First Subordinate

"The jade stone has many characteristics. We can judge the internal condition of the jade stone according to these characteristics. Because from the perspective of petrology, the jade inside the jade stone has a certain correlation with the color of the outer skin. The characteristics of "songhua", "strap" and "skull" are important features for distinguishing the internal conditions of the jade stone."

Teresa came prepared equipped with very professional—an attitude to teach Ashley knowledge, but the look of smug and disdain in her eyes sold out her intentions.

Teresa was playing the knowledge of Ashley to show off his knowledge and satirize Ashley's ignorance.

Teresa continued with an attitude of a Holy Mother who took pity on an ignorant woman—Ashley. "I'm looking at Miss' wool and there's no sling, no loose flowers, no shackles, I'm afraid. It won't be green."

Because Teresa really made a lot of professional remarks, she was immediately appreciated by many people around her.

"I don't think that this young lady is so young, she has such profound knowledge!"

"Yes! These days… how many of young people know how gambling stone works."

Appreciated by everyone, Teresa raised her chin high.

Teresa's family was also doing jewelry business, so she has been in contact with jade and jade stones since childhood. She also knew a lot about gambling stone. Once, she also solved a few jadeites.

Keith's jewelry did not rank among the top three brands, but it was still famous in YN City.

Keith's assets were around 500 million dollar, which was also considered a real giant in the industry, but it was far from the third generation bosses.

Moreover, the company assets under the name of Keith Family were not only unique to the Keith Family, but also shareholders!

Because Teresa said that there was nothing wrong with this, Frederick did not feel that Teresa had any bad intentions.

"Miss Teresa's opinions... I am grateful for it. But it does not mean that there will be no green without slings and shackles on my wool. I think this piece of wool is pleasing to the eye. Why not try it?" Ashley said with a disregard.

Ashley admitted that Teresa was very professional, but she wanted to use her lucky physique which was already proven to her after winning a couple of millions of dollars.

Though this wool looked ugly at first glance and was priced as the lowest type of wool that recently arrived, Ashley was still optimistic about it.

Winning or losing depended on luck especially in stone gambling.

Teresa's eyes flashed with irony. It seemed to laugh at Ashley's ignorance and arrogance. The surface was pretending to be praised: "Miss Ashley has really a broad mind."

Although Frederick is not optimistic about the piece of wool on Ashley cart, it seemed that Ashley already identified it and Ashley was not short of money, so Frederick did not really dwell on it.

"Frederick, let's look at the wool first!" Teresa urged, she really did not want to be with Ashley.

"Ashley, do you want to go with us?" Frederick invited Ashley.

"Frederick······" Teresa hurriedly spoke and wanted to oppose it.

Ashley was the first one to refuse. "No, the store is so big anyway. I have to explore and find wools that I like."

"That's okay! If you need help, just call me." Frederick did not insist, as Ashley said, the store was so big and it needed to be explore to fully enjoy the calmness that stone gambling brought.

Ashley responded and pushed the cart to the side.

At this time, Ashley saw the woman who almost picked up the red jade before her, and returned to the place where the wool was placed.

Obviously, the middle-aged woman was now determined than the earlier doubt.

Unfortunately, the piece of wool has been taken by Ashley. There was no more room for regrets.

The woman was disappointed and unwilling, although she also knew that the wool had a very low chance of seeing the jade, but the instinct she always believed in really wanted to fight for it.

Ashley ignored it and continued to look for wools with high class jades inside them.

Soon, two pieces of wool were attracted Ashley. One was football-like in size, one had three-points the size of a basketball.

Ashley only took the wool that made her heart throb.

She took out the piece of wool with jade in the pile of wool in her cart. One good wool was in the hands of a middle-aged man and did not continue to stare at the piece in the man's hand.

Ashley was contented with what she earned. With her physique, as long as she wanted it, she would not lack this money. All she needed was to start a business and strive for it to become an empire big enough to shelter her and her son from the wind and rain—especially against the towering Elijah Consortium.

Ashley went to another pile of wools and she got two pieces of wools which she determined to have green. Although only it was as big as an apple, it was still a good jade that would sell well.

Continue to turn to another corner and got a big chunk of a deal—two football-like wools.

Because Ashley intended to open two or three pieces of jade wool here, she needed a cover up so she also took big waste wools.

Ashley's young age disguise was so eye-catching and the way she chose the wool like picking a garbage from the side street was more eye-catching. The people shook their heads and sighed.

