The King of Global Scrap Collection
Chapter 47 - 47 49 Never Seen Eating Stones

47: Chapter 49: Never Seen Eating Stones 47: Chapter 49: Never Seen Eating Stones “There’s no need for you to worry about that!”

Li Zhongnan gave a cool smile and coldly asked Wang Qian, “How do you want to gamble?” Laugh now, laugh all you want.

But I guarantee that soon you will have nowhere to cry.

Though I may not know this line of work, with the system with me, I am absolutely confident.

“Since you seem so eager to lose your money, I’ll oblige you!” Wang Qian burst into laughter again, then made his proposal.

“Right here in this hall, we each pick a raw stone priced under a thousand.

The one who cuts a higher priced jade wins.

The loser not only has to pay the winner five hundred thousand, but also gives the jade they cut to the winner.”

“Deal!”

Li Zhongnan agreed.

Wang Qian added, “However, before all this, we must transfer the five hundred thousand to a notary.

Otherwise, how would I know if you even have the money?”

“No problem!”

Li Zhongnan nodded.

This was actually what he wanted.

He was worried that Wang Qian would refuse to pay up if he lost.

Wow!

The crowd exploded.

A one-time bet of five hundred thousand was quite a spectacle even here.

An old man with a white beard stepped forward, chuckling, “My young friends, if you don’t mind, I would be willing to serve as the notary.

What do you say?”

Once again, the crowd broke out into uproar.

A rich young man shouted, “That’s Feng Lao, a renowned figure in the antique world!

Who knew he’d be enticed by such an event!”

An old man exclaimed, “Has this old man been lonely lately?

Why is he getting involved in such trivial matters!”

Seeing the white-bearded old man, Wang Qian was pleasantly surprised, “Feng Lao, I appreciate your help.

A trash collector has the audacity to challenge me to a bet.

This is an insult to all of us.

I shall teach him a lesson for everyone!”

“A trash collector?”

The white-bearded old man looked at Li Zhongnan with interest.

“Hand the money over to me first!” he said.

Feng Lao seemed to be quite famous.

Li Zhongnan didn’t think he would favor Wang Qian unfairly in public.

He nodded and promptly gave him the money.

Wang Qian also transferred five hundred thousand.

After checking his phone, Feng Lao confirmed the transfer and said, “Start choosing your stones!”

Wang Qian roamed around the hall for a bit before choosing a stone priced at 888 yuan, weighing about 10 kilograms.

He threw it on the floor, gesturing to a master artisan, “Cut it!”

A stone this small didn’t require a stone cutting machine; it could be done by hand.

Feng Lao praised, “Good choice, there is a high probability this raw stone has jade!”

With Feng Lao’s approval, Wang Qian seemed even more arrogant, turned to Li Zhongnan and said, “Did you hear that, boy?

I advise you to admit defeat, kneel and beg me, and call me grandpa.

Maybe if I’m feeling magnanimous, I’ll call off the bet.

You don’t want to lose all the money you’ve worked so hard to earn from trash collection.”

But Li Zhongnan just gave a confident smile, “You can forget about canceling the bet.

It’s a good thing if you find jade; it will be mine either way!”

“Ignorant fool!”

Wang Qian snorted and urged, “You’ll keep crying until you see your coffin.

Master, cut the stone quickly!”

“Okay, Yo!”

The master stone cutter responded and began cutting with swift precision.

After dozens of cuts, a yellowish tint began to emerge.

The crowd cried out in excitement, “It’s jade!

It’s really jade!”

The odds for jade to emerge from a stone that cheap were not high.

After a few more cuts by the master, a fist-sized, yellow jadeite jade appeared before everyone’s eyes.

It had a coarse crystalline structure, much like clusters of beans, and its glossy finish sparkled like glass.

However, the overall luster was soft.

Feng Lao took a look and announced, “It’s a yellow bean jadeite jade, a lower grade jade.

But there’s a lot of it.

It’s worth thirty to fifty thousand.”

Wang Qian secretly signaled to someone in the crowd, who immediately cried out, “I’ll buy it for two hundred thousand!”

Upon hearing this, Feng Lao glanced at the bidder, who immediately changed his offer out of fear, “I bid fifty thousand!”

Feng Lao turned to look at Li Zhongnan.

