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[The Golden Eyes]

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[Episode 8]

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He bought a piece of uncut rough stone like this.

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When it was cut, it was really green inside.

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But, that brother, in his excitement, cut the stone wrong.

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As a result, he had no choice but to cut the stone into fragmented pieces.

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An item that could actually fetch ¥8,000,000 was reduced to fragmented pieces after cutting. ($1,2 million USD)

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- How much? ¥8,000,000?

- Yes.

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Then, it's really a case where one cut by a knife can bring you either to paradise or hell.

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What happened to your friend in the end?

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Now, he's still all right. No one is looking for him, or making trouble for him.

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Even the money for cremation was saved. They dug a pit and buried him in it.

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- Is it really that serious?

- Everything was cleared out. Not a single thing left.

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From the look of it, we were not cheated too badly with that Ru Kiln porcelain ware from the Warring States period.

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So, how much are the two of you preparing to spend today?

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¥5,000,000? Great! ($750,000 USD)

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- ¥5,000...

- ¥50,000,000?

('qian' means thousand, 'wan' means ten thousand, 'qianwan' means ten million)

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No, no, no additional four zeroes. Just ¥5,000.

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¥5,000? ($745 USD)

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Then, there's no need for you to go upstairs. Just walking around downstairs would be good enough.

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Don't. What Uncle De taught us is,

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"Listen more, look more, speak less, buy less."

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Right, what he said is right. Then, please look some more.

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You don't need money to look.

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Look at this one. It's already been identified.

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The blue flowers can really be seen.

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Is that so? Really, Brother?

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- Is that how you look at the stone?

- Correct.

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Isn't there any machine

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that can look into the stone?

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No, there's really none.

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Can you see this?

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It's true.

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Do you understand what you are looking at?

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- You brought an expert?

- Half an expert. Half an expert.

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How is it? Let's have some fun together.

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Your luck is so good, but I think you should go downstairs and look around.

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This brother likes to joke.

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He and my... are so alike.

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That one who directly dug a hole and buried himself.

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Dear honored guests, please take your seats now. Our auction will start shortly.

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We welcome everyone to this year's Spring Exhibition of the Precious Stones Cultural Exchange Meeting.

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The following item that will be auctioned is, No. 3 Rough Stone.

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It is also the heavyweight rough stone among the gamble stones this time.

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It is from the jadeite mine in Myanmar.

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Bidding starts from ¥4,000,000. ($600,000 USD)

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Every price increment should not be less than ¥500,000. ($75,000 USD)

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¥4,000,000 is not a high price.

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Why don't you have a go at it, too?

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¥4,000,000!

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This gentleman has offered ¥4,000,000.

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Mr. Zhuang has offered ¥4,000,000.

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Fellow, do you think that the starting price you offered is able to get you

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a rough stone of this quality?

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You should not mess around here with the money you profited from the loopholes you found in Panjiayuan.

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I'm bidding ¥5,000,000.

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Okay, ¥5,000,000. This gentleman has offered ¥5,000,000.

($745,000 USD)

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¥5,500,000. ($820,000 USD)

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¥6,000,000. ($895,000 USD)

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This lady has offered ¥6,000,000.

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¥6,000,000. May I know if there's anyone who would like to better this price?

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Little Zhao, how is the situation over there?

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I'm going over to the exhibition hall to take a look. Okay.

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I'm definitely going to get this stone today.

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Bing Bing has just come back to the country. I must gift her with this.

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- ¥7,000,000.

- ¥7,000,000. ($1,04 million USD)

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Currently, the item being auctioned is No. 3 Rough Stone.

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Now, the highest price offered is ¥7,000,000.

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Okay, Mr. Xu has offered a bidding price of ¥7,000,000.

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Would Mr. Zhuang like to add on to it?

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¥8,000,000. ($1,2 million USD)

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- ¥8,000,000.

- No...

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¥8,000,000? Do we have ¥8,000,000?

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Even if you sell that Yun teapot, you will not be able to get ¥8,000,000 for it.

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Let me tell you this. This stone looks quite good on the outside,

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- but no one knows how it will be when it is cut.

- Okay.

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- You'll be in trouble if you can't get two inches of green from it.

- Mr. Zhuang has offered ¥8,000,000.

