Chapter 40: Collapsed? (Seeking Three Rivers Votes)

  Three hundred million, basically it's almost the same. Doing a gambling stone business doesn't seem like gambling stones have such high profits, in fact, Boss Zhou's kind of business is just making a hard-earned money. With a cost of 240 million, earning 60 million, Li Chunyu's offered price was indeed quite generous.

  After a moment of contemplation, Old Zhou nodded and said: "Alright, let's get down to business. Thank you for your concern, Spring. I'll arrange for someone to come over right away. Same old rules?"

  Li Chunyu laughed and said: "This is natural, I Li Chunyu only collect jadeite. Never collect stones. Since it was bought, it will naturally be cut open on the spot."

  As the most professional stone gambling place in Zhonghai City, Mr. Zhou's place has large cutting machines ready. In addition, various transportation tools are also available.

  The stone was soon pulled out with a trailer. What a big scene of gambling on stones! The price of the original stone alone reached 300 million, and such a scene naturally won over everyone. Although not a participant, but being able to witness it, to see it with one's own eyes, whether it rises or falls, is a worthwhile experience.

  On this side of the large stone cutter, there were already a lot of people gathered to watch. Inside, Tang Zheng was still in shock and hadn't recovered from the shock earlier. A 300 million stone, bought without batting an eye. Thinking about himself, within twenty days, he was still worried about a thousand yuan, and was still rejoicing over earning ten million. But looking at Li Chunyu, Xiao Qiankun and others, they casually threw out tens of millions. This is probably the difference between the rich and the poor, where the wealthy take things for granted while the poor struggle to survive.

  Xiao Qiankun really has no interest in this thing at all. He asked Old Man Zhou for a chair and sat down beside him, looking like an old man himself. This attitude of his is even more arrogant than Li Chunyu's.

  Li Chunyu decided to follow the route of Mang Dai after consulting with his master, and the entire route had been drawn out.

  With one slash, a loud cutting sound rang out. Soon, a piece of stone was cut off, revealing the material inside. There were no signs of fogging. The cross-section looked completely like typical stone.

  Next, with the help of a crane, another facet was replaced. Still no change. The third facet. The fourth facet. After cutting a circle around the entire stone. No change at all.

  Even if it's the most external manifestation of the rough side, after wiping away a lot of surface skin, what comes out is still just ordinary stones.

  Cut to here, many people have already shaken their heads in dismay. Such a large stone, such a high value. It can be said that about one-tenth of it has been cut open. Moreover, within the original stone, there is a manifestation of chaos. Generally, following the chaos, there must be some manifestation. But now, this situation has been completely overturned. After cutting open the outer layer, inside, there is no manifestation at all.

  Actually, at this point, it's basically over.

  Li Chunyu's face didn't look too good either. Although, Li Chunyu was just a stimulus, a process. But without the jade coming out, there was no harvest, and the feeling wouldn't be so carefree and enjoyable.

  Next, Li Chunyu consulted with the stone-cutting master for a while and then continued to go deeper along the original path under the guidance of the stone-cutting master.

  After more than an hour, the entire stone had been cut into fragments. On the ground, there were stones of varying sizes, large ones as big as basketballs, small ones as big as fists.

  At this point, the stone worth 30 million is basically just a worthless rock. Li Chunyu was very calm, patted his hand as if to brush off dust, and his face remained as calm as ever, as if what he had lost was not 30 million but 3,000 yuan.

  Looking at Tang Zheng, Li Chunyu smiled and said: "It's over, there's no point in cutting anymore. Brother Tang, how about it? Since you're here, pick a piece to try your luck. If you lose, it's on me. If you win, that's your good fortune."

  Tang Zheng walked up at this moment, looked around and his eyes fell on the scattered stones that had just been opened. Smiling, he said: "Since Spring Brother has said so, I'll choose one, how about this one?" As he spoke, Tang Zheng picked up a stone about the size of a basketball from the ground.

  "How can this be? These stones have already been cut. It's impossible to get anything out of them." Li Chunyu's eyebrows furrowed. He understood what Tang Zheng meant. Choosing this stone was equivalent to still being within the three million, no need to pay extra. Tang Zheng must have thought he had lost too much, so he did this. But Li Chunyu had his own pride, and this little money could still be afforded to lose.

  Tang Zheng was extremely stubborn at this moment. His eyes were very determined, looking at Li Chunyu and saying: "Brother Chun, I think that gambling on stones is all about having a good eye for it. I think this stone is great. It's just this one. If we change to another one, I won't play anymore."

