NOVEL NEXT Chapter 68 - Buying Raw Stones
Chapter 68: Buying Raw Stones
“That’s good. It’s easy to find a witness. I’m afraid that you guys will cheat if you lose!”
In order to save face, Jiang Zhong also called for someone to testify.
Soon, they found a reliable person as their witness. This witness was the vice president of the Jade Association, and he was very prestigious in this industry.
Gu Qingchen felt that such a person was more reliable as a witness.
Then, the competition began.
Jiang Zhong arrogantly led his men to search for raw stones, while Gu Qingchen and the other two did not leave in a hurry.
“Mr. Ding, we won’t use your money to buy the raw stones, but the raw stone that we bought can be used for the competition between you and Jiang Zhong. Will there be any problem with that, Mr. Ding?”
Initially, Ding Hao was still considering how much money to give Gu Qingchen and Gu Yuanchuan. Now, Gu Qingchen had proposed to use her own money to buy the raw stones and allowed him to use her raw stones for the competition. Ding Hao could not ask more from them.
However, Ding Hao was a little embarrassed and said, “How about this? If you guys like any raw stones and don’t have enough money, I can help you.”
He would only lend money to Gu Qingchen. For someone he had not known for long, it was already not bad to be able to do this.
Gu Qingchen gave Xiang Yang one million out of the five million dollars in her hand. Adding the previous expenses, there was less than four million leave. After thinking for a while, she split the money with her father to buy raw stones.
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Gu Yuanchuan was stunned for a moment. He thought that this trip was mainly to broaden his horizons. Even if he could buy raw stones, he would not buy them in large quantities. After all, they did not have enough experience and needed to be cautious.
Gu Qingchen directly gave him nearly two million dollars. He suddenly felt that the task was difficult and a little heavy.
“Chenchen, don’t worry. I will be very cautious and won’t buy recklessly.”
This money was earned by his daughter. He didn’t want to waste it because of his own mistakes.
“Dad, in the jade business, you can gain more experience from failure. Only when you buy more can you gain experience. There aren’t many opportunities like this. In the next three days, you can accumulate some experience. You need to be cautious, but you should spend the money when you have to.”
Gu Qingchen saw through it very clearly because she had a unique sense of picking jade. Even if her father spent two million and bought a pile of waste, she wouldn’t feel bad.
Because she was confident that she could earn it back.
After saying that, the three of them separated.
Gu Qingchen went directly to the small area of raw stones. There were really a lot of small pieces of raw stone here. They were piled up like a small hill. There were also some people who bought small pieces of raw stones here, but not many.
Many people who came to buy small raw stones were wholesalers. They directly bought a pile of small raw stones and sold it to those who did not have much money and wanted to make a fortune by gambling on raw stones.
There were not many people like Gu Qingchen who picked small raw stones piece by piece. Most of them came to buy small raw stones in a huge batch at once.
Perhaps it was because there was no atmosphere, Gu Qingchen felt that it was a waste of time to choose from the pile of small raw stones.
However, Gu Qingchen still chose a few pieces. Because the raw stones were relatively small, she simply took it with her and thought that she would get someone to cut them later.
After experimenting with the small raw stones, Gu Qingchen was sure that she still had her special sensing ability for raw stones, so she could go buy large raw stone without worry.
When Gu Qingchen arrived at the large raw stone trading area, she found the feeling of a jade trade fair. Everyone was using professional tools to appraise the quality of the raw stone, thinking whether to buy it or not.
There were also some people who handed their badges to the seller. It was obvious that the transaction had been completed.
The large raw stone trading area was very large. It was estimated that they might not be able to finish shopping in a day. Generally speaking, in front of the large raw stone that was sold, there would be a small flag written “Sold” on it.
Gu Qingchen began to pick some raw stones. She was pretty quick at it. Basically, she used her hands to touch it and feel it. In the eyes of many people, this girl with a blue badge should only be here to join in the fair for fun.
The first shop had about a few hundred raw stones. Gu Qingchen walked around and touched the raw stones. It seemed like an unintentional action, but she was trying to sense if there was any jade in the raw stones.
Although Gu Qingchen’s method of choosing raw stones was very simple, Gu Qingchen still spent more than an hour to touch all the raw stones here. There were simply too many raw stones in the venue.
This was only the first shop. If she kept going on, three days might not even be enough for her to check all the raw stones in this fair.
There were many areas here. Three days was really a tight time frame.
Regardless of that, she would choose the large raw stones today.
After she finished touching the raw stones just now, she realized that the probability of obtaining jade here was quite high. At least, it was much higher than the stone gambling venue in City Y.
The only difference was that the types of jade inside were different, and the sizes were also different.
Gu Qingchen chose three raw stones that had the best touch. The three raw stones weighed nearly 500 kilograms and cost 40 dollars per kilogram. It cost Gu Qingchen 40,000 dollars, which was half the price in City Y.
However, the money had to be paid later, unless the raw stones that was prepared to be cut that day had to be paid for.
After the seller finished the transaction, Gu Qingchen saw that the three raw stones that she wanted to buy had a flag planted in front of them, indicating that they had been sold.
Gu Qingchen then went to the next shop.
The second shop had more raw stones than the first one. Gu Qingchen did not know how many raw stones she had touched, but when she almost finished touching them, it was already more than two hours later.
And here, Gu Qingchen actually met Shen Dongyang, the man who betrayed Ding Hao.
Gu Qingchen did not give Jiang Zhong and the others any face just now, so when Shen Dongyang saw Gu Qingchen, he did not look happy. He even rolled his eyes at Gu Qingchen.
“Humph, you don’t even have the most basic tools, and you still have the nerve to pick raw stones. You really don’t know anything about picking raw stones. You really think you are a child prodigy. Do you really think that you will know if there is jade inside the raw stones by just touching them?”
Shen Dongyang’s sarcastic words made Gu Qingchen wanted to give him a thumbs up. She really wanted to say something to Shen Dongyang. Big Brother, you’re right. She, Gu Qingchen, could really know if there was a jade inside the raw stones by just touching them. It was much simpler than him studying it for half a day and still not knowing whether to buy it or not.
“Brother Dongyang, is she the ignorant and naïve country bumpkin little girl that you told us about just now?”
There were two men beside Shen Dongyang. They were about the same age as Shen Dongyang. They didn’t come with Jiang Zhong. They were probably friends of Shen Dongyang.
Gu Qingchen really wanted to complain when she heard that. There were so many prefixes to describe her.
Shen Dongyang glanced at Gu Qingchen and said unhappily, “It’s her!”
“Brother Dong, don’t be mad at a little girl. It’s not worth it at all.”
The people beside him were still sucking up to him, and Shen Dongyang was enjoying it very much.