Volume 1 Rebirth - The Eve of High School Chapter 23: A Feast of Gambling Stones

  The expected thing has finally arrived. Zi Qing had long been clear that his article would either explode in calmness or perish in calmness.

  The result was clearly not calm, two days after meeting with Su Wentao, various newspapers and financial news began to report on the fierce debate among economists about that article. Scholars from all walks of life rushed to express their opinions, praise or criticism, some said it was nonsense, others said it was thought-provoking and highly meaningful. Finally, even foreign media outlets started to reprint and discuss this article, causing widespread attention in all sectors of society.

  Fortunately, except for a few individuals, no one else knows who the author of the article is. Zi Qing can imagine that if the outside world knew that the author of this article was her, a third-year middle school student, then her expected peaceful youth would be completely ruined. The government apparently also thought of this problem, so they blocked the news, but this did not affect the crazy discussion among scholars in various fields outside, and even scolded each other in reports. Of course, when they scolded people, they always quoted classics and never used dirty words...

  Ai Zi Qing, the originator of the incident, finally received a call from Ma Yu Xi during the idle and anxious holiday: "I heard that K City has introduced a batch of good goods and will hold a grand gambling stone cultural event. Are you interested?"

  "Hmm, how's the work going?" asked Tiao Qing.

  "We can set off at any time." Ma Yuxi replied.

  "Alright then, we'll set off the day after tomorrow." Zi Qing decided.

  After hanging up the phone, Zi Qing fell into deep thought. She understood that everything has its limits and if she overused her ability, it would likely disrupt the original jade market, which would be a terrible thing. However, if she encountered top-quality jade but didn't 'gamble', she estimated that she would suffocate to death.

  Forget it! If I really encounter a good deal, I'll just take it down. At worst, I can slowly release it to the market later! With determination in her heart, she felt a sense of relief. Since returning from Panshan Road, she has been reading extensively about jade and learning relevant knowledge, all for the sake of betting on stones in the future.

  Ziying is a lazy person. But recently, things have been getting busier and school is about to start soon. In order not to bother with combing her hair every day, she went straight to the barber shop at night and had her hair cut into a short style that was slightly longer than before. Although it makes her look more ordinary, it also makes her look more neat and tidy. Paired with her young face, when she smiles, she looks quite cute.

  Jade guessing is a unique jade rough trading method with a long cultural tradition, attracting people from all over the world to participate in its rich cultural background and legendary charm. It is said that this jade guessing auction is hosted by K City's local government and numerous jade enterprises for a week-long 'Jade Guessing Festival', aiming to provide a new platform for collectors and jade enthusiasts.

  The Jade Stone Banquet was held at the K City Jade Culture Commercial Plaza, where a large number of jade stones were on display for sale. Each stone had information tags indicating its origin, enterprise, price and other details. Additionally, each exhibition table was equipped with one or two stone cutting staff members. The exhibition offered a range of services from selling raw stones to cutting, polishing and carving various items.

  Some seemingly good large pieces of jadeite may have a "window" (a small piece of skin that is wiped away to reveal the quality of the jade), which can be worth tens or hundreds of millions, or even tens of thousands of yuan. However, after buying the rough stone, the buyer may find that only a small piece of green is exposed, commonly known as "skin green", or there are cracks inside, destroying the value of the entire jade stone, and other possible factors that can lead to a loss.

  When Zi Qing followed Ma Yu Xi to K City, the jade stone banquet had already passed for three days. It was said that within these three days, many low-grade jadeites were cut out, and even a 20-kilogram old pit ice species full green jadeite was opened, making everyone envy.

  On the fourth day at noon, Zi Qing and Ma Yu Xi appeared at the exhibition site, without drawing any attention, looking like just a middle-aged man with a sixteen or seventeen year old girl.

  Zi Qing, like last time, didn't bring any tools, while Ma Yu Xi was fully equipped with a mini flashlight, magnifying glass and more. The two of them split up to search, Zi Qing rushed straight to the large pile of wool, and when she saw a one-ton orange-yellow fur, her eyes lit up, because this color of old pit skin had a good chance of producing three-colored Fu Lu Shou jadeite, which is also a rare treasure among jadeites, with green, red, purple three colors or green yellow purple, extremely rare!

  Look ahead, but there were already seven or eight people surrounding the stone to check it out. One of them saw Zi Qing join in and slightly furrowed his brow, thinking that it was crowded enough already. What's a kid doing here? Isn't he just causing trouble?

