This gambling stones competition, although unofficial, was a national one. Thus, countless jewelers invested in the competition, trying to increase their company’s popularity.
The competition venue was so large that it could hold over a thousand people. When the three of them arrived at the venue, they only felt a sea of people, which was quite shocking.
But it was also noisy.
The Stone Association in City Z was the organizer of this competition. Because it was always the most famous in the stones world of Country C, this competition only invited stone associations from all provinces and cities to take part.
This grand event was broadcast live, and even the offstage banquet was all on camera.
The three of them found the table that represented Jol City and sat down. And the table prepared with drinks, cold drinks, and some cold dishes.
“York Huang. Are you the only one from Jol City?”
An old man at the next table recognized York and greeted him.
The old man’s words left Lena Lan and Chase Chen speechless.
How could he say it was only York?
Weren’t they people?
The old man had a problem with his eyes.
York understood what the old man meant, it was obvious that what he wanted to say was Milton Lei and Todd Yu.
He saw that they were acquaintances and smiled, “Yeah. They’re both too lazy for the old man, so they put this chore on me.”
Milton and Todd weren’t here because Chase was coming to the competition. They were already on bad terms with Chase and didn’t want to come along.
The older man who spoke was Johnson Wu, the most famous and powerful stone master of The Stone Association in City C.
Jol City and City C were close. The stone associations would often have some exchanges, so they acquainted with each other.
Johnson looked over at Chase and Lena and then asked York, “Are you going to be in person?”
York laughed, “No. Chase is representing Jol City.”
Then He introduced, “His name is Chase Chen, and he’s our Jol City representative.”
Johnson was somewhat surprised and observed Chase again.
He and York were as good as each other. If York didn’t show up, was this young man stronger than York?
Since when did Jol City have a better stone master than York, and he was a young man in his twenties.
“This is the younger generation will surpass the older. I didn’t realize you were a stone master.” Surprised nonetheless, Johnson complimented Chase.
“Master Wu is over-complimenting. It’s Master Huang and others giving youngs to express ourselves,” Chase said modestly.
Seeing Chase’s humility, Johnson’s favorable opinion of Chase was immediately doubled.
Johnson then introduced the other youths at his table, who were all his disciples. Johnson brought them here to broaden their horizons, and they were not yet strong enough to take part.
Several of the youths were a bit unwilling to hear that Chase was here to compete. Three of them looked a few years older than Chase, so it was hard for them to imagine how capable Chase was.
Gambling stones required a superb mental sense and acquainted the structure and shape of various types of jades and stones in the world. Without a few decades of research, didn’t expect to achieve much.
Even the chosen one couldn’t be as young as Chase and can rival Master Huang and others.
So no one was optimistic about Chase.
Several of them were acquaintances, and they were all far away from home. So Johnson was kind enough to invite the York’s group to their table.
Anyway, there was still a bit of time before the game started, so everyone was drinking and chatting. But it was York and Johnson talking, while the other juniors listened.
Through asking Chase a few questions about the stones, Johnson tested Chase’s fundamentals.
After a few questions, Johnson and his apprentices impressed by Chase’s understanding of the stones.
Even some of the principles that Chase analyzed, Johnson and York had never heard of them.
NO. Neither of them understood why the stones reacted the way it did.
Johnson even asked Chase something that he didn’t understand, though Chase had no evidence to back it up.
But both Johnson and York kept nodding their heads, and they both felt that what Chase said made sense.
Seeing the two masters greed with what Chase said, Johnson’s disciples were also convinced.
They had to admit that they were indeed inferior to Chase’s understanding of stones.
Soon the event started, after an introduction, the chairman of The Stone Association in City Z gave an opening speech. After ten minutes, the chairman walked down under a burst of applause Then, the host announced the competition rules.
The rules of the competition were simple: 64 participants, one opponent selected at random, two against two, three rounds of two wins. The winner would enter the top 32, the loser would be eliminated.
Those who were already in the top ten in the country didn’t have to participate in the previous matches. They went to 16 to 8.
Six of the nation’s top ten masters were now competing, which means they didn’t show up until the 16 to 8.
The rewards were as follows. The first place would win one hundred million yuan for the association he represented. And second place was 80 million. Third place was fifty million. Fourth to eighth place was twenty million. Ninth to sixteenth place was ten million.
And after the sixteenth place, all of them were one million yuan participation prizes.
Of course, all this money invested by the major jewelers. Because every time competition held, it would advertise for the jewelers who invested in it. This large-scale event lived on television, advertising was more effective than using stars. So the jewelers were willing to spend money.
Because his opponent was not strong, Chase defeated with a score of 2-0 in the first match. In the second match, he also won, beating his opponent 2:0, and entered the top 16.
Even if Chase stops at the top 16, he has already won 10 million for Jol City.
The thousands of gambling stones fan watching the TV live in Jol City were all excited to see Chase enter the top 16.
Even Ogden Zhang, who had a grudge against Chase, had a smile on his face.
Of course, it’s not the money they care about, but fame.
The farther Chase went on behalf of Jol City, the better the reputation of The Stone Association in Jol City would be more famous.
York was also a little excited, though he knew Chase was strong. But in an official match like this, anything could happen.
At this point, Chase was ready to take a break. After all, this kind of competition was to drain on mental energy. If he didn’t rest well, it was easy for him to make errors in judgment.
He was about to walk to their table when a familiar figure appeared in his line of sight.
And the other party was also looking at him with a gloomy face.