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Now, the item being auctioned is the No. 3 Rough Stone that is from the jadeite mine in Myanmar.

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- What do you think?

- It is a heavy weight rough stone.

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The cut face of this rough stone shows egg white color.

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The transparency and hydration appears fresh and bright. It has to be the old-crater type.

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- As long as there's green color of 4 mm, we can still make a profit out of this business deal.

- I don't get it at all.

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This gentleman who has offered ¥8,000,000 is the honored guest of Old Master Gu Tianfeng,

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Mr. Zhuang Rui.

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Mr. Zhuang is a nouveau riche in the antique trade. He is now preparing to advance into the precious gemstones trade.

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Looks like Mr. Zhuang is determined to be successful today.

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He wants to use this rough stone that is half-cut as a brilliant feat to amaze everyone.

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Good. Is there anyone who would like to offer a higher price?

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¥8,000,000 going once.

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Continue bidding! Continue bidding!

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¥8,000,000 going twice.

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¥9,000,000! ($1,3 million USD)

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¥9,000,000! Mr. Xu has offered ¥9,000,000!

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We accept Mr. Xu's offer of ¥9,000,000. Mr. Xu of Xu Jewelry has offered a price of ¥9,000,000.

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May I know if Mr. Zhuang would like to offer a higher price?

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¥9,000,000 going once.

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¥9,000,000 going twice.

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¥9,000,000 going three times! Deal!

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Congratulations to Xu Jewelry for winning the auction for No. 3 Rough Stone

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with an auction price of ¥9,000,000. Congratulations to Mr. Xu Wei!

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Bing Bing, although this rough stone is a bit expensive,

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it is really suitable as a gift for you.

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There's no need. It is wasn't easy for you to win the auction for this rough stone.

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Please keep it for yourself.

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Little Zhao, I discovered a suspicious target.

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Would you like to come over and have a drink at my place to celebrate?

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There's no need.

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You really gave me such a fright earlier. What if no one continued bidding?

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This rough stone would be...

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What is it? Still looking? You're still looking?

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You're getting addicted.

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These won't do. If you really want something, take a look at those over there.

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- No, these...

- Please don't be sad.

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Even if you won the auction for that stone earlier, we wouldn't have the money to pay for it.

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This one is not bad.

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Money is not the problem. We have money. The problem is, you must be able to get a good stone.

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This... This...

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This... I want this.

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No, what do you—

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Wait a moment. Let me take a look. Don't be in a hurry to buy it.

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There's really a little bit of green; but look, there's no more inside. There's too many crack lines.

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I think if you really want something, we should choose from there.

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This is the one. Go and make the payment.

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No, a lousy stone like this costs ¥3,000? ($450 USD)

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So, does it mean that if I pick a stone casually from anywhere,

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- I can sell it, too.

- How much is it?

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- ¥3,000.

- ¥3,000?

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Let him have some fun for ¥3,000. You are still left with ¥2,000. Treat me to a meal tonight. (¥2,000= $300 USD)

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This... I... What is this lousy thing?!

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Stop!

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Who are you? Why are you running?

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You... are chasing me. How can I not run?

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Bring him back.

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Boss Yu, you should trust me this time. Right?

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You'd barely just left when the police came.

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Are you tailing me?

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Okay, I'll trust you one more time. Tell me, where will the transaction take place?

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Having fun?

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You should know that gamble stones are different from antiques.

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This is not Panjiayuan, where you can profit from a scoop.

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Who said that?

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Old Master Gu.

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Why can't anyone profit from making a scoop from gamble stones?

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There are loopholes everywhere in life. It is just a matter of whether you are able to find them or not.

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Let me have a look.

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Little Zhuang, your loophole

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doesn't look too good.

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Until you open it, how can you tell if this stone is good or not?

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You want to open it?

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Yes.

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What kind of precious gem

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can a stone like that have after opening?

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Whoever opens it is the same. If it gets opened,

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then that's a miracle.

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Don't be too pessimistic.

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Didn't you say that there are some stones that might look good,

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but when opened, have nothing. But those stones that might look rotten,

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if you open them, they might be filled with good jade.

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You're right. Stone gambling is that mystical.

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But let me tell you this.

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That stone by your buddy

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don't have any moss on the outside. Its moisture seems questionable.

