The fat middle-aged man suddenly sobered up. He finally realized why he felt that Tan Xiu looked familiar. However, before he was 100% sure, he still asked with a bit of expectation, "As far as I know, there's a young miracle-working doctor named Tang Xiu in Star City Chinese Medical Hospital. You … are you that young miracle-working doctor?"
Tan Xiu said with a smile, "I didn't expect that I'm quite famous. Even you know about me. That's right, it's me. "
The fat middle-aged man was excited. He rubbed his hands and said, "It's really you, Divine Doctor Tang! I'm so lucky to have such a big business deal with you as soon as I came here. "
"Since you feel lucky, can you give me a discount?" asked Tan Xiu with a smile.
"Ugh …"
The smile on the fat middle-aged man's face froze. He then let out a hollow laugh and said, "Forget it this time. But I'll definitely give you a better price next time."
"It's a deal."
Tan Xiu nodded with a smile.
"Tan Xiu, you've bought so many jades, so you won't gamble on stones anymore, right?" asked Long Zhengyu.
"Why not?" Tan Xiu said with a smile. "Since there's such a fun thing, I might as well participate in it. Maybe my luck is off the charts and I can earn back all the money I spent today!"
Long Zhengyu was at a loss whether he had to cry or laugh. "If you have such amazing luck, I think you don't need to do business anymore. You can become a super rich man just by gambling on stones every day."
Tan Xiu smiled and said, "How about you help me load the car? I'll take a look around. "
Long Zhengyu thought for a moment and nodded, "No problem. But remember to give me some jade artifacts when you carve them later."
"No problem!"
Tan Xiu replied with a smile and took Tang Xiaohan away. With Long Zhengyu staying to help him, he wasn't afraid that the fat middle-aged man would secretly play tricks on him.
"Huh?"
Half an hour later, Tan Xiu saw an acquaintance in a shack. It was an acquaintance he never thought he would meet here … Miao Wentang.
However, just as Tan Xiu was about to walk towards Miao Wentang while holding Tang Xiaohan's hand, Tang Xiaohan suddenly stopped and tugged at Tan Xiu.
"What happened?"
Tan Xiu turned around and asked in astonishment.
Tang Xiaohan furrowed his brows and turned to point a few meters away, saying, "There seems to be something there, Master. It's like … like a beating heart."
What?
Tan Xiu was stunned. He looked in the direction where Tang Xiaohan was pointing. His eyes immediately fell on a two-meter-tall, one-meter-wide rectangular stone erected on the ground. The outer surface of the stone was faintly green. However, when his gaze fell on the price tag of the stone, he suddenly revealed a strange expression: 12 million.
"Let's go and take a look!"
Tang Xiu led Tang Xiaohan to the front of the stone. He reached out to touch it and released his spiritual sense in an instant. What shocked him was that he could also sense something throbbing inside the stone. It was indeed as Tang Xiaohan said — it was like a beating heart.
What's going on?
Tan Xiu hesitated for a moment before he instantly released his Primal Chaos Force and fused it into the stone. However, just as his Primal Chaos Force was injected into the stone, Tan Xiu suddenly felt a suction force coming from inside. Although the suction force was not strong, the Primal Chaos Force he injected was still sucked away.
"There's something strange here!"
Tan Xiu's expression changed. He retracted his hand and squatted in front of Tang Xiaohan, asking with a complicated expression, "Tell me what's going on, Xiaohan. How can you know that there seems to be something beating inside? "
"I don't know, either." Tang Xiaohan shook his head. "It's just a feeling that there's no one here, yet something is beating. It's like my heart is beating as fast as the thing here. "
Perception?
Tan Xiu had never encountered such a situation with Tang Xiaohan. After thinking for a while, he summoned an employee and asked, "What's the base price of this stone?"
"All the raw stones here are marked with the base price, Sir," said the employee with a smile. "You must pay 12 million if you want to buy this stone."
Tan Xiu nodded and said, "Then let's make a deal! Give me your account number and I'll transfer the money. "
The employee stared blankly and looked a bit surprised. After nodding, he smilingly said, "You really have a discerning eye, Sir. Many people have their eyes on this stone, but none of them have decisively bought it. Please come with me. We'll go inside to handle the transaction procedures. "
"Hold on!"
A white-haired old man nearby suddenly came from seven to eight meters away. His eyes were bright and spirited, and he was stroking a Hetian Jade Ring in his hand.
Tan Xiu and the employee stopped at the same time and looked at the old man.
The old man squinted his eyes and lightly smiled, "Little Brother, can you bear the pain and give this stone to this old man? You can rest assured that I won't let you suffer a loss. As long as the price of the raw stones you choose in this shed is no more than 500,000 yuan, I'll help you pay the bill. "
"I'm not short of money." Tan Xiu shook his head.
