Chapter 30: Old Man Chen
After confirming his ability, Purple Scale didn't linger and walked towards one of the largest rough stone shops.
This is a rough stone shop called "Vietnamese Wool", the name of the shop is easy to understand, even a little funny, but it is indeed one of the two major rough stone shops. These two houses also have the most rough stones coming in every Saturday. The reason why Purple Scale chose this place is also because he has more rough stones.
This rough stone is not only a new arrival, but also refers to the original stone that has been piled up before.
Purple Scale walked into this rough stone shop and found that there were many more people in it than the previous one, and there were all kinds of people. The central hall was empty, and several large stone dissolving machines were surrounded by people, and there were many people who needed to solve stones, but there were more onlookers. Watching the excitement is always the constant habit of Chinese people.
Purple Scale didn't go to the onlookers, but walked to the wall to the side and carefully looked at the introduction of jade and jade. I wasn't sure if I could investigate the inside of the stone skin, and Purple Scale didn't know anything about the jade in detail.
Fortunately, every rough stone shop has a detailed introduction to jadeite, and even the market price has an explanation, which not only allows people who open to jadeite to sell to merchants here with confidence, but also let some people see the value of jadeite, many people can't help but gamble on stones, which is the real purpose of the shop owner.
In fact, there will be no situation where good jadeite cannot be sold for a price, after all, there are many jewelers who are squatting here, and they will compete with each other, and it is very rare to buy gamblers' jadeite at a very low price.
Purple Scales looked carefully at the types of jadeite, and also had a general understanding.
Premium jadeite: bright green (emerald green), apple green, glass ground (translucent, delicate texture), uniform and bright, no impurities, no cracks. Commodity grade: green, oil green, slightly transparent, interspersed with translucent emerald veins and speckled emerald. Ordinary grade: lotus root powder, bean green, light green, white delicate, slightly transparent.
"Little brother, it's your first time here!" Purple Scale was looking at the introduction of this jadeite, and a middle-aged man in his thirties next to him leaned over.
Purple Scales glanced at the middle-aged man, this middle-aged man was thin, with dark skin, and his complexion was not very good, it was obviously nutrition, but those eyes were thieves, although they were well hidden, but Purple Scales was not an ordinary person, and he could feel his ill intentions at a glance.
However, Purple Scale still nodded, and said very innocently, "Yes, it's the first time I've come to play, and I want to try my luck." ”
"Little brother, everyone calls me Black Monkey, if you don't mind, you can call me Brother Black or Brother Monkey. The black monkey is a self-cooked, and when he saw that the purple scales were not rejecting people thousands of miles away, he immediately hit the snake and said, "Let me tell you, this gambling stone is very particular, if it is all by luck, how much money is not enough to spend." ”
"Oh, I heard you say that, it seems that there is a trick?" Purple Scale was a little curious, he could find out, that could almost be said to be cheating, but others also had a trick, and Purple Scale really wanted to know what the solution was.
"Of course, I've been here for a long time, and some people are still very accurate in gambling stones. Although I don't know what they think, I can introduce you to them, they bet on stones, and the odds of winning jadeite are two percent higher than the average person's bet. The black monkey continued.
"Twenty percent, so high?" said Purple Scale in surprise, two layers are not low, for gambling stones, as long as they hit a big one, it is enough for their own life's expenses.
"Well, did you see the old man in his fifties over there?" the black monkey pointed not far away, surrounded by a group of people, following him as he chose the rough stone. "Don't underestimate this old man, it is said that he grew up in this pile of rocks since he was born, and the three generations of owners of this shop know him. ”
"He's a master of gambling stones, and he can see much more accurately than the average person. Let him help you choose a stone, the probability of the jadeite will increase by two percent, you see that many people want him to help choose the stone. ”
Purple Scale glanced at it, there were indeed many people asking the old man to help him choose stones, but these people generally lost a lot of gambling and lost in a hurry. There are still a lot of people who don't believe it much.
"How can there be such a cheap thing in the world, asking him to help choose a stone, you must have to pay a lot of price!" Purple Scale didn't believe that old man was a good person, especially when he heard that the old man was mixed up in this gambling stone shop, if he didn't have two hands, how could he be mixed up until now.
"Hehe...... "Hehe the black monkey smiled embarrassedly, and said slowly, "Actually, that, people helped you bet on jade, and you should receive some commissions." ”
"And how much commission does he receive?" asked Purple Scale casually.
"It's not much, it's forty percent!"
"Forty percent, it's not very ...... What, Sicheng? Why didn't he grab it?" Purple Scales wanted to say that it wasn't a lot, but immediately changed his words, Forty Percent, Purple Scales had the urge to scold. It can only increase the probability by 20%, but collect 40% of the income of others. If this jade is opened, he will account for almost half of it, and if it is not opened, he will have no loss at all. This is really black, even blacker than profiteers. But Purple Scales likes it.
