Supernatural Insight Eyes-Chapter 70 - 0068 Gambling Stone

70: 0068 Gambling Stone

70: 0068 Gambling Stone

After a week of market grappling, eighty percent of projects in collaboration with Longjia were intercepted and fell into the hands of others.

Various enterprises that moved quickly were now tidying up their acquired markets, to prevent any instability.

Hengye Group ranked among the top three economic powerhouses in Zhongshan City, right behind Longjia Group.

But that was in the past, since they had just digested Longjia’s market, Hengye Group had reached a level almost parallel to Longjia’s, of course, it wasn’t stable yet, one could only say it appeared similar, but there were still slight differences in reality.

As a director of Hengye Group, Wang Jiahao was younger than Shen Tianlong, looking just over fifty years old.

Wang Jiahao was genial, always presenting the image of a benevolent elder, even the staff beneath him expressed admiration for this company president.

Wang Jiahao handled himself with a spring-like ease.

In this takeover battle for Longjia’s market, it could be said he caught everyone’s attention, nobody expected Wang Jiahao to employ such sharp tactics, quickly gaining the upper hand and outstripping all others—otherwise, his gains wouldn’t have been the greatest.

That incident once again changed everyone’s perception of Wang Jiahao; they thought he was gentle like the spring rain, but once he got serious, he could turn into a violent storm.

Wang Kun was different from his father.

He was relatively famous throughout the company, albeit not for good reasons, yet the employees still had to greet him with a smile whenever they saw him.

Relief washed over numerous female employees when they saw Wang Kun enter Wang Jiahao’s office.

Luckily, this son of the boss wasn’t there for them.

Privately, Wang Kun was called a playboy, changing girlfriends more frequently than his clothes.

Initially, when people didn’t understand him, some female employees, upon learning he was the chairman’s son, even took the initiative to flirt with him, only to be dumped within two days, followed by three similar incidents.

After that, the company’s female employees dared not continue to flirt for fear of being played by Wang Kun and harshly dumped, with nothing more than a settlement fee to show for it.

Wang Kun left Wang Jiahao’s office with a darker expression and was in a bad mood.

Just because he had just been scolded by his father.

He had revealed his interest in pursuing Shangguan Hong and even bragged about teaching Ye Qiu a lesson, but he didn’t expect to be chastised by his father.

Wang Jiahao was very serious, sternly warning him that he couldn’t make a move without his permission.

Wang Jiahao had explained that a major part of the reason Longjia Group had gotten to where it was today was because of Ye Qiu.

Naturally, Wang Kun didn’t believe Ye Qiu had that much influence.

From the moment he met Ye Qiu, he disliked the guy, so hearing his father value Ye Qiu made him disdainful and even more resentful.

Storming out of the office, Wang Kun wasn’t in the mood to notice the company’s beauties; his mind was filled only with Shangguan Hong, and aside from her, Wang Kun had no interest in other women.

Soon, Wang Kun gathered a group of wealthy playboys, and they all drove their luxurious cars to the city’s top entertainment venue.

He was intent on having a good drink today—to get thoroughly drunk.

Many wealthy playboys flattered Wang Kun as they squeezed out smiles, incessantly belittling Ye Qiu and devising strategies to snatch Shangguan Hong away.

“What about Huo Qian?”

“Young Master Kun, the brothers didn’t invite him.

That day Huo Qian confronted you, so we’ve decided to expel him from our group of princelings starting today,” one of the playboys said.

Hearing this, Wang Kun felt much better.

Just thinking about Huo Qian’s confrontation that day infuriated him.

“Hmph, to fall out with me over a Ye Qiu, Huo Qian, I’ll make you understand how wrong your choice was,” Wang Kun harshly downed a gulp of beer, his eyes flashing fiercely; he then shifted his expression, wrapped an arm around a hostess, and continued his wild drinking.

…

Ye Zi quietly departed, amidst the upheaval at Longjia and numerous enterprises vying for the market, Zhongshan City was indeed bustling recently.

Whether Longjia Group swallowed Longjia’s market or not, Ye Qiu didn’t care; he was just saddened by Ye Zi’s departure.

Her leaving without saying goodbye reminded him painfully of when he himself had left her years ago.

Ye Qiu’s emotions were somewhat unstable, he quickly recognized the shift in his mindset, and was alert to correct it immediately.

Ye Qiu left a few words of caution, advising Shen Mengchen not to go out recklessly and then he left the mansion himself.

He wanted to go out for a walk, change his mood, and dilute the sadness brought about by Ye Zi’s disappearance.

Ye Qiu wandered aimlessly on the streets, and before long, he found himself in an antique market without any clear purpose.

Ye Qiu’s gaze was attracted by weird and unusual items, finding the things before him quite interesting.

What he found most amusing was watching a buyer and a seller, unable to agree on a price, haggling back and forth.

Ye Qiu even took a special look at the antique, which wasn’t genuine, but seeing the buyer walk away with it at his psychological price, and the smug look on his face, Ye Qiu couldn’t help but smile.

This place really is interesting.

The ground was littered with antiques, whether they were high imitations or genuine items, everyone who came here had to touch whatever object they saw.

After passing a few stalls, Ye Qiu was quickly drawn to a crowd that was gathering around.

He squeezed through.

It was a small stall with a sign standing above it, and various stones laid out beneath.

Stone gambling!

With one glance, Ye Qiu understood what kind of business this was—it turned out to be the highly speculative stone gambling.

Currently, stone gambling was underway, and a person was bent over selecting stones, Ye Qiu observed the calm seller, and then looked again at the youth getting ready to gamble on stones.

Oh…

Ye Qiu suddenly recognized that the youth selecting stones was none other than Huo Qian; he was surprised to see him here.

Ye Qiu didn’t call out to him but watched as Huo Qian paid a thousand yuan, then started having someone cut the stone.

Whir whir…

The stone was quickly ground down to a corner, then deeper and deeper, a sigh emanated from the crowd, Huo Qian’s eyes showed a moment of disappointment, then he smiled again.

The gamble on stones, he had failed again!

Huo Qian liked this stuff, just as he liked racing, so he came here every morning to stroll around and casually buy a stone to play with.

As Huo Qian was preparing to leave, he suddenly paused.

“Boss, this stone, I’ll take it,” Huo Qian stared blankly as Ye Qiu picked up a stone and smiled at him.

“Sure thing, that one’s cheap, one hundred yuan.” The boss laughed, watching Ye Qiu pick a stone from a pile of discarded rocks, he couldn’t help but smirk inwardly—someone actually picked from there?

Those were leftover rejects he had meant to throw away but always forgot.

“Ye Qiu, what are you doing here?”

“Heh, aren’t you here too?

How do you like this stone?” Ye Qiu asked, smiling.

Huo Qian took a look and asked, “Do you play stone gambling?”

Ye Qiu shook his head.

Huo Qian had already seen that the stone Ye Qiu had picked showed no signs of greening; it was completely a waste stone, not even worth a yuan.

“Boss, when cutting, cut from both sides, take off five centimeters, and leave the middle untouched,” Ye Qiu said calmly.

Huo Qian watched Ye Qiu’s confident appearance, wanting to laugh but not managing to, his gaze followed Ye Qiu’s instructions towards the stone that had been deemed useless.

Someone was going to cut a waste stone, everyone widened their eyes, and some even watched with a bored attitude, curious to see which fool was cutting a waste stone.

However, very soon, after the first cut was made, everyone who was waiting to see a joke, the second cut suddenly fell, and a flash of green abruptly appeared before everyone’s eyes, those who were ready to burst into laughter suddenly held it back.

It had turned green!