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Wei Yuan was able to immediately think of a way to deal with the Seductive Woman mainly because he had recently started to observe and explore methods regarding women, along with continuous experimentation.
For instance, one time he accompanied Lan Xue on a shopping trip, and the experience of selecting fruits at a stall on the street led Wei Yuan to summarize a lifelong effective principle: regardless of age or appearance, all women like to be complimented on their beauty or praised for having been beautiful in the past.
During that outing with Lan Xue while picking watermelons, they encountered a woman in her thirties whose hair was styled like instant noodles, her old face heavily powdered, and her figure quite bulky.
As a result, when the price of the watermelon was set at one dollar fifty per pound, Lan Xue attempted to haggle several times without success. Instead, the woman turned to Wei Yuan and remarked, “Buddy, your girlfriend is quite pretty.”
Although she said this, Lan Xue responded appropriately to her exaggerated compliment with, “Thank you, Auntie.”
However, that term of address caused the woman to look at Lan Xue with a hint of resentment, as if she were silently accusing the young girl of trying to act cute in front of an older woman while being young and beautiful herself. In a few years, wouldn’t she also be just as unattractive?
Of course, she didn’t know that Wei Yuan possessed exceptional skills in traditional Chinese medicine that could help Lan Xue maintain her figure. Moreover, he had a Repairing Ability, so even if Lan Xue had any dissatisfaction with her body or face in the future, Wei Yuan could help her improve it.
Nonetheless, this interaction revealed a woman's nature: they are unwilling to be called old and reluctant to admit that they have aged and become unattractive.
Particularly hurtful was the term "Auntie" used by Lan Xue, which must have deeply wounded her pride. One can only imagine how such a mindset would react; after hearing that comment, how could she possibly allow Lan Xue to haggle? Even if she didn’t make a sale, she wouldn’t concede.
After observing this phenomenon, Wei Yuan continued the conversation by saying, “Haha, where can a young girl’s charm compete with mature charm? I think Sister Ling, you’re quite impressive.”
Although he didn’t know what "impressive" meant exactly, it still sounded like a compliment based on its literal meaning. This made the thirty-something woman chuckle and say, “You really know how to talk; no wonder you’re so popular with the ladies.”
Seizing on her good mood, Wei Yuan quickly added, “Since you’re so good with words, based on that alone, Sister Ling, you should give me a discount!”
As a result, the price immediately dropped by one-third. This taught Wei Yuan just how powerful compliments could be for women. Combining this insight with his observations led him to discover other weaknesses among women.
Gradually learning how to interact with women and various people in general, Wei Yuan seemed to have an epiphany about dealing with others through one particular case.
Returning to the main point: after spending sixty thousand to persuade that woman into selling him two pieces of jadeite, Wei Yuan approached the Stone Master and said something quite strange: “Master, since I bought these items from you, those scraps and powder that came from cutting should also belong to me, right?”
The Stone Cutting Master naturally found this very odd; usually after these materials were cut away, they became trash. They were typically cleaned up by workers at the Jade Rough Stone Market. No customer ever asked for them!
It’s like going to a barbershop; who would ask to cut their own hair?
Of course, Wei Yuan had his reasons. Mainly, these were the key tools he used with his Repairing Ability to restore the two pieces of gambling jade that had significantly depreciated in value back to a state where they could be sold for a good price. So after buying the two pieces of gambling jade, similar materials naturally couldn’t be discarded.
However, he wouldn’t use that reason. He simply replied, “Because I feel this is part of the whole Rough Stone. As a gift for my mother, I hope to hire a designer to rearrange these stone dust particles into a painting.”
The Stone Master immediately envisioned a painting made of sand and understood Wei Yuan's approach, saying, “You really have a filial heart. In that case, I won’t ask further; you can take it.”
Wei Yuan quickly grabbed a bag to collect the stone dust and prepared to leave. He turned back and blew a kiss to the seductive woman, saying, “Goodbye, beautiful sister. Remember to call me!”
At that moment, the nearly thirty-year-old Seductive Woman was still holding the piece of paper Wei Yuan had given her, looking at the strange arrangement of numbers on it.
She thought it might just be a wealthy person's quirk to spend money on an unusual number, and besides, it was quite memorable.
Looking at the paper, the Seductive Woman suddenly felt that her decision was absolutely correct. With that thought, she smiled brightly, even though her intelligence was quite lacking.
But this woman validated a saying: God is fair.
A woman with the intelligence of a pig had, for fairness's sake, large breasts as a necessary condition. Coupled with her decent looks, she exuded a mature charm mixed with allure.
At this moment, as she laughed uncontrollably, she paid no attention to the Stone Master and the shopkeeper nearby. In her low-cut dress with a 'V' shaped white collar, she laughed so hard that she leaned forward and backward, inadvertently exposing herself.
