Chapter 106: Turning Over (4)

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  Li Yang's jade stone was not large, and even if it were to be polished, it would not take too long. Under the intense gaze of many eager eyes, this crystal-clear, ethereal piece of jade, like a heavenly fairy, finally revealed itself in all its glory before everyone.

  Zhang Wei's eyes suddenly turned red as he gently stroked the glass containing the jade, almost bursting into tears on the spot.

  This time, Mingyang finally proudly raised his head, the glass species, the top-level variety of jadeite, finally appeared in the hands of the Mingyang people.

  Now, Zhang Wei himself didn't expect to have a second chance at life after being completely desperate earlier. He managed to turn the tables with a new gamble stone he bought from the scene. If they hadn't experienced the cycle of expectation, disappointment, and despair, they wouldn't be able to appreciate how happy their final victory was.

  Zhang Wei had previously lost a gambling stone worth 1.5 million, but now it's not that significant anymore. After playing with the gambling stones for so many years, Zhang Wei understood more than anyone else how normal such losses were in the world of gambling stones.

  "Director Zhang, let's head back!"

  Li Yang patted Zhang Wei's shoulder and said with a smile. Zhang Wei straightened up, as the president, he was most deeply moved by all this. Mingyang had been at the bottom of the list for several years in a row, and this year it finally had a chance to hold its head high, all thanks to the young man standing before him.

  At this moment, Zhang Wei deeply felt that the move to pull Li Yang into the Jade Stone Association at all costs was the most correct thing he had done since taking office as president.

  "Alright, let's go!"

  Zhang Wei reluctantly raised his hand, this piece of glass jade is really good, but unfortunately Zhang Wei himself doesn't have the financial resources to afford it. Even if he and Wang Haomin joined forces, only a few people in the entire Henan Province Jade Association would have the ability to afford this piece of glass jade.

  Back at Mingyang's camp, Li Yang was immediately surrounded by the excited members of the Mingyang Jade Stone Association. Li Yang generously handed over the two pieces of glass containing jade to everyone to pass around. Sima Lin's knife had split the jade into a large and small piece, fortunately the smaller piece was very small and did not affect the remaining jade from being made into a bangle or other things.

  "It's really beautiful, just like glass!"

  Gu Lao held the small piece of glass jade and admired it in the sunlight. Gu Lao had been playing with jade for over 30 years, and he had seen glass jade several times before, but this was the first time he saw someone else take it out.

  Wang Haomin was now holding that large piece of glass, last year when he saw others taking out the glass, he was very envious, unfortunately they couldn't touch it, this year it was finally their turn.

  Holding the glass containing the jade, Wang Haomin suddenly felt a little reluctant to put it down. He looked up at Li Yang, hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Li, will you sell this piece of jade separately?"

  "Separate, shouldn't be, if separate, value will decrease!"

  Li Yang was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and said that after thinking about it, he realized what Wang Haomin meant by this question. His jewelry company was not large in scale, and such a large piece of glass jade would be impossible to sell as is; only if it were broken up could there be any hope.

  Li Yang understood that it was clear, but he wouldn't split the jade for Wang Haomin, as doing so would also reduce its value. If they were to split it according to Wang Haomin's abilities, Li Yang's losses would be at least tens of millions, or even more, and their friendship wasn't at that level yet.

  Wang Haomin nodded, actually he already knew the result before asking, but he didn't give up and still held a glimmer of hope.

  Looking at Wang Haomin, Li Yang suddenly said: "Boss Wang, you can make an offer for this small piece. If the price is right, I'll let it go to you!"

  The small piece of jade was the one that had just been handed over from Old Gu's hands to other members, this piece is not large, at most it can only be made into three ring faces, and even a pendant cannot be made, so its value will not be particularly high.

  But after all, it is a small piece of glass jadeite, and its price cannot be bought at an ordinary price.

  Zhang Wei suddenly stopped in his tracks, a look of dismay flashing across his face. How could he have forgotten this small piece? He couldn't finish the large one, but this small one was definitely manageable.

  Wang Haomin was also stunned for a moment, he had overlooked this point before, if Li Yang hadn't brought it up, he might still be stuck in a dilemma.

  "Li brothers, this small piece of land, I'll give you 17 million, how about it?"

  Wang Haomin did not hesitate to offer a high price, the glass-like jadeite was absolutely priceless, and he had to make a genuine offer, or else Li Yang would think he wasn't sincere.

  Simmer Lin nodded silently, this small piece of jade is much more valuable than the previous one, if made into three rings, plus labor costs, it would be around 600,000 yuan per ring, which is a very reasonable market price, and Wang Haomin's offer was quite generous.

  "One million seven hundred thousand, alright, this small one is yours!"

  Li Yang is now very familiar with the market value of jadeite and knows that Wang Haomin's price is not low, so he thought for a moment and agreed.

