Inside the crystal shop, the floor was covered with raw stone fragments.
Dong Xuebing walked to the corner and squatted down in front of a pile of natural crystal stones. He reached out and picked up a stone weighing about 4 to 5 pounds. He weighed it in his hand and looked through a small window on the side of the stone. The crystal was colorless and clean. But Dong Xuebing knew that most shops will make a small window at the best spot of the stone to let people see the inside of the stone. But the other parts of the stone will not be the same. "Boss, how much is this stone?"
The fat shop owner, who was sweeping the stones with a broom, looked up. "Oh, 10,000 RMB for this."
Dong Xuebing pointed to an amethyst stone with no window. "How about this?"
"35,000 RMB."
"What about the topaz?"
"This is a big one. It should be 40,000 RMB."
Dong Xuebing only asked for the better quality and more expensive stones. This way, the chances of getting a better quality crystal will be higher. After confirming his target, Dong Xuebing put his hand into his pocket and play music on his iPhone 4. He pretended it was his phone ringing and picked up the phone. After that, he said to the fat boss. "Boss, I would like to bet a few pieces of crystal. But my family is rushing me home. If you can cut the stone faster, I will buy a few pieces. If not, then forget it." Dong Xuebing said to the fat boss.
The fat shop owner will not let this opportunity go. "Quick. I have always cut stones fast. Go ahead and pick the stones."
"Ok. These two amethysts, that topaz, that colorless crystal, and pink crystal."
"Let me calculate." The fat shop owner took out his calculator and counted. "The total is 162,000 RMB. Hmmm … I will round it out to 160,000 RMB."
Dong Xuebing took out the stacks of money from his bag and started the countdown on his phone. 360 seconds.
The fat shop owner could tell Dong Xuebing was a layman. He did not expect Dong Xuebing to take out 160,000 RMB for stone gambling so easily. He sighed. Young people nowadays are really rich. He put the money into the money printing machine. 10,000 RMB, 50,000 RMB, 100,000 RMB, front and back. "Ok. The money is correct."
There are 312 seconds left.
Dong Xuebing replied anxiously. "Then let's cut it open. You don't need to grind it bit by bit. Just cut the worst side."
The fat boss was taken aback. "Oh, that might be a waste of material. Have you thought it through?"
"I've thought about it. Hurry up and cut it."
There were 303 seconds left.
The fat boss had promised him in advance, so he moved very quickly. He rolled up his sleeves and squatted in front of a piece of colorless crystal stone. He opened the cutting tool in his hand and picked a side of the stone. Then, he cut the surface of the stone with a heavy force. It was as if there was a layer of dirt hanging on it!
Creak! Creak! The cutter gradually penetrated into the inner layer of the raw stone!
There were 280 seconds left!
Dong Xuebing clenched his fist anxiously. Hurry up!
Creak! The friction between the cutting tool and the raw stone produced an ear-piercing sound! Suddenly, the gears idled and came to a stop!
The side of the colorless crystal was cut open, and the surface was smooth and beautiful. However, there seemed to be a small dark gray stain near the cut surface. The fat boss blinked and rubbed it with his finger, but he could not wipe it off. "It's not the surface, it's the impurities inside. What a pity." Raw stones with impurities were the worst. The stone that was bought for 10,000 RMB was basically worthless.
Dong Xuebing cursed in his heart and immediately said: "Don't worry about this stone. Cut the next one!"
"Alright." The fat boss turned around slightly and aimed the cutter at the next raw topaz ore.
There were 241 seconds left!
Dong Xuebing rubbed his hands nervously and prayed. Please cut it out quickly. This stone must not have any impurities!
Creak! Creak! The entire side of the second piece of crystal was cut open. There were no impurities, but the yellow color was not the same as the mango yellow that Dong Xuebing saw earlier. It was a very light yellow. It was almost like a colorless crystal. This piece of crystal cost Dong Xuebing 30,000 RMB. Now, it was not even worth 10,000 RMB!
