In the world, Europe has always ranked first in the production of stone.

However, compared to the past, the share of European stone production in the world's total production has been decreasing.

Take Italy, which ranks first in the world, as an example, in the mid-eighties, Italy's annual stone production accounted for 30% of the world's total stone production, and by the end of the eighties, this figure fell by five percentage points to 25%, and in 94 years, it fell below the 20th mark, down to 19.8%, and three years later, the data fell again, leaving only 16.4%.

Whether it is Italy, which ranks first in the export volume list, or the whole of Europe, its annual stone production has shown a downward trend. In contrast, China's annual stone production and export volume are steadily increasing.

There will be such a change, one is because the domestic marble industry has been developing rapidly since the reform and opening up, giving full play to the advantages of sufficient resources and a wide range of categories; second, it is because of the reversal of the impression, in the eyes of more than ten or twenty years ago, domestic products in the eyes of foreign merchants will always be labeled as 'large quantity but can not guarantee quality', but in recent years, with the improvement of the country's strength and image, with the further improvement of foreign trade business, this impression has gradually been improved and reversed.

"Tsk, I see, it seems that my idea is quite reliable. Looking at the information turned out on the Internet, Lin Zhicheng touched his chin and showed a smug smile.

Some of the pictures in his memory reminded him of the stone resources in his hometown, but whether he could really use this resource to complete his plan still had to be seriously investigated first. Thinking of this, Lin Zhicheng turned on the computer as soon as possible and began to search for various information.

I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it. Unexpectedly, the domestic stone export volume has been ranked so high, and the marble involved in their plan is still the most important part of it.

God help me~!After seeing these materials, a picture of a villain in ancient costume standing in front of the cliff facing the sea of clouds and looking up to the sky laughed in his mind.

"Charlie, the coffee is ready. ”

"Oooh. Taking the coffee cup handed by Catherine, Lin Zhicheng originally wanted to take a sip first, but found that the temperature was too high, so he had to put it aside again.

"What are you looking at?" Curious about Lin Zhicheng's expression before, Catherine stood behind the sofa and couldn't help but ask while poking her head over and looking at the computer screen.

"Nothing. I'm checking the stone ...... in my hometown. Catherine knew a little Chinese, but that was only for listening and speaking. Knowing that she shouldn't be able to understand the text introduction on the webpage she opened, Lin Zhicheng patiently explained to her.

"How's it going? I just saw you snickering, I guess it's pretty good, right?"

"Well, for now, the outlook is pretty good. Look here. Lin Zhicheng clicked on a picture, which was the warehouse of a stone factory in his hometown, pointing to the stone slabs stacked together, he said proudly: "Oh, these stones were dug down from the mountains in my hometown, isn't it good?"

Although it is collectively referred to as marble, there are some differences in marble produced in different origins.

In terms of color alone, there are pure white, pure black, red, gray, yellow, green, color, cyan, black and white, and so on.

If you divide it according to the place of origin, there will be more types. For example, pure white marble will be divided into white marble from Fangshan in the capital, white marble from Huaining and Guichi in Anhui Province, white marble from Quyang and Laiyuan in Hebei Province, white marble from Baoxing Shu in Sichuan Province, white marble from Su Ganyu, white marble from Cangshan in Yunnan Province, Xuehua white from Pingdu and Laizhou in Lu Province, Longbai jade from Longnan in Gan Province, Hezhou white from Hezhou in Gui Province, and so on.

In terms of output, Lin Zhicheng's hometown can only be ranked in a very backward position among the major domestic producing areas, and its products have not been able to get the same exclusive name as white marble and Longbai jade, however, if you put aside the output, just look at the quality of the product, the stones produced in his hometown are actually not worse than the products of well-known stone producing areas in China.

It is worth mentioning that the stone produced by Lin Zhicheng's hometown is still relatively rich in varieties - the largest output is gray marble, followed by white marble and yellow marble, and then a small amount of black marble and cyan marble.

"Alas, if only there were more colored and red ones. In this way, Lin Zhicheng was not satisfied.

Maybe it's because the production is too small, so it's not included in the catalog. Knowing that Lin Zhicheng was actually just chattering, however, as a housekeeper, Catherine was still very knowledgeable and entertained, not only did not pierce Lin Zhicheng's performance, but reminded him again.

"That's right, I'm going to have to call sooner or later anyway. Nodding, Lin Zhicheng picked up the mobile phone next to the computer and found the landline number of his aunt's house.

