Chapter 2219 - 1927: Stone Gambling (Part 2)

Chapter 2219: Chapter 1927: Stone Gambling (Part 2)

This kind of place is full of trouble, and the police dare not linger.

Seeing this, the onlookers knew that the young man whom Wang Qiang called Mr. Song had incredible influence, as even the police had to avoid him.

Zhou Hunshi, however, acted as if nothing had happened and said with a smile, "Boss, weren’t you buying jade? How’s it going, did you get any?"

Wang Qiang quickly replied, "Yes, yes, Mr. Song, you pick some, I’ll gift them to you."

"I’ll take another look." Song Yun stood up, glanced at the counter, and pointed to the area under fifty thousand, saying, "I don’t want any from there."

Wang Qiang nodded and said, "Those are rather cheap and certainly don’t match your status, Mr. Song."

Song Yun then walked to the area over two hundred thousand, pointed one by one, and said, "This one, this one, and this one, hmm, these few, and that big one."

Everyone saw that Song Yun was pointing at the best jade pieces in the store, each valued over three million.

But Wang Qiang didn’t hesitate at all and said to the sales clerk behind the counter, "Wrap up all the jade pieces Mr. Song pointed out."

"I don’t want them, why wrap them up?"

Song Yun gave Wang Qiang a glance and said to Xiaoman, "Xiaoman, except for the ones I just pointed out, wrap up everything else."

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Hearing Song Yun’s words, Wang Qiang was immediately choked.

If it was just those few jade pieces Song Yun pointed at, though expensive, they weren’t many, and the total was just over thirty million.

But Song Yun wanted everything else except those and the ones under fifty thousand, which was an alarming quantity.

After all, the main products of Fengchaohuang were concentrated in the fifty thousand to five hundred thousand range. Although the prices couldn’t compare to true masterpieces, the quantity was significant.

If you counted the prices, it would certainly reach billions.

Even considering only the cost, it would definitely be over a billion.

Wang Qiang didn’t expect that with one move, he would end up giving away a billion worth of assets.

He glared at Yang Lujing; all of this was caused by that oblivious sales clerk.

Bleeding internally, Wang Qiang gritted his teeth and said to Xiaoman, "Manager Zhang, do as Mr. Song says, wrap up all the jade pieces for him."

Xiaoman didn’t move, showing a puzzled look on her face, and asked Song Yun, "Mr. Song, you want so much jade, surely not for wearing. These aren’t rare, and you’re not collecting them, either. Forgive my boldness, what are you doing with so much jade?"

Yes, what on earth do you do with so much jade?

Wang Qiang also wanted to ask this, but feared provoking Song Yun’s displeasure, he dared not utter a word.

Now that Xiaoman asked, it was just what he wanted.

Song Yun replied, "To make something."

Xiaoman said, "Since you’re making something, these jade pieces have already been carved and aren’t suitable for reprocessing. In my opinion, you’d be better off buying some unprocessed jade stones and cutting them according to your needs."

Upon hearing this, Wang Qiang’s eyes lit up, nodding, "Yes, yes, Mr. Song, whatever kind of jade stone you need, just let me know your requirements, and I’ll prepare it for you immediately, ensuring the quality will be no worse than these."

Carved jade pieces incur considerable losses during processing, including the expense of the craftsmen, making them much more expensive than raw stones.

Take, for example, the jade pieces Song Yun just mentioned, with a total value running over a billion.

But if you extracted them all from raw stones without processing losses, considering only the cost, the value would be at a discount of at least fifty percent.

Wang Qiang’s money wasn’t blown in by the wind either, saving tens of millions was certainly worth giving Song Yun raw stones.

Song Yun wasn’t particularly familiar with the jade business.

However, obtaining more suitable jade stones would indeed be better than these finished jade pieces.

After all, jade pieces are shaped variously and have been carved; making an array plate would certainly be troublesome.

After thinking for a bit, Song Yun said to Wang Qiang, "I need quite a few, and regarding the quality, something like the ten million Yuan Jade Pendant’s texture would do. If there’s raw stone of that kind, and you can cut it according to my specifications, of course, that’s even better."

