Chapter 118: One After Another (2)

  "Hmm, Chicken Claw Xi, Xiao Lan, you're quite bold with this piece of fabric!"

  Zhang Yanbin looked at the chicken claws and couldn't help but shake his head in regret.

  Although people who like to gamble on jadeite, the most favorite thing to gamble is chicken claw jadeite. However, the variable of jadeite is really too big. Zhang Yanbin has been playing with jade for ten years and still does not want to gamble easily. If he had seen this piece of chicken claw jadeite before, he would definitely not have made an offer. Fortunately, Chu Yulan was not planning to sell the wool, which also saved him from embarrassment.

  Zhang Zhiqing took the wool fabric and carefully examined the chicken claw pattern, then said: "This pattern doesn't look deep, I think it's worth betting on."

  Hou Yuanming nodded in agreement after reading it too.

  Chu Chen smiled after taking the woolen material and said, "I also think it's worth a try. However, I haven't studied chicken claw velvet deeply, and I was afraid of misleading Xiao Lan earlier. Now that both of you big brothers think it's worth a try, I've also breathed a sigh of relief."

  Hou Yuanming smiled and said, "Xiao Chu, don't be too modest. Although I'm older than you, my eyesight for judging jade can't compare to yours. Since you say it's worth betting on, you must have some confidence in it. Don't believe me? Ask the others present, if you say a piece of jade is good, they'll definitely buy it."

  Chu Chen waved his hand repeatedly and smiled: "Hou Ge, you're pushing me into a pit! You said that, I don't even dare to look at other fabrics now, the pressure is too great!"

  Wen Yuting smiled and said: "Chu Ge, you just choose for me, even if it's not good, I won't blame you. I'm counting on you to help me find a piece of glass seed too!"

  Chu Chen speechlessly said: "Xiao Wen, do you think glass is like Chinese cabbage, thinking that it can be found wherever you look?"

  Wen Yuting said with a lazy tone: "Hehe, although glass kinds are not as common as cabbages, following you, Brother Chu, I have more opportunities to encounter them, so I'm relying on you. Besides, my husband Guo Tong is your good brother, for the sake of our happy life, Brother Chu, please help us out. When we have kids in the future, we'll definitely ask you to be their godfather."

  At this point, Chu Chen couldn't help but laugh and cry, while Li Guodong standing beside him could only smile helplessly, not knowing what to say.

  Next, Chu Chen still chose to rub the stone, and this time the place he rubbed was exactly where the chicken claw mark was. The result of rubbing the stone this time ultimately affected the value of the entire piece of wool. Although Chu Chen already knew the outcome in advance, the atmosphere on the scene was a bit heavy, and Chu Chen could only put on a serious expression.

  "Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!"

  The sand wheel stopped, and Zhang Yanbin hurriedly helped clean the window.

  "It didn't seep in, it rose!" Zhang Yanbin exclaimed after checking the window.

  "It's not just a rise, it's a big rise! Look here, the green color is already showing. This material isn't large, you see the two window positions, it's very possible that the jade inside is one whole piece! It's so big, if there's no accident, it's enough to make a bracelet!" Liu Zhiqing excitedly said, shining his flashlight on a spot by the window.

  Everyone took a look, and indeed, just like Liu Zhiqing said, near the first window, there was a place where you could see a faint greenish tint, which immediately caused a stir in the atmosphere on site, causing all the staff present to discuss it.

  Shen Feng has even arranged for firecrackers to be prepared, and the glass kind has been opened. Whether it's for the reputation of the processing plant or for those who come here to gamble on stones, it's a good omen.

  Next, Chu Chen took advantage of the heat to strike while the iron was hot and rubbed again in the place where the green color had appeared. As the sand wheel rotated, more and more green colors emerged, and before long, the colors and ink could be clearly distinguished.

  "The glass is green apple color, rising, surging! Quick, quick, quick! Set off firecrackers!" Shen Feng looked at the performance of the window and immediately shouted excitedly to his subordinates.

  Zhang Yanbin said somewhat helplessly: "Shen Ge, no need to be so anxious, the wool is not all untied yet."

  "Haha, with this kind of performance, based on my years of experience, there's no need to say it, the result is certain. If something unexpected happens, then I'll be a god who has lost his way."

  Chu Chen smiled and shook his head, but although he could already roughly determine the position of the jade inside, for safety's sake, he still wiped a few more windows. After all, this was glass, and if he cut it wrong by even a little bit when cutting the stone, it would be an unbearable loss.

  After more than ten minutes, Chu Chen wiped several windows again. The rough outline of the jade inside can be seen now. Next, it's time to cut the stone. As the saying goes, wiping is not considered a win, cutting is a win. Cutting the stone is the most critical step in gambling on stones. Whether you lose or win depends on the conclusion after splitting the stone.

  But judging from the current performance of this piece of wool fabric window, if it still cuts corners, then it's really gone to grandma's house.

  "Hmm hmm hmm"

  "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  The sound of the stone grinder and the firecrackers outside the door, mixed together, foretell that a piece of glass will be born into the world like jade.

