My house's electrical wiring dates back to the Tang Dynasty.

"How much?" Boss Zhou asked, looking at Li Mingbo.

Boss Zhou knew that Huang Wentao was just an intermediary.

"Boss Zhou, we're regular customers. Same as last time, 80 million, no bargaining. You can see this box is an antique sandalwood piece, and I didn't even include that in the price," Li Mingbo said.

Upon hearing this, the old Chinese medicine doctor nodded and looked at Boss Zhou, saying, "This box is indeed an antique, exquisitely crafted, and made of old sandalwood. It is definitely an old item, and paired with this century-old ginseng, it is quite worthy."

"I'll take two, please help me choose," Boss Zhou replied.

Finally, the old Chinese medicine doctor picked out two that looked good.

As for those five pieces of chicken blood stone.

After Li Mingbo returned, he did some research online.

The highest grade of Changhua chicken-blood stone can cost millions per gram.

The five pieces I selected were all large pieces weighing over 50 grams each, with bright red and full of blood, and the blood content was over 90%.

The base is made of top-grade mutton fat jelly and Baling glass jelly.

It once fetched a record of one million per gram.

Therefore, Li Mingbo cannot sell these five pieces like ginseng; instead, he must maximize profits by handing them over to an auction company along with the five jadeite rough stones.

After Boss Zhou left, Huang Wentao contacted his former clients.

It turns out that those business owners have all handed over their legal services to Huang Wentao, so Huang Wentao needs to contact them first and ask them not to hand it over to anyone else.

Soon, the bosses, upon hearing that there was such a good product, immediately said they would fly back.

The unit price is also 80 million.

Five roots equal four hundred million.

Finally, I went to the tax bureau to file the tax return. The individual income tax was 79.8 million yuan and the stamp duty was 200,000 yuan, totaling 80 million yuan.

There are still 320 million left.

This time, Huang Wentao did not charge a brokerage fee.

Through these two transactions, Huang Wentao has already reached cooperation agreements with five bosses' companies, which is enough business for him.

Huang Wentao was afraid that if he accepted Li Mingbo's money, he would be unhappy and might cooperate with other companies. If those three bosses then canceled their cooperation with their law firm, it would be a complete disaster.

So, being clever, he didn't take any money this time.

"There are many auction companies in the capital, but each has its own expertise. As for bloodstone and jadeite, Rongbao is more professional. Their core business is calligraphy, painting, and scholar's objects. Bloodstone is exactly what their core business is. Of course, it's not that other companies don't have it either," Huang Wentao said as he introduced several auction companies in the capital.

"Brother Huang, do you have any friends? If so, patronize your friend's business. It's all the same no matter who you give it to," Li Mingbo said.

"Yes, there are, but they're not good friends, just superficial acquaintances. They're not worth us going through this." Huang Wentao pursed his lips and looked at Li Mingbo.

"Alright, then let's go with Rongbao Company. Notify them to come and appraise it. I can cut windows into all five jadeite rough stones and sell them as finished products at auction," Li Mingbo said arrogantly.

Because it's impossible to know whether there's jade inside a rough jade stone—sometimes it's just a stone, sometimes it's jade—the trade term is "gambling on stones."

There's a saying that one cut can make you poor, another can make you rich.

Uncut rough stones, because it's unknown whether they contain jade, will fetch a lower auction price.

It's different if you open the window.

Two of these raw stones were tribute items, and the other three were carefully selected from the East Market.

Li Shimin said that those two pieces were left over from the previous dynasty.

That must be extraordinary.

Li Mingbo is not afraid of finding stones when he cuts them open.

"Okay, I'll call them now and have them come to our home for testing." Huang Wentao immediately took out his phone.

Soon, Rongbao Company's business manager arrived with an appraisal expert.

The two were temporary experts hired by their company. They were experts from a national museum, and they would come to help when they had business to attend to.

This time, Huang Wentao told me that there were 5 pieces of high-quality chicken-blood stone and 5 pieces of jadeite rough, so I temporarily invited an authoritative expert to come and help with the appraisal.

Both experts are specialists in jade appraisal; one examines the raw jadeite, and the other examines the chicken-blood stone.

"Manager Wang, these five pieces are indeed high-grade chicken-blood stones from Changhua. They are of a very high level, belonging to the top tier. This is the first time I've ever seen such good and large chicken-blood stones." The old expert with the pointed chin gave his conclusion to the middle-aged man.

The slightly overweight expert also examined the three pieces of jadeite rough with windows cut into them.

However, there are other genuine pieces, and I dare not speak too definitively. "Judging from the areas that have already been exposed, the water content and color are indeed those of grandmother-level jadeite, and there are no cracks. I can guarantee that the areas that have been exposed are indeed jadeite, and there has been no tampering. I am certain of that."

"The shell has very high transparency when backlit, indicating that it has excellent quality and translucency."

Although jade gambling is not as popular as it used to be, the main reason is that there are too many fakes.

The various methods of forgery are frightening.

If there are genuine products, there will be no shortage of buyers.

"I can cut each stone in half and then auction it off, which will fetch a higher price," Li Mingbo said with great confidence.

This raw stone was bought from the East Market in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

Each one was carefully selected before being transported to Chang'an; there could be no defective products.

Moreover, it is speculated that those two pieces of raw jadeite, which were presented as tribute, could yield even better jadeite.

Li Mingbo also wanted to know just how high-grade those two tribute stones were to be presented to the emperor.

I don't expect it to be like the legendary He Shi Bi jade, but it should be just as good.

The manager was pleased to hear this from Li Mingbo, the owner of the goods.

The worst thing about gambling on rough stones is that if you cut it open, it becomes a rough stone, and the price is no longer that of a raw stone; you can sell it directly as jadeite.

Huang Wentao called two security guards from the law firm to carry the five jadeite rough stones downstairs to his car. They then drove to the Panjiayuan Antique Market.

Find a workshop that cuts jade.

Cut those three pieces of raw stone with three windows in half.

The color inside doesn't change much; the texture and color are the same as the area with the window. There's a section that gradually turns pink towards the center, with green and pink interspersed. The texture is all of grandmother-grade jadeite.

The two raw stones that were presented as tribute were cut in half.

One is a pure white, glass-type top-grade jadeite with perfect clarity and is a completely transparent imperial-grade jadeite.

The other piece is also a top-quality jadeite, but this one is an imperial-grade jadeite that is entirely pink.

It immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Many people at the scene immediately offered to buy from Li Mingbo.

The manager panicked when he heard that.

If Li Mingbo sells directly, they won't have any business and won't receive any commissions.

Li Mingbo isn't in a hurry to use the money, so he'll hand it over to Ronghe Auction Company.

Both parties returned to Guangming Law Firm and signed the auction contract.

With lawyer Huang Wentao present, the auction company ultimately collected a 3% commission.

Even with only 3%, with two types of items and ten pieces, the total price would be over one billion, and the commission would be at least thirty million.

Besides, this matter couldn't be kept secret any longer. I believe other auction houses in the capital have already received the news. They were afraid that competitors would lower prices and steal their business, so as soon as Huang Wentao brought it up, they quickly agreed and signed a contract immediately.

The contract stipulates that the auction company shall not disclose the client's personal information without the client's consent.

After the contract was signed, the other party left, and both parties left their contact numbers.