"If you don't believe me, you can open them. But once opened, there will be nothing left. Now you can still find a way to deal with it," Guo Xuyang said cryptically.
He believed Pi Xiaoqian knew how to handle it.
Pi Xiaoqian was a little skeptical and took out ten more stones from the cabinet.
Guo Xuyang looked them over and set aside six.
The material in these six stones was much better than the previous two. It should be enough to compensate for Pi Xiaoqian's losses.
Pi Xiaoqian was stunned. He then took out all the raw stones from the cabinet.
"President Guo, thank you for your hard work. Please take a look at all of them."
Guo Xuyang expanded his perception and asked, "President Pi, do you not trust me, or...?"
"No, President Guo, I trust you very much. I bought these raw stones from Jieyang and Pingzhou Jade Street. Please help me take a look. I will surely reward you handsomely." Pi Xiaoqian said quickly.
His perception was that he hadn't expected President Guo to be so capable. If half of these raw stones turned out to be duds, he would have to sell his shop like Old Wang.
"Alright then, but only this once. After all, we are both in the jade business. There's a saying that goes, 'Competitors are enemies'." Guo Xuyang said.
"I am very happy to know you, but business is business, and I cannot give up my own interests for you. After all, it's not just me, but also these two gentlemen and others. Of course, if you are willing to help us distribute our products, I would be happy to provide you with resources."
Pi Xiaoqian knew his request was excessive, but Guo Xuyang's reasoning was sound.
Having met only once, it was already very difficult for the other party to pick out so many duds for him. Moreover, he was asking the other party to examine all these stones.
Guo Xuyang didn't dwell on what Pi Xiaoqian was thinking. He focused his gaze and marked the jade with usable material.
Then he picked out ten stones and placed them aside.
"You can process these. The rest should be good."
"Thank you, President Guo. You've worked hard," Pi Xiaoqian said, handing a raw stone weighing five to six kilograms to Guo Xuyang.
"I don't know the situation inside. All the materials were bought with the master. I didn't expect there to be so many duds. This is a small token of my appreciation, please accept it."
Guo Xuyang did not reach out to take it. Instead, he turned to Wu Bing and said, "Mr. Wu, thank you for your trouble. I will use this as a gift for you."
Seeing that Guo Xuyang didn't take it, Pi Xiaoqian handed the stone to Wu Bing.
"How can I accept this? I'm here to help, which is my duty. I cannot accept such a valuable gift," Wu Bing refused.
"You should take it. This is President Guo's gesture. He has plenty of good things. Hurry up and thank President Guo," Wu Youzhi said from the side.
"Thank you, President Guo. Then I will accept it," Wu Bing quickly thanked him.
"You're welcome. I'll need your help here often in the future. But you also need to thank President Pi. President Pi is very generous," Guo Xuyang said with a smile.
Pi Xiaoqian didn't understand, and neither did Wu Bing. However, Wu Youzhi and Cheng Xiuping knew that Wu Bing had struck gold.
"Thank you, President Pi, thank you," Wu Bing kept thanking them.
The jade cut from this stone should be enough for Wu Bing to buy a very nice house in the capital.
"Shall we cut it open? I wonder if President Pi's place can cut stones?" Wu Youzhi said.
"Of course, please follow me next door," Pi Xiaoqian called someone to come and cut the stones.
At the same time, he piled the nineteen raw stones in the living room, and locked the rest in the safe.
The stone cutter was very experienced. He didn't rudely cut the stone in half but cut off the edges.
"Boss, congratulations! High ice jade. It's too beautiful." He shone a strong flashlight on it, and the green seemed to seep out.
Pi Xiaoqian's heart ached. No wonder Guo Xuyang called him generous.
This was more than just generous. Tens of millions were gone.
"Uncle, this, this..." Wu Bing stammered. He didn't know what to say.
Although he didn't know how much this stone was worth now, it certainly wouldn't be low.
"It's yours since I gave it to you. Just pour Guo Zong a couple more drinks when you come back for dinner," Wu Youzhi said.
He was used to this. After all, the shock of cutting stones in the provincial capital's villa was far more intense than this.
"Go outside and get 100,000 yuan to treat this master and the staff below to a celebratory meal," he said, handing him a card.
"I have it here, Uncle. I'll go now," Wu Bing said, and bolted out.
"President Pi, are you buying this piece?" Wu Youzhi asked.
This was a tricky situation, as the stone was given by Pi Xiaoqian to Guo Xuyang, who didn't accept it and gave it to Wu Bing instead.
Therefore, Wu Youzhi had to be the one to break the bad news.
"Yes, why not?" Pi Xiaoqian's voice trembled slightly.
If he bought it back and processed it, he could recover some of his losses. If he didn't, he would be watching his money slip away.
That wasn't his style.
"Let's say thirty million yuan. You can transfer it directly to Mr. Wu," Guo Xuyang said.
Everyone was stunned after hearing this.
If this raw stone were sold at market price, it would be at least fifty million yuan, and if there were bidding, it could even reach eighty million.
"Thank you, President Guo." Pi Xiaoqian was the first to react. "I'm truly impressed."
Guo Xuyang smiled faintly and said nothing.
"We won't go home until we're drunk tonight. Thank you, President Guo, for your magnanimity." Pi Xiaoqian truly didn't know how to express his current feelings.
What is a roller coaster? This is a roller coaster. No, it's more exciting than a roller coaster.
When Wu Bing returned, Pi Xiaoqian asked for his account and directly transferred thirty million yuan to his card.
He was completely dumbfounded. He didn't know what had happened while he was out.
If he knew he had lost twenty million, would he regret it?
"What are you thinking? Hurry up and thank the two of them," Wu Youzhi said. "Go and distribute the money later."
"Thank you, President Guo, thank you, President Wu. Tonight is all on me," Wu Bing was ecstatic and didn't know what to say.
"You don't need to fight over it, I've already booked everything. It wouldn't be right for you to handle it," Pi Xiaoqian said. "If it weren't for Brother Guo, I wouldn't know how much I would have lost. It's getting late, shall we go?"
"Let's go," Guo Xuyang agreed and started walking downstairs.
Wu Bing excitedly ran to give the stone cutter fifty thousand yuan and gave the rest to Pi Xiaoqian's store staff.
Everyone took the money and asked what was going on.
The stone cutter simply said that someone upstairs had just earned thirty million yuan from cutting a stone.
Everyone was stunned.
Thirty million yuan? Although their salaries were not low, thirty million yuan was like a windfall from heaven.
When asked further about the details, the stone cutter refused to say anything more.
He knew that if he let slip one more word, he would be packing his bags and leaving tomorrow.
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