Meng Songhai and Su Lingtai chatted a few words with laughter, and Xu Shaochun interjected: "Songhai, how about I do gambling stone business in Tengchong?" ”

"Yes." Meng Songhai replied with a smile, "If you are in the jade wool business, I will often go to Tengchong to take care of your business." ”

Su Lingtai smiled bitterly and asked, "Shaochun, you don't know how to look at gambling stones, how do you do the jade wool business?" ”

Xu Shaochun smiled and said: "I can be an intermediary, others put the gambling stones in my store and sell them on consignment, and I take a commission." ”

"That's a good idea." Su Lingtai nodded with a smile, turned to look at Meng Songhai, and asked, "Songhai, Shaochun's business, is it easy to do?" ”

Meng Songhai smiled: "At the beginning, he definitely didn't make much money, but after a long time, his eyesight to see the gambling stone will become better, in the future, when he encounters a good gambling stone, he can buy it, but I suggest that I don't cut it, and sell it to others at a higher price, so as to reduce the risk." ”

"I have a few pounds and a few taels, I know very well in my heart." Xu Shaochun smiled, "Songhai, you have made a lot of money by gambling stones, I am very envious in my heart, but I know that this requires talent, ordinary people can't practice this kind of eyesight, people like me, even if they study for a lifetime, they don't have such good eyesight as you." ”

"Brother Xu, it's too exaggerated for you to say that." Meng Songhai smiled, "Although I have made a lot of money by gambling stones, according to the number of gambling stones I have purchased, the number of gambling stones that have been cut down is more than the number of stones that have been cut. ”

Su Lingtai asked curiously: "Songhai, the gambling stone you bought before, a piece costs more than 50,000 yuan, how many are cut down, and how much is cut up?" ”

"I didn't count the specific quantity, after some gambling stones were bought, I neither cut nor wiped the skin, and I don't know the result after cutting. If you only count the ones that have been cut, it seems that the number of cuts is a little more. ”

Meng Songhai did not lie, for others, spending more than 50,000 yuan to buy a gambling stone, it takes a lot of courage, but he has the magic power of "discerning treasure", if the gambling stone identified by the magic power, he is sure that he can cut up, he will definitely buy it, and if he is sure to cut it down, he will not pay to buy it.

Sometimes, in order to buy a gambling stone that has been identified with divine powers at a lower price, Meng Songhai will adopt the strategy of "virtual and real", first buy gambling stones that have not been identified with divine powers, but have seen it with the naked eye, and feel that it is very likely to cut up, including gambling stones with a transaction price higher than 50,000 yuan, and then buy gambling stones that can definitely be cut up.

The second time he went to Tengchong, Meng Songhai spent a lot of money to buy jadeite wool, and there was not much money left, but he did not have the idea of buying jadeite materials again, but was ready to take out some jadeite jewelry and sell it wholesale to jadeite merchants in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

On the fifth day of returning to Ruili, Zheng Quangui cut the gambling stone he bought in Tengchong and made it into five parts, which were sold for a total of 360,000 yuan after public bidding.

Meng Songhai bought four of them alone, and if he hadn't participated in the auction, the total transaction price of these five jadeite wool materials might not have reached 360,000 yuan.

After the four jadeite wool were sold, Meng Songhai saw that Zheng Quangui had a depressed expression on his face, and asked with a smile: "Quangui, you have made money, are you still not happy?" ”

"I only earned 60,000 yuan, I invested nearly 300,000 yuan, 20% of the profit, how happy am I, Brother Su and Brother Xu's profits are higher than mine."

Meng Songhai smiled and joked: "You are content, you calculate for yourself, how much time did it take to go to Tengchong to buy gambling stones this time, cut them and sell them?" In just half a month, in such a short period of time, 20% of the profit is definitely considered a huge profit. Half a month to earn 20 percent of the profit, not counting the rolling profit, a month is 40 percent of the profit, a year and 12 months, that is 480 percent of the profit, 10,000 yuan of investment, a year later, become 58,000 yuan, you are still not satisfied? ”

"Dizzy!" Zheng Quangui rolled his eyes and said, "How can you calculate it like this, I spent nearly 300,000 yuan on Tengchong this time, and in the next half month, I bought gambling stones, did I spend so much money?" ”

Zheng Quangui paused and continued: "No, it's easy to spend money to buy gambling stones, and you have to make money. Who can guarantee that you will make money with the money you spend...... Not to mention making money, it is very likely to lose money. Hehe, but then again, I should be happy to be able to make money, I have a straight face and drove the God of Wealth away, but it's not good. ”

"God of Wealth?" Meng Songhai muttered to himself, thinking that he was the God of Wealth, Zheng Quangui would be good at him, and he would be prosperous in the future.

Meng Songhai just thought so in his heart, if Zheng Quangui treated him as the god of wealth, he really couldn't stand it, and he didn't have the heart to "promote" the other party, and Zheng Quangui helped him treat him as a good friend, in the future, he would firmly grasp the most profitable projects, but he didn't mind introducing some projects with relatively small profits to Zheng Quangui.

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In order to have an in-depth understanding of the gambling stone, this time, Xu Shaochun lived in Ruili for more than half a month, he became Meng Songhai's follower, although he lived in Su Lingtai's house, but he went out early and returned late every day, and rarely had dinner at Su Lingtai's house.

Before Xu Shaochun left Ruili, with the help of Su Lingtai, Meng Songhai obtained the approval documents from the government/government department for the rebuilding of the two old houses he had just bought, and he and Zheng Quangui also planned to rebuild a four-story house.

