The biggest event at this jade exhibition was the upcoming jade auction.
According to the organizers, the final lot would be a treasure that a renowned jade collector had cherished for many years.
The announcement immediately caused a stir in Zhonghai City's jade market, naturally drawing a great many prominent figures and collectors.
Representing the Dihao Group at the auction, Zhang Wei had come fully prepared. He had brought more than a dozen experts in rough stone appraisal alone.
With all those experts helping him, choosing jade was naturally twice as easy for Zhang Wei.
Chen Hao, meanwhile, was all alone. In terms of presence and entourage alone, he had lost right from the start.
But Chen Hao did not care in the slightest. He walked toward a booth in the corner by himself.
"Hey, is that kid an idiot? Instead of picking rough stones from the big suppliers, he's going to the corner to look for scraps?"
"Yeah, he's probably a novice. Forget him. Let's watch Young Master Zhang instead."
Although there were many rough stone mining companies in the jade business, most of them worked small deposits. Whether in output, the chances of finding jade, or jade quality, they fell far short of the major mining companies.
Over time, the rough stones supplied by the big companies grew more and more expensive, while the smaller companies struggled increasingly to survive.
Of course, the end buyers were no fools. Years of experience had proven that the rough stones supplied by the larger companies were far superior to those from smaller companies.
So, in everyone's eyes, although the big companies' stones were expensive, they were worth the money.
Someone like Zhang Wei, who had no shortage of money, naturally accepted only rough stones from the major suppliers.
"Young Master Zhang,