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When you rub it, there's no green, and it even has cracks.

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With that kind of quality, what good jadeite can you find?

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The probability of that is similar to you growing a horn

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and me growing a bucktooth.

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Here, Sir.

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Little Zhuang, let's cut yours first.

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Little Zhuang, you have to pay a tuition fee in doing this field.

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It's fine. I won't be paying it.

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We're not afraid of paying tuition fees.

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What's important is what you learn. What do you think?

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Yes.

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We'll start. Are you nervous?

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In playing this, you're exactly the same after the anxiety.

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Is it exciting?

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Oh, my. No, no.

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My heart can't bear it anymore.

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Okay.

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Your horn didn't grow.

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Let me tell you that usually, if the first cut is negative, the succeeding cuts are usually negative, too.

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Grandfather, are we still cutting?

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There's not even any green on the first cut. Why should we still continue? Just throw it away.

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General Manager Xu, why don't you cut yours instead?

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What's the rush? He's not done cutting.

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How about you two go encourage him?

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The probability that there would be jade isn't that high anymore.

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If there is,

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I fear that it might be in the stone's center.

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Let's follow the second line I made

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and make our second cut. Let's cut it from the middle.

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Calm down. Calm down.

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Oh, my!

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You have such divine hands, Teacher Gu! You...

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Oh, my! This is equivalent to opening up my teeth.

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Can you see my horns? It's even branching.

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Grandfather Gu, just like you said,

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it was really so exciting and nerve racking.

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How about we follow your third line

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and cut it again?

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Listen to me, don't anymore.

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You should know to stop when things are good.

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That's more or less hundreds of thousands.

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Stop cutting. If it crumbles from it, it won't even be worth ten thousand.

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You've thought about it?

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You're not stopping while the odds are good?

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Why don't we go once more?

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Good boy. You're just like me.

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Let's make a third cut based on the line I made.

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Okay.

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Go! Go! Go!

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Go!

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Sir, let's make a third cut.

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Old Master Gu, you're really amazing. Turning trash into a treasure.

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Don't feel too pleased with yourself. Your material is not that good. Just wait to see mine later.

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General Manager Xu, you're that confident?

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If that stone of yours doesn't have much jadeite,

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won't your reputation be completely destroyed?

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There's this saying, "Newbies rely on luck, while we rely on good judgment."

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Have you seen a glass type of jade? Let me show it to you later.

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You really have such divine hands, Old Master Gu!

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Divine hands!

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You've increased its value.

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You lad are really very lucky.

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A trashy material would actually be filled with jade.

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Also, behind this vaporous crystal,

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is a whole icy jade!

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A top grade "yang" green.

(Yang green means the jade is half transparent, bright green with slight yellowish tint)

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General Manager Xu, I don't understand jades that much.

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What is icy jade?

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I'm offering ¥8,000,000. ($1,2 million USD)

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- ¥10,000,000!

- Move aside. Let me be happy for a while. ($1,5 million USD)

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- With such a huge icy jade, ¥10,000,000.

- Can we sell this?

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Little Brother, ¥18,000,000. How about it? ($2,7 million USD)

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Wait! Wait! We're all rich people here. Let's sit down and discuss it slowly.

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Come.

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This way please.

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¥3,000... ¥18,000,000... (from $450 to $2,7 million USD)

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- General Manager Xu, it's your turn.

- ¥10,000,000!

- ¥18,000,000!

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Little Brother, I'm offering ¥18,000,000. I'm showing enough sincerity.

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- Look. Look.

- Let me touch it.

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I feel that it can go higher.

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Cut.

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He still wants to raise it. You can't anymore, right?

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In my opinion, we should each yield a little.

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This one's better!

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General Manager Xu, ¥10,000,000.

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I'm offering ¥10,000,000! ($1,5 Million USD)

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General Manager, ¥10,000,000 is not bad. You earned a million more.

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I really don't care about that ¥1,000,000. Continue cutting.

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He doesn't care.

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General Manager Xu, let's talk about it.

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Look. No wonder it was so expensive.

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General Manager Xu!

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¥20,000,000! General Manager Xu, I'm offering ¥20,000,000

($3,000,000 USD)

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Stop your nonsense. ¥30,000,000, General Manager Xu sell it to me. ($4,5 million USD)

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- I'm paying ¥30,000,000.

