Female Novel
Chapter 270
Chapter 270 A Purchase At An Exorbitant Price
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Alex surveyed the area and discovered that not only the eye–catching beauty seemed to look onkeenly, but there were also some antique store owners who were interested in the onyx.
He could not help but look intently at the onyx that was in the vendor’s hand.
Huh?
The onyx had a special pattern, akin to a rune on it. Generally, antiques engraved with this runicsymbol indicated that it was genuine. Some parts of the onyx not covered with mud seemed to bereflecting a faint glow.
This onyx piqued his interest.
Satisfied with his observation, Alex asked, “Good sir, how much is this onyx?”
He knew that the vendor was not lying. The plain–looking onyx was indeed the Palantirstone.
It was a million–year–old naturally–occurring sedimentary stone known as the Noldor shale stone, andsince it contained jade and agate in it, it is an almost one–of–a–kind gem.
In a normal auction, these kinds of gems with runic engravings were usually sold for tens of millions,basically at staggering amounts.
The vendor stretched out his hand and gestured, “Eight hundred thousand and not one cent less.”
As he said that, his eyes flickered, revealing a certain trace of craftiness.
Gasp!
The crowd was stunned by the bold offer.
“He must be crazy!”
“Eight hundred thousand? That’s a rip–off!”
“Know your place! All your items here are worth at most eight thousand s in total!”
Hearing the crowd’s responses, the beautiful lady and the other antique dealers shook their heads andsecretly snickered.
This vendor really knew how to rip off someone. Such a plain onyx selling for eight hundred thousand?
However they did not know that an even bigger surprise was in store for them.
“Eight hundred thousand? Sure. I’ll take it!” Alex pondered for just a moment and nodded.
Wow!
At this moment, everyone present was in an uproar.
He really bought that?
Did he buy such a plain, broken piece of onyx for eight hundred thousand? Is he insane? Did he forgethis
brain somewhere?
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Chapter 270 A Purchase At An Exorbitant Price
At this point, the beautiful lady and those other antique dealers silently shook their heads.
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They had been here for quite a while. This vendor’s onyx was not even considered an antique in anyway. To be honest, it was merely a plain onyx stained with mud.
“Where did you have so much money to spare?” asked Kate as she frowned. No matter how much thechairman trusted Alex, it was just impossible for him to entrust him with so much money.
He had just spent close to two million buying her those clothes and now he spent another eighthundred thousand on a broken onyx. Did he just rob a bank recently?
“There are so many ways to earn money in this society. Don’t think that you’re the only affluent onearound. Is it wrong that we ordinary people have some money too?” Alex jested.
The crowd was speechless.
Hey, eight hundred thousand is not a small amount that one can simply throw around. To us, that’smore than what we can imagine, okay?
Even if he is merely pretending, he is bold to utter such a thing.
Sensing that Alex was not telling the truth, Kate sighed coldly and asked no more questions.
But she started to get even more suspicious.
“Look! This gentleman here has eyes for the best things.” The vendor immediately gave Alex a thumbsup.
Alex did not dilly–dally as he scanned the QR code to pay.
The vendor got really excited.
This broken stone was finally sold.
Even though this onyx was really passed down from his ancestors, no one really knew what it was, andeven his own father left it in the backyard a few years back.
He got hold of it by chance but did not put much hope on it.
Unexpectedly, he managed to sell it for an exorbitant sum.
Witnessed by everyone around, Alex accepted the Palantirstone.
It was then the beautiful lady pointed to a celadon–glazed porcelain plate by the vendor’s feet, andgently asked, “Sir, how much does this go for?”