Chapter 1515 Killing Two Birds with One Stone (1/2)

Zhong Dapao and Liu Zi could not believe their eyes. They had seen their fair share of cutting that made or broke people at Hpakant, and even lost a fair bit after cutting their own rocks. Just yesterday, Li Du had lost a bundle because of the cutting. Even so, they could not believe their eyes.

However, this time the rock was worth a million dollars! Just like that, they wasted all that money. Both of them were heartbroken. To them, this was not just money. It was thirty, forty thousand catties of rice. It was hundreds of brand-new stone houses.

Someone prompted from the side, ”The stone's still big. Keep cutting.”

Zhong Dapao chimed in, ”That's right, Young Master Li, keep cutting. There might be something worth uncovering.”

Li Du shook his head. ”I made a bad call. This rock really isn't worth much.”

The teenager piped in callously, ”That's right. This rock is garbage, and I said as much before.”

”Shut your mouth, you brat. No one's gonna think you're mute if you don't speak, you know?” Liu Zi elbowed him in the ribs.

Li Du noticed that Zhong Dapao and Liu Zi looked like they were reluctant to believe the rock was worthless, so he pushed another piece forward. ”Cut it all, as quickly as you can.”

The polishing master got down to work. In a few strokes, tens of kilograms of the rock became fist-sized pebbles. As expected, there were no traces of jade. Li Du pushed forward two more pieces that were cut open as well. Like the previous pieces, they contained no jade either. The crowd sighed.

”This was a complete loss.”

”A million dollars! I could think of so many ways to spend that.”

”Damn, this rock is all show and no go. It's really not worth much, huh!”

”Hmph, this is just an eighth part of the rock, and many parts have not been cut yet. I wanted to buy one myself but it's a good thing I didn't. It would definitely have been a loss.”

”This goes beyond just a loss.”

When they were down to the last piece, Li Du looked like he was finally on the brink of collapse. He kicked the rock and said solemnly, ”Don't cut this one. Leave it as it is.”

He let Godzilla collect the cut rocks, then said, ”Throw all of it away, don't trouble the man any more than we already have.”

The polishing master gave Li Du a thumbs up. ”Good man!”

Zhong Dapao was visibly upset. ”A million dollars gone just like that.”

Li Du laughed. ”You seem like you hold some sway here, and everyone here gives you face. You are, arguably, someone who's seen how big the world is, so surely a million dollars isn't that much to you?”

Zhong Dapao shook his head. ”I've seen the world, but this isn't that. The losses I've seen before were never mine.”

Liu Zi laughed derisively. ”Dude, we need to earn a million dollars before we can blow it like that.”

Zhong Dapao rubbed his hands together. ”We've just lost everything we earned yesterday.”

Though he had some sway in the open auctions hosted in Hpakant, he was still broke. As they used to say, a man with no money is no man at all. Following this saying's logic, Dapao wasn't much of a man.

”No worries, I'll take responsibility for this loss. You two split the profits amongst yourselves,” Li Du said.