Imperial Treasure
Chapter 342 - 242: Hit or Miss?

Chapter 342: Chapter 242: Hit or Miss?

Sui Yi even saw Tak, laughing with a few famous jewelry businessmen from Xinjiang.

Well, it was almost certain that these people would be the winners.

Sui Yi had an amazing memory and good vision, regularly sweeping the screen with her eyes she could make out the general content at a glance.

Not long after...

"Fuck! I bid five million and still lost! This is too..." A man suddenly cursed out loud, igniting others to immediately join in with a barrage of angry and mocking complaints.

"The piece I was eyeing didn’t even look good, and I couldn’t get it for one million, that’s just a rip-off!"

"No way, no way, this public auction is too exaggerated... the piece that was just won, in my opinion, was only worth five hundred thousand, but it went for a high bid of one million! Who is so ruthless?!"

In the one-sided complaints, Gong Jiu’s grievances were especially deep: "What’s going on here, I bid three million and still didn’t win, who the hell is the one who bid five million?"

Five million? Gong Jiu’s estimate was already quite high, who had so much money to spend?

Suddenly, Sui Yi added pensively, "Could this be the so-called ’blocking bids’?"

She had looked up the information, which mentioned this term.

"What’s that?" Gong Jiu glared.

"It means the owner of the raw material isn’t satisfied with your price and doesn’t want to sell to you anymore."

"..."

Speaking of buying gambling stones, probably the most blood-boiling situation is a blocked bid.

It’s like you’re finally able to buy it, but suddenly it’s taken away and not sold!

Do you get the feeling of sharpening your knife to slaughter sheep?!

There wasn’t time to discuss further; within Sui Yi’s group, apart from A and Anayi, who hadn’t bought any raw materials, almost everyone else had. Anayi aside, since they weren’t that close yet, as for A... let’s not talk about millions, he had a fortune of tens of thousands at least, after all, he had followed Elder Lin for so many years. Elder Lin once asked if he wanted to try buying a few pieces, no need for anything too expensive... A had refused.

"I don’t have parents, a girlfriend, or children, what do I need so much money for? Besides, I’m not interested in this."

Elder Lin naturally didn’t press further, and Sui Yi, who was standing beside him, only smiled. It seemed like A had said the same thing back at Ye Family Village; this was why she hadn’t helped him to start a business and become rich separately.

Since everyone had bought something, the screen was closely related to each of them. When the numbers of the raw materials they were interested in came up, everyone was on tiptoe, eager to see.

"B2672, eh, didn’t win!"

"I didn’t win either."

"Didn’t win again!"

Tang Laosan and the others sighed one after another, while Yaofei crossed off the numbers of raw materials in her notebook one by one, not winning, not winning, and again not winning...

"Ha! B3838, I won!" Gong Jiu’s cheer startled everyone; they all turned to look at the screen, and indeed, she had won! The bidder number behind her on the screen was Gong Jiu’s, but that bid price...

Five million five hundred thousand, quite a hefty sum indeed.

Sui Yi also relaxed her brows; luckily, it was a piece of raw material with jade. If it had been one without jade that Gong Jiu had won, this girl would have been jinxed.

"Both B and 38 again, seems like this raw material is selective," Yaofei complained from the side.

"Flower Fairy, just be jealous. When I cut open the jade, I’ll keep the waste shell for you as a souvenir," Gong Jiu boasted arrogantly, her tail almost lifting up in pride. Who could blame her? Everyone present had experienced the excitement of cutting jade and seeing the green, except her and the Flower Fairy!

Gong Jiu, always competitive, was fully geared up to win against Yaofei this time.

Despicable!

Information on the screen kept flipping every few moments, and the announcements continued...

There were those who missed out, and naturally, there were also winners.

"Huh? I won? That’s my bidding ID number, but I clearly didn’t bid this price! I bid a hundred thousand! Who the hell added an extra zero on top of mine!"

This young man appeared to be a traveler with some assets, bringing his family with him. Upon hearing his lament, his wife timidly said, "Could it be that your son playfully added it... it’s happened before.."

"..."

The father, duped by his own son once more, had a face full of blood, both crying and laughing. Thankfully, the family had some savings, so he quickly resigned himself to misfortune.

But there were plenty of businessmen rolling their eyes; paying a million for a piece of raw material was very valuable, okay? Especially now that even the worst raw materials had seen their prices soar!

About fifteen minutes later, the opening of all raw material bids was complete.

Elder Tang and the others seemed utterly deflated.

However, Yaofei glanced aside and said to Sui Yi, "Who would’ve thought all of us would be wiped out, just letting some idiot get lucky."

"Hm?" Sui Yi’s gaze shifted from the screen and turned towards Yaofei and the others, who looked dismayed: "I won too."

"What?" Everyone was taken aback.

"Why didn’t you say anything?"

"Do I have to say it?" Miss Sui’s gaze drifted indifferently over...

That sly look~~

What’s called showing composure and grace under pressure, never letting one’s emotions show on the face!

For a moment, no one quite knew what to say, until their gazes fell on the booklet in Sui Yi’s hand, seeing the sixteen numbers with four scratched off...

