Chapter 133 - 132: Sector 2

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Chapter 133: Chapter 132: Sector 2 "Lin Tian, you don’t know the dueling rules of Zhonghai City? And yet you dared to just accept their challenge; you are really bold." Ou Mengmeng looked at Lin Tian as if he was an alien, utterly astonished. What does that mean? It’s just a duel, what’s there to be afraid of? Lin Tian said with great confidence and dominance, "Who cares what the damn rules are, a death game with a revolver shootout? Or like Medieval European nobility fencing with swords? Or just bare-handed? Whether it’s a battle of wits or a battle of strength, I’ll flatten everything!" "Uh, that won’t be necessary, but the danger is still great. Can you drive?" Ou Mengmeng asked helplessly in the face of Lin Tian’s recklessness. "I can drive; I’m a bodyguard, how can I be a bodyguard if I can’t drive?" Lin Tian asked, perplexed. Everyone rolled their eyes at his comment. To be a bodyguard and yet so high-profile and arrogant was quite rare indeed. Ou Mengmeng nodded and said, "Good that you can drive. Tonight, Zhou Botong and I will come to find you. Anyway, you’ll know what’s going on when the time comes." "Enough talking," Wan Gaoyuan interrupted their conversation, laughing, "We can’t get involved in young people’s affairs, but we still need to eat, right? We were just getting into our meal." After speaking, he turned to the female manager and said, "Manager Zhao, could you please arrange another private room for us?" "Certainly, please wait a moment." She made a phone call, issuing a few instructions, then hung up and said, "As a gesture of our apology, drinks for this meal will be complimentary. We hope you enjoy your dining experience." The cost of the drinks was a trivial amount for Miss or Wan Gaoyuan, and Manager Zhao was aware of this fact. Nevertheless, it was a measure the restaurant took to pacify its patrons, and it was an essential gesture. As Xiao Yu and her brother were about to leave, Lin Tian handed the check to Yu Hai, suggesting, "If the two of you feel it’s not working out here, why not leave Zhonghai City? Maybe going back to your hometown is an option?" "Brother Lin, it’s always been you standing up for me. We can’t take this money." Xiao Yu held her brother back, preventing him from taking the check, and Yu Hai didn’t make any move to accept it either. "Yu Hai, take it. This money can improve a lot for you and allow you to lead a better life. Do you really want your sister to experience what happened today again?" Lin Tian knew how much he cherished his sister, presenting him a reason he couldn’t refuse, and after all, it was money they rightfully deserved. Yu Hai looked at Xiao Yu affectionately and solemnly took the check. As they were leaving, Xiao Yu looked back at Lin Tian several times, her thoughts an enigma. "Kid, seems like you’re beset by romantic troubles this year, haha!" Song Yanan suddenly laughed and teased. "Sister Song, what troubles? Pretty women are meant to be as beautiful as flowers, and I’m just meant to be handsome and dashing. It’s only natural for single men and women to attract each other, right?" Lin Tian shamelessly retorted, drawing collective contempt from everyone. As the group of eight joked and laughed, they resumed their lunch. After finishing the meal, they each went back to their respective hotels to rest and recharge, waiting for the opening of Area 2 in the afternoon. As for the precious jade, Miss entrusted them to Wan Gaoyuan for shipping, as it wasn’t practical to carry around a large password box for several days. At two o’clock in the afternoon, Lin Tian and three others drove back to the Jade Trading Center. The crowd in Area 1 hadn’t diminished but seemed to have grown. Lin Tian paid it no mind and headed straight to Area 2. To prevent crowding, there were four entrances to Area 2, and one could enter simply by showing an invitation. Only after entering did Lin Tian realize that Area 2 was quite different from Area 1. There were no Jade Merchants with stalls in Area 2; it contained only raw jade. Puzzled, Lin Tian asked, "Miss, why aren’t there any stall owners here?" "Area 2 employs a different method of trading; they use sealed bids..." Miss explained in detail. Participants needed to get a very important "Identity Proof" card before entering the venue, which contained all of one’s identity information, including name and identity card number. This card had a number, which was one’s bidding identity number. Each piece of rough stone in the venue had a number and a reserve price, and bidding was done through sealed bids. The so-called sealed bid means that if someone fancies a piece of rough, they remember its number and then write the rough’s number and their price on a slip of paper, along with their bidding identity number, and cast the paper into a bidding box. Since multiple people will bid for the same rough, but without knowing each other’s bid amount, it becomes a test of one’s judgement and intellect. You must assess the approximate value of the rough by sight and then analyze what the psychological price point of others might be. You have to bid higher than everyone else to get the jade rough, but you can’t bid too high, as excessive bids leave little profit margin. So gauging this tricky relation and crafting a sound strategy indeed requires a good deal of strategic thinking. Once the bidding time is over, the organizers tally the bids and select the highest bidder to complete the transaction. Since bidders have paid a deposit in advance, if the winner reneges and refuses the piece, the deposit is forfeited and they get blacklisted by the organizers, blocking future invitations from being sent to them. "Lin Tian, this is your identity card. Look around and choose. I’ve budgeted three billion RMB for this time. We’re using RMB to bid domestically," Miss had already arranged all these details and she handed a beautifully crafted gold card to Lin Tian from her bag. The card was golden and finely made, with the bidding number probably being the identity number. Lin Tian looked at it and said, "Miss, do we need three billion in funds? We didn’t spend much earlier." "The bidding competition is fierce, especially for the quality roughs. Bids in the tens of millions are not unusual," Miss replied. Now understanding the situation, Lin Tian turned his attention to the jade roughs. The roughs here were arranged much more neatly, and beside each piece, there was a tag with the number and reserve price written on it. "Holy cow, they call this a reserve price? That’s outrageous, labeled three million!" Lin Tian squatted down to inspect a piece of rough and couldn’t help exclaiming when he saw the price tag. The difference from Area 1 was vast; most of the roughs outside were in the hundreds to ten thousand price range, with fewer in the hundred thousand to million range, and those valued over a million were even rarer often marked up by shop owners to deceive novices. "So you see, three billion is not much, and if necessary, we might need to mobilize even more funds," Miss said with an expression that seemed to say now you get it. "Sister, I don’t see anything special here; they look the same as the ones outside. Isn’t it just a stone?" Xiao Manxuan touched it and made a naive remark as the layman she was. This three-million-reserve price rough had a window opened on it, revealing a Type-B ice-jade interior, but no one knew how extensive the jade was inside. Besides, the final bidding price will certainly not stop at three million, and might even double. With an x-ray vision assessment, Lin Tian shook his head. The Type-B ice-jade flesh was minuscule, and the rest was the low-valued dry green type. If the bidding reached six or seven million, it would be a significant loss. Follow current novels on freewe(b)novel.c(o)m

Chapter 133 - 132: Sector 2

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