Chapter 444: Fellow Mining
Qin still hugged the girl, and then introduced her.
"This is Tina, my best friend in Australia. This is my boss, Zhang Hao. β
"Hello. β
"These are my two colleagues, Li Qiangdong, Guo Qiang, and Zhang Lin. β
"Hello. β
Qin is still the last to introduce Li Daniu, his expression is still a little shy.
"This is my husband, Li Daniu. β
"Oh my God, you're married. Why don't you call me?"
The four people in front of Tina shook hands, and when they arrived at Li Daniu, she went up and hugged Li Daniu.
"You're so strong, still, you're happy. β
Qin still understood the meaning of this little girl's words, and glanced at her.
Li Daniu was blushed and lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Tina.
"Okay, the car is outside, my fiancΓ© has prepared dinner, go to my house for dinner first, and then take you to the hotel in town. β
Tina walked out of the airport with the group and got into a minibus.
It looks a little shabby on the outside, but it's pretty tidy on the inside.
"Tina, haven't you changed this car yet? Oh my God, it's getting older than you. β
"I'm reluctant, and my fiancΓ© recently bought two mines and was pitted, so I can't change them for the time being. β
Hearing the words about the opal mine, Zhang Hao interjected.
"I'm sorry, but I want to ask, what are the procedures required to open a mine here?"
Tina was very happy and directly told Zhang Hao a lot of questions about the opal mine.
She said it quickly and said everything from east to west, but fortunately Zhang Hao understood.
If you want to mine here, you need to get a license, and foreigners can do it, but you have to pay a lot of money.
Then there is the choice of mining land.
The mining land in Lightning Ridge is one piece at a time, planned by **, and you can pay for it to bid, or directly find the Mining Administration of Lightning Ridge to buy a piece.
In this way, he went to find the ore vein, so that he could spend money to buy the land.
In terms of price, it is set by the Mining Authority.
They will explore the land you have chosen beforehand, and if they find opals, the price will be higher.
If there were no opal mines, the price would be very low.
Later, if you dig opal ore on this land, you don't have to pay more, but you have to pay taxes.
After the opal is excavated, the local mining authority will identify each opal and issue an appraisal certificate.
It will indicate the color grade and the place of origin.
It's the same as an opal's ID card.
Depending on the amount produced, a tax is paid every year.
The tax is 11.4 percent of the value of the opal.
Zhang Hao naturally had a plan in his heart.
Although he can't use his divine power easily, his divine sense can still be used.
His divine sense is used for prospecting, and it is the best.
At 7:10 p.m., the group arrived at Tina's house.
Her home is in Lightning Town, a three-story house, and she doesn't have face.
The houses in the town are basically like this.
Tina's fiancΓ© Xiao Yang is a Chinese, and Zhang Hao was surprised when he saw him.
I didn't expect to see my compatriots here.
Xiao Yang was very enthusiastic about Zhang Hao and his party.
"You are welcome to my home, and it is a little touching to see so many compatriots at once. β
He hugged Zhang Hao and several of them one by one.
He still shook hands with Qin.
Presumably Tina, Xiao Yang should be shy.
It seems that this is the common denominator of Chinese people.
Guo Qiang handed a large fresh-keeping box to Xiao Yang.
"This is a gift we have for you. β
Xiao Yang wanted to reach out and take it, but considering that he might not be able to hold it, he motioned for Guo Qiang to put it on the ground.
Tina bent down and opened the box.
"Oh my God, this is Black Gold Abalone, so many ......"
Xiao Yang also came up.
"It's too precious, they're still alive......"
Qin still smiled proudly, she let this thing go.
At that time, Zhang Hao came to dig opals, and he didn't think about bringing gifts at all.
Or Qin still asked Li Daniu to find a box with more than forty black gold abalones.
"I hope you enjoy it, we've been catching this thing at sea in Melbourne for a while now. β
Tina stood up and shook her head at Qin Yan.
"Honey, this is too expensive, you know, in Lightning Ridge, this thing can only sell for three thousand dollars a piece. These can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Oh my God, don't you know what it's worth?"
"I know, but you must take it, there are many more on my boss's yacht, and I eat them as steamed buns every day. β
Xiao Yang shook his head.
"No, these black gold abalone are enough to buy a small mine, you can take it to the hotel in the town and sell it, they love it. β
"It's a gift, you must take it, and you can add a dish to you tonight. If you don't accept it, then why do we want to eat here? Xiao Yang, we have a saying, come and don't be rude, there are still a lot of things to trouble you tomorrow, if you don't accept it, I'm embarrassed to ask you for help. β
Zhang Hao's words made Xiao Yang smile bitterly and nodded, and took the things away.
Tina was a little puzzled, because Zhang Hao's words were said in Huaxia language, and Tina only knew a little Huaxia and didn't understand it.
Xiao Yang smiled and translated it for her.
At dinner, Xiao Yang made a roasted abalone and made an abalone crisp.
Tina also opened a nice bottle of red wine.
Everyone chatted while eating, and the topic quickly turned to the opal mine.
Xiao Yang knew that Zhang Hao was coming to mine, and his brows furrowed.
"Mr. Zhang, the good mining areas here are all in the hands of big companies and big mine owners, and the rest we can buy are basically some low-yield mines, or waste mines. I got pitted and bought two scrap mines. β
"Abandoned mines?"
"Mines that are mined quickly, or where there are no opal mines at all, are called abandoned mines. β
"That should be easy to spot, right? Why would you still be deceived?"
"It was a local scoundrel who took me to see his two mines, 151 and 152, which were new mines that I bought for $700,000. But when I went to sign the contract to handle the transfer of mine land, he used my trust to transfer two pieces of mine land 162 and 163 to me. I didn't look closely at the contract, and there are also these two mines on it. After signing the contract, the money was given, and the transfer was completed. When I went to mine, I found out that there was a problem. β
Zhang Hao's brows furrowed, this guy is too easy to deceive, right?
"Did you call the police?"
Li Daniu asked innocently.
Xiao Yang shook his head.
"I can't call the police because the contract says those two pieces, I trust that guy too much, he ......"