"Miss Sui, you’ve won four pieces!!! My god, you’re so lucky! Truly, heaven is watching over you~~" Anayi covered her small mouth in surprise.

Slap, Sui Yi closed the booklet, smiled, and said, "No, it’s twelve."

"....."

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Both Gong Jiu and Sui Yi, who had won the bids, along with Anayi, went to confirm the payment and collect the raw materials, and naturally, they were in good spirits. Gong Jiu and others were still shocked by the brutal bidding rate of a certain someone, while the person in question was actually quite astonished herself.

She hadn’t expected her luck to be so good... perhaps it was because most of the raw materials she valued didn’t have good external qualities, no one had high hopes for them, so there was less competition.

It seemed that the four pieces she didn’t win had decent exteriors, including one she quite liked, the High Ice-type Blue Jade, and another with a larger piece of Ice Type jade—it was two of the top raw materials, so naturally, she felt a bit of regret.

However, losing out on these two pieces saved her ten million in funds.

"Damn, you spent seventy million? That’s really crazy!" Gong Jiu exclaimed in surprise when she saw the bill and proof of Sui Yi’s spending. She had bought a lot of raw materials too, but not as crazy as Sui Yi.

This one brought eighty million and directly spent seventy million, no, should say she planned to spend the whole eighty million! Instead, she unexpectedly got back ten million~~

Uh, that’s a really awkward way to put it.

"I am a businesswoman," Sui Yi replied, which provoked Gong Jiu to roll her eyes again. What a perfunctory answer.

When they went to pick up the raw materials, Sui Yi also encountered other successful bidders, including Xiao Xianting and Zou Xueqin.

Of course, the Hu Family members were there too.

The moment she saw the latter, Gong Jiu felt queasy and turned to Sui Yi, "I bet they’re about to come over and say something like winning a bid means nothing, and whether it’s a waste material or not, we can’t be sure until it’s cut..."

No sooner had Gong Jiu finished speaking than the waiting room echoed with the cheerful voice of Hu Yuan: "Miss Sui is quite lucky, winning bids too, huh? But for us who buy raw materials, winning a bid is just passing the first hurdle. The second hurdle depends on whether there’s anything valuable inside the raw materials, right, Miss Sui? We’re going to the Jade Cutting Place, will you join us?"

Anayi looked at Gong Jiu. When did she learn the art of cursing?

Xiao Xianting glanced at Hu Yuan. Dongling Jewelry used to be decent in the previous generation but is now on a declining trend. He had thought that it was due to the poor cultivation of the third generation causing a gap, but now it seemed even the second generation wasn’t up to par.

What surprised him was... Sui Yi responded with a "Sure."

Uh, Gong Jiu looked at Sui Yi questioningly, "Sui Yi, aren’t you going to send the raw materials back? There are remote shipping companies that specialize in this kind of service. We don’t need to carry them ourselves."

"Too expensive, no money," Sui Yi replied.

Quite a capricious answer.

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Gong Jiu was planning to have the jade cut too. Considering that Sui Yi’s twelve pieces of raw material were indeed substantial, the insurance fee for shipping them would also be significant. So, Sui Yi’s final decision was...

"You’re shipping eleven pieces and keeping one? Are you messing with me?" Gong Jiu looked at Sui Yi intently.

Sui Yi smiled: "Yes."

Her expression was as elegant as it was wicked.

"Pfft~" Someone nearby chuckled. Sui Yi looked over and saw it was the two rich guys, Jiang Yun. Seems they had also won bids.

"Miss Sui is heading to the Jade Cutting Place, right? Let’s go together."

"Hmm."

There were dedicated shipping company staff on site waiting, with many filling out forms.

Mostly they were jewelers from out of town, as keeping these raw materials close was inconvenient, not to mention the question of whether airlines would allow transportation or not.

After everything was settled, the largest piece of raw material that Sui Yi kept was wheeled to the Jade Cutting Place.

There were already people cutting jade, since most who acquired the raw materials were anxious. As Hu Yuan said, whether they bought jade or rocks could only be determined after the cutting.

There were few cutting but many watching. If it weren’t for the official guards wielding batons shooing onlookers aside, Sui Yi and the others wouldn’t have been able to enter.

However, Sui Yi noticed Xiao Xianting and others following her to have their jade cut.

"Not stocking up on raw materials or processing at their own jade cutting place, coming here to cut... seems like they want some advertising," Gong Jiu said meaningfully.

"So confident they won’t ruin their reputation?" Anayi glanced at Zou Xueqin and the others.

They were cutting at a machine a bit further away...

"In the gambling stones business, no one is ever undefeated. Losses are common, they aren’t the Gambling King... oh, shit! I see that woman again!"

There was Pan Ling, cutting at this very machine!

She was in the middle of cutting!

No wonder this youth group is cheering over here~~

Out of twenty machines, to pick the same one as her!

Gong Jiu really felt like spitting in someone’s face... (She absolutely won’t tell Sui Yi that she just picked this machine because many people were around, so when her jade cutting is successful there would be even more people to witness it~~) (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to qidian.com to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)