Chapter 136: Big News
Chapter 136: Big News
“Calm down!”
Gao Jing did not expect that Senior, who was always elegant and refined, would lose her composure like this.
The Arkansas diamond park covered only about 15 hectares of land, and her scream drew everyone’s attention, including a park ranger.
Ji Yu quickly covered her mouth with her hand, her face turning bright red.
She was really surprised and excited!
On the sieve in front of her, among a pile of dark brown stones.
There was a pale pink gemstone, about the size of a pigeon egg, half-buried there!
Although this gemstone was not very sparkly, shaped like milky quartz glass, and had many black-gray spots on its surface.
But when Ji Yu saw it for the first time, her heart exploded inside!
This feeling could not be put into words, like finding your true love at first sight in a million people, not because of knowledge or experience, just pure gut feeling.
Earlier, Ji Yu was bored with the sieve work that gave her no results.
Even looking at the dirt made her feel sick.
She had completely given up hope of finding a diamond.
All she had was disappointment.
Right at that moment, she found such a big possible raw stone.
Her mood soared to heaven instantly.
How could she not be excited, and how could she not lose her cool!
“WOW!”
A cowboy man nearby leaned over on his horse and stared at the pink stone on the sieve in shock.
His eyes went green with envy!
Compared to Ji Yu at the level of Little White, his sight and experience were much better.
So he was shocked to the highest level.
Fuck!!!
The cowboy man really could not believe it.
He had worked hard here for about five or six years.
His biggest find was just one rough stone under 1 carat, which was very ordinary.
But this pink rough stone in front of him was at least over 10 carats!
Since he was sieving dirt right next to Ji Yu, he knew through chatting that this Asian beauty and her male friend were visiting Arkansas for the first time.
Of course, it was also their first time digging for diamonds here.
And they dug out such a big one!
Was this the legendary beginner’s luck halo?
God!!
The cowboy man’s face twisted with jealousy.
More people gathered around.
Realizing there was big news here, everyone put down their tools and ran over to see.
Gao Jing reached out and picked up the gemstone, smiling as he said to Ji Yu, “I told you, you would have good luck today!”
Senior covered her hot face with both hands, still not believing it, “Is this real?”
Gao Jing confirmed, “Of course it’s real!”
This pink diamond was carefully picked from the 27 rough stones he had found earlier.
It was a special surprise just for Ji Yu!
Someone beside them shouted out, “Go get it checked right now!”
At that moment, the amazing news that Gao Jing and Ji Yu had found a big diamond.
Spread quickly among the crowd!
The park ranger hurried over to keep things in order, “Move aside, please make way.”
“Let’s go.”
Gao Jing shoved the pink stone into Ji Yu’s hand, “Go for an appraisal.”
The diamond park offered free checking services.
With the ranger guiding the way and a big crowd around them, Gao Jing and Ji Yu reached the park visitor center.
The park staff had also heard the news.
They warmly led the two to the appraisal room while helping with order.
The diamond park appraiser was a bald middle-aged man with a big belly, looking like a nerdy guy.
When he saw the pink diamond Ji Yu placed before him.
This appraiser’s eyes popped wide open, like a creep spotting a total beauty.
His eyes shone PIUPIU!
“OMG!”
He held back his excitement, put on gloves very seriously, picked up a magnifying glass for a first look.
Then he used special tools to test it.
The visitor center was packed with people, but it stayed really quiet.
Everyone waited for the results.
Even though they were not the ones who found the diamond, lots got excited.
It felt like they were about to see or be part of history!
The checking took a full half hour.
Finally, the results came out.
It was a very rare pink diamond, weighing 12.85 carats with an amazing quality.
As for what exact grade it got.
That needed more intense testing, like cutting and polishing it a lot.
But its worth was beyond doubt!
The appraiser said this, “At least over 1 million US Dollars!”
It was a cautious guess.
He also gave a signed paper with the park stamp as proof.
It showed this pink diamond came from the diamond park.
When this result was known, it caused a huge fuss at the center!
Visitors talked happily about it, some posted the news on their blogs and FB.
Others rushed back to their digging spots to mine with all they had.
The smart gem hunters noticed the holes Gao Jing had dug.
Of course, nobody rushed to grab those spots right away.
That would break the rules.
“Congratulations to both of you.”
The park staff invited Gao Jing and Ji Yu to the meeting room, serving them steaming coffee and drinks.
Then they sincerely requested the two to participate in an interview.
Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas hadn’t made big news in a very long time.
It couldn’t be helped; the park was small. Having been open for decades, the surface had been dug over countless times. Finding large gems left undiscovered was nearly impossible.
To keep the park running, the staff had to use some tricks to attract visitors.
But they couldn’t just drop a huge rough stone for someone to find.
Honestly, they found it hard to believe that Gao Jing and Ji Yu had unearthed this 12.85-carat pink diamond.
However, the earlier identification proved the diamond came from this very land!
Since the source was confirmed, the park staff naturally came up with an idea.
This was a perfect chance to promote the diamond park again!
Though park tickets were cheap, the steady stream of visitors over the years was huge.
And these visitors all spent money.
This brought benefits not just to the park, but also to Little Rock and even all of Arkansas!
So they desperately hoped for Gao Jing and Ji Yu’s cooperation.
Gao Jing thought it over, discussed it with his Senior, and agreed to the request.
His condition was that he wouldn’t appear on camera. The whole interview would be handled by Ji Yu.
Gao Jing mainly thought that he might come to dig for diamonds often in the future, so getting on good terms with the park staff was smart.
It was also a small way to make it up to them.
Besides, even if they refused, the park wouldn’t miss such a great publicity opportunity.
Better to take the initiative themselves.
The park staff agreed to his condition immediately.
Ji Yu was so beautiful; her appearance would undoubtedly increase the news value.
While the park staff prepared, Ji Yu took out her phone, happily snapping photos of the diamond.
She had calmed down by now.
Having seen Gao Jing’s extravagance, regularly drinking Hundred-Fruit Wine worth millions, and just splurging hundreds of thousands of US Dollars on New York City’s Fifth Avenue, Senior had developed considerable resistance to wealth.
1 million US Dollars wasn’t actually that much.
She was just overly surprised earlier.
But calm as she was, a woman’s nature couldn’t be suppressed.
Since they agreed to the interview, showing off a little on her Moments was perfectly reasonable.
“Spent 6 dollars on a ticket and just dug up a diamond! 12.85 carats. Need advice, gang – should it be a ring or a necklace?” [Photo, photo, photo!]
The moment this was posted, her Moments exploded.
“For real? How lucky can you be?”
“Xiaoyu, I’m not well-read, don’t tease me. I believe you!”
“Oh my god, Yu Yu, have you no heart?”
“Hmph! I’m not falling for it!”
“Where did you dig it? Take me! I don’t need 12.85 carats, 1.285 is plenty!”
“Woah! That’s a real rough diamond? SO BIG!!!”
“No way!”
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Most of Ji Yu’s friends and close buddies didn’t believe her post.
They thought she was joking.
Ji Yu didn’t argue. She picked up her phone and recorded a 30-second video.
She filmed the pink diamond, the identification certificate, the meeting room scene, and even the park staff setting up cameras.
She posted it to Moments: “About to do the interview now, guys. Chat later!” [Video attached]
Tossing this second bomb, Ji Yu smiled and tucked her phone away.