Chapter 46: Gloating Over Others' Misfortune

  The stonemason stood there in a daze, his face also filled with incredulity.

  This is too ridiculous, if the wiped window surface on this side can reveal half of the jade, it's not a loss to make this piece of wool fabric, but with just such a thin edge, it's almost a complete failure.

  The current wool is like a thin cream cake, the front looks bright and beautiful with a layer of cream, but when you look at it from the side, there's only a very thin layer of cream left, and the rest is thick bread.

  One side looks great, but the other is a complete mess, this contrast is too big.

  Li Zhiming was also stunned there, rubbing his eyes, more shocked than Shi Gong.

  His heart was pounding, as if he were the master of this piece of fabric, and all the thrill of the ups and downs was on his body.

  "Cut! Cut it open!"

  The master of the wool suddenly said a sentence, and there was no smile on his face. Anyone who encounters such a big collapse is afraid that they will not be able to laugh.

  The stone worker hastily set up the cutting knife and prepared to cut it directly. This piece of material is not large, and the cutting is faster.

  His heart was also a bit evil, he wasn't a professional stone carver, and the jade workshop didn't specifically assign a stone carver here, there was no need for that. He and Li Zhi Ming were both ordinary jade carvers here, when they had nothing to do, they would come over to help carve stones and practice their skills, and also give themselves good luck.

  Similarly, if he fails, he will think it's just his bad luck and be more careful in what he does next.

  The wool owner stands by to help, wiping stones alone is enough, but when cutting stones, someone can help beside, so the speed can be a little faster.

  "Hiss!"

  A sound even more piercing than the grinding stone arose, completely overpowering the small stone mill's noise beside it. On that side, people were originally cutting stones, but upon hearing this side's loud chopping sounds, they all ran over to gather around. This feeling of being on a helicopter is the most thrilling, and even if it's not your own material, you can still feel your heart pounding rapidly.

  "Whoosh!"

  The wool was cut off directly at a quarter of the whole piece, right on the window that had just been wiped clean. The owner's choice of location was also very particular. If there was jade in the cut-off quarter, it could be made into a pendant. The remaining large pieces of jade or pendants could also be used to make handle pieces.

  The hatch opened and the people crowded around the stone remover machine hastily stretched out their heads to look inside.

  "It's all over! It's all over!"

  "This material is gone!"

  The surrounding area immediately erupted in a flurry of noise, with many people exclaiming in dismay. After this cut was made, the result was the same as before - on the cutting surface, there were only stone layers and a thin layer of jadeite. This outcome suggested that it was highly likely that the entire piece of rough material only had that small amount of jadeite, just a tiny bit, and nothing else could be made from it, so it didn't have much value.

  There is a saying that gold has a price but jade is priceless. Many pieces of jade are more valuable than gold, but in one aspect, it can't compare to gold.

  Broken gold can be sold and is valuable, but small pieces of jade are not. These thin slices of jade cannot be processed and are unwanted like broken jade fragments.

  Many people shook their heads, and many others sighed in dismay.

  A piece of wool that was rising in value suddenly plummeted, and the price changed dramatically. Just a moment ago, after wiping away the first window of gains, the minimum price of wool was over 50,000, but now it's worth at most only one or two thousand, and even this requires someone to take a gamble, betting that there is still jade hidden within the wool.

  The value dropped dozens of times in an instant, and the owner of the wool was obviously unacceptable.

  "Cut again!"

  The owner of the wool goods called out again, and the stone worker hesitated for a moment before doing as he was told.

  This time it was cut directly from the middle, cutting everything in half. The amount of wool was not large, and the cutting speed was also faster. In just a few minutes, this small piece of wool was completely cut open, revealing two cut surfaces.

  Splashing water clean, the master of the fur goods revealed a thick disappointment on his face.

  Two facets are still the same as just now, still a little bit of jade layer, the rest is all stone material, this piece of rough material is equivalent to being ruined, almost completely ruined.

  Let's see if we can extract a little bit of value to make small pendants or extremely small gourds, but no matter what, the value is not high, and whether it can cover the processing cost is an unknown number, it is very likely that there is no processing value.

  The owner of the wool took away the stone that had been cut off and did not continue to peel it. This piece of wool was no longer necessary to peel.

  Many people sympathized with him, some betting on a rise and others on a fall. Just now someone had a big win, but then came a complete collapse. The gambler's nature was fully revealed at this moment.

  Unfortunately, many people know about the big rise, but only a small part of them will understand this kind of collapse. The store won't go around promoting the story of the collapse.

  "Xiao Gao, give me the stone-breaking machine!"

  Li Zhiming walked up to the stone grinder and said something to the previous stone grinder, who nodded and stepped aside, making way for him.

  Liu Yi Yang also walked over, Liu Yi Yang's hands were holding the piece of wool that had just been bought.

  Some people who were about to leave stayed behind when they saw someone else unsealing the stone, and whether they knew each other or not, they all discussed the process of unsealing the stone just now. What happened earlier was unforgettable for anyone, and it vividly taught a lesson.

  "Yi Yang, how do you plan to solve it?"

