NOVEL NEXT Chapter 78 Miss Fang, We Won
"Chairman Shen, give me a few minutes, I need to speak with my treasure appraisal master!" Fang Feifei said.
"Certainly!" Shen Wanlong agreed, looking at Fang Feifei with a playful expression in his eyes.
"Um!" Fang Feifei agreed and pulled Wang Ye aside.
Then she whispered to Wang Ye, "Wang Ye, this time, it all depends on you!"
"Miss Fang, do you trust me?" Wang Ye asked calmly.
"I do."
"Good, I won't let you down. Miss Fang, is there anything else you want to say?"
Fang Feifei shook her head gently, "No, that's all."
Wang Ye was slightly surprised upon hearing this. He hadn't expected Fang Feifei to pull him aside just to say these words.
However, he thought about it, having such words during a crucial moment could indeed boost confidence.
While Fang Feifei and Wang Ye were talking, Shen Wanlong had everything arranged on his side.
"Miss Fang, let your treasure appraisal master begin!" Shen Wanlong urged.
Fang Feifei agreed and walked over with Wang Ye.
By this time, the crowd of onlookers had grown upon hearing the news.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Wang Ye and Huang Ming, the gemstone appraisal master brought by Shen Wanlong, headed to the area where the raw stones had just been unloaded.
The thousands of raw stones, still covered in mud and such, posed a greater challenge than usual stone appraisal.
Huang Ming was searching through the stones with a small flashlight.
Wang Ye, however, was different; he just stood on the edge of the raw stone area, continually scanning around.
The onlookers started to comment upon seeing this.
"What's this young man doing? Can he really tell which stones are good just by standing there and looking?"
"Right, just by looking like that, it's obviously not enough!"
"Yeah, Master Huang is more practical. Despite being a famous treasure master, he's still so focused and diligent."
Seeing this, Shen Wanlong had a very smug look on his face.
He provocatively said to Fang Feifei, "Miss Fang, you better get your money ready! You're going to clear out my warehouse."
In response to Shen Wanlong's provocation, Fang Feifei remained calm, "Chairman Shen, the results aren't out yet! Don't rush. I think you should prepare the raw stones I'll need this time first!"
"Hahaha! The raw stones you want? Miss Fang, however many you want, I have them all," Shen Wanlong said with utmost confidence.
Besides the stones in this warehouse, he also controlled several stone mines! So for him, supplying raw stones was absolutely no issue.
As the crowd discussed, Huang Ming had already found a stone. This stone, the size of a bucket, was entirely covered in mud.
"Chairman Shen, I've found it!" Huang Ming called out to Shen Wanlong.
"Good, have it brought over," Shen Wanlong immediately waved.
"Alright, Chairman Shen," Huang Ming agreed, and he quickly arranged for someone to bring the raw stone to Shen Wanlong, and then they started cleaning it.
While cleaning the raw stone, Shen Wanlong said to Fang Feifei, "Miss Fang, are you seeing this? Even a regular gemstone appraisal master from our Wanlong Jewelry is stronger than your Fang Family's chief appraisal master!"
Fang Feifei remained calm, "Appraising treasures is about quality, not speed! Just because your man chose first, it doesn't necessarily mean he has won."
"Haha, Miss Fang, why deceive yourself? See? Just a slight cleaning of this raw stone has already revealed its value! From what I see, it's worth no less than 30 million," Shen Wanlong said after a glance at the washed stone.
Being a treasure appraisal expert himself, he could tell the higher value of the stone from the one that had been cleaned.
"It's worth will be determined once it's cut open."
"Fine, cut it! Huang Ming, do it yourself," Shen Wanlong commanded.
"Yes, Chairman Shen."
Huang Ming responded and personally operated the cutting machine, beginning to cut the rough stone.
As the stone was slowly cut open, its inner quality gradually became visible.
The spectators around, who were experts in the field, could tell from the cut surface that this stone was indeed very valuable.
"Wow, this stone is of the glass type! The quality is very high."
"Exactly, now let's see how pure the glass type is! With such a large piece, if it's all glass type, that would be a huge profit."
"Indeed, the appraisers from Wanlong Jewelry are really impressive."
While the scene was bustling with excitement, Wang Ye was still standing before thousands of rough stones, quietly watching.
He had actually seen the stone Huang Ming had selected early on, but he knew that among these stones, there were many better than Huang Ming's stone.
Therefore, he chose to continue searching.
Fang Feifei, seeing that Wang Ye was still searching, actually felt a bit anxious. Seeing that the stone Huang Ming picked had been cut to reveal the high-quality glass type, Fang Feifei felt even more pressure.
"Fifty million, I bid fifty million! Chairman Shen, please sell me this rough stone!"
Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted.
"Sixty million."
"Seventy million."
After seeing the quality, people started bidding one after another.
But Shen Wanlong directly rejected them with a firm response, "Enough, this rough stone is not for sale! Today, it's for a competition! However, everyone can help appraise it to see just how much this stone is really worth!"
After Shen Wanlong finished saying this, people began discussing it.
After about fifteen minutes, a consensus was finally reached.
"Seventy-two million!"
In the end, it was Master Cai, a major figure in the provincial jewelry industry, who gave the price.
"Good, thank you, Master Cai! The final appraised price of this stone, seventy-two million!" Shen Wanlong announced loudly.
To identify a stone worth seventy-two million from a truckload of rough stones was indeed very rare. So Shen Wanlong felt that he had already won.
"Miss Fang, do you have any doubts about this price?" Shen Wanlong asked.
Fang Feifei glanced at it and did not speak.
With such a price given by many experts, there shouldn't be any issue. Now, it was all up to Wang Ye.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were also on Wang Ye.
"Hey, kid, can you do it or not? Are you afraid to choose because you know you're going to lose?"
"Exactly, hurry up! Can you pick one out?"
In the face of the public's skepticism, Wang Ye didn't let it disturb his composure.
Finally, he spotted a good stone, but it was buried under many others.
So Wang Ye turned back to Shen Wanlong and said, "Chairman Shen, please have someone move these big stones aside!"
Shen Wanlong signaled with a glance, and the staff helped to move them away.
But underneath, there was only a basketball-sized rough stone.
Wang Ye stepped forward and directly picked up the unassuming rough stone.
Then he walked up to Fang Feifei and confidently said, "Miss Fang, we have won!"