Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life-Chapter 198 - 193: The Male Supporting Role Isn’t Brain-Dead

Chapter 198: Chapter 193: The Male Supporting Role Isn’t Brain-Dead

"Still glutinous rice seed, really remarkable." The merchants watching the bustle widened their eyes, then turned to Ling Zhi and said, "Young Master Ling, you’ve just acquired a piece of glutinous rice seed, let me have this one."

Young Master Ling smiled slightly: "I have no objections, just ask Young Master Ye if he’s willing to sell it."

Seeing some faint respect in Ling Zhi’s demeanor towards Ye Qiu, the merchant was startled but didn’t lose his nerve, and said cheerily: "Young Master Ye, this piece is a bit smaller than the green one that gentleman uncovered just now, I offer one hundred thousand yuan, what do you think?"

Seeing Ling Zhi nodding lightly, Ye Qiu knew the offer was fair and thus promptly nodded in agreement. frёeωebɳovel.com

After the jade was sold, everyone’s attention returned to another waste stone under Master Liu’s hand, making him so nervous. But subconsciously, he didn’t believe that this second waste stone could reveal any green either. The owner of the shop thought the same; if he made another misjudgment, it would be a huge loss, since these waste stones were sold for only five hundred yuan each, and the shipping cost alone from Myanmar was even more!

Clearly, they were unaware of Ye Qiu’s luck today, and their dismay showed on their faces.

"Bean Seed!" Bean Seed was not as good as glutinous rice seed, and its market price was not high, but even if it’s inexpensive, it’s still green, and furthermore, it’s green from waste stone. It ought to sell for twenty or thirty thousand yuan. To spend one thousand yuan on two waste stones but to unveil green worth one hundred and twenty thousand yuan, that’s a huge profit!

In no time, the onlookers viewed Ye Qiu and the shop owner differently; some were amazed by Ye Qiu’s luck, others puzzled about the shop owner’s judgment—what was he thinking, mixing stones with potential green into the waste stone pile to sell together?

The shop owner, for his part, was filled with regret he could barely stand. If only he had known that green could come from waste stones, he would have cut them himself.

While the shop owner was still in shock, the merchants who had been spectating promptly picked clean the pile of waste stones by the doorway; after all, they were not expensive. And if any could turn out green like this young man’s, they would make a fortune, wouldn’t they?

After selling this piece of jade for twenty thousand yuan, at the signal of Ye Qiu, Master Liu placed the third stone onto the cutting machine.

Ye Qiu had spent two hundred thousand yuan on this stone, and due to its small size, it had remained unsold for half a year. In fact, the shop owner had quite some confidence in this stone—it was one of the few raw stones from an old pit in his shop. If not for the high risk, he would have cut it himself.

Considering the green revealed in Ye Qiu’s previous two stones and that this stone was not large, Master Liu didn’t cut it directly. Instead, he carefully studied it for a while before slowly starting to rub from the edge.

Rubbing the stone was slower, and not as thrilling as cutting from the middle, but everyone watched with bated breath.

"Green, Purple Jade!"

With this exclamation from Young Master Ling, all eyes were instantly drawn to Master Liu’s hands. Master Liu’s movements did not stop, but his forehead started to show fine beads of sweat.

This was Purple Jade! The shop hadn’t seen one for years!

The shop owner was both anxious and regretful at this point. If only he had known that this stone could appreciate in value, why did he hesitate for so long before!

But having been in business for decades, he came to terms after a while; after all, it was his shop where the stone was sourced. Once word got out, it would surely bring him a good amount of business, and he hadn’t lost anything anyway.

The stone wasn’t big, about the size of a basketball, but what was remarkable about this stone was that it had almost no waste area, the whole stone was evenly purple, with a hint of translucency.

"This is ice species Purple Jade."

"Five million yuan!" A jewelry merchant couldn’t wait to make an offer.

"Old Li, you are too stingy, this is ice species Purple Jade, I bid eight million yuan."

Ling Zhi was also tempted. In jade, glass species rank the highest, but are very rare now. Following that is the ice species, and now a set of ice species green jade bracelets are sky-high in price, let alone the rare Purple Jade. If any jewelry merchant could sell a set of Purple Jade jewelry, it would be the treasure of the shop.

But Ling Zhi noticed that Ye Qiu didn’t seem like he wanted to sell the stone, so he asked, "Does Second Brother Ye plan to keep it for himself?"

"Zhi, do you think this piece of Purple Jade can make two sets of jewelry?"

Ling Zhi made an estimate and felt it was quite possible: "If we hire a skilled carver, there should even be some extra material left."

Ye Qiu nodded: "Can your family’s business do it?"

Ling Zhi happily assured him: "No problem at all."

"Alright then, help me make two sets of jewelry. If there’s extra, consider it the service fee; if it’s not enough, I’ll pay you more."

Ling Zhi agreed repeatedly: "Enough, enough, definitely enough."

Let’s not mention that just by reserving some of the scrap from the Purple Jade for himself, even without this business deal, he would still do it. If word got out that their company made two sets of jewelry from ice jade Purple Jade, it would be like a live advertisement.

The businessmen who saw Ye Qiu had no intention of selling felt a wave of disappointment, but they couldn’t force others. They could tell from a glance that Young Master Ye wasn’t short on money. Then their attention quickly shifted to the remaining five raw stones; having hit green in three of them, they figured the rest wouldn’t be too shabby either!

Master Liu’s heart was pounding faster and faster, but his hands remained steady as he placed another raw stone onto the stone-cutting machine.

"Another green has emerged!"

"It’s an Ice Species Emperor Green."

"Pity there’s a crack, at most only a bangle can be made."

"Not bad, I think we can still carve out a circle for a necklace."

"Is Ice Species that common now?"

"Another surge in value!"

At this moment, the group of rich second generation who had come with Ye Qiu to witness his luck were looking at him in a peculiar manner, as if Second Brother Ye had been born with golden hands!

Ye Qiu didn’t sell the green jade either, planning to have it made into finished gifts for his family. His sister and fiancée already had theirs, but his mother, mother-in-law, and Eldest Aunt were still in mind! However, Ye Qiu’s perception of his own luck had shifted; he felt that the remaining raw stones weren’t going to be simple either.

Ye Qiu’s hunch wasn’t wrong, as the remaining four raw stones once again amazed everyone. Wasn’t it said that gambling on stones is usually a losing bet? What was happening today then?

Especially the largest of the stones, weighing nearly five or six hundred pounds, revealed over a hundred pounds of green when cut. Although most of it was of the glutinous rice variety, some areas nearly reached the standard of ice jade. Not only in the Capital, but even in Yunnan and Myanmar, it had been a long time since such a large raw stone had been found.

Ye Qiu also didn’t sell this raw stone. He planned to commission a master carver to turn this big chunk of Big Jade into a grand display piece, which would look great whether placed at home or in the office.

As for the second most valuable raw stone, even Ye Qiu himself was shocked when it was cut open—it was the extremely rare glass species Emperor Green. Ye Qiu had once attended an auction where he remembered a glass species Emperor Green pendant had fetched a sky-high price of over one hundred million yuan.

So just how much was his size-of-two-fists piece worth?

Everyone was convinced by Ye Qiu’s incredible luck! His earnings for the evening probably equaled the annual income of his Qiuye Live Company!

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