The Beautiful Boss's Personal Bodyguard
Chapter 141

Chapter 141: Chapter 141

"Sixty thousand!"

"Fifty-five thousand!"

"Fifty-eight thousand!"

After some haggling, this batch of rubble was successfully transferred to Ye Tian’s possession for fifty-nine thousand—the money was fronted by Chen Xing, and Master Zhang was brought in by her. It wasn’t for anything else but to uphold Master Zhang’s reputation, so she felt responsible to buy this batch of stone material.

Ye Tian sifted through the pile of stones on the ground, picking up three stones of varying sizes, none particularly large; the biggest was only the size of a palm, while the smallest was about the size of an egg, including the piece of waste he initially held in his hand. Ye Tian then approached the staff member who was tidying up the cutting machine, "Young man, help me out, take a look at these four stones."

"You want to do stone cutting?"

Ye Tian nodded, "I’ve never cut before, I don’t know much about this; I’ll have to trouble you."

The staff member glanced at them and said, "Besides the stone that the lady brought over, the other three can only be ground slowly with the grinding wheel, not cut."

"Hey, I say, who are you calling a lady? Say that again..."

"Shut up!" Ye Tian glared at him, then turned back to the staff and said, "Alright, then grind it."

Watching Ye Tian take the stones to the grinding machine, the crowd that was about to disperse gathered again somewhat, but most had already left. They didn’t believe at all that these scraps could really yield jade. If they could, anyone picking up a stone could strike it rich.

Those around watched Ye Tian personally take to grinding the stones, murmuring disparagingly; most of them mocked Ye Tian for pretending to know things and acting foolishly happy after being shortchanged. Hearing the discussions around him, Ye Tian kept his head down, his mind couldn’t help feeling twisted—dammit, if I want to buy, what does it have to do with you!

Chen Xing and Master Zhang stood on the outer edge of the crowd; of course, they didn’t believe that these scraps of stones would truly produce a miracle once in Ye Tian’s hands, but sometimes, people just liked to believe that such things could happen.

"Boy, he really doesn’t know anything!"

"How can he just start grinding like that."

People around saw Ye Tian directly place the stones on the sandpaper, shaking their heads and sighing. While smaller stones didn’t require a cutting machine, they still needed utmost care using sandpaper, grinding layer by layer was the best method, yet there was Ye Tian recklessly applying full force pressing the stones against the grinding wheel, clearly more like a vexed son-in-law venting out frustrations.

Chen Xing covered his face, unable to bear watching, it was embarrassing! Picking up some broken stones as treasures and now foolishly grinding them there, what a disgrace!

The whirl of dust stopped just right, Ye Tian picked up the stone and took a closer look, then dipped his hand in a basin of clean water and splashed it on the stone’s surface and wiped it with his sleeve. Following that, a serene green light emerged before his eyes.

"Is that..."

"I always thought it looked like glass."

"Stop talking nonsense, how can that be possible... Huh? Is that... seeing green?!"

Someone shouted this, and everyone’s eyes were immediately focused on the stone in Ye Tian’s hand. Even those who were done watching this naive kid’s spectacle returned. Could it be that fools really have their dumb luck?

It had to be him. The temperature emanating from the stone was just that familiar feeling, and the green part was especially prominent. It seemed that Nine Emperor Bell truly had a special sense for these types of jade. If I’m not mistaken, this palm-sized stone contains a jade the size of an egg.

Ignoring the onlookers craning their heads forward, Ye Tian brought the stone to Master Zhang and handed it over, "Master Zhang, could you take a look at this for me?"

Master Zhang took the stone from Ye Tian’s hand and examined it carefully with a magnifying glass. His expression turned excited. After a thorough observation, Master Zhang finally looked up, his face still filled with excitement, "Lucky young man, this is a piece of high ice species jade stone, green has appeared!"

Chen Xing sneered at that, a blind cat running into a dead mouse, a fluke. But that was good, at least the conspiracies would now debunk themselves.

Liu Hao rushed over furiously. Only when he saw the captivating green did he regret his actions immensely, even having impulses of murder. A stone worth seventy million sold for less than seventy thousand, and then turning out to be green in someone else’s hands, it’s no wonder he was furious enough to spit blood.

Seeing Liu Hao with fire practically bursting from his eyes, everyone sympathized with him.

"This young man is a real master," He initially looked reckless and impulsive in his stone grinding technique, but now it seems he was brilliantly clumsy. This stone, one more inch would be too much, one less would be insufficient; it’s just perfect, a stroke of genius!"

Having maintained his own reputation, Master Zhang was clearly in a good mood and did not skimp on his praise. Everyone understood the reason. Regardless of whether the conspiracies were real or fake, the stone did indeed contain jade. They could only blame their own luck.

Ye Tian, humbly returned to the grinding wheel. He continued to grind off the remaining stone, and soon, a jade the size of an egg with deep green hues appeared before everyone.

"Ah, not bad. It’s a piece of high ice species material. Had it not been for a belt-like impurity in the middle, the quality of this material could have reached the glass species."

"So, is this jade now?"

"Aha, this is where you are uninformed. The so-called jade doesn’t refer to just one thing. The terms red jade and green jade, green is called ’jade,’ and red is called ’red jade.’ Your piece is ’jade,’ high-quality ice jade."

Master Zhang patiently explained to Ye Tian while tying a red ribbon around Ye Tian’s right wrist. Those around understood; this Ye Tian won today’s jackpot, only the first person and those who got the best materials would receive a red ribbon.

"Master, what do you think this material is worth?" Ye Tian was particularly concerned about the price since he had borrowed the money from Chen Xing.

"A reasonable price would be forty to fifty million, and that includes the labor cost and processing fees. Of course, if you process it into jewelry yourself and sell it, the price would be even higher. Your piece of material is genuinely excellent."

Everyone knew that Master Zhang’s forty to fifty million was just a conservative estimate. If Ye Tian auctioned it on the spot, the price would surely be higher. The crowd consisted of rich folks from Beijing and Tianjin, and spending a few tens of millions on a stone was nothing to them. If it was a truly good stone, even upwards of a hundred million wouldn’t be too difficult. Indeed, while Ye Tian was still daydreaming about wealth, a plainly dressed person approached him and asked with a smile, "Young man, are you interested in selling it? I assure you a fair price."