Chapter 538: 537. The Stone Bet (1/5)

Chapter 538 537. Stone Gambling (15)

Holding this opal, the picker seemed to be a star, he looked around triumphantly, and shouted: "Hey, look at this treasure in my hand, who is interested in it? I can sell it!"

Looking around, he inevitably saw Sophie.

There was a smirk on his face, and he said, "Mei Niu, come to me, I have a baby for you to see, you will definitely like this baby."

Sophie was annoyed, and Li Du said disdainfully, "What kind of treasure are you? Is this a broken thing in your hand? It's just a muddy stone."

The ore picker said complacently: "You can be jealous of me as much as you want, the more you talk, the more you are jealous of me, a muddy stone? Haha, what you said is so funny."

The other pickers laughed, and someone teased: "Boy, you must not know its value, come, Cyril, let him know the value of this stone!"

The ore picker who picked up the opal looked around and said, "Who wants to own this opal? This is definitely the real thing. I just found the real thing. If anyone is interested, please bid, 5,000 yuan!"

Some tourists gasped after hearing the quotation: "Xue Te, can this thing sell for 5,000 yuan?"

Opal is a very precious gemstone, especially the top-quality black opal produced in Australia, which is often sold in carats. Some rare varieties can sell for five thousand dollars per carat.

However, it must be a high-quality opal with pure texture. The price of ordinary opal is much lower, and the value of fire opal is also lower than that of black opal. Also quite valuable.

There was a person who knew the goods inside, and immediately asked the price: "OK, five thousand yuan buddy, sell it to me."

Cyril ignored him and shouted: "Okay, five thousand five thousand five thousand five thousand, this treasure is already willing to offer five thousand yuan, so is anyone willing to offer five thousand five hundred?!"

Someone still followed the price: "I will offer 5,500 yuan."

Li Du frowned and said, "What is this? An auction was started directly?"

A person in the crowd who knew the industry said, "Fire Opal is very rare. These pickers may not be able to find one in a month. Every time they find it, they will sell it by auction."

Li Du said: "Tourists will bring so much money with them?"

The man explained: "No, it's not tourists who are asking the price, but fire opal collectors or gem dealers. They wander around the park every day, looking for valuable gems found by pickers."

During their discussion, the price of this opal stone continued to rise, reaching 8,000 yuan.

Li Du said thoughtfully: "Looking for gems? This job looks good and interesting."

This mediocre opal seems to have no pressure to sell for 10,000 yuan. From this point of view, the ore pickers earn a good income, at least better than ordinary warehouse auction treasure pickers.

In fact, ore pickers are also one of the treasure pickers. Li Du just had a brief understanding before, but didn't realize the scope of the work of treasure pickers.

After hearing Li Du's words, the person next to him shook his head and said, "It's not as simple as you imagined. There are too few opals. This is not Australia. Some people can't find one for many years."

The production areas of opal are very concentrated, 95% of which are produced in Australia, among which black opal and milk opal are the best, and the other 5% are from the central region of North America, and fire opal is the representative.

Li Du pondered for a while, then released the little flying insects, and quickly shuttled among the surrounding stones, looking for this precious gem.

It's a pity that opal is a natural gemstone, and it may also be full of time energy, but no one puts effort into it, and it is not attractive to small flying insects, and they cannot be found by themselves.

He was very lucky, the little flying insects shuttled through it for a while, and found a similar orange-red stone under a pile of stones.

Looking around the stone, he was sure it was a fire opal, but judging from its appearance, it seemed that it was not as good as the one in Cyril's hand.

After noting down the location of the opal, he said, "Actually, it's not that difficult to find the opal, isn't it just searching for it among a pile of stones?"

When a picker heard what he said, he immediately burst out laughing: "Come and listen, listen to what this guy said in layman's terms. It's easy to find opals in a pile of stones? Yes, you can find an opal in the sea. A needle is also very simple."

Li Du said tit for tat: "What's so difficult about this?"

"It's not difficult, but unless God blesses you, a rookie like you can't find an opal if you search here for a year." Cyril said coldly.

What he said is not an exaggeration. The national park covers an area of ​​hundreds of hectares, and the stones in it can be measured in units of billions. Finding an opal from it is not even as simple as picking one out of ten thousand.

Li Du said: "Well, buddy, you think it's hard to find opal stones, don't you?"

Cyril said: "It's not difficult for us veterans, but it's certainly difficult for novices!"

Li Du said: "Do you want to take a gamble? I don't need a year, but only an hour, and then I can find an opal, dare you?"

"One hour?" The ore pickers around all laughed, and they urged: "Cyril, it's a bet, you're sure to win!"

Cyril was not stupid, as long as he was a normal person, he would win this bet, and Li Du was obviously a normal person, so why was he still willing to bet with him? For example, I have something to rely on in my heart.

So, he asked cautiously, "What bet?"

Li Du said: "I win, your opal is mine, and I lose, I can give you 20,000 yuan—your opal is worth 20,000 yuan at most, right?"

Cyril hesitated, 20,000 yuan is a lot of money, if he gets it, he can go to the red light district to have fun for ten days and half a month, without doing anything, just have fun every day.

But Li Du's calm expression made him feel uncertain, and he felt that the young man opposite him was difficult to deal with.

The vigilance of the other party surprised Li Du, but he was too experienced in dealing with this kind of person, and said, "Don't dare, do you? Since you didn't dare, then you dared to laugh at me just now? Who gave you the courage?"

The ore pickers were furious, and someone yelled: "Bet him, Cyril, this bastard can't find the opal within an hour, absolutely impossible!"

"That's right, I haven't found one after searching for two months, Cyril, how long do you think it took you to find it?"

"The most important thing is, Cyril, he can only find it on his own territory. We have searched there several times, and there is no shit!"

Cyril said decisively: "Okay, that's the bet!"

Immediately, a good person came out to be the referee. This was a jeweler named Owen Dell, who was well-known and prestigious in the local area.

Cyril handed the opal to him, and Li Du transferred 20,000 yuan online to Owen's account.

Owen was sure there was no problem, he smiled and waved: "Go to work, lads!"

It is not easy to be an ore picker. It requires patience, physical strength and eyesight, and it is a test of endurance.

When Li Du registered as an ore picker, he bought a set of tools, including hammers, hooks, magnifying glasses, and small picks.

He used a small pick to sweep the stone fragments on the ground around, and started to dry with a hammer here and there.