bid.
Meaning, there's a trap ahead, are you going to pass or not?
Sealed bidding is more brutal than open bidding.
Zuo Ling neither participated in open bidding nor closed bidding.
Even if there are rare stones among the bidding stones, she would rather give them up than show her face.
For her, making a fortune quietly was the way to survive.
Baseball caps, large face masks, and high collars have become her standard attire.
China experienced a major three-year pandemic a few years ago, and the public is already used to seeing people wearing masks all the time.
Zuo Ling was not the only one wearing a mask at the venue; she blended seamlessly into the crowd.
Let's explore Zone 4 first.
The waterfall sometimes shakes and wobbles wildly, and every time this happens, it means a new discovery has been made.
In no time, the cart was loaded with seven or eight stones.
While keeping an eye on the crowd around her and looking for surveillance cameras, Zuo Ling took advantage of a moment when no one was looking and threw two pieces into her spatial storage.
The fourth district has a large quantity of jade, but not many good stones.
We spent over two hours looking for stones and negotiating prices.
They found more than 60 stones, spent more than 380,000 yuan, and kept about seven or eight stones on the cart at all times.
Besides the stones, there was also a tool bag on the cart for holding cash.
I spent over an hour exploring Zone 3. The stones in Zone 3 were significantly better than those in Zone 4. I found more than 20 stones and spent 760,000.
The waterfall was clearly tired, listless and lacking energy.
Zuo Ling simply took it out of the gambling hall and went to the car to rest and eat.
The man and the rabbit, after eating and resting for two hours, returned to the gambling hall in Zone 3.
Before they even started looking, the waterfall went crazy, pointing at a huge rock in the middle of the hall.
The waterfall seemed to be going crazy more than ever before. Suppressing my excitement, I looked at the price on the sign and was stunned: 80 million!
I touched my nose, and holy crap!
In addition to the price, the sign also has three large characters: "No bargaining".
Good heavens, this is going to kill me!
He whispered to the waterfall, "Are you sure this is a good rock?"
The waterfall thrashes with its rabbit legs kicking and thrashing, you don't believe me?! Humph!
Zuo Ling quickly tried to comfort her:
"It's not that I don't trust you, it's just too expensive, 80 million. If I make a mistake, I'll lose a lot of money."
"Waterfall, humph. 80 million and all that? What does that have to do with me? Didn't you say you were picking out good stones? Humph! Stop dawdling, are you going to pick them or not?"
"Let's pick something else first. There's nowhere to put the stones now. I'll have to find a place to put them first."
The waterfall ignored her, its rabbit eyes looking elsewhere. Suddenly, its eyes lit up, and it pointed forward with its paw.
Two stands away from the giant rock, a strangely shaped, rust-colored stone came into view.
The waterfall was so excited that its four legs thrashed about and almost fell out of the backpack.
Look at the sign: 60 million, the same three big characters, no bargaining.
He stroked the rabbit's fur and said, "Rabbit, you really know how to choose."
One is 80 million, the other is 60 million, this is really going to kill me.
He continued stroking the rabbit's fur: "Later, later I'll buy it again."
The waterfall was unhappy, its rabbit-like face darkening as it glared at Zuo Ling.
Pushing the small cart, Zuo Ling explained:
"My car is too small, it won't fit. I'll come back and buy a new one when I find a place."
Although the waterfall was reluctant, it patiently guided Zuo Ling to buy other stones.
Whenever it had a spare moment, Rabbit Face would peer towards the two rocks, afraid that some fool might steal the rocks it had its eye on.
Zuo Ling found it quite amusing to see its greedy, protective demeanor.
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