Chapter 48 - Turning Stone into Jade (1/2)

Chapter 48 Turning Stone into JadeWhat the owner of stone that the Burmese host announces later leaves Elly no choice but to bid on the huge raw stone!

w.a.n.g Miao’e has revealed the truth that Elly has sent someone to eavesdrop on the price other traders may offer. She informs those traders. They just raise the price a little bit and she smoothly wins the stone—Except two men who suspect w.a.n.g Miao’e. The two of them do not raise the price so Elly manages to win the stone, or else Fortune House will come away empty-handed.

What is more unacceptable for Elly is that both of the raw stones she s.n.a.t.c.hes from other traders only contain a fist-size egg-white jade which is full of cracks. Among a dozen of raw stones she buys, there is not even one good jade…

“Are these raw stones from an old field? You dare to sell these stones to us at such high prices without opening a window on them. How can they be like this?”

Elly has spent almost 20 million yuan and all she has got are two pieces of glutinous jade which are not enough to make bracelets and a piece of cracked egg-white jade. Elly is actually having bad luck so she can’t help blaming the Burmese host.

The two traders whose stones have been won by Elly are now wiping sweat on their forehead. They are grateful that Elly has taken away their bad choices.

The Burmese man’s skin is dark. Now his expression is even darker.

If he knew that Miss. Elly of Fortune House was so unlucky today, he would never cut open her raw stone. It is now a question whether he can sell the huge stone or not, and the Burmese host starts to worry.

“Wu Dan, how about you cut open the raw stone of Liu’s?”

Lin Luoran calls the Burmese man in a different t.i.tle from Elly. Liu Zheng has just filled her in with the special naming system of Burma. She knows that the host is much older than her and he must be a person of standing in Burma since he can smuggle out raw stones. Therefore, she feels that it is appropriate to add a respectful “Wu” in front of his names.

Burmese people have no last names. Before a Burmese boy becomes an adult, he adds the word “Mao” before his name to express the modesty. Sometimes, in order to show intimacy, elders will use the word “Mao” before calling the name of their male junior. Besides, people will add the word “Ge” before the name of a young man or the man in their peer. For instance, a Burmese couple has named their son Juewen. When Juewen is a juvenile, people will call him “Mao Juewen”; When he becomes an adult, he will be called “Ge Juewen”; When he gets old or if he obtains certain social status, people will respectfully call him “Wu Juewen”.

The Burmese host is pleased by Lin Luoran’s judiciousness, “Beautiful lady, may you have good luck! I’ll do as you say!”

“Stone No. 163 of Liu’s Treasure House. Price is 590,009 yuan. Begin to cut it!” While the host calling out, his men load the raw stone on the cutting machine.

“The stone looks ordinary. Will it contain jade?” Hearing that the stone only costs 500,000 yuan and it looks so ordinary, a jade trader from Fujian Province lowers his expectation.

“You are so ignorant. Miss. Lin here is the new Magical Hand in the industry. The stone she likes must contain nice jade even it looks plain!” The guy from Guangzhou says then smiles obsequiously to Lin Luoran, which makes her laugh.

The guy from Guangzhou is not complimenting her. He is obviously belittling the raw stone Elly bought with 2.5 million yuan for being a waste. It appears that Elly has lots of enemies.

“Miss. Lin, how do you want to cut the stone?”

The host has asked Elly the exact same question and Elly answers to cut it randomly. Lin Luoran pretends to think about the jade trend in the stone then draws three crossed lines on it after a while. She says with a smile, “I only want this piece in the middle. Sorry to bother you, Wu Dan.”