"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
"You!!!"Marvin and Mister Negus were anguished. Especially Marvin. Just as Leon suspected, he was the one who curated this.Since Marvin's family blocked the Summers from getting supplies from the central region, Shally's business dropped tremendously. With this opportunity, the Nortons wanted to go all out and destroy their biggest competitor in the market.Unfortunately, things did not go their way.A few days ago, Shally used all means and discovered another new supply chain and business from the Northern region to save her family business.Because of that, the Nortons' plan failed. Thus, Marvin came out with a new strategy. A drastic measure that would surely prevent Shally from saving her business.For most Jadeite's companies, there were two important factors. The supply of jadeite and capital funding.Mister Negus came to sell a top-quality jadeite to Shally under Marvin's order. Then Marvin would arrive and raise the price to make Shally buy the jadeite at an outrageous
"Hm, you got a point there. Mister Wolf, I believe this is a real Mystical Dragon Jade. I don't see the reason why Mister Negus needs to work with Marvin to set me up. Is there a mix-up?" Shally asked.Mister Negus successfully convinced Shally.It was true that the Mystical Dragon Jade was a very rare top-quality jadeite. Such a rare top-quality jadeite would bring much fame and name to any jadeite companies in the market.If Marvin was working with Mister Negus, Marvin just needed to announce to the market that he had such rare jadeite and continued to stop Shally from getting any jade supplies. That was enough to destroy Shally and her business. The Nortons would have their victory.It just did not make sense why Marvin would conspire with Mister Negus to sell the Mystical Dragon Jade to her.Thus, in her opinion, the possibility of them conspiring together was little to none. Most probably, Leon was the wrong one."No. I'm not wrong. Miss Summers, if this is a real Mystical D
"That's not necessarily true! People can make mistakes. It has been decades since anyone saw a real Mystical Dragon Jade. I believe neither of the three appraisers has seen one before. I won't be surprised that they made a mistake," Leon made his statement."He's right. Neither of us can guarantee that this is a real Mystical Dragon Jade as we are only analyzing it based on our knowledge." One of the appraisers took a stance.Among the three, only Mister Zimmerman saw the Mystical Dragon Jade when he was young. The other two had never seen one before. They determined that it was a Mystical Dragon Jade based on their experiences and the characteristics of the jadeite.Therefore, neither of them dared to give their guarantee that Mister Negus's jadeite was a real Mystical Dragon Jade."Mister Negus, is it? I'm sure you heard it very clearly. Since you insisted that I'm making a false accusation, do you dare to let me inspect your jadeite again?" Leon asked calmly."What is there to