Chapter 48 Dumb Luck?
"No need!" Zhang Jingshan grunted back.
"What? You're going to wimp out? That doesn't look like Zhang Jingshan's style!"Li Changfeng continued provoking him.
However, Zhang Jingshan ignored him and looked at Ye Chen instead.
"Mr. Ye, are you sure about this?"
"Kind of!" Ye Chen smiled slightly.
The reason why he did not call Old Huang to begin with the stones during the first few rounds not because he did not know that the price of these stones could rise. It was just that those stones could not make as much money as Old Huang needed. Even if they hiked up, it would at most increased about three to five million dollars. This simply could not fill the gap in the amount that Old Huang needed.
That was why he had been waiting until now.
In my previous life, when this piece of black Usha stone was at 130,000 dollars, once again no one was willing to bet on it until the last moment, a novice stone gambler who initially came to join in the fun took that stone down. Then, he directly asked the master cutter to cut that stone without windowing and it showed up an impressively old-blue-water type jadeite with snow cotton floating in it. It was then being bought by an acquirer on the spot for 1.3 million dollars."
After being replied by Ye Chen, Zhang Jingshan only then turned to look at Li Mu and continued, "I don't meant to not have the bet with you when I said no, it' just that I don't want to take that few hundred thousand dollars for granted, let's bet on a million dollars, if there's nothing in it, I lose you a million dollars!"
"Haha, alright, very impressive, no wonder you are the old secretary's grandson, you're much better than your dad!" Li Mu laughed out loudly.
"Can you fucking stop being shady all day and act like man?" Zhang Jingshan furiously shouted back.
Li Mu shook his head disdainfully and continued, "Talking is useless, come on, open this black Usha stone!"
Little did they know that at this moment, Old Huang was backing away.
How these Richie rich fought, it had nothing to do with him. But those few hundred thousand dollars were his last hope of turning over. What if he really lost his money, what should he suppose to do?
"Hm, I think I..."
Just when Lao Huang wanted to back out.
Zhang Jingshan, who noticed him swaying, said, "If you don't want this stone, give it to me, I'll take it!"
"Mr. Zhang, this does not seem suitable, after all it is first come, first served isn't it?" Ye Chen, who was thinking of helping Old Huang, said immediately.
"But didn't he starting to back off?" Zhang Jingshan asked.
Ye Chen ignored him and smiled at Old Huang. "Old Huang, don't you believe me?"
He really had given him the chance. If Old Huang really did not grasp the chance, and resisted it to the end, then he had nothing to say.
"Ye Chen, you know that this few hundred thousand dollars are my last bargaining chips... " Those words wriggled out from Old Huang's throat.
"I know, that's why I hope that you can believe in me for once!" Ye Chen said. Old Huang sighed and stared at Ye Chen, where he noticed there was a hint of smile in his determined eyes.
Few seconds had passed.
Old Huang gritted his teeth.
"Alright, I believe you!" Old Huang trembled when saying it.
Immediately.
Everyone immediately turned to the stone-cutting machine on the side the moment he was sure that he wanted this black Usha stone.
"Do you need to window it to have a peek inside?" the master cutting stone asked.
"Don't be so troublesome, just cut it from the side!" Ye Chen took the lead.
Lao Huang also nodded in agreement.
At this moment, the palms of his hands started to sweat.
If this was ruined, then he could only die.
The humming machine sounded.
Under the gaze of Ye Chen, Zhang Jingshan, Li Changfeng, Li Mu, Old Huang, and some onlookers, a harsh stone-cutting sound followed.
"There's a colour, up, up!'' The master who cut the stone immediately shouted after seeing a slight of blue light from the stone.
In an instant, except for Ye Chen, everyone held their breath tightly.
One cut was down and a bright blue light appeared!
"Old-blue-water type jadeite...with snow cotton in it, this is a high quality old-blue-water type jadeite floating with snow cotton!" The stone cutter exclaimed.
Then, the crowd suddenly went wild.
"The old-blue-water type jadeite itself is rare, it's even rarer when this jadeite has floating snow cotton."
''Is this, is this actually came out from a piece of black Usha that people had been claiming that it's not worth to cut it open?"
