I Spy With My Secret Eyes

Chapter 31

After leaving Darren’s place, Fabian didn’t urge Oliver to go to the next one. Instead, Fabian said with a smile that he would take them to dinner.

The restaurants in Manchernius were not as good as the ones back in the country, but they were still quite unique.

The meal cost 200 thousand Manchernius dollars, which came down to 200 dollars after conversion. Fabian secretly paid the bill so that Oliver could hot take it from him.

That day, Fabian had already earned about 90,000 dollars from Oliver. Thus, it would seem wrong if Fabian were still reluctant to pay a few hundred dollars.

It was still early, just after noon, after they finished the meal.

Fabian smiled and said to Oliver, “Mr. Eastwood, we’re in no rush anyway. How about I take you to the mine site?”

Hailey rushed to say, “Sure. I’ve never seen how jadeite is produced.”

Oliver also nodded, but he asked Fabian carefully, “Can you buy it on the spot if we see a good stone?”

“Of course.” Fabian nodded and replied, “You can buy the stones from private mines whenever, as long as the mine owner thinks the price is appropriate. However, the old mine materials owned by the government cannot be sold privately. Generally, they are only auctioned in the official auctions. Then again, there is nothing that they wouldn’t sell as long as the price is right. They are not fools, after all. Why won’t they sell it to you if you offered 300 thousand dollars for something that could only sell for 200 thousand dollars in the official auctions?”

part of the

In the past, Manchernius’s raw stones were not prohibited from private trading. The government only took a profit as tax. However, later, the government received fewer taxes even though the price of jadeite rose higher and higher. Thus, the government withdrew the right and changed to public auction.

That way, it maximized the profits of jadeite to its most.

The raw stone mined from Manchernius were mainly sold through stone gambling. On the other hand, semifinished and finished jadeite products after cutting were much fewer. That was because it would already be considered lucky if one managed to get ten usable stones from 100 raw stones. Moreover, it was even more difficult to get a high-quality jadeite. Generally, there might not even be a jadeite in 100 stones.

Therefore, losing at the stone gambling was known as the norm. If 100 raw stones were good-looking, one could be sold for over 200 thousand dollars. One hundred of them would come down to 20 million dollars.

products that were cut and could be

would mean the piece could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. On the contrary, losing could cost

in 100 raw stones. Not to mention, a raw stone could sell for 20 million

everyone bet on them. That way, the risk was passed on to the buyers while they sat at the

never envied one who made a fortune from betting on raw stone because the chances of making it were a thousand in one.

and Hailey straight to the mining area.

area was very bad. There were

mining area was full of pits and caves. From a distance, the places where mines were dug among the green mountains

nothing could be done about it, especially in Manchernius, which was ranked among the top poorest countries in

mining area. The scale was also much larger than the private mining area. Tens of thousands of people dug in only a single mining area.

and said to Oliver and Hailey, “The official auction will be held five days later. Thus, you’ll have to wait five days if you want to auction

Oliver replied and looked back at

get there. Naturally, she did not

to be clouded with sadness. Oliver knew the reason for her

find top-grade jadeite.

unparalleled identification skills, the item must still exist. Simply put, a world-class

Hailey’s behalf. If possible, he would find her the best jadeite

out from time to time. Then, the site management would take photos for registration before transporting them back to the city.

to visit the place for a while. Meanwhile,

excavated on the spot, and

than those Oliver had seen before. Almost 90% of the stones

and were old mine materials. Thus, anyone would know that the auction price by the official auction would not be less than 200 thousand

was not even high-quality ice jade or opaque jade in those

looked through all the raw stones at the site

to two other mining sites. Yet, the results were the same, and

returned to Moulmore city center around four o’clock,