I Want a Divorce by Abigail Quinn

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.

rely on luck with semifinished jadeite products that were cut and could

of millions of dollars. On the

a raw stone could sell for 20 million dollars, but it could barely sell for 200 thousand dollars if it were cut open

that fact, the government of Manchernius only auctioned raw stones and let everyone bet on them. That way, the risk was passed on to the buyers while they sat

envied one who made a fortune from betting on raw stone because the chances of making it were a thousand in

Hailey straight to the

was very bad. There were

mining area was full of pits and caves. From a distance, the places

damaging to the environment. However, nothing could be done about it, especially in Manchernius, which was ranked among the top poorest countries in the world. With underdeveloped

larger than the private mining area. Tens of thousands of people dug in only a single mining

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 the items. I’ll show you around these few days and have a look first. I’ll also introduce you to the owner of

and looked back

“escaped” to get there. Naturally, she did

always seemed to be clouded with sadness. Oliver knew

to find top-grade jadeite.

had unparalleled identification skills, the item must still exist. Simply put, a

was also worried on Hailey’s behalf. If possible, he would find her the best jadeite

and transported out from time to time. Then, the site management would

took Oliver and Hailey to visit the place for a while. Meanwhile, Oliver noticed armed guards were watching the scene, which made

on the spot, and Oliver watched from a

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

looked good and were old mine materials. Thus, anyone would know that the auction price by the official auction would not be less than 200 thousand dollars. If purchased, it would still result in

the best jadeite aside, there was not even high-quality ice jade or opaque

stones at the site and

other mining sites. Yet, the results were the same, and they

they returned to Moulmore city center around four o’clock, checked themselves in

went out to eat.

drive to the mining area or wholesalers to see raw