As soon as he heard this, Wang Qiang immediately answered, "Sure, sure, we definitely have raw stones."

Song Yun asked, "Where? I’d like to see first."

"Uh..."

Wang Qiang just agreed first, although he didn’t actually have any raw stones on hand at that moment. Hearing Song Yun’s request, he was immediately anxious, sweating all over.

He gave an awkward smile and forced himself to say, "Mr. Song, I don’t currently have any raw stones on hand. But as luck would have it, there’s a raw stone fair in Yanjing, we can go take a look. I’ve been playing with stones for many years, and I have the skill to appraise raw stones; I’ll surely get you a good one."

Song Yun raised an eyebrow, "You’re talking about stone gambling?"

"Yes," Wang Qiang nodded.

Song Yun laughed, "I’ve never played stone gambling; today, I might as well go and broaden my horizons."

Wang Qiang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, gesturing with his hand, "Mr. Song, this way, please. Today happens to be the liveliest day of the raw stone fair. Many merchants will be there. Even if you don’t understand raw stones, you might be interested in giving it a try."

"Hmm."

Song Yun nodded and walked toward the exit.

After taking a couple of steps, he stopped, turned back and smiled at Xiaoman, "Have confidence in yourself, work hard, you’ll succeed."

"Hmm."

Xiaoman nodded heavily; Song Yun’s words gave her great encouragement.

Now Wang Qiang found Xiaoman much more pleasing to the eye, because Xiaoman’s one sentence just now saved him a large sum of money. He also said to Xiaoman, "Xiaoman, starting today, you’re the manager of this store. I’ll assign you an assistant tomorrow to help you quickly get on top of the management job."

Xiaoman slightly bowed, "Thank you, Mr. Wang."

Wang Qiang then glanced at Yang Lujing, saying coldly, "You’re fired."

Yang Lujing looked desolate, and dared not speak to explain.

Just because of different attitudes toward Song Yun, the outcomes of Xiaoman and Yang Lujing were worlds apart, sigh-inducing.

...

The venue for the raw stone fair was set inside a five-star hotel.

Such professional trade shows mostly involved industry insiders, and as for the outsiders hoping to strike it rich by gambling on stones, most ended up losing everything.

Without a keen eye, relying on luck to find a gem is nearly a million-to-one chance.

An invitation was required to enter the venue, but Wang Qiang could simply swipe his face card, and the organizers let him and Song Yun in without any issue.

Zhou Hunshi had no interest in stone gambling and didn’t come along.

Song Yun sent him to Azure Dragon Villa to find Lin Jun, letting Lin Jun teach him a trick or two, which Hunshi eagerly went to do, thrilled to pieces.

The venue was set in a banquet hall, with all the furnishings moved away, leaving the floor covered with stones of various sizes and shapes.

Song Yun looked around, and purely by sight, he couldn’t tell anything about these raw stones.

However, being at the peak of SSS level, his ability to sense spiritual energy was not weak.

Whichever stone had rich spiritual energy naturally contained good jade inside.

This method of selection made the process much easier.

However, throughout the entire venue, nearly ninety-five percent of the raw stones had little to no spiritual energy within, explaining why the stone gambling industry is so treacherous.

As they walked through the venue, Wang Qiang introduced, "Mr. Song, we’ll look through each one, and I’ll help you appraise them, so we’ll definitely find the right raw stone for the jade you need."

"What big words, you say it like you got X-ray vision or something."

Just as Wang Qiang finished speaking, a disdainful voice sounded from behind.

Song Yun turned around to see a young man in his twenties wearing a black casual suit, full of arrogance, flanked by two security guards dressed in black, looking quite imposing.

"Zhou Dalong, I have something to do today, no time to deal with you." Wang Qiang was clearly at odds with the person, huffed, and said to Song Yun, "Let’s go, Mr. Song."

"Haha, Wang Qiang, are you afraid of me?"

The young man called Zhou Dalong was over ten years younger than Wang Qiang, yet called him by his name directly, clearly not respecting him.

He followed them, teasing, "Wang Qiang, you can ignore me, but I’ll just follow behind and watch you stumble. Ever since you lost to me last time, it seems you haven’t played stone gambling for a while, hahaha..."