Chapter 580: High-Level Deception (2/2)
Li Du came to a sudden realization that those people had put in a lot of effort into the forgery as they did not simply use the Gilson stones and instead, used theery
Together with the knowledge passed down from Owen, he could very easily identify the naery, which was called ”counterfeit dyeing”
Counterfeit dyeing was usually used toa lot of sugar solution, inferior white opals could be dyed black, resulting in intensely-colored black opals that were then sold
There were many types of opal: black opal, fire opal, white opal, boulder opal, crystal opal, and so on, hite opal being the lowest priced opal
As the white opal, in its original state, usually has a white body, radation, and more pores, it was easily dyed Therefore, it had beco of opals
Just like what Li Du had seen when he reversed ti soaked in sugar solution, orange, or grape juice with high sugar content
After it had dried, it was soaked in concentrated sulfuric acid to carbonize the sugar until it turned black
Christopher and his company were rather shrewd to be able to draw upon the process of forging black opals and coeery were much ery Even experts ht not be able to tell them apart from real opals
Unfortunately for Christopher and his coed him into the fraud, Li Du would definitely not sit by and watch while they coe the truth, they believed him
Christopher's words were 40 percent true and 60 percent false The parts regarding Li Du were true, while everything else regarding Christopher and his co the piece of land and realizing it was a scae that he had collaborated with Christopher to scam them
This was definitely ould happen—many Americans were that unreasonable
Also, Li Du could not stand this kind of deception He felt that although tricks could be used, they rounded in truth, just like how he obtained the National Geographica scam to deceive others, and he hated swindlers the most
Christopher was much h they had rented a two-hectares area, they did not simply auction off the area as a whole Instead, they came up with an even betterto divide this piece of land, which is two hectares in area, into 12 pieces with each piece having one-tenth of a hectare Whoever is interested can buy a piece for 20,000 dollars Anyone who is willing to can coem hunters suddenly burst into an uproar Souys are too greedy”
Christopher calmly replied, ”If you don't wish to take a risk, then don't think aboutmoney We could have earnedthe geem hunter raised his hand ”Give me a piece Twenty thousand dollars for a very reliable chance—why not? Guys, the emstone”
Another person also said, ”I have already asked Owen's staff The China If you guys don't believe it, you can ask him yourself!”
”I also asked He has earned a lot of money from Owen”
Christopher looked fiercely at Li Du and said in an angry tone, ”Was it you who spread the news of this gemstone pit? You bstard, you only want yourself to earn uy sure kno to act Even at this et to develop the plot? Hethat because I'ht so the two-hectare land They intended to divide the land into 12 pieces, before selling the pieces one by one
Just like that, they only needed to put in one to two thousand dollars and be able to gain 20,000 dollars The profit h!