Everyone in the store looked at Qin Jianjun with puzzled expressions.

"Three and a half million isn't enough? This guy is too audacious and too greedy."

"My friend and I looked at that stone last month. The spiderweb-like cracks on the surface extended inward along the sand grain. Nine out of ten stones would fall apart if cut."

"But they just cut the best high-quality apple green jadeite in Jiangbei Street in the last six months. What if their luck is truly extraordinary?"

"That's true, a 01% chance isn't impossible, is it?"

"Is a low-probability event likely to happen? Is this what he's really thinking? Could he be really obsessed? Are we going to see another newbie lose everything gambling on jade today?"

Everyone was in a wait-and-see mode, only whispering among themselves.

Old Wang wiped the stone-cutting blade clean, his fingertips still covered in emerald green stone powder. The excitement from the previous cut hadn't subsided, but his brows were tightly furrowed.

Having worked in the stone-cutting industry for over a decade, he has seen too many people become rich overnight through sheer luck, believing they are blessed by destiny, only to lose almost all their capital in subsequent gambles.

As an employee of the store, he didn't feel comfortable speaking up to dissuade him, but instead looked at Qin Jianjun with a serious expression.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man wearing a black Zhongshan suit and a plain jade bracelet on his wrist stepped out from the crowd.

He was Gu Mingshan, the owner of Zhangshiju Restaurant, who rushed over after receiving a message from the shop assistants.

With a smile in his eyes, Gu Mingshan greeted Qin Jianjun, then glanced at the Moxi Sha raw stone, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

This piece of Moxi Sha jade has been stored in the warehouse for thirteen months. It is the last stock of the upstream bundled shipment. The surface sand is white and loose, which is recognized in the industry as a dead skin with desanding. The crack runs through the entire piece of stone. Originally, it was worth more than four million yuan but no one wanted it. The store specially reduced the price to three and a half million yuan, but no one has taken it over.

I never expected someone would take a liking to it today!

Gu Mingshan concealed the joy in his eyes.

"The variations in the quality of Moxi Sha old elephant skin are extremely large. A surface crack does not mean that the internal crack is completely connected; there is still a sliver of room for maneuver." (To paraphrase, if we're talking about variations and color incorporating these elements, what kind of jadeite with what quality and color could it be, and how much would it be worth? (The previous statement was worth twelve million.))

He said these lies without batting an eye.

"Brother-in-law, you're on a roll right now!" Zhao Xu also took a step forward, raising his voice to deliberately provoke Qin Jianjun.

He looked extremely nervous at that moment.

Seeing Zhao Xu's increasingly anxious expression, Qin Jianjun chuckled twice, tossed the bank card to the shop owner, and said, "Tch."

"Okay, Lao Wang, come and cut this piece!" The boss shouted with a bright smile after swiping his card.

Old Wang bowed and agreed, then carefully gripped the 200-pound rough stone with both hands and inserted it into the anti-slip groove of the cutting machine, his arm muscles tensing as he tightened the buckle.

This rough stone is enormous, and the margin for error when cutting it is extremely low; a single off-center cut will destroy the last remaining color roots inside.

The crowd spontaneously pushed forward a couple of steps, their breathing becoming softer in unison, leaving only the low hum of the cutting machine in the shop.

The blade sank at a steady speed, and cooling water gushed out along the blade, with grayish-white stone powder mixed with the water spraying everywhere.

Three seconds later, the blade cut through the three-centimeter outer layer, revealing a dry, light gray stone. The stone had large, coarse crystals, was cloudy and lacked any jadeite fluorescence.

"It's too young, barely even a glutinous jade." A seasoned jade merchant in the crowd subconsciously judged, and his companion immediately raised his hand to signal for silence.

Zhao Xu feigned surprise and said, "Brother-in-law, don't worry. Your last piece of material was the same. The real test was at the very end."

Although that's what he said, what he really thought was: Qin Jianjun couldn't possibly have such good luck to keep getting such huge profits.

Gu Mingshan calmly tried to smooth things over, saying, "We've only cut off a scrap; we haven't even planted the center yet. It's too early to draw conclusions."

Old Wang adjusted the cutting angle and aimed at the only light black python-like vein on the side of the rough stone, which was the only hope for this rough stone to be sold.

Everyone held their breath and stared intently at the spot where the blade would cut.

As the gap opened, a fine, spiderweb-like black crack pierced directly across the python belt, completely severing the faint green wisp hidden within it.

The green layer is only one millimeter thick on the surface and does not penetrate inwards at all.

"Green spots on the skin!" A collective exclamation arose from the crowd, confirming the earlier statement.

"The color root has cracked through; there's absolutely no hope."

"As expected, it's scrap leather. I shouldn't have had any expectations in the first place."

Zhao Xu smiled broadly, crossed his arms over his chest, and leaned back slightly.

He looked at Qin Jianjun and said jokingly, "Brother-in-law, how come your luck ran out so quickly?"

Qin Jianjun frowned slightly, equally puzzled. Was the luck of the koi fish a one-time thing?

He casually asked, "Is this stone finished being cut?"

"Not yet, almost," Old Wang replied.

No matter how badly the stone has crumbled, his duty is to completely dissect it.

Then two more cuts fell in quick succession, splitting the entire rough stone in two, fully exposing the inner and outer sections.

The entire stone is almost entirely grayish-white dead material visible to the naked eye, with only six small, fingernail-sized pieces of light green glutinous rice-type material at the edges, covered with fine cracks.

Such a small area is simply not suitable for making bracelets or pendants; it can only be polished into inexpensive bracelet beads.

"A glutinous rice seed of this size is worth at most 500,000 yuan." Someone couldn't help but shake their head.

The others sighed in agreement.

With a principal of 3.5 million, they lost 3 million directly.

This is jade gambling.

Zhao Xu completely dropped his pretense and sneered:

"Brother-in-law, are you finally facing reality? Getting rich overnight is just an illusion. Not only have you lost all the money you earned, but you can't even pay off your previous debts. Are you planning to sell your house to pay off the debts? No, that house of yours isn't even worth a million!"

"What are you going to do?"

Zhao Xu waited to see Qin Jianjun break down in pain.

But Qin Jianjun relaxed his brows, a faint smile even appearing on his face. He looked at Zhao Xu and asked, "Which other stone do you think will yield a good result?"

Zhao Xu's smile froze, and he subconsciously asked, "You still have money?"

Seeing Qin Jianjun nod, Zhao Xu took a deep breath.

We were careless! We were too happy too soon!

It seems Qin Jianjun has made a small windfall!

However, it seems that the other party has become complacent. Could it be that because of the first surge in prices, he thinks that the material he casually recommended can actually be sold?

In that case, he should definitely recommend the materials he "likes".

"That piece of bayberry skin on the side, worth 2.8 million, has a 70% chance of skyrocketing!" he casually made up.

The surrounding crowd laughed silently.

Some people kindly reminded him, "Don't believe his nonsense. That's just scrap metal; the probability of it being sold is only about 20%."

"It's nothing, pshaw!" Qin Jianjun said nonchalantly, handing the bank card to the surprised Gu Mingshan.

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