Chapter 108 Good News

  "Lao Liu, do you want me to help you cut next?" Zhang Yanbin suggested as he looked at Liu Zhiqing's sweat-drenched head.

  After all, from the first block to now, Liu Zhiqing has been operating the stone-breaking machine for a long time. It's impossible not to be tired, so he wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded: "Alright then, I'll trouble you."

  "Haha, don't thank me, I'm just taking advantage of your good luck. Look around, who wouldn't want to help you?"

  Zhang Yanbin smiled and took over, what he said was also a fact. Gambling on rocks, as long as the swelling is resolved, ordinary people are willing to go up and try their luck, see if they can get some good luck, who let luck be a big factor in rock gambling?

  From Zhang Yanbin's movements, it can be seen that he is an old hand. When cutting the wool, it is both stable and fast, and in a short while, the wool has been roughly shaped. Next, in order to preserve the integrity of the jade material as much as possible, he switched to using a sanding wheel to grind the stone, which would be safer.

  "Old Liu, congratulations! This is already half of the big rise!" Zhang Yanbin said excitedly as he looked at the jadeite he had just dug out from the wool.

  What Zhang Yanbin said is not bad, just the old pit ice jade Huang Yang green in his hand can make a pair of bracelets, and also can make several accessories, the key is that this green is full green, which makes it more precious. The value of these jadeites alone is around 11 million, and it can indeed be said to have risen sharply.

  "Lao Liu, I'll take this material. How about 12 million? The remaining half can be given to Lao Hou." Zhang Yanbin took the initiative and proposed his purchasing intention before everyone else could react.

  As for the price of 12 million, it's also normal. If there is someone bidding next to you, 12 million may not even be enough to stop them.

  Such an allocation is also acceptable. Hou Yuanming nodded and said: "Okay, as long as the other half of the jadeite solved is not much worse."

  "Hey, didn't you two see me standing here? I've got a whole family relying on this jade to make a living. No way, you have to give me some no matter what." Seeing the two of them quickly come to an agreement on how to divide it up, Old Qian grew anxious.

  Zhang Yanbin said disdainfully: "Cut it out, Old Qian. Don't think I don't know you got over 3 million yuan worth of materials from Old Mian before. And with this workshop of yours, are you still worried about not having good jade? How dare you compete with us?"

  Lao Qian smiled and said: "Good fabric, who would dislike it? Especially this kind of all-green fabric, which is rare, and it's still the old pitted glutinous rice variety."

  "Lao Qian, don't come and make trouble. I'll give you the piece of dry green fabric I had earlier. Look, I still have several pieces of wool fabric that haven't been cut yet. If we open it up and it's green, no matter what the quality is like, I'll let you have it, how about that?" said Hou Yuanming with a bow.

  "This..."

  Lao Qian was hesitant about Hou Yuanming's proposal, after all, the performance of those woolen goods wasn't great, and the opportunity to open up good jade was a bit small. Of course, it's not possible to say that you can't open up good jade at all, because gambling on stones has a lot of uncertainty, even if you open up glass, it's still possible.

  Of course, Hou Yuanming would not believe that his own wool could produce glass seeds. If he really produced glass seeds, it could only be said to be a coincidence.

  Old Qian hadn't made a decision yet when he heard one of the workers who was cutting stone on the side shout: "Boss Hou, come quick and take a look! I've cut out an ice jade!"

  Hou Yuanming was startled by the shout and momentarily stunned, and together with everyone else, he walked to the stone analyzer in a daze.

  "Brother Hou..."

  Hou Yuanming was still distracted, so Chu Chen couldn't help but pull him, and then everyone started to examine the fur that had been cut out of the ice jade together.

  This piece of wool is not big and the performance is not good. If it were not for a piece of old pit material, it would definitely be classified as a brick head material. The wool was cut into two large and small pieces by the stone machine. The larger side was smooth and had nothing, while the smaller side could clearly see a green thread, and the water could also clearly see that it was ice species.

  Looking around at the people staring at him, Hou Yuanming smiled awkwardly and said: "I don't know how this fabric ended up in my hands either. I reckon it was when I was picking up goods that time, and it accidentally got thrown in together."

  Everyone laughed and shook their heads. Some jade merchants came in with too many pieces at once, and it was often impossible to show them all. This kind of thing is also normal.

  Master Shi Fu got Hou Yuanming's consent and soon dug out the jade material inside.

  The entire piece of jade material is not very large, although it is more than three times the size of the apple green one that Chu Chen initially offered. However, in terms of shape, it's not enough to make a bracelet. Unfortunately, the green color of this material is not quite right and is somewhat pale, which affects the overall value of the jade. Nevertheless, it still has a value of 1.8 million.

