Chapter 145: Buying Timber

When they arrived in Yangon, Boss Chen still arranged for Xiao Zhen to accompany them throughout the whole process, and this time due to the large number of people, he sent a 32-seater medium-sized bus to serve them, and Wuyang repeatedly expressed his gratitude to Boss Chen.

Entering the door of the Myanmar State Guesthouse, I saw Mr. Witt and the auctioneer Mr. Xi sitting in the lobby, Ouyang Qi was checking in at the bar, and Mr. Witt greeted them from afar, Mr. Witt came up to hug him, and Mr. Xi also stood up to shake hands and say hello.

Xiao Zhen was checking them in, and a few people were fine, so Wuyang chatted with Witt. "The jadeite merchants in the West are under pressure from the United States, and there are very few people who come this time, and they may withdraw completely in the future," Witte said. I'm not a jade merchant, so before I came this time, no one told me not to let me come, and I guess it won't be so casual in the future. ”

Mr. Xi said, "Mr. Witt hopes that Mr. Li can give strong support. ”

Wuyang smiled: "Mr. Werther, Mr. Xi, although I am not a businessman in the pure sense, it is also my code of conduct that interests are above all else. ”

Witte said: "Mr. Lai, you are very frank, and it is understandable for anyone to pursue interests. I just hope that Mr. Li can make it as convenient as possible for me. ”

"This is natural, after all, we are in an old relationship here. I will introduce Mr. Witte to all my staff and arrange for them to contribute to Mr. Witt's ability to buy a satisfactory jadeite. Wuyang said.

At this time, Ouyang Qi came over after completing the formalities, and after shaking hands, Wuyang said: "The gold smelting equipment I ordered last time needed to be increased by 10 units, and I didn't call considering the reason for your company's production." ”

Ouyang Qi said: "No problem. I'll arrange it. How long will Mr. Lai be able to stay in Yangon this time? ”

Wuyang smiled. "I can't be sure. I don't know when I'm leaving, but I've promised to help Mr. Werther, and I'll keep my promise. This time we have a few seats in our medium-sized bus, will you just take our bus? ”

Teacher Xi said: "This is good, so as not to delay time when you get it." Let's go up first, let's call us. ”

Xiao Zhen quickly came over to lead a few people upstairs, and this time Boss Chen booked 15 standard rooms at the request of Wuyang, which can accommodate 30 people. It should be enough.

Since Wuyang couldn't be sure how long he would be able to stay in Myanmar this time, after Xiao Zhen went to pick up people, several people discussed a plan of action. In the end, the agreed action plan was: only wool materials were selected in the marked area, and Zhang Yibo and Xiaomu followed the registration number, without marking a specific price, which could save at least two days. The focus is on the dark mark area, the registration number is also marked with the price, the selected wool must be divided into quantities according to the head, each number is marked by the noon sun first, and then assigned to each person the same number of numbers. Every day.

Others choose the rest, and it will go to Wuyang. Wuyang was still in Myanmar, so he sold it by himself, and when he returned to China, he was sold by Guo Jia, and if he couldn't sell it at a good price after the worst, he brought it back. The personnel of their own company must not have enough money to pay the wool payment that won the bid, so Wuyang handed over his card to Guo Jia, who paid it uniformly, and then transferred it back after returning to China.

Wuyang himself is quite satisfied with this action plan, this time he has bought enough jadeite in Boss Chen's mine that will not be used up in a lifetime, especially 19 large wool materials, and there are several colors.

Before dinner, everyone arrived, and there were two more, that is, Mr. Cao brought two familiar jade merchants. The room can be arranged, and Boss Qiu didn't bring an entourage, so the people from Wuyang can still be brought into the venue.

Two of Mr. Cao's companions would not join their team at Wuyang, and they were not invited to the meeting after dinner. Everyone expressed satisfaction with the action plan, saying that Boss Xiaoli is now fair in the office, and he is a public person. Only the boss has an opinion, "Boss Xiaoli, the wool we voted in will not be cut out here, and you don't mark the price of the wool in the marked area, so we will be uneasy, and we don't have a reference standard for pricing at that time, which is very inconvenient." ”

Wuyang said: "What you said is also very reasonable, but if you delay the bidding in the dark bidding area behind, don't blame me." ”

"If that's the case, then it can only be said that it is providence, how can we blame you?" Boss Ji said, and handed over the accommodation money to Wuyang, who clicked it, it was 5,000 US dollars, which was the room and meal money for two people in Boss Ji's room. Wuyang thinks about it, the room fee of 300 US dollars a day, 4500 US dollars for half a month, and 500 US dollars for food are enough. handed it to Guo Jia. Everyone also handed it over.

