I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

"Beast!" Wang Ling's face changed colors repeatedly, and at last, she forced out an inexplicable word.

"Hold on, I'll call Hong Yi to see what's going on," Zhang Menglong still felt it necessary to make a confirmation call to Hong Yi.

"Hong Yi, I'm already at the venue. Were these three masters Yu, Meng, and Bai arranged by you?"

"Yes, Mr. Zhang."

"Aren't they seniors in the stone appraisal world? Did you hire them with money?" Zhang Menglong said, "That's not necessary, you know as well as I do, I just want to spend money, not earn it. This puts me in a difficult position."

"Mr. Zhang, these three masters weren't invited with money; they are originally from the Zhang family."

"What? What do you mean?" Zhang Menglong was suddenly a bit confused.

"Mr. Zhang, stone appraisal is a skill that greatly relies on experience. Without decades of research and a vast number of incidents, it's impossible to train a genuine master of stone appraisal. All of them were nurtured by the elders in your family."

"Brought up? I don't quite understand what you mean?"

"To put it simply, it's about investing money. In the past, your elders spent a tremendous amount of funds to purchase countless raw stones. The art of these masters was honed among those raw stones. In the whole of Huaxia, probably only your family can afford to spend money like this."

"Damn, so they really were built up with money!" Hearing the recent price tags of raw stones, which ranged from a million to even ten million, Zhang Menglong could almost imagine how much money was burnt to train these three masters.

"These three masters have long signed a lifetime servitude contract with the Zhang family. When you don't need them, they are free to do as they wish, but once you need them, they will be at your service immediately. That's why I arranged for them to accompany you to the conference today."

"So that's how it is. I understand now."

"Today, I must trouble the three masters." Zhang Menglong spoke with a respectful tone. Although the relationship was that of master and servant, they were still three elders, so Zhang Menglong was courteous.

"Mr. Zhang, you're too polite. This is all part of our duty. If you take a fancy to any raw stones, just let us know. The expertise of us three old fellows is still quite reliable," said Yu, the leading master.

They were all very surprised when they received Hong Yi's call. The last time someone from the Zhang family asked them to make a move was several decades ago, and they had even begun to forget about the family. The emergence of Zhang Menglong doubtlessly helped them recall everything.

In the entire Huaxia, and even in the whole world, there exists such a low-profile but unrivaled family.

"Old Wang, I've found out. These three masters are all from our family."

"They really work for your family?" Although Wang Ling didn't run in these circles, she had done some homework before coming. These three masters were definitely legends in the stone appraisal world.

"And it's a lifetime exclusive deal."

"Damn, then what's the difference between them and the servants of your family!" Wang Ling couldn't help shouting out loud, unable to control her emotions, but the three masters just smiled. She wasn't wrong, technically speaking, and they really were no different from the servants of the Zhang family.

However, being a servant of the Zhang family was not easy; to become associated with the Zhangs meant an everlasting protection under the shelter of this massive entity. In front of Zhang Menglong, they might be servants, but to everyone else, they remained people of high status!

"Did you all hear that? The three masters just said they came here to accompany that young man."

"Heard it, and I would have noticed even if I hadn't been told. The masters were very respectful in their tone."

"What kind of background does this young man have to wield such energy?"

"This must not be your ordinary rich second generation; just being rich can't make these masters treat him with such an attitude."

"Could he be a junior member of some leadership in Yanjing?"

"Possibly, everyone pay attention, and make sure not to unwittingly provoke this one in the future."

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At this moment, Master Hu, who had been very arrogant towards Zhang Menglong earlier, was starting to feel his legs go weak.

He truly had skill, and had even accumulated a fortune of over a billion through stone appraisal, but compared to those three masters, he was still several levels behind. From the attitude of the three masters, one could butt-guess that this young man had an extraordinary origin.

"Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry, my attitude just now was somewhat unreasonable, I..."

"Hmph," Zhang Menglong glanced at him coldly, the thing he despised the most was this kind of fair-weathered person.

Seeing that Zhang Menglong paid him no mind, he immediately turned towards the three masters and approached them.

"Master Yu, I am..."

But the three masters also just gave him a cold look, since Zhang Menglong was unwilling to deal with such a person, they naturally were not going to show any kindness.

"This is the area for stone cutting," Wang Ling led Zhang Menglong to a row of machines, where an entrepreneur had already chosen his desired raw stone and was having it cut there.

"There should be nothing in these stones," Master Yu concluded with a glance, and the other two masters nodded slightly, obviously in agreement with Master Yu's judgment.

Sure enough, those stones turned into a pile of rubble without a trace of green.

"Make way, make way!" A middle-aged man with a sharp face and a big gold chain, looking like a nouveau riche, pushed a cart into the area; his raw stone alone weighed at least two hundred pounds.

"Hehe, brother, please be careful, this stone cost me over four million."

"Don't worry, I have never damaged the jade inside the stones I have cut," said an experienced-looking worker, immediately getting to work.

"Hehe, all show and no substance, I'm afraid these four million will just go down the drain," Master Yu laughed.

A few minutes later, only the man with a face as if his entire family had died and a pile of rubble were left.

"Hmm? This one is interesting!" Master Yu's gaze suddenly fell upon a raw stone held by a man who looked to be in his fifties, not too far away. This piece of raw stone, weighing only about ten pounds and looking like a leftover piece, would not normally be purchased by ordinary people.

"Brother, you're buying this kind of stuff? Even if you have excess money, it shouldn't be wasted like this."

"Hahaha, I just buy things based on a feeling, come on!"

"Alright, as you wish!" The worker sprinkled on a bowl of water and began to cut the stone carefully.

After only grinding off a thin layer, a green sheen suddenly spread out with the debris.

"There's green!"

"Damn, even this waste stone can produce green?"

"This is effing luck?"

When the stone was fully cut, it revealed a piece of ice-type jade as big as a fist! He had bought that stone for only twenty thousand yuan, but this piece of jade was worth nearly a million!

"Interesting!" Seeing such a scene, even Zhang Menglong felt somewhat eager to try.

"How about it? Fancy playing with a couple of stones?" Wang Ling was also brimming with excitement, with these three masters around, could he, Wang Ling, possibly lose today?

"Let's go!" Zhang Menglong headed straight for the raw stone market.

"With these two masters here today, we're going to make a fortune!" Wang Ling's face was written all over with excitement; even though he was already wealthy, who would complain about having too much money? Especially when being friends with someone like Zhang Menglong.

"To think I'd get such an opportunity on my first try at stone gambling, hahaha!" Wang Ling laughed, his eyes squinting into slits – the prowess of these three masters could be seen from the casual judgment they made earlier, they truly had real skill!
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"Stone gambling?" Zhang Menglong looked at Wang Ling, "Who said I'm going to gamble on stones."

"If you're not here to gamble on stones, what are you doing here? And hiring two masters? As bodyguards perhaps?"

"Hehe," Zhang Menglong laughed enigmatically, "Gambling is for those without capital, a choice only a poor person would make!"