The First Interstellar Energy Gambler - Chapter 8
Translator: Skull_InA_Rose
Chapter 8: Gambling Stone Street – Part 1
In the morning of the next day, Lin Luo and Xing Mo finished their breakfast and took a suspended vehicle to Gambling Stone Street.
This is the first time that Lin Luo had taken a hovercar. He used the light brain to make an appointment directly online. All he had to do was enter the starting point and the end point, confirm the time and pay, and wait for it to come pick him up directly, which was very convenient and fast.
There were already a lot of people on Gambling Stone Street early in the morning. Some were ordinary people who wanted to get rich overnight and came here to try their luck and see they can bet on good jade. Others were children from large families who were out seeking excitement and came to have fun. There were also some stone gambling experts who were hired to choose jadeite.
In addition, there were many merchants and family managers who wandered around Gambling Stone Street all day long and wanted to purchase raw materials directly. Traders speculated on jadeite to make money off the difference between buying and selling, while the managers of the big families purely worked to buy jadeite and jade back to maintain the internal consumption of their family. After all, if the family wanted to grow, it absolutely could not lack energy liquid.
Therefore, in Gambling Stone Street business was quite good.
Lin Luo followed Xing Mo towards the stone gambling street, looking around curiously. He happened to hear a lively noise coming from a distance, and people immediately all ran in the direction where the sound came from.
“Brother Xing, what’s wrong over there?” Lin Luo asked curiously.
“It should be someone who’s opened a stone and found something good.” Xing Mo looked at the way his eyes were shining, and couldn’t help suggesting authentically, “Would you like to take a look?”
“Okay, okay! Let’s go!” Lin Luo very happily took Xing Mo’s hand, and hurried towards the crowd.
Xing Mo glanced at their connected hands, and an indescribable emotion flashed in his eyes.
Soon, they came to the stone area, and there was indeed someone cutting jadeite here.
A middle-aged man stared at the piece of jadeite that was placed on the cutting machine with a red face, and the joy on his face was beyond words.
Because there were too many people, Lin Luo was blocked outside, unable to see, rubbing his ears and cheeks anxiously.
Xing Mo looked amused, so he took the initiative to move forward, dragging Lin Luo to the left and right, and unexpectedly managed to squeeze them both to the front of the crowd with his tall physique.
Lin Luo, who was finally able to see the stone cutting and grinding area, immediately gave Xing Mo a big smile of gratitude. Xing Mo felt that his mood seemed to get better after looking at his smile.
Unfortunately, for him all Lin Luo’s attention was drawn to that piece of jadeite.
It was a jadeite with a white sand matrix, and its appearance was gray-white. Lin Luo genetics had been strengthened, and his eyesight was not only restored, but also a bit stronger than ordinary people. Although they stood at a distance of 1 or 2 meters, he still saw the appearance of that piece of jadeite clearly.
According to the information he checked yesterday, the jade inside the white sand skin jadeite was usually good, and the sand of this piece of white sand skin jadeite looked finer, indicating that it was very possible for it to produce jade with high transparency.
At this point this piece of jadeite had already been ground open, revealing the full and translucent green of the jade. That clear and translucent color attracted the attention of everyone, including Lin Luo.
“Good sir, I’ll offer 200,000!”
“I will pay 250,000!”
“I’ll pay 300,000!”
Around the middle-aged man, 3 or 4 people were shouting prices.
Lin Luo didn’t know what they were doing, but he was embarrassed to ask.
But suddenly someone whispered in his ear, “They are purchasing speculators who specialize in the reselling business. Seeing that his piece of jadeite is going well, they want to buy it and finish opening it by themselves.”
Lin Luo looked up and found that the speaker turned out to be Xing Mo.
Lin Luo’s ears turned red, and he quickly thanked him in a low voice.
The price was shouted all the way up to 500,000, and the middle-aged man also showed a struggling color on his face. Because of the good quality of this piece of jadeite, the initial price was 200,000 credits, which almost spent most of his savings. Unexpectedly, just partially grinding the stone had already doubled his investment and more. If he were to continue grinding it down…?
The master stone cutter also smiled and waited for the middle-aged man’s decision. Whether the customer intends to sell it or continue to open it by himself, his cutting machine has a good start, and today’s business is definitely not bad!
After all, gambling on rocks is very particular about luck, so anyone who likes gambling on rocks is a little bit superstitious and likes to follow suit. If there was a store where a gambling stone had recently soared in value, then people would follow the trend to buy jadeite from that store, and the business would be so hot that other stores would be jealous.
This is the same when it comes to understanding the master stone cutter.
The customer originally had to pay 2,000 credits to the master stone cutter to cut the stone in-store. If the customer gets a big payoff, as the one who cut the stone he can expect a big red envelope. As such, the master stone cutter can be said to be the person who most hopes that the bet will pay off well besides the middle-aged man himself.
“I, I won’t sell for now! Master! You can continue to grind it…” The middle-aged man wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to the master stone cutter.
According to the window surface currently opened, the jade inside should be spinach-green color ice jade. If the jade is big enough, it may sell for several million, so he will grit his teeth and insist on grinding it.
“Good!” The stone master pressed down the grinding wheel again and ground into the piece of jadeite.
