Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 240 Strange Stone
"Really? You bought a piece of rotten stone for a hundred dollars?"

On March 3, the famous 15 Gala, Lao Dou was showing everyone a stone he bought today. Er Lao looked at it for a long time and felt that the stone was not worth the price. "You are so stupid, you don't know the value of the stone. This stone is really worth it." Lao Dou said to Er Lao.

He picked up the stone and introduced it to everyone: "Look, this color is called chicken blood red. This shape is childish, thin and wrinkled. It feels good to hold it in your hand. It can be said to be a great value."

Everyone seemed to be indifferent, except Tianxiu, who rolled his eyes and said flatteringly, "Grandpa, I've recently fallen in love with a toy. It's very pretty in color and feels great. It's as good value as your stone. Why don't you buy it for me?"

At first, the old man wanted to praise Tianxiu for his good taste, but as he listened, he found that Tianxiu had other intentions. The smile on his face disappeared all of a sudden, and he didn't want to pay any attention to Tianxiu. The second sister-in-law sat next to the nanny and whispered, "Grandma, the master is so easy to be deceived. You should keep a close eye on him in the future." The nanny nodded in agreement.

"Lao Kang, where did you go today? I looked for you the whole day to play chess with you, but I didn't see you." At this time, Uncle Liang walked in and said with a laugh.

"Nothing, I just picked up a rock today and brought it back to play with." Although Lao Dou was criticized by everyone, he was still very confident about the rock, "Look, it's so great."

When Uncle Liang saw the stone in his father's hand, his eyes lit up and he couldn't wait to take it and look at it again and again. He asked, "How much did you pay for this stone?"

"Guess, I'll give you a guess." Finally, someone appreciated the stone as much as he did. Old Dou was immediately happy and started playing a guessing game with Uncle Liang.

Uncle Liang thought for a while, stretched out his hand and said, "Five hundred?"

"Did you hear that? Five hundred." The old man said to everyone proudly, and then turned back and deliberately said to Uncle Liang: "Only five hundred?"

"Can you give it to me for 600?" Uncle Liang seemed to really like the stone from Lao Dou, and he directly offered a price. Lao Dou naturally didn't want to, and after the two of them argued for a while, Uncle Liang raised the price to 900.

Er Lao was already surprised when Uncle Liang offered 500 yuan at first, and when Uncle Liang offered 900 yuan, Er Lao almost agreed on behalf of his father. But his father still shook his head and said, "Ah Liang, a gentleman does not take away what others like. I will not sell this stone."

Uncle Liang and Lao Dou have been friends for decades, so he could tell that Lao Dou didn't really want to sell it, but was just not satisfied with the price. So he said directly, "How much do you want? Just tell me the number."

Daddy held up a finger and said, "Ah Liang, as an old friend, I'll give you this amount."

"One thousand?" asked Uncle Liang.

The old man nodded, and Uncle Liang hesitated for a moment, looked at the stone in his hand, and finally nodded resolutely: "Okay, one thousand is one thousand, I will go home to get the money right away. Don't give it to others." Uncle Liang returned the stone to the old man and walked away. The second brother scratched his head and asked in confusion: "Uncle Liang, are you serious?" Uncle Liang was in no mood to pay attention to him and ran away.

"Selling this stone for 1,000 yuan?" Er Lao asked everyone, and everyone looked puzzled. The mother pushed the old man and said, "Are you really going to sell it for 1,000 yuan?" The old man nodded decisively, and the mother had nothing to say. She felt that since she was so familiar with Uncle Liang, selling it for 1,000 yuan would be a rip-off.
Kang Qirui saw what the mother was thinking and advised, "In fact, the main thing about stones is that you sell them to someone you like. If he thinks this stone is good, he would think it's too expensive even if it's 50 yuan. If he thinks this stone is not good, he would not want it even if you sell it to him for yuan. The price is very subjective and it depends on how much you like it. I can only say that Dou was lucky this time. Uncle Liang thought it was worth yuan, so Dou made yuan by reselling it."

When the second brother and his wife heard this, they looked at each other and smiled, and secretly decided to buy a stone tomorrow.

The next day, the two of them came to the Flower and Bird Street early in the morning to buy stones. "It's strange, why do people like playing with stones so much nowadays?" The second sister-in-law asked puzzledly when she saw the stone stalls on the whole street. She remembered that this place used to sell flowers and birds.

"Rich people must want to show off their taste, so they buy a piece of stone to show off their wealth." The second brother analyzed, "Stop talking so much, let's quickly see which stone is better."

After the two of them walked around for a while, the second sister-in-law said again: "I think these stones are all the same. How can I tell which one is good and which one is bad?" She looked at hundreds of stones and felt that there was no difference at all. The second brother shrugged. He didn't understand it either. But he had sharp ears. He heard someone in a store next door asking the boss how to look at stones, so he quickly pulled the second sister-in-law over to listen.

