Chapter 40: Antique Street! (Seeking Collections!)

  "Zhou Wen, Tang Ming you two little brats, I've lied for your sake. When the time comes, if you don't invite me to a big meal, you'll be in trouble. Don't think that just because you become an Esper, you'll be awesome. In the future, I can still deal with you whenever I want." Chu Feng muttered to himself as he finished eating the last mouthful of noodles.

  Chu Feng tossed the phone in his hand, which was worth no more than 200 yuan. He had originally planned to go "hunting" in the afternoon, but that idea was temporarily cancelled. "Old partner, you've been with me for three years now, and although it's a bit hard to part with you, I think you should retire too." Chu Feng thought to himself, actually he had long wanted to change phones. This phone had been used for three years, and the number of times it had fallen into water was also up to three. If it worked, that would depend on its mood; when it was in a good mood, it would work normally, but when it was in a bad mood, missing calls and texts were common occurrences.

  In the past, I needed my family to provide living expenses, so Chufeng didn't want to add more burden to his family and never changed phones. But now, it's conditional to change one. If he still uses this phone and misses an important call, it would be a disaster.

  Buy a new phone, and also make some extra money, that's what Chu Feng had planned for his afternoon, of course, if he happened to run into any criminals who crossed his gun, then Chu Feng wouldn't mind taking care of them either!

  "Old buddy, goodbye!" Chu Feng lightly tossed the phone card out of his old mobile phone, and the phone that had followed him for three years flew into a nearby trash can. Buying a new phone was an easy thing to do, and Chu Feng's requirements for phones weren't particularly high. By two o'clock in the afternoon, a brand new phone had already arrived in his hands, and more than twenty new red tickets had also been deducted from the Sacred Prison space.

  "Now, it's time to make some money in a legitimate way." Chu Feng furrowed his brow slightly and began to think. If he had the Sacred Prison, making some money would be an easy task, such as those scratch-off welfare lotteries, or gambling, or betting on rocks... "Master, are you thinking of using the Sacred Prison's scanning ability to make some money?" Long Xiaoyue's voice sounded in Chu Feng's mind.

  Chu Feng nodded slightly: "Yes, Long Housekeeper. When I was at the Maple Leaf Building earlier, I thought of my parents and how they've worked hard for half their lives. I should let them enjoy themselves a bit earlier. With debts of tens of thousands of yuan on their backs, and worrying about me buying a house and getting married in the future, they're under a lot of pressure. I know that even if I don't use my Heaven's Eye ability, it won't take too long for me to earn some money, but I don't want to wait any longer. This Mid-Autumn Festival, I've decided to go back and have them pay off the debt. If possible, we'll also rebuild the house."

  Long Guan's family way: "Since the master has decided, then there is no problem with everything. Master, how do you want to get the money?"

  Go big or go home! Since we've decided to make a profit, let's just make a bigger one. If we're going to gamble, winning a small amount is no big deal, but winning too much can be troublesome. And as for other things, it's not easy to make too much either.

  Others can't see if there's jade inside the raw stone, but with the Sacred Prison, Chu Feng is able to know if a raw stone contains jade or not. The only thing he needs to worry about is that when the time comes, the consumption must be a little smaller, and it's best to have good luck. After all, the more you check a raw stone, the more benevolent points are consumed.

  Chu Feng liked to read, and he first learned about jade gambling from books. After reading several books on this topic, Chu Feng also borrowed some books on jade from the library for research. However, just looking at books was not enough. During his junior year, Chu Feng went to the antique street in Beihai City to take a look at the raw stones, but at that time, he only took a look and didn't dare to buy any. The cheapest raw stone cost at least several hundred yuan per piece, which was equivalent to his monthly living expenses, and he couldn't afford to spend that much money on a worthless raw stone for gambling.

  "Ah, it's been a year since I last came here. I didn't expect to be back again so soon. Last time I just made a quick profit, but this time I must make a big gain no matter what. Hopefully, among the rough stones on this antique street, there will be one with decent jade." Chu Feng thought to himself, not very confident about making a big profit this time either.

  Beihai City is a large city with millions of people, and the antique street in such a big city still has a certain scale. From Chu Feng's location here, one can't see the end at a glance. On both sides of this street are old or new houses, some of which are courtyards. Since it's an antique street, they're naturally all shops related to antiques.

