Chapter 255 - 250: The Male Protagonist with X-ray Vision
"The way to purchase jade here is different from City A; the sellers don’t set a clear price, and the buyers go through secret bidding. The highest bid wins, and whether you can get the jade depends not only on your strength but also on your luck," Lin Ying explained the rules of the public market to Ling Batian. Each stone is spaced at certain intervals, with a box in front that contains the various bids submitted by the buyers.
This method of transaction is very much a test of the buyer’s eye, but for Ling Batian, it couldn’t be more perfect.
He has X-ray vision, allowing him not only to see whether there is jade inside the stone but also to clearly see each buyer’s bid. Ever since entering, Ling Batian has been extremely excited.
This is the real gamble on stones, and he’s the one who always wins!
Moreover, the jade quality here is much better than those previously unveiled in City A, but correspondingly, the prices are also much higher. Initially, Ling Batian thought the twenty million yuan he had was enough, but after arriving here, he realized that to earn more money, he needed even more capital.
Not to mention anything else, just the starting price for that large raw stone with a bit of a window opened is ten million yuan, without taking into account the countless buyers raising the price.
Only now did Ling Batian realize he was just a frog at the bottom of a well; the money he had was far from sufficient.
However, thankfully, he had made a deal with Lin Ying before: if he agreed to sell the jade he obtained to her first, she would be willing to loan him some funds.
"How much do you want?" Lin Ying had already anticipated Ling Batian’s request before he spoke. From their last trip to City A, she felt there was something off about Ling Batian. So while trying to figure out his secret, she continued to curry favor with him, and even when he revealed malicious intentions towards her, she didn’t lose her temper on the spot.
At the stone exhibition site, Lin Ying distinctly felt that Ling Batian was a bit too excited, especially when looking at certain stones—the gleam in his eyes made her a bit alarmed. His demeanor was as if he already knew whether there was jade inside the stones. Lin Ying secretly took note of the stones that Ling Batian showed excitement towards and thought she might confirm her suspicions in a couple of days.