Chapter 623: Shocking Purchase of the King of Stones
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Everyone’s faces, except Ling Yun’s, changed when the Lord of Jade mentioned the price!
That was too cruel!
Any normal jeweler knew that the market price wouldn’t even be worth thirty-five million!
That was if it could be resold. Those who had some experience knew that no one would buy these except for some novices.
That meant that these stones were virtually worthless! Just like that forgotten King of Stones.
It would be good enough if he could sell them at break even. But now the Lord of Jade wanted to make a hundred percent profit? Wasn’t that obvious daylight robbery?
Song Zhengyang felt his temper rise. He couldn’t stop Ling Yun from buying the three carts of rubbish, but he definitely wouldn’t allow the Lord of Jade to pull such an obvious one on Ling Yun! Song Zhengyang was there even if Ling Yun did stumble today!
“Lord of Jade, what do you mean by this? I wouldn’t even want these three carts. You would profit even if you were to sell it all at ten million yuan! Now you’re selling it at six times the price to my friend, yet you call me your old friend. Are you mocking me?”
Song Zhengyang’s face turned ruddy immediately as he stepped forward, face-to-face with the Lord of Jade.
Murong Wenshi wasn’t happy either. “Lord of Jade, aren’t you a little unreasonable if you do this?”
Murong Feixue might be angry at Ling Yun, but even she started to worry for him after hearing such an outrageous price. “Ling Yun, see that? They’re trying to knock you off big time!”
She nearly called him a dumb*ss.
Tang Meng was more direct with his reaction, he slumped onto the floor. He was already worried when he heard the others saying that it might require thirty million yuan. It was now double what they said. He didn’t even need to commence his Heaven and Earth Group then!
This must be the fastest anyone headed into bankruptcy!
“Big Brother Yun, let’s not buy these. If you really like stones, I’ll excavate Dragon Mountain for you. There are stones of all shapes available for you… I can do the same for Nancui Peak!”
Tang Meng cozied up to Ling Yun’s thighs.
Everyone started to snicker at the scene, and some did it loudly.
“Just too dumb. What a stupid way to act tough. He’s getting it right now!”
“Yeah, I don’t think he could bear to throw away sixty million even if he could throw thirty million yuan for a pile of rubbish. The selling price doubled, let’s see what he’s going to do!”
“Are you deaf? Didn’t you hear President Song saying that this was worth a maximum of ten million yuan? That would be the price only if they were sold. If they weren’t, they wouldn’t even be able to fill the foundation of a house…”
“Let him continue to pretend. He’ll be a laughing stock if he doesn’t buy them today. How dare he come and make a fool of himself in the Lord of Jade’s territory…”
“I think that might not be the case. The Lord of Jade might be afraid that he has made a mistake and so asked for a high price. That way, he would at least have profited a little from it… But, this price… is a little high…”
The people around him mocked him repeatedly, waiting to see the good show.
Zhu Yongwang and Hou Yaozong were nearly in heaven. They would almost kiss the Lord of Jade for his act, which exacted sweet revenge for them!
He probably couldn’t even take out ten million yuan, let alone sixty million yuan. He would have to put the Maserati and the one million yuan as collateral!
They would win it all in their stone gambles and gift them to Murong Feixue. That would feel awesome!
“Ling Yun, don’t play if you can’t pay. Do you really think this is a market? How dare you come and gamble as someone who can’t even take out ten million yuan?” Zhu Yongwang said with vigor, knowing that Ling Yun would never treat his venereal disease.
“Ling Yun, cure my gout, and I’ll pay for all these stones that you want. Take my offer and save yourself from humiliation.”
Hou Yaozong still carried a trace of hope within him. He provoked Ling Yun in a bid to see if Ling Yun would cure him, killing two birds with one stone.
They were only worried that Ling Yun might just walk off from the deal altogether.
The Lord of Jade’s eyes were fixated on Ling Yun while he dealt with Song Zhengyang. “Brother Song, there’s a saying, in business negotiations, the seller starts with a high asking price, and the buyer responds with a low bid. I agree with what you say, but we are here to gamble stones. We’re all chasing the thrill. These stones are all raw Jade stones, aren’t they? Didn’t we get them from Dragon Mountain?”
“Who knows for sure if there will or will not be any jade inside? I’m an honest businessman. I could have mixed these stones with every new batch that comes. Who could tell the difference? Aren’t they all stones?