  Ziying didn't respond, her fingers lightly touched the stone, carefully observing. Since she had the opportunity, she naturally wanted to summarize some experience. Afterwards, her eyes narrowed slightly, using her X-ray vision, the skin slowly faded away in front of her eyes, revealing a grayish-white color. Some stones inside had white flowers, while others were grayish-white.

  Continue to gaze, still a gray and white piece, because the stone weighs as much as one ton, so some waste of time. The man next to her looked at the girl standing there staring at the stone, with no tools in her hand, and then looked around at the increasing number of people, some of whom were dissatisfied and reminded her, "Miss, if you're not going to buy it, don't just look around, isn't that delaying everyone's observation?"

  At this time, Zi Qing had also fully seen through it and was disappointed to find that there wasn't a single green thread on the entire piece. Such good material rarely appeared in this state, and with some regret, she shook her head, not even looking at the man beside her, and turned to leave. This provoked the man into muttering under his breath, "What kind of thing is this? Nowadays, children are not taught by their elders?"

  The first piece was a bit disappointing, and the second one was also a white jade. The third piece was an 18-kilogram white salted skin material, which had a pale green jade inside, but unfortunately, it didn't look very valuable, and it was only about half the size of a basketball. Looking at the price tag of 700,000 yuan, I shook my head slightly and turned to leave, going to the next one.

  This is a piece of Usha black fur, weighing nearly one ton, priced at 7 million. This price is enough to make many people hesitant. The fur has not been wiped clean, it's a whole piece of fur, Ziying walked over out of curiosity, wanting to see what kind of fur could be worth such a high price. Focusing her mind and looking closely, it was still a white expanse, but after penetrating about 2-3 cm, a bright purple color suddenly appeared before her eyes. Ziying's eyes had been dazzled by the whiteness of the previous few pieces she had looked at, now seeing such a vibrant color, she felt excited to the point of tears...

  Vibrant purple jade, with a full 100% water head, its fine and transparent texture is definitely an old pit glass species. Unlike the pinkish-purple and bluish-purple colors commonly seen in books, this is an extremely rare deep, rich purple color. Its mysterious hue and crystal-clear plump texture make Zi Qing's heart skip a beat!

  And the purple jade generally has a slightly worse texture, it's almost unthinkable to encounter such a glass species with basically no granular impurities. Zi Qing took a deep breath and calculated that if this stone material is opened, about two-thirds of it would be jade, estimating that making two sets of jewelry would be enough to make a profit, and immediately decided to buy it.

  Because when entering the venue, buyers who intentionally bid on jade can store their money in advance and receive a corresponding debit card from the venue. Regardless of how much they use, the remaining amount can be exchanged for cash on the way back. Ma Yuxi, who has had such experiences, naturally took care of this and brought all 12 million yuan that he hadn't used yet to the meeting, after all, he often participated in such events and knew that sometimes even this amount of money was not enough.

  Zi Qing hastily pulled over Ma Yu Xi, letting him handle the stone, but after a rough observation, Ma Yu Xi didn't think much of it and advised Zi Qing to give up.

  "Come on, Old Ma, trust me this once? This stone gives me a great feeling, my intuition is always right! And I've been studying the gambling stone data for some time now." She said, staring straight into Ma Yuxi's eyes, letting him see her determination.

  Jian Ziyun insisted, Ma Yuxi had no choice but to feel frustrated and worried about the company's financial turnover issues next step. Fortunately, there were still 4 million left, let her suffer a bit, otherwise she would never understand the difficulties of this line.

  The man who had been watching earlier walked up, examined the woolen fabric carefully, and couldn't help but shake his head and sneer, "Nowadays you kids don't know the hardships of making money, thinking it's just a game? I think it's unlikely that this stone will turn green." His words clearly took Zi Qing as a spoiled little girl who relied on her family's wealth.

  "It's none of your business, so don't bother." Zi Qing replied calmly before Ma Yuxi could speak, implying that the man was being too nosy. The man's face turned alternately pale and red with rage, and he threw out a sentence "You don't know what's good for you!" before turning around and walking away to the other side.

  Before Ma Yuxi paid the money, Zi Qing found two more top-grade jadeites, one with a floating blue ice pattern and the other with an apple green glass pattern. She also picked up two pieces of white stone that were not very expensive, planning to take them all away. The rest were some lower-grade goods, which Zi Qing thought it was unnecessary to bring along, besides, if she cut out too many, it would inevitably arouse suspicion.

  Ma Yuxi just gritted her teeth and went through the formalities.