Chapter 109: Gambling Stones
Zhang Qi didn't explain too much to the clerk, and asked, "Do you have rough stones for sale here?" ”
"Sorry, we don't have rough for sale here." The clerk shook his head and replied.
"Forget it, let's go."
Zhang Qi looked a little disappointed, he remembered that the gems he cut for Tang Yu and Anthony last time were much better than the jewelry displayed in this store, and after seeing such beautiful gems again, his eyes were picky, and he was a little disdainful when he looked at these ordinary gemstones.
Suddenly, a fat man called out to them.
"You want the rough stone?" The fat man hurriedly walked up to Zhang Qi and glanced at him and Zhang Xuewan beside him, as if considering their economic strength.
Zhang Qi's dress is very ordinary, not much different from an ordinary high school student, and the clothes are just ordinary domestic brands. Zhang Xuewan's dress is quite a bit of a grade, the fabric of the shirt and uniform skirt looks very high-end, and a set is estimated to be several thousand.
The fat man couldn't grasp which of them was in charge, and his eyes took care of the two of them at the same time, but he was very set.
Zhang Qi asked, "Do you have one?" ”
Hearing his question, the fat man now understood that Zhang Qi was in charge, he focused his eyes on Zhang Qi's body, and said, "I don't have it here." ”
"None? So what do you ask? Zhang Qi frowned.
"I know where it is," said the fat man with a very kind smile, "you should know about gambling stones, right?" ”
Zhang Qi waved his hand, interrupted his next words, and said, "I don't need jade, is there anything else?" ”
"You bought it to give it away, right? It's best to buy jade and give it away, jade retains its value, and it's better than other gemstones. And jade also nourishes people, which is good for the body. The fat man hurriedly said, like a lotus flower with a tongue, and poured ecstasy soup into Zhang Qi.
Although Zhang Qi has never gambled on stones, he has also seen others play. He is not interested in this, and there is nothing wrong with losing nine out of ten bets, and putting it in the gambling stone.
"Needless to say, I'm not interested." Zhang Qi shook his head, revealing an impatient look.
"It's never too late to make a decision, it just so happens that a new batch of rough stones has arrived today, and there are many people who will go to see it together. If you miss this village, you won't have this shop. The fat man saw Zhang Qi's very resolute attitude, but he didn't give up, and said stubbornly.
Zhang Qi was about to turn around and leave, when he suddenly noticed that the dragon's tooth dagger hidden in his pocket shook slightly.
The amplitude of the jitter is extremely low, and it is difficult to detect it if the perception is relatively numb.
What's going on?
He had never encountered a dragon's tooth dagger in this situation, as if he had suddenly come to life, if it weren't for his extraordinary will, he would probably be frightened by the dragon's tooth dagger in his pocket.
What's going on?
He immediately tried to make contact with the Dragontooth Daggers as if he were manipulating them with his knife intent, and then he immediately detected the source of the anomaly.
In the fat man's trouser pocket, there seemed to be a small stone that resonated with the dragon's tooth dagger.
It's a strange resonance, a bit like magnets coming together, but they don't attract. If it weren't for someone as sensitive as Zhang Qi, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to find this resonance.
What the hell is that?
Zhang Qi suddenly became very interested in this fat man, looked at the fat man with an expectant face, and changed his words with a smile: "Okay, I'll go with you to see what good things are." ”
"Eh, you won't be disappointed." When the fat man saw that he agreed, he was very pleased, and hurriedly led them towards the outside of the store.
"How far is it from here?" Zhang Qi asked.
Zhang Xuewan followed without saying a word, she was also very curious about the legendary gambling stone.
"Don't worry, I can't sell you." The fat man said with a smile, "It's not far, just two streets past, under the overpass." ”
Zhang Qi just asked in passing, he didn't worry about anything. The fat man looked like a profiteer, his smile was full of treachery, but he had no killing intent, nor did he have a vicious aura, it was estimated that he was doing the trick of abduction and deception, and he didn't dare to do the bandit's thing.
