Chapter 77: Full Green Jade

As soon as he finished speaking, two staff members immediately came over, moved the stone onto the scale, and began weighing it.

Among the stones at the raw stone exhibition, some particularly good-looking ones were priced for sale, such as the King Stone and the one Luo Wentao had just chosen.

Most of the stones were not priced; when customers bought them, they were weighed by the jin and then the price was calculated.

Soon, the two staff members gave a quote: the stone Ye Bufan had chosen was worth 2,000 yuan.

This was understandable; the stone he had chosen was originally just to make up numbers, and its price per kilogram was the lowest kind, plus it was not much bigger than a basketball, so the price naturally wouldn't be too high.

Upon hearing this price, the surrounding people burst into laughter.

Luo Wentao said smugly, "2,000 yuan? You're actually comparing such a stone with me? Do you know how much the stone I chose is worth? This is a jade raw stone priced at 20 million yuan. How can you compare with me?"

Ye Bufan said with a calm expression, "Gambling on stones is about whose jade is more valuable when cut out, not about who buys the more expensive one."

Luo Wentao said, "We agreed that the final comparison is whose cut jade is more valuable, not who made a bigger profit."

He said this to be prepared for any eventuality. If the stone in Ye Bufan's hand cut out a piece of jade worth four or five thousand yuan, that would mean a double profit. If it wasn't made clear beforehand, he would be at a disadvantage.

Qin Chuchu frowned. Luo Wentao's stone was worth 20 million yuan; comparing a 20 million yuan raw stone with a 2,000 yuan one was unfair, but the stone was chosen by Ye Bufan himself, so she couldn't do anything.

Ye Bufan said, "No problem. Let's start cutting the stone."

"You姓叶, you really won't give up until you see the coffin."

Luo Wentao said, waving his hand at his subordinates, "Cut this stone for me. Let some people open their eyes."

In his opinion, he was sure to win this gamble. With the quality of this stone, the jade cut from it might be even larger than the raw stone Ye Bufan had chosen.

The staff members nearby were already prepared. Upon hearing the order, they immediately moved the huge raw stone onto the cutting machine, and then several cutting Masters began to work together.

"Chirp… Chirp… Chirp…"

The saw blade of the cutting machine rubbed against the raw stone, continuously emitting an ear-piercing sound, but to the ears of gambling stone enthusiasts, this sound was like beautiful music.

Everyone stared at the stone without blinking.

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They stared at the stone, hoping to cut out jade.

Time passed minute by minute. After a full 10 minutes, several cutting Masters were sweating, but there was still no sign of any jade appearing.

Luo Wentao slowly lost his composure. He frowned and said to the cutting Master, "Cut from the middle first."

Generally speaking, for very valuable jade raw stones, the cutting method used is to first polish the stone, and after jade appears, then determine the next step of the cutting direction.

But Luo Wentao was somewhat impatient now and directly asked the cutting Master to cut from the middle.

This method of cutting was simple and crude, and much faster. When this huge stone was split into two halves from the middle, everyone gasped in surprise.

The middle of this 20 million yuan stone was just a mass of white mist; not to mention cutting out jade, there wasn't even a trace of green.

"This…"

Luo Wentao was somewhat dumbfounded, then waved his hand at the cutting Master: "Cut it again for me."

Several cutting Masters worked together, haphazardly turning this raw stone from two pieces into four, four into eight, until it was cut into more than a dozen pieces, yet still no trace of jade was seen.

"It's over, it's completely collapsed!"

"It truly is one cut to Heaven, one cut to Hell! It's too much of a scam; 20 million yuan and not a single piece of jade was cut out…"

"What kind of luck does Luo Da Shao have? Such a large piece of jade raw stone, and not even a bit of jade…"

Amidst a chorus of sighs, Luo Wentao's face changed from his initial smugness to one as dark as water.

He couldn't understand why such a good raw stone, which he had almost designated as the King Stone of the entire exhibition, would have no jade at all. It made no sense, did it?

But the facts were right before his eyes, and he had no choice but to admit it.

Looking at the broken stones all over the ground, Ye Bufan smiled and said, "Luo Da Shao, how about it? Are you going to admit defeat?"

Luo Wentao said, "Why should I admit defeat? Although this stone failed, yours certainly won't be much better. At most, it's a tie."

Indeed, although his own stone yielded nothing, he likewise did not believe that the stone used for padding would yield any jade.

"I've always been lucky, I'm afraid I'll disappoint Luo Da Shao." Ye Bufan said to the cutting Masters, "Cut open my stone, but use rubbing, don't just cut randomly."

Several cutting

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The stone Master immediately showed a look of disdain. For such a rotten stone, if you cut it, you can't see anything, yet he still wants to rub it.

But since the person requested it, they could only do as told. So, they moved the stone onto the cutting machine and began to rub it little by little.

"This Young man is really interesting. He's even rubbing such a stone. I don't believe he can rub out jade…"

"Exactly. Luo Da Shao just now, with a raw stone worth 20 million yuan, didn't cut out any jade. What could his 2,000 yuan piece of junk have?"

The onlookers were discussing animatedly, none of them optimistic about Ye Bufan.

But just then, someone suddenly shrieked, "Look, it's green! This stone actually has green!"

With this shout, the cutting Master also stopped his movements, took a basin of clear water, and poured it onto the jade raw stone. The window that had been rubbed open revealed a rich green color; it really did have green.

"Oh my God, this kid is too lucky! A broken stone actually has jade."

"Look at this green, it's even ice-grade! This kid really hit the jackpot…"

After seeing that hint of green, Luo Wentao's expression became even uglier. As long as Ye Bufan cut out even a little jade, it meant he had lost this gamble.

The Head of Bodyguards standing nearby noticed his Master's distress and stepped forward, saying, "Young Master, this is just an accident. Perhaps there's only this tiny bit of jade inside that stone…"

Originally, he wanted to comfort Luo Wentao's wounded heart, but before he could finish speaking, several cutting Masters successively rubbed open several more windows, and each window was vibrant with green.

"Oh my God, this jade is actually full green…"

"How much is such a large piece of jade worth? And it's even ice-grade…"

"The most important thing is that he only spent 2,000 yuan; it's practically making a fortune with no capital."

Seeing that Ye Bufan's stone was entirely jade, the Head of Bodyguards' mouth hung open, unable to utter a single word, completely stunned.

Soon, several cutting Masters rubbed out the entire jade. Just as everyone had expected, it was a full-green jade, and of very high quality, also ice-grade.

Generally speaking, jade is valued by its green color, and roughly, it can be divided into four grades: bean-grade, glutinous-grade, ice-grade, and glass-grade.

Although ice-grade is not the most valuable type, such a large piece of jade, and green, is worth at least several million, possibly even tens of millions.