Time flies, and 1987 has passed in a blink of an eye.

On the night of the last day of 1987, Meng Songhai slept a little, and after turning off the lights, he couldn't sleep for a long time, he thought about a lot of things, and he thought about how much money he could make in the coming year.

"Gambling stones, half a month's time, I simply rely on gambling stones to earn a million, this is not difficult, I bought the gambling stone after cutting, provide my own jade processing factory, processed into finished jadeite jewelry, the profit can be doubled, half a month to earn two million, that month is four million profits."

"It is not very difficult to make a profit of four million a month, but twelve months a year, it is impossible to make four million a month, now, the annual mining volume of Myanmar jadeite is not enough, and in a few years, when I have strong capital, I can establish a good relationship with the private owners of Myanmar jadeite, money opens the way, and I can also have a relationship with the managers of Myanmar's state-run jadeite mines...... In the future, I will definitely become a monopoly on medium and high-grade jadeite raw materials. ”

"If it's too long-term, don't think too much. I am now worth tens of millions, and in the next year, I will break through the treasury bills, prices, and invest in stocks, and by the end of 1988, my net worth will reach 50 million, which may be difficult, but it may not be impossible to achieve......"

Thinking that a year later, he might have a net worth of 50 million, Meng Songhai was secretly happy.

"There's no need to be so happy." Meng Songhai secretly said in his heart, "Fifty million, or twenty million, I don't have to care too much about it, there are still many opportunities to make money in the future." Now there are still many poor counties in the country, many people have not solved the problem of food and clothing, and there are many out-of-school children, starting next year, I will start to sponsor out-of-school children...... In addition, creating more enterprises and providing more jobs can also be regarded as making some contributions to the country's economic development. You can consider creating some garment factories, labor-intensive enterprises, which are not very profitable, but can also make some money......"

Thinking about it, Meng Songhai began to feel sleepy and fell asleep in a daze.

When I woke up, it was already a new year.

A few days later, on an auspicious day of the zodiac, the two old houses that Meng Songhai bought were demolished.

Meng Songhai did not personally demolish the house, and the demolition project was contracted to Zheng Quangui's cousin, Xu Nianben, and the project of building the house was also contracted to this person.

Xu Nianben and Cheng Luming are also related, his father is the cousin of Zheng Quangui and Cheng Luming, and his father and Zheng Quangui's mother are cousins.

Xu Nianben is a mason, after graduating from junior high school, he began to learn this craft and has been engaged in the construction industry for more than ten years.

Two years ago, Xu Nianben contracted some construction projects in Ruili County and became a contractor foreman, and many masons and carpenters ate under him.

When the house was demolished, Meng Songhai took the time to come over and take a few looks, and Zheng Quangui accompanied him.

Seeing that Zheng Quangui's house had already been built with half a floor, Meng Songhai sighed: "The speed is really fast!" ”

"Money can make ghosts grind, and if the house is built a day earlier, my cousin will be able to make money sooner." Zheng Quangui smiled and said, "If you are willing to spend a little more money, it is possible that your house will be built earlier than my house." ”

"The construction period can't be too rushed, otherwise the quality will not be guaranteed."

"My cousin contracted the construction of the house, and the quality must be guaranteed." Zheng Quangui said affirmatively.

"I hope so!" Meng Songhai said lightly.

In line with the idea that the fertile water will not flow into the fields of outsiders, Zheng Quangui invested in the construction of a four-story house, and the construction project was contracted to his cousin Xu Nianben.

Xu Nianben had contracted several projects before, but he couldn't get involved in the purchase of building materials.

In order to save trouble, Zheng Quangui wanted Xu Nianben to help him buy building materials, and after some discussion, the cousins reached an agreement, Xu Nianben contracted the project and received a salary of 12,000 yuan, Xu Nianben helped Zheng Quangui buy building materials, and hired masons and other craftsmen to build houses.

The money for the purchase of building materials, as well as the expenses for hiring craftsmen, were all provided by Zheng Quangui himself.

Although Zheng Quangui trusts Xu Nianben very much, he doesn't have to completely delegate power, he asks his eldest sister and brother-in-law to help, let them follow Xu Nianben to do things together, the cost of buying building materials, and the cost of hiring a mason, everything is accounted for by his eldest sister, and the salary he pays to his eldest sister and eldest brother-in-law adds up to more than the salary given to Xu Nianben.

After Meng Songhai learned about the cooperation between Zheng Quangui and Xu Nianben, he also moved the idea of contracting the project to Xu Nianben.

Xu Nianben took on one more project, although it would take more thought, but it would not add much work, and under Zheng Quangui's threading of the needle, Meng Songhai and Xu Nianben reached an agreement and signed a similar agreement.

Xu Nianben received a salary of 6,000 yuan from Meng Songhai.

Meng Songhai did not hire another person to supervise and keep accounts, but in order to prevent Xu Nianben from keeping false accounts and increasing the cost of building a house, he asked to sign an additional agreement to set a maximum cost value, if the cost of building a house exceeded this amount, Meng Songhai would not pay more, and the extra department would be deducted from Xu Nianben's salary.

Before Meng Songhai and Xu Nianben signed the contract, Zheng Quangui had a good talk with Xu Nianben.

Xu Nianben knew the relationship between his cousin Zheng Quangui and Meng Songhai, and patted his chest to ensure that he would not make black money.