"I'll take this piece,"
"Then I'll take this one,"
Five or six jewelers quickly divided up the King of Bids among themselves, not wanting to do the jade cutting on the spot, lest they end up with trash and become a laughingstock.
The cameras were still rolling after all.
The King of Bids was knocked out; the mood among those present had deflated somewhat, and the television crew was also somewhat dismayed—this was basically a documentary about how a piece of raw stone worth over a hundred million turned into trash in a second. After this broadcast, probably few outsiders would dare to buy raw stones anymore, scared away!
The organizers weren't pleased with this turn of events, so they suggested that Xiao Xianting and the others try their hand at jade cutting...
"Why don't we let Miss Sui cut her raw stone first?"
