I Want a Divorce by Abigail Quinn

Chapter 35

Gregory came back just after dusk, and he also brought back seven pieces of top-notch-looking raw stones.

The official auction would auction were usually raw jadeites with an outer surface reaching a certain quality level while those with rather rough looks would be directly sold off in the offline channels at corresponding prices.

In order to better attend to Oliver and Hailey, Gregory bought a sumptuous feast back from one of the best restaurants in the city to treat them. Just like that, he shared a meal with Oliver, Hailey, and Fabian.

After finishing the food, Gregory served coffee. He seemed to underst

meals.

that Clusians had the habit of drinking coffee after

Indeed, there was no safety hazard in the barracks. Oliver was elated, for he had had a good time practicing shooting during the day.

Fabian told Oliver and Hailey a lot about Mancherniuses, such as Gregory’s name.

Mancherniuses did not have a surname but only first names.

Their names were preceded by various respectful names or titles to indicate social or official ranks.

Gregory was a commander, so his seniors and peers addressed him by his first name. In the army setting, however, the soldiers addressed him as Commander Gregory.

Therefore, he had only the name “Gregory” while the word commander was nothing more than his military rank. After Oliver enjoyed some coffee, he expressed his gratitude toward Gregory. “Gregory, thanks for the hospitality. I’m also very grateful that we were able to practice shooting today. In addition, since you’ve returned, could we take a look at the raw stones that would be auctioned at the official auction first? Could you sell me the stone I’m interested in in advance?”

Fabian translated his words to Gregory on the spot. The latter pondered for a while before answering, “It seemed that there won’t be a problem. You could make your choice first, and should you want to buy any of them, I’ll present you with two -options. First, I contact my boss, and you offer a slightly higher price than the selling price placed at the official auction.

That slightly higher price was actually to bribe my boss. Second, you participate in the auction held at the official auction, and I secretly pass down a message to each buyer to prevent them from bidding for the raw stone you want.”

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charge of the official auctions, those buyers would show

nodded in agreement. As long as he had his eye on a particular raw jadeite, it must

the warehouse, storing the raw jadeites. It was heavily guarded by eight soldiers in three shifts

man. They opened the gate of the warehouse according to their commander’s

at that point. Gregory had even

It had an area spanning tens of thousands of square feet wide. There was not a single window inside, except for a gate, totally resembling

a few days. Adding in those Gregory had brought back with him that day, there were 244 pieces in total. Large ones were over 2,000 pounds, and the smaller ones had roughly the size of a

detailed registration card. Fabian interpreted and explained to both Oliver and Hailey while reading the

official auction solely aimed to maximize the benefits

long period of time, the auction held at the official auction had become traceable with certain statistical data. For example, if the initial price of an auctioned item was 100 thousand dollars,

stone gambling players but middlemen who would trade the items later. Once they secured a bid, they would send the item back to Clusia for a second auction. What they earned was only the

merchants knew that one could not be winning all the time at stone gambling. The more money a jade merchant was capable of making, the better the merchant would be at having self-control and not delving into stone gambling. They figured they would be winners as long as

and turn them into addicted gamblers. As long as they indulge themselves in gambling, no matter how much fortune they had,

quality of those raw jadeites was identified before being tagged with their base auction prices. The lowest among them was 20 million Manchernius dollars while the

actually a fraud. Initially, the price posted by the official auction was already almost 70% of the base value

final transaction price would increase by about five to ten times, which was five to ten times. higher

considered not that expensive back

carefully looked at the stones every step of the

the stones he had seen before. The possibility of finding a jade in the core seemed to increase by 80% to 90%, and almost every piece of them

and estimated the final price with a tenfold increase, and if the jade piece were to be identified to have a value equal to or lower than the estimated final price,

a profit of 10% or 20%, he would not buy them. In his opinion, the measly

when the price was more than 50% of the value,

that Oliver’s eyes lit up when the raw stone numbered 67 came into

on December 1st, 2020, weighing 215 pounds in total; the weight of the jade in its inner core was 46 pounds. Two-thirds of the jade core was slightly cracked with a

a 360-degree high-definition image of the jade