  Li Zhiming stood up after he was done, and asked Liu Yi Yang a question. He directly stood in front of the stone monument, without even letting Liu Yi Yang have a chance to try, because he knew that Liu Yi Yang wouldn't be able to lift the stone anyway.

  "What do you think is a good solution?" Liu Yiyang thought for a moment and asked in a low voice.

  He indeed won't crack the stone. Judging from the situation of that piece of wool just now, everything he saw through before was true, which means he really saw through everything inside the gambling stone.

  Since it was true just now, this piece must be too. He knew the distribution of jade inside, but unfortunately didn't know what method to use to get it out best, can only go ask Li Zhiming.

  "Go ahead and wipe it clean first, this is all just speculation, let's see what happens after wiping!"

  After thinking for a moment, Li Zhiming finally set up the grinding wheel and prepared to start polishing the stone.

  Others were not surprised by his actions at all. Of course, the first thing to do with wool is to wipe it open and take a look, and after wiping it open, there are many options.

  If it's green, if it's jadeite, first look at the quality of the jadeite. If the quality is good, you can continue to dissolve it out or sell it as a semi-precious material for polishing. As long as it polishes up well, it will definitely be worth more than what you paid for it initially.

  The result of wiping is not good, you can also choose to cut directly and save time, or think about recovering some losses, lowering the price for sale, and letting others continue to gamble on the back.

  Wipe open, after cutting open, it can be sold at any time, which is also a characteristic of gambling stone.

  The dull and ear-piercing sound of scraping stone started, and the people around watched Li Zhiming scrape the stone, but they were still talking about what had just happened, enough to show how deep an impression the previous event had left on everyone.

  Not many people around looked highly on Liu Yiyang's wool fabric.

  The size of this wool fabric is still acceptable, and it has the possibility of being a high-quality product. It's also an old-fashioned material, and there are green fluffy dandelion-like things on the outside, which are all advantages of the wool fabric.

  But this material also has a major drawback, first of all, there are too many cracks, the surface is full of these cracks, and some are very bad small cracks.

  Ji is a manifestation on the surface of jadeite, and it's also a bad manifestation. Generally speaking, if there are many cracks on the surface of jadeite, then there will be many cracks inside the jadeite as well. Cracks greatly affect the value of jadeite. Originally, jadeite that could have been made into bangles or pendants can only be abandoned and used for other purposes due to these cracks.

  It's understandable if you think about it. The bangle on your hand, a clear crack can be seen, what kind of feeling is that? People who don't know might even think this is a defective product.

  Apart from the nap splitting, there is also a bit of pilling on the surface of this fabric.

  Jade with "mold" is also a kind of skin blemish, which is not good. The mold can penetrate inside and damage the jade's structure. Originally bright green jade will become coarse and rough after getting mold, like a toad's skin, naturally nobody wants such jade anymore.

  Just then, Li Zhiming finished wiping the stone. He chose the side with pine flowers. Having pine flowers makes it easier to produce green, but it's not absolute. However, he hopes that it will be bigger after all. Li Zhiming chose this place also wanting to start by making a profit and opening well, giving Liu Yi Yang more confidence.

  At this time, Li Zhiming had no idea that Liu Yiyang didn't care about these at all, he already knew everything about the fabric.

  "It's green! It's green!"

  Someone suddenly shouted, Li Zhiming's spirit also surged, and he hastily wiped the newly opened window with water again, and took a lamp to carefully shine it.

  There is green, indeed there is green, it's just still inside and can't be seen very clearly.

  As long as there is green, this is a manifestation of speculation. Just this one wiped window surface made the price of this piece of wool fabric bought by Liu Yi Yang rise to around 6,000, an increase of 1,000.

  It didn't rise much, but it still rose.

  The stock price rose, and Li Zhiming's momentum became even stronger. Behind him, there was someone who looked at him with envy. This person with a jealous mind was Xiao Gao, the stone worker from earlier. He had lost money, while Li Zhiming had made a profit. Plus, the previous big gain on that piece of woolen goods was also thanks to Li Zhiming's help, which meant that he had suddenly surpassed him.

  They are all jade carvers, and there is naturally competition among them. Usually, no one admits defeat to anyone else. Now that Li Zhiming has solved the puzzle twice, even if it's not his own material, he will still be more famous than him, which means he has been surpassed.

  It's probably unbearable for anyone to be surpassed by others in luck.

  Li Zhiming had no idea what the fellow behind him was thinking, and he was enthusiastically wiping down the wool, now even more exhilarated than before. Earlier it was a stranger's wool, but now the owner of the wool was his only friend in Bin Hai, so naturally he felt even happier wiping down his friend's wool.

  After the applause died down, the murmurs of the people around him decreased a bit, and everyone watched intently as he solved the puzzle.

  More and more of the wool layer was wiped away, and the green inside finally came into view. Then, the quality of the jadeite was also seen by everyone. When Li Zhiming stopped the sand wheel, everyone was stunned for a moment.

  Looking at the window that had just been wiped clean, Li Zhiming's expression was also somewhat complicated. He hadn't expected it to end up like this.

  And he, the stone mason who was behind him earlier, had a look of schadenfreude after being stunned for a moment, but he concealed it very well and didn't let others notice.