There are several time zones between the Nalan Islands and his hometown, and when Lin Zhicheng made the call, it was about two o'clock in the afternoon in the Nalan Islands, and on the other end of the phone, the time was nine o'clock in the morning.

The phone rang several times, but no one answered.

After waiting for almost a minute, Lin Zhicheng remembered the time zone: "No one is at home?" Could it be that he went to work in the field?"

If you can't get through to the landline, then change your mobile phone number.

This time there was finally a reaction, about seven or eight seconds, the phone was connected, and the voice of my aunt Lin Jinzhi came: "Hey?"

"Aunt, it's me, Zhicheng, aren't you at home? I called the landline just now, but no one answered. ”

"No, I'm in the vegetable garden with your aunt, and the weather has been good lately, so we're going to turn over the ground and dry the soil in the field. With a casual explanation, Lin Jinzhi immediately seized the initiative in the dialogue, and in turn asked Lin Zhicheng a series of questions: "Xiao Cheng, how are you over there? Is the weather okay? I watched the news yesterday and said that there was another typhoon on the RB side, where are you okay? By the way, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, where are you going to spend it? If you come back, remember to bring someone back, my aunt is looking forward to you bringing someone back every year, don't forget this time, you know?"

“…… Lin Zhicheng's mind was full of black lines, and he found that his aunt still had a tendency to continue talking, so he had no choice but to interrupt his aunt's words first: "I'll talk to you slowly about other things later, isn't my aunt on the side?" ”

"Oh, okay, you two talk first. My aunt agreed, and then, Lin Zhicheng heard her voice greeting her uncle on the phone: "Cao Aiguo, your nephew called, saying that he had something to tell you~!"

"What are you yelling at~, early in the morning. Take it. ”

"Your hands are full of mud, and you don't know how to wipe them?"

"It's really verbose, okay, call me, go and go, go and work. When the corners of Lin Zhicheng's mouth were smiling, his uncle Cao Aiguo finally picked up the phone: "Hey, Xiaocheng?"

"It's me, Auntie. Lin Zhicheng hurriedly stopped laughing: "What about working in the field early in the morning? Auntie, you are too, it's almost the New Year, and you don't want to rest for a while." ”

"I can't be idle. If you don't find something to do, you always feel uncomfortable. Cao Aiguo smiled and said, "Xiao Cheng, I heard your aunt say that you have something to do with me?"

"It's nothing, Auntie, I just want to ask about the stone in my hometown. Originally, I wanted to talk a few more words about homely things, but when I saw my aunt take the initiative to ask, Lin Zhicheng had no choice but to get down to business first.

"Stone, what are you asking that?" I didn't expect Lin Zhicheng to ask such a question, Cao Aiguo's tone was full of surprise and curiosity.

"You know, isn't there a development going on here? Stone is used in many places. However, the resources on my island are limited, and I can't produce my own stones, so I thought about ....... ”

"Are you planning to pull the stones from your hometown over?" Before Lin Zhicheng finished speaking, Cao Aiguo had already guessed his thoughts first. In the next second, his tone became excited: "Okay, Xiaocheng, if you have good things, you can still think of your family, you kid is really promising." ”

"Auntie, don't be in a hurry to praise me. was praised by his aunt, and the corners of Lin Zhicheng's mouth showed a smile again: "The money to build the house is from other investors, and I only sell the land." In the final analysis, whether to use the materials of your hometown or not depends on the meaning of others. To put it bluntly, if the quality and output of the stone at home are not bad, people may still sell me a face, if it is too bad, then it will definitely be no fun. Auntie, I called you just to inquire about the situation first, how much do you know? ”

"That's right. Okay, then I'll tell you about it. Cao Aiguo hesitated for a moment: "By the way, Xiaocheng, I can't guarantee that what I said is right, you know, my aunt, I am farming, not specializing." ”

"Well, it's okay, just say as much as you know. Anyway, I'm just inquiring about it now, and if I really want to do this, I'll definitely have to ask more people when I go back. ”

"That's fine. Cao Aiguo put his mind at ease and began to talk about the information he knew: "I don't know much else, so I'll talk about the stone factories in the town." I have a friend, his third child is working in the stone factory, I heard that his stone factory was quite profitable last year, it seems to export things to RB or where, oh, by the way, people are carved into Buddha statues and then exported, not directly sell materials ....... ”