novelxo Chapter 38
Chapter 38
Hailey didn’t know much about the good and bad types or the quality of emeralds, but looking at the cut of the stone, the watery greenness looked particularly pleasing to the eyes!
Manuel’s eyes lit up. He just wanted to jump toward the raw stone with his arms wide open and hug it.
Manuel had seen many different types of emeralds in his life, yet the brilliant green that he could see from the cut was unlike any other emeralds he had seen in his whole life. This jadeite seemed like one of the greatest treasures and was almost impossible to find!
“Well… Oliver!” Suddenly, Manuel grabbed Oliver’s hand and said, “Look, um… Why don’t you give me this stone? You can name your price, but you must give it to me. We’ll… We’ll become best friends from here on out!”
Oliver shook his head and said to Manuel, “Mr. Camden, I’m sorry, but I can’t decide on the sale of this stone. The trip we made this time was a business trip, so all the stones belonged to the store. It is up to Ms. Fox to decide whether to sell them!”
Manuel immediately turned to Hailey and said, “Hailey, I have a good relationship with your Dad and Mom…”
“Mr. Camden!” Hailey interrupted him and said, “My Grandma is going to have her 80th birthday next month. I was looking for a nice gift for her, so…”
Manuel immediately replied, “That doesn’t matter. What does your grandma like? Bracelets, pendants, or ornaments? I will arrange for the most experienced worker in carving to make it for you right now. The jade core in this stone seems to be at least 11 pounds. According to this mass, we can make at least eight to ten bracelets without problems. This kind of top-level emerald bracelet can be sold for millions of dollars, and the remaining leftover material can be used to make ten or twenty pendants. Even just one pendant can be sold for a few million dollars
An optimistic estimation for the raw stones, if they were sold as finished products, would be at least worth 300 million dollars or even more than 400 million dollars if Manuel pulled some strings.
An emerald of this level was a great treasure and was priceless. The number of this level of emeralds would only become less and less as more of them were dug up. It was no exaggeration to say that the finished products could be heirlooms handed down from generation to generation.
Hailey pondered for a while before she said, “Mr. Camden, I can see your point and can agree to it. I want to make a Virgin Mary sculpture for my grandma. Anything that is left, I will sell it to you.”
Manuel immediately called and asked a wrinkled old man in his fifties to come over. Manual pointed out the raw stone to him and said, “Mr. Harrison, take a look at this stone. How much will it take to make a Virgin Mary sculpture? How much of the stone will be left after that?”
Frank Harrison looked at it and said, “I can’t say anything just by looking at this cut. I have to make another cut from the other side. I need to see the emerald’s full size and shape to estimate.”
Manuel turned to look at Oliver. Oliver decided not to be pretentious about it. He said directly to the worker, “Sir, you can make another cut.”
Oliver had mentioned to Manuel before that he didn’t want either of them to suffer any loss, so it was pertinent to make another cut to see the stone clearly.
The worker examined the stone for a while, then drew a line. He then fixed the stone on the machine, closed the lid, and started the machine. There was another harsh sound of rattling as the stone was cut.
A few minutes later, the worker turned off the machine, opened the lid, and loosened the incision to clean the cut on the
stone.
Everyone stared at the cut and couldn’t help exclaiming.
This cut revealed a color as attractive as the previous cut. It was still the dazzling bright green!
“This is a true imperial jadeite and is known as the best emerald!” said Frank, who was an expert at carvings. Even he couldn’t help but tremble in excitement!
Even experienced master carvers like them couldn’t help but be excited when they saw the genuine top-class emerald!
Frank looked at the thickness of the raw stone, which already had its front and back cut open. The thickness of this….
Frank looked at it for a while before he said, “Judging from this thickness and angle, it will only take about a quarter of the stone to make a Virgin Mary sculpture. The rest of the stone can be made into seven bracelets and at least twenty pendants. These emerald bracelets can be sold for at least 24 million dollars per piece, whereas the pendant can be sold for at least 8 million dollars per pendant…”
Frank’s opinion was professional. He could make a solid judgment on the number of things that can be made just by using
his eyes. He was known to be more accurate than using any other instruments.
Manuel immediately turned to Oliver and Hailey and said, “I’ll make the Virgin Mary sculpture for you free of charge. You don’t have to pay for the labor costs. If you sell me the rest of the stone, I will give you 180 million dollars, which is more than half of 340 million dollars – the amount you could get from the finished products. How about that?”
Hailey was satisfied as she had got what she wanted, so she nodded in agreement.
Oliver was the one who bought these emerald stones. Without Oliver’s keen eyesight, she probably wouldn’t have won even one of these stones.
Although Oliver sold them all as part of in-store businesses, Hailey wasn’t stingy about it. She knew very well that there would be no such emeralds without Oliver, and she wouldn’t have gotten the top-class jadeite she had always wanted!
“All right. I’ll sell them to you!” said Hailey.
Manuel was overjoyed. He immediately called the secretary to prepare the contract and said to Hailey, “I have estimated and calculated the value of these emeralds. There are more than 20 stones of average quality, with a total value of about 3.8 million dollars, but I will round it off to 4 million dollars for you. There are five good-quality stones, each worth 4 million dollars, so the total value is 20 million dollars. Plus, another 180 million dollars for this stone. So that will be 204 million dollars in total. I’ll ask the company’s finance department to transfer 124 million dollars to you first. I’ll transfer to you the remaining 80 million dollars within three days. The company doesn’t have that much cash now, so I need time to raise the money!”
Hailey nodded and said, “All right.”
Manuel wasn’t worried. This time, he managed to get so many high-quality emeralds. He just needed to gather the dealers from all his connections and friends from his circle to show them the stone and have them place orders. Wealthy people wanted such great quality stones. The more expensive something was, the more someone wanted it. Within three days, he could get at least 200 million dollars as deposit money!
He was not afraid of lacking money while doing his business. What he was afraid about was a lack of good quality things. There were too many wealthy people in the world. So, as long as you have good quality things, you shouldn’t be worried about making money from them.
After leaving Manuel’s place, Hailey transferred 1 million dollars to Fabian and said this was a token of thanks to him.
Then, she transferred 120 million dollars to Oliver.
Oliver was stunned by Hailey’s move and asked, “Ms. Fox, what are you playing at? Why did you give me 120 million dollars?”
“If it was according to the forty-sixty percentage she had set earlier, it should only be 80 million dollars,” thought Oliver.
Hailey said, “This is all thanks to you. I wouldn’t have been able to earn so much if it hadn’t been for you. Another important thing is that you have helped me find what I wanted the most. Oliver, I think our rules need to be changed. With your potential, it doesn’t matter whether you have a basic salary, but I still want to follow the new rules. Your basic salary will be 200 thousand dollars, and our profits will be a fifty-fifty split, which means we each get half.
Oliver was dumbfounded and asked her in confusion, “Even if you say it is a fifty-fifty split, I should only get 100 million dollars. How do you explain these 120 million dollars then?”
Hailey shook her head and said, “You did not include my grandmother’s Virgin Mary sculpture, and that would be at least 60 million dollars if we calculated according to the market price. Speaking of which, I still took advantage of you!”