Chapter 583 582. Call the Police (1)
Alicia reacted and said in surprise: "It's unbelievable, this is a fake! This is not real rough opal!"
Hearing the conversation between the three, people around rushed over: "What's going on?" "What fake?" "Are these opals fake?"
Someone picked up the broken gem, held it up to the sun, looked at it with a magnifying glass, and immediately said: "It is indeed a fake, this is a fake opal!"
Another person took the stone layer from Li Du, and he burned the glue layer with a lighter. Immediately, a pungent smell of chemical rubber came out.
"Fake!" Li Du roared with a livid face.
There are still some people who are stupid and don't understand the problem, and ask: "What's going on here?"
A picker sneered and said, "Are you stupid? Obviously, this is a man-made rough opal, and the stone and opal are glued together..."
"It's not opal, and the gems inside are fake too."
When things got to this point, everyone understood what was going on.
A picker was about to transfer money to Combit, and when he learned that what Li Du picked up was a fake, he quickly put away his phone and said, "Fake, what happened?"
Everyone looked at Compete and the others, and more than a dozen people surrounded him with a 'crash', glaring at him angrily and asking, "Compete, what's going on?"
These people, like Li Du, have already transferred the money to Competer's picker.
As soon as Li Du found a fake, the pickers guessed the truth.
They have all been in this industry for many years, and they are clear about the tricks of this industry.
Gemstone scams of all kinds are common in national parks, where fakes are often passed off as real ones, pretending to have found a gemstone and then selling it to tourists at a high price.
There are also people who play big, making fake rough opals, which are scattered in the ground beforehand after being brought to the national park, dug out later, and sold at a price lower than the market price to make money.
However, this kind of scam is generally aimed at tourists, and the pickers are not deceived. Therefore, when the scam appeared, the pickers were not psychologically prepared, and almost all of them were fooled.
As for the perpetrators of the scam, it goes without saying that everyone knows that Competer and his party did it.
Seeing that everyone found that the rough opal in the field was a fake, Compete and the others panicked, especially Compete, who was surrounded by angry pickers, backed away in fright.
The calm black man came up, stopped everyone and said, "What's going on? Hey, let me tell you what's going on?"
A hand picker yelled: "Don't be stupid, Stevenson, don't be stupid! You designed this scam, damn it, you cheated your colleagues, you will go to hell sooner or later!"
Stevenson remained calm. He said calmly, "What scam? Who did we deceive? Damn old Deckard, please speak clearly."
At this time, Compete also reacted. He pretended to be confused and said, "What are you doing? I was confused by you."
Deke went up to push Compete, and said angrily: "Confused? Then let me remind you, these rough opals are all fakes!"
Conbit showed a shocked expression and shouted: "What are you talking about? These rough opals are all fake? Impossible, this is impossible!"
One picker said coldly: "Stop acting, do you think we are idiots? Give us our money back!"
"You bastard, you actually cheated on one of your own people, damn it, I won't let you go, pay back the money!"
"Return the money to us, or you will be miserable today!"
Stevenson raised his hand and said, "Calm down guys, everyone, arguing won't help! Listen to me, what do you mean? What are these fakes?"
"These rough opals are fakes! You threw them in the ground to deceive us!"
Stevenson laughed and said, "Don't be kidding, of course it's funny, are you jealous of us? We're not the only ones who dug up gems here, the Chinese sold them to Owen..."
"I didn't sell Owen a piece of rough opal! I swear to God, if I say anything, let our whole family go to hell! Let me go to hell immediately!" Li Du interrupted him.
At this time, you still want to drag me into the water? I don't want to play with you!
After saying these words, he took out his mobile phone and called Owen and turned on the speakerphone: "Owen, my buddy, good afternoon."
"Good afternoon, Li, my good buddy, will you call me this time, is there anything I can help?" Owen's bold voice sounded.
The pickers nodded after hearing this: "This is Owen."
Li Du said: "There is really one thing. I don't know who spread the news that I sold you a bunch of rough opals. For God's sake, don't tell me that you spread the word."
Owen said with a smile: "Are you kidding me? Why did I spread such inexplicable news? But you found the rough opal again?"
"No, it was rumored by someone."
Owen said disappointedly: "That's a pity. If you find rough opal, remember to come to me. I will give you a good price."
Li Du agreed to come down and then hung up the phone, looking at Stevenson and Competer with cold eyes.
"It is true that I leased this land before, but I have never found a piece of rough opal here!" He said loudly.
At this moment, Stevenson also became a little flustered. He coughed and said, "It turned out to be like this? Then your luck is too bad, we found so many rough opals..."
"You guys brought so many?" Li Du sneered.
Stevenson gave Compete a wink, and Compete pointed his shotgun at him and yelled, "Hey Chinaman, don't be a horse, don't insult us..."
He couldn't continue speaking in the middle of the sentence. Godzilla was holding a military shovel, and Oo was holding a pickaxe and stood next to Li Du. Compet was so frightened that he quickly shut up.
Stevenson picked up a piece of rough opal and said, "Everyone calm down, don't think I don't know what you want to do, you want to take this opportunity to snatch our gems! Anyone who goes further, I will call the police!"
After the words fell for a while, the sound of the police siren reached everyone's ears.
Stevenson looked at the wasteland road in astonishment, and asked, "Who called the police?"
Li Du said: "You, didn't you just say that you wanted to call the police?"
Stevenson said angrily, "Fack, I didn't call the police!"
The police car stopped here, and seeing them holding shotguns and military shovels, the two policemen tensed up, pulled out their pistols and said, "Hey, squat down on the ground, everyone! Put your hands where we can see them!"
Li Du squatted down first, and obediently put his hands on the back of his head.
Sophie also wanted to squat down, but a policeman was quite gentlemanly, waved his hands and said, "Miss, you don't need to get involved, obviously you are not a criminal suspect."
A group of pickers: "Nima coins!"