3. Arrive in Alaska
Xia Qian went back to her room......
Ye Mu followed him to the kitchen, patted Ye Xiao on the shoulder, and whispered, "Your best friend, is there something wrong with your braincase?"
"You're the one who has the problem with your brain. Ye Xiao glanced at Ye Mu: "She's just confused." Hurry back and wash, eat and go out. ”
Ye Mu shrugged, went back to the house to wash his face and brush his teeth, and changed his clothes. Xia Qian was already in the living room, wearing a white sweater with a pink down jacket, a simple braid, and a pair of black-framed myopic glasses......
Ye Mu glanced at her, she also peeked at Ye Mu, and immediately blushed shyly: "That, I'm sorry just now, I scared you." ”
"I was in a daze. Xia Qian didn't dare to look up and sat on the sofa.
"Hurry up, the noodles are ready, what do you want to taste and come in yourself." Ye Xiao shouted in the kitchen, breaking the awkward atmosphere.
After eating in the morning, the three of them went out to play, and first went to the Great Wall.
Ye Xiao studied at BJ, and Ye Mu came to BJ to see her a few times, and each time he would visit the Great Wall. If you don't go to the Great Wall, you are not a hero, Ye Mu thinks he is a good man among heroes......
Saturday, but not a big festival, not too many tourists come to the Great Wall. The three of them climbed to the top of the Great Wall, and Ye Mu opened his hands and howled. The two girls, Ye Xiao and Xia Qian, held hands and left him far away, pretending not to know this neurotic.
The Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Ye Mu took a flight to Changsha on Sunday night for two days to meet Zhang Kun.
During the two days, in addition to going to the Great Wall Forbidden City, they also went shopping, eating and watching movies. I knew that Xia Qian's stupid girl had saved her sister...... It was last year, Ye Xiao was harassed by several hooligans near the school, and Xia Qian bumped into him, shouting 'help' without saying a word. Later, the two girls became best friends, and after graduating from college, they joined the same company......
This time, BJ came back to see his sister and recognized a sister by the way.
At Changsha Airport, Zhang Kun was waiting for Ye Mu, and when he saw him appear, he felt relieved. The two were high school classmates and comrades-in-arms, Ye Mu was a two-year military service, and Zhang Kun was selected to serve in the special forces for a few more years.
In the army, the relationship between the two is very good, and they have been in contact all these years. But now they are all adults, and they also have their own social experiences...... Although it was Ye Mu that Zhang Kun asked, Zhang Kun was still a little apprehensive in his heart.
"I'm afraid you won't come, let me go. Zhang Kun helped Ye Mu take his luggage and said.
"Dizzy, brother, I'm so unreliable. Ye Mu smiled for a moment, and then said: "How are the preparations for air logistics." ”
"It's done, the same flight the day after tomorrow, you can get off the plane and get the goods. ”
Spend two nights in a hotel near the airport before boarding a flight to Anchorage-Los Angeles.
Boeing 767-300er airliner.
Evening flights, to Anchorage at half past ten in the morning local time. Anchorage is located in south-central Alaska, northwest of Prince William Sound and the Alaska Mountains......
The end of this plane is Los Angeles, and there are more than a dozen Chinese who disembark in Alaska, most of whom come for tourism, and a few have jobs here.
People are strangers abroad, especially in the barren land of Alaska, and it is very cordial to see Chinese people with the same face and a glance at the language.
Anchorage is the most important port in Alaska, with more than 95 percent of cargo entering Alaska and a central hub for railroads.
After passing the security check, Ye Mu took the green card, and it was easy to pass, and he went to the physical inspection office to get the luggage and the things prepared by Zhang Kun, and the seasonings to his hometown, including four boxes of hot pot base. Then wait until Zhang Kun comes out and let Zhang Kun look at things, and he goes over to check the flight......
It's sunny today, and the temperature is fairly warm.
After two o'clock in the afternoon, the plane flew directly to Fairbanks.
Downtown Fairbanks, the second largest city in Alaska and the largest city in the interior of Alaska, is located near the Chena River and was founded in 1902 by gold mining. Located at high latitudes, it is the closest major city to the Arctic Circle in North America. Winters are cold and long, summers are cool and short, and there are eternal days and eternal nights.
The permanent population here is very small, tens of thousands. There are a lot of tourists who come to visit......
Ye Mu has made a little money in the past few years and mortgaged a small villa in the city.
Coming out of the airport, breathing in the cold and slightly savage air, Ye Mu felt exhausted: "It's here." Ye Mu put his arm around Zhang Kun's shoulder, waved a car, and went home.
Ye Mu's house is on the banks of the Chena River in the school district, which is a very upscale area here, and one of the safest areas.
The environment here is very nice, like living in the forest.
His neighbors were a white couple who worked at the top of the hierarchy at the Guscone Mining Management Company. Ye Mu has known them for several years and has dealt with them since he came to Alaska......
After taking the luggage out of the car, the door of the neighbor's house opened, and a white-haired man in his fifties poked his head out, saw Ye Mu, and walked over with a smile: "Dear fellow, you are finally back." ”
"It's a long way to go, and it's been delayed. Let me introduce, this is my good friend, Zhang Kun. He is also my future partner. Ye Mu and Adrison hugged and introduced.
Adrison looked at Zhang Kun and shook his hand.
After Zhang Kun decided to follow Ye Mu over, he made up for his English, and he didn't speak very well, but he could roughly understand it.
"Ye, the lease of the Yuxi River gold mine has begun. Due to the intervention of natural environmental protection organizations, only 30 mining permits have been issued this year. There are eleven left...... "Adrison helped Haki get something and followed him to the house.
Mining licenses here are issued in-house. Their company has all the formal procedures, mines, land, and Ye Mu can only lease their company's mine if he wants to go in and dig for gold. Otherwise, it would be impossible for a small self-employed person to get a mining license......
"Price. ”
"I have a form there, send it back to your mailbox. You just came back, I won't bother you, see you later. Helping Ye Mu carry his things back into the house, Adrisen said goodbye and left.
Zhang Kun heard Ye Mu say some things about digging gold, but when it comes to the specifics, it is not clear.
Ye Mu turned on the heating in the house, lit a cigarette, and sat on the sofa.
Zhang Kun was anxious when he saw this, and asked, "Things are very troublesome?"
Ye Mu shook his head: "Yuxi River Gold Mine is a big gold mine. It began to be excavated in the 10s of the last century, and until 2010, the main ore veins were excavated, and there were many scattered and unknown gold veins. The big miners stopped mining and turned it into a gold mining leasing company, renting it out to other people for mining, and also developed tourism. People who come to pan for gold pay a deposit and start panning for gold, and large companies take a cut of it. Last year, it was 30 percent, and the minimum guarantee required to dig out 310 ounces of gold, draw 93 ounces of gold, and pay 18 ounces of gold every month...... The more gold is mined, the less the company will take a cut. ”
Ye Mu explained the basic rules of gold panning to Zhang Kun, and a message came from the mobile phone mailbox, and when he opened it, he saw that it was a message from Adrisen.
A commonly known 'entry sheet'.
Although there are only thirty permits this year, 'strength' is required.
The entry capital starts at $600,000.
The mining period starts after May and ends in October. About 5 months......
Looking at a table, Ye Mu's whole person is not good.