CH 55.2

Lin Luo’s fingers flew and he changed his number to 18 million, and shouted at Xing Mo to confirm quickly. As soon as Xing Mo’s 15 million was pressed, he was immediately overwhelmed by 16.8 million. Fortunately, Lin Luo’s hand was fast enough to press the confirmation at the last second, and finally succeeded in taking down this piece of jadeite at a price of 18 million credits.

After that, Lin Luo took two pieces of jadeite that no one cared about at the lowest price, and was going to use them to mix things up, so that he wouldn’t be too conspicuous when he was cutting his jadeite. Had it not been for the size of No. 1046 jadeite to be too big to fit into the space button, Lin Luo might have chosen not to cut it here at all…

After the auction ended, Lin Luo looked at the payment reminder that popped up on his wrist, and finally heaved a sigh of relief. He leaned on Xing Mo’s shoulder and clicked to confirm the payment.

After the transaction was completed, five pieces of jadeite appeared in Lin Luo’s purchase information. After a while, they could go directly into the open auction area to collect the jadeite that they had won.

Such an intense bidding was actually quite tiring. Lin Luo and Xing Mo leaned on the headboard of their bed to rest for a while before getting up to go to the open auction to collect the jadeite.

But before going out, Lin Luo did not forget to call He Kun.

“Xiao Luo, how many pieces did you get?” He Kun asked curiously.

“Only five pieces.” Lin Luo said with regret.

“Hahaha, five pieces is not enough? I didn’t get one piece. Compared with me, you are already lucky! Tens of millions of people are bidding at the same time. It’s impossible for you to take 20 pieces of jadeite!” He Kun laughed and patted him on the shoulder.

Lin Luo also laughed. He now knew how fierce the Vermi Open Auction could be, and he was already very satisfied that he could take down the most important piece of jadeite.

Several people quickly came to the entrance of the open auction, still entering through the induction bracelet, and there was a special place for them to receive their jadeite.

After confirming Lin Luo’s identity information, a handling robot dragging a basket of jadeite immediately appeared in front of Lin Luo, and used an electronic voice to ask if he wanted to cut his stones on site in the cutting area.

The answer was of course yes. So many gambling stones were not easy to transport.

There were already many people in the stone cutting area at this time, and they were taking out the jadeite to be cut from their transport baskets. There were many spectators around each machine, and staff were responsible for maintaining order.

In the corner of the cutting area, there was still a jadeite cutting machine empty, so Lin Luo and the others immediately walked over and used the smart bracelet to enable the use of the stone cutting machine.

The jadeite cutting machine in the inside public cutting area was the same as in the market’s cutting square outside. It was the latest model with a fully automatic cutting mode and would make it more convenient to deal with the jadeite.

Just as the handling robot was taking out the jadeite from the transport basket, a strange man suddenly rushed over, “You bought No. 1046?”

The size of No. 1046 is very obvious. There were many people who payed attention to this piece of jadeite, so it quickly attracted people’s attention. Many people wanted to know what kind of jade would be produced from this piece of jadeite, so more and more people started to gather around Lin Luo’s machine.

Lin Luo took a deep breath and was about to start cutting the stone when he was stopped by He Kun.

“Wait a minute, I have to make a video so we can upload it to the Stone Gambling Association after the cutting is over. Don’t forget, if we gamble up in the public cutting we can get points.”

“Thank you.” Lin Luo just remembered this and nodded gratefully to him.

“Hey, why are you being polite to me! The first piece of jadeite must be gambled into a win! Let’s make a good start!” He Kun waved his fist at him, making a morale boost.

He decided to cut the stones in the order from small to large. The first thing to be dealt with was the No. 474 jadeite which had a black ebony matrix. This jadeite was only seventy or eighty centimeters long and forty centimeters high [1]. It looks like more like an oversized inconspicuous brick than a jadeite. If not, he would not have been able to buy it at the reserve price.

“Oh, why do you cut this piece of junk first? Why not cut 1046 first!” Someone shouted in dissatisfaction.

When Xing Mo heard that, a glare like a cold knife was sent in that person’s direction, and he reminded in a cold voice, “Please pay attention to the rules of the stone cutting area.”

The man also knew that he was wrong, and he pouted and stopped talking. After all, these jadeite materials were bought by others, and they would not allow him to interfere with which piece the gamblers were happy to solve first.

It is not allowed to influence others to that effect and there were clear regulations in the stone cutting area as such. If people insisted on cutting stones he didn’t want to watch, then he can do nothing but to go away.

This piece of jadeite was not big, so it was easy to cut.

Lin Luo drew a line on the jadeite and cut a piece of stone off along the edge with a straight cut.

After the water gun washed the cut surface clean, the rich green jade immediately attracted everyone’s attention.

“It’s green! The color is very good!”

“Unexpectedly, this kind of brick material can produce such a good jade…”

“What do you know, it’s called a great green in the garbage. I think the jade inside is not only green in color, but also has a good texture. It should be worth a lot of money!”

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[1] 75 x 40 cm = 29.5 x 15.7 inches