Ashley naturally felt the eyes of everyone, but did not care.

Ashley's appetite was not small and the price was not low even when some of her wools were not from the high shelves with expensive marks. Still, she spent a total of 4.5 million dollars this time.

When Ashley remembered the man who was checking the good wool earlier, she turned and looked for him. She still saw him in his spot and he was still busy checking the wool for any clues. Ashley wanted to help him.

But she also knew that even if she reminded him, others would not believe her. She was not like Teresa who knew a lot of jargons.

"Hey! Isn't this Allen, the boss of Allen's Jewelry? Let me correct myself; it's the former boss, since I am no the boss of Allen's Jewelry! Why are you here? Do you have money to gamble?"

A male voice full of enthusiasm and cynicism appeared out of nowhere.

Suddenly, it attracted many people's attention, including Ashley.

Allen's Jewelry has a history of 16 years and assets of hundreds of millions. It belonged to the low-end brand and was not in the brand line.

The original owner Allen but it was changed to William six months ago.

The reasons for the change varied on the Internet and the facts were hard to guess.

The gloating man was dressed in a suit, holding a briefcase in his hand, and his body was slightly fat. He walked upright with arrogance evident in his posture. He was followed by several minions like a mob.

It's just that this man was insidious. His eyes swept away with a trace of viciousness! Ashley caught it. With many years as Madam Elijah, even when her husband despised her, it did not stop her from attending parties filled with hidden deep malice.

Hearing this voice, Allen, the man who was checking the wool, froze for a moment. There was a trace of shame in his face before he looked to his right and met the person he once trusted and called friend.. The look did not hide his hatred as he called the man through gritted teeth: "William"

For Allen's hatred, William did not care. He continued to sneer and said sarcastically: "I heard that you want to make a comeback, but seeing you now… tsk tsk tsk. Listen to me, keep that little money of yours. I heard you are yet to pay for your son's tuition."

Because they were still in public area, Allen did not want to make trouble with William. Even if he was troubled, he was not his opponent. Therefore, Allen bit his tongue and tried to suppress his anger.

He said coldly: "My affairs don't need you to control, William. You should focus on how to manage the store without me people."

"Huh! I am not afraid of ghosts! Allen, if you have the ability to buy that wool then do it! If you can't afford it, I can give it to you." William's neck which was barely visible gleamed with golden luster under the eyes of the onlookers.

"Who said that we can't afford it! Mr. Allen, let's go, we will check it out." Ashley came out.

The people parted as she walked to Allen's side. She did not give Allen the room to talk and resist as she directly took him away so that he could not break free.

"You······" Allen was very surprised, how the strength of this little girl was so strong!

He knew that this little girl wanted to help him…but he really could not afford such wool!

William did not recognize the girl with Allen. He believed that he knew Allen enough and he was sure that he got no backer. With this in mind, his vigilance was dispelled. Yet William was still curious about the wool in Allen's hand.

"Little girl, I don't want to buy it." Allen said in a dilemma.

"Mr. Allen, I know that you are still optimistic about this piece of wool, but you have concerns in finance. In fact, I am also optimistic about this piece of wool. If you are not willing to take full risks, we will pay half of this wool, if it sells good then just split it. You won't lose too much."

If Allen wanted to buy this piece of wool, Ashley would not fight for it, or she could wait until Allen gives up.

However, Ashley has her own plans and purposes, so she will do so—deliberately approaching Allen.

"This······"

Allen heard Ashley's words and was tempted.

He did not dare to take on this risk, but he was optimistic about this piece of wool, so he was hesitant.

If someone shared the risk, then…

Allen looked at the other girl, thinking that the other party would not have to gamble at all, and he didn't want to take advantage of the girl: "Girl, if we lost, you have to know that I can't compensate you even if you chop me to pieces!"

"I know; gambling will always have a win or lose!"

Allen tangled a bit but still agreed.

This piece of wool has six pounds and four thousand, 10,000 dollar a pound, which was 64,000 dollars for this single wool.

Because buying wool requires registration and signature, it was actually bought by two people so it is natural to sign the names of two people.

After signing the word and paying the money, Ashley asked Allen to take the wool and go to the stone cutting area.

When leaving, Ashley put the cart on his side and pushed it up. Allen saw it and suddenly opened his eyes in shock: "These… are you buying these?"

"Yea."