  Boss Zhou also saw it. Tang Zheng's approach was obviously just going through the motions, meaning he probably thought Chun Shao had lost big and didn't want him to suffer any more losses.

  Then, Old Zhou also walked up and smiled: "Spring Shao, I think Xiao Shao's words make some sense. Gambling on stones is indeed a gamble of luck and a test of one's eye. When good fortune comes, it can't be stopped, and who knows, maybe there's still a piece of glass containing a mother-of-pearl green jade hidden inside this stone. This is all about a person's destiny and luck."

  Li Chunyu was taken aback for a moment, but then smiled and said, "Alright, since younger brother insists, let's do it."

  Such a big stone, of course, doesn't need to use this large stone cutter. Next to it, there are several small stone cutters over there. The stone was moved onto the small stone cutter. The master stone cutter smiled and said: "Boss, how do you want us to proceed?"

  As for cutting jade, Tang Zheng was completely clueless. As for these things, today was the first time Tang Zheng had come into contact with them. However, he had also watched a lot earlier. Those gamblers were all carefully studying and discussing, doing their best not to cut up the jade badly. But on Tang Zheng's side, there was no such thing. The most important thing about cutting this piece of stone was still to save Li Chunyu's face. Just going through the motions. As for whether or not jade would come out, Tang Zheng didn't hold out any hope. If someone as clever as Li Chunyu couldn't cut it out, how could he, a mere novice, possibly cut out jade?

  He immediately walked up, picked up the oil-based pen next to him, and drew four lines on the stone in a square shape. Smiling, he said: "I think this stone has edges and corners, so let's cut it into a cube first. Cut along these lines."

  This cutting method is completely reckless. There's no technique at all. Many people nearby burst out laughing. Everyone can see through it. The so-called stone cutting is just a game, even more naive than children playing house.

  The master stone cutter smiled slightly, looked at Li Chunyu and Zhou Laoban, and after seeing that neither of them had any opinions, he operated the machine to cut it down.

  No burden at all, Master Qiao's level is extremely high. One knife down, then change direction and another knife down. The fourth knife was completed quickly.

  But just at this moment, Li Chunyu, who was originally still seated, suddenly stood up and shouted: "Hold on!"

  At this moment, on the surface of the stone cutter, on the fourth side, a green area about the size of a ping-pong ball appeared. The cut part also had some green color.

  "Wow, what luck! Such a stone, it's actually turned green. This is the real deal, old pit glass. And to make matters worse, it's reached apple green level. It's already considered top-notch. Too bad it's been cut poorly." The onlookers nearby couldn't help but feel regretful.

  As the voice fell, someone also chimed in: "This luck can be explosive. Who would have thought that there would still be green on it? Not being cut off with a single knife is already great luck. Looking at the situation, not much was cut off. Next, it depends on how big the main body is. With such a sufficient water head of this level, if there's material, it can easily exceed the value of Old Hong's piece."

  Nowadays, the consumption of jadeite in Myanmar is huge, and resources are becoming increasingly scarce. In the early years, the top-grade "imperial green" was only worth a few million. Now, it's rare to see that level of jadeite. The "apple green" that has been unearthed recently is already a rare treasure in the jade market in recent years.

  Looking at the cut, Li Chunyu's face showed a hint of regret: "What a pity, but it's okay. This piece can be carefully polished to make a delicate ring surface."

  Saying that, Li Chunyu carefully examined the original stone on the stage. He said in a low voice: "It's already out, first wipe it along the edge. It's only this big. The workload is not large either."

  If it were someone else, they would have sold out in this situation. But Li Chunyu didn't even think about that and directly ordered to continue polishing the stone.

  The jade master was also delighted. The price had risen, and as the master of cutting jade, he naturally got a red envelope. After two hours, the entire piece of jade had been fully revealed. A block of jade about the size of a pineapple, crystal clear and translucent, shimmering with a captivating green color.

  On this side, Li Chunyu ordered the stone-cutting master to cut all the stones on the ground, but unfortunately, no more jade appeared.

  Holding the jade, Li Chunyu walked over to Tang Zheng's side and said after a moment of contemplation: "Tang, according to the current price of raw jade materials, this piece with such good quality and top-grade apple green color, its market price is estimated to be around 430 million. I'll offer you 450 million to buy it from you, what do you think?"

  Four hundred and fifty million?! As soon as the words came out, they instantly triggered a burst of exclamations from the surrounding onlookers. Taking in a breath of cold air, this young man had truly become an overnight sensation.

  However, Tang Zheng shook his head at this moment and looked at Li Chunyu: "Brother Chun, sorry. Not selling!"

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