What's worse is that because he had previously announced that he would compete with Xing Fushen, he now even received a lot of contemptuous looks.

The staff pushing Zhou Qi's stone also seemed a little impatient, eager to complete the task and leave this place of trouble.

In order to maintain order, they had to ask for permission to make way for the other two stones.

Liu Zhaoqing sneered at Zhou Qi and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Do you want to admit defeat so soon?"

This sentence drew everyone's attention to Zhou Qi, as if he had arranged it on purpose.

Du Bowen warned with a cold look on his face: "I'm reminding you one last time, please be polite when you speak."

"I'm telling the truth, so what if you're not convinced?"

Liu Zhaoqing looked directly at Du Bowen:

"If you are really capable, then speak with facts. Otherwise, you'd better keep quiet. This way, perhaps I will consider your attitude acceptable and not embarrass you too much."

Du Bowen felt humiliated. He was a well-known figure in Nanyue and had never been treated like this before.

Zhou Qi reached out to stop his companion who wanted to argue, and said softly: "Don't argue, this kind of meaningless quarrel will only make us look more embarrassed."

Seeing this, Liu Zhaoqing was secretly happy, thinking that Zhou Qi was afraid of him.

He smiled smugly, nodded and said, "That's more like it. Since you know what's good for you, just go and cool off until I finish dealing with this stone."

After saying that, he waved his hand, signaling the staff to push the raw stone to the center of the venue, completely ignoring Zhou Qi and others standing aside.

Du Bowen's face turned pale, but he knew that with his status and position, he couldn't do anything inappropriate.

He glanced at the rough stone that Zhou Qi had bought earlier and sighed inwardly.

At this moment, he hoped that the stone could be cut into good material so that he could vent his anger.

But when he thought about how so many experts at the public auction avoided this stone, he felt even more depressed - there was not even anyone bidding, so it went without saying what that meant.

Just when the atmosphere was becoming a little depressing, Shang Baochang and Shang Zizhe came over with two rough stones they had selected.

Shang Baochang smiled and tried to smooth things over: "Lao Du, Mr. Zhou, there were too many people just now, and I couldn't find you. I didn't expect you to be here."

He obviously saw what had just happened, but deliberately slowed down and kept his distance.

Now that he saw Du Bowen's ugly expression, he understood a little bit.

"Mr. Zhou, why don't we cut our own stone first and forget about yours. I can help you find a buyer and I guarantee you won't suffer a loss."

Shang Baochang suggested, obviously not wanting Zhou Qi to embarrass himself in front of everyone.

However, Zhou Qi smiled and responded calmly: "Don't bother Mr. Shang. I want to try my luck with such good materials. If Mr. Shang is free, why not come and watch the fun together?"

Shang Baochang was a little embarrassed and replied, "Since Mr. Zhou is not in a hurry, why don't we start with these two? Maybe there will be a surprise."

Shang Zizhe continued, "I carefully selected these two pieces, so there must be no problem. Mr. Zhou's stone is placed at the end as the finale, so let's look forward to it together."

This sounds like he is trying to give face, but in fact he wants Zhou Qi to be the last to appear. If he fails, it will be even more embarrassing.

But Zhou Qi didn't care. He politely wished them good luck, but there was a sense of alienation in his words.

Finally, Shang Baochang and his son began to prepare to cut their stones, while Zhou Qi, Du Bowen and Du Qianqian stayed where they were, waiting quietly.

Du Bowen asked, "Xiao Zhou, how do you think we should cut our stones?"

Zhou Qi was already familiar with the process at hand. He directed his assistants to push the stones towards the cutting machine.

Just when everything was ready, Liu Zhaoqing suddenly interrupted and said, "You are such a blind man."

"Who do you think is cutting the stone now?"

Liu Zhaoqing continued, "There's a King Stone and a legendary Imperial Green over there. Do you dare to compete with your stone? You have no shame."

Hearing the words "imperial green", everyone present couldn't help but hold their breath. Everyone knew that this was the rough stone selected by Xing Zheshen, but they didn't expect that he chose it for the imperial green.

"Oh my God! If imperial green really comes out, it would be a shocking discovery!" someone exclaimed.

"But there is still the bidding stone."

Another person retorted: "I heard that it might be the Ice Type Fu Lu Shou. If it is true, even if only half of it is opened, it will be more precious and rare than the Imperial Green!"

Liu Zhaoqing's words immediately caused a lot of discussion around, but all the discussions revolved around two special stones.

As for the piece that Zhou Qi brought, it seemed to have become an abandoned child that no one cared about, not even qualified to be a supporting role.

Faced with such sarcasm, Zhou Qi just smiled slightly.

If Liu Zhaoqing's stone is really imperial green, then what is his?

It is said that there is only one piece of top-quality material in this auction. As for whether there is another piece, Zhou **li’s answer is: No!

Zhou Qi was not sure whether Xing Zheshen participated in the auction that year.

But he knew that the rough stone was bid by many people and finally bought by one person. If the imperial green appeared, it would not be silent.

Seeing this, Du Qianqian wanted to fight back, but was stopped by Zhou Qi.

"You guys cut it first, so you can see how Mr. Xing handles it," he said.

Liu Zhaoqing laughed: "Haha, good, you really should learn it, and treat it as a free course I give you. If you learn it well, maybe you can make more decent stones."

Zhou Qi chuckled, ignored him, and turned to walk towards Xing Zheshen.

Du Bowen and Du Qianqian looked at Liu Zhaoqing with dissatisfaction, and then followed him. They believed that the stone would be fine under the care of the staff.

Xing Zheshen was laying the wiring for the stone that won the bid, not the one for Liu Zhaoqing.

As a leader in the industry, Xing Zheshen is happy to share his insights, and the owners of the winning stones naturally hope to get his valuable advice.

Xing Fushen was quite interested in this rough stone and looked at it carefully and quietly.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on him. He frowned and thought for a moment, then sighed and said, "If you trust me, you might as well try cutting along this line."

Hearing this sigh, everyone's mood suddenly became heavy and their faces turned grim.

Apparently, Xing Fushen thought the stone was risky and therefore suggested a relatively conservative cutting plan.

After paying the money, the raw stone officially belongs to them, and it is too late to regret.

After a brief discussion, the ten decided to make the first cut according to Xing Fushen's suggestion.

The cut was made about three inches in the upper right corner, which was like opening a large window for such a large stone.

With a sharp cutting sound, ten minutes later, the blade finally penetrated the stone.

Everyone waited with bated breath - the fate of this top-quality rough stone worth 52 million depended on this one move.

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