Chapter 628 - 655 Curiosity (2)
Chapter 628: Chapter 655 Curiosity (2)
A group of people followed Lin Xi, heading to the shop pointed out by the young man just now.
This immediately attracted the attention of the shop owner, who was introducing stones or jadeite to customers!
Could it be a remarkable stone material? Or have they discovered something unusual?
After all, causing such a commotion among so many people must mean it’s something significant!
So he immediately told the staff to attend to the customers while he personally went forward to greet them.
The moment he saw Lin Xi, he noticed the stone in Lin Xi’s hand. At the same time, he glanced at the others, feeling a bit puzzled,
"This piece?"
"Could there be something special about it?"
"But it really doesn’t seem to be anything, isn’t it just a piece of scrap?"
Just as he was thinking this, Lin Xi had already walked over, looking at this old shop owner, and asked, "Boss, could you cut this stone for me?"
Only then did the shop owner react, quickly saying there was no problem. However, cutting a piece incurs a fee based on its value; the higher the value, the higher the charge.
Of course, there’s an upper limit to the fee, not exceeding ten thousand yuan.
After all, this involves what’s inside the stone, and each cut makes people focus intensely.
Otherwise, if the jade inside is cut incorrectly, the loss would be substantial.
Also, if they damage it while cutting, they wouldn’t charge a cent and might even compensate based on the value inside.
So, it’s reasonable for the fee to be high.
Lin Xi didn’t care about the fee; in fact, the higher the fee due to its value, the more he would like it.
The shop owner led Lin Xi to a corner of the shop, and the group of onlookers followed, even the seven or eight customers in the store glanced over curiously.
Seeing that they were about to cut the stone, they immediately gathered around.
This kind of on-the-spot stone cutting is even more thrilling than when buying it.
The shop owner, taking the stone from Lin Xi, placed it on the machine. At this moment, he couldn’t help but ask, "What’s special about this stone?"
Because he has been in this business for many years, selling many stones and cutting plenty too, yet even with such rich experience, which theoretically should give him an excellent eye, he still couldn’t see anything special about this head-sized stone.
One could even say it’s just a worthless stone.
Before Lin Xi could speak, someone from the crowd spoke first with a somewhat peculiar tone, "This young fellow spent a hundred thousand yuan buying this stone."
"Yes, boss, be careful with it!"
"Who knows, maybe there’s green inside, and a treasure will be revealed!"
"Actually, boss, you’ve seen this stone before. It’s from that small stall opposite your shop, sold by the young man whom no one paid attention to half the day."
"..."
The crowd chattered on, and the shop owner finally understood why. It turns out they came to watch a joke.
He had noticed the small stall across from his shop and even went over to take a look, feeling a hundred percent that it was scrap.
At the time, he even advised that young man to go back, saying his stone wasn’t worth anything and no one would buy it.
Unexpectedly, it got sold.
Not only sold, but now they brought it here to cut. Is it really fate?
And standing to one side, Lin Xi remained calm from the start, not caring at all about what the crowd said, urging the shop owner, "Boss, if there’s nothing else, just go ahead and cut it!"
The shop owner didn’t share the crowd’s perspective; although he couldn’t see anything different about the stone, this young man in front of him was just too composed.
There are only two possibilities for such a person: either too confident or a fool.
Obviously, seeing Lin Xi like this, it’s clearly not the latter!
So, could it be the former?
At this moment, he began to feel some anticipation.
Could it be possible to really find something good with a cut?
The next moment, he didn’t think much more, burying himself in preparing to cut the stone.
PS: Thanks to "Ye Shisan" for the 588 book coin reward, thank you all for the recommendation and monthly tickets, thanks for the support, continuing with the effort, oh, and there’s still one more update, I’ll go write it now.