Chapter 79: When Pigs Fly
"The jade inside this stone is estimated to be just enough to break even!" The craftsman operating the cutting machine handed two pieces of stone with green to Xia Jianren.
"Is it my turn now?" Lin Tian, seeing Xia Jianren looking downcast, asked aloud.
"Go ahead then!" Xia Jianren sighed. Although he lost some money, he should still win this competition.
He didn’t believe that the worthless stone Lin Tian chose could reveal any jade.
After all, I’m the expert in this field!
Lin Tian handed the selected stone to the craftsman and asked in a deep voice, "Can you cut it as I say?"
"Sure!" The craftsman nodded.
"Make a horizontal cut first."
The stone, about the size of a head, was horizontally cut, revealing pure black inside.
"No green here!" The craftsman shook his head. "This stone you picked isn’t good; it’s likely a total loss!"
Ignoring the craftsman’s words, Lin Tian gestured on the stone: "Now make a vertical cut!"
"Even the craftsman said so, what are you cutting for? This stone is obviously a loss!"
"Lost yet won’t admit it?" Xia Jianren gloated from the side.
For this competition, Xia Jianren felt assured of victory.
"It’s not over yet, why the rush!" Lin Tian said calmly, "Are you afraid of losing?"
After the second cut, still no green was seen; the onlookers around started shaking their heads, some even left not bothered to watch anymore.
Surely it’s a huge loss!
It’s a complete waste of time to keep watching!
"Craftsman, make a slanted cut this time, a bit deeper!" Lin Tian gestured on the stone again.
"You want me to cut out just this small part?" The craftsman finally understood Lin Tian’s intention.
A horizontal cut, a vertical cut, and now a slanted cut - isn’t that to extract this middle part!
"Exactly! This time, make it deeper!" Lin Tian reminded.
As the third cut began, Xia Jianren, mimicking, brought a small stool, sat down, and awaited with glee for the result of the third cut.
If there’s no green this time, he’ll have a good laugh at this arrogant young man.
"Damn!!!"
"Emperor Green!"
"It’s actually Emperor Green!" The craftsman turned off the cutting machine and exclaimed holding the palm-sized stone in his hand.
Even his hands were trembling slightly with excitement.
"Don’t joke around, how can this piece of stone have Emperor Green!" Xia Jianren said, not believing as he hadn’t seen the stone inside because he was sitting.
"It’s truly Emperor Green!" The few onlookers who hadn’t left also exclaimed in surprise.
"What!"
Xia Jianren shot up, initially thinking it was a joke, but when everyone shouted like this...
"Impossible!" Xia Jianren shook his head in shock at the green gleam from the stone in Lin Tian’s hand.
He couldn’t believe what was happening before his eyes!
"How much is the jade from this stone worth?" Lin Tian weighed the stone and casually asked.
"Such a big piece, it’s worth millions, easy!"
"Young man, be careful not to drop it!"
"To cut out Emperor Green, you could directly buy a house within the second ring of Kanyue City!"
The surrounding crowd was envious, and those who left came back upon hearing, all sighing.
Why did we leave earlier?
We missed such an exciting moment!
"So this is Emperor Green!" Lin Tian muttered while playing with the jade in his hand.
He had just circled the market and was looking for the greenest stone inside. After choosing round after round, he picked this one, not expecting it to be the most valuable Emperor Green jade.
"Young man, I’ll give you a million for that piece in your hand, will you sell it?"
"I’ll pay two million!"
"Three million!"
The surrounding bids came one after another, and Lin Tian shrugged nonchalantly, turned to Bai Shishi with a smile, and said, "Miss Bai, we hit the jackpot this time!"
"This stone is yours! I won’t return the one hundred thousand!" Lin Tian smiled slightly and placed the Emperor Green jade into Bai Shishi’s hand.
Bai Shishi’s beautiful eyes were slightly moist, from initial distrust to not wanting to help Lin Tian buy stones later on.
Even once thinking Lin Tian was arrogant and condescending.
But the result was Lin Tian’s persistence yielded Emperor Green jade; he could have sold this Emperor Green and banked the money.
But Lin Tian’s final decision was completely unexpected: he gave it to her.
This made Bai Shishi feel both guilty and touched, tears uncontrolledly threatened to spill.
Sensing Bai Shishi’s unusual emotions, Lin Tian quickly turned to Xia Jianren: "Hey, expert! When are you paying up?"
Still in shock, Xia Jianren was jolted awake by this sentence.
Emperor Green VS making a few jade rings.
The outcome of such a result was not even in the same league, like a college student beating a primary school student.
Xia Jianren felt indignant, unwilling, and frustrated!
Yet he couldn’t argue back.
Since the facts were undeniable!
"I always say experts are stupidly inflexible!" Lin Tian began his typical boastful speech.
"Those experts on TV just talk, yet they claim pigs could climb trees. Have them make a sow climb a tree and see...!"
"I lost!" Despite being extremely reluctant to admit defeat to an amateur, Xia Jianren conceded.
Just earlier, he had called him foolish and naive, yet now he found he was criticizing himself.
Xia Jianren felt as if his heart was being gouged out; years of confidence in gambling stones collapsed instantly: "A renowned expert in gambling stones, defeated so humiliatingly!"
"Admit you lost and pay up!" Lin Tian turned to Bai Shishi: "Miss Bai, your card!"
Bai Shishi and Xia Jianren were friends, so it would be hard for Bai Shishi to ask for money.
But Lin Tian didn’t care, losing meant paying, just and rightful!
Most importantly... we aren’t even close!
Xia Jianren’s heart was bleeding from the loss, and now another 1.4 million was gone!
Heartbroken!!!
"Feels like your heart’s breaking?" Seeing Xia Jianren in agony, Lin Tian mocked: "Buy a bottle of super glue and mend that glass heart of yours!"
"Here’s your money!"
Xia Jianren sighed and handed over his bank card.
Lin Tian found a bank, transferred the money, then returned the card to Xia Jianren and gave another card to Bai Shishi.
Embarrassed, Xia Jianren sighed: "Shishi, I have something to do and will leave first!"
"Take care, Jianren!" Bai Shishi also felt awkward; since Xia Jianren wanted to leave, she didn’t stop him.
"Let’s go too!" Lin Tian raised an eyebrow at Bai Shishi as he watched Xia Jianren leave.
The two said nothing all the way until they got in the car, and Bai Shishi asked: "Lin Tian, did you know beforehand that there was Emperor Green inside this stone?"
"Know what! I can’t see inside the stone!" Lin Tian deliberately concealed, "To put it simply, I was just lucky!"