Li Zhongnan could only nod in resignation.

He cursed silently at Feng Lao for trying to help but ruining his chances, costing him a loss of 150 thousand on a glance.

Seeing his nod, Feng Lao continued to announce, “Wang Qian has cut a bean jadeite jade, successfully auctioned at fifty thousand!”

The winning bidder paid up and gave Feng Lao fifty thousand yuan.

“Young Master Wang, you have my admiration!

From a raw stone worth merely a few hundred yuan, you’ve cut a piece of jade worth fifty thousand!”

“Young Master Wang, congratulations!

This round, you’re guaranteed to win!”

Crowds began to join in, congratulating him.

It seemed as though Li Zhongnan had already lost.

Wang Qian looked at him smugly, following that up with a mocking remark: “Well, you see, my skills are on display here; cutting out jade is expected.

However, he might just get lucky and cut out an even more valuable piece!”

The fair-faced man revealed to be quite tricky, confidently asserting that he would definitely win.

Yet he downplayed it, projecting that while his own success was down to skill, not luck, he also pretended to be modest, and conveyed that if Zhongnan won, it would merely be due to good luck.

A bootlicker chimed in, “Young Master Wang, that’s impossible!

The boss of Fortune’s Favor Store is a top-notch expert in this industry, seldom wrong.

You are among the few who could cut jade worth tens of thousands from stones under a thousand yuan!”

Another bootlicker called out, “Yeah, Young Master Wang, you’ve overrated him.

How could a junk scavenger possibly win against you?”

“May your words hold true!”

Zhongnan glanced at Wang Qian and began to survey the surroundings in the hall.

Let the facts speak for themselves!

He moved on, sifting here and there, constantly feeling and tapping, occasionally furrowing his brows, looking rather professional.

Some in the crowd were puzzled: “Could this young fellow be a real expert?”

One of Wang Qian’s lackeys shouted, “Hmph, a junk collector, what does he know about the technique?

He’s merely stalling for time!”

Another lackey snapped, “Why the facade, boy?

You’re bound to lose anyway.

Admit defeat already!”

“Ding: Repairing a jade raw stone will require 1500 gold coins.

Do you wish to proceed immediately?”

A mechanical voice echoed in his mind.

Li Zhongnan could barely contain his joy, finally, after going through hundreds of stones, he found a treasure.

One thousand five hundred gold coins!

This had to be worth millions!

Looking at it, the stone appeared unsightly, as huge as a watermelon, greyish in color with intersecting crisscross lines.

“No!”

Zhongnan silently responded.

Reining the excitement inside his heart, he proudly brought out the stone to place it at the Stone Cutting Master’s feet, grinning, “Master, you’re up!”

“Hahaha!”

Wang Qian and his cronies, upon seeing the large stone, began laughing uproariously.

They looked at Li Zhongnan as though looking at a fool.

The Stone Cutting Master frowned, perhaps disliking the arrogance of Wang and his followers, he admonished, “Young man, do you actually know about raw stones?

This obviously is a waste stone, change it quickly.”

“Sigh, I thought because he dared to wager so high with Wang Qian, he had some understanding.

Even I can tell, there’s no way jade can be cut from this stone!”

“A junk collector from the countryside, what could he truly know?

He’s just here betting on his luck!”

“Young Master Wang cut a piece of jade worth tens of thousands.

He probably realized he couldn’t win.

So he chose such a waste stone, probably planning to employ some unconventional strategy!

But how can a blind cat catch a dead rat!”

The crowd started chattering, each person believing that Li Zhongnan had definitely lost.

Feng Lao also shook his head disappointingly.

Even on the sidelines, Shu Rong became anxious suggesting, “Manager Li, how about we switch?”

Zhongnan smiled at her, reassuring, “Don’t worry, I’m sure to win!”

“Oh ho, daydreaming, are we?”

One of Wang’s lackeys sneered at his remark, “If you can win, I’ll eat all the stone scraps on the ground!”

Zhongnan took interest and asked, “You’re serious about that?”

The other side pompously claimed: “A gentleman’s word is his bond!”

“Well, I admire you!”

Zhongnan shouted, then turned to the Stone Cutting Master, eagerly saying, “Master, please proceed!”

Well, he had never seen anyone eating stones before!

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