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How could she not be surprised?
If it had been another major jewelry group, she would have let it be, and being acquired would have just been that, but the crux of the issue was that it was merely the Fang Family Jewelry Store.
The Fang Family Jewelry Store, what concept was that?
In the entire Dragon Country jewelry ranking, it wasn't even in the top thirty!
It lingered perennially between the fortieth and fiftieth positions.
Not to mention comparing it with their Du Juan Jewelry Group, even when compared with the Yao Family Jewelry Group, it was insignificant.
Yet, it was this minor jewelry group that directly acquired the Yao Family Jewelry Group, and all that Wang Ye had to give up was merely ten percent of the shares.
If it weren't for the fact that this pretty-boy in front of her was someone she deeply trusted and knew wouldn't deceive her, Du Juan would definitely think that this pretty-boy was fooling her.
Even so.
It was hard for Du Juan to believe this news.
"This is all the evidence I could gather when I found out about this news. If you don't believe it, you can look at these materials and then decide for yourself whether it's true or not," the pretty-boy said, as he placed the envelope filled with documents into Du Juan's hands.
He didn't blame Du Juan for not believing him; the news was simply too shocking. Just thinking about it made it seem like a wild fantasy.
To anyone who heard it, it would seem like an impossibility.
When he first heard the news, he had severely reprimanded the informant, not believing it at all.
Onl after repeated assurances from the informant, did the pretty-boy reluctantly believe the news and went to verify it himself before finally accepting it as true.
Now, it was quite understandable that Du Juan was not easily convinced.
Du Juan took the documents from the pretty-boy, giving him an appreciative glance. The young man she favored was still so meticulous in handling matters.
However, at this moment, Du Juan was not in the mood to praise the pretty-boy but immediately started to read the documents.
While reviewing the documents, Du Juan's expression was complex, alternating between clarity and confusion, yet the contents all confirmed one thing to her.
That was, the matter the pretty-boy had just told her was true.
Wang Ye had truly acquired the Yao Family Jewelry Group using only ten percent of the shares.
"This Yao Hang! Has he gone mad? Owning such a large Yao Family Jewelry Group, and he still went ahead and did this, why would he do such a thing!"
Du Juan angrily threw the documents onto the desk, pondering her next course of action.
The entire area around Jewelry Plaza, where all the groups attending the Dragon Country Jewelry Competition were gathered, had become lively because of Wang Ye.
Wang Ye's actions were like tossing a torpedo in calm waters, creating waves all over the surface.
Meanwhile, the person in question had already returned from Guo Pengzhan and discovered Fang Feifei had not gone to sleep, but was waiting for him; they then shared a tender moment together.
...
The next day.
The Dragon Country Jewelry Competition was divided into three rounds.
The first, the elimination round, was the very match the Fang Family Jewelry Store barely advanced from.
The second match, which was yesterday, involved competing to see which jewelry group could cut more jade from the same stone material.
And the third match, which was today's.
Stone Sculpture.
Within four hours, carve a single piece of jade, and whoever carves the best jade gets the highest score. During these four hours, participants could submit their carved jade early.
Ultimately, the scores from each match were added together, and the group with the highest total score won.
The contest hadn't started yet, but both onsite and in the live broadcast room, many people had already gathered.
Among the crowd, some were there specifically because of Wang Ye, and others were hardcore fans of Wang Ye, who had bought flight tickets for today after learning he would be at the competition, rushing over.
Since the competition hadn't started yet, watchers in the Fang Family Jewelry Store live broadcast room had already surpassed the total viewership of the Dragon Country Jewelry Competition's main broadcasting room.
Many girls and boys, not particularly interested in jewelry, had flocked to the live broadcast room after hearing that Wang Ye would appear in the Dragon Country Jewelry Competition, eager to see his performance.
"I wonder if Wang Ye will be in this segment today."
"He probably won't be, right? After all, Wang Ye was already cutting stone yesterday. He's not a professional in this; being able to cut stone is already impressive. Sculpting... probably not his forte?"
"That's too bad then. If that's the case, I won't be able to see Wang Ye perform onstage today."
"Even if we can't see Wang Ye onstage, it doesn't matter. Sometimes the camera switches to Fang Family Jewelry Store's VIP room, and then we can see Wang Ye."
The online viewers in the broadcast room were abuzz with conversation. In their view, although Wang Ye had appeared in yesterday's competition, he wouldn't compete today.
In their opinion, Wang Ye being able to cut stone was already a big surprise.
But stone carving for today's match, in their view, was definitely beyond his capacity.
Carving was even harder!
It was much more difficult compared to cutting stone!
Without ten years of experience, it was impossible to achieve great success in stone carving.
And Wang Ye was only in his twenties.
Furthermore, being proficient in many other areas, it was certain that he wasn't fit for carving.
As these online users discussed, the competition officially began.
Along with the referee's announcement, most viewers in both the main broadcasting room of the Dragon Country Jewelry Competition and the Fang Family Jewelry Store's broadcast room were searching for one person.
Wang Ye!
While they felt that Wang Ye wouldn't compete in today's match, they still harbored a glimmer of hopeful thought.
They hoped to see Wang Ye.
And just as they were searching around with their eyes, the camera switched to the Fang Family Jewelry Store's VIP room.
And Wang Ye stood up.