The next morning, Xiao Zhen drove to pick everyone up. When I arrived at the venue of the Jade Public Conference organized by the National Jade Center of Myanmar, since everyone was already familiar with the road, Xiao Zhen had nothing to do.

The first is to look at the marked area, according to the arrangement, there are two people following Wuyang at the beginning, and the others will pretend to look at the wool, after 2000 numbers, there are two more people around Wuyang.

Wuyang's group of people is not counting Wuyang, there are 23 in Wuyang, President Qin and Teacher Cao said that they would not participate, and there was one more, and Mao Xiaoshan and Director Zhou rotated. The first 2000 numbers are Director Zhou, and the next 2000 numbers are Mao Xiaoshan.

By 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when the soldiers began to clear the field, Wuyang had already selected 16,000 numbers, and this time there were a total of 30,000 marked numbers, which was estimated to be completed in two days, and even Wuyang himself did not expect it to be so fast. It seems that as long as the work is arranged and carried out in an orderly manner, the efficiency will be very high.

In the evening, Xiao Mu and the brothers came to the room in Wuyang, and Xiao Mu said: "Some of the brothers have calculated their bid numbers, and the amount has reached about 20 million. Brother Li, the brothers said that if these wool materials are cut out of jadeite, it will be astronomical money to sell them, and they are also afraid that they will not be blessed, if they cut out no jadeite, tens of millions of euros of loans will not be able to repay for a lifetime. I think it's the same as last time, just give the brothers a few bucks. You still have the big head. ”

Wuyang said, "Brothers, I tell you plainly, there is basically jadeite in these wools. When the time comes, it will definitely be able to cut up. Don't let you suffer. If you take 10,000 steps back, it will be cut down, and I don't want the money to buy wool, right? ”

Zhang Yibo said: "Brother Li, your money is not picked up, and even if you pick it up, it is rare to bend over." These days, seeing your desperate appearance when buying wool, I know that it is also very hard for you to make money, and we understand your kindness. ”

Everyone also said don't want to be so much, Xie Lu, Brother Xie Li and the like.

"Oh well. Since everyone means this, let's decide like this, 2,000 numbers in each district, you all need one, a total of 15 yuan, isn't that much? In the future, in the dark mark area, you can do as much as you want? ”

Xiao Mu said: "This is the best, and the brothers think the same way. ”

After everyone left, Wuyang asked Guo Jia: "You won't and don't want so much, right?" ”

Guo Jia smiled: "I don't care how much, my husband's money." Don't be in vain. ”

Wuyang smiled and said, "Wild husband, you go to find your husband." ”

"Once the sea was difficult to water. What kind of husband are you looking for now, where can you find a man like you? Forget it, I've decided to marry you. ”

"Marry me, but I can't give you any name, and you still have to work for the company, is that okay?"

"What's wrong with this, you have so many wives, not only one is famous. It's no problem for me to work, I can't be idle anyway, but after the child is born, you must let him be surnamed Li, and you have to be close to him when you have time. ”

"If I really have a child, I will treat them equally, you can rest assured."

The next day in the car, Wuyang whispered to Mr. Werther: "You should pay attention to participating in the auction from the beginning, I estimate that the jadeite marked is also very good." ”

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that 10,000 of the Mingbiao wool selected yesterday were mined in Boss Chen's Xinkeng mining area, and it was estimated that there were purple and red jadeite inside, and the water species was still very high. The jadeite in other wool materials is also very good.

Werther smiled and nodded.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the selection of wool in the clear standard area was completed, and it was immediately transferred to the dark standard area for selection. Now you can only follow one person, and when one person has written enough 50 wool numbers and prices, another person will be replaced. This time, President Qin and Teacher Cao both participated, and Wuyang asked Xiaomu to count himself as one, so that 24 people participated. By the time I left at 5 o'clock, only 9 people had written enough 50 numbers, and the number of the wool had been selected for more than 8,000.

The wool in the dark mark area looks good on the outside, but not so well on the inside. Boss Chen's mine was selected by Wuyang last time, and most of the rest were sent here, so Wuyang can sometimes let go of thousands of numbers and not choose.