"Generally speaking, there are three things to look at." The two came to the stone stall next to them and heard the shop owner say: "First, look at the color of the stone, it must be beautiful. Second, look at its shape, it must be a good omen. Third, look at the stone quality, it must be beautiful inside. If all three are complete, the stone is very good." "Did you hear that, wife? Did you learn something?" After listening, the second brother said to the second sister-in-law, and the second sister-in-law also smiled, "I know, I will choose now. It's just like going to a chicken stall to buy a chicken. First, look at the color of the chicken's feathers, and then touch it to see if it has a crop. If its shape is beautiful, then of course it's OK. You also need to use your fingers to probe its butt to see if it has laid eggs."

The second brother interrupted her chattering, "What are you talking about? You are talking nonsense. Let's go pick some stones." After a long time of searching, they finally found a stone with good texture and color in a store. "How about it? Do you like this one? If you buy it, I will give you a discount." The store owner came forward and said to the second brother and his wife.

"How much is it if it's cheaper?" asked the second brother.

"Only five thousand yuan." The shop owner said with a slap in the face.

The second brother and his wife were shocked. Their father only sold the piece for 1,000 yuan, but this piece was sold for 5,000 yuan? "Boss, we are laid-off and don't have much money. Can you sell it to us at a lower price, maybe 1,000 yuan?" The second brother cried poorly.

"No price to talk about. Five thousand yuan, take it if you want it, forget it if you don't want it." The boss waved his hand and refused to lower the price. In fact, he saw that the second brother and his wife were determined to get the stone, so he didn't want to lower the price. After whispering for a while, the second brother and his wife said firmly: "One price, three thousand yuan. If you don't sell it, we will leave." In the end, the two sides confirmed the transaction at a high price of three thousand yuan.

Of course, in order to raise the price of the stone, the second brother and his wife went home and told everyone that they bought the stone for 10,000 yuan, which attracted many stone lovers from Changsheng Street to come to Kang's house to see his stone, including Uncle Liang.

When Uncle Liang saw the stone that Er Lao placed on the counter, his eyes lit up. After looking at it for a while, he exclaimed, "This stone is worth at least more than 10,000 yuan."

The second brother was delighted when he heard this. He said directly: "Uncle Liang, if you want it, I can give it up. The price can also be negotiated." But Uncle Liang shook his head and said, "A Zong, you know how can we old people have so much money? So I won't buy it."

Er Lao was disappointed for a moment, but soon changed his face to smile, "It's okay if you don't buy. Even if the business fails, we are still friends. So, if other friends around you are interested in playing with stones, how about you help me promote it? If the transaction is successful, I will do it hehe." Liang Bo was excited when he heard it, "Okay, no problem, I will definitely promote it for you."

Not long after Uncle Liang left, A Zu brought a man in a suit back to visit Er Lao's stone. "Mr. Huang, please come this way. This is my Er Lao's precious stone." Mr. Huang is a client of A Zu's company and also a stone lover. In order to do business with him, A Zu decided to cater to his preferences and take him home to see Er Lao's precious stone.

Mr. Huang's eyes lit up when he saw the stone. "It's beautiful, so beautiful." He pointed to a pattern on the stone and said, "It not only has a good shape and beautiful color, but also looks like an upside-down bat, and it has a copper coin in its mouth. It really means good fortune, wealth and prosperity. It's a good omen, a wonderful stone."

The second brother was even happier when he heard this. He didn't know how to praise the stone before except to inflate its price. Now someone came to teach him how to praise it. And A Zu said, "Mr. Huang has a good eye. I heard from my second brother that he spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy this stone."

"It's not expensive, not expensive, not expensive at all." Mr. Huang waved his hand and shook his head.

"Huh? Mr. Huang is interested in this stone?" The second brother listened carefully and asked with a smile.

"Kang Sheng, we businessmen don't beat around the bush. Let me tell you directly, I like this stone very much. Can you give it to me?" Mr. Huang said.

The second brother was originally smiling, but his expression suddenly changed after hearing this. "Give it to you? I bought this stone with money, how can I give it to you? Who are you?"

"Kang Sheng, you misunderstood. I'm not asking you to give it to me for free. I want you to sell it to me." Huang saw that Er Lao had misunderstood his meaning, so he quickly clarified, "How about I pay 20,000 yuan?"

"Twenty thousand?" The second brother and his wife looked at each other and were secretly delighted. But the second brother quickly calmed down. He was also a businessman and he knew that twenty thousand was far from Mr. Huang's limit. So he shook his head and said, "Although I only bought this stone for ten thousand, someone offered it for twenty-five thousand these two days, but I didn't sell it. I really like this stone. If Mr. Huang really likes it, he can come and see it often in the future. I don't plan to sell it."

Mr. Huang is also a businessman. He knew that the second brother didn't want to sell it, but was just not satisfied with the price. But he was not in a hurry. He smiled and took A Zu away from the Kang family. He planned to use the conditions of the contract with A Zu's company to let A Zu help him buy the stone.

(End of this chapter)