Chapter 354 The Crazy Jade Gambling Newbie
"Director Song, what brings you out here?"
Not long after Song Yi and the others went inside, a middle-aged man dressed in a plaid suit, holding a smoking pipe, walked out.
As a competitor to Seajade Pavilion, Song Yi's appearance immediately prompted the staff to inform Seajade Pavilion's President, Feng Shaokang.
"President Feng," Song Yi said indifferently.
Feng Shaokang sized up Song Yi, a trace of lecherous fire flickering in his eyes. This woman was truly beautiful; you couldn't tell she was forty at all. Those long legs were particularly astonishing, at least 115 centimeters long.
He detected the disdain and contempt emanating from Song Yi. Your journey continues on empire
Feng Shaokang was not at all angry, thinking to himself that no matter how cold and proud she was, she would be the same once he got her in bed.
The thought of his plans filled him with smug satisfaction. Once he closed the net, Song Yi would have no choice but to agree to him, Feng Shaokang, if she wanted to keep Song's Antique Jade Shop afloat.
Suddenly, Song Yi lifted her hand and took hold of Long Xiaoshan's arm.
Knowing that Feng Shaokang had always been targeting her, she felt even more disgusted and, with the intention of displeasing Feng Shaokang, she actively wrapped her arm around Long Xiaoshan's.
Feng Shaokang's gaze grew colder; he hadn't paid much attention to Long Xiaoshan before, his eyes wholly captivated by Song Yi.
Now seeing Song Yi take the initiative to wrap her arm around Long Xiaoshan, he felt quite irked. How could a woman he, Feng Shaokang, fancied be snatched away by another man? Soon, his attention was drawn to Bai Susu, and his eyes revealed a burst of amazement again.
The gentle, water-like aura of Bai Susu was even more tempting than that of Song Yi.
Bai Susu noticed Feng Shaokang's gaze and frowned,
She had been in the business world for many years and was well-accustomed to such gazes. The blatant objectifying gaze made her instinctively take hold of Long Xiaoshan's arm as well.
Feng Shaokang's cheek twitched.
What was this situation?
This young man, dressed like a worker, was suddenly receiving the affectionate embrace from both Song Yi and this exquisite mature woman. Have women gone blind these days? Rejecting a mature, wealthy man like him for a boy toy?
Especially Song Yi, acting all high and mighty like a pure white lotus in front of me, yet she ends up serving a young lad together with another woman. Looking at this boy toy's age, he's nearly young enough to be your son.
Cheap, damn cheap!
Feng Shaokang's eyes alternated between jealousy, anger, and resentment.
Long Xiaoshan had no time to watch Feng Shaokang's changing expressions and got straight to the point, "Are you the boss of Seajade Pavilion?"
"That's me, and you are?" Feng Shaokang replied coldly.
Long Xiaoshan said, "I'm here to buy jade, the higher quality the better, and as much as you have."
Feng Shaokang laughed, "You want Ice-like Level quality or better, and as much as possible?"
"President Feng, what's so funny?" Song Yi asked.
Feng Shaokang replied, "Director Song, you know the price of Ice-like Level jade. Does he have the money?"
Not pleased with Feng Shaokang belittling Long Xiaoshan, Song Yi said, "Will I owe you money here?"
On hearing this, Feng Shaokang thought it made sense. The exterior of Song Yi's Song's Antique Jade Shop might not be as lavish as his Seajade Pavilion, but it was a genuine heritage brand with decades of accumulation. Song Yi was definitely a hidden wealthy individual, with many antiques collected at home, each of them priceless.
In truth, when it came to wealth, he, Feng Shaokang, might not necessarily be a match for Song Yi.
She never expected that Song Yi would actually be willing to put down money for this young man.
This made him even more envious.
But a fool would refuse to make easy money, he said, "Alright then, since President Song has spoken, say how much you want."
His heart cursed, silently vowing to ruthlessly cheat you in a bit.
The price went up, the price went up!
Suddenly, an excited voice carried over.
Long Xiaoshan saw a group of people gathered around nearby, shouting excitedly, one of them holding a stone, from which a spiritual energy emanated, revealing a jade stone. Long Xiaoshan, witnessing this scene, asked, "What's going on there?"
Song Yi said, "They are gambling on stones."
"Gambling on stones?"
"Gambling on stones means you take a raw stone to be cut; the jade is hidden within the raw stone. If you cut out jade, you make a profit. Sometimes, a raw stone worth tens of thousands can yield jade worth tens of millions. It's almost like gambling."
Upon hearing this, Long Xiaoshan's eyes lit up. So there was such a method. He asked, "Are the raw stones much cheaper than jade?"
"In theory, yes, but the chances of raw stones appreciating in value is very small, similar to gambling. Nine out of ten times, you lose, so even if the raw stone is cheap, the chances of suffering a loss are also very high," Song Yi said.
Long Xiaoshan really wanted to laugh, for he had the Heavenly Eye. Was he afraid he wouldn't be able to see the jade inside the raw stones?
Heading over there, he said, "I'm going to take a look."
"The young brother seems quite interested," Feng Shaokang saw Long Xiaoshan's interest in stone gambling and secretly rejoiced. This kid doesn't know the sky from the earth. He doesn't even know what stone gambling is and yet he's going to play. If he doesn't lose everything down to his underwear, my name isn't Feng Shaokang.
Song Yi hastily said, "Long Xiaoshan, if you don't understand stone gambling, don't play. Even veterans can be easily deceived; you better not join in just for the excitement."
"You can't say that, what if the young brother has good character and luck, and uncovers an Emerald Green? He could make a fortune overnight. Just last month someone here cut out an Ice-like Level jade and made tens of millions," Feng Shaokang tempted.
"Director Feng, the lottery station had a five-million win last month, why don't you go buy a lottery ticket?" Song Yi said with a cold laugh.
Long Xiaoshan smiled slightly, "Sister Song, it's fine, I'll just give it a try."
Song Yi, seeing Long Xiaoshan insisted on playing, was also angry and stopped paying him any attention.
Long Xiaoshan walked over to the stone gambling area, which was also Feng Shaokang's business. Inside, there were large quantities of raw stones piled up like a small mountain. Feng Shaokang pointed and said, "Young brother, these are high-quality raw stones that I just transported from the Myanmar Old Pit the day before yesterday. They have a great chance of appreciating in value. If you buy them, you definitely won't regret it. Getting rich and wealthy will be no problem."
Long Xiaoshan smiled and said nothing.
He first took a round and then observed how the Stone-Cutting Master cut the stones.
A few minutes later, he had an idea.
Walking over to the pile of raw stones, he began to select them, his eyes flickering with golden flames. Once the Heavenly Eye was activated, Long Xiaoshan could see right through the surface of the raw stones, penetrating deep inside, and no raw stone could escape his gaze.
He began to pretend to pick them out.
One by one, he took out raw stones containing jade from the pile.
Feng Shaokang saw that Long Xiaoshan hardly touched the stones before picking one after another, the number quickly reaching dozens and still, there was no sign of stopping. He almost wanted to laugh.
He was now certain that Long Xiaoshan was a real newbie, and the craziest one at that. To dare gamble so big on his first try at stone gambling, picking so many raw stones to play with, he didn't even need to encourage him.
Meanwhile, Song Yi's expression grew darker and darker. Seeing Long Xiaoshan picking dozens of raw stones and not stopping, she rushed up to grab Long Xiaoshan, saying, "What are you doing, are you crazy?"