Allen's swallowed, realizing that Ashley was a wealthy girl with solid capital!

However, this also meant that he we would not be burden if the wool would not have anything.

Because William only looked at Allen far away, he did not hear what they had just said.

And for him, Ashley was just a little ignorant girl. William did not think it was bought by Ashley, so he thought Allen bought the wool alone.

He knew that Allen has gone bankrupt and that he could not afford a piece of wool so he did not feel surprised at all.

But when he saw the cart full of wool that Ashley pushed, he was still shocked.

'Where did Allen come to buy so much wool? How can he afford this pile of wools that's surely worth millions?'

William hurriedly walked over. He started mocking Allen once more: "Hey! Allen, are you gambling your family's fortune this time by buying so much wool?"

Although Allen did not want to pay attention to William, he did not want people to misunderstand that these wools are his, so he still explained: "Not mine."

William breathed a sigh of relief before he ironically smiled: "Oh! I thought you are risking to the death! As expected, you are still as cowardly as ever."

However, since these wools were not Allen's, then it meant that these wools belong to the petite girl.

Since she could buy so much wool at once, it seemed that this little girl's family was not simple. He just did not know what relationship this girl had with Allen!

No matter what the relationship was, it felt as if Allen found a backer and this thought made William feel awkward for a moment.

He was worried that someone would help Allen and let him make a comeback. In this case, Allen will threaten his future. He managed to defeat Allen after years of scheming; no way would he let a girl destroy his plans! No way!

Allen just looked at him coldly and did not speak. He walked directly to the cutting area.

"Tsk! Let's see if you can solve something." William also followed Allen with the attitude of watching a joke.

When someone had a wool to open, there would be automatically a crowd of people. So, many people surrounded Ashley, Allen, and Birk.

Although there were several stone cutting machines, Ashley's was not in a hurry.

After lining up for some time, the cutting master began to solve her wools.

A knife went down and revealed a light green color. Suddenly, the sound of Birk's excitement was heard: "Shit! It's green!"

Everyone heard the words, so they also followed the excitement. The person who was the most excited was Allen.

'It's green, it's really green!'

On contrast, the most ugly face belonged to William!

It's not easy to design Allen to go bankrupt. There was no way in hello would he let him make a comeback!

Never ever!

Soon, Birk poured all of his concentration. A few moments later, the jade of four or five centimeters thick came out.

The color was refreshing and the texture was fine. It was a jade species that belonged to the hibiscus.

The hibiscus species was between the sorghum species and the ice species. It belonged to the middle and upper grade class jadeite and its value was also very high.

Feeling the rich lucky aura, Ashley will naturally absorb it to integrate it into her physique.

Soon, when the jade came out, someone naturally started to bid.

"I bid for five million"

"I bid for six million"

······

"18 million dollars!"

Finally, the hibiscus was claimed to 18 million, and no one shouted. This was already the highest market price of the jade in accordance to its size and type.

Allen exploded with excitement!

"Miss…" Allen went to Ashley and wanted to tell her about the transfer.

"Go get all of it to your card first," Ashley said.

Allen sighed, asked: "You are not afraid of me alone?"

"I believe you," Ashley said. She did not really believe in Allen, but wanted to take the opportunity to test him.

If he ran, then it meant that she looked at the wrong person, if he didn't run, it meant that her vision was not wrong and her next plan would proceed.

Of course, with this money, it was not difficult for Allen to make a comeback. But Ashley believed that when Allen would see her next jadeites, he would know what was the next choice for him.

Being trusted, Allen was moved. After his bankruptcy, many people he used to be friends with looked down on him. And when he saw them coming, they would flee as if he was the plague. He never thought he would get such trust from a girl he just met.

Indeed, Ashley made the right bet. When Allen saw Ashley's skills and luck, he did not hesitate to follow her to the nearest coffee shop.

With Allen's presence, he became Ashley's first subordinate. No one knew that in this moment, the first of many subordinates for the empire she would build was formed.

It all started with gambling.

Now with the big capital in her hands and the Jewelry Store in hand, the first branch of Ashley's company was about to be ushered. Allen would be the first of Ashley's many loyal subordinates who would soon become the pillar of the empire she would build for her son.

With the things in YN City done, Ashley was about to leave. Next, she would prepare for the filming of the mystery drama Unmasked. With the things here left to Allen, Ashley would come back for the follow up after the taping.

Right now, she had to prepare for her next battlefield.