  When the stone machine stopped rotating, according to the rules of the gamble, when Chu Yulan went to lift the stone slab, her hands could be seen trembling slightly. Chu Chen couldn't help but sigh, this gambling business was indeed a test of people's psychological endurance.

  Looking at the many slices, Chu Chen's knife can be said to have cut just right, and it can be said that it has preserved the maximum value of the jadeite. The jadeite inside looks a bit elusive, but its color and quality can already be seen, and after some slight polishing, it will be done.

  Seeing this situation, everyone admired Chu Chen's experience and maturity at the same time, and they all congratulated Chu Yulan, making her smile like a peach blossom, attracting the attention of the people around her.

  After cutting this knife, the shape of the jade inside can be seen, and the next step is very simple. Without spending much time, Chu Chen dug out the jade meat from the wool.

  A crystal-clear emerald-green jadeite was presented in front of everyone, and Zhang Yan couldn't wait to start bidding: "Two million three hundred thousand, Xiao Lan, you can transfer this piece of glass to me, what do you think?"

  This piece of glass is apple green, and its size is similar to the emerald green glass that Chu Chen opened before. However, the color is not as noble as the emerald green, and there are still more impurities inside, so the price of 2.3 million is also similar.

  Hou Yuanming bowed to Zhang Yanbin and said: "Little Zhang, I'm sorry, but I still want to fight for the glass seedlings. I'll offer 24 million!"

  Zhang Yanbin waved his hand and said: "We are friends as friends, business as business. If I were you, I would definitely fight for it too. So, I'll offer 25.5 million. Brother Hou, if you can offer more than this, then I'll let you have this material."

  If it were a while ago, even if it was more expensive, Hou Yuanming would still have taken down this piece of glass. However, previously in Xijing, he had already taken 8 million yuan worth of goods, and now he had bought so much wool, his liquid funds were tight for the time being, so he could only regretfully withdraw from the bidding.

  "I'm out 26 million!"

  Just as Zhang Yanbin thought the glass was his, a voice that Chu Chen had some impression of suddenly came from outside the crowd, and then two middle-aged men squeezed in from outside the crowd.

  One of the two people who came in was none other than Xu Jiangcheng, whom Chu Chen and others had met at Tengchong before, and it was he who had reported the price.

  Unexpectedly, another person, Zhang Yanbin, also knew him and said with a smile: "Oh, I wondered who it was, it turned out to be Uncle Fu! How dare you come and snatch things from your younger nephew?"

  Rich Uncle smiled and said: "I heard the voice is so familiar, it turned out to be you little boy, but just now when I quoted the price, it was not me, it was this friend of mine, Mr. Xu!"

  Xu Jiangcheng said with a hint of apology: "Little brother, I'm really sorry, recently the high-end materials in my store are almost out of stock, don't blame me!"

  Zhang Yanbin waved his hand, indicating that it was nothing. Doing business is about each person's abilities, of course this doesn't mean that friendship is useless, it depends on the situation and occasion, you need to grasp the degree of importance. After all, a successful businessman always has thriving business and friendships that promote each other.

  Originally, it could have been around 28 million, and Zhang Yanbin would have made some profit too. However, the price of 26 million was already quite high. As a fellow practitioner, there was no need to raise the price so aggressively. Moreover, with the relationship with Uncle Fu in consideration, he had to give him some face, so he stopped talking about it.

  Xu Jiangcheng saw Zhang Yanbin withdraw, and a brilliant smile immediately appeared on his face: "This is Miss Chu, isn't it? Are you satisfied with the price of 26 million?"

  Because it was the first time she had taken out such a good piece of jade, Chu Yulan originally felt some reluctance to sell this piece of glass, but now she is short of money and still needs to buy that purple pendant from Chu Chen, and 26 million is also a huge temptation for her, so after thinking about it for a long time, she nodded in agreement.

  When Chu Yulan agreed, Xu Jiangcheng happily wrote the contract and signed it. Afterwards, Chu Chen followed him to a nearby bank to transfer the account and complete the transaction.

  "On the way back, Chu Chen asked Xu Jiang Cheng: "Boss Xu, why did you think of coming to Yingjiang?"

  Xu Jiangcheng smiled and said, "I came over to pick up some woolen goods, but my woolen goods have all been shipped back. It just so happens that a friend of mine said there's a famous jade processing factory here, so we came together to take a look. Who would have thought it was such a coincidence?"

  "That's still Old Master Xu's good luck!" Chu Chen laughed and said.

  "It's all thanks to you guys, I just heard that Xiaochu, you got a lot of wool, and I have an unfavorable request."

  Xu Jiangcheng said up to here, paused for a moment, and after getting Chu Chen's nod, he continued: "Little Chu, although we haven't known each other for long, I can also see that your luck and eyesight in gambling on stones are very good. So, I was thinking that if you gamble into some good material in the future, could you take care of your elder brother?"

  Chu Chen thought for a moment, then said: "Mr. Xu, to be honest with you, I plan to sell jade finished products in my future store, so I can only give you some good materials temporarily, and the quantity is limited."