  Hou Yuanming said with a smile: "This piece of ice seed material is evenly distributed to you, and add the previous piece of dry green seed, Old Qian, now you can rest assured."

  Lao Qian thought for a moment and readily agreed. Although the value of both sides was somewhat different, if he wanted to argue, he would undoubtedly have to spend more money, and after all, they were friends, and it wouldn't be good if things became awkward between them.

  It turns out that among the three, Zhang Yanbin got the best deal. But who let Zhang Yanbin's strength be stronger than theirs? Of course, if the three of them are together next time, and Zhang Yanbin eats meat, he will definitely give them a sip of soup to drink.

  Seeing Lao Qian agree, Hou Yuanming also let out a sigh of relief. He muttered to himself: "Next time it's better not to make such requests, in case I accidentally promise the glass kind, then I'll be crying myself to death!"

  When everyone returned to Liu Zhiqing's place and was about to continue unraveling the other half of the wool, Chu Chen received a call from Zhao Qirui.

  "Hello, Brother Zhao." Chu Chen walked over and picked up the phone.

  "Xiao Chu, I have some good news for you." Zhao Qirui's excited voice came from the other end of the phone.

  "Zhao Ge, what's good about it?" Chu Chen didn't react for a moment, what's good about it.

  Zhao Qirui couldn't help but feel joyful, and laughed: "Haha, the formula for that candle has been successfully tested! The effect is exactly the same, and our new one is even better than that old one, it's about 20% more effective!"

  It stands to reason that the formula for that candle can be easily tried out, but running a business is definitely not so casual. Moreover, even if Chu Chen's candle formula is invalid, the two families will still implement the plan in order to get closer to each other, so according to the company's plan, they set up a laboratory and then tried out the formula.

  It's only been a week since then, and the two families have already set up their laboratory, which is quite astonishing in terms of speed. Not only did the results not disappoint everyone, but they also exceeded expectations.

  Chu Chen heard this good news and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Really, that's just too great!"

  "Haha, just wait for you to come back, sign the contract, and then sit at home waiting to count your money."

  They had decided earlier that after the trial production of the formula, they would sign a contract. If the trial was successful, Chu Chen would get 25% of the shares based on the formula. And if the formula was invalid, Chu Chen would be willing to acquire shares in proportion to his investment, and of course, Chu Chen would definitely invest as long as he wasn't stupid.

  Chu Chen said hesitantly: "That, Zhao Ge, aren't my shares a bit too many?"

  "Not much, not even a little bit more, now that the effect is so good, the value of this formula has actually decreased. Let's discuss the shares when you get back."

  "Haha, never mind then. I'm just freeloading anyway, this many shares are already more than enough." Chu Chen didn't want them to misunderstand that he was greedy, so he hastily declined.

  "In any case, this matter will have to be decided after you return. By the way, your incense box has also been studied."

  "Ah! You've already achieved results so quickly?" Chu Chen said in surprise.

  Zhao Qirui smiled and said, "Nonsense, the amazing effect of your incense box is entirely due to the properties of the materials. Unless they find exactly the same materials, it's impossible to replicate."

  It turned out that the material used to make the incense box had never been found on Earth, and its interior seemed to be composed of countless tiny mirrors. This material is impossible to replicate with current technology, so even if the carving technique was figured out, it couldn't be implemented, which is why the researchers gave up after just a few days.

  Chu Chen suddenly enlightened and said: "So it was actually like this!"

  "Hey, let them give up already, in case they leak out the formula."

  This result is of course the best for Zhao Qizheng, originally he was worried about the leakage of the formula, now not only can it be successfully trial-produced, but also with a better effect, so he is even more worried.

  Afterwards, Chu Chen brought up the piece of jade material with Zhao Qirui. Such good quality nephrite, Zhao Qirui agreed without hesitation, and Chu Chen wasn't worried that Zhao Qirui wouldn't agree either. This kind of mid-to-high-end material wouldn't have any problem selling at all.

  Besides, Chu Chen has already decided that in his future antique shop, he will also sell jade accessories, so there's no need to worry anymore.

  Finally, Zhao Qirui asked Chu Chen to take good care of Chu Yulan and left him a friend's phone number before hanging up the phone.

  When Chu Chen finished the phone call and returned to the jade machine with a happy face, Liu Zhiqing had almost dug out the other half of the jade.

  Li Guodong saw Chu Chen's excited look and smiled: "Xiao Chen, what's the good news? Share it with us."

  "This thing isn't worth keeping secret, anyway," Chu Chen said with a smile. "Hehe, I and Xiaolan's uncle are planning to start a company together. Our main product has already been successfully tested, and the phone call just now was to inform me."

  Li Guodong and others did not expect that Chu Chen would quietly start a company, they all looked very surprised.