"What's happened is over. There's no use dwelling on it. Besides, as the saying goes, failure in love leads to success in gambling. Let's go and try our luck at gambling on jade. Maybe we can win big!"
After a moment of silence, Ye Feng patted Fatty Jiang on the shoulder and said something comforting in a gentle voice.
Although Fatty Jiang is usually carefree and seems to not care about anything except his dogs, even if the sky falls.
But Ye Feng could see that this guy was actually a very thoughtful person, and he probably hasn't forgotten that woman yet.
"Okay, let's go check it out."
Fatty Jiang also wanted to find something to do to relax, so he forced a smile and walked out of the hotel lobby with Ye Feng.
After turning a few corners, they walked into a large shed built with plastic steel.
From the outside, the shed was inconspicuous and even a little shabby, but when you walked in, you would see that it was packed with people. Moreover, the passers-by were all well-dressed, and they were obviously customers staying in the hotel.
Apart from people, the most common things in the greenhouse are various kinds of stones.
These stones are of different colors, some are yellow, some are black, and some are as colorful as if they were splashed with oil paint.
Not only that, there are many tiny patterns on the surface of the stone. At first glance, you might think they are dried earthworms, with uneven grooves and looking very ugly.
"This thing is jade..." Ye Feng widened his eyes, looking at the ugly stones in front of him in disbelief.
His understanding of jade was limited to the finished jades he had seen in jade shops, some as white as snow, some as lush green. However, he had never imagined that jade could be so ugly before being polished.
But this also proves the old Chinese saying: Don't judge a book by its cover, and don't judge the depth of the ocean by its depth.
Before the raw stone was polished, who would have thought that beneath its ugly appearance, there actually lay such a flawless treasure.
"Do you two want to buy raw stones to gamble on jade? All the raw stones here are from old mines. The quality is very good, especially these few pieces with skylights. They are very oily and there must be good things inside!"
Just as Ye Feng and Fatty Jiang were walking around the pile of stones, the stall owner came over, patted the few raw stones closest to him, and grinned with his big gold teeth.
Ye Feng looked in the direction of the sound and discovered that what the boss meant by opening a skylight was actually the use of a machine to scrape off some of the skin of the original stone, revealing the distribution of the jade inside.
Just as the boss said, the skylight that was polished from the raw stone showed a light green color and was glossy and smooth, and it seemed that the quality was indeed very good.
"How much is this raw stone?" Fatty Jiang became interested when he saw the raw stone and asked while photographing it.
"800,000, no bargaining!" The boss gestured, then urged, "The skylight from this rough stone is green jade, which is second only to mutton-fat jade, white jade and topaz. If you cut it open and the jade extends to the inside, you two will make a fortune."
"Since you said the odds are so high, why don't you cut it open yourself and take a chance?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng looked at his boss and smiled jokingly.
"It's fun to make money for everyone, and I only sell raw stones, I never gamble with jade."
The boss laughed and handled it with ease. It was obvious that he was already accustomed to questions like Ye Feng's.
"Brother, what do you think of this?"
Fatty Jiang touched the raw stone and turned back to ask Ye Feng.
Although eight hundred thousand is not a small number, it is still within Fatty Jiang's affordability.
Moreover, he had just encountered some troubles, and he also wanted to use the excitement of gambling on jade to take away the depression and unhappiness in his heart.
"Let me see..." Ye Feng came over with a smile, pretending to be experienced as he touched the stone and turned it back and forth.
Watching his actions, the boss still had a smile on his face, but there was some disdain in his eyes.
He had already seen that Ye Feng and Fatty Jiang were just two rookies who knew nothing about gambling jade.
If he was really an expert, he would never look at the raw stone with his naked eyes, but would have used a magnifying glass and a flashlight.
"I can't see anything with my naked eyes, but I don't know if my telekinesis can break through the skin of the raw stone and see what's inside..."
