Chapter 69: Accidental Gambling
After breakfast, the two left the hotel. From a distance, I saw Dong Wenzhuo standing next to a Buick business car and waving to them.
In the car, Dong Wenzhuo told Li Feng that the stone gambling competition was held at the Huika Gambling Stone Club, and it would be blind gambling, with no half-open and full-open.
At that time, the rough stones produced in the top ten markets of Myanmar will be marked at a price for people to choose, because for the first time, the number of gambling stones is determined by the ranking, so the major jewelers are very important. I heard that several companies have also hired stone experts to gamble on stones for them.
Located in the northwest suburb of Manle, the club covers a wide area and is a large manor clubhouse, which was originally closed to the public, but was temporarily opened for this competition.
An hour later, they arrived at the clubhouse. The manor is very high, and it is heavily guarded far outside the manor, and gun-wielding soldiers can be seen everywhere.
There are staff at the gate checking the identity of the person who enters, Dong Wenzhuo is a participating merchant, with a certificate issued by the organizer, and he passed the inspection smoothly and entered the manor.
The manor is exactly like a basin. The sky ahead is very empty, and the sky is exceptionally peaceful, and at the end of the line of sight, the sky bordering the farmstead, sparse thin clouds mixed in the azure like a well-grained marble, which is pleasing to the eye.
The three of them were guided by a short, dry grass path and soon came to a square as wide as a park. In the center of the square was a tall and spacious red alder platform, on which a long table and five or six chairs were placed, and no one was present on them. The audience is full of people, like a vegetable market.
Ten large open-air stone selection platforms were built around the high platform, which was much lower than the high platform. At this time, there are people in front of each stone selection platform, and from time to time someone points to the rough stone inside, and there are many contestants who are selecting stones in the stone selection platform.
Dong Wenzhuo told Li Feng that before 12 o'clock at noon is the free purchase time, and the representatives of each participating merchant can only choose a maximum of ten rough stones, and the same is true for individual contestants.
According to the statistics of the organizers, there are 18 participating merchants this time, with 158 individual participants, and each venue provides 1,000 rough stones, a total of 10,000 rough stones.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the site will be open to the public. Of course, in order to prevent fraud, they are all opened blindly, and no one knows whose rough stones they are.
Before entering the stone selection platform, everyone randomly draws a number plate, and each rough stone has a number, and the number is recorded on the number plate after purchasing the rough stone. When the ranking is announced, the award will be received on stage with the number plate.
Li Feng's eldest nephew understood, and he couldn't be sure whether there was any jadeite in the rough stone, and it was said that even high-tech such as X-ray and Doppler couldn't identify whether there was any material in it, which was indeed fair.
Next, Dong Wenzhuo came to the workbench next to him, took out the proof of participation and handed it to the staff, and then took out a wooden card in the card drawing box and handed it to Li Feng. Li Feng glanced at the wooden sign, which said No. 88.
He then walked to a stone selection platform called Hpakantchangkou, and after showing the wooden sign, the staff immediately let him go.
Li Feng walked slowly inside, and there were rows of rough stones of different sizes on the three-layer iron frames, each of which had a number starting with C written in lacquer.
He had already released his spiritual sense to cover the entire stone selection platform, and the size of the aura of each rough stone was clear at a glance. However, Li Feng was also speechless, because less than one percent of the nearly 1,000 original stones had aura. Of course, there will also be jadeites with no aura, which is not something he can see. But since there is no aura, the quality will not be much better.
Soon, Li Feng walked in front of a rough stone with the strongest aura, the price of this rough stone is three million, grayish-white, a little big, afraid of weighing a hundred catties. This stone clearly overflowed with five rich spiritual qi under his spiritual sense.
He wrote down the number and went back the way he came. Although there are still a few pieces that he looks at, there are still nine fields that he hasn't seen, so it's better to compare them, and it's not too late to go back and buy them.
When I got to the registration office at the entrance, I took out the number plate and gave it to the staff, and I reported the number of the rough stone. The staff immediately entered the information into the computer, and it was successful after a while, and it seems that no one has bought this rough stone yet.
Dong Wenzhuo, who was waiting at the door, immediately rushed to pay by card, but Li Feng was helpless and did not fight with Dong Wenzhuo.
Then, he walked to the next entrance, which had a banner that said Mameng Field, and Li Feng showed the number plate and walked in.
The rough stones lined up in a row are much smaller than the ones I saw at the entrance of Hpakant, but they are much darker in color, black and gray.
Li Feng walked in the aisle, didn't even look at the rough stones on both sides, and walked towards the very small rough stones in the depths in a daze.
Next to this small rough stone, there was already a lean old man in his fifties, holding a magnifying glass in his hand looking at a large rough stone. also knocked the rough stone a few times with his knuckles from time to time, and Li Feng inadvertently glanced at the rough stone.
The old man noticed that Li Feng was walking straight towards him, thinking that he was also looking at the rough stone he was studying, so he asked with a smile: "Little brother, do you think this rough stone will rise?"
"I don't know. Li Feng said casually.
"Oh, I don't know. The old man said politely, "Go straight to me, and I still think you are an expert?"
"I can watch whatever I like, do whatever you want!" Li Feng frowned slightly and slammed up.
"You," said the old man angrily, "where did you come from, so rude, do you know who I am?"