On the way back, a boss who came with Boss Qiu asked: "Boss Li, we have counted the wool number of the marked area, do you want to tell you?" ”

"No, you just need to tell me the amount of wool you have hit. In the future, if I return to China, you can tell Manager Guo. ”

The third day is still the time to choose the wool, to start tomorrow to start the bidding, the afternoon sun will seize the time to select the wool, in addition to the 15 people who have not yet got the first round of numbers yesterday, each person got two more rounds of numbers, so that there are 150 numbers. But the wool number on the site has passed 40,000. When he got off at the hotel in the afternoon, Boss Qiu grabbed Wuyang, "Boss Xiaoli, how did you do it this time, why did you choose so little wool?" ”

Wuyang smiled and said, "There are only so many, I can't help it, let's see tomorrow." ”

The next day, the bidding for the clear bid area had begun, and Wuyang had to let President Qin and Teacher Cao replace him, and replaced two young men to follow him. Today's wool is obviously better than yesterday, and there are a lot fewer people in the venue, so the speed of the afternoon sun is much faster. By the time the afternoon was cleared, 4 rounds and 200 numbers were selected for each person, and the selected wool number was less than 20,000.

I went to the bidding area and took a look, and my group of people looked good, everyone was busy paying, and no one came to talk to him. After a while, Boss Qiu came out, "Boss Xiaoli, the competition is getting more and more fierce now." Last time, we could buy wool for 200,000 euros, but this time it was at least 250,000 yuan, and if we couldn't get it, we had to pay 300,000 yuan, so it was only a few days of work. If this continues, we will definitely not be able to afford wool. ”

Wuyang smiled: "What are you afraid of, it will rise a lot here, and the money you will make will increase even more." ”

"That's right, we still have some confidence. It's just that the buddies who just came here now can't do it. Boss Qiu said.

"Compared to the people who come to buy wool next year and the year after. It's not too late for them. Compared with ten or eight years later, they will earn old noses. ”

"Ha Luha, you really know how to do it, not bad." Boss Qiu said with a smile.

After a while, Boss Qiu's friends all came out, and everyone introduced it, and Boss Qiu, Boss Na, and Boss Ji voted the most, and Boss Ji, Boss Liu, and Boss Yu voted less. There are fewer new arrivals. Boss Qiu told his friends about Wuyang's abacus just now, and the friends said: I knew that Lu Dao thought like this, and we wouldn't have won so little.

Among his own people, Mao Xiaoshan is the fastest to come out, he buys and pays by himself, his tactics are to fight and rush, and defeat others with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, although the cost may be higher, but the success rate is very high. Of the more than 40 pieces of wool he participated in bidding today, only one was taken away by others.

Director Zhou also paid for it himself. His tactics are to play steadily and steadily, step by step. His harvest is not small. Only 3 pieces were taken away by others.

Xiaomu and Guo Jia came out the last, and they came out after paying all the winning wool. Xiaomu and them, including President Qin and Teacher Cao, are all fighting against the defense line demarcated for them by Wuyang, with a success rate of more than 80%. This is still a mistake of Wuyang, and the estimation of the price increase rate of wool in the future is seriously insufficient.

On the 5th day, there were already sporadic stone cuts, and Wuyang also wanted to take advantage of the fact that there were not many people who cut the stones, but there was no manpower, so I had to continue to select the wool. For two consecutive days, most people were bidding for the open bid, and Wuyang was selecting the dark label wool and selected 10 rounds for everyone. Before going back in the evening, I drew a lot of bidding forms in the plastic box under the bidding box and asked everyone to fill them out in the hotel room.

The bidding has been completed, and everyone has summarized the number of votes to Wuyang, and took back the wool number and reference price in the dark bid area. Mao Xiaoshan and Director Zhou's Wuyang don't want it, and they won't ask them to collect consulting fees anyway.

On the seventh day, Mao Xiaoshan and Qiu Xiaomu, Guo Jia 3 people presided over the stone cutting, and the other brothers helped on both sides in addition to continuing to follow Wuyang, and on the eighth day, the selection of Wuyang was completed, and the wool in the dark mark area was given a total of 28 rounds and 1,400 pieces per person, and the whole added up to more than 30,000 pieces.

Cutting stones is a matter of no suspense, and Wuyang doesn't care how much money it can be sold for, anyway, there is Guo Jiaguan. On the morning of the 9th day, Wuyang asked Guo Jia to tell everyone that he had other things to do today, so he wouldn't go to the venue. Guo Jia asked, "Do you want to send someone to accompany you?" ”

Wuyang smiled: "My martial arts are so good, what can others do to me?" ”

I slept for a while, and it was already past 9 o'clock when I woke up. Remembering the last time I bought old furniture, I left for the market at the Yangon Pagoda. When I arrived on that street, the familiar stall owner was chatting with people, and when he saw Wuyang, he hurriedly ran over, "Hello boss, I know that the Jade Public Market has a meeting, you will definitely come, I have prepared a lot of good things for you." ”

After shaking hands with him, Wuyang asked, "What are the good things?" ”

"You can go in and have a look."