Two magnificent peaks emerged from beneath her rounded white neckline, fully revealed. Even the faint dark spots resembling grapes were on display for all to see.
Finally, filled with joy after ten attempts, she dialed that number but heard a voice even more alluring than hers on the other end. With a slight moan, it said, “Hello, sir. This is the Yin People Tribe. Engaging in deep communication with us over the phone will bring you unique enjoyment.”
It turned out to be one of those passionate phone services.
At that moment, the nearly thirty-year-old Seductive Woman was so infuriated that she fainted. Unfortunately for her, she hadn’t hung up her phone; the moans and gasps continued endlessly from the other side.
Moreover, the most important point is that Wei Yuan personally experienced this service, as he was scammed for five minutes and nearly went bankrupt. Back when he was studying, he was too playful and quickly spent all the money that could have supported him for several months.
Because the final charging slogan of the Yin People Tribe was: six yuan per minute, we welcome your call.
...
Of course, this is just a side note. After buying those two pieces of jade, the plan was just beginning. The few college students Wei Yuan recruited from the talent market were offered a price of one hundred each, certainly not just for show.
Comrades, if you want to make money, you have to work.
Their tasks had two points: one was to wander around like Wei Yuan, keeping an eye on those who bought Rough Stones at high prices or those that were not fully opened but contained Green Veins.
Of course, these items had to share a common characteristic, and Wei Yuan's requirements as the Boss were quite strange. He wanted stones that were priced above three hundred thousand before being fully opened and had a price drop of over seventy percent after being fully opened.
At the same time, they had another task: to take advantage of people's inattention and use various excuses related to environmental protection or nonsense like Wei Yuan did, aiming to create an artistic piece made from stone powder arranged in a certain way. In short, it was all just nonsense.
As long as they separated and stored these stone powders properly, they would have succeeded halfway in their mission. Who would care about some unwanted trash being recycled for what purpose later?
People's attention is always focused on valuable things, but Wei Yuan's Repairing Ability is a means to turn waste into treasure.
You can go crazy and gamble on jade as much as you want; whether you are happy or worried, whether you gain or lose, I will remain indifferent with a smile.
Because in Wei Yuan's plan, regardless of whether those people win or lose, all he wanted was a piece of jade that was considered unlucky and inauspicious from someone who had suffered significant losses in gambling.
Similarly, what Wei Yuan wanted was still something others did not want. Even if it was a piece of jade priced quite expensively, with hundreds of thousands at stake, Wei Yuan prepared to find dozens of similar pieces within this Jade Rough Stone Market. Only then would his plan truly come to an end.
Then came the time to sell these new Rough Stones—collecting what others did not want and turning waste into treasure for a high profit. Although the target was expensive jade, the concept remained the same.
It was like collecting garbage; once the garbage reached Wei Yuan's hands, it turned into gold. Therefore, Wei Yuan referred to the first step of this plan as the recycling operation.
The things that everyone seeks but cannot obtain are not so easy to acquire. After all, with the luck of an average person, one is not like Xiao Yan from "Battle Through the Heavens," who has so many fortuitous encounters to consume all the strange fires.
As for this devalued jade that everyone wants to discard, along with a large amount of stone dust considered garbage, acquiring it is indeed very simple.
In just a short time, under Wei Yuan's leadership, the dozen or so college students he recruited from the talent market began to act separately, spending all of Wei Yuan's fortune in the process.
They managed to obtain a lot of stone dust for free, most of which came from expensive Rough Stones or stones that had not been fully processed. However, having these materials was clearly still beneficial.
They needed to search and wait, maintaining a calm demeanor during others' jade cutting processes. After others incurred losses, they could quickly analyze whether they should make a purchase and promptly notify Wei Yuan, the team leader, to negotiate prices with the sellers.
In just a short period, they had transformed all the funds allocated for the recovery operation into a large pile of jade. Only then did Wei Yuan order the operation to conclude and distribute the rewards—one hundred dollars each—to them.
He then called Cousin Xie Ge. After discussing with him, Xie Ge quickly set aside his current work and drove his Jinbei Van to the Raw Jade Material market after receiving Wei Yuan's call.
Together, they loaded all today's harvest onto the vehicle. Although Xie Ge did not know what was inside the two burlap bags that Wei Yuan carried, he did not ask because he trusted Wei Yuan.
Thus, this temporary recovery team formed by Wei Yuan engaged in many peculiar activities. However, due to their scattered approach and the short duration of their actions, they did not attract much attention.
Many people regarded them as bargain hunters but found their motivation for scavenging stone dust somewhat puzzling.
Fortunately, they completed this recovery operation without incident. Wei Yuan first dismissed these college students but left behind a contact method for a medical student, thinking that if his plan succeeded, he might indeed need his help.
