CH 18

Chapter 18: First Lose Then Win – Part 1

Since the steward wanted to watch him open the scraps on the spot so much, he decided to oblige. However, thinking of what would be opened, he sent a message to Xing Mo for safety reasons before letting the handling robot take the jadeite he just bought into the back yard.

Whenever people cut jadeite in the store onlookers are indispensable. Although everything being opened is scraps, it is still okay to watch the excitement. Whether it is a complete collapse or a winning bet on jade, it will become something to talk about in the future.

The first piece of jadeite Lin Luo chose was a piece of jadeite with a lime-skin matrix. This jadeite is usually considered a very good material, but because of the large tinea scabs, scars and boar bristles on the surface, a piece like this is usually worthless.

Lin Luo knew in his heart that the condition of this piece of jadeite was very simple and neat, and cut the small piece of jadeite in half with a single cut.

After splashing with water, you can see that although there is a small piece of green inside, it is all fragments of jade, which has no value at all. It can be said that it is a loss.

“Oh, what a pity…” A scornful smile appeared on the steward’s face.

Lin Luo shrugged, threw the two pieces of waste directly onto the ground, and took out the second piece of jadeite from the basket. This piece of jadeite is made of black-sand matrix, so there is nothing peculiar about it from the outside.

Lin Luo cut directly in half again, and the black stone layer was exposed on the cut surface, which was obviously another loss.

People began to chatter, and some people felt bored, turned around and left.

But Lin Luo was unmoved and calmly picked up the third piece of jadeite.

This is piece of red sand matrix stone jadeite is about the size of a basketball, and is very round. This kind of matrix stone is usually thin and hard, and prone to cracks. If the sand is fine enough and is accompanied by python-like bands and matrix flowers, it may still be worth a bet.

It’s a pity that there are not only no python bands or matrix flowers on this piece of scrap, but there are also many small cracks.

Stone gambling experts often say that they are not afraid of big cracks and small knots, but there is a high possibility that small cracks such as these will seriously affect the quality of the interior jade.

People thought that Lin Luo would still cut the jadeite in half just like the previous two times. Unexpectedly, Lin Luo switched to the sanding wheel, aimed at the most cracked part of the matrix stone, and started sanding the stone.

“Is this kid stupid? This kind of shredded jadeite still needs to be sanded?” Someone sneered at his behavior.

“I know, right? This kid doesn’t understand anything at all. It’s probably the same as the boss said, just buying some cheap goods to try his luck! It’s a waste of my time!”

Lin Luo turned a deaf ear to these negative voices, and no one had better enthusiasm than him.

When he stopped the grinding wheel and poured water on the revealed section, a faint green was revealed.

“It’s green! It’s green!” Someone started yelling loudly.

Although this green is a little faint, it is definitely green!

“Eggwhite type! Grass green!”

“It’s a win? Isn’t this considered a win?”

Someone hesitated and said, “Little brother, I have 10,000 credits. Can you sell this piece of jadeite to me?”

This piece of jadeite weighs at most 8 kilograms [1], and Lin Luo only spent 4,000 credits to buy it. Just because a window was opened, its value doubled in an instant. This is because this piece of jadeite is scraps. The person feared that there would be risks behind, so he only dared to quote such a low price.

Lin Luo shook his head, turned this piece of jadeite over again, and started rubbing the stone with the grinding wheel again.

Four windows were opened for this piece of jadeite in a row, and every window turned out to be green!

Could it be that…this piece of jadeite is all green?!

This is impossible…?

Everyone’s breathing became stagnant, their eyes fixed on Lin Luo’s movements, and they didn’t dare to blink. There are more people who want to buy this piece of jadeite, but the highest bid is only 30,000.

“Huh, there’s no way it can be such a win… Who knows what’s going on inside? Maybe it’s just green on the outside!” The steward gritted his teeth secretly.

Lin Luo’s ears are very good, although the voice of the steward was deliberately lowered, it still fell into his ears.

Lin Luo raised his eyebrows slightly, then switched the sanding wheel to a chrome knife again, and cut at the edges of the four windows that had just been sanded away.

Of course it’s nearly impossible for such a large piece of jadeite to be pure jade inside, so after the last piece of matrix was cut, a fault was clearly seen, only half of which was green, and the rest were stone layers.

Everyone suddenly exhaled, and they said that this piece of jadeite could not be all jade!

However, even though only half is jade, this is definitely a big win! Grinding up a stone is not uplifting but winning sure feels sweet. Now Lin Luo has fully cut out the jade. The red sand skin was thin and there was no fog layer, so after cutting it, it is easy to estimate the situation of the jade inside.

At least three or four kilos of jade can be taken out of this piece of jadeite! Grass green eggwhite type. Although it’s not a particularly good crystalline structure, it’s still passable. There is no problem with selling it for 40,000 to 50,000 credits.

There was constant discussion around. Two pieces of jadeite were smashed in a row before this win. Everyone was not optimistic about Lin Luo, but he landed such a great jade. Such a dramatic performance made people really surprised.

Lin Luo knew that this piece of jade was actually only of medium quality, and it was only counted as a big increase because it came from scraps.

When Lin Luo was sanding the stone before, the people who once offered a price now showed remorse. They regretted that had they offered the price a little higher, they might be the owner of this jadeite.

Lin Luo held out the jade without hassle. The three-kilogram jade was held on his palm. The bright green color attracted the eye.

“Sir! I’ll offer 45,000 credits to buy this eggwhite jade!” At this time, a speculator received the news and had already rushed over, and started bidding as soon as he entered the door.

The price is actually quite fair, so no one bid with him.

Lin Luo directly agreed to the transaction and sold the jade to the other party.

However, in just ten minutes, he had already made ten times his money back. No wonder so many people like to bet on rocks!

“Tch! It’s just luck!” The steward said with jealousy.

Lin Luo looked at him with a meaningful smile.

In fact, he purposefully adopted the method of first losing and then winning. The two consecutive collapses at the beginning were also deliberately caused by him. The jade solved later will only look better in comparison.

I hope this steward can bear it, and these leftovers will bring him a ‘surprise’.

Lin Luo picked up the fourth piece of jadeite. This one had a potato-like skin. On the smooth surface, there was single ‘popcorn’ nodule.

Popcorn is deceptively green because of its bright green color. This popcorn often floats on the surface of the jadeite, with only a thin layer, and the jade inside is usually very poor.

As soon as the people around saw the popcorn, they started to shake their heads, indicating that they were very disinterested in the jadeite.

However, Lin Luo, who possessed special abilities, knew exactly what the jade inside was like.

Lin Luo put the jadeite under the knife, and started cutting at the position of the popcorn. With a single cut, he saw the green immediately. It was a very promising darker spinach green.

However, due to the existence of the popcorn nodule, most people think that this is just the green of the skin, so not only does no one bid, but there are people who are questioning that he cut it so deliberately, so that it can be sold while it looks promising, but it will actually collapse into a loss after changing hands.

===========Translator’s Corner===========

[1] 8 kilo = 17.6 lbs = 13.3 catties