- That guy's so lucky.

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General Manager, ¥30,000,000 for a non-icy jade.

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If it were me, I'd sell it.

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Can you and I be the same?

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Continue cutting.

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Still cutting? If the next cut is still green,

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it won't be just ¥30,000,000.

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I think they won't be able to cut anything.

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Just watch.

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Too bad. There was only a little amount of green.

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It has crumbled.

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Really? Let me see.

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General Manager Xu.

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Just that little?

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Let's go.

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It has crumbled!

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Bro! Bro, it's not that I want to say this.

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It's really important to listen to advice. If you did, you would have gotten ¥30,000,000.

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Let me look at a ¥30,000,000 stone. How could it have crumbled just like that?

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- Keep it well.

- General Manager Xu is different from us after all.

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That's right.

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¥30,000,000... Just playing with it.

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For you.

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For me? This...

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This isn't even as valuable as this ring of mine.

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Okay. I got it.

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Too bad.

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It's really your first time gambling a stone? You have such good luck.

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That's right. All is just luck.

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Say, if that stone was ¥6,000,

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I wouldn't have bought it.

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Do you know why?

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Because I only have ¥3,000 in my pocket.

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[¥18,000,000 has been transferred to account 8346. This serves as your receipt.]

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Still counting? How many times have you counted it?

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Brother Ma, stop in front.

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Why?

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I'm going to an ATM to count it again.

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Are you all right?

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Brother Ma, let's gather tonight. My treat.

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Sure.

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Xiao Rui Rui, we'll soon be very successful in our career.

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That... in our first step in the summit of life,

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we must first buy a car and change our house.

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Change our house? Isn't our house quite good?

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Where do you two live?

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In a basement unit.

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Basement unit?

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I find it spacious.

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How huge?

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Less than a hundred square meters.

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Less than a hundred square meters... That's more or less the same size as my bathroom.

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How could a living person live in a basement?

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I have a huge unused courtyard.

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It's empty anyway. Just move in there.

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This doesn't seem appropriate.

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Very appropriate.

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Oh, right, Brother Ma. Rich people like us

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shouldn't take advantage of other people. We'll pay you rent.

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Quite righteous.

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Is living in a basement that bad?

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Hello, Zhuang Rui.

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I was at work earlier and was quite busy, so I didn't hear your call.

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What is it?

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It's nothing. I was just thinking to treat you to a meal earlier.

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Then, how about we have some night snacks?

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Sure.

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How come there's only you? Where's your boss?

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My boss is busy today. She can't come.

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She can't come?

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Is the reason your boss is not daring to show her face because she is feeling guilty?

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Those of you who are making your living on the ground surface are even more shady than us.

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You want us to risk our lives for you.

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And you don't even care whether we are dead or alive!

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You're not even complying to the underworld code of honor.

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Boss Yu, don't be agitated.

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You keep talking about some code of honor. What about your own morality and justice?

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When you took someone's money, you should help to relieve them of disasters.

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Actually, both of us understand this very well.

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You have nothing with you at all.

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You didn't manage to steal the jade eye at the pawnshop.

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There was also no jade eye inside Qi Yuan's tomb.

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Even though this is so, we are still paying you as agreed.

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That is our code of honor.

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The money... Go through it.

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At least, you still understand these matters.

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Tell your boss that she did not spend this money in vain.

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Consider this as compensation for our mental health.

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Starting today, I'm officially informing you

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that unhealthy food like instant noodles

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will be completely disappearing

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from our world.

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What are you doing? Let's go.

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Is this your dad?

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This is my grandfather.

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Since I was young, my dad would tell me stories about my grandfather,

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but I have never met him.

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Each time before I went to bed,

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my dad would read a book left behind by my grandfather.

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Grimms' fairy tales?

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Three battles with the white-boned demon?

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Geology of China.

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Say, one of you studied geography, the other one studied history.

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The subjects of specialization of your grandfather and you are really boring.

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Are these the items left behind by your late grandfather? Bring them along.

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I can't be certain yet whether they were left by him.

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But my dad said that my grandfather was not dead.

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My family displayed all the photos of my grandfather's exploration of the earth surface

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in the house.

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My dad said that my grandfather was someone who loved adventure.

