Ace of the Dragon Division

Chapter 311: The Loser Will Eat Sh!t (Part One)

Xu Cheng looked at Lin Guiren and said, “Dad, let’s go to the storage.”

Lin Guiren disagreed, “These rocks were all purchased by that b—–d, so he knows very well how much each costs. How are you going to play with him?”

Benjamin: “Brother-in-Law, don’t they have you to tell him the prices?”

Benjamin was getting anxious. This was his strength, and if he could really win, he would be able to stay in the company. Originally, he did want to ditch the sinking ship for some quick cash, but now that the company was back alive, only idiots would leave. To him, Xu Cheng’s challenge was basically a chance for him to get back into the company.

“Dad, it’s fine,” Xu Cheng assured Lin Guiren.

Lin Guiren finally turned around to go downstairs, leading everyone to the storage room and turning on the lights.

On the shelves, there were boxes of raw and refined materials, big and small.

After going in, Xu Cheng scanned around with his penetrating vision, and he was a bit disappointed. He had also seen raw jade before, but it seems like the ones in this room weren’t top-notch, with a lot of worthless material containing only a little bit of actual jade. However, to those that couldn’t see into the interior of the rocks, they obviously wouldn’t know the values of these rocks. They could only estimate the price based on knowledge and experience revolving the raw materials’ weight and appearance.

“Dad, how much did these goods cost?”

Lin Guiren glared at Benjamin. “From purchase to delivery, the couple dozen tons of raw materials here cost probably a few hundreds of millions.”

Lin Chuxue explained to Xu Cheng, “If you buy refined materials, people will directly mark the price and the margin on the jewelry made from refined materials is transparent and rather small, unless you can get a famous designer to create limited edition products and create some hype. However, limited edition means the sales volume will be low, so in order to earn more money, there’s a norm in the industry to gamble on raw materials. For instance, if you buy a raw piece for 500 thousand dollars and you are able to get a piece of jade that’s worth 5 million, then the transparent price tag for that will be 5 million. Then, if you get some designer to work on it, it’s possible to raise the value to 8 million or even 10. You can see how profitable this is. This is why Uncle spent over ten years learning how to identify raw stones.”

Xu Cheng understood, but he indeed mockingly sneered, “But the risk is, if the stuff inside those raw stones are worthless, then Dad, those hundreds of millions of euros of yours will basically be gone then, right?”

Lin Guiren nodded. “At least over a couple dozen millions went into his own pocket. The water is deep, and with more and more experience over the years, he learned to play more tricks and pocket more money.”

Benjamin replied nonchalantly, “Don’t wrong others if you don’t have evidence. Alright, I’m not here to listen to your criticism. Xu Cheng, let’s each pick out three rocks. I will stay if I win, and I will leave if I lose.”

Xu Cheng: “Okay.”

Benjamin directly went over to pick out the three rocks that were the most expensive when he bought them. Some raw stones could be checked for transparency by shining a strong light at it, and the rocks would also be weighed. Taking these two and other factors into account, one could estimate the quality and quantity of jade inside the rock. However, it is also possible that even if the transparency, weight, and size matches the golden ratios, there will be nothing inside. However, with those few criterias, the estimated price could be set for the rock.

Chapter 311: The Loser Will Eat Sh!t (Part Two)

Some raw stones would be hyped up to millions even before processing, and the higher the price tag, the more likely there’s going to be good jade inside. However, there are also people that went bankrupt on bad bets.

Benjamin immediately grabbed the three rocks that he thought had the best shot.

Lin Guiren: “You bought all of these stones, you obviously know which one has a higher chance to contain jade!”

Lin Chuxue: “Yeah!”

Benjamin shamelessly replied, “Let me repeat, this was proposed by Xu Cheng, I didn’t force him. I already said, in this field, Xu Cheng’s still not qualified to challenge me, and I’m just testing him. Didn’t you say that you want him to be responsible for purchasing raw materials for the company after he goes back to Huaxia? You are going to trust him before he had even proven himself?”

Xu Cheng waved his hand. “It’s alright. Being experienced in stone-gambling doesn’t mean that you will always get the best stones. If these experiences were useful, then there wouldn’t be so many experienced people still screwing up and ending up killing themselves.”

Then, Xu Cheng scanned the stones around, and he picked up a stone that was just the size of his hand.

Lin Lei was speechless. “Brother-in-Law, the ones Uncle picked are so big. Even if he can’t get green jade, there might still be other ores that might make it more valuable. Yours is so small, it will be too risky just for its size alone.”

Xu Cheng laughed and said, “Who told you that? Maybe my stone is pure green on the inside and is capable of dominating all three of his stones combined.”

Benjamin sneered. “Pure green? I already know you are a rookie in this field by hearing those words. If it’s really a pure green emerald stone, even if it’s the size of my thumb, it could be auctioned out for at least a couple dozen million! Not to mention it being an emerald, even if it’s just jadeite, you will already be lucky enough.”

Xu Cheng: “And that’s why I say you are a trash bag. I don’t even need to pick three rocks. Just this is fine. I will take your three stones on with just one.”

Lin Lei: “Brother-in-Law, you are being capricious again.”

Benjamin: “Just that attitude alone is insulting me, do you know? Let me tell you, if this rock of yours is worth more than ten thousand euros, I will go eat sh!t right away! And you still want to compete against my three picks? What a joke!”

Xu Cheng: “If you are really willing to eat sh!t, then I will take you up on that bet. Deal? If I lose, I will eat it, and you will eat it if you lose!”

“Hahahahaha.” Benjamin directly started laughing. “If you really want to eat sh!t, then I can’t stop you. Sure, this is such a no brainer, I can’t believe you actually think you can win. How about this, if I lose, not only will I eat sh!t, I will also return the 50 million that I pocketed over the past year from the company, and I will also get out of the company. But if I win, I know you won’t trust me with any finance-related positions, so I will just take 2% of the company shares.”

Mommy Lin: “You really are shameless!”

Benjamin looked at Xu Cheng: “Deal or no deal? If you want to be the savior of the Lin Family, I don’t have a problem. But do you dare to make this bet with me or not?”

“Why wouldn’t I?” Xu Cheng sneered. “Open the rocks then.”