Li Xuan's words made Mr. Tu's face darken, and he said coldly: "You said I don't understand jade? Haha, I have played with more beautiful jade than you have ever seen!"
"Hahaha, you are not ashamed of your words." Li Xuan was happy. According to this, I have been to more planets than you have played with beautiful jade!
"Do you understand that I am speaking out loud?" Mr. Tu said with disdain, "Do you know my identity? I am the honorary consultant of the Chinese Jade Research Association and the director of the Jinjiang Qingshan Jade Art Museum. I am very interested in jade.
The research on it exceeds 99.99999% of the people in the world, including you! Saying that I am arrogant only proves your ignorance."
As soon as he said this, everyone around him laughed.
Of course they thought Mr. Tu was right, because it was all true.
"Haha, the ignorant are fearless. I finally understand the meaning of this sentence."
"I even doubt whether he can afford jade and dare to make irresponsible remarks to Mr. Tu."
"Do you know how many pieces of jade there are in Mr. Tu's museum? More than a thousand pieces!"
"..."
Li Xuan didn't take these people's ridicule seriously, but Ye Ya was so angry that he trembled and couldn't help but defend Li Xuan: "Does the more research mean you really understand? Not necessarily! There are many experts now who are just
Do you pretend to be an expert and make a lot of idiotic suggestions?"
"You may not understand if you study too much, but you will always know more than talking in vain." Mr. Tu snorted coldly.
Li Xuan said calmly: "That's not necessarily the case."
Mr. Tu smiled: "Not necessarily? Since you are not convinced, how about we give it a try?"
"How to compete?" Li Xuan asked.
Mr. Tu pointed to a house inside and said: "That's the stone gambling center over there. There are all kinds of rough stones of precious stones and jade. How about we take a gamble and see who can find a stone with a higher value?"
"Are you sure you want to bet with me?" Li Xuan was delighted. This was the first time he encountered such a reckless person.
"I'm afraid you can't afford the gamble. The cheapest rough stones there cost several thousand yuan each!" Mr. Tu sneered, "Are you sure your New Year's money is enough?"
"Hahahaha!" There was laughter all around.
Li Xuan shrugged his shoulders: "Since you want to bet, then bet. You don't have to worry about whether I have enough money. But it's not very interesting to just bet like this. How about a little bonus?"
Daluo Jinxian is naughty again.
In fact, it was not naughty, the main reason was that Li Xuan suddenly remembered that he could buy a piece of good jade for each of his relatives and friends, and polish it into an amulet with his own hands, which could ward off three disasters and six disasters.
As soon as this idea came up, Li Xuan started to calculate, and then realized that there were too many people who wanted to give the amulets.
Parents, Sister Qing, the Xu family's grandparents, Yang Mengmeng and Ye Ya, the Chang family's old man Lei Qiqi and others, Zhao Menghan and other classmates, as well as Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Qingrou's mother and daughter, all in all, after counting, thirty yuan may not be enough.
Of course, the higher the quality of the jade used in the amulet, the better. Li Xuan estimated that thirty pieces of beautiful jade would cost nine figures.
Where does the money come from?
Of course it comes from the person in front of me who was taken advantage of!
Sure enough, Mr. Tu's eyes lit up and he burst out laughing: "Hahaha, this is the first time I've seen such a crazy person like you. You want to bet stones with me and even bring a lottery ticket? Are you sure you're not crazy?"
"Of course I'm not crazy."
"Okay, then what kind of bonus do you want to bring?"
"There's no need to play too big. Let's do this. You and I each select a stone within the range of 100,000 yuan to appraise its value. Whoever chooses a stone with a lower value will lose the difference to the other party. How about that?"
Mr. Tu smiled and said: "If the stone you choose is worthless and the stone I choose is worth ten million, will you pay me ten million?"
Li Xuan took out a black credit card and said, "Can this charge 10 million?"
Everyone was shocked, and a knowledgeable person said: "Centurion Express Card!"
It's really a Centurion Express card. This card originally belonged to Xu Man, and he had to let Li Xuan carry it with him because he was afraid that he would need it.
Li Xuan usually doesn't spend much money and has never spent money once, but today he has to show his financial strength.
Mr. Tu's expression also changed slightly. He looked Li Xuan up and down and said, "You don't seem to be from Jinjiang, right? I know a few people in Jinjiang who have Centurion Cards."
"I came from Anzhou." Li Xuan said.
Mr. Tu said coldly: "It turns out to be a dragon crossing the river. No wonder you are so arrogant. I don't care where you come from. Since you have arrived at Jinjiang, if it is a dragon, you have to coil up, and if it is a tiger, you have to lie down! Okay, let's just say it.
To make a decision, we will use the price difference as a bonus to see who has the last laugh today!"
Everyone gathered around Li Xuan and Mr. Tu and headed to the Stone Gambling Center.
Ye Ya asked Li Xuan nervously: "Li Xuan, do you really know how to bet on stones?"
Li Xuan shook his head: "I have never bet."
"What!" Ye Ya was stunned, "Then why did you bet with him?"
"Why don't you gamble if you are sure to win but not lose?" Li Xuan asked.
Ye Ya was confused and didn't understand the logic of this at all.
The stone gambling center is divided into several areas, including the jade area, various precious gemstones, and semi-finished products such as agate, beeswax, and amber. Only the jade area is the most lively, because there is a legal stone gambling market here, and many people are holding it.
Come and gamble with the mentality of getting rich overnight.
When everyone came to the jade area, they saw that there were more than a dozen stone gambling stalls of various sizes, piled high with hundreds of rough stones of different sizes.
The price of rough stones is divided into several grades, the lowest is 3,000 yuan per stone, and the most expensive large stones are even priced in the hundreds of thousands.
When everyone arrived, someone happened to be unraveling the stone.
A stone-cutting master sat in front of a cutting machine, operating the machine to carefully cut rough stones the size of watermelons, surrounded by a group of onlookers.
Just such an ordinary-looking stone is priced at 60,000 yuan. If the bet is successful, the price may increase dozens of times in one go. If the bet is wrong, all the money will be lost.
"Green! Green! Green!" The guest stood nearby, waving his fists and shouting loudly.
"Crack", the stone was cut open, revealing a dead gray interior.
"Wow, no chance!"
"Sixty thousand dollars are just wasted."
The people who ate the melon shook their heads. This was the worst case scenario, which meant that it was just an ordinary stone and had no value at all.
The guest turned pale, shook his head and said, "Forget it, no more gambling." He turned around and left dejectedly.
Someone on the sidelines muttered that he lost more than 200,000 yuan.
After hearing this, Ye Ya became more and more nervous. She took Li Xuan's arm and said, "Why don't we just forget it?"
Li Xuan smiled: "Don't worry. When I win the bet, I will give you a jade plaque as an amulet."
At this time, Mr. Tu had already gone to select the stones. I saw him holding a flashlight and shining the stones back and forth. After taking the photos, he would knock and listen. God knows how he developed a set of identification methods.
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However, the onlookers liked this trick and praised him repeatedly, saying that Mr. Tu was worthy of everyone and that others could not learn this method.
On the other hand, Li Xuan was walking around the market and no one knew what he was looking for.
Everyone feels that from a professional point of view, Li Xuan has lost 90%!