Chapter 1536 Gentlemen’s Agreemen (1/2)

As he had managed to gain the upper hand in the conflict with Tulsi and the King of Hpakant, Zhong Da Pao was in high spirits. Hence, he said cheerfully, ”What suggestion? Tell me about it.”

Tulsi started to show his trademark smile and said, ”Very simple, let's work together. We will split fifty-fifty.”

Hearing that, Zhong Da Pao's mood immediately dampened. He laughed coldly. ”Oh, you are really…”

”… daring,” Li Du continued. ”Mr. Tulsi, isn't this suggestion too daring? Everyone knows about Master Pao's abilities in stone gambling. Knowing that, you still dare to ask to work with us?”

Zhong Da Pao caught on and laughed. ”Work together, so be it. No problem.”

Tulsi was no fool. He instantly spoke up. ”Master Pao, it's not that we want to work with you. We want to work with your group. To be exact, we want to work together with Mr. Mao here. He will be the one choosing the stones, we will share the cost of the investment and split the profits equally.”

Zhong Da Pao was compliant. ”Sure, not a problem. However, let's put it upfront. Everyone knows how stone gambling can end up. A cut can turn you poor or rich.”

Tulsi jumped in and said, ”That's right, let's be upfront about it. Let's go to Huika together. Let's fork out the money together. We need to split at least one hundred million from the profits, otherwise, it won't do.”

Zhong Da Pao's expression changed. ”One hundred million? Are you talking in Myanmar Kyat?”

”Nope, in US dollars,” Tulsi licked his lips and greed shone in his eyes.

Even Li Du took a deep breath. ”D*mn idiot!”

That dude was too greedy, and crazy besides. Of course, perhaps the idea came from the King of Hpakant, was who the mastermind. However, regardless of whose idea it was, that was a very crazy and stupid idea!

Zhong Da Pao pointed at him and said, ”D*mn, how about you go and rob a bank? Go to Naypyitaw, there's a huge Standard Chartered Bank there. One hundred million US dollars is small potatoes. It's not a problem even if you wanted to rob them of ten billion!”

Tulsi grinned and said, ”Master Pao, you must be cracking a joke. Perhaps one hundred million US dollars is too much. How about lowering it a little? One hundred million RMB?”

Zhong Da Pao turned around and said, ”Let's go home, I don't fancy going to Huika anymore. We are not done with the other field areas anyway. We haven't checked out the private fields. There are still some places we can search for.”

Tulsi said slowly, ”Master Pao, there must be a reason why you are going to Huika at this timing, right? Huika will be holding its annual market. Mr. Mao is so capable. Don't you want to go and make a huge profit?”

The big stone sale, that was indeed Li Du's motivation in going to Huika.

Those who understood stone gambling would know that there was such an event like a public auction. It happened when the ore sellers entered the jade that was ready to trade into a fixed market for public auction. The industry or the market would give an evaluation of the fetching price of the jade based on the texture of the material, and mark it as the reserve price.

Then, the buyer would bid based on their knowledge of the reserved price in both explicit and implicit bidding. The highest bidder would win. It was an annual event of the stone gambling industry.

The big stone sale was the prelude to the public auction. The owners of the field areas and the bosses of each field had put out the high-quality stones that they had been keeping. They had put out the prices blatantly, to test out the purchasing power of the merchants this year.

The scale of the two events was huge. The difference was that the public auction was more about gambling. There were more stones, and it was more interesting and stimulating. As for the big stone sale, the prices were already fixed, so it was less exciting and more predictable.

Zhong Da Pao clenched his fist with a dark expression. Tulsi looked as though he was definitely going to emerge victorious and continued, ”The stone sale only takes place once a year. If you miss this one, especially because the government is regulating the mining of the stones, perhaps next year you won't have the chance to attend another one.”

Liu Zi pointed at him and said, ”Don't be too cocky. Do you think that we will be unable to pass without your help?”

Li Du patted Zhong Da Pao's shoulder and said, ”You go over yourself. Can you take care of Da Mao?”

Hearing that, the bunch of them understood his intentions.