The car driven by the fat man was a pickup truck, Zhang Qi took a look at the back, there were a lot of traces of gravel, it seems that there is no shortage of stones, and it is indeed specialized in this business.
Sitting in the fat man's car, after a while, he arrived at the place.
It is a construction site under the overpass that looks like some years, I don't know whether it is abandoned or unfinished, this construction site is complete except for the outermost circle of iron guardrails, but the inside is dilapidated, and a few iron houses are crooked and twisted pestles there.
The car drove in from a side path and stopped next to the open space inside. Next to the clearing were many large stones, inconspicuous, like ordinary stones.
There were also several groups of people who kept looking at the stones, looking back and forth, chatting.
After Zhang Qi got out of the car, he glanced at the big stones.
He didn't have clairvoyance, he didn't have the ability to observe the composition of objects, and he didn't have the experience of stone gamblers to see anything from the appearance of the stone.
"Those jades were cut out of these stones, huh?" Zhang Xuewan asked him curiously.
Zhang Qi nodded and said, "Yes." ”
"How much jade do you have to cut out of such a big stone, isn't that a fortune? How much does this stone sell for? Zhang Xuewan was a little nervous.
The fat man heard their conversation and came over and said, "That's not it! If the whole piece is jade, then it is really rich. These stones are not expensive, the lowest is tens of thousands, and the highest is only five million. But if the jade is cut out, the price will double and rise. ”
"Really?" Zhang Xuewan looked at Zhang Qi, "I still have tens of thousands of yuan, can you buy one and try it?" ”
Zhang Qi shook his head and said, "Let's take a look first, don't worry." ”
"Oh." She nodded, and there was a disagreement in his eyes, which made it clear that he didn't want her to buy it. She didn't know why, but she was right to listen to him.
The smile on the fat man's face did not diminish at all: "Hehe, yes, take a look first, don't worry." I can't eat hot tofu even if I'm in a hurry. ”
"What's the cheapest you said?" Zhang Qi asked.
When the fat man heard him ask, he did not show a look of disdain, but smiled as always, led them to the side of the pile of big stones, pointed to a very inconspicuous small stone on the ground, and said, "This is it, fifty thousand." ”
"It's so big, it costs 50,000 yuan?" Zhang Xuewan asked in surprise, the stone was not as big as a leather ball, it looked like a stone fished out of a river, very ordinary.
"Don't look at him small!" The fat man shook his head and said, "If it is rubbed green, the price will directly double." Even if a fist-sized piece of jade is cut out in the end, it will be worth hundreds of thousands. ”
His words are also blinded by people like Zhang Xuewan, and Zhang Qi is not blinded at all.
That's what you say, but if there's nothing in it, wouldn't it be stupid to spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy a broken stone?
"How? Don't look at this stone to look ordinary, it looks pretty good, as long as you rub out the jade, you can sell it immediately to make money. The fat man spoke to the two of them with great difficulty.
But Zhang Qi's attention is not on these stones, but elsewhere. He looked around, looking for a stone like the little stone in the fat man's pocket that would resonate with the dragon's tooth dagger.
After a brief look around, I didn't find anything.
He wondered how to open his mouth so that the fat man could pull the stone out of his pocket and look at it.
But after thinking about it, this fat man is undoubtedly a profiteer, if he says it too directly, he will definitely find the clue, maybe he will immediately sit on the ground and raise the price, and hold the stone to a sky-high price.
As he pondered, he pretended to inspect the rough stones, crouched down, and touched the stones that looked very ordinary.
Zhang Xuewan also squatted beside him and said softly: "How do I feel that they are deceiving people? A stone is sold for such an expensive price, if they take the kind of stone that has no jade at all, who can see it. ”
Zhang Qi replied in a low voice: "I can still see a little bit of Yutong guò's appearance, but I don't know much, so we'd better be cautious and don't spend money indiscriminately." ”
"Hmm...... I know. Zhang Xuewan nodded.
Zhang Qi was talking, but he was touching a knee-high stone in his hand, and suddenly he felt that something was not right, and there was a faint warm breath surging towards him from the stone.