"He's getting rich, he's getting rich!"
"It's going to worth at least a million dollars!"
"Fuck, this is the first time I see the old-blue-water type jadeite with floating snow cotton!"
Amidst the commotion, Zhang Jingshan and Li Changfeng were completely dumbstruck. "Isn't Ye Chen's hunch amazingly accurate? If what happened before that was a coincidence, what about this time?"
"This gentleman, don't cut it down any more, sell it to me at one million dollars, sounds good to you?" Out of nowhere, a middle-aged man rushed to Old Huang's side.
At this time, Old Huang's mind was all blank. His eyes still stayed on the black Usha rough stone in disbelief.
He was actually ready to get down to the dark hell. But when the knife went down and what appeared in front of him was a paradise that could never be brighter.
"Sir, what do you think? Will you sell it to me?" Seeing that Lao Huang didn't respond, the middle-aged man asked again.
"Huh?" Old Huang, who had just recovered his composure, turned his head.
"I said, one million dollars, do you sell it? If you agree, let us trade now and you don't have to cut it any further!" The buyer laughed.
One million dollars...
This was not only enough to pay off the debts, but also enough to cure his mother!
Just when Old Huang excitedly wanted to accept this offer, Ye Chen suddenly spoke, "A million dollar is little less!"
"A million dollar isn't enough? This has been cut on one side only, and it's still part of gambling!" The buyer raised his eyebrows.
"With this rich colour of the jadeite, do you think it is possible that it's screwed if it was cut on few more sides? If you really want it, take it at 1.3 million dollars!" Ye Chen said.
"It seems that this jadeite is not yours, right?" The middle-aged man was a little dissatisfied. He had clearly seen Old Huang just now was so excited that he couldn't wait to agree.
However, the moment his voice fell, Old Huang immediately pointed to Ye Chen. "I listen to what he says!"
"No, what are you waiting for, do you want take it at 1.3 million dollars, if you don't want it, I want it!" Upon seeing this, Zhang Jingshan also cooperated.
A bit of hesitation flashed between the middle-aged man's brows.
In the end, he still could not resist it. "Okay, 1.3 million dollars it is! Give me your account number and I will transfer money directly to you!"
"OK, OK, OK, thank you!"
Until he received his mobile phone text messages about the 1.3 million dollars transaction, Old Huang still thought that this was a dream.
Everything was so ethereal..
He hugged Ye Chen tightly. With tears in his eyes, he said, "I don't know how to repay your kindness today. When my mother has recovered, I will bring her to thank you in person!"
"Come on, it's just that I've been lucky recently, and I think there's something mysterious about this stone. You don't need to be so grateful, go back to the hospital and take good care of your mother!" Ye Chen shook his head and smiled without taking credit for himself.
"Alright, sure, I'll call you back later!"
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Old Huang wept the wet corners of his eyes and left in a hurry. The hospital had informed him that today was the last day to pay her mother's medical fees. If he was still not sure about the money, the kidney source would then be provided to other patients, and no one knew when would be the next time to get the next kidney. Plus, the most important thing was that her mother's physical condition could not wait any longer!
"Young Master Li, do you still remember what I said to you? See, I won. This one million dollars, you're not welshing on that, aren't you!"
After Old Huang left, Zhang Jingshan immediately smiled proudly at Li Mu who was embarrassed.
"Don't worry, I, Li Mu, don't need that one million dollars!"
He could not held back his anger and embarrassment and endured it secretly. So, he turned to Ye Chen and said, "You're just a loose cannon who lucked into being in the right place at the right time!"
Yes, in Li Mu's opinion, what happened to Ye Chen was just dumb luck, he did not think Ye Chen really foreseen that the black Usha stone could rise. Otherwise, how could he be possible to give this opportunity of earning more than 1.1 million dollars to others? After all, he was just a low-level gambler who frequently borrowed from loan sharks!
Being insulted again and again, Ye Chen suddenly became angry.
Originally, he did not want to bother him at all. After all, the young master of the Four Seas Group was not able to live up to his glorious days anymore few days later.
But being ridiculed and insulted one after another, Ye Chen felt that it was necessary for him to pay back, otherwise the humiliation in his heart was hard to get rid of!