Damn it!
Dong Xuebing gritted his teeth: "Cut the next one!"
There were 195 seconds left!
Creak! Creak! Creak! The third piece of pink crystal was cut open!
This time, there was something wrong with the boss's angle of cutting. He did not cut the entire side of the crystal. He only cut a small window diagonally. Dong Xuebing and the fat boss looked at the surface of the crystal. There were many tiny bubbles on the surface of the crystal. The crystal was cut open again!
Dong Xuebing slapped his thigh angrily: "Again!"
There were 141 seconds left, and there were only 2 pieces of expensive purple crystals left.
132 seconds … …
112 seconds … …
98 seconds … …
Today, Dong Xuebing had seen a lot of people cutting the raw stone. He thought that the others were unlucky. But he did not expect his luck to be worse than those people. That small piece of amethyst that he bought for 35,000 RMB was soon revealed. The quality of the amethyst could not be described with the word 'poor'. There was a deep crack and two black lines on the surface. It was a horrible sight!
There was only one big piece of purple crystal left!
There were 88 seconds left!
Dong Xuebing saw the fat boss looking at him. He was frustrated and said: "Cut! Continue! "This was too unlucky! Dong Xuebing's luck was too bad today.
The fat boss was not surprised by this. He knew his stones very well. This batch of raw crystal stones was bought from a processing plant of a friend in the south. Almost all of them were mixed materials and some inferior raw stones that could not be sold. It would be strange if the price of the raw stone was high. Oh, of course, there was the possibility that there was good material, but no scientific instrument could detect the condition inside the raw stone. Who would know which material was good? No one!
76 seconds … …
52 seconds … …
47 seconds … …
The last purple crystal was cut open. But instead of calling it a purple crystal, it was more like a colorless crystal. The color of the crystal was almost transparent, and there was a light gray color on the inside. It was another failure! Dong Xuebing was furious.
Dong Xuebing gritted his teeth. 160,000 RMB! 160,000 RMB had gone down the drain! He doesn't know what to say!
Finished? Just like that?
That's right! There was still time! There were 39 seconds left!
Dong Xuebing did not care about the stones and pointed to a big stone beside the fat boss's feet. "Can you cut another one?"
The fat boss looked at the stone. "This one is 50,000 RMB."
Dong Xuebing anxiously said: "You cut it first. I will give you the money later!"
The fat boss hesitated. "This is a small business … …"
"I do not have so much cash on me." Dong Xuebing took out his identification card from his pocket and placed it on the shelf. "I will leave my identification card with you. I will go to the bank to withdraw the money later. Ok?"
The fat boss thought that Dong Xuebing was generous and should not be short of money. He nodded.
There were 24 seconds left!
Dong Xuebing only had 60,000 RMB left in his bank account. If this crystal did not produce any good stones, and he could not accumulate BACK or use it continuously, he would be bankrupt!
Screech! Screech!
There were 13 seconds left!
Dong Xuebing looked at his phone. "Hurry up!"
The fat boss used more strength to cut the stone. 1 cm … … 2 cm … … 3 cm … …
8 seconds left!
6 seconds left!
5 seconds left!
There was no more time! There was no more time!
Just when Dong Xuebing was about to say BACK 3 seconds later, Screech! The impurities at the side of the stone fell to the ground!
It was cut open!
Dong Xuebing immediately looked over!
"This is … … hair crystal?" The fat boss was stunned.
"Ah?" Dong Xuebing was shocked. "The kind with strands of hair in it?!"
"That's right. Oh! This is worth a lot of money! " This quality, this size, this transparency … The fat boss never thought that he could produce such a good raw crystal stone from this batch of leftovers!
Dong Xuebing was stunned. He did not dare to delay any further. BACK! BACK！ BACK！ BACK！ BACK！ BACK！
Dong Xuebing shouted 6 times!
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