"Alright, with those words from the boss, I'm reassured."
He chuckled and looked at Li Yang, continuing, "Boss Li, if you can't produce the stones I want today, don't blame me for flipping your table on the spot."
"My time in stone appraisal is very precious; I'm not here to play games with you."
"No problem, I don't have time to play games with you either. Since I've said it, I can find the goods for you."
Li Yang said with certainty.
Shui Xiang, however, showed a worried expression and stepped forward, saying, "Li Yang, his demands are too harsh. Where in our shop can we find raw stones over fifty jin with seventy percent water content?"
"Don't we have a batch in our warehouse?"
Li Yang turned to look at Shui Xiang, winked at her, then turned back to Jin Shi and said, "Boss Jin, we have the raw stones you want in our warehouse, but they need careful selection. Why don't you pay me a deposit first, and I'll go pick out the stones for you now."
"At most three hours, and I'll definitely bring the stones to you."
"No problem, I can place an order for this batch."
Jin Shi was worried he wouldn't accept a deposit. Once a deposit was made, even if they wanted to go back on their word, they couldn't.
Without a word, he immediately paid Shui Xiang a deposit of ten million yuan, then sat down, enjoying good food and drinks, waiting patiently at the stone gambling venue.
Li Yang, meanwhile, took Shui Xiang to the warehouse of the stone gambling venue to help him find this batch of goods.
After leaving the hall, Shui Xiang grabbed Li Yang and said anxiously, "Li Yang, where in our warehouse do we have so many high-quality goods? Not only do we not have them, but even all the raw stones in the entire Jiangcheng City combined are not enough."
"If we can't produce the stones later, I'm afraid he'll use it as an excuse to cause trouble and smash our shop."
"He came specifically to smash the shop, and you're only realizing it now?"
Li Yang said with a faint smile, "If he were genuinely here to buy raw stones, I wouldn't sell to him."
"Then you mean..."
"Don't worry, he has at most eighty million yuan on him. We only need to give him eighty million yuan worth of goods. Who says it has to be two hundred jin?"
"Truly good raw stones can cost over a hundred million yuan each. Today, I want to make sure he can't afford them."
Li Yang interrupted Shui Xiang and said with a cold smile, "Among the many raw stones in our warehouse, there are bound to be a few with top-grade jade. As long as I find the top-grade jade, selling one to him for eighty million yuan will be enough."
"Ah? Are you sure you can find such top-grade raw stones in the warehouse?"
Shui Xiang looked astonished and shook her head, "I've purchased many batches of raw stones before, and I've never cut anything this valuable. I estimate that even if you searched the entire warehouse, it would be difficult to find such raw stones."
"Just because you can't find them doesn't mean I can't. When you procure raw stones, you don't wait until everything is sold before procuring, do you? You always leave at least thirty percent of the stock."
"This means that at least thirty percent of the goods in the warehouse are ones you haven't seen. What I'm going to look at today is that thirty percent, as well as the latest batch of materials," Li Yang said with great certainty.
"What if, after looking through all these goods, there are still none?" Shui Xiang knew this was logical, but even if Li Yang searched like this, the chance of finding top-grade jade was slim.
"If I can't find stones worth eighty million yuan, then I'll find him a few worth ten million yuan, which should be enough to deal with him."
Li Yang reassured Shui Xiang completely, and soon they arrived at the warehouse.
The warehouse of the Fu Hao Stone Gambling Factory was nearly a thousand square meters. The entire floor was filled with stones from various mining areas.
They varied in size and shape!
For stone appraisal experts, the mining area is indeed important, but when one reaches a certain level of skill, they can find exceptional jade even from poor mining areas.
Li Yang looked at the thousands of different raw stones before him and immediately began to appraise them one by one using his clairvoyant eyes.
He started with the Moxisha mining area. The stones here were generally smaller, but the chance of revealing green was high.
Within a few minutes, Li Yang selected a stone worth tens of millions from a pile.
He pointed to the pile of stones and said, "Sister Shui, the first piece is found. Have someone dig down and take out the third piece from the left on the bottom layer. That stone is priced at eighteen million."
"Ah? Are you sure?"
Shui Xiang looked astonished. Li Yang hadn't even opened the stones to see what was inside, yet he had directly identified a specific stone at the bottom. This level of stone appraisal was unparalleled.
With a half-believing attitude, she had someone dig out the stone Li Yang had chosen.
When she saw the stone, she couldn't help but shake her head and say, "The water content of this stone is far from seventy percent; it doesn't meet his requirements."
"He wants seventy percent water content or more just to have a high probability of cutting out jade. If every stone I give him is guaranteed to yield jade, would he still fuss about seventy percent water content?"
Li Yang's crucial statement instantly enlightened Shui Xiang.
In other stone gambling venues, no one could guarantee a hundred percent accuracy, but Shui Xiang had witnessed Li Yang's abilities; he could achieve a hundred percent success in revealing green.
Thinking of this, she understood Li Yang's true intentions.
She then cooperated fully with Li Yang's work, immediately having people dig out any stones Li Yang selected.
In the end, they dug out five pieces, and their value far exceeded eighty million.
After retracting his clairvoyant eyes, Li Yang turned to Shui Xiang with a faint smile and said, "These five stones are enough to deal with that old fellow. However, eighty million for these five stones is too cheap for him. When we go out later, quote him two hundred million directly."
"If he can afford it, let him buy it. If he can't, then kick him out. Don't return the deposit; he's the one who breached the contract first."
"Li Yang, you're so clever! I never thought of using such a method to deal with him," Shui Xiang said excitedly.
"To deal with such scoundrels, sometimes you need to think of unconventional methods. There's no need to lecture them or resort to force," Li Yang said calmly.
"Then let's immediately take the stones out to him," Shui Xiang said excitedly.
"Don't rush. Let's go back to the office and have some romance first. We can slowly move the goods to him afterward."
Li Yang suddenly put his arm around Shui Xiang's slender waist, kissed her, and said, "Let him wait outside a bit longer. Such villains deserve more punishment."
"You just need to have someone turn off the air conditioning outside and give him more hot water to drink."