Chapter Eighty-Three: The Old Pit (Part II)
As soon as the sky was bright, the two were woken up by Mao Dashan. Wuyang asked, "Why is it so early?" ”
Company Commander Mao replied: "This is a habit here, because the weather is hot at noon, and people generally work in the morning and evening when the weather is cooler. ”
After washing and eating, Boss Chen came over, "Boss Li, I won't accompany you to the mountain, there are a few people here, they are my staff, they can be your staff officers, help you choose wool, and they will also give you a count, but it will not interfere with your selection of wool." I'll have someone send lunch to the mountain, and I'll come back for dinner. If you can't choose all today, you can come back tomorrow. With that, he left.
Mao Dashan also said: "Boss Li, I'm not going either." I'm going to recruit people and buy equipment today, and I'm going to start work in half a month. I've already told Boss Chen about your helicopter ride. With that, he drove away in a tattered jeep.
Wuyang got on the tattered jeep sent by Boss Chen, and the four people of Boss Chen also drove a tattered jeep and set off.
After walking for a short time, the road surface was potholed again. The trees on both sides of the road are towering to the sky, the forest is filled with a layer of mist, and the air is rich in negative ions. After walking for about 10 minutes, two jeeps stopped on the side of the road, and it turned out that the convoy was coming from the opposite side.
The big truck was crowded with workers dressed in various colors, and Company Commander Mao said that it was the people who worked last night who got off work. There are more than 400 people here. In the past, it was at least several times more, but now the degree of mechanization has increased a lot, and fewer workers are used.
Two jeeps came to the mine, and the flat ground outside the operation area was full of wool, and the staff did not say much. Hand over the paint bucket and brush directly. In addition, paper and pens were given to the commander of the Mao company.
Rows of wool are lined up in the distance. There is a passage through the car in the middle. This reminded Wuyang of the situation in Tengyue. There is a pile of 100,000 yuan, 20 tons, and now 2,500 euros a piece, is it expensive to buy it yourself?
immediately asked Company Commander Mao, but Company Commander Mao didn't answer, and the staff of Boss Chen on the side said: "These wool materials are mined from the pit and directly let you choose, and there are even large pieces of jadeite exposed on the wool, if we let us pick them first." You can reduce the price, pick it twice, and it will be more than the price of the wool bought by those bosses, which is very low. ”
"I see." Wuyang said. I thought to myself, it is difficult for the gods to break the jade, so what if you are asked to choose 10 times? The wool I bought was made of jadeite, and the price was a little higher. On the first day, I bought it from Boss Xiao Chen, and basically did not judge the grade of the jadeite, as long as I saw that there was jadeite in it, I painted it. Not so for the next two days. A lot of jadeite wool that is not delicate enough has been discarded by itself. That principle must be upheld today.
All the way, all the way, sometimes all the dozen pieces of wool that are connected together are all ordered, and sometimes dozens of pieces are not ordered. When I saw a piece of wool, the jadeite exposed outside was almost the size of a small washbasin, but it was only a thin layer, 2 or 3 cm thick, and there was no point in the afternoon sun. Of course, more jadeite was exposed.
During the break, the staff asked, "Boss Li, why didn't you ask for such a big piece of jade just now?" ”
Wuyang said: "Isn't there a jargon in the jade world, which is called "I'd rather buy a line than a piece?" ”
The staff smiled: "When people talk about a piece, it should mean a piece the size of a palm, and the piece just now may be a whole piece." ”
"No, I don't have feelings for it. I don't buy things that don't feel anything. ”
At noon, Wuyang only looked at 75% of the two lines on both sides of a road, there are a total of 5 roads, that is, there are 6 rows of wool, and the machinery over there is still stacking, and half a row is stacked in the morning, and tomorrow morning, isn't there another line? This needs to be seen when. "Brother Mao, how many have I marked?"
"Nearly 10,000." Mao Lian said.
"Didn't Boss Chen say that there are only 30,000 pieces of wool here? Why did I pick 10,000 yuan. No, I won't pick it in the afternoon, and there is no place to put it when I buy it. ”
"Our boss doesn't know the specifics of Lu Dao, and he rarely comes to the mine. Boss Li, this is the best opportunity, I advise you not to give up. Said the staff.
Wuyang asked: "What is the best opportunity for Lu?" ”
"This time, our jade master went to participate in the jade market, and these wool materials were not selected. To tell you the truth, no one has ever enjoyed such treatment. Of course, it's up to you to decide whether you want to or not. ”
Saying this, Wuyang was tempted again. If you want to mine jadeite yourself, there is no need to buy so much and go back. If you think that you can't put your eggs in one basket, you can count that as a basket. Anyway, when the time comes to transport my wool back, I have to find a place to put it, so I just buy more.
I called my father Li Shihua and asked him to go to the village in the past two days and buy a small ravine outside his family's stone mountain. The little ravine was only a few acres in size, and because it was full of stones, there was nothing to grow at all, and there were no trees, so there was no one to live in. Now that you buy it yourself, as long as you build a road, you can store the wool, and you can also make a hole in the wall of the stone villa, and you need to cut the stone to build a road, so it is easy to move over. After Li Shihua asked about the situation, he said that he would go to find someone in the afternoon.
called Xie Daxia again, and asked him to contact Guo Zhiping and his father, if he bought the small ravine, let Guo Zhiping organize people to repair it, and he would pile up the wool. Xie Daxia knows the value of wool, so he naturally knows how to trim the ravine.
In the afternoon, I continued to work hard, and finally selected three and a half rows of wool one day, but another row was piled up over there. