Chapter 248 - 245: Green! Green!

Chapter 248: Chapter 245: Green! Green!

Next to the raw stone trading hall was a designated area with workers and masters available for customers to cut their stones on-site.

Stone gambling, stone gambling!

It all came down to that one word: gamble!

Therefore, people who came to gamble on stones wouldn’t take them home to cut open. They naturally chose to do it on-site. After all, an immediate verification meant they could take advantage of the crowd and sell it for cash right away!

After completing the handover procedures with a staff member, Gu Yifan also made his way to a stone cutting machine.

He, too, had chosen to have his stone cut on the spot!

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have the tools to deal with a stone like this back home.

Soon, a crowd gathered around the stone cutting machines as the cutting session began. Many people had opted to have their stones cut on-site!

Just then, the stone Gu Yifan had bought was carried over by several workers. After confirming with him, they mounted it on a cutting machine and prepared to begin!

Gu Yifan’s brow furrowed slightly as he watched the Jade Cutting Master get into position.

"Wait!"

Gu Yifan shouted.

He had stopped him because he saw where the Master was about to cut. That single slice would have destroyed the perfectly intact jadeite veins inside!

That was why he’d called an emergency halt!

Instantly, everyone present turned to look at Gu Yifan in confusion.

Even Su Qinghe, standing beside him, gave him a questioning look.

Feeling the many confused pairs of eyes on him, Gu Yifan offered no explanation.

He walked straight to the raw jadeite stone, took a piece of white chalk from a nearby box, and drew a few lines on its surface.

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The crowd watched Gu Yifan, puzzled. ’Does such a small stone really require all this fuss?’

"Master, please grind away the outer skin, following the two circles I’ve drawn!"

Gu Yifan instructed the Jade Cutting Master.

"Huh??"

The Jade Cutting Master froze, then stared at Gu Yifan, dumbfounded. "No cut? You want me to... just grind it?"

"That’s right, just grind. Go slowly. The fog should appear after just a few passes!"

Gu Yifan said calmly.

The Jade Cutting Master: "..."

The Jade Cutting Master was speechless.

’Who starts by grinding right off the bat!’

’And to hear him talk, saying the fog would show after just a couple of passes...’

’He didn’t believe a word of it!’

But since the stone belonged to Gu Yifan, the Jade Cutting Master had no choice but to follow his instructions.

Gu Yifan stood nearby, watching the Jade Cutting Master work.

By now, quite a few people had gathered around to watch the spectacle.

Wang Zibo watched nervously from the side. ’That worthless-looking rock cost half a million yuan!’

Meanwhile, Su Qinghe stood quietly and obediently beside Gu Yifan, saying nothing.

And so, with the crowd looking on, the Jade Cutting Master began to grind as instructed.

At first, his movements were somewhat casual.

But on the third pass, just as Gu Yifan had predicted, the fog began to appear!

"We’ve got fog!!!"

The Jade Cutting Master shouted.

His shout drew countless people over.

Everyone stared intently at the Jade Cutting Master’s hands.

They were all trying to guess whether this raw stone would be a big win or a total bust.

"Boss, what’s the next step?"

The Jade Cutting Master was now completely won over by Gu Yifan.

Gu Yifan might be young, but that last move had utterly convinced him.

’This kid is the real deal!’

So he asked for Gu Yifan’s opinion.

"Hmm..."

"Go ahead and grind off the entire outer layer."

Gu Yifan said calmly after a moment of thought.

"What?"

The Jade Cutting Master was stunned once more.

"This..."

"Boss, are you saying... grind the entire stone?"

he asked timidly, finding it hard to believe.

’Is this boss really being this cautious?’ the Jade Cutting Master wondered.

"Yes... grind it."

Gu Yifan said calmly.

He didn’t offer any further explanation.

"O... okay!"

The Jade Cutting Master said with resignation.

’He’s the boss, and I’m just the worker, after all.’

’Grind it is, then!’

So he began to grind again, this time with great care.

Everyone nearby was stunned by Gu Yifan’s instructions.

This...? ’There’s no need to be *that* cautious, is there?’ everyone wondered.

Even the onlookers were baffled.

Even Chen Xi, watching from the side, found it strange. ’He doesn’t seem like the type to be so cautious or stingy. Someone who can casually drop hundreds of thousands on stone gambling at his age shouldn’t be sweating the small stuff! Unless that stone...?’

As the Jade Cutting Master worked, flakes of the stone’s outer skin continuously fell away.

’Holy shit!!!’

’More fog?!’

’Could it be...?’

the Jade Cutting Master thought in shock.

His hands instinctively began to move faster.

As he continued to work, he ground away at nearly every inch of the stone’s surface.

Everyone present was utterly stunned by the stone.

HOLY FUCK!!!

Everyone stared at the whole piece of jadeite in the Jade Cutting Master’s hands as if they’d seen a ghost.

That’s right!

Aside from a thin outer skin, the entire head-sized raw stone was solid jadeite!

And from the looks of its quality, it seemed to be goddamn glass-type jade!

This was a fucking massive win!!!

A massive win!!!

This was insane!

A raw stone bought for half a million!

He was going to make an absolutely insane profit!!!

As time passed, the commotion attracted an even larger crowd.

"Young man, I’m willing to offer ten million for this piece of jadeite!"

someone in the crowd called out impatiently.

"Pfft."

"Ten million??"

"In your dreams."

"Young man, my name is Chen Dong, from the Bright Moon Jewelry Store in Yun Province City!"

"I’m willing to offer twenty million for this piece of jadeite!"

a portly, big-eared middle-aged man said to Gu Yifan with a smile.

A collective gasp went through the crowd.

"T-Twenty million???"

The people nearby were stunned by the price.

"It’s not even fully revealed yet, and he can already flip it for dozens of times what he paid?!"

Wang Zibo muttered to himself.

Even Su Qinghe’s eyes were wide with astonishment.

"Sorry, I’m not planning to sell at the moment,"

Gu Yifan said to Chen Dong.

"Master, please continue. Grind off all the fog."

"And be careful—this layer of fog is very thin."

"Everything underneath is ice-type jade..."

Gu Yifan stated calmly.

The moment he said that, everyone present thought he had lost his mind.

’What is he thinking!’

’All of it is ice-type jade??!!’

’A piece this big?!’

No one could believe it.

"Brother Fan, maybe... we should just sell it?"

"Twenty million is already more than enough!"

Wang Zibo, also convinced it couldn’t all be ice-type jade, leaned in and whispered in Gu Yifan’s ear.

"Not for sale."

Gu Yifan shot him a look, then turned back to the Jade Cutting Master. "Master, keep grinding!"

The crowd: "..."

By now, even the Jade Cutting Master was starting to doubt Gu Yifan’s claim.

Still, he obediently followed Yifan’s instructions and got back to work.

With just a light touch of the grinder...

Green instantly appeared!!

Suddenly, the Jade Cutting Master screamed.

"HOLY SHIT!!"

"IT’S GREEN! IT’S GREEN!!!"

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