Chapter 2041: Chapter 2001: Exceptionally Lucky
Seeing Xiaomai’s luck so good, Lin Xiang and Li Qianqian felt a little unhappy.
"I picked a whole bunch, you can choose for yourselves."
Ye Qiu said.
"Isn’t it all the same?" Li Qianqian asked incredulously.
The same?
That’s definitely impossible.
"If you don’t, then forget it. Don’t regret it later."
Hearing Ye Qiu say this, the three women quickly went over and each picked two pieces from Ye Qiu’s pile of raw stones.
Ye Qiu still had several pieces left.
"Help me with the stone carving first," Ye Qiu said.
The two young male employees moved the hundred-pound Jadeite rough stone onto the stone carving machine, and as the machine started to hum, suddenly a dazzling red object appeared.
This was definitely Jadeite.
"We’ve got it, definitely got it."
The male employee was very excited.
As they carefully cut it open, a large piece of red Jade was indeed revealed.
"This must be Red Jade."
Red Jade, with fiery red or orange-red colors, is easily found in the market. The color of Red Jade forms after the formation of the jade crystals, caused by hematite infiltration.
It features bright red or deep red, high-quality red jade has a glassy luster and is semi-transparent. Red jade products are often mid-range or mid-to-low range items, but there are high-end red jades too, which have bright colors, fine texture, and are very beautiful, beloved for their auspiciousness.
Clearly, this piece from Ye Qiu was high-end Red Jade.
The onlookers were very surprised.
"This is a windfall, this piece alone is worth at least five million."
Five million?
Ye Qiu might not mind.
But Li Qianqian, Xiaomai, and Lin Xiang were so shocked that their eyeballs nearly popped out.
This is too incredible!
In an instant, one became a millionaire with five million.
"Sir, I’ll buy this piece of jade stone for five million,"
a middle-aged boss directly said.
"Selling is fine, to the highest bidder."
To the highest bidder?
Now, in this Jade City, there are all sorts of people, including those who sell these Jadeite rough stones, some are direct sales, some are third-party sellers.
There are also those in precision processing, some even come from Ruili.
So, the moment they laid eyes on this high-end Red Jade, it immediately caught their attention.
Now, this piece is worth more than five million before processing; if processed, it might be worth more, possibly over tens of millions.
This flipping just earned a luxury house, naturally drawing a lot of attention.
"I’ll bid six million."
...
"Nine million."
...
"Twelve million."
When someone bid twelve million, the offers finally stopped.
In fact, the buyer was none other than someone from Jade City, a store owner under Cai Yong.
"Sir, how about selling it to our store for twelve million?"
The store manager said.
"Of course, that’s fine."
"I’ll immediately have the store issue a check for you."
Twelve million?
This isn’t twelve hundred dollars, Lin Xiang and Xiaomai were too shocked to speak.
Of course, because of this, now it seems easier at Jade City.
Clearly, stone gambling is way better than buying lottery tickets.
Lottery tickets have a chance of winning, but the odds are too low, and it’s not open about it.
However, now it’s all in the open, and the odds of winning seem much higher.
When the piece of Red Jade was taken away, as Ye Qiu’s second piece of Jadeite rough stone was again opened by the stone carving machine, soon, a yellow stone appeared.
"Got it, got it again!"
The young male employee said.
Seeing the other’s excitement, it felt like his own wife was pregnant.
Ye Qiu looked over and indeed, a patch of yellow-brown stone color was revealed.
As the young male employee gently cut it open, a even more vibrant and yellow Jade stone was quickly revealed.
"This should be Yellow Brown Jadeite, this young man is too lucky, he just won a piece of Red Jade, and now, he’s won a Yellow Brown Jade."
Yellow Brown Jadeite, with colors ranging from yellow to brown yellow or tan yellow, is less transparent. This series of colors is common in the market.
The colors also form after the jade crystals are made, often above the red layers, caused by limonite infiltration.
In the market, Red Jade is valued higher than Yellow Jade, and Yellow Jade higher than Brown Yellow Jade; Tan Yellow Jade’s price is lower. However, due to people’s preferences and unique qualities, prices can defy these conventions.
This piece of Yellow Brown Jadeite isn’t as valuable as the Red Jade, but it’s worth millions, being large enough to make many pairs of Jade Bracelets.
"Sir, is this piece for sale?"
A middle-aged boss hurriedly asked.
"Of course, it’s for sale."
To Ye Qiu, these Jade stones were practically worthless, as he could obtain a lot of them if he truly wanted.
"Three million, I’ll buy it for three million."
The middle-aged boss quickly said.
Ye Qiu remained silent, and another middle-aged boss said, "Four million."
"Five million."
...
"Seven million."
When someone called out seven million, no one offered more. Clearly, that’s the highest they were willing to pay; any higher, they’d think it’s not worth it.
"Then seven million it is!"
The middle-aged boss directly wrote a check.
Once Ye Qiu received the check, the opposite hurriedly had the item cleaned and took it away.
At this moment, Li Qianqian and the other two women were speechless.
They could only say that Ye Qiu’s luck was incredible.
In no time, almost twenty million had been earned.
Ye Qiu’s way of making money was too easy.
When the remaining pieces were opened, amazingly, they all had Jade inside.
Like mid-to-high-grade White Base Green Jade.
The White Base Green features a base as white as snow with green on it looking very vibrant, distinctly white and green. This variety of Jadeite is easily identifiable, with green speckles on the white base, poor transparency, usually opaque or semi-transparent; with pieces having fibrous and fine-grained interlocking structures, fine-grained dominant; under a microscope, the surface often has pitting or uneven structures.
This variety is mostly mid-range, but those with distinct green and white, vivid green, and harmonious appearance can reach mid-to-high-grade quality.
This piece is also worth four to five million.
The total value of Ye Qiu’s Jadeite rocks was preliminarily worth around forty to fifty million.
A boss in the direct sales store almost collapsed right there.
However, they knew they only sold Jadeite rough stones, and whatever the customer found, that was their business. They could buy it back, but needed evaluation from Jadeite stone appraisers.
But by the time their store appraiser confirmed, it had already been purchased by other bosses.