The grinding wheel swiftly turned, and when the master stone cutter stopped his hands and splashed water on the window surface, a large swath of verdant green leaped into his eyes.
“It has gone up!”
“It’s up again!”
“It looks like it should be spinach-green color excellent quality ice jade!”
“It’s such a big piece, it seems that the jade inside must not be too small!”
The people around him talked about it. Lin Luo opened his eyes and pricked his ears to listen carefully. He was like a sponge, desperately absorbing all knowledge about gambling on rocks. This is something he could never do as a colorblind person in the past!
“Sir! I can pay 800,000 credits! I’ll bear the risks behind this jadeite!”
“No, no, no, sir, I’ll pay 850,000 credits! You see that your piece of jadeite is performing well now, but as the saying goes, it is not considered a rise. If this is a risk in the future, it is better to pass it on to us. ?”
The people who had bid before got round again, and began to persuade them with one sentence on the left.
But their highest bid was only 900,000. No matter how high they were, they refused to continue. After all, no one could say if the internal situation of the jadeite was bad.
The middle-aged man’s heart began to struggle again, and finally he gritted his teeth and continued to grind it down.
When the green could no longer be ground out, the exposed jade was already as big as the palm of an adult man.
At this moment, those people’s quotations finally exceeded 1 million, but the middle-aged man refused to sell it. He looked at the exposed jade, and could no longer restrain his inner excitement. The exposed part was so large, even if the jade inside was only half the size of the jadeite, it would still sell for more than 3 million!
He took a deep breath, widened his eyes and said, “Cut, cut it…”
Since the jade couldn’t be ground out, it would be a waste of time to continue to grind it. They could already start to cut the jade according to the edge of the windows they had ground. It was time to cut the jadeite and use the most straightforward method to see exactly how big the jade inside was!
“Okay!” The stone master immediately swapped to the chrome knife, aimed at the exposed edge of the jade, and slowly cut it down.
After one cut, the freshly cut surface was splashed with water, and a layer of white fog was exposed. White fog is generally considered to be a good fog for betting on rocks, and there is a high possibility that jade will appear below the fog layer.
It can be said that this cut was a rise in value.
If the middle-aged man was willing to sell the piece of jadeite at this time, he could sell it at a high price of at least 1.5 million credits.
However the middle-aged man’s confidence had begun to swell. He believed that there would be a large piece of jade inside. He came to the firm decision that he would not sell anything. He had to open this piece of jadeite completely!
The people around also calmed down, waiting to see the situation of the second knife cut.
The second cut was to cut along the other side of the jadeite. The two cuts could almost cut out the outline of the jade. If it could cut out the jade, then the jadeite would double in value!
Unfortunately, the second knife cut did not cut out the jade or a fog layer, but a bare stone layer. The current trend of this piece of jadeite though had still overall risen sharply.
“Shall we start grinding from the fog layer?” The stone cutting master asked.
It was a little risky to continue cutting. After all, they didn’t know the direction of the jade inside. If they accidentally cut the jade inside in half, it would cause the energy to escape and would be very wasteful.
“Okay! Keep grinding!”
Everyone held their breath, staring at the grinding wheel continuously rolling without blinking.
Finally, the grinding wheel stopped.
After seeing the wiped window, the faces of the middle-aged man and the master stone cutter suddenly became ugly.
===========Author’s Notes===========
The author has something to say: foresee what will happen, and listen to the next breakdown. Anyway, the situation is definitely not so good… Goldfinger didn’t have time to play, and we will fight for the next chapter~
Today, I have commented on a hundred and I still have to add more… Wangtian… For the sake of commenting, I am also good enough… ORZ asked my mother to cook me braised pork today, I need to make up for it!
By the way, please use the web page to read the text of the students and choose two points. Thank you… Otherwise, the default QAQ zero points will not be counted as points~ (especially you, cc!)
===========Small Theater===========
One hundred and eight tricks for the overlord to chase his wife
Xing Mo: It is said that this book is a must-read for men chasing wives in the 21st century?
The first enrollment is the most romantic declaration of love?
Lin Luo: Ah! It’s a meteorite! Go home and earn your life! Not leaving yet? Do you want me to drag you?
Xing Mo: Well… life and death follow the goal get!
The second trick is to show your thoughtfulness in a timely manner and give him spring-like warmth when he needs help most.
Lin Luo: I’m going to die, I’m going to die! The radiation is too big to hold it.
Xing Mo: Doctor, give him a strengthening liquid, the most advanced one! Baby, I give you a hug, my embrace can be warm! Get warm like spring!
The third trick is to properly show your financial resources
Lin Luo: The house is gone, I am homeless.
Xing Mo: Live in my house! Look! This is an antique vase from the Tang Dynasty just unearthed, with mud. This is a flower transported from today’s poisonous flower planet, and the dewdrops are quite sparkling…showing financial resources get!
…
Many years later, Lin Luo: One hundred and eight moves to chase his wife? What the hell?
Xing Mo: This book is useful, and it makes sense to pass it down. I used it to catch you.
Lin Luo: Xing Mo actually relied on this book to chase me? Am I still chased by him? Even buy Karma!