  On the streets, there are also some guys selling stuff on the ground, and maybe there are some real antiques on these stalls, but ninety-nine percent of them are modern handicrafts. If you spend a dozen or so bucks to buy one back and put it up for display, that's not bad, but if you spend tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan to buy what they call an "antique" back home, then you'll definitely have something to cry about.

  He also has some interest in antiques, but the goal of this trip is to gamble on stones. As long as he can get good jadeite, it can basically be sold on this antique street. Nowadays, the demand for jadeite is high, but the supply is insufficient, especially for high-end jadeite. Some jewelry companies have been out of stock for a long time, and if this continues, high-end customers will definitely lose completely, which is what those jewelry companies do not want to see.

  Beihai City's antique street has many shops selling raw stones and the like, so often there are also people from jewelry companies waiting here. As soon as a good piece of jade appears, it is immediately snapped up!

  "Green, it's green! The gamble has paid off!" Just as Chu Feng was thinking to himself, a loud shout came from a distance, near a stone-cutting machine. As soon as the shout went out, many people rushed over, and Chu Feng also walked quickly towards it with great interest. He had seen stone-cutting before, but last time he watched for half a day without anyone cutting out jade. Unexpectedly, this time his luck was not bad, and just as he arrived, someone had already cut out jade.

  When Chu Feng arrived nearby, there were already dozens of people gathered there, among whom more than ten people looked like successful people. In this era, some people have money and want to show off their elegance, while antiques are interesting things, if they can find some good stuff, it's a matter of great face-saving, so there are not many people who love this aspect.

  If you don't have any insight into the antique market, then over 90% of the time you'll end up paying tuition fees. As for how much you'll lose, that depends on your luck.

  "It's a dry green jade, if there's a lot of jade meat inside, it can also be worth over a million!" A sixty-year-old man wearing a Tang suit carefully examined the exposed jade surface.

  "Ten thousand, boss, let me take the risk. This piece of wool was previously not selling well, you should have bought it for no more than a thousand yuan, making ten times the profit is already very good." Just as the old man in Tang clothes finished speaking, a middle-aged man in his 40s hastily said that the price of one million yuan for this piece of wool was already quite reasonable.

  "11,000 yuan, I'll give you 11,000 yuan," said the middle-aged man. Just as he finished speaking, a young man wearing a white shirt chimed in, "This price is already quite good, if we cut it down any further, it might be cut too much."

  The price of 110,000 yuan, at this time the owner of the jade stone was also a little hesitant. If there is more jade meat in this piece of wool, 200,000 yuan is possible, but now it's just opening a window, and cutting further may cut across.

  "Dragon Butler, how many benevolence points are needed to scan this piece of fur?" Chu Feng asked in his mind. "Master, it seems to require twelve benevolence points." Dragon Butler replied.

  "Twelve points, just scanning this piece is already so much, it's really not cheap! If we don't get anything out of it after spending tens of dollars, we'll be losing big time!" Chu Feng slightly furrowed his brow but still said in his mind, "Dragon Butler, scan this piece of fabric!"

  "Yes, master!" Long said as Tianyan was activated instantly and scanned immediately. The result of the scan was directly presented in Chu Feng's mind!

  The scan results came out, and Chu Feng almost shouted in surprise. He didn't expect that the proportion of jade meat inside was not small at all. "There's at least three kilograms of jade meat inside, and the price should be around 200,000 yuan!" Chu Feng immediately made a rough judgment in his heart. He knew that his judgment might not be very accurate, but it shouldn't be too far off either.

  "Even if it's not 200,000, 150,000 is definitely possible, take it down!" Chu Feng immediately made a judgment in his heart. Just now, he had consumed 12 points of kindness value, and not taking it down would be unfair to those 12 points of kindness value. Moreover, if he took down this piece of jadeite and sold it, the cost would be over 100,000 yuan! The price of wool is not cheap at all, and with his more than 10,000 yuan, he might not be able to buy good wool in the future.

  "Hey, boss, 11,000 yuan, are you selling or not? This price is already a bit higher than the normal price, I'm afraid no one will offer a higher price." said the young man in the white shirt.

  "Sorry, I'll give you 120,000. Will you sell it to me?" Chu Feng said. "120,000? Young brother, are you serious?" The owner of the jade was surprised, he wasn't a novice in this business and had a good understanding of prices. With the opening price already at 110,000, selling for that would be quite good, and he had almost made up his mind to sell it off.

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