In fact, Zi Liang was thinking in his heart that he could be 100% sure, wouldn't he be able to make a lot of money without spending a penny.
But then he shook his head again, he never relied on this to eat, if he let a group of people know that he can investigate, he will probably keep pestering himself, or catch himself to study.
Moreover, he doesn't have many of his own, and he is not skilled in converting water attributes into space attributes, so he must find a good jade before his true qi runs out.
Besides, the purple scales are not very reassured, there are always some people who gamble on red eyes, in case they run out of true qi, they are alone, and they carry a huge amount of money, they will inevitably attract a glimpse, and it will be difficult for them to protect themselves. There were quite a few cultivators in this place, and Purple Scales had already felt it when they came in.
"Hey, little brother, why don't you go over and have a look, if that old man's skills are really good, how about I introduce him to you!" the black monkey continued to lure.
A young and inexperienced person like Purple Scale is the best deception. As long as the black monkey can pull someone over to the old man to choose a stone, he will definitely get a commission in private.
It's not the first time that the black monkey has pulled people, and he knows how to go step by step, and when ordinary people hear it, they must feel that there is nothing, and after looking at it, they will leave if they can't do it.
But Purple Scales was different, so he didn't believe the old man. But he still agreed to the black monkey's proposal, and followed him around the old man's circle to watch. The black monkey thought that the purple scales had been hooked, and his heart was secretly refreshed.
Purple Scale didn't want to see how many times the old man could hit, but to see how the old man chose.
When the black monkey passed over with the purple scales, the old man glanced at the black monkey and the purple scales, and then continued to choose stones.
Purple Scale didn't want to waste time, in addition to observing how the old man chose stones, he was also picking up some stones to detect!
It's a pity that Purple Scale's luck is not very good, and he has probed a lot of stones, but he hasn't found a single green stone, and he wasted his true qi in vain. And after observing the old man for a long time, he didn't find any tricks, which made Purple Scale very annoyed.
Purple Scale also found that the old man not only chose the stone by himself, but also some people came to the old man to identify the stone after choosing the stone by himself.
"Old Chen, how about you help me take a look at this stone?" a middle-aged man, holding a rough stone the size of a human head, said respectfully, and at the same time handed the stone in his arms for the old man to see. Only then did Purple Scale know that this old man's surname was Chen.
Old man Chen picked up the stone, looked at it over and over, and even tapped it lightly with his hand, checking the light for a while, and covering the light with his hand for a while. It seems to be very powerful, Purple Scale thought silently in his heart.
After a long time, Old Man Chen said simply, "The probability of being green is less than one percent." ”
People in the industry will say that it is out of green, because there are too many types of jadeite and jade, and the price is very different.
The middle-aged man was a little disappointed after hearing this, and said in frustration, "It's not enough, it's too low." With that, he threw the stone aside.
Everyone didn't care about the stone, and since Old Man Chen said that the probability of one percent was less, naturally no one was willing to open it. They basically believe in Old Man Chen. Gambling stones are like this, if everyone says that they will be green, people will be bolder, maybe they will be ruthless and go to open it.
Others didn't care, but Purple Scale walked over, squatted down, gently put his hand on the rough stone, and stroked it back and forth. When others saw it, they thought that Purple Scale was researching.
"I said, little brother, this stone has already been seen by Elder Chen, and there is not even a chance of one percent, so don't waste your time. The black monkey next to him persuaded Purple Scales, and some of Old Chen's followers next to him glanced at Purple Scales, and their faces were full of disdain, thinking that Purple Scales was idle and hurt, and they dared to question Old Chen's words.
How did they know that Purple Scales went to see the stones that others carefully selected and didn't want because they didn't know how to choose stones.
The true qi of the purple scales is limited, and it has been used up a lot in the past few moments. If you continue to investigate in the same way as you just did, it is estimated that the true qi will run out, and you may not be able to find a good jadeite. When the time comes, the true qi runs out and nothing is gained, and the gains outweigh the losses. This kind of loss-making business is not the style of purple scales.
Now Purple Scales is looking for stones carefully selected by Old Man Chen or others, and these stones are much better than random ones after they have been screened. Old Man Chen doesn't have 100% detection ability, but Purple Scales does, and he is ready to pick up the leak.
After some investigation, there was really green in this stone, but it was that kind of patchy, and the green was not too much and not thick, not very valuable, so the purple scales decisively gave up.
Not long after, Old Man Chen looked at a stone for a long time, everyone kept quiet and did not disturb Old Chen, and only after a while did he say to the people around him, "This stone, I decide, there is a 30% probability that it will be green, does anyone want it?"