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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officer in charge of the official

particular raw jadeite, it must already be pricey. As such, he would

warehouse, storing the raw jadeites. It was heavily guarded by eight soldiers in three shifts

man. They opened the gate of the

much better at that point. Gregory had even fetched

the sun. It had an area spanning tens of thousands of square feet wide. There was not a single window inside,

brought back with him that day, there were 244 pieces in

had a detailed registration card. Fabian interpreted and explained to both Oliver and Hailey while reading the information on

maximize the benefits and let

data. For example, if the initial price of an auctioned item was 100 thousand dollars, its final transaction would not go over a tenfold increase in price, which meant that it

buyers were not actual stone gambling players but middlemen who would trade the items later. Once they secured a bid, they would send the item

of each raw stone exceed their well-thought-out budget, they would never offer a higher price. The jade merchants knew that one could not be winning all the time at stone gambling. The more money a jade merchant was capable of making, the better the merchant would be at having self-control and not delving into stone gambling. They figured they would be

desire to bet would take over and turn them into addicted gamblers. As long as they

identified before being tagged with their base auction prices. The

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

would increase by about five to ten times, which was

was considered not that expensive back in Clusia. The prominent stone gambling players there were the crazy

the stones every step of the way as

materials were indeed better than the stones he had seen before. The possibility of finding a jade in the core seemed to increase by 80%

with a tenfold increase, and if the jade piece were to be identified to have a value equal to or lower than the estimated final price, he would totally not

or 20%, he would not buy them. In his opinion, the measly profit was not

of the value, he would

Oliver’s eyes lit up when the raw stone numbered

form was 110,000,000 years. It was unearthed 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

high-definition image of the