Chapter 67 Stone Gambling (2/2)

Qin Haodong said, ”But since my two dogs are here, your should take out your part of the bet. And since we are betting, we need a referee and a notary in case you get a crappy stone but still insist it's bettter than mine.”

”Boy, I'm the young master of the Feng family. Can't I be liable?”

”I'm not sure about that.” Qin Haodong laughed. People like Feng Tianda were snobbish and had no morals at all.

”I will be the notary. I don't know if you two can trust me?”

The speaker was the man who offered to pay 30 million yuan for Damao and Ermao. He was also the president of the Jiangnan Jade Association and the chief jewelry appraiser of Huaxia, having good reputation in the industry, so he was very appropriate to be the notary.

”President Qian, here you are!” Feng Tianda said with a flattering face, ”Of course I can count on Chairman Qian to notarize for us.”

Qian Duoduo turned to Qin Haodong and said, ”Brother, what do you think?”

Qin Haodong also had a good impression of Qian Duoduo so he said, ”I also trust Mr. Qian.”

Qian Duoduo said, ”Well, then it's up to me to notarize this bet.”

Feng Tianda took out the cheque book and wrote a cheque of 30 million yuan, which was handed over to Qian Duoduo. Qin Haodong also let Damao and Ermao lie still.

Everything was ready, Feng Tianda said, ”Now can we bet?”

”Of course, but you don't need me to win.” When everyone didn't know why, Qin Haodong said to Qian Duoduo, ”Mr. Qian, I'll borrow a dog to choose a stone first. It's not against the rules.”

”OK”

He replied and looked at the young man with interest. He had been in the jade industry for so many years and had never heard of anyone choosing raw gemstones with dogs. Although a dog's nose was naturally sensitive, to smell the difference between stones was hard to believe.

After getting permission, Qin Haodong pointed at Damao and said, ”Go and pick a stone for me.”

”What?” Feng Tianda's eyes burst into flames because he was so angry that Qin Haodong compared him with a dog. But he could do nothing; after all, there were no restrictions on gambling stones so the use of dogs was allowable.

He glared at Qin Haodong for a while and then went to choose the stone.

At this time, more and more people gathered at the scene. These people were interested in gambling so they also wanted to see how the young man chose the stones with dogs.

In fact, it was a deceptive trick to let Damao and Ermao choose the stone. So that people would be diverted and kept in the dark that he had the ability to see through the raw stones.

Damao did as Qin Haodong instructed. He quickly ran to a stone with a weight around two hundred and thirty kilograms and jumped on it, turning around and barking.

Everyone was surprised to see this dog was so clever. Can this dog really choose a good stone?

Qin Haodong said to Qian Duoduo, ”Mr. Qian, since Damao took a fancy to this stone, I will choose it.”

The price of the stone was 5,000 yuan. He paid the staff of the market and bought the stone.

After the staff received the money, they immediately asked someone to bring the stone with a cart.

Over there, Feng Tianda was carefully choosing stones one by one. According to his experience from primary school, he carefully observed the color and pattern of the raw stones.

After 20 minutes, he finally selected a stone and asked the staff to bring it over.

After the two raw stones were laid out, Feng Tianda called two stone-cutters and began to cut the stones on the spot.

”Who goes first?” Qian asked.

”Me first!”

Feng Tianda was confident of his ability in choosing the raw stone, and he didn't think a stone casually chosen by a dog could be better than his.

After receiving the order, the stone-cutter began to cut Feng Tianda's stone.

With the roar of the cutting machine, the raw stone chips splashed, and soon a touch of green came out.

”The green came out! So insightful, really worthy of being the young master of the Feng group...”

”It looks like a green bean seed. It seems this raw gemstone can be worth more than one million dollars. Feng Dashao was really good...”

Among the many praises, Feng Tianda raised his chin with complacency and looked disdainfully at the ugly black stone under Qin Haodong's feet. In his opinion, he had won the bet.

In less than ten minutes, the cutting was finished; the stone-cutter poured a basin of clear water on it, and an apple-sized green jadeite was presented to the public.

Qian Duoduo reached out and took the jadeite to look at it. He nodded and said, ”Yes, it has reached the level of green bean seed, and the price should reach 1.2 million yuan.”

Seeing that Qian Duoduo had made the assessment, a jadeite businessman immediately cried: ”Feng Dashao, sell it to me at 1.2 million yuan!”

”Not for sale!” The Feng group had its own jewelry company, so Feng Tianda would not sell this good quality jade.

Seeing her boyfriend unravel such a good piece of jade, Zhou Cuicui was proud. She turned to Qin Haodong, ”Small white face, it's your turn now.”

The onlookers also looked at Qin Haodong. They predicted that the chances of the young man winning were very small.

After all, the stone gambling depended on luck; not every stone could produce jade worth more than one million yuan.

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