NOVEL NEXT Chapter 415 Professor Lin
Wang Ye, listening to the unrestrained mockery from below, remained expressionless on his face, not the least bit angry.
It didn't matter to him that the people down there were shortsighted.
And it didn't matter that this so-called expert was shortsighted too. To Wang Ye, it actually meant nothing.
All that mattered to him was whether the last piece of stone he held was a good one, and that was enough for him.
If someone could recognize it, then they would recognize it, and he could end with a flourish. However, if no one in the entire audience could recognize the value of the gem in his hands, that too would have little impact on Wang Ye.
After all, he had already cut many top-quality pieces of Imperial Green from the start, and those achievements were sufficient for Fang Family Jewelry Store to take first place in this round of the competition.
In thought, Wang Ye had already carefully removed all the excess from the stone in his hands, revealing its contents.
It was something white.
Pure white, exuding an inner elegance from just one look, like the first little white flower blooming in the earth.
At the sight of this pure white object, it felt as if even a person's heart could be purified.
"So beautiful."
From below, the onlooking crowd gazed at the pure white object soon to be uncovered by Wang Ye, the sighs of admiration from their mouths indicating a mix of appreciation and regret.
"It's just a pity that such a beautiful object is not jade, which makes it practically useless. Still, some netizens who support Wang Ye might buy it, allowing him to earn a few thousand bucks at least."
"It's soothing to the eye, but such a shame that it's not something valuable."
And the expert who had just been interviewed by the judges, seeing Wang Ye still carefully removing the excess material, couldn't help but say:
"I don't understand why Wang Ye is so serious about revealing something so useless, it's simply a waste of effort!"
These words from the expert met with dissatisfaction from other audience members.
They felt that the expert's comment was somewhat inappropriate.
And at that moment, Wang Ye had succeeded in chiseling away everything but the white object from the stone.
The white object's warmth glowed faintly under the sunlight, bringing about a profound joy from just one glance.
The judges on the field turned their eyes towards the expert and asked, "Professor Lin, Wang Ye has uncovered the object. Can you please tell us how many points should be added to his original score for this individual stone piece?"
Upon hearing this, everyone else at the venue turned their eyes to Professor Lin with curiosity.
Indeed,
How much would this piece add to Wang Ye's score?
Although it wasn't jade, it looked extremely appealing from the outside, and even caused some on-site to feel an irresistible affection for it.
"Add how many points?"
However, upon hearing the judge's question, Professor Lin, as if he had heard the world's funniest joke, scoffed loudly, his voice filled with undisguised contempt and mockery for Wang Ye:
"I have to admit that with the many pieces of top-quality Imperial Green cut earlier, the Fang Family Jewelry Store, both in terms of stone selection and Wang Ye's stone cutting skills, is very impressive. But judging by Wang Ye's last move, it would already be quite generous not to deduct points from him!"
"It is clear that the object is useless, yet Wang Ye took so much time to cut the last stone, which focused all the attention and live broadcast cameras on him, wasting the competition's resources!"
Upon Professor Lin's declaration,
The others on the scene were somewhat shocked.
They didn't expect that not only would Professor Lin not award points to Wang Ye, but he would also consider deducting points at such a moment.
"So, my decision is to deduct ten points from Wang Ye's current score in this round."
Professor Lin spoke unhurriedly, but his words once again caused an uproar at the venue.
Ten points!
To deduct another ten points directly!
You should know that Wang Ye would get just twenty points for cutting a piece of top-quality Imperial Green.
That is to say,
With just a word, Professor Lin was about to dock Wang Ye an amount equivalent to half of a top-quality Imperial Green, which shocked the audience below.
Some bosses of other Jewelry Groups, as well as those envious of Wang Ye, now wore smiles on their faces, quite satisfied with Professor Lin's intention.
Inside the Fang Family Jewelry Store's private room,
Fang Feifei stood up from her seat upon hearing Professor Lin's words, feeling that losing ten points didn't matter, given the previous scores as a cushion.
But the key issue was that Wang Ye had only been more meticulous when cutting the last stone.
Yet Professor Lin intended to deduct ten points because of that.
Fang Feifei's personal secretary frowned and said, "Professor Lin's comment is too much, you know. Wang Ye didn't do anything wrong. That last stone was difficult to cut, and Wang Ye was just being meticulous. Not adding points is one thing, but deducting ten points is simply heartless."
Netizens in the live broadcast room were also firing off barrage after barrage of comments, expressing their extreme dissatisfaction with Professor Lin's statements.
Professor Lin was about to continue speaking, his gaze on Wang Ye filled with mockery. The sheer number of top-quality Imperial Green Wang Ye had cut made Professor Lin quite bitter.
In such circumstances, Professor Lin wanted nothing more than to retaliate against Wang Ye. Even if he couldn't actually hurt Wang Ye, he could at least disgust him thoroughly.
However,
Right as Professor Lin was about to speak, a vigorous but aged voice suddenly interrupted:
"You're talking utter nonsense!"