NOVEL NEXT Chapter 39 Handsome Su Wanqing
Thirty million?
This valuation was even higher than the best original stone selected by the previous four contestants. Given the current situation, Wang Ye had already secured the championship.
However, this stone still paled in comparison to the four-billion valued Imperial Green that Wang Ye had chosen earlier.
Moreover, Su Wanqing's original stone had not yet been cut!
"Next, let us invite contestant Su Wanqing to cut the original stone she has selected."
After the host made the announcement, Su Wanqing, holding her chosen stone, walked to the cutting machine.
Among the six finalists, Su Wanqing was the only female. Initially, a professional cutting master was supposed to assist Su Wanqing with her cut.
But unexpectedly, Su Wanqing refused the help and put on protective gloves, preparing to do the cutting herself.
"Wow, Su Wanqing, being a girl and still able to handle cutting work by herself! That's truly commendable."
"Absolutely, just for her attitude, she deserves praise."
"What's the use of praise if the stone's quality isn't good? If the quality is poor, it's all in vain."
While everyone was discussing, Su Wanqing had already started cutting.
Her cutting movements were very professional, showing none of that delicate, frail appearance typical of girls.
It even made her look particularly dashing.
Wang Ye was on the stage not far from Su Wanqing. Watching her focus intensely on her work, Wang Ye couldn't help but take a second look.
Seeing a drop of sweat slide down Su Wanqing's nose, Wang Ye suddenly felt a stirring in his heart. It turned out that a beauty was not only beautiful in her usual state, but also when sweating from hard work.
However, Su Wanqing was very focused and paid no attention to her surroundings, concentrating solely on cutting her stone.
Two minutes later, the stone was slowly cut open, revealing its interior quality.
Like the previous contestants, Su Wanqing had chosen to first open a small window on the stone.
After Su Wanqing washed the impurities off the small window with water, the green inside was revealed.
"There's green, there's green."
"So dark and translucent, this is nearly top-quality jade!"
"Absolutely, with a hint of regular red amidst the green, it's considered of excellent quality! This stone is better than Wang Ye's stone."
Below the stage, the audience was even more excited than Su Wanqing.
The three judges did not hesitate and immediately went to appraise Su Wanqing's stone.
Normally, with this method of opening a small window, if the quality of the green isn't good, a second cutting would be needed.
But after examining the stone, the three judges nodded in agreement. Their expressions made it clear that the jade's quality was good enough, eliminating the need for a second cut.
In less than five minutes, the three judges, after consulting with one another, had reached their valuation.
"Okay, ladies and gentlemen, contestant Su Wanqing's first original stone has been successfully cut and appraised. Now, the valuation of this original stone is in my hands. First, let me announce that the cost price of this stone is twenty million."
Twenty million, just the cost price of the original stone was much higher than Wang Ye's first stone. Moreover, with its excellent quality, there was no doubt that Su Wanqing could easily surpass Wang Ye with this stone.
This time, the host did not keep the audience in suspense, and continued to announce, "After the cutting of Su Wanqing's first selected original stone, following a discussion among the three judges, the valuation is fifty million."
"I told you, this stone is indeed much better than Wang Ye's. A clean profit of thirty million means she will take home fifteen million!"
"What's the rush, this is just the first stone. Wang Ye will certainly turn things around later."
On the stage, the judges did not hesitate and directly allowed Wang Ye to start cutting the second stone.
True to his character, Wang Ye was originally supposed to cut directly through the center. However, surprisingly, this time he only opened a tiny window.
On the big screen, the small window hardly showed anything about the quality inside.
"What does Wang Ye mean by this? Why did he only cut a tiny opening? Even a sunroof wouldn't be this small."
"Right, isn't this just like not cutting it at all?"
"I don't get it. Could this be Wang Ye's ace up his sleeve?"
As the audience speculated, Wang Ye had already passed the raw stone to the three judges.
After receiving the raw stone, the judges were also stunned for a moment. Such a tiny opening left even these professional judges baffled.
"Wang Ye, what do you mean by this? With such a cut on this raw stone, we can't make out the quality inside at all," a judge couldn't help but ask.
Wang Ye just responded with a faint smile, "This is enough. Please judges, appraise it carefully."
Upon hearing this, the judges nodded hesitantly.
But when they looked inside the raw stone through the small opening, their expressions changed completely.
From skepticism to astonishment, and then to delight.
In the end, they simply exclaimed.
"Beautiful jade, beautiful jade indeed!"
"Indeed, this is top-quality jade, truly top-grade!"
The audience below, seeing the judges' reactions, was very perplexed. What exactly did they see that surprised them so much?
On stage, Su Wanqing was also very puzzled, but she was neither surprised nor felt nervous because she already knew that she could not win the championship.
She felt that there must have been some insider deal between Fang Feifei and Wang Ye. Wang Ye only cut a little bit of the raw stone, likely to confuse everyone.
Those three judges were very likely acting. Later on, they would appraise it at an incredibly high price. In that case, Wang Ye would be the final champion.
"Judges, do you have the results yet?"
The host, also very interested in the value of the raw stone, couldn't help but ask as the judges continued to exclaim.
Only then did the judges stop, looked at each other, and nodded.
Then, together they wrote a number on a piece of paper.
Upon receiving the slip of paper, the host glanced at it and immediately his pupils contracted.
Then, looking at the judges, he whispered, "Judges, this..."
One of the judges spoke up, "This appraisal is quite reasonable."
"Reasonable? Okay."
The expression on the host's face was quite awkward
Seeing this, the audience grew even more perplexed.
"How much is the appraisal, tell us!"
"Right, what's going on?"
"Hurry up, the suspense is killing me."
Faced with everyone's urging, the host reluctantly began to speak slowly.
"The appraisal value for the second piece of raw stone Wang Ye submitted is three..."
The host paused here, took a moment to compose himself.
Everyone waited with bated breath.