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After the exhibition, the trade fair finally arrived as scheduled, and Wendell arrived at the gate of the fair with a carry-on satchel containing all the funds.

The trade fair and the exhibition were not held in the same place. The exhibition was held in the exhibition centre of Granola City, which was built like a palace, leaving an extremely deep impression on Wendell.

However, the trade fair was different because all the stones were jadeite stones, some of which weighed several tons, so it would be inappropriate to hold them in the exhibition centre. Therefore, the fair was held in a factory warehouse compound in a suburb not too far from the university town.

Of course, a three-metre-high fence had been temporarily built around the warehouse, and there were a number of security forces, so it was considered safe. In fact, everyone knew that, apart from those raw stones that were too small in size, the vast majority of them weighed no less and it was too difficult to steal them away.

Even so, Wendell was still unable to find the location of the trade fair in time, after all, it was already considered a suburb, so Wendell could only take a taxi directly there.

When he arrived outside that factory warehouse, it was around nine o'clock in the morning. At this time, there were already many people at the fair looking back and forth at the raw stones that were placed in the courtyard.

Many of these people were together in s and threes, and many of them even had magnifying gla_ses in their hands, as if they were trying to look at the raw stones carefully.

In fact, the so-called raw stone fair is a huge gamble, or what people in the industry call gambling on the stones.

If a stone shows some of its features, you may be able to gamble on it, but for those that don't show any signs, just a big stone, it's really a gamble to buy.

It is said that up to now, there is no instrument that can detect whether there is jadeite in the stone or not, therefore, it is obviously not too safe to rely on eyesight and experience alone, but also rely on a certain amount of luck, which is no different from gambling.

The first time he attended such a fair, Wendell looked inevitably a little excited. Anyone who could possess the penetrating eye to see through stones and encounter such opportunities could not remain completely calm.

However, Wendell was as calm as ever on the surface, wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt, jeans, a pair of casual leather shoes under his feet, a sports watch on his wrist and a satchel on his body, at first glance, he looked like a no more ordinary student, inconspicuous in this bustling crowd.

This is exactly the effect that Wendell wanted, he did not want people to notice him, at least, not to notice his unusual behavior, otherwise, it might lead to some trouble.

In order to avoid letting others see that he was an amateur, Wendell looked at the courtyard almost full of raw stones and did not rush up to check them out, but quietly paid attention to the movements of the others.

Wendell noticed that there were many boss-like people in the courtyard, all with a few henchmen, leisurely checking out the raw stones. Pemost of the time, it was one or of the slightly older men under them who first looked around the jadeite rough stones to check the general condition.

If they come across a stone that might produce jadeite, they will use a magnifying gla_s to take a closer look before negotiating a price with the owner selling the original stone.

After watching several people do this in succession, it dawned on Wendell that these people responsible for looking at the raw stones should be experts hired by those owners, or people who were more experienced in this area, so that the raw stones bought in this way would have a higher chance of producing jadeite.

According to Wendell's understanding, if the original stone bought produced jadeite and was worth more than the price of the original stone, it meant that it was gambled up, and vice versa, it was gambled down.

These bosses obviously did not want to gamble themselves into collapse, so they brought in these experienced people.

Seeing this, Wendell couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately he didn't wait to see the original stones, otherwise, others would have seen at a glance that he was an amateur, and then in terms of price, it wouldn't be so great.

The first time he came in, he remembered that there seemed to be someone selling magnifying gla_ses at the entrance, and even if he was pretending, he had to act like it, so that at least when it came time to bargain, he could say something.

However, when Wendell bought the magnifying gla_s and just returned to the entrance, he suddenly noticed a fat figure slamming right into him, Wendell reacted keenly and took a step back fiercely long next to him, dodging.

"Bang!"

The obese figure stumbled and swayed a few times before stabilising itself.

"Honey, are you all right?" A voice so whispery that it gave people goosebumps suddenly rang out from the side, followed by a woman with a full head of red hair who quickly walked over and held the obese figure.

Wendell was stunned, these people, weren't they Louisiana's sister and brother-in-law?

He immediately turned his gaze to the side, just in time to see Louisiana, who also looked stunned.

"It's really…… unjust!" These words popped up in Wendell's mind as he gave Louisiana a faint glance as if he was looking at a stranger, and then walked towards the courtyard.

"Kid, stop right there!" Louisiana's brother-in-law shouted angrily and took a few steps to Wendell, blocking his way.

Wendell's eyebrows instantly furrowed as he immediately smelled a puffy smell of alcohol; clearly, this man seemed to be hungover.

