I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

After a round of browsing, Zhang Menglong had already purchased more than two hundred raw stones, almost exclusively securing all the stones worth tens of millions at the venue for himself. Someone quietly calculated the price of these raw stones, and the total value was probably close to 50 billion!

Many jewelers travel far and wide, they've seen people splurge tens of millions to buy a single raw stone, and they've also seen people spend billions to buy jade of exceptional quality and size. But this was the first time they had seen someone spend 50 billion to buy a pile of worthless rocks.

According to the judgment of those three masters, among the two hundred plus raw stones Zhang Menglong purchased, the probability of any turning out green wouldn't exceed ten pieces, and even those ten might not recoup the cost of a single raw stone.

By this calculation, if he could recover 10 billion from these 50 billion, it would already be quite remarkable. If he's unlucky and only gets one or two billion back, he might even cry himself to sleep.

"Are you planning to go back and develop a graveyard?" Wang Ling was completely speechless about Zhang Menglong; if those few experts hadn't accompanied him, she could have understood his purchases somewhat.

But they all said he was definitely going to lose, and he still bought them; if he wasn't crazy, then he must have some other idea.

"What graveyard? I just want to see how good these three masters actually are," Zhang Menglong said with a smile.

"You spent 50 billion just to test these three masters' ability to evaluate stones?" Wang Ling heard this robust explanation and her jaw almost dropped. If it were her, she would have taken that 50 billion to buy a bunch of premium jade, make some beautiful jewelry, and then use it to charm the ladies. Wouldn't that be delightful?

"Alright, that's enough, if we keep buying, we won't leave anyone a way to make a living," Zhang Menglong dusted off the ash from his palms, "Let's go, time to cut the stones, now is the moment to witness a miracle."

"I'll witness your 'giant clam' of a miracle; if you can make back this 50 billion today, I'll eat all these stones!"

The raw stones that the three masters said wouldn't turn green were almost as good as being sentenced to death. Of course, they could make mistakes, but their mistakes were usually identifying jade that couldn't turn green as one that could; the chances of the reverse happening were probably less than one percent.

Unless Zhang Menglong had the luck of the God of Wealth, his 50 billion would certainly go down the drain.

"Come on, I need some help," Zhang Menglong called out, "It's quite a big job, I'll give each of you ten thousand as a hardship fee afterward."

"Ten thousand each?" When the stone cutters heard the news, their eyes lit up; when had they ever met such a generous customer? He was simply the God of Wealth in person!

They immediately buckled down with full spirit and began earnestly to help Zhang Menglong process these two hundred plus stones.

More and more people gathered around; although there was hardly any suspense, they all wanted to see what expression this wealthy young man would have when he discovered he had lost everything.

"Worthless stone!" As the first stone, weighing over 500 kilograms, turned into a pile of rubble on the ground, it announced that Zhang Menglong's investment of 18 million had been lost.

Everyone immediately turned their gazes to Zhang Menglong's expression, but he was unfazed and even seemed on the verge of laughter.

The 18 million dissolved into nothing, yet Zhang Menglong had no reaction at all!

"These mortals, how could they possibly know that spending money is just a task for me." Others might think Zhang Menglong was brainless, but how could they know the logic behind his actions?

"Still worthless stone!"

"More worthless stone!"

One stone after another was processed, and a thick layer of dust and debris had already piled up on the ground. Staff with carts began to dispose of these broken stones.

After twenty or so stones, not a hint of jade was found, not even a flicker of green.

"Zhang Menglong, your luck has all gone to your head!" Wang Ling said, stirring up trouble.

"You say that again!" Zhang Menglong glared at Wang Ling fiercely. "Believe it or not, I'll buy your family's Wanda and make you unemployed on the spot?"

"Whoa, you're ruthless!" Although Wang Ling knew Zhang Menglong was joking, she was very aware that he quite possibly had the means to do it!

"It's green, it's green!" Just as Zhang Menglong and Wang Ling were bantering, a cheer rose from the crowd.

Considering the odds of finding green, getting one out of the twenty or so stones was already acceptable, but it was yet to be seen how big the jade was!

"It's of the ice variety, and the color is quite nice!"

"I wonder how big this jade is."

"It looks quite sizable!"n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The staff members' movements became more careful and slower, until, with the last layer of dirt falling away, the full appearance of the jade was revealed.

"Hiss! We've hit the jackpot this time!"

"This jade must weigh at least ten kilograms, right?"

"With such shape and quality, it's probably worth no less than 80 million!"

"What's the use, the price for these twenty-some odd raw stones is already several hundred million. Even if you earn back these 80 million, it's just a drop in the bucket; he's definitely at a loss today."

"Young man, how about you sell this jade to me?" Just then, a rather burly middle-aged man walked over.

"Sorry, I'm not planning to sell this jade," Zhang Menglong immediately shook his head. It has to be a joke, right? Was it easy for him to spend a hundred million? If he sold it, he would have to spend another hundred million; only a fool would sell.

"Young man, don't be in a hurry to refuse me. Here is my business card," the middle-aged man handed over a gold-embossed card.

"Chairman of Yirui Jewelry, Yuan Muye?"

"My God, it's actually the Chairman of Yirui Jewelry, and he came in person!"

"Gosh, I'm just taken aback! Yirui Jewelry is easily among the top five in our country, right?"

"No wonder he has the confidence to acquire this piece of jade."

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The people around quickly recognized the identity of the middle-aged man.

"I just heard someone offer 80 million. If young man, you think that price is low, I can go up to 90 million!"

Immediately, there was a chorus of gasps around. This was a direct increase of 10 million, something only a boss of such a large-scale company could so casually put forth.

"Sorry, even for a billion, I wouldn't sell," Zhang Menglong said politely, "Do I look like I came to this gambling stone event just to make money?"

Everybody shook their heads. Almost everyone had seen Zhang Menglong's performance earlier; he wasn't here to gamble on stones, nor was he here to stock up on goods. He was simply here to burn money.

"Today, I just wanted to see how lucky I am and to experience the stone appraising skills of the three masters. As for money, I don't care about it at all," Zhang Menglong said with a smile, "This is the first piece of jade I've unveiled. I plan to mount it on something and then place it in my study as a memorial."

"This..." The middle-aged man was at a loss for words. This was the first time in his life he had encountered someone who didn't want to earn money. "Well, in that case, I won't insist anymore."

He was quite regretful in his heart as a jade of this size was extremely rare.

The stone-cutting continued, and soon, only the last dozen or so of the two hundred plus raw stones remained. Although more jade pieces were found in the remaining stones, none could compare in size and quality to the one just unveiled, not even enough to break even.

Finally, a huge stone over one meter tall was lifted onto the machine. It was the largest raw stone Zhang Menglong had purchased, weighing 1.8 tons, for which he had spent 62 million. However, the three masters had already declared that there were no jades inside this stone.

"Disperse, there's nothing to see anymore!" Many people's curiosity had been exhausted after watching for so long.

"Wait a second!"

"No! This is impossible!"

"It's actually imperial purple!"

"My goodness, the three masters actually made a mistake!"