Chapter 123 (1/2)
Chapter 123
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang were still mentally communicating. Shao Qingge saw that Mo Xuemin’s face was full of confusion and couldn’t help touching his nose with a smile. “Old Mo, don’t care about them. I want to ask you something first.”
The dazed Mo Xuemin recovered and quickly said, “Okay, you can ask.”
“Does the City of the Moon have a jade processing plant or a raw stone acquisition station?”
Mo Xuemin nodded. “I know there is a company in the northern suburbs that specializes in the acquisition of jade raw stones. Do you want to buy or sell?”
Based on his expression, he didn’t know anything about the jade of Liuxi Village. It was clear that Old Mo didn’t perfectly clear 4 of Spades or get the hidden reward.
Shao Qingge laughed. “I want to gamble with stones. I’ll go and check it another day, thank you.”
Xiao Lou heard this and finally ended his conversation with Yu Hanjiang. He looked back and Mo Xuemin and said, “Old Mo, thank you so much for today. You recommended a good place for us and told us a lot about the World Weekly. How do you want to receive the consulting fee? Cash or transfer?”
Mo Xuemin smiled and waved his hand. “No, it can be considered destiny that I made friends with you. If you have any questions then you can continue to call me.” He paused and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes. “In this world, it is unknown how long I can live. If it wasn’t for my daughter, I might’ve given up.”
Liu Qiao suddenly said, “Uncle Mo, you can’t give up. Your daughter must be waiting for you to go back.” Mo Xuemin raised his head and looked into the girl’s clear and bright eyes. She looked at him seriously and said, “It is just like how my father is waiting for me to go back.”
Mo Xuemin was stunned and his heart suddenly quivered. He looked away with embarra.s.sment and spoke in a trembling voice, “You’re right. My daughter is a few years younger than you and she only has one relative. How can I give up? I must go back!”
Xiao Lou reached out and gently patted Old Mo’s shoulder. “Don’t lose heart. According to your opinion, tens of millions of people partic.i.p.ate in the World Weekly and only a few million are eliminated. An elimination rate of nearly 10% isn’t particularly high. As long as you find a good team, you will surely pa.s.s the instance this week.”
Old Mo smiled. “I’ll borrow your words. Please take care of yourself!”
The group returned to Room 311. Xiao Lou told the other three people the result of his spiritual discussion with Group Leader Yu. “We want to upgrade the contract book and add Old Mo as well as the couple from Liuxi Village. What do you think?”
Liu Qiao stated, “I don’t think Old Mo is a liar. The expression he made when he mentioned his daughter, not even a movie emperor can act like that.”
Xie Qi said, “Old Mo is a bit like a guide after going to a strange world. He knows a lot and there is no harm in adding him to the team. In addition, Professor Xiao said he got an A rating in all secret rooms. This shows he is a jack of all trades!’
Xiao Lou smiled and said, “The most critical point is his profession.”
Yu Hanjiang nodded. “He is a designer of a decorating company. He opened his own decorating company in the real world and found a part-time job at a decorating company in the Card World. Designers are very sensitive to s.p.a.ce and our team doesn’t have anyone particularly good at mazes.”
Xiao Lou added, “Yes, think about it. Last week’s World Weekly was the Rotation Maze where the maze would rotate 90 degrees after a certain period of time. Old Mo was unlucky to meet hunters. He had to run for his life while looking for the exit of the maze. The difficulty was raised by several times and 80% of the people were eliminated. His team was almost completely destroyed so how did he survive?”
Liu Qiao’s eyes brightened. “It shows he is very good at mazes. He probably used the complex paths of the rotating maze to avoid being killed and found the exit in a limited amount of time.”
Xiao Lou nodded. “Our team needs such a person but our current understanding of him is based on what he told us. It is too one-sided. Thus, after discussing it with Group Leader Yu, I have decided to go to the Intelligence Bureau on Wednesday. We will help Little Liu find her sister while at the same time, I will spend some money to check Old Mo’s details. If he is okay then we can try to invite him to join the team. Is this okay?”
Shao Qingge made an ‘I’m responsible for lying down to win’ expression and said, “I don’t care.”
Xie Qi stated, “I support Professor Xiao’s decision.”
Liu Qiao nodded. “I agree.”
Things were decided so Shao Qingge suggested, “Today is Monday. Tomorrow, we should go to the northern suburbs to find the raw stone acquisition company and sell all our jade wool stones to first save some funds. It isn’t suitable to stay long term in a hotel. My opinion is that if we have enough money, we can directly rent a villa. It is better for us to live together than in a hotel where fish and dragons might be mixed together.”
Yu Hanjiang said, “Okay, tomorrow we will meet downstairs at 8:30. It isn’t early so we should all go to bed.”
At 11 in the evening, the five people went back to sleep.
At 8:30 the next morning, everyone gathered downstairs on time and took two taxis to the northern suburbs.
Shao Qingge took everyone to the factory that Old Mo mentioned. The owner of the factory was a bearded middle-aged man. He heard that Shao Qingge wanted to sell raw stones and was very disdainful. “Just now, someone came to me to sell a raw stone but there was only a worthless piece of jade in it when I opened it. How about your raw stone? I’m not a garbage dump that collects bad things!”
Shao Qingge smiled. “Does the boss want to bet on it?”
The boss raised his eyebrows. “How do you want to bet?”
Shao Qingge turned to look at the workshop where they processed raw stones. “If an excellent jade is obtained from my raw stone, you will pay us 70% of the market price. The 30% can be your processing fee. If an excellent jade isn’t obtained, I’ll pay you one million gold coins per raw stone.”
The boss looked at Shao Qingge like he was stupid. “Won’t you lose money if you lose the bet? Aren’t you crazy to make this type of gamble?”
Shao Qingge pointed at his head and smiled. “I’m very sober.”
The boss thought that if a good jade was obtained, there would be a 30:70 share. This was much higher than the usual share but it wasn’t difficult to accept. If there was nothing, the other side would pay. This gambling method was a sure way to make money!
The boss nodded. “Okay, follow me and let me see your goods.”
The five people followed him and came to the workroom.
Shao Qingge pulled a raw stone out of his card bag and materialized it. The boss frowned carefully. The appearance of this raw stone was flat and small. It didn’t look like it could hold the best jade stone. However, the other side was smiling and looked very confident. This made the boss call over his most skills master to open the stone.
He didn’t expect that when his piece of raw stone was opened—it was a great jade!
The green jade was crystal clear in the light and the boss’ eyes were bright. He excitedly extended a hand to touch the small piece of jade. Then he saw that his exposed emotions were too obvious and the boss coughed lightly. “This is just a general emerald. I will give you 100,000 gold coins.”
Shao Qingge smiled as he took back the stone and looked at it in the light. “This jade is relatively small and can be used to make jade pendants. Generally, you need to look at the type of jade, the colour and the quality. My jade has a fine texture, uniform colour and clear transparency. It is the most transparent type and the colour is absolutely the best. It can be processed and carved into a good-looking shape. Can’t it be bought for a few million?”
The boss became more alarmed the more he heard. He thought that these people didn’t understand the market and wanted to fool them by giving them a low price. Unexpectedly, he met an expert. His face looked a bit embarra.s.sed.