I Spy With My Secret Eyes

Chapter 138

As Oliver and Manuel walked alongside Forest, Felix glanced at Oliver and then quietly asked Manuel, “Manuel, are you partnering with this young guy? Which family’s son is he?”

In Felix’s view, for Manuel to be speaking so highly of this young man, he must be trying to bask in his family’s glory and wealth.

Although Manuel had a fortune of over a hundred million dollars, among the truly wealthy, he was a small fish.

It’s not that easy to get into the rich world.

Of course, Manuel understood what Felix was thinking. He smiled and didn’t respond.

Felix smirked, thinking that this guy didn’t want to disclose the information, likely to avoid getting entangled with the wealthy second-generation as he had.

The sandalwood was stored in the factory’s main hall, lined up one by one and occupying a large portion of the space. Each piece of sandalwood had a description sign and a base price.

Forest explained as they walked, “These materials were sourced from our neighboring country. They’re quite cooperative over there, and as long as you pay, everything is possible. In our country, it’s nearly impossible to buy them anymore, because the authorities have imposed strict regulations on the logging of sandalwood due to its endangered status. The same goes for scentedwood. What’s available for sale now is mostly old stock from previous years.”

Manuel had experience gambling with sandalwood and whispered to Oliver, “These sandalwood materials are excellent. It’s quite rare to find pieces of this size. However, it’s a gamble just like with scentedwood. While in scentedwood, we gamble on whether there’s a burl or ghost face inside, with sandalwood, we gamble on whether the wood is hollow inside.”

Sandalwood is often called the “Emperor of Woods” and is considered the top-grade wood. Historically, it was primarily reserved for use by the royal family. The growth of sandalwood is very slow, with one growth ring appearing approximately every five years.

Besides, these rings aren’t very prominent. Additionally, sandalwood typically matures over 800 years. Most sandalwood logs develop a hollow center when they reach a diameter of 8 inches, which means that only the outer 8 inches of the wood can be used:

Therefore, sandalwood is not as risky as scentedwood. Everyone knows that the profit of sandalwood is actually the selling price of finished products.

For example, if you purchase a set of furniture materials for 1 million and create a set of furniture, like chairs or sofas, the selling price is usually at least 4 million or even higher.

he lost some interest. After examining the results of one piece of wood, he said to Manuel, “Manuel, I don’t think we should get into this. The gambling difference is minimal. Essentially, it’s about buying these materials to create high-end furniture and making a profit from the craftsmanship and the intrinsic value of the sandalwood.”

gamble for ghost faces in scentedwood or the excitement of gambling on raw jadeites, it just wasn’t as interesting,

Manuel weren’t in the woodworking and processing business, so

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a quick look around and confirmed that there was nothing interesting. He then signaled to Manuel and said, “Manuel, let’s call it a day and head back

had no attachment to the situation, and

and waiting. He made a few thousand just for this

car door and motioned for Oliver to get in first. Only then did the driver realize they were leaving. He hurriedly

the only ones who made money here. Staying around would just be asking for trouble. Haha, let’s

and turning on the air conditioning, continued with a smile, “Congratulations, Mr. Camden. It seems like you and your partner are the only ones who made money today. This probably has something to do with skill. I noticed so many people coming today, and the fact that no one else made money suggests that

luck.”

money based on our abilities. Haha. Your fee for today is 600 dollars, right? I’ll add another 1,400

then smiled and expressed his gratitude,

you, Mr.

my years of driving, you’re the first person I’ve met who’s been so generous and open-handed.

his hand and said, “It’s not a big deal. We made more than 16.8 million dollars

earned more than 16 million dollars in such a short time?” The driver shouted. He was

and said, “That’s right. We made it from betting on scentedwood. Everything we bet on has significant value. The others bought expensive scentedwood that turned out to be useless scrap wood. We purchased

talking to outsiders, Manuel attributed their fortune to “luck”, but he knew deep down that it

Oliver gambled on jadeites, he realized that Oliver’s abilities were beyond ordinary people’s imagination. Even those so-called top veteran players and appraisal experts can’t match

to great heights, and money is of no concern