“Dadenghan” means big golden pond or lake in Mandarin. It is said that a long time ago, this area was one of the watercourses of the Ruili River. The high terrain resulted in a huge vortex, and after the river changed its channel, a village was gradually built on the land.
Along the road, each house in the village owns a clean and spacious yard, as well as a huge backyard planted with various crops such as banana, grapefruit, and bamboo. There are traditional bamboo houses and two-story brick and timber houses. No matter what the structures are, the houses are mostly tall, tidy and bright, and Dai red couplets are pasted on the front door of some houses.
Flowers and plants thrive on the fence. A bucket hangs over the stone well, proving that this affluent village still enjoys watering the field and working in the traditional way.
Lin Luoran loves the environment here, and she is quite exciting along the road.
Lin Luoran notices tha
“Everybody is here. Shall we begin now?” Elly is bored. She says in a cold voice while picking her long red nails.Elly grows up with all the love of her family. She is sent abroad right after graduating from high school, so she is open-minded like half an American. Besides, Fortune House used to dominate the jewelry industry in S Province. Out of the favor for his granddaughter, the chairman of Fortune House appointed Elly as the administrative manager, which makes her look down upon all the other traders in the industry.Elly is used to being arrogant. She has to own everything she likes. She acts this way every time she goes to buy raw stones, as well as when she knows that Li Anping has a girlfriend—People have been fed up with her behavior for a long time. They are just reluctant to say it.If the Burmese host doesn’t know that Fortune House is one of the most powerful companies among all the buyers, he will not stay polite to her.
Liu Zheng quietly waits for her answer.He has asked Baojia about Lin Luoran. He knows that she is only an ordinary girl. She starts to gamble on stone for the first time at Mr. Zhang’s stone-cutting plant after breaking up with her ex-boyfriend.Liu Zheng remembers that on that day, she spent 2,000 yuan and bought four raw stones. Three of them were cut open right away and contained jade… People may think it was a coincidence, but they could never imagine that the only piece Lin Luoran took away with her was the Purple-green Mix.If he didn’t happen to visit a friend on the Antique Alley, he would not have witnessed the process that Lin Luoran refined that piece of raw stone and carried it to Fatty Cui’s house.Liu Zheng looks at Lin Luoran’s side face and feels that his original intention is somehow quite despicable.What makes him change it?Is it because he saw Lin Luoran quiver when they encounter her ex-boyfriend and Elly? Or is it the dim l
Everybody is just observing in the morning and the bidding in the afternoon is the main part.They eat lunch in the farmyard like they are having a feast. Leaving the disagreements in business aside, Dai people are hospitable. The Burmese host is all right, let alone all the jade traders who deal with people all the time. All of them are having a good time.Dai people never eat overnight rice. The rice served to the guests is fresh. In the Dai culture, people have to use their hands and make rice balls while eating because they believe that this will preserve the color and fragrance of rice.People from different regions have various customs. Lin Luoran thinks that eating rice balls with hands is not inelegant but interesting, and she enjoys herself very much.There is also a crab paste called “Crab Nanmibu,” which is made by chopping crab shell and meat into mince. Dipping the rice balls into Crab Nanmibu, the Dai flavor becomes even outstanding.Excep
After lunch, perhaps they want to promote the huge stone, the Burmese host announces the bidding price of some of the raw stones. He claims that if no one wants to raise the bids, the owners of these stones will be settled.Stones can be cut open in public after the owners are settled. If there is jade in them, the price of the huge stone will rise greatly.The Burmese man has been trading raw stones for years. He doesn’t have much knowledge on picking raw stones, but he indeed knows how to do business.He is uncertain about whether there is jade in the raw stone, so he chooses to announce the current bidding price of the popular ones—For example, No. 96. The Burmese man isn’t optimistic about it at first, and he only brings it here to make up the number. The base price of it is just a trap, but someone actually offers 2.5 million yuan. He believes that if he is not dreaming, these inland buyers must have lost their minds.2.5 million is a peculiar number. Ex
What happens next leaves Elly no choice but to bid on the huge raw stone!Wang Miao’e has revealed the truth that Elly has sent someone to eavesdrop other traders. She informs those traders. They just raise the price a little bit and win the stone—Except two men who suspect Wang Miao’e. The two of them do not raise the price, so Elly gets the stones, or else Fortune House will come away empty-handed.What is more unacceptable for Elly is that both of the raw stones she snatches from other traders only contain a fist-size egg-white jade, which is full of cracks. Among a dozen of raw stones she buys, there is not even one good jade…“Are these raw stones from an old field? You dare to sell these stones to us at such high prices. How can they be like this?”Elly has spent almost 20 million yuan, and all she has got are two pieces of glutinous jade, which are not enough to make bracelets and a piece of cracked egg-white jade. Elly is actually having bad luck, so
A piece of “emerald green” jade has brought Lin Luoran in the limelight. Also, the following stones of Liu’s are more or less profitable. Some of them increase profits of at least tenfold, and some break even. All in all, none of the stone Lin Luoran picks for Liu’s is wasteful!People say that even God can’t judge an inch of jade. What about Lin Luoran? She is a real fairy! Everybody starts to look at Lin Luoran with burning eyes, not for her beauty, but for her hands, which can turn stone into jade!Lin Luoran blushes. According to her personality, she will rather die than seeking the limelight. Life has taught her the truth that one shall keep a low key in order to make a fortune. The question is, she has to push herself forward if she wants to lead Elly and Li Anping into the trap. For the moment, Lin Luoran can’t estimate the gains and losses clearly.“Don’t worry. They are just jealous of Liu’s. They won’t do anything.” Liu Zheng gently comforts Lin Luoran as
Just before Li Anping’s heart jumps out of his throat, Lin Luoran finally opens her mouth and makes an offer of 100 million yuan. Not to mention the gasps and screams of everyone else, Elly can’t accept this. “Do you even have 100 million? You are being so innocent by making this offer!” Lin Luoran has stayed still when Elly and others compete. When the price reaches 90 million and Fortune House almost have the trump card in hand. She suddenly makes an offer of 100 million yuan, which clearly shows that she is setting herself against Fortune House. Liu Zheng is about to speak up but Mu Tiannan who has been watching the fun says first, “Lady, you are being hilarious. Since she dares to offer 100 million, she definitely has the money in her pocket. Even though she doesn’t, I can lend it to her right now.”“You? Since you know poor Lin Luoran, you can’t be too rich. Why shall we believe you when there is no evidence?”
The huge stone now is like a delicious poisonous apple. It is a big question about whether she shall eat it or not.Elly is not an amateur. A raw stone of this size will contain jade unless her luck is particularly bad. Also, a black round stone has a high possibility of containing jade.Lastly, Fortune House is in urgent need of stone supply. The condition inside of the company is worse than the estimation of Liu Zheng and Wang Miao’e.Elly never takes off her sunglasses today because she doesn’t want anyone to see her eyes and know that something is wrong. Who can imagine that Miss. Elly, who is always proud, can’t sleep last night and comes here with black circles under her eyes?And who knows that every time Elly makes an offer, she is actually seized with anxiety?Why are all of you trying to oppose me? Elly clenches her fist and thinks resentfully. She completely forgets that she is the one who provokes everybody else in the first place.“15