The half-gamble materials on the left shelf were mostly small pieces, the window cut into them showed green, but when Lin Tian used his X-ray vision, the green inside was of poor quality, not to mention the poor texture, the color was not pure either, and there were impurities. Indeed, as those in the trade say, jade gambling has nine losses out of ten.
As Lin Tian looked around, only the block on the small cart caught his eye; the materials at other stalls were not up to par. This stall was no exception, but then again, it is likely that the good raw materials were placed in zone two.
"Brother Lin, how is it?" Zhou Botong followed Lin Tian and asked softly.
He was also a bit worried, if he couldn’t find good materials, not only would he lose face, but he would also drag Lin Tian down, something he didn’t want to see happen.
"Don’t worry, if I don’t make them bleed, I won’t bear my surname as Lin," Lin Tian said, reassuring Zhou Botong.
"Lin Tian, have you decided? Don’t think you can just drag your feet and get away with it," Bai Yufeng said lightly. His brother didn’t speak up; instead, it was he who couldn’t stand Lin Tian’s pretentious demeanor.
Last time in the bar, Bai Yufeng had suffered terribly; he would never forget that embarrassing experience for the rest of his life.
"What’s the rush? You’re not the owner of this stall, acting more anxious than the Emperor himself!" Lin Tian glanced at him and retorted.
He looked at the half-gamble materials here and saw they weren’t promising, so he moved over to the full-gamble materials. Decisions were even harder to make with full-gamble materials, finding good jade required even more luck.
The saying ’Even immortals struggle to predict the jade in an inch of stone’ held true here. A block of jade raw material would show color on its surface, looking promising. You might see green in the first cut, but then lose it in the second—such occurrences were common.
These outer skins, pythons, and moss could be used as references. If it was riverbed crystal stone jade from an old mine, the rind would be thin, or even non-existent, exposing the opaque, foggy stone quality within and making it easier to decide.
The most troublesome cases occurred when the rind looked unremarkable, yet contained good jade that might remain undiscovered for ten or twenty years.
He then pretended to examine the raw materials closely, looking at several pieces, but the best was only of the bean variety, which Lin Tian did not fancy at all.
"Hmm..." Lin Tian picked up a piece and looked it over; this raw material was grayish-white, felt a bit rough, but was very hard to the touch, and had a faint green moss.
This green moss was so faint that one might not notice it even on close inspection. Lin Tian had an excellent eye to have spotted it.
Moss indicates the internal jade quality showing on the outer skin, and to confirm what he had learned, he used his X-ray vision to peer layers into it.
The piece was the size of a soccer ball, and Lin Tian’s gaze had penetrated a good distance into it, still seeing only foggy crystal stone. Could I be wrong? By the appearance of the outer skin, there should be jade, Lin Tian thought, shaking his head about to give up, but then a faint green color caught his eye.
No mistake, there was indeed jade, and the quality reached the hibiscus variety, with a rather light color, possessing a subtly elegant beauty.
"Boss, how much for this one?" Lin Tian asked loudly.
"Well, although the gamble is kind of average, all my materials here are from the old mine, and the chance of striking green is still pretty high, I’ll give it to you for one thousand," the owner said, his eyes shifting before he spoke.
Still one thousand yuan, given his facial expression, Lin Tian knew it was a rip-off. Based on the performance of this material, it wasn’t worth more than five hundred. However, Lin Tian did not bother to haggle; while the jade inside was small, it was enough for two pendants, and it was worth about two hundred thousand.
Pieces of the hibiscus variety used to be cheap in the past when good jade was more abundant. Now the jade mines are becoming increasingly scarce, and some old pits have already been exhausted. With high-grade jade diminishing, prices for this mid-to-lower grade jade naturally rise.
"Secretary Xu, this is for you. Let’s see how your luck turns out," Lin Tian said with a smile as he handed her the material.
"Really?" A flash of surprise crossed Secretary Xu’s face, and then she shook her head, "I can’t take your things. I haven’t been much help..."
"President Xiao paid the money, so consider it a reward for your hard work on the business trip. If she dares to say anything, you tell me, and I’ll reason with her," Lin Tian said boastfully, causing Miss to glare at him.
"Thank you." Secretary Xu gave him a charming look and expressed her gratitude. Although she didn’t gamble on stones, she was very excited about the possibility that the unimpressive stone could yield beautiful jade.
"Lin Tian, you’re choosing this piece?" Bai Yuze asked with amusement, "Do you really want to give a beautiful woman a lousy stone?"
"Ignorance is the reason for stupidity, and not realizing one’s ignorance is foolishness. I’m talking about you," Lin Tian said with a glance, his words dripping with sarcasm.
After that, Lin Tian ignored him and continued examining the raw materials. Noticing that he had spent quite a bit of time, he quickly scanned them with X-ray vision and found another piece of glutinous material; apart from that, there were no good jades.
Just glutinous materials, not worth much. Lin Tian knew that this type of material would still be mocked by Bai Yuze. But he had looked at all the raw materials on the rack, and there was no good jade.
His eyes roamed around and he saw a huge stone outside the pavilion, taller than a person, probably weighing around three hundred kilograms.
"Boss, is this giant stone also yours?" Lin Tian asked curiously.
"Of course, the stone is too big to bring inside, and having it outside also attracts some customers," the owner explained truthfully, not understanding Lin Tian’s intentions.
The giant stone was dark brown, with a rough surface. It was fine as an ornament but ugly as raw material. Moreover, the stone had been cut from both sides and no jade was found, so it was carelessly left outside.
Lin Tian, still hopeful, looked through the giant stone with his x-ray vision. To his surprise, there was no green inside, but instead, there was a rare red.
This red jade flesh was large, weighing maybe two hundred kilograms, but its color was brownish and not pure, and its quality was low. It was a low-grade red jade, Lin Tian sighed to himself.
The value of low-grade red jade was very low; Lin Tian felt it was a pity. His gaze moved past this layer of brownish jade flesh and continued to scan.
"This is..." A bright and vivid red appeared, the hue was vibrant and striking. The fiery red color was like a rooster’s comb, masculine and intense.
Cockscomb red, this is cockscomb red! Lin Tian shouted inwardly, the topmost red among the red jades.
He eagerly examined the quality of the jade flesh. It was clear, transparent, delicate, and see-through—glass type! My god, this time he was about to make a fortune, and no luck could stop it.
This was top-grade red jade, glass type cockscomb red, on the same level as glass type Emperor Green, and even rarer.
Red jade is a secondary jade ore, formed when the natural iron elements seep into the already formed jade. Through chemical reactions, the ferrous ions turn into ferric ions, creating the red hue.
The color of this piece of red jade was uniform, and it was the densest glass type, formed over who knows how many years of permeation.
Such a large piece of top-grade red jade, weighing over sixty kilograms, how much would it be worth? One hundred million? Two hundred million?
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