Dragon Master novel Maximilian novel Chapter 663

Maximilian knew well what the stall keeper meant. If he was a man who knew little about jade, he might be fooled by the stall keeper. Even if he tried hard to bargain, the price would not change much.

If this man knew this industry well like Maximilian, there would be some room for negotiation and finally they would reach an agreement.

Since the stall keeper knew Maximilian was not a rookie, he gave up the idea of taking advantage of Maximilian.

“This piece of stone can make things, but the labor expenses will cost me lot. So I can only give you 100, what do you say?”

100 meant 1 million dollars. In the antique and jade industry, there were many special terms of price and this was one of it.

And some would even use vague size terms as small, middle, big to refer to ranges of price. For instance, small meant the numbers of 1 to 3; five meant 5 digits. So a small-five referred to the range between 10 thousand and 30 thousand.

This was once an argot in ancient time, but it gradually became a popular way of bargaining.

“100. Friend, that’s quite a generous discount.”

The stall keeper gritted as if he was in great pain.

Maximilian shook his head and said, “That’s enough. As it can produce is 3 million in value at most. If anything goes wrong in the process, the profit might be even less. If the labor and marketing expense are excluded, I might even suffer a loss.”

“You can’t be so pessimistic. This is the finest material, and will be very productive. Give me 150 and you can take it.”

While the stall keeper was speaking, a man who wore a pair of black-framed glasses came over and took a look at the jade. “This one is worth 1.5 million dollars?” He asked while shaking his head.

Maximilian cast a glimpse of this man and said casually, “We’re negotiating the price. Can you look at other stones?”

“Why should I listen to you?” The middle-aged said with dissatisfaction.

Flora could not help saying with a cold face, “Because we’re here first. Don’t you see that we’re reaching a deal? Why do you interrupt us?”

“Well, it means the deal is not done yet. So I can offer my price. Can you afford 1.5 million dollars? I can. Boss, I can give you 1.6 million for this stone.”

The stall keeper was surprised for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face. “You seem to be so straightforward. 1.6 million dollars? I suppose I can...”

The stall keeper didn’t finish his sentence. Instead, he shot Maximilian a baffled glance, as if he was asking Maximilian to raise his price.

The stall keeper liked this kind of scene the most, if he could get control of the tempo of the quarrel.

Before Maximilian could offer his price, Victoria spoke, “You think you are the only one who’s rich here? We don’t even care about this small sum of money. 1.8 million dollars!”

“1.8 million dollars.”

Chester glared at Victoria with a solemn face and looked at Maximilian, “Keep your woman quiet. Being offensive might bring you trouble.”