I Want a Divorce by Abigail Quinn

Chapter 35

Gregory came back just after dusk, and he also brought back seven pieces of top-notch-looking raw stones.

The official auction would auction were usually raw jadeites with an outer surface reaching a certain quality level while those with rather rough looks would be directly sold off in the offline channels at corresponding prices.

In order to better attend to Oliver and Hailey, Gregory bought a sumptuous feast back from one of the best restaurants in the city to treat them. Just like that, he shared a meal with Oliver, Hailey, and Fabian.

After finishing the food, Gregory served coffee. He seemed to underst

meals.

that Clusians had the habit of drinking coffee after

Indeed, there was no safety hazard in the barracks. Oliver was elated, for he had had a good time practicing shooting during the day.

Fabian told Oliver and Hailey a lot about Mancherniuses, such as Gregory’s name.

Mancherniuses did not have a surname but only first names.

Their names were preceded by various respectful names or titles to indicate social or official ranks.

Gregory was a commander, so his seniors and peers addressed him by his first name. In the army setting, however, the soldiers addressed him as Commander Gregory.

Therefore, he had only the name “Gregory” while the word commander was nothing more than his military rank. After Oliver enjoyed some coffee, he expressed his gratitude toward Gregory. “Gregory, thanks for the hospitality. I’m also very grateful that we were able to practice shooting today. In addition, since you’ve returned, could we take a look at the raw stones that would be auctioned at the official auction first? Could you sell me the stone I’m interested in in advance?”

Fabian translated his words to Gregory on the spot. The latter pondered for a while before answering, “It seemed that there won’t be a problem. You could make your choice first, and should you want to buy any of them, I’ll present you with two -options. First, I contact my boss, and you offer a slightly higher price than the selling price placed at the official auction.

That slightly higher price was actually to bribe my boss. Second, you participate in the auction held at the official auction, and I secretly pass down a message to each buyer to prevent them from bidding for the raw stone you want.”

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Gregory was the top military officer in charge of the official auctions, those buyers would show him reverence and

As long as he had his eye on a particular raw jadeite, it must already be pricey. As such, he would not

the warehouse, storing the raw jadeites. It was heavily guarded by eight

the soldiers quickly became high-spirited and saluted the man. They opened the gate

sprained ankle had gotten much better at that point. Gregory had even fetched

tens of thousands of square feet wide. There

at the official auction in a few days. Adding in those Gregory had brought back with him that day, there were 244

interpreted and explained to both Oliver and

to maximize the benefits and

with certain statistical data. For example, if the initial price of an auctioned item was 100 thousand dollars, its final transaction would

were not actual stone gambling players but middlemen who would trade the items later. Once they secured a bid, they would send the item back to Clusia for a second auction. What

The more money a jade

and turn them into addicted gamblers. As long as they indulge themselves in gambling, no matter how much fortune

with their base auction prices. The lowest among them was 20 million Manchernius dollars while the highest was 150 million

auction was actually a fraud. Initially, the price posted by the official auction was already almost 70% of the base value of

ten times, which was five to ten times. higher than the typical market

course, that was only the price in Manchernius. It was considered not that

carefully looked at the stones every step of the way as he listened

old mine materials were indeed better than the stones he had seen before. The possibility of finding a jade in the core seemed

final price with a tenfold increase, and if the jade piece were to be identified

some that could bring him a profit of 10% or 20%, he would

was more than 50% of the value, he

up when the raw stone

on December 1st, 2020, weighing 215 pounds in total; the weight of the jade in its inner core was 46 pounds. Two-thirds of the jade core was slightly cracked with a transparency index of

high-definition image of the