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The horse-faced Boss was so anxious that he stumbled over his words, "You... you wouldn't have swapped them on me, would you?"
"I say, Boss, can we talk reasonably? When I buy goods, I naturally want to examine them. You've been watching me the whole time. Besides, where would I find three identical pieces to swap with you?" Zhang Yang replied with a smile. "Could it be that your materials had problems from the start and only revealed their true nature after some use?"
"Hahaha." Laughter erupted from the crowd. The horse-faced Boss was known for his ruthless business practices and wasn't well-liked in the market.
"What do you have in your hands?" The horse-faced Boss put down the tray and took Zhang Yang's hand to inspect it closely. After a long look, he found nothing wrong. Then he scrutinized the three handpieces again; they were indeed the originals, just lacking their luster and appearing dull.
"I've never seen anyone do business like this," Zhang Yang waved his hand dismissively. "Is there anything better? Let me see; as long as the goods are good, I'll buy."
"Uh, that's all there is. If you want to buy, go for the raw stones." With so many people watching, the horse-faced Boss couldn't pin anything on Zhang Yang but dared not show him any good items again.
"Raw stones?" Zhang Yang chuckled and walked over to Buzz Cut, casually picking up a piece of leftover material about the size of a fist that Buzz Cut had cut. It was a dull grayish-blue. Before cutting, this piece of stone was sizable, but Buzz Cut had split it into five pieces without yielding any jade.
Originally, Zhang Yang had taken advantage of the horse-faced Boss and saved some money; this advantage was due to Buzz Cut's actions. He intended to take a piece of wasted material and give Buzz Cut a thousand yuan as a token gesture while also silencing the horse-faced Boss.
Unexpectedly, a strange Spiritual Energy transmitted from this piece of stone into his palm.
"Hey buddy, how about selling me this piece for 1,000 yuan?" Zhang Yang said to Buzz Cut while holding the stone.
"This... this is just waste material, worth nothing. You can have it for free," Buzz Cut replied in surprise.
"This piece is still considered something you sold here. If it yields anything when cut, will you buy it back at double the market price?" Zhang Yang asked the horse-faced Boss intently. "That's right; it's the same for everyone!" the horse-faced Boss shouted, thinking: This kid has cut so many times without success; how could he possibly get something good out of it?
"Here you go, buddy." Zhang Yang took out 1,000 yuan and pressed it into Buzz Cut's hands. "Don't be shy; if something good comes out later, just don't argue with me."
Seeing Zhang Yang's insistence, Buzz Cut finally accepted the 1,000 yuan, thinking that this young man was indeed someone who knew how to appreciate things.
"Cut it." Zhang Yang placed the stone on the machine and pointed to the middle of the material. The people nearby began to murmur disapprovingly; cutting from the middle could ruin any good material inside, and if it split in two, its value would naturally decrease significantly. Some even speculated that Zhang Yang was just spending a little money for fun.
In fact, while sensing the stone, Zhang Yang had already detected Spiritual Energy on one side of the material, so cutting from the middle would not pose any issues. "Are you ready?" the horse-faced Boss asked one last time. "Cut," Zhang Yang replied expressionlessly.
The electric saw whirred to life, spraying water droplets everywhere as the stone was sliced in half, but no trace of green was visible.
"Eh?" The horse-faced Boss, standing next to the electric saw, suddenly noticed a faint black color appearing on one side of the stone. Zhang Yang stepped forward, picked up that half of the stone, and said to the Boss, "Remove the rough outer layer from the other side and then slowly grind the surface with a grinding wheel; don’t cut anymore."
At this moment, those watching nearby also sensed something unusual. "Could it be a piece of Black Jade? Even if we can cut out a small piece, selling it for 1,000 dollars would be a huge profit..."
As the grinding wheel turned, a layer of black mist slowly emerged from the surface of the stone. Buzz Cut seemed very excited; he grabbed a scoop of water and splashed it onto the more polished side.
A cut surface about the size of a bottle cap revealed itself.
"This isn't just Black Jade; this is Black Jade's Black Orchid! Black Orchid! Black Orchid!" Buzz Cut, clearly knowledgeable about stones, nearly jumped up upon seeing this result.
While Black Jade and Black Orchid appear similar in color, their textures are different. Black Orchid is extremely rare and outrageously priced. Soon after, this half piece of stone was polished to the size of an egg, radiating dazzling brilliance.
This piece of Black Orchid, being top quality, would fetch at least millions in the market.
The horse-faced Boss was left dumbfounded. This batch of stones had been carefully selected by him and several knowledgeable partners; logically speaking, there should have been no chance of cutting out any green material. Moreover, the stone chosen by Zhang Yang was leftover waste after Buzz Cut's previous cuts. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yang had such luck to extract a rare piece of Black Orchid from waste.
Many onlookers were knowledgeable as well; although they had never seen Black Orchid in person, its unique texture matched perfectly with authoritative descriptions of Black Jade. A quick observation confirmed that this piece was not Black Jade but had been directly cut from its original form. Thus, everyone unanimously concluded that this must undoubtedly be the legendary Black Orchid!
Buzz Cut was the first to shout it out loud, which drew some disdainful looks from others: Wasn't he embarrassed to shout so loudly? He hadn’t cut anything himself; instead, a young man had extracted a premium piece from waste while he yelled about Black Orchid. Who didn’t know what Black Orchid was? Wasn’t it sold for just 1,000 dollars?
At this point, Buzz Cut seemed to notice everyone's gaze and stopped talking further; instead, he fixed his eyes intently on the Black Orchid in Zhang Yang's hand.
Zhang Yang weighed the Black Orchid in his hand and asked Buzz Cut, "Hey, how much do you think this piece is worth?"
"It's priceless!" Buzz Cut shot a glare at the horse-faced Boss. The horse-faced Boss looked a bit flustered, "Are you serious? Who talks about market value like that?"
"Alright, everyone, does anyone think this treasure is worth thirty million? I'm not just talking nonsense here," Buzz Cut looked around at the crowd. "It's worth it, it's too rare..." murmurs arose from the crowd.
"Little brother, I need to discuss something with you." While everyone was debating, the horse-faced Boss secretly pulled Zhang Yang aside. "I'm short on funds right now; could you leave this piece with me for a while..."
"So you're saying you can't buy it back at double the price? That means you're just talking nonsense, not me?" Zhang Yang said with a smile to the horse-faced Boss.
"Hehe, well, it's just that I didn't recognize something valuable..." The horse-faced Boss chuckled awkwardly. In business, most of the money is tied up in inventory. Not to mention that the horse-faced Boss couldn't come up with that much money all at once; even if he could, buying it back at double the market price as Buzz Cut said would mean he wouldn't make a profit and would end up losing a lot.
"Forget it; you don't deserve to have such a treasure." After saying this, Zhang Yang pocketed the Black Orchid and strode out of the crowd. Behind him came the sound of people making phone calls: "Damn, I saw the Black Orchid today..."
A high market value doesn't necessarily mean that the Spiritual Energy is particularly abundant. For Zhang Yang, absorbing this piece of Black Orchid's Spiritual Energy is no different from absorbing the Spiritual Energy of another high-quality jade piece, but the price difference is hundreds of times. Since this Black Orchid is so valuable, it would be better to convert it into cash to buy more jade and bolster his modest savings.
"Little brother, wait a moment..." Zhang Yang had already turned down a street when he heard a voice calling from behind.
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