I Want a Divorce by Abigail Quinn

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?”

his head and looked at Oliver. Of course,

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 to cut these five… no, these

Oliver wouldn’t sell for 20,000 dollars and was

owner took an oil-based marker and drew lines on the six positions according to Oliver’s instructions before cutting

time a location was cut, the onlookers would exclaim, “Wow, it’s another ghost

were cut, they all

potential value of the wood pieces based on their appearance and style, as well as what kind

matter how much they tried to downplay it, 20,000 dollars

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hint of bitterness. He realized that the one making the decisions wasn’t the seemingly astute Manuel but the young man who

my friend. With this gamble, the value has surged. Congratulations! It’s almost clear-cut now. These pieces, when processed, will be worth approximately 300 to 400 thousand dollars. I’ll offer 200 thousand

Oliver. Oliver nodded and said, “Sure, 200 thousand dollars will do. Let’s make a

have sold for 220 thousand dollars, but Oliver wasn’t that petty. He wasn’t fond of haggling, and building a relationship

either cash or electronic transfers, with most transactions

few large pieces with the best appearance were taken, and Felix spent 1.52 million to acquire two wood pieces, the

at 1.8 million, was acquired by the Woods family. The person who attended on their behalf was a man in his thirties, and beside him was a beautiful lady. To Oliver’s surprise,

financial prowess by acquiring the five best wood pieces, numbered one, three, five, six, and

cutting the wood on-site. Felix didn’t start the cutting; instead, he watched as the Woods family began

family’s representative, a man named

He decided to

a significant branch because if this large piece of wood had the coveted ghost face in

core of the branch, with a black

first cut of the substantial piece of wood

instructing the craftsman with a calm

cut also yielded nothing of

the way to the last branch where the facial burl was expected, not a single spot

piece of wood, which was initially priced at 660,000 dollars, was now virtually worthless, leading to