"Hello, Miss Summers," Mister Negus greeted politely. "Mister Negus, nice to meet you." Shally smiled. As the person in charge of the store, Shally knew quite a lot about the industry and Mister Negus was a rather famous merchant. Though the two never worked together before, both Shally and Lucian heard about Mister Negus. "Miss Summers, I came because there's an excellent piece of jadeite that I wish to sell to you. Will you be willing to buy it?" Mister Negus cut to the chase. "Mister Negus, where is this jadeite? Please let me have a look," Shally said. "Sure," Mister Negus said and waved his hand at one of the guards, who placed a beautiful box on the table before Shally and the others. As the box opened, a clear piece of jadeite was revealed. It looked to be weighing two to three thousand grams with not a single hint of impurity inside. "It's magnificent indeed. This has to be clear jadeite or even better!"Shally immediately identified that this was a clear jadei
"Who would've thought that this is a Dragon Jade?" Snapping out of it, Leon fired up his spiritual energy to sense the energy within it but was slightly taken aback. Though the spiritual energy within the jadeite was pure, it felt similar to the green jadeite he purchased in the western region. When compared to the imperial green and purple jadeites he obtained from rock gambling, this Dragon Jade would fall short. "That's strange. What's going on?" Leon was slightly confused. He thought that Dragon Jade was of higher quality than imperial green and purple jadeites, so the spiritual energy within it should be higher. Yet, this jadeite before him did not contain purer energy than imperial green and purple jadeites. Leon was baffled, but he never saw a Dragon Jade before and did not know much about it. Hence, he assumed this was just an ordinary Dragon Jade and thus to disappointing quality of its energy. This seemed to be the only possible explanation. "Mister Negus, are y
"Miss, after our inspection, we find this piece of jade to be clear with defined textured. There isn't a single trace of impurity in it. It glows and is cold to the touch, which matches with the characteristics of a Dragon Jade. The three of us have concluded that this is likely a rare piece of Dragon Jade. However, it is just an ordinary Dragon Jade and not a high-quality one within its class," 赵大师 said. "So it is a Dragon Jade. That's wonderful!" Shally was overjoyed and revealed a big smile. In the past months, the Summers' competitors, the Nortons, targeted them cutting off their resources in the central region. This led to the decline in the Summers' business. Thankfully, Mister Negus came with a rare Dragon Jade and intended to sell it to them. With this as the centerpiece of the store, it would make Treasure Hunt famous and the Summers would benefit from it. Apart from that, she went to the northern region and found a new source of supply. With a new supply line an
"You don't need it? That's great!" Shally was relieved and turned back to Mister Negus. "Mister Negus, we are willing to take this Dragon Jade. Name your price.""Well, let's say 215 million," Mister Negus said thoughtfully. "215 million? That's not cheap!" Leon was slightly taken aback. Though he did not know much about the industry, he once obtained a large imperial purple jadeite when he was in the southern region. At the time, a few merchants tried to purchase it and even offered a price of 172 million. However, he needed the jadeite for his circle and did not sell it. The Dragon Jade before him was much smaller than the imperial purple jadeite he obtained and was about one-third of its size. Yet, Mister Negus demanded to charge 215 million, making it far more expensive than the imperial purple jadeite. "Mister Negus, don't you think that's too high a price? It's at least two to three times the price of imperial green or purple jadeites of the same size." Shally frow
"Hang on! I'll take that Dragon Jade!" Someone shouted. A young man in his late twenties strode into the store with two guards. "Marvin Norton. It's you!" Both Shally and Lucian were shocked. The man before them was none other than the eldest son of their competitors, Marvin Norton. "What are you doing in our store, Marvin? You are not welcome here!" Shally snapped out of it and her expression darkened.Not only were the Nortons the Summers' biggest competitors, but they were also bullying the Summers ever since Shally's parents and brother were killed. In recent months, the Nortons' actions escalated and they even cut off the resources to the Summers, which led to great financial losses. Given the relationship between the Nortons and the Summers, there was no way she would treat Marvin with respect. "Ha!" Marvin sneered in contempt and ignored her. He approached with his guards and glanced at the Dragon Jade, before turning to Mister Negus. "Mister Negus, I heard yo
Many customers were alerted by the commotion following Marvin's appearance. They all gathered around curiously in the hope of seeing what was happening. "Mister Negus, I heard that you intend to sell this Dragon Jade to Treasure Hunt at the price of 215 million. How about this? I'll offer you 258 million. Sell it to the Nortons. What do you think?" Marvin did not bother arguing with Shally and offered Mister Negus a higher price. "258 million? Alright, Mister Norton. You said it. So long as you pay me 258 million, I'll sell the Dragon Jade to you!" Mister Negus agreed excitedly. "What? Mister Negus, that's unacceptable. You've already agreed to sell this Dragon Jade to us. How can you go back on your words and sell it to Marvin instead?" Shally protested with a dark expression. "Miss Summers, I'm sorry. Our agreement was just verbal and we haven't started dealing. Mister Norton is now willing to pay 258 million and it's a much higher price than what you offer. It's only norma
"Yeah, I know," Shally said with a dark look on her face. She also knew how important the Dragon Jade was to the Summers and that she could not let the Nortons have it. Otherwise, the Summers' business would face a crisis or even a downfall. This was not a consequence she was willing to face. With determination in her eyes, she made her choice. "Marvin, since you are determined to cause trouble and want to make this into a bidding war, I will compete with you to the very end. I'll pay 287 million.""What, you want to compete with me? Sure, I'll play along. I'll pay 320 million!" Marvin sneered. Gritting her teeth, Shally raised the price again. "340 million!""360 million!" Marvin said without hesitation. "Why you!" Shally paled. Though the Summers' total worth was over billions, most were in the form of real estate, and with all the stores running under their names, she only had a cash flow of 430 million. Now that Marvin raised the price to 360 million, it was a p
"Thank you for the heads up, Mister Wolf. I know 386 million dollars is overpriced but the Mystical Dragon Jade is too important for the shop. I must go all out to secure it," Shally sighed and looked helpless."I don't think that's the case. Can't you tell, Miss Summers? This whole thing could be just a scam. If you buy the jade, you're jumping into a trap," Leon said seriously."What do you mean?"It felt like a bomb went off in the room blasting everyone including Shally and Lucian. The look on Mister Negus and Marvin changed dramatically and a sense of panic could be seen from their eyes.All of these changes happened swiftly but Leon was observing them secretly and saw their reaction. The abnormal reaction confirmed Leon's suspicion."Mister Wolf, are you saying this is a scam? I don't get it," Shally asked immediately once she gathered herself."It's easy. Think about it. Mister Negus was just here selling top-quality jadeite. Then Mister Norton came in immediately and rais