Xia Ruofei looked at Fatty Luo, who was rubbing his hands excitedly, and said to Yu Mingdong, "Mr. Yu, since we're done here, shall we go back?"
Yu Mingdong looked at the raw stone he had sold to Fatty Luo reluctantly and asked, "Mr. Luo, are you … going to cut this material on the spot?"
Fatty Luo waved his hand and said, "Of course! Today, this master's stone-cutting skills increased greatly. That young man is a gem in front of me, so of course I have to borrow his luck! "
Hearing this, Yu Mingdong said to Xia Ruofei, "Mr. Xia, how about … we go back after watching Mr. Luo cut the stone?"
Although this raw stone had been sold, Yu Mingdong had been a little conflicted in his heart. If he didn't see this material cut open with his own eyes, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep well tonight.
Xia Ruofei was in a hurry to go back. On one hand, he knew that Xia Qing in the space must have prepared the medicine, and he wanted to let Song Wei take it as soon as possible. On the other hand, he knew very well that once this material was cut open, it would definitely be a loss. There was nothing to see at all.
Not to mention that Fatty Luo had bought it for a sky-high price of 53 million yuan, even if Yu Mingdong had bought it for more than 20 million yuan before, it would have been a loss.
However, the guest had to follow the host's wishes. Xia Ruofei was Yu Mingdong's guest. Since Yu Mingdong had said so, and it wouldn't take long to cut open a raw stone, Xia Ruofei nodded and agreed.
Fatty Luo said excitedly, "Master, thank you for your hard work! Just continue from where you were just now! "
The stone-cutting master was responsible for working, and he didn't care who the owner of the raw stone was.
Hearing this, he nodded. Just as he was about to turn on the power of the grinder, Yu Mingdong suddenly shouted, "Master, wait a minute …"
At this time, Shi Lei had already walked in from outside. Yu Mingdong took two red packets from him, which were obviously prepared just now, and walked to the stone-cutting master and gave them to him.
Yu Mingdong said, "Master, thank you for your hard work today. This is a little gift from Mr. Xia and me. You can buy some cigarettes with it!"
This was also an unwritten rule in this industry. If the bet went up, the owner of the raw stone would definitely give a red packet to the stone-cutting master to get some good luck.
Xia Ruofei was not clear about this rule, so Yu Mingdong simply did it on his behalf.
The stone-cutting master didn't refuse. He took the red packets and pinched their thickness. He knew that each red packet was at least 10,000 yuan. He immediately beamed with joy and said, "Thank you, boss! Thank you, Boss! "
Xia Ruofei watched the stone-cutting master put the red packet into his pocket and whispered to Yu Mingdong, "How can you let President Yu pay for this? How many red packets were there? I'll transfer it to you later! "
Yu Mingdong pretended to be angry and said, "Mr. Xia, you reduced the price of the violet jade by three million. You are such a good friend. What's wrong with me giving you a small red packet? Was there a need to treat him like an outsider? If you say something like this again, then it means that you don't treat me, Old Yu, as a friend ah! "
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Good, good, good! Then I won't treat you like an outsider … President Yu, let's watch the stone-cutting! "
Only then did Yu Mingdong reveal a smile and said, "Yes, yes, yes, let's watch the stone-cutting!"
Fatty Luo eagerly watched as the stone-cutting master turned on the power and began to cut the raw stone again. In his heart, he was also fantasizing about the jade that was worth 60 to 70 million yuan, or even 70 to 80 million yuan.
With this big piece of jade, the problem of the shortage of raw materials in the factory would be greatly alleviated … Fatty Luo thought happily in his heart.
Just as he was dreaming, he suddenly heard exclamations from the surrounding jade merchants.
Fatty Luo came back to his senses and realized that the stone-cutting master had stopped.
"What's wrong?" Fatty Luo asked with a chuckle. "It can't be that it's imperial jade, right? Why are all of you so surprised? "
Everyone looked at Fatty Luo with a strange expression. The scene was very quiet.
Yu Mingdong was so shocked that his mouth was wide open and he forgot to close it for a long time.
Fatty Luo saw that something was wrong and suddenly looked at the raw stone.
With one look, Fatty Luo's eyes suddenly widened as if he had seen a ghost, and his face instantly drained of all color.