“Moreover, that King of Stones over that… Wasn’t there a huge excitement over it when I first got it? Wasn’t everyone convinced that there would be a huge quantity of jade inside? What happened? I cut it, you cut it, Elder Murong cut it, Han Laosan also cut it before… Didn’t we all lose the bet? No one else has come forward to cut it anymore.
“Therefore, yes, all of these are stones that weren’t selected, but can you guarantee that none of them will have jade in them? I bet no one dares to take this risk, right?
“I can put any price I want as long as there is value in the gamble. If your friend doesn’t accept it, we can continue negotiating. Isn’t this the normal way of doing business?”
The Lord of Jade’s voice was raised, and his words made perfect sense. It rendered Song Zhengyang speechless.
It was gambling in the truest sense. Even Song Zhengyang couldn’t say for sure whether the stones had green in them!
“Clap, clap, clap…”
Ling Yun gave the Lord of Jade resounding applause after his little speech. “The Lord of Jade is right, in business negotiations, the seller starts with a high asking price, and the buyer responds with a low bid. However, can we negotiate the price later?”
Negotiate the price later? What did he mean by that?
Zhu Yongwang and Hou Yaozong became anxious. Could Ling Yun want to run now? That would be so boring…
The Lord of Jade and Han Laosan were in shock. Ling Yun wasn’t a blockhead after all! He seemed to be a master of negotiation as well!
The most important thing during negotiation was patience. Whoever had the most patience would win.
They thought that Ling Yun would get angry and give up on buying. Ling Yun didn’t do that though. Instead, he suspended the negotiations temporarily.
To be honest, it was a huge deal for them. Did they want to sell them off? Of course they did!
Song Zhengyang was absolutely right, their bottom line was ten million yuan. That was the true friendship price they had reserved for Song Zhengyang and Elder Murong!
Ten million yuan for two hundred pieces of trash. Each stone would cost them fifty thousand on average, so they wouldn’t be making a loss then.
However, they were in the gambling business and relied on it for a livelihood. They were afraid that they were mistaken. Ling Yun was buying so many at once. Who knows, perhaps he really did see something they didn’t.
Was there anyone else who was so close to Song Zhengyang and Elder Murong and being so protected by them at the same time?
That was why the Lord of Jade started with sixty million yuan. He wanted to test Ling Yun’s reaction. It was the same tactic used by Yong Yongshou before.
The Lord of Jade became a little flustered when Ling Yun said that he wanted to temporarily suspend the negotiations. “Erm… little pal, what do you mean? Are you not buying any longer because the price is too high?” he asked in a low voice.
Ling Yun’s answer startled everyone!
He pointed to that black stone and gave a toothy grin. “No, I want to buy that King of Stones and then negotiate the price!”
Everyone was petrified on the spot! Their mouths could probably fit a piece of jade stone each!
He wanted to buy the King of Stones? That piece of trash that everyone knew about? The king of rubbish that was completely forgotten? That King of Stones?
Many people started digging in their ears, afraid that they heard wrong.
“W-what? Did I hear wrong? He wants to buy the King of Stones?”
“Youth knows no fear… He even dares to gamble with this…”
“This person is hopeless. He’s too arrogant. He thinks he can get the green that no one else could get?”
“He’s going to die horribly…”
The Lord of Jade and Han Laosan didn’t know what to do. They did hear from their staff member that Ling Yun mentioned he wanted to buy this stone.
However, most people would say the same thing after they heard the story behind the King of Stones but took no action. Both of them thought Ling Yun was the same.
“Little pal, y-you really want to buy it? You’re not joking?” the Lord of Jade asked immediately after he recovered from his shock.
Ling Yun nodded. “Yes, I’m here to play. Where can I find such a good huge stone? It would be so cooling to sit in its shade in the summer…” he replied without a care in the world.
“Now, I want to buy these three cartloads of stones and that King of Stones. Please give me a quote now…” Ling Yun said.
Song Zhengyang, Murong Wenshi, and Murong Feixue were so anxious that they almost kicked Ling Yun away.
Tang Meng sprang up from the floor in that instant and gave Tie Xiaohu a meaningful look. He wanted Tie Xiaohu’s help to drag Ling Yun away.
Only Long Wu was still hugging Ling Yun’s arms happily, without a care in the world.
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