Inside the crystal shop, the floor was covered in shattered rough stone fragments and dust.
Dong Xuebin walked over to the pile of natural crystal rough stones in the corner and crouched down. He casually picked up a chunk weighing four or five jin, weighed it in his hand, and peered through a small window that had already been cut into its side. The crystal was colorless, clear, and clean, and it looked to be of excellent quality. But Dong Xuebin naturally understood that shops usually polished a small window at the best spot on a crystal rough stone to make it look appealing, while the rest was anyone's guess. More often than not, it was far from what one imagined. "Boss, how much for this one?"
Fat Boss, who was sweeping up the debris with a broom, looked up. "Oh, this one's ten thousand."
Dong Xuebin pointed at a piece of amethyst rough stone without any window cut into it. "What about this one?"
"Thirty-five thousand."
"What about the yellow crystal?"
"This one is bigger, so it's forty thousand."
Dong Xuebin was asking about the better, more expensive crystal rough stones, since that gave him at least a slightly better chance of cutting out good crystal. After roughly settling on his targets, he slipped a hand into his pocket and turned on music on his iPhone 4, pretending it was a ringtone. He then answered the "call" and babbled for a few moments before putting down the phone and telling Fat Boss, "Boss, I want to gamble on a few crystals, but there's an urgent matter at home and they're rushing me back. If you can cut the stones quickly, I'll buy a few. If it takes too long, forget it."
Hearing there was business to be had, how