This also served as a glimmer of hope for the medical student. Of course, the main reason for this was to leave himself with some hope as well.
Although everything in the plan was arranged properly, one cannot predict everything; sometimes plans cannot keep up with changes. Therefore, no one can guarantee that things will proceed smoothly according to plan.
Of course, the first recovery operation had already succeeded. Wei Yuan had Cousin Xie Ge take him to the house Liu Lei had mentioned earlier. This was a place Liu Lei rented for occasional entertainment purposes. Since he had no new targets at this moment, it became Wei Yuan's temporary base.
This house seemed to have some connection with jade. The last time Wei Yuan repaired those defective jade pieces, he first piled up the goods here. This time was similar; it was just that the types of jade were somewhat different.
This time, it mainly involved some jade that had been lost in gambling. After sending off Cousin Xie Ge, Wei Yuan prepared to enter seclusion for a few days. As for the dry food and water for this period, Wei Yuan also prepared a bit for himself; he couldn't neglect his own needs.
The content of the seclusion was naturally to repair those jades. This time, the approach was somewhat different. In the past, he repaired damaged items to restore them to good condition. This time, he aimed to restore a piece of intact jade to its previous state...
The main direction depended on which stage these Raw Jade Materials were most valuable. The characteristic of Repairing Ability is essentially to restore an item to a relatively original state.
If the Restorative Power of the Third Form had not yet advanced, Wei Yuan could only control those jades to return to their initial Raw Jade Material state. However, now the Restorative Power of the Third Form had made a breakthrough...
He could fully control it according to his will. As long as he had the corresponding supplementary materials, such as various states of those jades restored to Raw Jade Material form, and sufficient stone powder obtained from the Raw Jade Material.
Based on the quantity of materials, Wei Yuan could activate the Mist-like Space in his mind, operate the Dark Cloud Substance, and then use the already advanced Restorative Power of the Third Form to restore the jade to any form during the process of resolution.
As for the specific choice, it depended on which form was most valuable during the process of transforming this Raw Jade Material into jade. He would choose to convert the jade through the Restorative Power of the Third Form into its most valuable state before reintroducing it into the market.
Thus, Wei Yuan began his seclusion activities here. Over a span of three days totaling seventy-two hours, after sleeping a full eight hours each time, he occasionally checked his phone to browse through a few serialized novels he subscribed to, using this as a way to relax his mind.
For the rest of the time, Wei Yuan was focused on transforming two million worth of jade into four million, eight million, or even twenty million.
For example, the two pieces of jade in his hand were bought from a flirtatious woman who was nearly thirty and liked wearing low-cut outfits that revealed her near-drooping assets for sixty thousand yuan.
The price of these two pieces of jade was roughly under one hundred thousand. However, in their most valuable state—when every gambler on jade faced that form and felt it was most likely to yield good jade—their value approached one million...
A difference of over ten times; this was why Wei Yuan went through so much effort to buy these two pieces from that seductive woman. Although other stones he acquired back didn't have such high value, they typically increased by at least three to five times in price.
Here, Wei Yuan conducted thorough market research. Since the stones in his hands had been fully resolved, considering how to restore them to their most valuable state or determining what condition made each stone most valuable wasn't too difficult...
At this moment, what he was doing was an inverse recovery action—like a woman stripping off all her clothes in front of you and then asking you to analyze what kind of clothing would be most sexy on her.
Yes, a man who understands women usually does not find a completely naked woman to be the sexiest.
Because very few women can be completely naked without any sense of disharmony; on the contrary, when dressed in transparent yet concealing garments, they often appear exceptionally sexy.
Or take Yang Ying, who is dressed very conservatively yet still exudes a strong sense of sexiness; her charm runs deep.
Similarly, jade is like a beautiful woman. What Wei Yuan needs to do now is to restore the naked jade placed before him, which is completely unrefined jadeite, just as one would treat a woman—dressing her in valuable clothing to showcase her most perfect side.
The two pieces of jade before him are ones that Wei Yuan personally witnessed throughout the entire buying and refining process, so figuring out how to restore their value is naturally not a challenge for him.
“Let’s go in order; you can go first, my dear.”
Wei Yuan arranged the two pieces of jade neatly and poured out the bag of stone powder he had collected into a container. Then he spoke to the two pieces of jade as if he were tenderly addressing children.
He knew very well that he needed money urgently, and the way to make a quick profit was right here, so Wei Yuan placed all his hopes on these pieces of jade.
Thus, while working on the restoration, Wei Yuan spoke gently to the two pieces of jade as if he were coaxing a girl.
“The shape of the Dark Cloud Substance has become increasingly difficult to control.”
As soon as his consciousness touched upon the Mist-like Space, Wei Yuan discovered a new problem. Although he had already prepared for potential changes in the Restorative Power of the Third Form, the rapid changes within the Mist-like Space caught him off guard.
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