The Xiao family mining industry is filled with mountains of rocks. In the huge Xiao family compound, all kinds of jade and mineral deposits are arranged in a radius of one or two miles.
The Stone Gambling Festival is held in the Xiao Family Courtyard, an open-air exhibition center. As the Stone Gambling Festival is about to open, many high-rollers who are keen on gambling on jade and jade will come here.
The nature of betting on jade deposits is similar to buying sports and welfare lottery tickets, and is even somewhat similar to the Mark Six lottery in Hong Kong and Macau.
However, the cost and probability of winning are higher, and the rough stones are dismantled on site, and the guessing game is more exciting and exciting, so high-roller gamblers who like to gamble flock to it.
Someone gets rich or goes bankrupt in one day, and it will all happen at the jade gambling site.
By virtue of his status as the young master of the Xiao family, Xiao Hu has seen and heard in the stone gambling industry, accumulated a lot of experience, and also developed a unique pair of observation eyes.
Regarding the bet with Long Xing, he was determined to win, firstly to get revenge on Long Xing, and secondly because he was shocked by the appearance of Ziling and Zhang Liyun.
Entering the huge Xiao Family Courtyard, where the exhibition was held, Long Xing glanced around and found that there were several levels of display areas. As the level increases, the price of raw jade in each display area soars linearly.
The price of raw jade in the first area is very small, for most amateur jade buyers to play with. As for the raw jade in the innermost center area, there are prices in the millions, which are no lower than the prices of some agates and jade that can be mined.
Xiao Hu looked at Long Xing, who was in the jade mine, blankly looking at the exhibition area, with a proud look on his face: "The jade in my Xiao family are all rare mineral deposits that you have never seen. It's not too late to regret it now, as long as you leave the car and Beauty, I can let you leave the Xiao family."
"You don't have to worry about this, Master Xiao. Just prepare five million." Long Xing said with a relaxed expression.
Long Xing still looked at the rough stones on the table in the first exhibition area. After a few seconds, his purple pupils opened. At a glance, he saw that there were almost all waste stones. Although the price was cheap, none of the rough stones had spiritual energy fluctuations on them.
Long Xing looked at the booths in the first area and found only a few pieces of half-broken jade mixed with the original stones. Even after it was opened, the appearance was very poor. Although I don't know how to identify jade, jade without spiritual power is of little value.
"What, you don't like it? Still don't dare to choose?"
Xiao Hu looked at Long Xing with a look of disdain.
Long Xing said nothing and continued walking to the second exhibition area inside. Zi Ling and Zhang Liyun followed nervously step by step.
In the exhibition area, in addition to the Xiao family, there were also many stone gamblers looking at the jade. When they saw the excitement, they all gathered around.
Everyone was amazed when they learned about the huge bet.
"I said, have you made your choice yet? You don't understand jade anyway, so just choose whatever you want!"
Seeing that there were more people around, Xiao Hu's attitude became a bit perverse and he said confidently.
Long Xing glanced at the second exhibition area. The raw stones on the stage were not selected immediately.
Behind the booth, the unraveling craftsmen who knew the contents of the bet with the banker looked at Long Xing and shook their heads with pity. He had been unraveling the raw stone ore for twenty years, and it could be seen at a glance that a lot of it was waste.
Of the stones that can truly produce green jade and agate, I'm afraid you won't be able to pick one out of dozens.
Many of the stone bettors who were watching also sighed. All these old people could see that the rough stones on this booth were not selling well. The 40% to 50% probability of finding a jade that the Xiao family mentioned was just the seller's boast.
Zi Ling walked beside Long Xing. Her eyebrows twitched a few times. She couldn't feel a trace of spiritual power in these ores. Although she couldn't see through it, she could tell it with her own feelings.
Zhang Liyun saw that Long Xing had not made any move, so she stepped forward and tugged at the corner of his clothes and said softly: "Long Xing, if you are not sure, do you want me to help you choose?"
When Xiao Hu saw Zhang Liyun's actions, he felt jealous and couldn't help but taunted: "The dignified Vice President Hang Chi, wouldn't you want a girl to help you choose jade materials?"
On the Xiao family's territory, Xiao Hu regained his confidence. He seemed to have forgotten the shameful incident in the Hangji Group.
Long Xing was noncommittal and didn't even look at Xiao Hu's face. He looked with purple eyes, walked to the last booth in the second area, gently touched the stones and minerals on the booth with his hand, and then picked them up.
"That's it. Please help me, the master craftsman, to unwrap this rough stone." Long Xing handed the stone directly to the master craftsman who had unwound the jade.
The craftsman who cut the jade stone took the rough stone and looked at Long Xing with some contempt, because Long Xing's selection method was too novice. He said coldly: "Do you want to cut it directly? Or polish it?"
The onlookers were suddenly stunned. This person was really a fledgling. The stone in his hand looked like a useless stone. Ordinary people with any discernment would not choose it.
There are two ways to crack jade minerals: cutting and grinding. Cutting the stone is the fastest way to see whether it contains jadeite, but this method of cracking the stone is also the most likely to destroy the value of the jadeite.
Therefore, generally those who are not particularly wealthy and wealthy will choose to polish the stone. After all, no one knows whether there is jade or jasper inside. It would be bad if it is cut into pieces.
However, the jade craftsmen were too lazy to explain the reasoning behind it to a layman like Long Xing.
"Just cut it." Long Xing said directly without paying attention to the jade master's attitude.
The master craftsman curled his lips, picked up the jade knife, and was about to do it.
Xiao Huyan on the side said: "Are you sure you want to cut it?"
Xiao Hu glanced at the price tag of the rough stone and said, "This raw stone is worth 80,000 yuan. If you lose, you will not only have to compensate me one million yuan, but also the price of this stone. You have to think carefully." ah!"
Long Xing ignored him and signaled to Master Kaijie to take action.
Under the wide-eyed gaze of everyone, the craftsman who cut the jade stone raised the stone cutter and cut the stone in half with a click.
Xiao Hu couldn't wait to step forward and pull open the stone. He saw that there was nothing inside.
"Boy, you are not very lucky. You lost the first time!" Xiao Hu curled up with a proud sneer at the corner of his mouth.
Long Xing stood there expressionlessly, without saying a word.
Seeing him like this, the onlookers thought he was a loser. In less than a minute, he lost 1.08 million. If it were other people, their hearts would not be able to bear it!
Zhang Liyun's face turned pale, and she walked to Long Xing and comforted him: "Don't worry, I have a million cash cards in my bag, and I still have 100,000, so why don't I bet with him."
Long Xing looked at Zhang Liyun who looked anxious, and Xiao Hu who was holding out his hand to collect the money and said: "Wait a minute, master, please make another cut on the left side, cut it in this direction, and then grind it again."
Long Xing picked up half of the original stone and showed the direction to the master. The golden light flowed in his eyes as he looked at the green mass in the jade.
Long Xing's face was calm and he watched calmly as the stone-cutter began to operate the knife.
The master was a little impatient and cut off the upper half with his knife before starting to polish it.
