After some tossing, the sky was completely bright.

After breakfast, Zhang Ze and Xu Song went to a warehouse on the outskirts of Dazhong Town.

Several large warehouses are piled with all kinds of precious timber.

Xu Song pointed to two 15-meter trucks covered with bandages in the courtyard and said, "These two trucks are the harvest of my trip to Yuenan." ”

He took Zhang Ze to approach the big truck, climbed up and lifted a corner of the tarpaulin.

Zhang Ze saw a cart full of yellow rosewood wood.

In the middle, there is a large log with a width of more than two meters and a length of more than ten meters.

Logs of various sizes are piled up on both sides.

"A 500-year-old tree, with its roots cut out, filled with two truckloads of pure wood. Xu Song said proudly.

"How do you know it's a 500-year-old tree?"

Xu Song pointed to the tree pattern on the cross-section of the stump and said: "The tree pattern on this is one year old, dense, and if you calculate it carefully, there should be a specific age of the tree." ”

Zhang Ze looked at the circle of tree patterns above, not to mention five hundred.

"Brother Xu Song, how much are you going to sell these two cars of rosewood?"

Zhang Ze consulted with Cao Dongliang: To carve on the board, it is best to choose wenge, sandalwood, and sour branch wood. The best materials for large boards are huanghuali and nanmu.

Golden silk nan gloomy wood is a kind of gold boutique that can be encountered but not sought.

"Guess how much I spent on acquiring this 500-year-old Yuenan Huanghuali, including the cost of transportation on the road and the cost of opening up the joints of various roads. ”

Zhang Ze stretched out a finger: "Do you want a million?"

Because he knew that the purchase price of Yuenan Huanghuali was at least six or seven hundred thousand yuan a ton of wood, and there might not be such a wide timber.

Considering that Xu Song is directly felled, although it is old wood, the price will inevitably be discounted a lot.

Two trucks, he estimated the weight to be at least seventeen or eighteen tons, so he thought that the purchase price should not be less than one million.

Xu Song smiled: "Hehe, double it again." The total weight of the two truckloads is almost 30 tons. ”

Xu Song said: "It cost more than 800,000 yuan to buy this tree, it is easy to buy a tree, and it is not difficult to cut it down, but to transport it back, it will cost a lot of money." ”

To transport precious timber across borders, it is not enough to have money, but also to have a relationship.

"Do you know where this Huanghuali tree grows?" Xu Song asked himself, "It grew in the compound of their state government, and the head of the state government came forward to sell the tree to us, because they couldn't pay the monthly salary of the government staff that month. It is equivalent to us buying him a tree and solving his urgent need. ”

Of course, Zhang Ze would not be stupid enough to ask for the wet wood that Xu Song's family had just put into storage. The precious wood he wants to use for processing should preferably be wood that has reached the drying standard and is suitable for immediate processing.

Xu Song took Zhang Ze to visit the timber stored in several warehouses.

Huanghuali has Hainan, Yuenan, and Africa. There are also rosewood, ancient rosewood, wenge, mahogany, ebony, etc.

"Brother Xu Song, I run a fine carving handicraft factory, you are a wood expert, recommend me a few precious woods suitable for wood carving. ”

Originally, his sister Zhang Huiqin was worried that when he bought wood, he would not have a unique vision, so he suggested that he bring the relief master Cao Dongliang to refer to him for reference.

However, Zhang Ze said: "Xu Song is a friend who I grew up with since I was a child and is more trustworthy, he can cheat anyone, but he will definitely not cheat me." ”

He believed in Xu Song's vision.

However, Cao Dongliang also temporarily instilled in him the characteristics of many precious woods, as well as the general selling price in the market.

Xu Song pointed to a pile of black and red wood and said, "Rosewood, brown and purple, solid and delicate, is the noble son of mahogany." After carving, it is highly polished and waxed, and it is black and jade-colored, which is extremely beautiful. It is suitable for fine carving, and is mostly used for high-end handicrafts and practical handicrafts. ”

After listening to his introduction, Zhang Ze wrote it down in his record book: "Rosewood costs 2 tons." ”

Xu Song pointed to another small male black wood and said, "Ebony, solid texture, black and veined. It is suitable for fine carving and is mostly used for high-end handicrafts. ”

"Black ebony, used to carve handicrafts, costs 2 tons. Zhang Ze wrote it down.

