CH 17

Chapter 17: Specially Bought Scraps

After Lin Luo entered the shop, he started wandering around. The first thing he looked at was the prices. After figuring out the basic layout of jadeite in the shop, he went straight to the cheapest scrap area.

The other jadeite materials are neatly arranged on the shelves, but these scraps are thrown against the wall, and few people go there to make selections.

Everyone knows that the jadeite in the jadeite store have been screened by stone gambling experts. Obviously these scraps piled up here are not favored by those experts. The possibility pulling a good jade is very slim. So when people saw Lin Luo picking and choosing from among the tatters, they all showed strange eyes.

Lin Luo didn’t care at all, still choosing from the scraps for himself. These leftovers are sold by by weight at only 500 credits per kilogram. The price is already cheap, and there is also a 20% discount. For Lin Luo, there is simply no better business than this.

However, the stone gambling experts are still fairly capable. Lin Luo only found 4 pieces of jadeite with internal light in this pile of scraps. Judging by the size and brightness of the light, it should be 2 big wins and 2 small wins. Lin Luo casually took 2 pieces of jadeite that would not win and mixed them in with his purchase, so as not to attract too much attention to his abilities.

He called over a handling robot, put all the jadeite he selected into a pvc storage basket, and then let it drag the big basket behind him.

Next, he went to the inferior ore area, and also selected 4 pieces of jadeite, but this time selected 3 wins and 1 loss. He looked at the full basket of jadeite and calculated the price, which was only about 40,000 to 50,000 credits.

So after thinking about it again and again, he continued on to the area of ​​medium ore and picked 2 more jadeites, but because the price of medium jadeite was too expensive, he didn’t choose any jadeite that would come out at a loss.

As for the jadeite in the ‘good’ area, he also looked at them with interest, but the price was too expensive. Those jadeite that are expected to win a huge increase are all marked by stone gambling experts at high prices, and it is not so cost-effective to buy them.

So Lin Luo took the jadeite he had selected to the front desk to check out.

The store manager showed a look of consternation when he saw Lin Luo and the pile of jadeite behind him. Lin Luo’s selection in the scraps area just now was too eye-catching, so this steward had an impression of him. Later, he also went to the inferior and medium areas to select jadeite, and he specially selected the small and cheap ones. Therefore, the total amount of these jadeite materials can only be worth no more than 200,000, which shows this person is a poor ghost. What’s even more exaggerated is that it took him less than an hour to select these jadeite materials. It can be seen that he is a novice who doesn’t know how to properly bet on rocks.

But it was a business anyway, so the steward did not show any expression that shouldn’t be shown on his face, and settled Lin Luo’s bill very simply and neatly, deducting the corresponding amount from his account.

The steward was about to inquire about Lin Luo’s delivery address so that he could give instructions to the handling robot to help the robot deliver the jadeite to the location designated by Lin Luo, but Lin Luo interrupted him.

Lin Luo frowned slightly, “Isn’t there a 20% discount?”

“But… these are scraps…” The steward meant that the scraps were already cheap, and it would be inappropriate to discount them.

“What you wrote on the outside is 20% off on all merchandise. Aren’t the scraps part of your store’s merchandise?” Lin Luo asked nonchalantly.

He really wasn’t trying to cause a scene. He was just angry that the people in this store were not doing business honestly. First, he sent someone to trouble Xing Mo, and now he still plays this kind of trap.

At this moment when the steward was really asked, the truth was that no one had come to buy the scraps these few days. With the opening sale in effect the more you buy the more cost-effective it is. The scraps are so cheap, that comparatively the discounts are worse. With the discount only amounting to a few hundred credits, no one has bothered to buy them at all, so he didn’t even consider the discount or not…

Looking again, this young man bought a lot of scraps. Four of them are quite big, and there are also two small ones which totals to around 40,000 to 50,000 credits just for the scraps. You would have to refund him nearly 10,000 credits.

But in this business there is no such thing as a return or exchange, so after the money is settled, it goes directly to the boss’s account. If you want to return the money, you still need the boss’s authorization. If he went to contact the boss and said that he had miscalculated the account and needed to refund the money, even if the money was not much, it would be his negligence!

It happened that there were still a lot of customers in the store. Several of them were queuing to check out, and they all heard their conversation. At this time, they all showed hesitant eyes and wondered if the store was deliberately scamming them by using false advertisements.

The steward grit his teeth and said, “Sir, I’m very sorry, it was my mistake, but the refund procedure is too troublesome. To compensate there is a large piece of jadeite in our store, so I will give you that instead. Do you think this will work?”

