61: We lost money?

"I don't like it, so I'm not bidding. Is there a problem?"

Liu Yunshang kept a cold face, her jade hand tightly gripping Chen Kai beside her chair; she was still a bit nervous.

"This..."

Li Chen and Zhou Haoyu exchanged a glance, a clear trace of surprise flashing in their eyes.

"Fine... then we'll partner with someone else to bid on it. Don't regret it later and want to buy a share."

"Rest assured, that definitely won't happen."

Chen Kai said indifferently. As the auction began, the number two stone with a yellow rind and no particularly eye-catching features was the first to be brought onto the stage.

"Starting bid! Four million! It is a Jade Rough Stone from the Mosi Sha mine..."

The crowd was in an uproar. "Are you kidding me? Four million for a stone with no special features? Whoever buys it is a sucker!"

"I'm more optimistic about top lot 024. It's expensive, yes, but that hint of Imperial Green has already seeped through. Imagine how good the material inside must be!"

"4.1 million!"

Liu Yunshang spoke calmly and raised the paddle in her hand.

Chen Kai nodded silently. He turned his head and saw mocking gazes all around.

From their eyes, it wasn't hard to see two words: Sucker!

But Chen Kai still trusted the system's intelligence more!

"She's bidding on this piece of junk? She really has no eye for this. Just wait for her to lose money."

"Not necessarily. The man beside her is that legendary youth who managed to Score a Bargain worth 240,000 from the Waste Stone Pile. Maybe she saw something unique about this stone?"

"Pfft, maybe it was just luck. None of the masters could see anything different about this stone; they are all waiting to grab 024."

"That's true, maybe it was just a lucky streak. I'll just see what Zhou Haoyu and Li Chen think. They have the best eye for this here. If it comes to it... I'll just outbid them when they place their bids!"

Chen Kai frowned as he listened to the discussion behind him.

With the best eye for this combined with the intelligence provided by the system, and the fact that it was a setup, he had roughly guessed the situation.

"Liu Yunshang, are you crazy? You're really bidding on this stone?"

Zhou Haoyu wore an expression of disbelief, simultaneously shooting a look at Li Chen.

"Yeah! Instead of buying this stone for four million, you might as well add some money and buy 024! Don't you trust our judgment?"

"No, I'll just buy this one."

Liu Yunshang said indifferently, then looked up as the auctioneer brought down the small wooden gavel.

"Alright! 4.1 million for the third time! Sold for 4.1 million!"

"Will the bidder please come on stage to pay? Would you like to cut the stone on-site or perform Windowing?"

The auctioneer on stage said with a slight smile.

"Brother, what do you think?"

Liu Yunshang now completely regarded Chen Kai as her backbone; she needed him to make decisions for everything.

In her heart, she was actually a bit uncertain. 4.1 million, and she was the only one bidding. Everyone who could participate in this auction had some level of discernment, yet not a single person was optimistic about this stone.

"Sister, just go with your gut."

Chen Kai said calmly. He stood up and walked to the auction stage with her.

Upon reaching the auction stage, Liu Yunshang paid promptly, then carried the stone toward the stone cutting machine.

"Brother, whether I can grow and succeed depends on you."

Liu Yunshang watched with some trepidation as the stone cutter drew a line on the Jade Rough Stone and secured it into the stone cutting machine.

"My judgment shouldn't be wrong."

Chen Kai thought for a moment, then took the initiative to hold Liu Yunshang's hand and pressed the button on the stone cutting machine.

"Sister, I'll borrow some of your luck."

"Giggle~ Then I won't stand on ceremony."

As the stone cutting machine began to cut the stone, Chen Kai turned back to look at the atmosphere of the auction hall, which was gradually becoming intense.

Once the light hit the violet number 4 stone, the auction price immediately soared to over nine million.

Chen Kai shook his head; it was too exaggerated.

He turned his head and saw that Liu Yunshang was completely in no mood to watch the excitement; her heart remained suspended until the cover of the stone cutting machine was opened.

Before long, the auction ended. The bidding was incredibly intense; number 024 sold for a sky-high price of 11 million, and the other stones all went for over ten million.

It was basically four million flying everywhere.

Moreover, everyone unanimously chose to cut the stones on-site. More than half of the jade merchants swarmed over, waiting to Score a Bargain and purchase them.

"The violet is cut! Preparing to open the cover!"

The master stone cutter shouted, immediately attracting the attention of Chen Kai and the other.

"Want to go take a look?"

Chen Kai tugged on Liu Yunshang's hand and said curiously.

"Okay!"

The two held hands and walked to the back of the crowd, looking through the gaps at the stone cutting machine about to be opened.

They saw the owner who had bid on the violet Jade Rough Stone suddenly lift the cover with a smile, but the next moment, the person stood frozen in place, the corners of his mouth twitching uncontrollably.

The crowd was in an uproar. "It's ruined, it's ruined, a huge loss! Who would have thought that the violet color, which looked so good under the light, would turn out to be a Great Rift Valley! So many cracks! And the color isn't even pure!"

"Brother, are you selling? I'll buy it for 100,000."

"Boss Wang lost big this time, a net loss of over nine million. Oh my..."

"I'll offer 150,000! That's the highest price!"

Chen Kai took a closer look; where was the violet color in the stone cut in half? It was clearly an incredibly ugly gray.

It was just that the base had a bit of purple, which is why it appeared purple under the light.

Thank goodness he didn't buy it! He would have lost a fortune if he had!

"Oh my... Brother... you... you... you helped me avoid a loss of nine million again!"

Liu Yunshang was stunned when she saw this scene. Aside from number 024, this was the one she liked the most!

She never expected that it would only be worth a little over 100,000!

"Your judgment is just amazing!"

The more Liu Yunshang thought about it, the more excited she felt, and she kissed him on the face.

"Hehe... just good luck." Chen Kai said modestly.

Just then, the stone cutter next door shouted.

"Blood Drop Red is ready to be opened!"

"Iceberg Blue is also ready to be opened!"

The crowd looked, shook their heads, and crowded toward the two machines next door.

Only Boss Wang was left alone, holding the stone and staring blankly.

Seeing this, Chen Kai shook his head and took Liu Yunshang a few steps toward the next door to join the crowd.

When the covers of the two stone cutting machines were lifted at the same time, the air seemed to freeze.

"It's ruined! Why is there so much cotton in the Iceberg Blue! There are too many impurities!"

"This blood-red color is way too faint! And why did the other side mutate? It turned white? It's ruined!"

"I'll offer two million for both of them as a package. Are you two selling?"

"The goods this time are no good. It feels like everything except 024 is a loss!"

"These two guys also lost nine million each! How miserable!"

"I guess these two Brothers want to go to the rooftop for a smoke. Sigh... 024 is almost ready too, let's go see how 024 turns out."

"024 is ready to be opened!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Kai exchanged a glance with Liu Yunshang and quickly found the best spot to watch the performance of the 024 stone.