He saw that the green jade on the raw stone was becoming fainter and fainter. Now, there was a situation where the stone-cutting master had rubbed the raw stone and variegated jade mixed together.
The stone-cutting master was grinding the raw stone from the newly cut to the window that the organizer had opened. The best case scenario would naturally be that the exposed jade on both sides were connected and the quality of the jade was very high. In that case, it would be worth at least 70 to 80 million yuan — after all, this raw stone was too big.
The worst case scenario would be that there would be a small break in the middle of the two cuts, or that the quality of the jade would decrease slightly. Even if that was the case, it would still be a profit to buy it for 53 million yuan. It was just a question of how much to make.
However, the situation was far from that optimistic. It was so bad that it was beyond everyone's expectations — except for Xia Ruofei.
The stone-cutting master had only started cutting again for six or seven minutes. He had only rubbed less than ten centimeters from where he had stopped just now in the direction of the old cut, and the situation had taken a sharp turn for the worse. The variegated jade mixed with the stone was basically a waste. Even if he spent a lot of effort to take it out, it would only be very small pieces of jade. He was afraid that it could only be made into small rings or pendants.
Moreover, the quality of the jade was so poor that it could only be made into low-grade goods that were worth a few hundred yuan.
Although there was a small amount of jade near the cut that had been opened under Xia Ruofei's guidance just now, it was estimated that it would only be worth two to three million yuan if all of it were taken out. This was an estimate that was on the high side.
The most frightening thing was that the quality of the jade had already dropped to the freezing point after only a small part of the cut. If he continued cutting, he was afraid that there would only be stone left.
As for the direction of the other cut, who knew how much jade could be cut out?
Fatty Luo felt that all the blood in his body was about to turn cold.
He quivered in his daze and then shouted, "Master! Keep cutting! I don't believe that there's only so little jade left in such a big piece of material! "
The stone-cutting master was already used to the behavior of these stone gamblers. They were wild with joy when they won, and paralyzed all over when they lost. There were all kinds of people in life …
Therefore, he only asked, "Boss, what should we do next?"
Fatty Luo came to a realization and said, "Yes! Let's change the direction! We'll start grinding from the other cut. I don't believe … "
At that moment, the veins on Fatty Luo's forehead bulged. He gritted his teeth and looked just like a gambler who had lost so much that his eyes were red.
The stone-cutting master nodded calmly. After adjusting the angle of the raw stone, he continued to grind from the old cut.
Fatty Luo stared intently at the raw stone, as if he could produce jade from it just by looking at it.
The window that the organizer had opened gradually widened, and the jade inside was revealed little by little.
Similar to what everyone had speculated before, the jade on this side had reached the ice grade. The stone-cutting master grinded for a few minutes and pushed about ten centimeters in the direction of the new cut. The quality of the jade that was revealed basically hadn't decreased.
Moreover, the jade was hidden relatively lightly. Basically, after grinding away a layer of stone, the inside directly revealed the emerald jade flesh.
Some color returned to Fatty Luo's face. He panted and said, "I knew it … There's no way that such a big old pit raw stone would only contain a little trash jade!"
However, before Fatty Luo's voice died away, the surrounding jade merchants were in an uproar.
"It's not working again … He's grinded so much, and it's all stone!"
"He's probably going to lose …"
"President Luo has suffered a big loss this time …"
Fatty Luo's whole body trembled slightly. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. The Ice Type jade that had brought him some hope had stopped abruptly after extending more than ten centimeters. No matter how hard the stonecutter polished it, it was still a cold stone.
"No way! No way … "Fatty Luo muttered to himself." How could this be? No way … "
The stone-cutting master still dutifully continued to cut the stone. Soon, the outer layer of the raw stone was polished off.
A rough outline of the distribution of jade inside the raw stone appeared.
Coincidentally, only two cuts had a small amount of jade in the direction of the extension line.
Near the cut that Xia Ruofei had pointed out, there was basically glass grade jade, while the other side had ice grade jade.
Since there was no jade in the middle, the stone-cutting master ground down more. Now, the raw stone was roughly dumbbell-shaped. There was a small amount of jade at the two big ends, and the relatively thin one in the middle was pure stone.
All the people present were insiders. They quickly calculated in their minds that if all the jade at the two ends was taken out, it would be worth six to seven million at most, and this was because there was relatively more ice grade jade.
