831 It Was Worth It
Everyone was puzzled by CEO Yang’s words. Then, they looked in the direction CEO Yang was pointing.
In front of the east path of the courtyard stood a relatively large statue. This statue was located at the back of the palace, in the middle of the backyard.
It was not as tall as the palace, but it was definitely considered big.
There were also many rare flowers around. There was a canal built in the outermost circle. Inside was a natural mountain spring that flowed naturally from the mountains. With the nourishment of this spring water, there were many weeds around, but it was obvious that they had been cleaned.
“Who is this statue? Why is it so imposing?”
CEO Yang trembled in shock. This statue was completely green and shone with a green light under the sunlight. It was as if it was made of bronze.
From afar, it looked like a miracle. It was truly breathtaking.
From the green light, they knew that this was definitely not an ordinary item. Therefore, the CEOs jogged to the front of the statue and looked up at the statue. At the same time, they leaned closer and carefully knocked on the texture of the statue.
It was fine if they didn’t look, but one look and they were shocked.
“Is… Is this f*cking jade? Is this a statue carved from a three-meter-tall and two-meter-wide jadeite? This, this, this…”
CEO Li pointed at the statue in shock. He knew jade very well, so he could tell at a glance that it was jade.
When the other CEOs heard him say this, they were immediately shocked. Their eyes widened like lanterns as they looked at the statue and could not say a word.
After all, jadeite was the best quality among jade. The current price of jadeite was obvious to all. Moreover, the larger the surface area of the raw stone, the better. This was because there was more room to operate and create what could be made, and the quality would be better.
For example, if those who gambled on stones cut a stone the size of a wheel and half of it was jadeite, they would laugh so hard that they would not be able to hold their farts.
Moreover, the jadeite statue that the few CEOs in front of them were looking at was about three meters tall and two meters wide. This was already carved. If one considered the amount of jadeite before it was carved, it was difficult to imagine how big this raw jadeite stone was.
CEO Li had played with jade for so many years and had also done so a lot of business related to jade. He had seen at least 8,000 jade stones, if not 10,000. However, now, this was really as if a small knife was poking his butt. It really opened his eyes.
Such a huge raw jadeite was really unheard of. It was breathtaking.
Liu Xinnan stood at the side and was amused when he saw them like this. Thinking back to when he first came here and saw this statue, he had the same expression. Now that he thought about it, he could not help but smile.
Now that things had changed, he was no longer the rash and inexperienced younger brother of the past. Therefore, he immediately stood up and smiled.
“This carving is of the prince who built this East Mountain Villa back then. This raw jadeite stone is almost priceless now.”
Upon hearing this, the CEOs immediately trembled. The value of this piece of jade alone was enough to buy a few of their lives. Even their entire family assets combined could not gather some of the edges of this jade, let alone the entire jadeite statue.
How could this not shock everyone?
The price of modern jadeite was alright, but the older the jadeite, the more expensive it was. Take the few jadeite ornaments the empress dowager handled in the late Qing Dynasty for example. Now, the base price was hundreds of millions, hundreds of millions, or even billions.
It was not even very big, let alone the huge jadeite in front of them. Moreover, the carving was so exquisite. It looked like it involved skill and technology that should not have existed in ancient times. It was so exquisite.
The CEOs were numb when they saw this. Just the thought of this priceless thing being Chairman Ye’s made them feel so angry that they didn’t know what to do.
“This is still the tip of the iceberg. Let’s go. I’ll bring you to see something else.”
Liu Xinnan waved his hand and brought the CEOs along. After walking around for a long time, they visited the backyard, the east courtyard, and the west courtyard. The CEOs felt like their feet were about to bubble.
However, the more they looked at it, the more shocked they were. This East Mountain Villa could be said to be filled with hidden dragons and crouching tigers. The jadeite statue earlier was already shocking enough, but there was actually an agate stream behind. The agate in the stream had all been replaced with cobblestones. Under the sunlight, it shone with a seven-colored light, making people gasp in amazement. It was difficult to imagine what kind of comfortable experience it would be to drink by the stream when the moon was high.
Moreover, there was also a bronze carriage in a public square and a small ancient street formed by many people made of bronze. At a glance, it looked like some special venue used to film movies in the modern world. When one stood in it, it was as if they had come to a thousand years ago. It was as if they were a bronze statue, while these motionless people were humans.
Apart from this, they also saw a small back garden with a dreamy smell. There were many ancient rare green plants planted in it.
Most of them had already gone extinct and could not be seen in nature now. Moreover, the trees were each thicker than the other. The smallest ones required several people to carry, and the largest ones were almost the size of a big truck.
The leaves of these green plants carried some natural plant light powder. Liu Xinnan said that when the sky completely darkened, it would emit a dream-like light, like an anime.
What was even more amazing was that a pavilion had been built in between. In the middle of the pavilion was a stone platform with many musical instruments placed on it. It was probably the place where His Highness used to spend his nights. Just imagine that scene. He would drink wine, listen to music, and look at the bright colors that sparkled in his vision, brighter than fireflies.
How comfortable was that experience?
Seeing this, the CEOs were already shocked. As they walked, they shook their heads and sighed in their hearts.
[Chairman Ye is really a god. He can even obtain such a manor. It’s really an eye-opener for me to come here today. Such a place is really rare. If I hadn’t come here today, I probably wouldn’t have thought that such a scene would exist in reality. This won’t do. I have to be on good terms with Chairman Ye.]
Then, after following Liu Xinnan to see some unimportant places, they returned to the guest hall.
Ye Xuan was chatting with his sisters. When he saw that the CEOs had returned, he looked at them and smiled.
“How is it, everyone? Is this villa pleasing to the eye?”
“Amazing, too amazing, Chairman Ye. It’s worth it to come here today.”
CEO Yang was full of praises as he replied. The few CEOs at the side also nodded and echoed.
“That’s right, Chairman Ye. It really opened our eyes. It’s worth it. It’s too worth it. My life is worth it.”
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