I Know Everything - Chapter 629
Chapter 629: Gain some, Lose Some.
Chen Huan got another 4 million into his account after the quick transaction.
The middle aged man carefully took the jade and put it in a bag around his waist but he didn’t leave yet.
“Little, do you still want to open the third stone?”
Chen Huan smiled, “I already paid the money, how can I not open it now? Master, you’ve worked hard! I’ll give you 10k in bonus later!”
“Nice!” The cutter laughed.
The cutters here would generally get a bonus like that.
Otherwise with their skills, they would never stay in a place like this.
It was a bit low even if their salary was 10k per month.
Their income came from the bonus of the customers that got good jades.
There were a few hundreds, a few thousands and sometimes a few ten thousands.
They would be able to get 10 or 20k in their worst months.
The guests were also not stupidly.
The cutters would be more serious and careful with the bonus given, otherwise the quality wouldn’t be guaranteed when their hands slipped a bit.
Of course, very few cutters would deliberately do this and the Administration Office wouldn’t let go of such a rat so they knew what they should do and not do.
Chen Huan gave him more money so the cutter was obviously more serious and careful.
This third piece of jade already had an opening.
They could already see the green from the stone’s opening and it was a good thing but there was still a question about the quality and quantity of the jade.
The cutter was experienced and he grinded along the opening and cut out a large piece after some time.
But the people all let out a sigh.
Although the polished jade had good skin and it was green, there were multiple cracks, impurities and stones, which lowered its quality.
The five kg of stone was processed and jade about the size of a palm was left.
Chen Huan took it in his hands and saw the details
“A piece of inferior quality jade with an estimated price of 120k”
It seemed to be a dud!
Chen Huan looked at the fat boss who squeezed in front of him and yelled that he sold the three stones to Chen Huan.
The boss had a wry smile on his face.
He was bragging that the third stone was the one he regarded highly and that maybe an even better jade would be produced from it.
Unexpectedly, the jade wasn’t small but there were cracks and impurities, which greatly reduced the jade’s value.
“I’m afraid this jade can only be used in jade carving.” After holding the jade, Chen Huan sighed and asked the people around him, “Do any of you want it?”
“Let me have it!” Someone who previously participated in the bidding said with a smile, “However, I can only offer 100k for it, we can have a deal if little bro agrees.”
Chen Huan agreed after seeing that nobody else wanted to bid for it.
After the two completed their transaction, the stall’s boss came over and said, “Hehe, little bro, you are really impressive! Although two of them were faulty, you still earned 3 million yuan!”
“Thank you!” Chen Huan also took the time to transfer 10k to the cutter and then said with a smile, “It’s also to thank you for your good stones.”
“Hehe, right?” The Boss then turned toward everyone, “Everyone, my stall is at 33 and everyone can come pick stones from me if needed, maybe you’ll be the next one to get a Fortune and Longevity Jade!”
Many people were indeed interested after hearing him.
Chen Huan also led Shui Qianyu out and out of the market after numerous people followed after the boss.
This was one of the largest jade trading markets with people losing or winning millions so nobody followed Chen Huan.
After leaving the market, Chen Huan asked Shui Qianyu, “How about it? Did you find it interesting?”
“It was boring.” Shui Qianyu said lazily.
This junior high top student wasn’t interested in fashion or jewelry at all.
She liked singing, studying, guzheng and spending time with her family.
A simple girl like her was indeed rare.
If it was Zhang Yaya, she would probably ask Chen Huan to get a good piece of jade so she could make jewelry out of it.
“Then we should hurry to buy as many stones as possible and go back to Lin’an!” Chen Huan said.
“You shouldn’t get addicted to stone gambling!” Shui Qianyu frowned.
Shui Qianyu would definitely not act like a good and shy girl when the two of them were together.
Her IQ and EQ were both top-notch and Chen Huan would be out-classed by this little girl if it wasn’t for his system.
“Don’t worry, I’m not here to earn money or play around.” Chen Huan promised.
Shui Qianyu still believed in Chen Huan’s character.
In her mind, Chen Huan must have read a book or watched a show about jade so he gained interest and came out to try it out.
Youngsters were always curious and there was nothing bad as long as they didn’t do anything wrong.
Chen Huan really had no interest in gambling.
Because he wasn’t someone with strong desire to begin with or ambition to raise the top so he had no interest in gamblings.
He came to Caiyun to look for jade purely for his Spirit Gathering Array.
Chen Huan finally had time for the Spirit Gathering Array after returning to China.
He bought 3 million yuan worth of Jade from the stores for his experiment but he could only maintain the array for two weeks at most.
He would have to spend 90 million yuan in a year at this rate.
The investment alone would make it feel that it wasn’t worth it.
A job that demanded too much and even if the return were great, it wasn’t worth it for someone as lazy as Chen Huan.
He would get six rewards per year for 100 million in donations to charity.
There was only a drop per day of Spirit Gathering Liquid.
A bottle of the upgraded version of Lunar Ointment needed 10 drops for a 50g bottle. There were 365 days a year so at most 36 bottles could be made per year.
Could he sell his bottles for 3 or 5 million per bottle?
Besides, Han Dong’er’s mother also needed the liquid for treatment.
Who knew if she would need fifty or hundred drops?
One drop per day was just not enough.
After that, Chen Huan experimented a second time.
He bought 10 million worth of higher quality jades and made a second array.
The effects were obviously better.
The Spirit Gathering Array could last 3 weeks and it produced 3 drops per day.
The harvest was better but Chen Huan would have to spend 200 million yuan per year, which made his heart ache.
Too much spending without much income wasn’t Chen Huan’s style.
So after much deliberation, Chen Huan chose to not buy the jades from the jewelry stores but came to the jade market to gamble on stones.
Good Lord obviously made preparations for this long ago.
Otherwise, why would it give Chen Huan the Jade Master skill?
Chen Huan bought three stones to try it out after coming to Caiyun and learned something from the skills.
The probability of getting jade didn’t correlate with the quality of the jade.
There was still a limit here.
With the skill at beginner level, there was no way to have a deeper analysis.
But if he wanted to get better jades, he still had to pay for those stones that had higher probability of yielding jade.
It was unlikely he would lose money according to what happened today.
However, luck was still needed if he wanted to get good ones.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t get a Fortune and Longevity from a stone with a low probability while the one with high probability produced something flawed.