Chapter 40
“How could these bloodstones be fake?”
Xavier, an expert in the
The sales manager was completely fostered. She hadn’t been bothered when a few outsiders criticized the gemstones earlier, but now that Xa field, had personally given his sharp evaluation, she could no longer ignore it.
“What’s that? Are you questioning my judgment ?”
Xavier had been in the industry for decades, starting at gemstone mines when he was a teenager and moving through major antique markets by his 20s. Over the years, the treasures he had appraised were worth hundreds of millions. No one in the industry dared to challenge his expertise.
“No, no, that’s not what I meant
“What do you mean, then?” Xavier, who had a temper, put the two gemstones back clown and coldly wamed her, “To try and fool people with something like this is even worse than selling substandard goods! I need to report this to the relevant authorities and have them check if the products at Gems Galore are all up to
With his reputation, having the authorities conduct a surprise inspection of a jewelry brand or auction house was nothing more than a phone call away. *Please, Mr. Newman, there must be some misunderstanding here. Gems Galore has been in business for decades and has a solid reputation. We’d never sell take goods to our customers.”
The sales manager was sweating profusely. It she could turn back time, she would never have personally delivered this batch of goods. Now, because of these two fake bloodstones, she was stuck and couldn’t leave.
Talking to me won’t help. You need to explain this to Ms. Bass, the customer who bought from you.”
After removing his gloves, he took a few steps back and was invited by Jayce to sit aside and let the matter be dealt with
“Alexia, there’s definitely been some misunderstanding. Let me investigate this, and I promise I’ll give you a satisfactory answer”
“can see you’re probably unaware of the situation. I won’t make it difficult for you. How about this? Can your person in charge come to my office tomorrow? I’l personally handle the matter with them.
“As for these two take bloodstones, for faimess, we’ll keep them with Mr. Newman until everything is sorted. How does that sound?” “Olay. We’ll go according to your plan, Alexia.”
would have to compensate at
This was no joke. The transaction was worth a million, and according to the “tentimes the penalty for fake goods” rule, Gems Galore w least ten million dollars.
On top of that, the bloodstone previously purchased was also fake, which meant additional compensation. This was no longer something a small manager like h
could handle.
She just wanted to quickly step away and let someone higher up take care of the mess,
her
Once the sales manager left in embarrassment, Xavier said again, “Although these two bloodstones are fake, their craftsmanship is quite good. If it’s not someone with gemstone expertise, they’d find it hard to distinguish. It’s fortunate you noticed the issue, Ms. Bass. Otherwise, you would’ve really lost out.”
“We wouldn’t have spotted it at all if not for Ethan’s help,” Jayce said, both he and Alexa letting out a sigh of relief. If it weren’t for Ethan’s sharp eye, they might have sent the bloodstone as a gift and never realized it was fake.
there woul
would be no way to deny it no matter how hard they tried.
Once the Ziegler family discovered that the bloodstone they were gifted was take, “It’s nothing. Bloodstones are tricky to identify. It’s normal for you not to notice After handling the matter, Ethan quickly packed away his own bloodstone. He had won it in a bet from his mentors on the mountain, and it had taken a lot of effort to get
“Oh, it looks like you really low your gemstone!” sald Xavier.
“I wouldn’t say that. I had to learn it when I was younger because my elders forced me to do it. I picked up some skills along the There was no other reason than that he had been forced to leant
way.
His mentors pushed him to learn many different skills, claiming that a wide range of sialls was always useful. Now, looking back, actually learned everything they taught him.
- k. Ethan was an
was amazed that he had
“Is that so? Well, I have a gemstone here. How about you take a look at it for me?” Upon hearing Ethan had some expertise, Xavier immediately had other ideas. He pulled a gemstone wrapped in fine satin from his pocket.
