The Man In Rage novel Chapter 295

Zhou Sheng seemed to be angry and was about to just turn and leave, when Han Dong-Min hurriedly held him back.

After all, if Master Liu became so excited, then the jadeite in Zhou Sheng's hands must be of incredible value.

If he could get a really good piece this time, then he would recoup everything that he had paid before this, and he could even complete his mission to buy jade without using up all the budget the city office had given to him.

With that in mind, there was no way Han Dong-Min was letting Zhou Sheng leave.

"That's right, Mr Zhou. Why be so angry? It was just a misunderstanding earlier. Besides, Mayor Han has never doubted your sincerity from the beginning, so why are you upset with him?" Han Dong-Min's assistant, Meng Guang, also stood up and persuaded Zhou Sheng.

After everyone chipped in to persuade him, Zhou Sheng decided against leaving and sat back down in the living room again.

He looked at Liu Chuan-Zhi and scoffed coldly before looking back at Han Dong-Min again. "Mayor Han, because you're here, I'm just staying behind for your sake. If I suffer this sort of humiliation anywhere else, I would have definitely walked away."

Han Dong-Min quickly smiled and tried to console him, "Let me thank you for this favor on behalf of the Yunzhou City Office as well as the people of Yunzhou."

"So...how much are you willing to sell this jadeite for?"

Zhou Sheng didn't reply him directly but asked him instead, "Mayor Han, are you serious about buying this jadeite?"

"Of course! Why would I joke with you?" said Han Dong-Min with a smile.

Zhou Sheng replied, "Mayor Wang, I bought this from a Burmese trader last month at a high price, and it's from an old mine in Hpakan. It has snake bands all around, and there's a wise saying that says that ten snakes means a 90% chance of green. So regardless of whether it's the place of production or the look of this jadeite, this particular rock has been called the Rock King in my company, because it's the king of all the rocks!"

"I bid it down for $200 million!”

What?

$200 million?

Even Han Dong-Min's expression paled at this price.

The funds he had on hand was no more than $200 million.

If he bought this, then just the rock itself would have spent all the budget he received.

But Zhou Sheng's next statement made Han Dong-Min's expression even more alarmed.

"But Mayor Han, this particular rock has cracked slightly and it's clear that it's green inside. Even though it's only a small crack, the color that's revealed through this small crack is enough for us to determine that this is at least glass jade. So in this situation, you can't possibly buy it for just $200 million anymore. You have to add at least another $50 million!"

Zhou Sheng's words were not unheard of.

The market price of a rock before you could confirm if there was jade inside or not and the price after you knew it had jade inside was definitely different.

Now that it was clear that there was jade in the rock, then the risks of gambling on this rock had gone down tremendously, so the price of the rock itself had to go up.

"But Mayor Han, if you really intend to buy this rock, I can sell it to you at its original price. My only condition is that you must pay the full amount by today. I'm sure you know that $200 million is no small amount, and even if you delay payment by just a day or two, I will lose several thousands in interest alone. So you must settle the payment within the day.” "Of course, you can also go along with what we agreed on earlier, which was to settle half first and settle the rest over the next six months. But if you do that, then I'll have to bill you $250 million. After all, I have to be accountable to my company too, right? Even though Yunzhou is my hometown, if I compromise too much, it will be difficult for me to explain things to my head office. I hope you can understand!” said Zhou Sheng in a stern voice.

But Han Dong-Min frowned and said, "Mr Zhou, $200 million is a little too much. The budget I was given is less than $200 million, so it's really hard for me to accept this price."

"Is that so?" Zhou Sheng shook his head and sighed. "Mayor Han, if that's the case, then it's really too bad. If I owned the entire company, then I could sell this to you at any price you liked or I could even give it to you and take it as my contribution to my father's hometown. But I have many shareholders and stakeholders to answer to, so Mayor Han, I'm really sorry about that."

Zhou Sheng sighed and picked up the rock as he turned to leave again.

"Mayor Han, aren't you going to think about it? I think this rock is really a treasure? If it made Master Liu so excited, it might even be imperial jade for all you know!" Meng Guang tried to persuade Han Dong-Min.

Han Dong-Min didn't respond and just looked towards Liu Chuan-Zhi as he whispered, "Master Liu, what do you think?"

Liu Chuan-Zhi looked at the rock again and nodded. "This rock is clearly green on the inside and from that crack, I believe the inside is at least a glass Yang jade. That's my conservative guess. If you're lucky, it might just be imperial jade!"

"If you buy it at $200 million, I can't guarantee that you'd profit, but you won't lose for sure. You can buy it."

Silence.

It was a long period of silence.

Even after hearing Liu Chuan-Zhi's opinion, Han Dong-Min was still undecided. He watched as Zhou Sheng got his assistants to carefully wrap the rock again and got ready to leave.