Chapter Forty-Seven Two Thousand Yuan

  The woolen coat had been completely wiped off, Li Zhiming turned his head around, opened his mouth a few times but couldn't say anything.

  Liu Yi Yang then walked forward and took a closer look, silently nodding his head.

  The wool shows the same appearance as what he saw before, now wiping open to reveal a small piece of jade on the other side. Although it is jade, the color is very dark and lacks the green roundness, let alone the watery transparency of other jades.

  To put it simply, this is a very ugly piece of jade with many impurities inside, and the rough texture can be seen with the naked eye.

  "It's easy to get arrogant, but it's not that great!"

  Li Zhiming finally spoke up, shaking his head in regret. The people around him also started discussing it in hushed tones.

  This piece of jade is not very good, the color is like black, but not that pure black, it's a toad black, the jade meat is rough and messy, looks blurry, overall it looks like a toad.

  To be exact, this is a piece of mottled green jadeite, but due to internal damage, the color is really ugly and can't be considered as having any quality. The texture is particularly coarse, even after polishing it looks dull and unattractive. Simply put, this is a piece of jadeite with no processing value.

  Even if it's processed, nobody wants it, and you still have to pay for labor costs.

  In that case, this piece of fabric is also ruined.

  Two consecutive blocks of wool collapsed, which was quite unexpected for the people around. There were not many wool collapses in the past, but most of them were public kilogram goods, which were cheaper and had a higher chance of becoming bricks.

  Generally, for tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of yuan worth of jade material, even if it's a loss, some materials can still be recovered to make up for it. For example, 10,000 yuan worth of jade material only yielded 2,000 yuan worth of jade, although it was a big loss, at least something was recovered. However, a complete failure is different, as no investment can be recovered, and everything goes down the drain.

  A big surge once, followed by two consecutive collapses, causing people around to shout "this is crazy".

  "How come you don't understand?"

  Liu Yi Yang looked at it for a while and suddenly asked a question. He only wiped the window open, Li Zhi Ming stopped there and didn't continue to move the stone machine.

  He said that, Li Zhiming felt a little embarrassed and whispered: "Yiyang, the jadeite inside has come out. This kind of jadeite is worthless, even if they are all this kind of jadeite inside, it's still worthless!"

  Li Zhiming knew Liu Yiyang didn't understand much and thought he couldn't accept the perfect score, so he explained it to him in a low voice.

  He knew that Liu Yi Yang was picking up leaks, but also understood that Liu Yi Yang's life was extremely frugal. He also knew that Liu Yi Yang's family was not good, and normally, Liu Yi Yang would think of ways to make one dollar into two halves to spend, just to save money for his family.

  This piece of wool fabric is worth 5,000 yuan, losing 5,000 yuan at once, Liu Yi Yang will definitely feel heartache.

  He suddenly felt a little regretful, he shouldn't have pulled Liu Yiyang to see the wool and shouldn't have talked about those big gains, letting Liu Yiyang be stimulated and also buy a piece of wool. He should go and persuade him not to come and gamble, someone like Liu Yiyang is not suitable for playing with gambling stones.

  Unfortunately, it's too late to say these things, this piece of wool has already been gambled away.

  "It's okay, can I cut it below? I want to try cutting a knife and see!"

  Liu Yi Yang looked at the stone and had a general understanding of it. He thought about the situation inside the stone, walked forward, drew a line on the velvet like the previous person, then turned back to say something to Li Zhi Ming.

  "Cutting stone? Alright, I'll cut one stroke!"

  Li Zhiming was slightly stunned, but still nodded his head. Liu Yiyang was his good friend and he didn't want to say anything that would be a blow to him, even if he thought the fabric had no value left and would continue to unravel.

  The people around all shook their heads and didn't think much of the wool fabric, a few even left to watch a small stone mill nearby.

  "Hiss!"

  The knife started working quickly, the piercing sound made Liu Yi Yang's eyebrows jump lightly, looking around, he really didn't know how people around him adapted to such a noise, this was completely just noise.

  Fortunately, the soundproofing in the front hall is good and didn't let the noise pass through, otherwise these sounds would have a huge impact on business.

  Liu Yi Yang's fabric was not very large, and this knife cut quickly. Along the line drawn by Liu Yi Yang, Li Zhi Ming cut the fabric in two within a few minutes, cutting it into two halves.

  Then he washed the cut surface, and a clean cut surface was presented in front of everyone.

  "It's still going to collapse!"

  "This trashy jade is barely worth a penny, what a complete failure!"

  "What a pity! Five thousand yuan went down the drain!"

  The people around were shaking their heads, some with sympathy, some with regret, and a small number of people who were gloating, as if they were happy that someone else was unlucky. There were also some people who had seen this piece of fabric before and knew its value, and they were sorry that Liu Yiyang, the young man, had lost 5,000 yuan.

  Li Zhiming turned around and whispered: "Yiyang, that's how gambling works..."

  "Can I continue wiping from here?"

  Li Zhiming's words were interrupted by Liu Yiyang, who was carefully examining the newly cut window surface. Based on his previous observations of the stone, he analyzed how to best extract the green, crystal-clear jade.

  After analyzing, the best way is to wipe the stone from one corner of the cut surface just now. As long as you wipe it open a little, you can see the jade inside, and then ask Li Zhiming a sentence.

  "Want to polish the stone again?"