"Who do I care who you are?"
"Why is the young man so arrogant now, even if your elders are polite in front of me. The old man blew his beard and glared, and said angrily.
At this time, a young man dressed in a big-name costume heard the movement here, and immediately trotted over, and saw the thin old man and exclaimed, "You are Master Yan Jueyan?"
"Which one are you? I don't seem to know you. The old man was stunned and asked.
"I am Li Mingzhen of the Li family in the capital, my father Li Shining, can Master Yan know?" The young man who claimed to be Li Mingzhen looked arrogant, and he bit the four words of the Li family in the capital very hard.
"It turns out that you are Li Shining's son," Master Yan's face softened, and said, "I also appraised a piece of jade for your father a few days ago." ”
Li Feng didn't have time to listen to them in that set, and as soon as he took a step away, he heard the old man's scolding: "Don't go, boy!"
"What's the matter with the old man?" Li Feng turned around and asked.
"You!" Master Yan was furious, "Do you think I'm looking at this rough stone and want to buy it first?"
"Hey, what's there to buy for this scrap rock. Li Feng scoffed.
"Hehe, waste stone?" Master Yan sneered, and after a pause, asked, "You can say it, do you dare to make a bet with me?"
"Bet, bet on what?" Li Feng asked lightly.
"I bet that there will be Gao Fei in this rough stone, worth no less than 10 million, and the gambling cost is 5 million. Master Yan asked contemptuously, "Do you dare to bet?"
"It's only five million, who are you scaring about!" Li Feng said with a disdainful face.
At this time, Li Mingzhen on the side couldn't listen to it anymore, and shouted: "Boy, do you know who you're arguing with?" The tone is not small, if you are too little, I will also bet with you, I will press 10 million to bet on Master Yan to win, how about it?"
Li Feng squinted at Li Mingzhen, shook his head, and then stretched out a slap and said, "I'm either not going to gamble, or I'm going to bet on that." ”
Li Mingzhen sneered and said, "Fifty million, right, I bet!"
"No," Li Feng shook his head and said with a look of disdain, "I'm talking about 500 million." ”
Li Mingzhen was stunned when he heard this, and hesitated not to speak. He happened to have 500 million, but this was the family's money to buy him Yuan Fei. This time, he was asked to gamble on stones, and he was really talented in gambling stones, so he was entrusted with a heavy task to send him to gamble stones.
When Master Yan heard this bet, his face turned pale, as if he had only paid attention to Li Feng, and secretly carefully observed Li Feng's face. But seeing Li Feng's breezy expression, he couldn't see any nervousness.
"Why don't you dare to gamble?" Li Feng said with a look of disdain, "Or is it that the dignified Li family in the capital can't take out this money?" He also deliberately said that the Li family in the capital was very serious.
"You, what are you talking about!" Li Mingzhen was so excited that his face turned red, he gritted his teeth and said, "If you dare to insult the Li family, you can gamble! ”
"500 million is not a small amount, young man, it's not like you to say it casually, and you have to verify the capital before you bet. Master Yan reminded.
"Hey, are you afraid that I won't be able to take out 500 million?" Li Feng sneered and said, "I'm still afraid that you will cheat!"
"Well, you come with me. Master Yan stopped talking nonsense, and walked to the door after saying a word.
Li Feng and Li Mingzhen followed Master Yan out of the stone selection area and arrived at the registration office at the door.
"You invited Hu Yishi and Hu Lao to come, and said that Yan Jue had something to look for him. Master Yan instructed a middle-aged man at the registration office.
The man seemed to know Master Yan, nodded and agreed, and immediately dialed the phone and said something, and after hanging up the phone, he told Master Yan that Mr. Hu would be there soon.
Not long after, two old men rushed over, one looked to be a shrewd old man in his fifties, and the other was almost old, with a gray beard and a ruddy complexion.
"Master Yan, I don't know why I called the old man here?" the white-bearded old man greeted with a smile.
"Old Hu, excuse me. Master Yan smiled and said, "I have a gambling game here and I want you to make a notarization." ”
"Oh, what kind of gamble?" asked Hu Lao curiously.
"I bet with this lad. Master Yan pointed at Li Feng and said, "I have taken a fancy to a piece of black black sand rough stone in it, and I bet that this rough stone will be worth more than 10 million jadeite, and the gambling capital is 5 million." ”
"This," said Hu Lao frowned, "five million, don't let me come forward." ”
"Old Hu, of course five million don't dare to drive your old man to come forward. However," Master Yan pointed at Li Mingzhen again, and said unhurriedly, "This son of the Li family in the capital wants to bet on me to win, and the lottery is 500 million." ”
"What? 500 million!" Hu Lao exclaimed. He hadn't seen a big gamble of 500 million yuan, or even more, but it was the first time he had encountered 500 million gambles.
At this time, the shrewd old man beside Hu Lao snorted and said, "I didn't expect such a big gamble to occur before the gambling stone competition started, this is really a good sign!"
Then he said: "The contemptible people will card the person in charge of the gambling stone workshop, Gang Yan, who is also the host of this gambling stone competition, and several people want to bet that I can be the middleman, but they have to draw one percent of the lottery as a commission." ”
Of course Li Feng and Li Mingzhen have no opinion, one percent is only five million, and they can also buy a peace of mind.