Everyone looked at Fatty Luo with pity in their eyes, and some people were gloating. But they looked at Yu Mingdong with more complicated expressions.
Today, Yu Mingdong was like God's favorite child. Good things just kept happening.
Not only did Yu Mingdong buy the top-grade Violet Floating Flower Jade, but the raw stone that he had bought with more than 20 million yuan was about to go bankrupt, but Fatty Luo actually bought it for more than 50 million yuan. In this way, not only did Yu Mingdong not lose money, but he also made double the profit.
Even things that were originally unlucky could turn into good things by a freak combination of factors. His luck was simply heaven-defying.
Of course, there were also many people who felt a lingering fear. These were all people who had bid against Fatty Luo just now. Among them, the guy who had bid 52.5 million broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, Fatty Luo added another 500,000 in the end, and then he reluctantly gave up. Otherwise, the unlucky guy today would have been him.
While Yu Mingdong felt a lingering fear, he was also extremely grateful to Xia Ruofei.
If it weren't for Xia Ruofei's quiet reminder, he would have lost more than 10 million today.
Although 10 million wasn't enough to hurt him, who would feel good about squandering so much money?
Yu Mingdong looked gratefully at Xia Ruofei and didn't say anything. Just now, Xia Ruofei had quietly reminded him. Everyone's attention was on the material, so no one noticed at all. Naturally, he couldn't say anything now. Otherwise, wouldn't he be making Xia Ruofei hate him?
As for Xia Ruofei's big help, Yu Mingdong naturally wouldn't be ungrateful. This kind of thing had to be implemented through actions, not words.
In fact, Yu Mingdong had already made up his mind.
Fatty Luo's heart felt like it was dripping blood, and he became dazed. He had lost more than 40 million this time! Yu Mingdong's loss of 10 million wouldn't hurt him, but Fatty Luo's loss of more than 40 million would really have an impact on his capital chain.
The key was that he had misjudged to such an extent. If word got out, Fatty Luo's reputation would be ruined.
He looked at Yu Mingdong with a pale face, but he couldn't blame Yu Mingdong for this. It was clearly them who were rushing to buy it. Before Yu Mingdong could say anything, they took the initiative to start bidding.
Moreover, this transaction had been notarized and an official transfer agreement had been signed. Fatty Luo could only suffer in silence and silently admit defeat.
Panting heavily, Fatty Luo said crazily, "I don't believe it! I don't believe it will end like this! "
He walked up to the raw stone and said loudly, "That young man just now was able to open a top-grade violet from a piece of scrap. There are still so many uncut pieces of this material of mine! Who dares to say that there's no jade inside! "
After saying that, Fatty Luo said to the stonecutter, "I'll open it myself!"
The stonecutter also knew that it was best not to add fuel to the fire at this time, so he just nodded slightly and silently retreated.
Fatty Luo put on a cutting blade, turned on the power, and directly cut into the middle of the dumbbell-shaped material.
Everyone looked at Fatty Luo with a trace of pity in their eyes, as if they were watching a drowning person using all his strength to grab onto a life-saving straw.
In fact, everyone knew very well that the material had been cut to such an extent that it was no different from a completely clear one. This was a little different from Xia Ruofei's situation. After Xia Ruofei cut out the material just now, he hadn't touched it, but Fatty Luo's material had been completely polished. It was basically obvious whether there was jade inside or not.
Fatty Luo was actually just unwilling to accept this reality in his heart.
He cut the material like a madman, but when he didn't see any green, he changed his position and cut.
Soon, except for the two pieces of jade that were basically completely dug out, Fatty Luo cut out the rest bit by bit.
There was no jade, and it was useless even if Fatty Luo crushed these stones into powder. There wasn't any extra jade left.
Looking at the stones that had been cut into many small pieces on the ground, as well as the two pieces of extremely dazzling jade, Fatty Luo finally couldn't take it anymore. His legs went soft and he sat down on the ground.
"It's over … It's all over …" Fatty Luo muttered.
Xia Ruofei looked on coldly from the side. This Fatty Luo was actually a bit utilitarian and had a cheap mouth. Seeing him like this, Xia Ruofei still couldn't help but feel a trace of compassion even though he knew that Fatty Luo asked for it.
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