Rebirth 1990: The beginning is sweet and cool Bai Yueguang

Lu Huanian nodded slightly, looked at Zhou Qi, and said, "I don't know much about antiques, but I have some research on jade.

Since you are interested in jade and are Mr. Shang’s friend, if there is anything you don’t understand after you go to Dian City, I will give you some pointers for Mr. Shang’s sake.”

Zhou Qi didn't care much about gambling on stones, so he was not familiar with Lu Huanian's reputation.

Shang Baochang invited him for an obvious purpose, which was to put pressure on Zhou Qi. Although Lu Huanian put on a high profile, Zhou Qi felt that it had nothing to do with him.

The two sides shook hands, exchanged a few words briefly, and then stopped talking. Faced with such an arrogant attitude, Zhou Qi did not like it.

There was still some time before boarding, so Zhou Qi went to the restroom. As soon as he came out, he was stopped by Shang Zizhe and Lu Huanian's grandson Lu Ze.

Shang Zizhe said bluntly: "Tomorrow at the Diancheng public auction, I want to compete with you privately to see whose rough stone is more valuable.

The stakes are not high, 100,000 or 200,000 will do, but if you lose, you have to admit in front of Qianqian that you are not as good as me. What do you think, do you dare to accept the challenge?"

Zhou Qi found it funny. Doesn't this mean that he is sure that he will lose?

In Zhou Qi's view, Shang Zizhe was just a child, and even his father Shang Baochang didn't take him seriously, let alone him. Zhou Qi shook his head and prepared to bypass them and leave.

Lu Ze took a step forward and blocked Zhou Qi again, saying provocatively: "I heard that you are good at antiques and gambling on stones. I have learned from my grandfather for several years, and I want to compete with you.

The stakes are low. If you don't even have this much courage, aren't you too cowardly? Is it because of my grandfather's reputation that you think you can't win?"

This method of provoking was too childish, Zhou Qi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Seeing the two of them, he understood the whole story.

It is estimated that Shang Zizhe asked Lu Ze to compete with him. Although he did not dare to confront him head-on on the surface, he played this trick secretly.

Zhou Qi glanced at Shang Zizhe indifferently and said, "I'm not interested in children's tricks, and your stake is too small."

Too little?

Shang Zizhe sneered and asked, "How much do you want to bet?"

"One hundred million! Do you have that ability?" Zhou Qi asked back.

One hundred million?

Shang Zizhe's face changed instantly. All his money was given by his father, so how could he come up with 100 million?

He was filled with humiliation, but could not say a word when facing Zhou Qi. Zhou Qi smiled, walked around him and walked out.

Lu Ze did not stop Zhou Qi. When he saw him walk out of the bathroom, he looked at Shang Zizhe with disdain and said, "You are so timid, how dare you confront him? But this is none of my business..."

Shang Zizhe's face turned pale: "What do you mean?"

Lu Ze shrugged lightly: "Whether to gamble or not is a matter between you two. The 100,000 yuan has already gone into my pocket, and I won't give it back a cent."

Shang Zizhe looked at Zhou Qi's receding back and said with gritted teeth: "He can't run away..."

After getting on the plane, Shang Zizhe still refused to give up. He either spoke coldly to Zhou Qi or provoked him in a roundabout way, wanting to compete with him.

At first Du Qianqian ignored it, but gradually realized that Shang Zize was going too far.

"What does he want?" Du Qianqian asked.

Zhou Qi said calmly: "It's just a kid playing around, don't worry about it."

Du Qianqian smiled: "That's right, I'm your girlfriend, it's really inappropriate to use me as a bet. But, is the 100 million you mentioned true?"

"What do you think?" Zhou Qi asked back.

"I don't know if you have the ability to gamble on stones."

Du Qianqian said, "But you are always hiding things and never reveal your true colors until the very end. I didn't know you were so knowledgeable about antiques before. I guess you have done a lot of research on jade as well."

"You are wrong about this. I don't know much about jade." Zhou Qi replied.

Du Qianqian didn't quite believe it and thought Zhou Qi was just being modest.

Thinking back to the time when Du Bowen gave her the jade pendant, Zhou Qi recognized the authenticity at a glance. She said, "Regardless of whether you know jade or not, I really don't agree with Uncle Shang's behavior."

"I asked you for help before, and now you're asking someone else for help. Are you leaving a way out for yourself?" Du Qianqian continued.

Zhou Qi smiled slightly: "This matter has nothing to do with me. I didn't promise him anything. This is good. I can do my own thing more freely."

Du Qianqian nodded and said, "Indeed, there's always a fly buzzing next to my ear, which is really annoying."

Zhou Qi smiled, picked up the magazine and started reading, ignoring the provocation from Shang Zize next to him.

At around 7pm, the plane landed in Diancheng. Shang Baochang had already arranged a hotel for us, not far from the raw stone exhibition. It was already past 9pm when we checked in, and everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Shang Zizhe wanted to pester Du Qianqian, but he obviously didn't get a good response.

He watched Du Qianqian enter Zhou Qi's room and never come out again. Even a fool could see that this was not acting.

However, Shang Zizhe has long coveted Du Qianqian's beauty and figure, which makes him very motivated.

He cursed in his heart, even being a mistress doesn't bother him, how can he be inferior to her? He was very excited at the thought of surpassing Zhou Qi and having Du Qianqian.

Looking at the closed door, Shang Zizhe decided to change his strategy and target Du Qianqian directly instead of just Zhou Qi.

The next day, the rough stone exhibition opened and attracted a large crowd. To enter, you need to go through some formalities, such as collecting the auction number plate.

On the third day, a bidding format is adopted here. The raw stone you like needs to be bid up according to the reserve price, and the person with the highest bid will eventually win.

The procedure is very simple. You only need to show your ID card and pay a certain deposit to get the number plate. If you don’t win the bid, the deposit will be returned.

Seeing that Zhou Qi had also applied for a number plate, Shang Zizhe became excited. It seemed that Zhou Qi was ready to take action.

His goal was to compete with Zhou Qi. He was worried that Zhou Qi would not participate, but now his wish has come true.

"I thought you didn't dare. Now that you have the number plate, you have accepted the challenge."

Shang Zizhe looked at Zhou Qi provocatively, squeezed to the front of the line, and got a number plate for himself.

Du Qianqian glanced at him disdainfully, then looked into the distance, where there were a few small shops and rows of stalls. She asked Zhou Qi curiously, "What is that place over there?"

"That's a private sale." Zhou Qi explained.

A private market is a small market spontaneously organized by some jade merchants to take advantage of the popularity of raw stone exhibitions.

The main products sold here are low-end rough stones, and you can occasionally find treasures, but the probability is much lower than at a formal auction. Usually, private auctions attract tourists who don’t know much about the market.

At this time, the official auction has not yet started, but the private sale is already very lively.

Since they were free anyway, Du Qianqian suggested, "Why don't we go over there and take a look?"

Zhou Qi’s goal of this trip was very clear, which was to get that big stone. As for the other stones, they were just ordinary objects to him.