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He would not have died so easily.

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He only changed his name, his area of residence,

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and the way he lives, that's all.

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I believe, too, that heroes don't die.

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Heroes don't die!

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Quickly!

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Are you free this weekend? There's a Precious Stones Cultural Exchange Meeting here.

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Would you like to attend?

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Thank you. Thank you, Grandfather Gu.

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You're welcome.

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This is material obtained from the stone that Qiming and I gambled with for the first time.

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We almost made a big loss.

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So we divided it into two pieces,

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and made them into a pair of pendants.

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This serves to remind us all the time

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not to have thoughts of getting rich overnight.

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We must be steady and reliable in the way we live and in every thing we do.

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I never imagined that after so many years,

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even though I didn't meet my old friend,

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I saw this pendant again.

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I'm even happier that

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you are actually Qiming's grandson!

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Then... did you know my grandfather very well?

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We were best friends!

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That year, he went to Gansu to sit for the imperial examination.

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He never came back after that.

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Imperial examination? Did he contact you at that time?

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What happened later?

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Wait a moment.

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[From the Archaeology Department of Peking University; For Gu Tianfeng]

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That year, the one going to Gansu for the imperial examination

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should have been me.

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But I fell and injured my leg just before I was due to leave.

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So, Qiming went in my place instead.

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We agreed that when he returned, I would treat him to a big meal.

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I never imagined that... there was no more chance.

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After he went to Gansu, we kept in contact through letters.

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What I know, is all in this letter.

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At that time, I could not understand

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why my dad would always say my grandfather would come back.

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Once grandfather was back, my dad, grandfather, and I

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would then be able to go to an archaeological site.

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But it has been so many years with no communication.

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Even if Qiming is not around anymore, you still have me.

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In the future, I will bring you to any place you want to go, whether it's for archaeological work or to collect local cultural materials.

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After losing contact with Qiming,

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I kept wanting to find your family.

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But your whole family moved out.

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I'd lost contact with them. Now, it's really good.

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I finally found you.

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Otherwise, I would never be able to let go of this issue.

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Grandfather!

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Xiao Rui, you are here, too?

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Xiao Yu.

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From now on, Zhuang Rui is your older brother.

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What?

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What's wrong?

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Qiming and I were very close to each other that we didn't differentiate what's his or mine.

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His grandson is also my grandson.

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Come, sit down.

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I am now your adoptive grandfather.

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That's fine, right?

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Since you are fine with it, call me grandfather now.

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Grandfather.

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That's right. That's more like it.

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Xiao Yu, call him "Older Brother."

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I say, Grandfather. You are not saying this for real, right?

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You can tell that I am older than Xiao Rui.

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What nonsense are you talking about? Is that important?

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Anyways, you both are my grandsons. Are you going to say it or not?

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Okay. Today, my grandson and adoptive grandson are complete.

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Let's drink together and celebrate later.

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But, Grandfather, I want to go back and read the letters my grandfather left.

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♫ The sky loses its color ♫

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♫ It's all the rain's fault ♫

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♫ Can you stop for a while, just give a moment of clear sky ♫

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♫ Love is an apple ♫

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♫ Only after taking a bite did I know ♫

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♫ That everything about the Garden of Eden ♫

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♫ Is true ♫

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♫ I want to be the only one in your eyes ♫

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♫ Even if I would be banished to the far horizon one day because of you ♫

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♫ I want to be the only person in your heart ♫

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♫ Just for you, why fear the wind and rain ♫

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♫ My dream is hazy ♫

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♫ All because of you ♫

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♫ The rare rainbows are just refraction from my

glistening tears ♫

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♫ What's strange is ♫

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♫ I'm not sad at all ♫

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♫ The feeling when I weep ♫

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♫ is actually bliss ♫

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♫ I want to be the only one in your eyes ♫

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♫ Even if I would be banished to the far horizon one day because of you ♫

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♫ I want to be the only person in your heart ♫

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♫ Just for you, why fear the wind and rain ♫

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♫ I want to be the only one in your eyes ♫

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♫ Even if I would be banished to the far horizon one day because of you ♫

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♫ I want to be the only person in your heart ♫

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♫ Just for you, why fear the wind and rain ♫

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♫ The feeling when I weep is actually bliss ♫

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