"What's wrong?" Chen Fan asked as Qin Shuran hung up the phone.
Qin Shuran could naturally hear the displeasure in her father's tone and said worriedly, "Father wants us to go to the warehouse of Ruixiang Jewelry in Jiangcheng tomorrow morning. And he sounds very angry. It must be about the unrevealed raw stones from today's jade gambling大会."
Chen Fan heard this and smiled faintly, "Then we'll go tomorrow. I'll ask for half a day off from the hospital tomorrow morning. I'll feel relieved with Dr. Zheng here."
"But I'm afraid Father and the others will cause trouble for you. Thinking about it now, your second uncle and the others insisted that you participate in the jade gambling大会, they must have been waiting for this day," Qin Shuran looked at Chen Fan with a face full of worry.
Chen Fan patted Qin Shuran's soft arm, "Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Qin Shuran felt a little guilty and leaned into Chen Fan's embrace, "It's all my fault. If it weren't for me, you might not have so much trouble."
Chen Fan gently kissed Qin Shuran's forehead and teased, "This might be a test from heaven. I, a toad, want to eat swan meat. If I don't go through some hardship, how many people will be jealous?"
"Heh heh."
Qin Shuran was amused by Chen Fan's words.
"Go to sleep. I told you before, no matter what happens, we'll deal with it as it comes."
Qin Shuran nodded slightly and then slowly closed her eyes.
The next morning, Chen Fan woke up early and had already prepared breakfast.
This place was not like the urban village; the commercial facilities downstairs were not yet complete, and there were no places to eat breakfast, so he had to cook himself.
After Chen Fan and Qin Shuran had breakfast, they drove to the Ruixiang Jewelry warehouse located in the southern suburbs.
This place was not far from where they lived, only about a ten-minute drive.
The usually quiet warehouse was very lively this morning.
Outside one of the warehouse doors, more than a dozen luxury cars were parked.
Inside the warehouse, the buzzing sound of stone-cutting machines echoed.
There were quite a few people inside, but everyone's expression looked grim, their eyes fixed on the stone-cutting machines in front of them.
The sound of the stone-cutting machine stopped. A staff member opened the machine in front of them. Everyone saw that it was a piece of glutinous ice jade with floating flowers.
Although this piece of jade was not bad, no one present showed any joy.
Because this piece of glutinous ice jade with floating flowers, the size of a basketball, was bought by Chen Fan for twenty million yuan.
And even if this piece of jade was carved by a master, it would be worth at most over ten million yuan.
And this was the best piece of jade cut so far. The raw stones that cost tens of millions before, and there were even a few waste stones.
"Qin, President Qin, shall we... shall we keep cutting?" A staff member couldn't help but look at Qin Hongwei and ask.
Qin Hongwei glanced at Qin Hongguo, who stood in the middle with a gloomy expression, and a smile curved his lips, "Cut, of course, we have to cut. I also want to know how much Ruixiang Jewelry has lost this time."
The staff member nodded and lifted another piece of raw jade to the stone-cutting machine.
Another roaring sound began.
After about a few minutes, the raw stone was cut open again.
When the cover plate and the grinding wheel were opened, everyone's faces once again showed disappointment.
Because this piece of jade only had a bit of green, and even the texture was not good. It was another waste stone.
Everyone looked at the price of this raw jade again, and their mouths couldn't help but twitch a few times, because Chen Fan had bid an exorbitant price of thirty million yuan for this raw stone.
In a general public auction, this price could even bid for the标王 of the public auction.
However, Chen Fan only bought a waste stone that didn't even have any texture! How could this not make everyone feel heartbroken!
"Mr. Chen, what's going on? Wasn't it that any raw stone you picked yesterday morning was an extremely valuable top-quality jade? Why were all the unrevealed stones you picked yesterday afternoon waste stones?"
In the crowd, Zhao Zhihong looked at the successive waste stones being cut, and his face was full of confusion.
A middle-aged woman standing beside Zhao Zhihong said in a low voice, "Old Zhao, didn't you hear him say it himself? Those were all luck. Whose luck can be good all the time? This time it's a failure. I'm afraid our Ruixiang Jewelry will lose a lot of money this time."
"I knew that kid was no good. Twenty billion yuan. If Master Tang were to choose, we could at least double it."
"Exactly, twenty billion yuan is just wasted like this. It's really infuriating."
"You don't know, our Ruixiang Jewelry has become famous. Everyone is talking about us online now, saying we are fools with money."
Many people at the scene had already started discussing.
Listening to the discussions around them, Qin Yuyan and Qin Xiaotong, who were standing not far away, exchanged glances, and their faces showed smug expressions.
During this time, two-thirds of the raw stones had been cut according to the numbering order.
Dozens of raw jade stones, without exception, all resulted in losses, and not a single one's value exceeded the bidding price.
"Big brother, I don't think there's any need to keep cutting. Why don't we stop them?" Qin Hongwei looked at the few more waste stones that had been cut and said to Qin Hongguo beside him.
Qin Hongguo's face was grim, and he didn't speak.
At this moment, Qin Hongwei gave Tang Yuchen a look.
Tang Yuchen understood and hurriedly came to Qin Hongguo's side, looking a little nervous, "Qin, Patriarch Qin, I, I have something here I'd like you to see."
Qin Hongguo glanced at Tang Yuchen and asked coldly, "What is it?"
"The video of Mr. Chen bidding on the unrevealed stones yesterday." As he spoke, Tang Yuchen handed his mobile phone to Qin Hongguo.
Qin Hongguo took the phone. A video was playing on the screen.
Chen Fan appeared in the camera, holding a cup of drink in one hand and his arm around Qin Shuran's slender waist in the other, looking not only dissolute but also arrogant.
"This raw stone, twenty million, buy it."
"This one, fifteen million, buy it!"
......
Looking at Chen Fan's appearance in the video, Qin Hongguo's face instantly turned extremely unpleasant.
"Bang!"
Qin Hongguo slammed the phone to the ground.
"Where is Chen Fan? Call him, why hasn't he arrived yet?!" Qin Hongguo's icy voice echoed in the warehouse.
Tang Yuchen's facial muscles twitched uncontrollably, because what Qin Hongguo had just thrown seemed to be his phone.
"Father, I'll contact Qin Shuran right away." Qin Yuyan's face showed a hint of amusement, and she took out her phone to dial Qin Shuran's number.
"No need to call, we're already here."
However, just as Qin Yuyan was about to make the call, two figures suddenly appeared at the warehouse entrance.
Hearing the voices from outside, everyone turned their attention.
The two who arrived were none other than Chen Fan and Qin Shuran, who had just arrived.