The solution that Christopher and the others had proposed was obviously well thought out. They had accurately hit the psychological needs of the gem hunters.
Just as someone had said, as long as they could find one or two boulder opals on this piece of land, they would almost be able to earn back their capital.
And according to the distribution rules of the gemstone pits, this piece of land was densely packed with boulder opals.
Immediately, someone was tempted. He stepped forward and said, "Buddy, I choose this piece, the one in the middle. But 20,000 dollars is a little too expensive. Let's make it cheaper. After all, we are old acquaintances."
Christopher rejected him. "Don't even think about it, Rob. You know, if it weren't for pity, I wouldn't sell it for 20,000 dollars. So don't bargain with me, OK? "
"Hey, buddies, I found another piece!" A young black man lifted an opal wrapped in a rock from the rubble. It was shining brightly.
Kang Baolai waved his fist excitedly. "Yeah!"
Coincidentally, Li Du, who had released the little bug to search the ground, also found something. He immediately went forward and said, "Mr. Christopher, I want to rent a piece of land. I won't bargain with you."
Seeing that Li Du was the first to bid, the black man was a little surprised. However, his goal was to make money. As long as Li Du was willing to pay, that was fine.
"Which piece of land do you want to buy?" Christopher asked.
Li Du looked hesitant. He pointed to the vast piece of barren land and said, "This piece, oh no, that piece. Forget it, this piece."
Seeing that Li Du was greedy and wanted to buy all the land, Christopher laughed and said, "I know you've made a lot of money from this place. Actually, you should buy the whole piece of land and continue to make a lot of money."
"Or you could buy the two pieces of land that you like," one of the gem hunters egged him on.
Li Du gave a puzzled expression and said, "Who said I made a lot of money from this place? I'm looking for Mr. Owen to learn some opal knowledge from him. "
It just so happened that Owen had given him a red packet of 20,000 dollars in cash. Li Du took it out and handed it to Christopher.
Someone said enviously, "D * mn, this b * stard is really rich."
"The Chinese just like to carry cash with them. No wonder people are always robbing them."
"That's because they have money. To carry 20,000 dollars with them, you have to have 20,000 dollars first!"
Seeing the shiny green cash, Christopher's eyes turned green as well. He said excitedly, "It's okay, buddies. If you don't have cash, use online banking. I can accept online banking transfers!"
Li Du gave him the money, and the piece of land in the central area belonged to him.
With him as an example, the other gem hunters were tempted. However, 20,000 dollars was not a small sum, so they did not pay up immediately. Instead, they continued to observe.
They wanted to see if Christopher and his party were able to dig out more boulder opals, or if Li Du was able to dig them out.
However, some people were prepared to make a move, but they did not have 20,000 yuan, so they were working together to buy a piece of land.
Li Du whistled. Godzilla and Big Quinn took out their tools and started to work. The three of them quickly lifted the rocks to look for boulder opals.
When no one was looking, Sophie made a phone call. This was what Li Du had instructed her to do.
Christopher and his group had put a lot of effort into setting up this scam. They had buried quite a number of fake opals in the land. Li Du had used the little bug to find these things.
He had already confirmed the location of the fake opals before making the purchase. Therefore, it did not take long for him to find one.
Holding the opal, he cheered, "Hey, buddies, I found it. I found this thing!"
Many of the gem hunters looked at him enviously and shouted, "This b * stard is so lucky!" "He found another gemstone!" "He's going to be rich!"
They were even more tempted. They stopped watching and took out their cell phones to prepare for the transaction.
"Hey, Christopher, give me this piece. I'll buy this piece."
"I like this piece. It's mine. Sell it to me!"
"We'll buy this piece..
Christopher was busy accepting the transfer, beaming with joy and complacency.
Other than the tempted gem hunters, there were still some who were looking at Li Du.
In their eyes, the gemstone opal in Li Du's hand was glowing. What they could not see was a little black bug lying on top of it, trying its best to absorb the time energy.
Li Du waved the gemstone opal in his hand continuously, looking like he was celebrating excitedly.
A gem hunter who saw this was unhappy and muttered, "God bless him for throwing the gemstone off."
Opals were not particularly hard or brittle. They were very delicate gemstones, and their value depended entirely on their bright colors. If they were dropped on the ground, they would easily shatter.
God seemed to have heard him. Li Du did not throw the gemstone opal in his hand, but when he shook his hand, the opal wrapped in the gemstone flew out!
The opal flew out and landed on a piece of ore. With a crisp crack, it instantly shattered into a few pieces!
Seeing this scene, the people who had been watching Li Du first laughed at his misfortune. After a few seconds, as if someone had pressed the stop button, they suddenly stopped laughing and looked shocked.
Not far away, the people around Christopher, who had been clamoring to trade, did not see what had happened. They realized that the atmosphere had suddenly become strange and asked, "What happened?"
A gem hunter said weakly, "The opal in the Chinaman's hand was flung out and shattered."
The other gem hunters laughed. Someone said, "That's really unfortunate. Even with the gemstone wrapped, it could still shatter. What bad luck."
After the opal was shattered, it was still very beautiful. However, its value would decrease sharply. There was a type of fake opal that was made by assembling large pieces of opal together.
That gem hunter said, "No, there's no gemstone wrapped around it. It's, it's, it's the opal that fell out of the gemstone and was flung out!"
"That's impossible!" someone immediately denied.
Yes, under normal circumstances, this was impossible. After millions of years of adhesion, the layer of stone and the opal had become one. There was no way to remove the opal individually, so its value was lower than that of pure opal.
However, for fake opals, this was possible because they had used glue to bond the layer of stone and opal together.
Li Du had used the little bug to absorb time energy in order to destroy the glue and make it lose its stickiness.
The shattered fake opal on the ground still gave off a brilliant glow. He looked at the stone in his hand with a blank expression and asked, "How did this happen?"
Brendan and Alicia went up to comfort him, saying, "Maybe this piece of gemstone and the gemstone are not bonded tightly —"
Li Du interrupted them and said, "Yes, they are not bonded tightly. They seem to have been glued together. Look!"
Inside the layer of stone, there were traces of solidified glue, which looked like a plastic layer.
Brendan and Alicia were also dumbfounded. Brendan asked the same question as Li Du, "How did this happen?"
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