The Understated Dragon Lord

Chapter 131 My Mistake

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Chapter 131 My Mistake

Staff brought over the POS machine to process Andrew’s payment for the stone. After a couple of beeps, the transaction was completed, and the receipt was printed out. Another staff member, equipped with tools, approached to crack open the stone.

Daniel glanced at the stone and warned Andrew with a chuckle, “Andrew, this so–called number–one appraiser from Florida, Henry, right? Seems like he’s not that skilled. This stone will probably yield only some worthless jade fragments. If you spend 1.98 million on it, you’ll likely lose about 1.9 million.”

“You country boy, what do you know? Stop your bullshitting! Henry Jade is renowned for a reason. I don’t believe he could make such a simple mistake,” Andrew retorted after swearing at Daniel.

Henry also stepped in on the discussion, “Who are you? What do you think you’re doing? You don’t know

anything; I suggest you stop your ill–informed chatter. This stone, as I said to Andrew, should earn him a

return of at least 20-30%-and that’s a conservative estimate. Once it’s cut open, it should reveal jade

five

tell you, once this stone is opened, you’ll be crying on

worth maybe fifty thousand at

the stone with a power saw, it split open to reveal its contents. What Henry and

expected was a sizeable piece of jade; however, looking at

there was no large jade piece. Instead, the stone was filled with fragments of poor–quality jade.

in jade gambling, he knew garbage when he saw it. This stone was

worthless fragments, not the

Andrew’s first attempt was a failure.

He instructed the staff, “Cut it

worker made another cut–but the result was

fragments.

cutting in this

attempts, Henry finally resigned himself

asked, “Henry, should we

cannot make the right choice every time. Though our first attempt failed, I’m confident the next one will be