I Spy With My Secret Eyes

Chapter 135

Wood gambling, much like stone gambling, typically involved immediately cutting the material to reveal the outcome.

However, wood gambling was even more straightforward compared to stone gambling. Assessing raw jadeites was more intricate, while scentedwood was basically cut in half with a saw to check for any ghost-faced patterns in the wood grain. It’s a really simple and direct process.

Manuel totally trusted Oliver, as his personal judgment didn’t discern any potential value in this piece of wood.

After receiving the payment, the wood dealer inquired with a smile and asked Manuel, “Sir, do you want to make the cut now?”

Manuel waved his hand and said, “Of course, let’s cut it. I can’t take this chunk of wood home intact, can I?”

The wood dealer nodded and asked Manuel, “Where do you want to make the cut?”

Manuel asked Oliver, “Where should we cut it?”

Oliver casually pointed to a spot and said, “Let’s cut it from here.”

The wood dealer immediately started cutting the wood at the spot indicated by Oliver. With a buzzing sound, the wood was severed. As soon as the cut was made, the wood dealer bent down and, upon seeing the cut section, exclaimed, “Oh my… It’s a win! It’s got the ghost-faced pattern.”

The wood dealer’s sudden exclamation drew a few people over to the area that had previously garnered little attention, and they all stared at the cut end of the wood.

The cut surface of the wood resembled a black eight-legged spider. In wood gambling, the stakes were all about the branch’s burls. Wood with these features would turn into valuable treasures, whereas wood without them would be deemed firewood, suitable only for burning.

As soon as the crowd saw it was a win, someone immediately asked Manuel, “My friend, how much did you pay for this piece of wood?”

Manuel opened his hand and said, “11,000 dollars.”

The person immediately made an offer, “You paid 11,000 dollars for the wood, and I’ll

Il give you 20,000 dollars for it. Scentedwood is all about luck. This burl has a ghost-faced pattern indeed, but that doesn’t guarantee the ghost-faced pattern will appear in other places. If you take my offer, you’ll make a safe profit of 9,000 dollars. What do you say?”

and looked at Oliver. Of course, he relied on Oliver’s opinion in such matters.

didn’t say anything. He simply pointed to the positions on the wood and instructed the owner holding the saw, “Sir, help me make a few more cuts here, here, and here. I need you

person immediately understood that Oliver wouldn’t sell for 20,000 dollars and was continuing with the gamble. He didn’t say

an oil-based marker and drew lines on the six positions according to Oliver’s

was cut, the onlookers would exclaim, “Wow, it’s

positions were cut, they all revealed

based on their appearance and style, as well

tried to downplay it, 20,000 dollars

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initially made the offer admired Manuel’s luck, though there was a hint of bitterness. He realized that the one making the decisions wasn’t the

six or seven pieces, the person extended a hand and said with a smile, “You’re lucky, my friend. With this gamble, the value has surged. Congratulations!

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scentedwood might have sold for 220 thousand dollars, but Oliver wasn’t that petty. He wasn’t fond of haggling, and building a relationship with these businesspeople was more important.

promptly transferred the money. In this business, transactions were either cash or electronic transfers, with most transactions below 200 thousand dollars being in cash, which added an extra

taken, and Felix spent 1.52 million to acquire two wood pieces, the second and fourth

million, was acquired by the Woods family. The person who attended on their behalf was a man in his thirties, and

five best wood pieces, numbered one, three, five, six, and seven. Only the pieces of number two and number four, which were among the top

on-site. Felix didn’t start the cutting; instead,

a man named Will Woods, was Jenifer’s older

start cutting. He decided to cut the wood in order of value, beginning with number

branch because if this large piece of wood had the coveted ghost face in the burl, it would

was cut, there were countless tree rings around the core of the branch, with a black spot at the center

of the substantial piece

craftsman with

yielded nothing of

branch where the facial burl was expected, not

was initially priced at 660,000 dollars,

piece, and with their wealth in the billions, this amount of