"1 million," said the old man.
"Old man, don't think about using money to make me dizzy," said Tan Xiu with a smile. "I won't give you the thing I fancy even if you give me 100 million yuan."
The old man took out a certificate from his pocket and handed it to Tan Xiu, saying, "Little Brother, let me introduce myself. I'm the Vice President of the National Jade Association, Tian Jingnan. I'm also a jade carver. If you can give this stone to me, I can introduce you to the National Jade Association and help you carve an item for free later. How about it? "
"It turns out to be President Tian. Is your carving skill very good?" asked Tan Xiu with a smile.
"I dare not say that I'm the best, but there are not many people in our country who are better than me in carving," said Tian Jingnan confidently. "Someone once offered me 5 million yuan, hoping that I could carve an item for him, but I refused. As a matter of fact, I've been interested in this stone since I bought a lot of raw stones, so I'm a bit short of funds. I just asked my son to transfer some money to me. I didn't expect that Little Brother would take a fancy to it in such a short time. "
"I'm sorry, but I can't help you," said Tan Xiu with a smile.
Tian Jingnan frowned. He didn't expect that the young man in front of him was still unwilling to give it to him even though he had said so much. This situation made him a bit angry. However, his self-restraint had always been good. Even though he was angry, he didn't flare up. Instead, he said, "Little Brother, give me your condition. I'll do it as long as I can accept it."
"I don't have any condition." Tan Xiu shook his head.
Tian Jingnan finally couldn't help but say, "Young man, you bought this raw stone with the intention of gambling, right? I'll give you 5 million yuan and you give this stone to me. How about it? "
Tan Xiu didn't want to talk to him anymore. He called the staff and walked to the back.
"What's wrong with you, President Tian?"
Two middle-aged men came over. After seeing Tian Jingnan's angry expression, one of them immediately asked.
Tian Jingnan forced a wry smile and said, "I took a fancy to this raw stone, but someone beat me to it. I promised him five million yuan and asked him to give me the raw stone, but he didn't even pay attention to me. "
The man was surprised and asked, "Who's so arrogant? He didn't even give face to you, President Tian? "
"Forget it." Tian Jingnan helplessly sighed, "I'll give it up since he doesn't want to give it to me. As a matter of fact, I don't know if there's any jade inside or how much jade is inside. Maybe there's only a bit of green in the window, but there's nothing inside! "
"That's right!"
The two men nodded and agreed with Tian Jingnan's words.
Ten minutes later, Tan Xiu came out with Tang Xiaohan and found that Tian Jingnan hadn't left yet. He forced a wry smile inwardly. However, Tian Jingnan didn't do or say anything excessive, so he didn't have any malice toward him.
With the help of the staff, several workers responsible for transporting the raw stone came pushing a flatbed cart and helped Tan Xiu move the raw stone onto the flatbed cart. Under Tan Xiu's lead, they came to the shed where he bought the jade.
"Oh? Divine Doctor Tang, did you buy another raw stone? This stone looks good. There's even a trace of green in the window. There should be … jade inside, right? "The plump middle-aged man greeted him with a beaming smile as he observed the raw stone on the flatbed cart.
"Who knows!" Tan Xiu said. "I felt that there's a higher chance of jade or emerald inside this stone, so I bought it."
"How much did you pay for it?" asked the plump middle-aged man curiously.
"12 million," said Tan Xiu with a smile.
The plump middle-aged man raised his thumbs up and praised, "Divine Doctor Tang is really a local tycoon. You can casually bet more than 10 million yuan on a stone. Your boldness is really great! "
"I'm just playing around, so I won't buy too much," said Tan Xiu with a smile. "But I'll have to trouble you to help me send it back."
"No problem, no problem," said the plump middle-aged man with a smile.
Suddenly, a shout came from outside the shed, "It's going up!
The gambling is going up! "
Immediately, the guests in the shed, as well as many people outside, rushed toward the source of the voice. Stone gambling and cutting could be done here. Many buyers would cut the raw stone on the spot for the sake of convenience, and the result of gambling could quickly be seen.
Long Zhengyu was a bit moved and asked, "Shall we go and have a look?"
Tan Xiu pondered for a moment and then nodded. "Let's go and have a look! I've seen some guests gambling before, but none of them caused such a big sensation like this. "
The plump middle-aged man hesitated for a moment before he gave some orders to his men and also came out. "Do you know how I made my fortune, Divine Doctor Tang? It's all thanks to stone gambling. More than a decade ago, I went to the south with 20,000 yuan. I didn't expect that I would stumble upon a stone gambling place by chance. I even joined in the fun and spent more than 1,000 yuan to buy a stone, which turned out to be a thousand-fold profit. It can be said that I once became rich overnight, sitting on tens of millions of yuan. "
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