Imperial Treasure
Chapter 325 - 232: Chilling to the Core, Spirits Soaring! _2

Chapter 325: Chapter 232: Chilling to the Core, Spirits Soaring! _2

She subconsciously asked the master craftsman by her side, "How much do you think that piece is worth?"

The master’s heart filled with envy and emotion as he answered, "At least twenty million... If there’s competition, the value could go even higher... If we were to process it and turn it into jewelry for sale at our store, the overall value could soar to forty million."

The value of raw jade doubling or even increasing tenfold once crafted into jewelry is not unusual, especially if the design and meaning are exceptional, just as with the historically famous jadeite cabbage!

Twenty million! Hu Jie’s face fell, not to mention the jealousy she felt toward Sui Yi, while the two elders nearby focused more on Sui Yi’s performance.

"What a bold young lady..." The elder in the Zhongshan suit chuckled, slicing without even blinking, showing no special reaction upon seeing such jade, suggesting a natural disposition or habituation to such sights.

Either way, she was no ordinary person.

And at that moment...

"Bring up the last piece," Sui Yi looked at the largest rough stone weighing over seven hundred jin, with a look in her eyes similar to someone at a feast waiting for the final dessert before calling it quits...

It was impossible for Ah A alone to move a rough stone weighing over seven hundred jin; it took several people and some special equipment before the big fellow was placed on the machine...

The blade was also replaced with one two sizes larger.

As soon as it was placed on the machine, the manager was on a phone call, his face flushed with excitement, "Boss, I’m telling the truth, that jade is really... Oh, she’s about to cut the last rough stone, the largest one, yes, weighing seven to eight hundred jin. Ah! She’s cutting it now!"

Before everyone could collect their thoughts, they saw the saw blade descending straight down!

One-cut technique!

Clean and decisive!

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

The large rough stone was sliced open by the large saw blade right down the middle, from top to bottom... Stone dust scattered all around...

A few master craftsmen noticed that Sui Yi’s fingers holding the handle were frighteningly steady. They were astonished as they knew the high-frequency vibrations from the cutting blade would leave their professional hands throbbing in pain. How could she...

About thirty seconds later, the entire rough stone was thoroughly split in half. As it cracked open, the cleanly cut halves fell to either side, revealing a pristine and expansive window to the onlookers...

No need to look too closely, as the window was so large that anyone who couldn’t see it was blind!

And the intoxicating apple green, like top-quality green juice soaked in ice water, the window was at least the size of a large basin... It must weigh somewhere between seventy to eighty jin!

The crowd suddenly thought of an advertising slogan upon seeing it.

--So refreshing, it lifts the spirit!

"Beautiful jade!" The two wealthy elders exclaimed in unison!

"It’s skyrocketing, skyrocketing!!" the manager shouted into the phone, and the others erupted in a chorus of chants.

"Apple green Ice Type!"

"This color... so beautiful! Evenly distributed, without a single impurity!"

Sui Yi had already turned off the machine and stepped down from the platform. Dusting off her hands, she said to the stupefied master craftsmen, "Please help to fully cut it open... thank you."

"Not at all, not at all," they replied with beaming smiles. In the jewelry business, it’s traditional to give a red envelope for a successful jade cutting, and since four pieces worth over twenty million had been cut in a row, they were expecting substantial tips. Now this young woman had done the cutting herself, producing even higher-grade jade. They had thought there wouldn’t be tips for them, but she had asked them to continue working on the jade, which meant there would be tips...

So, they looked at Sui Yi as if she were the God of Wealth.

By now, Sui Yi was surrounded by a large crowd.

The businessman who had bought the Elder Lin Green Jade earlier shouted, "Miss, miss, I’ll offer fifty million for those two pieces of jade!"

Fifty million for two pieces? The substantial sum immediately stunned Ah A. What currency are we talking about here, Korean Won or Japanese yen?

But obviously, it wasn’t a high bid, as soon there was another offer outbidding the previous one...

One after another, the bids rose, with the scene resembling the frenzy of an auction, and before Sui Yi could even speak, the total price had already soared to eighty million!

Eighty million!

Hu Jie’s original bitterness had faded, and she looked at the two pieces of jade with pure greed in her eyes...

Even as the Hu Family’s second daughter, with the family fortune in the billions, her own share would not exceed fifty million...

After all, there were differences between sons and daughters, and most of the family fortune was reserved for her brother.

Fifty million would allow her to look down on many in her circle of second-generation rich kids, but in comparison to this girl, who had effortlessly dealt with the matter and even exceeded expectations!

Everyone was thinking about getting both pieces, as good jade is hard to come by! Any jeweler would go crazy at the sight of raw jade, unless they didn’t have the capital...

Many jewelers could only sigh in frustration; eighty million was too large a sum for them to produce...

Unless they bought a small part of it, but would the girl agree to that? Would these financial magnates allow it?

Elder Tang looked on, noting there were three contenders in the fray with the capability to bid: two were jewelers, and the other was a businessman intent on adding to his collection...

It was clear he was a man of extreme wealth, as the eighty million bid had come from him...

As the three parties bickered, the manager quickly approached Sui Yi and said, urgently, "Miss, miss, please wait a moment, our boss is on his way over..."

This was against the rules and left the onlookers dissatisfied, but Purple Sand Jewelry was one of Xinjiang’s jewelry industry giants, and its influence and power were beyond comparison. The two jewelers changed their expressions slightly upon hearing this, while the wealthy man frowned: "It doesn’t matter if your boss is coming, in the end, it still depends on the bid..."(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users, please read at m.qidian.com.)