"Kid, why didn't you hold me up just now? D_mn it, if I fall down, you'll be responsible!" Louisiana's fat-headed brother-in-law cursed.

Wendell's face sank: "You try cursing again?

Nowadays, Wendell had already had an extraordinary aura, and when he sank his face, a majesty was immediately revealed, causing the man to be stunned and look at Wendell for a long time, but he didn't dare to say half a word.

"Taranmph!"

Wendell coldly snorted, gave the man a disgusted look and turned to leave.

"D_mn it!"

It was only until Wendell walked away that Louisiana's brother-in-law sort of reacted, and he felt a pang of shame at the thought that he had been intimidated by a look from Wendell.

"D_mned brat, if you dare to mess with me Selen Billy, you're dead!" The fat-headed man, Selen Billy, became furious with shame and anger and couldn't help but curse.

"Honey, that man just now seems a bit familiar, have we seen him somewhere before?" Louisiana's sister asked suspiciously.

"Sister, brother-in-law, that man just now was Wendell!" Louisiana spoke up.

"What?!"

Louisiana's sister immediately shouted, "That's that poor kid? He dares to speak to your brother-in-law like that?"

"I can't spare him!" Selen Billy snorted angrily.

In Louisiana's eyes, however, a look of deep thought appeared, the kind of aura Wendell had just displayed was really impressive!

However, in the blink of an eye, Louisiana shook her head disdainfully, so what if the mumentum is strong, it can't be a meal, money is the most important thing.

Just like herself, because her brother-in-law was rich, she didn't even have to participate in military training, while the other students were still suffering from training!

Louisiana was so proud of herself, but at the same time she was also baffled, how could Wendell appear here? According to reason, he should also be in military training now, right?

Without thinking much, Louisiana followed her sister and brother-in-law into the trade fair.

What happened just now didn't affect Wendell much, at this mument, he was holding a magnifying gla_s in his hand, looking carefully at a raw stone, while in fact, his gaze had already seen through the magnifying gla_s and the outer skin of the stone, and saw the inside.

Wendell shook his head slightly in his heart, inside this stone, it was just a green mist like stuff, obviously the stone was dug out too early, the jadeite had not yet formed inside.

Wendell also did not move, and looked at the other raw stones again.

There were hundreds of stalls like the one Wendell was looking at now, in the whole factory warehouse compound, and the scope of the compound was enormous, so it was impossible for Wendell to look at them one by one, he just let his intelligent brain activate the bio-current and came to a stall, first sweeping through it with a glance, and only when there was a stone worth noting would he take a few serious looks at it.

"Boss, how do you sell this raw stone?" Wendell pointed to a piece of raw stone in front of him that was half a man's height. There was a thin layer of green mist on the outside of this piece of raw stone, and it looked to be of great quality, but Wendell knew that there was actually nothing inside. In fact, what he was looking at was the one next to it, which was the size of a millstone.

Although he had never done business before, Wendell knew that the more he looked at a piece of raw stone, the more he must not reveal any hint of it, otherwise the boss would be asking for a lot!

The boss was a man in his forties and dressed in a very ordinary way. He took one look at Wendell and immediately frowned and said, "Lancettle brother, you're still a student, right? This piece of raw stone is not cheap, you……"

Wendell naturally understand what he meant, he was worried that he couldn't afford it.

"The boss always has to say a price first!" Wendell smiled and said: Seven hundred thousand!" When the boss saw that Wendell was undeterred, he couldn't help but shake his head slightly and said with a smile.

Wendell was speechless, the money he had with him was not even a tenth of this price.

"I indeed can't afford it!" Wendell hung his head somewhat, and somewhat undeterred, pointed to the smaller raw stone next to him, "What about this one?"

"1 hundred and thirty thousand!" The boss was a little impatient, in his eyes, Wendell definitely could not afford it.

"Boss, this is too expensive, isn't it? That original stone just now came out green, so it's not too much for you to ask for 700, 000, but this one, it's nothing, it's too much of a gamble, and you want 130, 000?" Wendell argued at once.

"I say, little brother, are you going to buy it or not, don't make trouble if you don't buy it, okay?" The boss didn't even bother to argue with Wendell.

Wendell was just about to speak when he heard a voice next to him suddenly ring out, "Boss, this is just a poor boy, usually his family still lives on selling vegetables, how can he possibly afford it!"

Wendell's brow furrowed and without turning around, he knew who the speaker was.

Louisiana's brother-in-law, Selen Billy, walked over with a slightly shaky look of disdain.

To be continued....