The First Interstellar Energy Gambler

Yin Ye is Xing Mo’s upperclassman by two years, and the two are both heads of their respective grade. Although there are occasional overlaps, the number of encounters between the two of them is few. Although it cannot be said that the two of them are friends, they do appreciate each other’s handling of things, agree with each other’s strength, and have similar life experience. Therefore, when they do have dealings with each other, they find they are strangely more relaxed than ordinary friends.

This is also why, after Xing Mo considered things, the first person he thought of was Yin Ye. Yin Ye did not disappoint him, and was willing to lend a helping hand to him despite the fact that he had become someone who now had nothing left. After all, although Yin Ye is the next in line to be patriarch of the Yin family, he does not yet have the position. He currently only has control over a part of the Yin family’s assets.

Of those assets Yin’s Auction House is the most profitable of these industries he took over, but it is also the most troublesome one. Although the stone gambling business has made huge profits, after all, there is too much luck involved. Yin’s Auction House has been worried about not having a stable supply of high-end goods. The cooperation proposed by Xing Mo is tantamount to a timely rain in a time of drought for him. He believes in Xing Mo’s character and is willing to give him a chance to prove himself.

It’s just that Yin Ye had not yet met Lin Luo and couldn’t be sure of him. The conversation that happened just now was not so much a test of Lin Luo’s ability, but rather a test of his character. After all, Yin Ye is now in a business of betting on treasure. To ensure his business he has bet on Xing Mo, and it is Lin Luo that Xing Mo relies on.

If Lin Luo himself is not trustworthy, then all the cooperation and ideas they discussed before will become empty talk.

That’s why he wanted to put Lin Luo to the test. He didn’t expect Xing Mo to protect him…

However, Lin Luo gave him a good impression. He should be a trustworthy person.

“Okay, show me the violet jade.” A light burst into Yin Ye’s narrow eyes.

Xing Mo didn’t talk too much nonsense, and directly took out the oily violet jade from the space button and handed it to Yin Ye.

Yin Ye held this jadeite carefully for a while, then quoted a price straightforwardly, “Two million. Immediate transfer. How about it?”

“Yes.” Xing Mo nodded in satisfaction. This price was twice the highest price offered by people at the gambling market. Yin Ye is indeed the eldest master of the Yin family, and can easily pay the money.

The clear reminder chimed out from the light brain that two million credits had been credited.

Xing Mo quietly breathed a sigh of relief. His account can be regarded as rich again…

When Xing Mo was about to take out the second piece of jade, Yin Ye’s light brain rang.

After looking at the name displayed on light brain, Yin Ye connected the communication. A dark-toned and serious-faced man appeared in the picture. He said anxiously, “Yin Shao, Miss Xu Lili suddenly asked to withdraw the jade from her consignment auction [1].”

“What jade did she have on consignment?” Yin Ye frowned upon hearing this.

“It’s the two ice-type apple green jades.” As Yin’s Auction House lacks high-end sources, these two ice-type jades were already supposed to be the main stars of this auction. Unexpectedly, Xu Lili changed her mind and asked to withdraw her items. If they can’t find treasures of the same value to replace them, one can imagine what impact it will have on their auction!

Yin Ye squinted slightly, “You said before that Qian’s auction will be held on the same day as us?”

“Yes.”

Yin Ye sneered. It was not hard to understand what was going on, “If she wants to withdraw, let her withdraw. You can withdraw the current promotional media and replace it with this.”

As Yin Ye said, he lifted the piece of violet jade on the table.

This violet jade weighs only 3 kilograms [2], and the texture is average, but it is a rare pinkish purple, which adds a lot of value to it. If it is used as the finale of the auction, it will be a little worse, but now there is no other way…

“Wait a minute!” Seeing that Yin Ye had taken the violet jade and was going to leave, Xing Mo suddenly took out the imperial yellow glass jade from the space button.

“This is… imperial yellow glass jade?” Seeing this legendary top-quality jade, Yin Ye couldn’t help but straighten up.

“Yes! It should be enough to use this as the finale?”

“Enough! Definitely enough!” At the moment when he saw this jade, Yin Ye could already imagine how hot the auction scene would be tomorrow!

“You, take down the advertisements and replace the finale piece with this one.” Yin Ye pointed to the piece of imperial yellow glass jade and said to his subordinate.

Although he was looking at a holographic image, his subordinate was still able to see the value of this jade. He widened his eyes in disbelief and muttered, “Am I dreaming?”

“You aren’t dreaming, it’s an imperial yellow glass jade.”

The subordinate took a sigh of relief, and swept away his previous anxiety, “Great, I’ll do it right away!”

With the imperial yellow, who needs the two ice jades from Xu Lili?!

After finishing the call with his subordinate, Yin Ye also showed a rare smile on his face. He jokingly said to Xing Mo, “Thank you for your timely rain. It seems that the decision to cooperate with you is not wrong.”

“You’re welcome, I wish us a happy cooperation!”

“Happy cooperation!”

Yin Ye turned on his light brain and sent an electronic contract dedicated to the auction to Xing Mo.

The contract was very detailed, and the conditions given by Yin Ye were very fair. Xing Mo handed the goods to Yin’s Auction House for auction. He could give a starting price and a reference price, and the auction house would try to set a price higher than the reference price. When the goods are sold, the auction house would only charge a 15% handling fee, and the rest of the proceeds go to Xing Mo.

Although the 15% fee is higher than that of ordinary auction houses, the Yin family’s background and connections are by no means comparable to those of small auction houses. Those who will participate in the bidding are rich people with no shortage of money. As long as the items are good enough, people will absolutely pay a high price! For Xing Mo and Yin Ye both this is a win-win situation.

===========Author’s Notes===========

The author has something to say:

===========Little Theater===========

[Papa Salted Fish’s Little Theater]

Xing Mo: So poor, I feel my body is hollowed out…what should I do? Without money, I can’t afford to raise a wife!

Luo Luo: It doesn’t matter, I am richer than you, then I will make money to support my family, and you will be as beautiful as a flower~

Father Xing: I should have a son who is too poor to be raised by his wife? What a misfortune!

Mother Xing: Such a son… we still regard it as no good.

===========Translator’s Corner===========

[1] The very boiled down explanation of a consignment auction is that the seller and the auction house split the sales price (this is more normal than what MC & ML are doing with directly selling to the auction house).

[2] 3 kilo = 6.6 lbs = 5 catties