  Li Zhiming was slightly stunned and asked a sentence without thinking, as soon as he finished speaking, he regretted it. As a friend, he shouldn't have said such a doubtful thing.

  Liu Yi Yang's appearance is very much like that of a gambler who has lost and is unwilling to accept it, wanting to find a piece of jadeite from the broken stone, there are many such gamblers, most of whom have poor psychological endurance.

  Even if it is completely cut up, it may not be possible to cut out valuable jade.

  Of course, this is not absolute. It's not that there's no possibility of a rebound after a crash. The probability of such a rebound is estimated to be less than one in a million, which is barely higher than the odds of winning the lottery. This is also why many people are pessimistic about it.

  "Hey kid, you're just starting to get into gemstone gambling, aren't you?"

  A man in his fifties suddenly asked a question, Liu Yi Yang turned back, looking at him in surprise, and finally nodded silently. He had just started to come into contact with gambling stones, to be precise, this was the first piece of gambling stone material he bought.

  The man smiled and pointed at the wool cloth Li Zhiming was about to wipe the stone with, asking in a low voice: "Are you selling this wool cloth? If so, sell it to me for 2,000 yuan!"

  The man's words made many people around him stunned, and Li Zhiming, who was fixing the wool, also stunned for a moment, turning his head to look at the man with some disbelief.

  This piece of wool was worth 5,000 yuan before, but now it's worthless. Not to mention 5,000, even 500 is not worth it. It can also be said that anyone who knows a thing or two about jade wouldn't want this kind of stuff.

  This man, Li Zhiming, has a bit of an impression, often comes, buys a lot of things, is a wealthy owner, seems to especially like jadeite, likes to collect various types of jadeite products, is the store's VIP customer, but in my impression he rarely gambles on stones, it seems that they are all buying finished jadeite jewelry from the store.

  Such a person is willing to buy a piece of scrap metal, Li Zhiming couldn't help but glance at Liu Yi Yang, wanting to hint that he should quickly agree.

  If it can be sold for 2,000, then it's making an extra 2,000, which is also equivalent to reducing the loss.

  "Thank you, I won't sell it, I'll just figure it out myself!"

  Liu Yi Yang was also very surprised. He wasn't stupid, and he naturally understood the current situation clearly. This piece of wool fabric was not well-regarded by many people, and in everyone's eyes, it was worthless wool fabric.

  Something worthless, someone would pay 2,000 to buy it. Either he knew the inside story or was purely kind-hearted, letting Liu Yi Yang reduce his losses a bit.

  Liu Yi Yang was also somewhat puzzled, speaking while carefully looking at this man.

  When Liu Yi Yang refused, the man just smiled and shook his head, no longer speaking. The people around him also looked at him strangely and soon began to whisper among themselves.

  Their guesses were similar to Liu Yiyang's, this man was either optimistic about the fabric or a kind-hearted person who helped him out of kindness, considering Liu Yiyang's youth and reducing his losses; if that was indeed the case, then such people were rare nowadays.

  "Easy?"

  Seeing Liu Yi Yang refuse, Li Zhi Ming became slightly anxious and hastily called out to him.

  Liu Yi Yang shook his head again and said softly, "It's okay, Zhiming, you can let go. You always say that the outcome of a gamble is unknown until the very end, so let's see it through to the end and not give up halfway!"

  Seeing him insist on it, Li Zhiming had no choice but to start polishing the stone again.

  The people around him looked at Liu Yi Yang with a different gaze, many of them secretly laughing at him for being foolish. If someone was willing to buy useless goods, then he must be an idiot.

  The man nodded slightly and had a hint of approval in his eyes.

  The man's name is Liu Chaohui, he is 53 years old, and the chairman of the Chaohui Group. The Chaohui Group is a well-known large enterprise in Binhai, with more than 3,000 employees and assets exceeding 1 billion.

  Liu Chaohui is very fond of jade and often comes to Jade Street, where he is a VIP customer in every store. He wants to buy Liu Yiyang's jade wool, which is actually just out of kindness, mainly because he thinks Liu Yiyang is too young and dresses very simply, plus the fact that he didn't understand anything before, judging that this is a young man who has just come into contact with gambling stones.

  His subsequent questions also confirmed his conjecture.

  After meeting Liu Yi Yang, he couldn't help but think of his past self. When he was young, he was also very poor and wore clothes similar to Liu Yi Yang's, which looked white but were actually old clothes that had been worn for many years. At that time, he was also very stubborn and refused to listen to others' advice.

  However, he was lucky and eventually achieved success through his own efforts, becoming a rich man himself.

  So this time he thought of helping Liu Yi Yang, two thousand yuan was nothing to him, seeing Liu Yi Yang refuse, he didn't insist either.

  Li Zhiming started polishing the stone again, and the murmurs of the people around him subsided a bit.

  Liu Yi Yang is so stupid, it has nothing to do with them. There are still a few people waiting there, waiting to see Liu Yi Yang's regretful expression after he finishes solving the puzzle, regretting why they didn't get rid of this trash for 2,000 yuan earlier.

  It has to be said that people like this are somewhat psychologically abnormal and enjoy seeing others in a bad light.

  Li Zhiming wiped quickly, and as he was wiping, his hand suddenly shook. He stared at the window that had just been wiped clean in disbelief. The people around him who were discussing also looked at the newly cleaned window, and everyone who saw the window was stunned for a moment, their mouths involuntarily closing.

  Soon, around the stone grinder became quiet again, with only the sound of the sand wheel constantly humming.