Xu Song pointed to the other piles of wood in the warehouse and said, "Teak, camphor, cypress, these woods are suitable for wood carving." ”

Zhang Ze wrote: 1 ton of teak, 1 ton of camphor wood, and 1 ton of cypress.

The second warehouse has basswood, boxwood, birch, ash, and ginkgo biloba.

Zhang Ze asked for another half a ton each.

When I came to the third warehouse, I saw that it was full of mahogany and pine.

Xu Song said: "The most used is these two kinds of wood, the mahogany texture is staggered and beautiful, the material is solid and slightly rough, the initial color is light yellow and red, and it becomes purple red for a long time, and it is extremely beautiful after polishing and waxing, which is suitable for craft carving and mahogany furniture carving." ”

Zhang Ze also knew that mahogany and pine were the two most in demand, so he ordered ten tons each.

"Brother Xu Song, I tentatively need this wood, see how much the total price is?" Zhang Ze handed the list in his hand to Xu Song.

Xu Song brought Zhang Ze into the office and introduced to his uncle Xu Weiqiang: "Second uncle, my classmate Zhang Ze, to open a carving craft factory, you need to buy a batch of precious wood. ”

He handed over the list opened by Zhang Ze to the second uncle.

"Hello Uncle Xu!" Zhang Ze greeted Xu Weiqiang warmly.

"Hello Xiaozhang, please take a seat. Let me see what kind of wood you choose?"

Xu Weiqiang took the note and glanced at it, and said in surprise: "Young people have a lot of appetite, even rosewood costs 2 tons, do you know how much rosewood is selling for a ton now?"

Zhang Ze shook his head, he knew that the price of rosewood was more expensive than the price of Yuenan Huanghuali, and it was similar to the price of Hainan Huanghuali.

"Now the price of rosewood is 1.2 million tons. That small pile of black ebony is less than a few hundred catties in total, how can I have two tons of black ebony for you, and these black ebony are the best that can be met but not sought, and I bought it back at a high price when it was only a few hundred catties of gloomy wood. ”

Xu Weiqiang was unequivocal, he crossed out the black ebony with a pen.

"For all these teak, camphor, cypress, etc., I think you might as well specialize in one kind of wood and make it fine. Of course, if someone specifically designates a certain kind of timber in the future, it is not too late to temporarily bring in timber. The same is true of the following basswood, boxwood, birch, ash, ginkgo biloba, etc. Mahogany and pine, two large amounts of wood, of course, do not matter if you have some stock. ”

Zhang Ze thought he was very sincere.

So he changed the list:

2 tons of rosewood, 1 ton of camphor wood, 1 ton of ash, 10 tons of mahogany, 5 tons of pine.

"Xiao Zhang, are you sure you want these goods?"

"Yes. ”

Xu Weiqiang asked the finance to type out the bills.

Zhang Ze looked at the total price: 4.25 million.

He only has 3.56 million on his card, and this month's manuscript fee will not arrive until the end of the month.

He wanted to pay off the money at one time, but he only had 3.56 million on his card, and if he didn't spend seven or eight hundred thousand yuan to buy a car, the money to pay for this batch of timber should be enough.

However, tomorrow Hong Qiqi will send millions of machinery and equipment to the factory for installation, and he doesn't want to owe money to others for the first transaction.

He hesitated and said to Xu Weiqiang: "Uncle Xu, I'll mention these timbers twice, half of them now, and half of them in half a month, okay?"

"Okay. The first time you Xiaozhang got the goods, it was more than 2 million, and he was bold. Young people do a good job, for the sake of you and Ah Song being classmates and good friends, I will give you a nine-percent discount on the price. In the future, you and Ah Song can cooperate well!"

As soon as Xu Weiqiang's upper and lower lips touched, he reduced Zhang Ze's timber payment by nearly 200,000 yuan.

Zhang Ze transferred the money.

Xu Song arranged a car and delivered the timber to the new factory that afternoon.