318 Zhou Family
No matter how much anger Cui Hong had in his heart, he did not dare to vent it in front of Old Master Cui. He could only lower his head and feel indignant.
Seeing that Old Master Cui did not respond, Elder Zhou was even smugger. He thought that he was angry that he did not bid, so he ignored him.
“Of course we have to let Old Master Cui see the world. Let’s open it on the stage.”
The manager, who had asked someone to move the jade down, paused. If they could get Fu Lu Shou on stage, it would be considered a boost to their auction’s reputation. The manager was naturally very happy.
Under the manager’s arrangements, not long after, an old man came to the stage with tools. He placed the stone on the tool and carefully opened it.
Everyone’s gaze landed in the middle of the stage, looking forward to the appearance of Fu Lu Shou
The entire auction gradually quietened down. Elder Zhou looked at the private room beside him with a smug expression and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
This time, the Zhou Family had finally suppressed the Cui Family. When he returned, he would definitely publicize this news.
Elder Zhou looked at the center of the stage again. Due to the value of Fu Lu Shou, the old man who cut the stone was very careful and slow.
The onlookers were anxious, but they did not dare to rush them, afraid that if they shouted, the old man’s hand would tremble and break the jade. When the Zhou Family blamed them, the anger was not something they could withstand.
At this moment, Old Master Cui also opened his eyes and looked at the stage. He was especially nervous. Thinking of Elder Zhou’s smug expression just now, he seemed to have expected Fu Lu Shou to be under the rock.
At the thought of this, Old Master Cui’s mood was a little bad. He did not discuss it with Gu Man this time. He was the one who took the initiative not to bid for the jade. If Fu Lu Shou really appeared, wouldn’t the Zhou Family be proud?
At that time, the Zhou Family would probably publicize this matter and suppress the Cui Family. This had always been Elder Zhou’s style.
Because he had been at the bottom of the four great families for a long time and was not paid attention to, he had to use this matter to publicize it even more to elevate the Zhou Family’s status.
At this moment, Old Master Cui couldn’t help but regret it. So what if it wasn’t Fu Lu Shou? With their Cui family’s financial resources, what was there to be afraid of?
Perhaps it was because that kid from the Xiang Family did not bring enough money that he could not bid for Fu Lu Shou to make Gu Man smile.
The more Old Master Cui thought about it, the more uneasy he became. He regretted it even more and wished he could s.n.a.t.c.h the jade from Elder Zhou now. However, what he did was even more laughable. Moreover, he was the one who stopped Cui Hong just now. How could he go back on his word now?
Old Master Cui could feel more and more people looking at the center of the stage and regretted it even more. How could there be a flaw in the jade that had been appraised at the Ghost Market auction?
If he had known earlier, he would not have stopped Cui Hong.
But now, no matter how much he regretted it, it could not be salvaged. Old Master Cui could only look at the center of the stage again and watch as the old man slowly cut off the stone. He prayed silently in his heart.
Don’t have jade!
As the equipment gradually cut open the stone, the entire auction fell silent again. No one even dared to breathe loudly, afraid of disturbing the old man on the stage.
However, as the cut was done, the stone did not have jade as everyone had expected. Instead, it was still gray.
The moment the stone appeared, it immediately caused an uproar. Compared to the silence just now, the entire venue was much livelier. The voices of discussion suppressed each other. They were all surprised that there was no jade inside the stone.
Seeing this scene, Elder Zhou was even more excited. He stood up without caring about his image and walked to the railing to look at the center of the stage.
“Keep cutting!”
Some people were fl.u.s.tered, while others were happy. Old Master Cui’s regret from before no longer existed. It had already been cut in half and there was no jade. It was probably only that one part that had jade. The rest were all raw stones.
Fortunately, he had stopped Cui Hong just now. Otherwise, he would be the one losing out now. Old Master Cui could not hide the smile on his face and he relaxed a lot. Cui Hong, who was sitting beside him, was as surprised as he could be.
“Dad, did you already know that there wouldn’t be jade inside? When did you have such superb stone gambling skills? I thought you were going to give the Fu Lu Shou to Miss Gu. I didn’t expect that I misunderstood you.”