  "Three rings, you want two, I want one, can't sell!"

  As soon as Li Yang agreed, Zhang Wei immediately leaned in close to Wang Haomin's ear and whispered that Wang Haomin had not planned to sell the small piece of jade after buying it, but wanted to keep it as a treasure for his store.

  "Go ahead, no problem!"

  Wang Haomin immediately agreed, Zhang Wei lost 1.5 million yuan in this gamble on the stone material, and his mood was definitely not good. As an old friend, he didn't want to make him sad again at this time. Besides, getting two watches was already an unexpected joy for him, so giving one away didn't matter.

  Having obtained Wang Haomin's consent, Zhang Wei immediately showed a smile on his face. The glass-type jadeite was something that Zhang Wei had tried to purchase several times but couldn't get, and this time he finally got what he wanted. Even if the pendant is small, it is always made of glass-type jadeite.

  Liu Gang was stunned beside Li Yang, he knew that jade was valuable but didn't think it would be so valuable, this is just a small piece, the big one is at least ten times bigger than this small one, he dared not imagine how much money the large piece of jade being passed around among the members could be worth.

  Li Yang was still very satisfied with this price, he had a pair of glass imperial green jade ring faces in his hand, those two ring faces were the real treasures, several times higher than this ordinary glass ring face.

  After Li Yang and his team finished deciphering the gambling stones, several more were immediately placed on the deciphering machine. Currently, there are still over a dozen cities with undeciphered gambling stones in hand. After deciphering three more rounds, they will almost be able to finish all of them, and today's opening red activity will also come to a successful end.

  The Jade Stone Association is deciphering the stone, while the outer circle is also constantly deciphering. Due to the large number of new players, most of the deciphered jade stones are fake, and truly valuable ones account for less than one-tenth.

  However, there were many outsiders and a large number of people, although the proportion of those who solved the puzzle was very low, but the number was not small. Among these solved jade, several pieces of golden silk appeared, and even one piece of peony appeared. When Li Yang heard this news, he was puzzled, where did all these gambling stones come from? Anyway, he didn't find any in the morning.

  Seeing the crazy performance of the outsiders, Li Yang also understood why everyone no longer valued the outside comparison. There were simply too many people outside, and even if they relied on pure luck, they would be stronger than them. With their few hundred people competing against tens of thousands, the hope of winning was really extremely slim.

  Finally finishing the last round of unsealing, the sky had gradually darkened, today's activity was considered to be half finished, and the next half could only continue after returning to the hotel.

  Li Yang's glass jade was deservedly selected as the champion of the opening red activity, and the management confirmed that the winner of this external comparison link was also Li Yang. Li Yang's two championships won a total of 70 points for Mingyang in this gathering activity, with 50 points from internal comparison and 20 points from external comparison.

  If Ming Yang can still win the championship with this piece of glass, he will add 50 points to his score, and with these points as a guarantee, Ming Yang will not appear in the bottom three again.

  On his way back, Li Yang gradually came to understand the purpose of these points.

  These points are set for the final overall score of each city's evaluation. The jade carving competition and jade appreciation competition do not have point statistics, they are just appetizers, the real focus is on the stone gambling activity afterwards.

  The opening red activity is the most important, with 50 points for the champion of the day, 30 points for the runner-up, and only 10 points for the third place. The fourth to sixth places have 5 points each, and the rest are zero points.

  In the Red Opening activity, there is no restriction on the region, that is to say, if you can get the top three in a city, then the points of the top three are all yours, only this situation has not occurred yet.

  After the opening red, the daily champion points are only 20 points, runner-up 10 points, third place 5 points, and others are not counted. However, if the champion can also get the external champion at the same time, then the external 20 points will be added again. Unfortunately, in recent years, this situation has become less and less, and the strength of the outsiders makes it difficult for them to win awards again.

  After the event, the ranking is determined by these points, and the person with the most points will be the biggest winner of this event. In addition to the honor, the Jade Association will secretly provide them with 300 blank appraisal certificates. These appraisal certificates can be used to sell fake jade as real ones if you fill in your name.

  The runner-up will get 150 blank appraisal certificates, and the third place will only have 50. These numbers look a lot, but when they are distributed to each person, there are not many, so everyone will actively prepare for each activity and strive for the best results.

  In the banquet hall of the hotel, members of the Jade Stone Association from all over the province are gathered here for a good dinner. This is also the first collective dinner since arriving in Nanyang, and there will be another one after it ends, with no more in between. The expenses for these two dinners are borne by the Provincial Jade Stone Association Branch, which is also their only expense during the event.

  After the dinner, a small number of people returned to their rooms to rest or went out to have fun, while most people gathered together to head to the conference room upstairs, where the remaining half of the activities would take place. For some, this was the highlight of the event.

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