Chapter 139
Because the stone yard here is relatively small, there is only one stone cutting machine, so Ye Tian can only start cutting his piece of scrap after Liu Hao finishes his.
"Uncle, what is Master Zhang doing?"
Old Man Shi leaned over and said, "Stone cutting is also a technical job; if the cut ruins the material, its value will significantly decrease. For such a large stone, you have to remove the large chunks first and then gradually polish it bit by bit until you see the material inside. Master Zhang can determine the direction of the material inside based on the patterns on the surface of the stone. What he’s doing now is marking the lines with chalk, then the cutting staff can just follow these chalk marks to cut."
"How about mine..."
"Your piece needs to be polished bit by bit; it’s too small to warrant the use of large cutting blades."
Ye Tian nodded with a semblance of understanding. He wasn’t particularly concerned about this, just a bit curious, as his first gamble with stones turned out to be what others considered scrap.
Master Zhang drew the lines, simple white lines that divided the huge stone into five larger parts, "Just cut along these lines."
Suddenly, all the sound around the site disappeared, everyone’s eyes were glued to the big stone in the middle, rumored to be brought specially from Myanmar and considered the most likely to contain quality material among this batch of stones. It was also the riskiest one. Although Master Zhang predicted there would be green, everything was unknown until the stone was actually cut open. Unknown means risk, and that’s precisely the thrilling part of gambling with stones. In the blink of an eye, it could result in a loss of millions.