With that said, he directed the handling robot and removed a large piece of jadeite from the backyard that was about half a person tall. This piece of jadeite was extremely large, but the skin was very rough, with tinea and a wide, penetrating strand on the surface. It feels like a broken stone picked up randomly from I don’t know which ravine, and could be worthless.

The saying ‘crude sand is crude, fine sand is fine’ isn’t worthless. The material of the outer matrix of the jadeite stone is closely related to the material of the internal jade. This jadeite matrix is so rough, obviously even if there is jade inside, it is impossible to produce a good jade. Not to mention the ugly boar bristles and penetrating tinea scabs covering the matrix.

Tinea scabs are formed by the weathering of impurity mineral crystals. It looks dry like charcoal, mostly soft and sinking, and float on the surface of the jadeite. For such a large piece of jadeite, the effect on the jade inside is actually not not too big. But the fissure is a bit terrible. It is a strand of openings that goes through up and down the piece. There are impurities such as tinea scale and sand in it. You can’t see anything else. It can be seen that this piece of jadeite is not for good gambling at all, and is destined to go in the scraps, or else you wouldn’t be thrown into the backyard by this steward just like that.

Everyone started talked over each other, persuading Lin Luo not to agree, but Lin Luo did not immediately refuse. Instead he reached out and touched the surface of the jade, then his breathing suddenly rose. He forced himself to calm down, showing a very impatient appearance, and turned his head to look at the man in charge, “So be it.”

The manager was overjoyed and immediately added this piece of jadeite to his order, so that Lin Luo bought a total of 13 pieces of jadeite with the 200,000 credits Xing Mo gave him.

“Help me transport these jadeite materials to…” Lin Luo originally wanted him to be transported directly to Xing Mo’s shop, but thinking about it might cause Xing Mo trouble, he turned to report the address of their small manor, anyway. If there are housework robots, they will be responsible for signing the receipt.

“Sir, since you have bought so much jadeite, do you want to try your luck here?” the steward asked a little bit maliciously.

“You mean…?” Lin Luo raised his eyebrows slightly.

“Sir, if you buy so many scraps, you just want to try your luck. There is a jade cutting and sanding machine in our store, and you can cut it for free. Isn’t better to cut these scraps directly in our shop then to move them around the province? It’s troublesome to ship.” The manager’s seemingly well-intentioned proposal was actually deliberately egging on and belittling Lin Luo.

He is not at all worried that Lin Luo’s gamble will have any bad effect on his business, because what he asked Lin Luo to open is scraps, which are almost like rubbish, and they cannot contain anything good. It will not have any impact on their store, but will make people feel that he is considerate and thoughtful.

“Okay.” Lin Luo also smiled slightly.

===========Author’s Notes===========

The author has something to say: Hey, it’s worse than 100, but I still updated it. I saw only a few 80 comments after 11 o’clock. I guess it may not reach 100, so I wrote it slowly. I originally wanted to make this Zhang Liu will post it tomorrow morning, but now it’s 94, and everyone is waiting. I happened to write a place suitable for out of chapter, so I think about it and send it out~~~ At least I won’t let you wait for the second update. My darlings are disappointed~~~Who makes me love you~~

In addition, I would like to say hello to everyone. Tomorrow morning I will accompany Ma Ma to the theater to watch the Shaoxing opera. I’m afraid it’s too late to write the update at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning. I have to wait until I come back to write it. So tomorrow’s update will be delayed until 8 pm. Will try to write as long as possible.

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===========Little Theater===========

[Little Theater on Moshang]

Lin Xiaoluo: I’m so angry, I’m so angry!

Xing Xiaomo: Don’t be angry with your daughter-in-law, even if I am down, I still have many fans, and they will help me to support the scene.

Lin Xiaoluo: Hmph, what’s the use of holding a place? I’ll find a place for you!

Xing Xiaomo: Daughter-in-law, do you want to do something?

Lin Xiaoluo: Of course, I’m going to change into a beast type to kill them!

[Papa Salted Fish’s Little Theater]

Luo Luo: Brother Xing, give me some money, I want to send the person who bullied you to heaven!

Mr. Xing: OK, OK, give it. Lolo, what are you going to do?

Luo Luo: Buy their worst jadeite, bet it up, and **** him off!

Mr. Xing’s heart: My wife is so cute, I want to rub the sun!

WenHua: …Well, the male **** you are looking for a wife, don’t you tell me this fan? It’s so pretty…I’m going to get angry!