Zhang Yang Joins the Discussion on How to Cut the Stones

"Why?"

Lin Xiaofei did not understand why they had suddenly stopped cutting.

The cutter took down the stone and tapped it lightly with a hammer. With a crack, it split down the middle like a watermelon.

"Ah... there really is green inside."

Cheng Dongxue was beside herself with excitement. She crouched down and reached out to touch it, looking like a little girl.

Zhang Yang smiled. He was not surprised in the least. He had known what was inside the stone without cutting it open. Otherwise, how could he have dared to raise the bid straight to twenty million?

"Mr. Zhang, you've won. You could sell this material as it is for forty or fifty million."

Although Ling Junsheng knew what Zhang Yang was capable of, he could not contain his excitement when he saw the opened stone. He estimated its value at a glance, though he left the word "million" unspoken.

Zhang Yang grinned. It was just what he had expected, so there was no sudden thrill of surprise.

An uneven layer of stone encased the outside. Everything beneath it was jadeite. There was green, though it was not top-grade material; the color drifted through the Old-Mine Icy Jade.

Zhang Yang glanced at Ling Junsheng. Buying material whose quality was already visible left less room for profit, but that did not mean there was no money to be made. There was still plenty.

Fifty million was not expensive. For a processor, it was worth buying.

But Ling Junsheng had only bought all that material the night before. He did not have enough funds left to take this one on.

"Mr. Zhang, are you selling?"

Ling Junsheng knew that Zhang Yang always sold the stones he acquired. After all, he had no workshop to process them.

"Yes."

"All right. I