The stall owner warmly invited him to the house, pointed to the two root carvings on the ground and said, "This is the flower stand and the sea of tea, authentic Vietnamese yellow pear." You see, there are coffee tables, tea sets, cabinets, beds, etc., if you want, but not here, but in the factory. ”

Wuyang lifted the sea of tea with both hands, which was quite heavy. "Boss, these things of yours are not old things."

"Of course it's not an old object, it's been less than half a year since it was produced, and I won't take your money for the old thing." The stall owner said.

Wuyang Zhilu Road is in China, and the authentic Vietnamese rosewood is compared to gold by weight, but I don't know what the price here is. "Boss, how do you sell these things?"

"I'll give you the real price, this tea sea is 4,800 US dollars, this flower stand is 1,600 US dollars, and according to weight, it is 50 US dollars per kilogram."

"How can it be so cheap? It's fake, right? Wuyang asked. Since it is new, it must be made by someone who knows the goods, and it can be said that it is calculated by kilograms, which is even more expert.

"Boss, I really can't fool you, yes, otherwise you wouldn't have bought so many old things from me last time." The stall owner said.

"And what exactly is this wood?" Wuyang asked.

The stall owner smiled: "This is rosewood, but it is not from Vietnam, but from a place in southern Myanmar." If we bid the same price, neither humans nor machines can tell the difference. ”

"The texture and hardness are exactly the same?"

"It must be the same, or else you can tell the difference."

"What is the price of wood?" Wuyang asked.

"No one likes this wood here, and very few people can afford it, and the price is not very high, it's about the same as ordinary wood." The stall owner said.

"Is there a big place where timber is produced? Is there a lot of wood? How far is your furniture factory from here, and can you bring some furniture over quickly? ”

The stall owner laughed: "How big is Myanmar?" However, several states in the southwest produce this kind of timber, and the storage capacity is quite large; The furniture factory is less than 100 kilometers away, and it takes two hours to transport furniture. ”

"Then you notify the furniture factory and send a container of furniture over immediately. My partner has an expert in this area, and if he can't see it, I'll buy it all with you. When they come, you have to say that the price is $70 per kilogram. Remember? Wuyang said.

The stall owner asked, "So what's in it for me?" ”

"If we make a deal today, I will send the furniture drawings in the future, and you notify the factory to produce, and the price will still be 50 US dollars per kilogram to buy from you, or you will buy this kind of wood and send it to my house in the future, as long as it is completely dry, it will also be purchased at this price." Wuyang said.

The stall owner asked, "If it is not dry, can the water be deducted?" This kind of wood is very difficult to dry, and it takes 3 years to dry naturally in Myanmar, and if you build a baking house, this condition is not available here. ”

"That's fine. Then we'll come over in the evening. Wuyang said and left. I thought to myself, since humans and machines can't tell the difference, it means that it is exactly the same. In the future, you can open your own furniture factory, and you can mix and use.

After dinner, I invited the boss over, and after the boss saw it, he was skeptical. Looking at the wood from the texture, pattern, fragrance to weight, all are exactly the same, I believe it is true; But the price of this thing is so good in China, why should it be shipped to Myanmar to be sold? That's where the boss suspects.

Furniture factory furniture does not use containers, but wooden boxes made of wooden planks and wooden square nails, which are much smaller than containers. The boss took out the furniture one by one and looked at it carefully, but he didn't find any flaws at all. Because there are no flaws at all.

A few people went out, and because the boss was present, Wuyang didn't say anything to the stall owner. Back in the room, I remembered how to do this? If you let the stall owner send it to China, he will definitely not do it if he doesn't give him a deposit, and he is worried that he will never look back. The best way is to ask Boss Chen to help him buy it, and then send it to China, and transfer the money to Boss Chen himself.

Called Boss Chen and told him about buying rosewood, Boss Chen laughed when he heard it, "Are you stupid or do you have too much money to burn?" $50 for 1 kilogram, I'll send it to your home, $300 for 1 cubic meter, okay? I'm still worried that I don't have anything to do after transporting the wool truck. If you don't negotiate with him, forget it, if you negotiate, you will lose some money to him, and from now on, I will send you 100,000 square meters within a year. ”

"Boss Chen, thank you. I almost suffered a big loss. Will you organize people to cut down trees right away? Wuyang said.

Boss Chen smiled: "I don't have to organize people to cut wood." I made a phone call, and someone would organize the supply immediately. When you get back, you'll wait at home to collect the wood. (To be continued......)