After walking around the raw stone and feeling nothing unusual, Ye Feng's heart moved slightly, and then he directed his mental power towards the raw stone out of common sense.
It really works!
As soon as the mental power approached the raw stone, Ye Feng immediately felt an obstruction, but after exerting a little force, the mental power easily cut through the skin and entered the interior of the raw stone like a sharp blade cutting through paper.
Under the illumination of mental power, the entire piece of raw stone, except for the one-centimeter-thick green jade in the skylight part, the deeper part is all milky white sand-like quartz crystals, and there are also many cracks.
This is a piece of junk!
Soon, Ye Feng determined the condition of this raw stone.
This discovery made him feel ecstatic. Since telekinesis could penetrate the skin of raw stones, then he could make a fortune by gambling on jade!
"My two brothers, I told you to wait for me to gamble with jade, why are you here so soon!"
Before Ye Feng could open his mouth to reject the stall owner's proposal, a laugh suddenly came from behind them.
Looking back, I saw that the person who was speaking was not Lu Dayou, so who else could it be
When he saw Lu Dayou, the expression of the Big Gold Tooth stall owner became strange and a little embarrassed.
“Big Gold Teeth, these two are my brothers. It’s not quite right for you to do this…” Then, Lu Dayou turned to look at the Big Gold Teeth stall owner and asked with a forced smile.
The owner of the Big Gold Tooth stall chuckled twice, patted his head, and looked embarrassed, and no longer mentioned the matter of asking Ye Feng and Fatty Jiang to buy the raw stones.
Seeing this, Lu Dayou didn't make things difficult for Da Jin Ya anymore. He pulled Ye Feng and Fatty Jiang aside, then smiled bitterly and said, "When I was on the train, didn't I tell you two not to gamble with jade easily? Why don't you take my words to heart? It's a good thing I ran into you when I came here to help someone unravel the stone. Otherwise, you two would have fallen into Da Jin Ya's hands..."
Ye Feng raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Is there anything strange about the raw stone?"
"No one in the Jade City would buy the material from Da Jin Ya..."
Lu Da nodded, then lowered his voice and said, "The raw stones in this guy's hands are all waste materials brought back from the mining area, and then he forged them to fool newcomers who have never gambled on jade."
"Can raw stones be faked?" Fatty Jiang opened his mouth in astonishment, full of confusion.
Ye Feng was also a little curious about how a stone could be faked.
"The gambling in Jade City is very complicated. I have only learned more about it in the past two years..."
Lu Dayou smiled bitterly and shook his head, then revealed a few secrets.
It turns out that in the gambling jade circle, counterfeiting methods are common, and the methods are extremely sophisticated and difficult to guard against. As for the methods, they can be roughly divided into four types:
The first one is called stealing and replacing the pillars, which is to cut off the jade raw stone with extremely poor quality, and then transplant beautiful jade of similar size on the cut part to make a skylight, using the good quality of part to cover up the overall poor quality.
Another method is called a life-or-death method, which is to untie a piece of jade raw stone, and when it is found that the effect is not ideal, it is glued back together to restore its original appearance. The adhesive used in this method is a high-precision chemical that is difficult to detect.
Another method is to select a piece of raw stone with good skin but no jade, find a good position, chisel some lines, put glue on the lines, sprinkle jade powder, and bury it in the soil for a period of time after repairing. After ten days or half a month, the surface of the raw stone will be covered with jade veins.
The fourth method used by Da Jinya is to pass off fake gems as real gems. This method is the most despicable. It is to select the original stone, then find a good location on the original stone, dig a skylight, and then fill it with green glass or white resin, and then carefully trim it to deceive the buyer.
This method may be useful for fooling newcomers, but once someone has been in the business for a while, they will be able to see through it at a glance.
"Damn it, you dare to lie to me! I'll go find him!" After hearing what Lu Dayou said, Fatty Jiang couldn't help but get angry!
(End of this chapter)