Chapter 301: Elbow Turning Outward

Stone gambling!?

Lin Feng had heard of it before, but he never imagined getting involved with this.

However, it's only early 2013 now; if you have spare money, you can stockpile some raw materials.

Not just jadeite, but also raw jade stone.

These are all non-renewable resources, becoming rarer as time goes on.

The price increase is much faster than that of gold.

This matter doesn't even need Lin Feng's reminder; Tang Mi Tanglin Jewelry has already allocated a large sum of funds to stockpile.

One cut makes you poor, one cut makes you rich, one cut leaves you wearing sackcloth!

This refers to those who put all their wealth into stone gambling.

It sounds pretty exciting.

"Good!"

Lin Feng nodded.

Yang Yu made an inviting gesture to Lin Feng.

After turning around, the corner of his mouth lifted, and he smiled like a fox.

Yang Yu has seen too many so-called rich people without experience fall into stone gambling.

Billions, even tens of billions of net worth were poured in.

In the end, they became penniless.

At first, it was just a few million, a few million invested.

Then it rose to tens of millions, hundreds of millions…

Moreover, those who go crazy with it, even if they hire experienced stone-gambling consultants, often end up betting everything on a single throw.

Yang Yu felt his willpower was relatively strong.

When he was young, he almost fell into it as well.

Yang Yu led Lin Feng along the corridor, walking around to a room in the backyard.

Here, there is actually a basement over two hundred square meters.

The basement is filled with many metal racks; on the racks and on the floor are placed large and small stones of irregular shapes.

Next to each stone sits a label bearing its number and price.

In a corner of the basement, there is also a machine dedicated to cutting stone.

Lin Feng stepped forward curiously to observe.

A stone weighing just a few catties is astonishingly priced at 2 million!

Because it has an opening window, revealing a speck of green the size of a fingernail.

Stones without an opening window, a palm-sized piece, are priced at...

Among them, the heaviest piece of raw material weighs over two hundred kilograms, has several windows opened, and its price astonishingly reaches 2 billion!

Lin Feng glanced at it and secretly marveled.

Just the value of the stones in this room exceeds a hundred billion.

"Senior brother, don't play stones with my dad; he wants to trap you."

Yang Caiwei, who came in with Lin Feng, whispered to him.

Although her voice was soft, Yang Yu saw the shape of her mouth as she spoke.

A surge of anger instantly filled his chest.

No wonder the ancients said, 'A grown daughter should not be kept at home.'

Even before the daughter is married, her elbow is already turning outward.

Under normal circumstances, she should encourage Lin Feng to go all out, striving to cut all the stones in this warehouse.

Based on Yang Yu's experience, the total value of the stones in this room is over 12 billion.

But if actually cut, at least nine out of ten stones would result in a loss.

The jadeite finally yielded would be considered good if worth three billion.

This is still the result of careful selection.

"Want to give it a try?"

Yang Yu raised his hand, pointing at the stones in the room, and asked with a smile.

Lin Feng laughed and said, "Old Yang, are you inviting me to play? If I mess up and make you lose money, that would be too embarrassing."

Yang Yu quickly waved his hand and said, "I'm not that wealthy yet. Look, I've marked prices on these stones. If you want to play, how about I give you a 20% discount?"

At that moment, two men and two women came in from outside.

Yang Caiwei introduced, "This is my eldest brother Yang Caifeng, second brother Yang Caishi, third sister Yang Cailan, and fourth sister Yang Caiju."

Then she also introduced Lin Feng to the brothers and sisters.

All four were smiling.

After the introductions, Lin Feng laughed and said, "Then I'll give it a try!"

Yang Yu laughed, then called two people to come cut the stones.

"Dad, it's New Year; I also want to try my luck."

Yang Caifeng picked up a piece of raw material marked at over 200,000, and said with a smile.

"I want to play too!"

"I'll pick one too!"

Finally, even Yang Caiwei curiously picked out a palm-sized stone gambling piece worth several tens of thousands.

Yang Yu smiled and did not stop him.

Two middle-aged men who knew how to cut stone came to the basement.

Yang Caifeng had picked all gambling rough stones; after cutting, they were entirely white with many cracks, completely worthless material.

The luckiest was Yang Caiwei; the cut material had a green piece that could make a ring, its price increased several times.

Yang Caishi, Yang Cailan, and Yang Caiju all ended up with ruined cuts.

Lin Feng picked up a strong flashlight and shone it on a several‑kilogram piece of window‑opening material worth one million.

In the flashlight's beam, the whole stone glowed with a deep green.

"This one!"

Lin Feng said lightly.

He knew Yang Yu's purpose.

Isn't it just to make himself obsessed with gambling on stones?

Perhaps after getting addicted, he would lose all his cash and then sell his equity.

This is like at the end of the previous century, some pawnshop owners would find people to deceive those elderly remnants, dragging them into the scheme.

Let them eat, drink, and gamble lavishly, spending money recklessly, then take out their family valuables to pawn for money……

Although Lin Feng had good eyesight and keen hearing, these stones were useless to him.

Just playing around is fine.

A few kilograms of stone, one million!

After handing it to the cutter, the stone was quickly cut open.

"Not very good luck!"

Yang Yu looked at the stone split in half, shook his head, and said.

It turned out to be a stone with only a small patch of green on its skin.

Its thickness was less than two millimeters.

The position of the window was extremely clever.

If the window were opened elsewhere, this stone might not even be worth ten thousand.

Once opened, it would be worth even less—just a brick‑like material.

"Forget it, forget it, bad luck—I'm not playing anymore!"

Lin Feng shook his head.

Yang Yu chuckled and said, "One look tells me you're a novice at this—what's one million? To gain experience, you have to spend money."

Lin Feng said, "Then tell me the ins and outs of this."

To hook Lin Feng, Yang Yu proceeded to explain the details to him.

For example, the grades of jadeite; the most valuable is glass type……

After Yang Yu said that, Lin Feng actually became a bit interested.

Next, he took the flashlight and began to shine it on the stones.

"Senior brother, don't play—my dad wants to trap you; he's used this method to swindle several people……"

To make Lin Feng wary, Yang Caiwei even gave examples.

For example, which year, which month, which place, which boss—her dad had swindled him of several billion……

Fortunately, after Yang Yu finished talking to Lin Feng, his mouth was dry and he went to get water.

Otherwise, hearing these words would probably make him vomit blood from anger.

After Yang Caiwei finished speaking, Lin Feng laughed and said, "Don't worry—I won't get obsessed with this. Spending a few million, even a few hundred million to play around is no problem."

"Filthy rich" describes people like Lin Feng.

A few hundred million are trivial to Lin Feng.

"Huh~"

Suddenly, Lin Feng discovered something wonderful.

Actually, under his gaze, a piece of window‑opened material in his hand had a green light ring.

This is like the halo that appears when some cameras film the sun.

The stone that was cut away as waste from the window opening earlier did not show this phenomenon.

Lin Feng knew his visual ability was stronger than others' and quite miraculous.

Could he even tell the type of jadeite!?

To verify his guess, Lin Feng specially picked jadeite priced at tens of thousands, several tens of thousands, and that had been window‑opened for observation.

He looked at many pieces in one go.

Those without a green light ring went into one category.

Those with a green light ring were categorized by the size of the ring and the vividness of its color.

"All picked—let's cut!"

Lin Feng said with anticipation.