Chapter 24: Jade Stone Association (Part 2)

  "Director Zhang, to be honest with you, I was able to win twice in Qingdao purely by luck. As for my understanding of the gambling stones, I've only just begun!"

  Li Yang thought for a moment before slowly speaking, his true level was unknown to anyone here, but he had the record of three wins and two big gains in that place, plus Li Yang's steady appearance, Zhang Wei and several others all thought Li Yang was being modest.

  Of course, if you say that Li Yang's level is stronger than theirs, they won't agree. In the stone gambling circle, age is not an important factor, but it is also an unavoidable condition. Li Yang is too young, and if he didn't have that impressive achievement in Qingdao, Zhang Wei wouldn't have personally come to invite him.

  "In our line of work, luck is the most important thing. Even gods can't guarantee success, so it's definitely not something we can do. You having this kind of luck is a kind of capital, Li!" Wang Haomin chimed in, shaking his head as he walked over. Li Yang still had a pretty good impression of Wang Haomin.

  Hesitating for a moment, Li Yang said in a low voice: "Can you give me a few days to consider it, Zhang? To be honest, I really didn't have any mental preparation when I came here today!"

  Zhang Wei looked at Li Yang and slowly nodded: "Of course, there's no problem with that. However, I still hope Mr. Li can make a decision as soon as possible. On the second day of the second month after the New Year, it is the day when our Henan jade industry associations gather together. If you join us, we can get together with other colleagues in the province at that time!"

  At the provincial gathering, Li Yang's eyebrows jumped slightly. This gathering had been introduced to him by Zhang Wei earlier. The event was mainly about showcasing some unique jade stones from various places and gambling on stones. A provincial gathering would definitely not be short of stone gambling, and some stone gamblers would follow the scene to sell gambled stones. For Li Yang, this was a good opportunity to make money.

  "Alright, I'll get back to you as soon as possible!" Li Yang nodded heavily and went back to ask Zhang Ying about it. If there's no problem, joining the Jade Stone Association wouldn't be bad either.

  "Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

  The sound of the whetstone rang out, and in a few words, Sima Lin had already cut the half piece of wool fabric. Zhang Wei hastily turned his head to take a closer look, this half piece of wool fabric was his, and it was normal for him to be concerned.

  Wang Haomin and Gu Lao also went up to help, that half piece of wool had already made Li Yang very clear about the jade, so he turned back to the wall corner to continue observing the gambling stones on the ground. Many things in books need to be verified in reality, he just verified a part of it and was called over by Zhang Wei.

  Half an hour later, the last piece of jadeite was finally dug out from the remaining half block of wool. The quality was the same as before, but it was slightly smaller than the previous one. Wang Haomin looked at this slightly smaller piece of jadeite material and smiled with a grin.

  "Simma, I'll give you 500,000 for this piece, how about it?"

  After some thought, Zhang Wei directly quoted a price to Sima. They were familiar with each other and didn't need to haggle over the price. The price of 50,000 was still very reasonable.

  "You say how much, it's how much, as long as I don't lose money, that's all!"

  Simma nodded quickly, with a bright smile on his face. Simma was a jade enthusiast, and the thrill of buying and selling jade stones was exhilarating. He usually sold off the jade he won from gambling, unless it was exceptionally good, which rarely happened.

  "Simma, you bought these three pieces of wool fabric for a total of 800,000 yuan, but sold them for 1.1 million, making a profit of 300,000 yuan in total! You should treat us to dinner today!"

  Wang Haomin didn't even bat an eye at this half-piece of jade rough, and with a smile, he walked up to Sima's shoulder. The piece he bought was 600,000 yuan, and this one was 500,000 yuan, adding up to exactly 1.1 million yuan, and what's more, they didn't even have to pay taxes on that 1.1 million. That's just how the jade trading circle is - many raw material transactions don't involve paying taxes at all. Li Yang's 15 million yuan worth of jade from Qingdao also didn't include a single cent in taxes.

  Simar forced a wry smile: "I'm telling you, Old Wang, you only see the profit I made this time. Why don't you mention the losses I suffered before? And this trip to Pingzhou cost me over 10,000 yuan just for transportation. All in all, it's barely enough to break even. If anyone should be treating others, it should be you, the big boss!"

  "Got it, I know that Sima is the most narrow-minded person!" Wang Haomin exclaimed with a toss of his head. Zhang Wei and Gu Lun burst out laughing, wherever Wang Haomin was, there would always be excitement.

  Zhang Wei walked over to Li Yang's side again, smiling and said to Li Yang who was squatting on the ground observing the gambling stone material: "Mr. Li, pick one out! Take advantage of Sima Chai's rising opportunity, let's go cut another piece!"

  "This!"

  Li Yang hesitated for a moment, wanting to bet on a piece of jade. Anyone who has come into contact with jade betting knows that after the first time, they want to do it again, especially when they see others winning and themselves wanting more. This is also one of the reasons why Li Yang's jade betting business was exceptionally hot at the beginning.

  "Li, you don't know this, but usually when new members join, Old Zhang will give them a piece of wool to play with. Why don't you just join now and pick one out, cut it up and make a big profit, let Old Zhang cry to death!"

  Wang Haomin also walked over and squatted down with Li Yang, patting Li Yang's shoulder, it seems that Wang Haomin has a habit of patting people's shoulders.

  "Alright, I'll just buy one to play with and forget about the gift. After all, I haven't officially joined yet!" Li Yang nodded in agreement. Since he had come to play around, it didn't matter much, and besides, there were many opportunities for hands-on learning during the stone-guessing process. If these rough stones weren't expensive, they could serve as teaching materials too.

  "Alright then, Mr. Li, you choose and we'll solve it!"

  Zhang Wei smiled helplessly, and it seemed that no one wanted to take advantage of the free gift. It appeared that Li Yang was also a man of great principle.

  Zhang Wei's gift of a small piece of jade seems like a loss, but it's not. The gambler's mentality is strong, and those who have come into contact with the jade will almost never forget it. Giving away one piece may bring back ten or eight more purchases, and even if they don't buy, they'll remember Zhang Wei's kindness. In the future, when buying jade, they'll definitely choose Cuiyu Xuan first. Sending out a small favor brings in a customer, this business won't lose money no matter how you calculate it.

  Moreover, these gambling stones and wool materials are mostly all gambled wool materials, and they are all from Xin Chang Kou. The value itself is not high. If the transportation cost was not expensive, these things would not have cost Zhang Wei much money.

  On the other hand, Li Yang started to rub his palms together. Earlier, he had been verifying what he had learned before and hadn't used any special abilities to observe these gambling stones. Now that he had decided to play, it was time to see which one was better. With his current eyesight, he couldn't tell which of the gambling stones had a higher probability of producing jadeite.