Special Agent Rebirth: The Omnipotent Goddess of Quick Transmigration
Chapter 413: Entertainment Queen 408 (13) Second Update

Chapter 413: Entertainment Queen 408 (13) Second Update

Yun Qinghe narrowed his eyes at the three stones Ye Shaohua had chosen, pondering.

Meanwhile, Zhuo Ping didn’t know who else he was calling, just nonchalantly watching the stone-cutting platform.

To tell the truth, the stones selected by Ye Shaohua were really quite ordinary.

It was Yun Qinghe’s first visit to Qingcheng, and most of the rough stones he had brought over were leftover materials from B City.

One of them was so useless that it had languished in B City for five years, with nobody showing any interest.

Although it’s hard to guess exactly what type of jadeite is within a stone, it’s very simple to determine whether a piece is completely void of jadeite green.

The stone-cutter made a cut.

Planning to discard the two halves of waste material, his hand froze mid-reach, "Wait... this..."

He immediately placed the left half back on the stone-cutting platform.

He cut along the edge once more.

"Green’s been found?!" This was the incredulous voice of the Trade Market manager.

The stone-cutter was also stunned; after all, he was an old hand at stone-cutting and could tell this hint of green was highly saturated. In all his years of cutting, this stone could rank within the top three in terms of water quality he had come across.

Yun Qinghe had some anticipation, but he too was somewhat surprised to see the green actually revealed and glanced at Ye Shaohua.

Zhuo Ping, having ended his phone call, was somewhat amazed, "How is this even possible? That this piece of rough stone had been ignored in B City for five years?"

The manager, hearing his words, shook his head, "Mr. Zhuo, this is actually a rare piece of old pit glass-type."

The stone-cutter had already revealed the stone’s rough outline.

Though Zhuo Ping did not gamble on stones, he could still recognize the type of jadeite.

"A stone of this size could fetch thirty million at the Auction House, couldn’t it?" Even Zhuo Ping couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement.

This was why some people loved gambling on stones.

If they gambled well, becoming wealthy overnight was not out of the question.

Of course, the prerequisite for overnight wealth is that you have to be alive to tell the tale and be able to leave the Black Market. Generally, stone gambling masters with no backing or protection wouldn’t dare venture alone into such places.

"Bring me the next stone as well," urged the stone-cutter, in high spirits, immediately waving for Ye Shaohua’s other selected stone to be brought over.

Zhuo Ping murmured to Yun Qinghe, "Lady Ye probably won’t have the same luck with this stone."

Yun Qinghe subtly curled his lips, "We’ll see."

Zhuo Ping observed Yun Qinghe for a long time, failing to grasp the meaning behind his smile.

By this time, the stone-cutter had made the first cut, which did not reveal any green. The second cut was the same, which Zhuo Ping found unsurprising.

After all, selecting three such stones and uncovering one worth thirty million was already fortune defying the heavens, right?

That night, Ye Meng had cut many stones, most of them worth several to nearly ten million. After all that, they still weren’t as valuable as a single stone cut by Ye Shaohua.

As Zhuo Ping thought this, the stone-cutter made the third cut.

"Imperial Green!" exclaimed the stone-cutter and manager, unable to contain their excitement.

The staff members standing nearby were dumbstruck as they watched the unveiled jadeite.

Seeing the rich water-type Imperial Green jadeite, Zhuo Ping suddenly felt a pang of regret. The full load of stones present wasn’t worth as much as this single stone. Had he known that such a top-grade stone remained among the nearly picked-over rough stones, he wouldn’t have agreed to transport these materials here.

So, when the stone-cutter revealed another top-grade stone with the third piece, Zhuo Ping and the surrounding staff were at a loss for words.

They stood dumbly around the stone-cutting platform, staring at the three combined stones now valued at over a hundred million.

Yun Qinghe, who typically did not show his emotions, also felt somewhat dazed.

"How are you going to handle these three raw stones?" After a moment’s silence, in a now quiet hall, he was the first to turn to Ye Shaohua and speak up.

Ye Shaohua picked up a raw stone and looked sideways at Yun Qinghe upon hearing the question, "Would you buy them? I’ll sell them cheap."

Yun Qinghe composed himself, "Of course, if you are selling, we will buy them."

"Alright," Ye Shaohua nodded, set down the raw stone, and then named a figure, "Transfer the money into my account."

"...You’re just leaving the raw stone behind like that?" Yun Qinghe was stunned to see her so decisively leave behind the incredibly valuable raw stone without even signing an agreement.

Ye Shaohua raised an eyebrow, "Otherwise?"

"Aren’t you afraid we’ll just keep them for ourselves?" Zhuo Ping shifted his eager gaze away from the stone; he had never encountered anyone so strange.

Ye Shaohua looked at him in surprise, "Would you even do such a thing?"

"...No, it’s not that, I didn’t mean..."

Ye Shaohua shrugged it off as she put her hands in her pockets, lifting one nonchalantly, "Make sure you’ve got the account number right, I need to head back for a bit."

Yun Qinghe appeared to take these three jadeites very seriously, staying behind to handle this matter.

Zhuo Ping escorted Ye Shaohua downstairs.

"I notice you all seem to place special importance on jadeite," Ye Shaohua inquired as they descended, "Is there a particular reason for this?"

Harboring other thoughts, Zhuo Ping did not conceal the truth from her.

"Actually, it’s quite straightforward. The four great continents are controlled by four major Families, and each wants a piece of the F Continent. There are rules within the gambling stone community: whichever Family can produce the best jadeite will gain ownership of that land," Zhuo Ping paused before continuing, "You may not know it, but there is a profession internationally known as ’gambling stone master,’ ranking above all others in the world. That’s because every exceptional gambling stone master is recruited by the major Families with great effort."

"Lady Ye, our Yun Family’s most outstanding gambling stone master ranks only second to Young Master Yun in status and position," Zhuo Ping watched Ye Shaohua, "If you’re willing to join the Yun Family, we can discuss everything. Ye Qing and his sort are not even worth lifting your little finger over."

He had said this much, yet Ye Shaohua hadn’t spoken.

As Ye Shaohua listened to him, she fell into contemplation.

Could it be that this world is unlike a typical modern society, with the four great Families actually in control of the four continents?

The distribution of all resources is from gambling on stones? So... is this world centered around gambling on stones?