NOVEL NEXT Chapter 30
Chapter 30: Gambling on Stones
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Because of a certain reason, Xia Xiaoyu didn’t tell Zhang Weihong that she noticed the news about Feng Jun in her WeChat moments.
However, Zhang Weihong regretted telling her the truth.
At the same time, she was also curious why Xia Xiaoyu paid special attention to Feng Jun.
Although Zhang Weihong and Feng Jun were friends on QQ, they had never talked with each other online.
It wasn’t convenient for her to talk to Feng Jun because of that right now because she was in a much higher position than him.
Therefore, she called Guo Yueling. “Find out what Feng Jun is doing now.”
Manager Guo panicked when Xia Xiaoyu came, and she was scared when she received Zhang Weihong’s call.
She didn’t hesitate to humiliate Feng Jun back then, and she had even deprived him of one month worth of salary.
Now that Feng Jun became an important figure, she regretted doing that.
However, she had to obey her boss’ order, so she could only call Wang Haifeng to get the information about Feng Jun.
To her surprise, Wang Haifeng hated her and refused to answer her call.
Wang Haifeng dared to do that only because he knew it couldn’t be business. If it was about work, Zhang Weihong or other colleagues were able to contact him.
Nevertheless, Guo Yueling didn’t have the courage to tell Zhang Weihong to call him.
She indeed had the idea to let other colleagues call Wang Haifeng, but other people would know what she had done to Feng Jun in that case.
As a result, she turned to Xiao Li for help. “Do you have Feng Jun’s phone number?”
Xiao Li had his phone number and dialed it in person, but unfortunately, no one answered.
During this night, Manager Guo and her two helpers kept on searching for any information about Feng Jun.
When Wang Haifeng came to work the next morning, Guo Yueling stood in his way to force him to call Feng Jun.
Wang Haifeng didn’t want to argue with her, especially after knowing that the girl who put Liu Shuming in jail wanted to see Feng Jun. “Great, since the girl wants to see him, I can help.”
However, he also failed to get through to Feng Jun. He suddenly remembered that Feng Jun moved into a room in a factory.
Afterward, he contacted the producer of the generator he recommended to Feng Jun and finally found the address.
The old man told him that Feng Jun left to comfort his friend and that he had been gone for a few days.
“I don’t know when he can come back, and it’s up to his friend I think.”
Guo Yueling was quite disappointed.
Actually, Feng Jun was reflecting on his previous behavior at this time.
First of all, he shouldn’t blindly believe the power of the Internet.
It would be a good thing if the news about him could become a hot topic on social media, but it was really difficult.
He was a nobody, and no one wanted to pay attention to him, no matter in his real life or on the Internet.
Besides, it cost a lot to do a successful publicity campaign.
Second, he should have tried to sell his jade box in that way.
He had visited all the famous jewelry stores in Zhengyang City, but the prices weren’t high.
It was impossible for him to get a high price from a jewel store.
Although he was disappointed, he could do nothing about it.
If he still wanted to sell his jade box at a high price, he would have to go to another city.
He might have to go to another city in another province.
Zhengyang City was the capital city of their province after all.
If he couldn’t get a high price here, he wouldn’t be able to do that in other cities in the same province.
However, Feng Jun was reluctant to leave right now, because the expense of the trip was huge.
Feng Jun carefully thought about it. He then decided to try another way to sell his jade box.
He had read many web novels, and he knew that many people were gambling on stones.
If any high-quality jade was cut out of a stone, businessmen in the jewel industry would offer prices at once and compete against each other for it.
There were places for stone-gambling in Zhengyang City too.
Feng Jun went to one of them and wandered around.
There were a lot of people wandering here, and most of them were like him, but not many people had a backpack.
Feng Jun stayed here for a whole day and was disappointed again because he didn’t see anyone cutting a stone at the scene.
A stone-cutter was a professional machine, and cutting stones was also a special skill, so normally, ordinary people would choose to cut the stone at the scene, and they could sell it if there was jade inside.
However, Feng Jun forgot that not many people loved stone-gambling.
During the day, he saw several people who bought many stones, but all of them loaded the stones into their cars without delay after paying the bill.
Feng Jun watched for a while. He couldn’t help but ask a middle-aged woman who looked very nice. “Ma’am, may I know why don’t you cut the stones right here?”
The middle-aged woman gave him a vigilant glance, and she relaxed a little when she saw that Feng Jun was a good-looking young man. “We have our own place to cut the stones, so we don’t need to do that here.”
People who loved stone-gambling were in the same circle.
Feng Jun smiled. “How will you sell the jade if you’re able to cut out any?”
The middle-aged woman stayed alert, but she still answered, “We have our way to sell it. It’s none of your business. Young man, what do you want to know?”
Feng Jun kept on smiling to please her. “Nothing important. I just want to see stone-cutting. I heard it’s very interesting.”
The middle-aged woman hesitated for a while, but she still gave up the idea of inviting him to look at them cutting stones. “It’s easy. You can wait here for more days, and you’ll see it.”
When the middle-aged woman was gone, a strong man laughed out loud. “Hu Jie thought you wanted to do an illegal business.”
This man was also wandering here, but he came here for a reason.
Feng Jun was struck dumb for a second. He then said, “Did she think that I’m a robber?”
It actually was understandable because the price of high-quality jade could be unbelievably high, and a man could become a millionaire overnight.
No one chose to cut stones at the scene probably because many people had the idea to rob jade.
Therefore, those who loved stone-gambling gathered together regularly to share their stones and jade.
It could reduce risk and cost.
They could also share experiences and ways of purchasing and selling stones as well as jade.
Although many gamblers who were addicted to stone-gambling had lost their family fortune overnight, most people took it as an interest.
Feng Jun figured it out, and the man laughed again. “You don’t need to rob her. If you can sleep with her, you can get whatever she has.”
Feng Jun was shocked. “Um, I don’t think I can.”
The man curled his lips with disdain. “Come on, she spends over a million yuan on stones, and countless young men want to have a sexual relationship with her.”
Feng Jun cocked his eyebrow and said nothing about it.
He had seen a few people cut stones on the street, but the stones weren’t big, so their buyers didn’t care much about the safety.
Only one of the four stones contained jade, and someone offered twenty thousand yuan for it. No one competed with him.
Feng Jun said, “Well, it seems bidding isn’t real either.”
The strong man sneered, “No one is willing to bid for such low-quality jade.”
Hearing that, Feng Jun finally realized it was rare to see bidding.
Anyway, no jewel businessman would be willing to offer a high price for his broken jade box, so he decided to go to Binzhou City.
He hoped that he could get a reasonable price there.
However, to his surprise, all the train tickets to Binzhou City were sold out today, so he could only book one for the day after tomorrow.
Feng Jun was free the next day, so he went to the antique street to kill time and learn more about jade.
Luckily, someone cut out a piece of jade of water type at 2 pm. Although it wasn’t big and only a side of it was out in the air, its price already began with five hundred thousand yuan.
Once the news went abroad, the whole stone-gambling market became alive.
As the stone was cut out little by little, the price of the jade rapidly increased to three million yuan.
The owners of this stone were two middle-aged men, and both of them were rich. They had several strong young men by their sides to protect them.
In their words, they came here simply to have fun.
They also agreed to sell this jade of water type.