"Now that everyone's here, can we finally get started?" Elly said listlessly, picking at her scarlet nail polish with a look of boredom.

  Ai Li was spoiled since she was a child, sent abroad after high school graduation, open-minded and considered half-banana, plus her previous experience in S province, Fu Man Lou dominated the industry, the old chairman doted on this granddaughter, making her an administrative manager, even more disregarding these colleagues who are like uncles.

  She's been arrogant for a long time, everything she sets her eyes on can't be taken away from her. It was like that when she bought the rough stone before, and it was also like that when she knew Li Anping had a girlfriend but still went to flirt with him - actually everyone has been gritting their teeth in secret for a long time, they just haven't shown it.

  Lao Mian wouldn't have known that Ai Li's family's Fuman Building was one of the more powerful buyers this time around, or he would have given her a hard time already.

  She was still unaware, not knowing that everyone was waiting for the day when Fumanlou would be unable to hold on under her hands and become a laughing stock, thinking that everyone was afraid of her, which led to the ridiculous "execution order" last time.

  Lian Lin Luo was also unable to bear it, wondering what Aili had in her mind. No matter how great your power is inland, this is the border, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away. If you can smuggle out the original stone and have connections with so many buyers, how can your power be small?

  "Everyone follow me!" Old Mian suppressed his anger and made a gesture of invitation to the crowd.

  It turned out that this was not the scene, Lao Mian was in front, and everyone followed him out of the back door of the yard. Opposite was the back door of another yard, which was convenient.

  Lin Luo Ran hastily avoided Mu Tian Nan and followed Liu Zhaung Gang into the house, where he immediately heard the sound of heavy breathing.

  Liu Zhao's uncle had already agilely pounced on it, and in the center of the courtyard was a huge boulder over three meters high that required two people to encircle with their arms.

  Watching a group of jade merchants, the Hetian jade rough stone experts surrounded this giant stone, Lin Luo couldn't help but sigh, Old Myanmar's psychological tactics are really good, this is both a show of strength, letting people know he can get such a big stone out of the mine, and also a psychological hint, indicating that his goods this time won't be too bad.

  "Uncle Liu, how are you?"

  Watching his uncle reluctantly walk back, Liu Zhen asked.

  "It's not that it can't be said, but python belts and the like are no problem. It's just that in recent years, such large raw stones have been rarely seen, and they actually appear here, which is a bit strange... I estimate that Lao Mian wants to sell it for a sky-high price, affecting its gamble-ability."

  The words made Liu Zhen hesitate, and Lin Luo also put away his disdain for ordinary people. Like Liu Zhen, this clan uncle of his had no special abilities, but he had decades of experience that might have been accumulated through failure, though not entirely inaccurate either.

  So everyone's attention was drawn to the huge stone in front of them, Lin Luo Ran herself didn't have the capital to buy this estimated priceless stone, and secondly her master Liu Shi seemed unlikely to let go of this stone either. Naturally, Lin Luo Ran turned her gaze elsewhere.

  Those grey, irregularly-shaped stones of various sizes might all contain a cluster of nourishing spiritual energy! Lin Lorain thought this and immediately made up his mind to painstakingly touch every single one of the several hundred uncut stones in the courtyard.

  As for gambling on rocks, let's observe that surname Mu's silk first, and it won't be too late to make a move when there is no danger.

  Lin Luoran made up her mind and began to circle around the material yard, touching this and that, looking seemingly casual but actually absorbing some of the original stone's spiritual energy containing jadeite.

  Her uncle saw that she was too inexperienced and was very dissatisfied with her hanging on the procurement title, but it was not good to say bad things about her younger generation, so he could only hold back in his heart, resulting in a very ugly face.

  Liu Zha just smiled and occasionally discussed with Lin Luoran some common methods of selecting raw jade.

  Lin Luoran saw that Mu Yan seemed to be following closely behind Cui Baozi, not leaving his side for a single step, and she felt slightly relieved. With her pearl's sensitivity to spiritual energy, if Mu Yan was also a cultivator, she would have definitely sensed the spiritual energy on him. Yet, seeing how he was closely following Cui Baozi, could it be that after buying that piece of jade from Cui Baozi, he had shifted his suspicion onto Cui Baozi?

  "How about it? Have you found a nice stone?" Liu Zhi looked at her, touching this and that place, but not daring to pick up a stone, couldn't help but ask curiously.

  Lin Luoran smiled: "You really believe in the saying of the goddess of luck? It's just good fortune to cut out two pieces of green, do you really trust me to choose a stone?"

  Liu Zhaobu did not approve or disapprove: "The original stone is full of unknown variability, a piece of old pit seed, no matter how good it looks, may also cut out dog shit, since it's called a gamble stone, the word 'gamble' explains that it is indeed related to luck."

  Lin Luoran covered her mouth and casually pointed at a half-person-high jade rough stone, ready to test Liu Zhen.

  "Director Liu, what if I said to buy this piece?" The original stone had a very poor sales outlook. If other experts were called in to examine it, the chances of cutting out green jadeite would be almost zero. Lin Luo Ran had just used his spiritual energy to explore it earlier and knew that there was a moderate-sized piece of jadeite inside. Judging from the swirling mist, buying it would be a sure profit.

  Liu Zhaoliu lost his smile, how could he not know that Lin Luoran was testing him. He didn't say another word, and took out a checkbook from his pocket, ready to go negotiate the price with Lao Mian.

  Old Lao Mian has already stated the rules, this is a raw stone transaction. Except for that three-meter-high giant stone that two people can hug, which will be auctioned off last, everything else is up to individual bidding. Write down the price on a piece of paper and announce it at the end. Whoever bids the highest gets the raw stone.

  This blind auction with an unknown opponent is really thrilling, Old Myanmar is too clever.

  "Huh? Why did I get 588,889?" Lin Luo Ran encountered this kind of covert investment for the first time and didn't know what was going on with the extra nine at the end.

  Liu Zhao Ming didn't make fun of Lin Luo Ran's lack of common sense, but instead patiently explained: "Dark bidding doesn't require public auction, the bidding price must be capped, this is an unspoken rule, to prevent others from taking advantage."

  This is originally a Burmese public plate's habitual technique, many materials on the public plate are cut off at the waist, and whether there is green or not can be seen at a glance. At this time, you have to bet on how deep the color of jadeite is and whether the water will change. Everyone is a person who understands jade very well, so it's inevitable that the prices quoted will be similar, and the top price is just a technique for guessing the opponent's psychology.

  Liu Zhao went to Lao Mian's place and handed over the paper slip with the original stone number and quotation, then came back and said: "Lin Daigou, now you should believe my sincerity, right?"

  Lin Luoran's face turned red. Fortunately, she knew that there was green inside, otherwise this careful eye would have been a waste of Liu Zhaoyang's money.

  Should I really take action and help the Liu family choose a few pieces of raw jade? Lin Luoran looked at Mu Yan, who was following Cui Pangzi around the huge piece of raw jade like a thief, and hesitated, wondering whether she should gamble or not on this trip.