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 million.”

I tell you, once this stone is opened, you’ll

maybe fifty thousand at most, if you’re lucky.”

saw, it split open to reveal its contents. What Henry and

sizeable piece of jade; however, looking at the revealed

piece. Instead, the stone was filled with fragments of poor–quality jade.

wasn’t well–versed in jade gambling, he knew garbage when he saw

the large jade piece Henry promised.

going on?” Andrew’s first attempt was a failure.

the staff, “Cut

directions, the worker made another cut–but the result was the

fragments.

in

several attempts, Henry finally resigned himself to

silent, Andrew asked, “Henry, should we continue cutting?”

choice every time. Though our first attempt failed, I’m confident the next one will be better. You must trust me; I’m a professional. Since you’ve trusted me today to pick these stones, I’ll surely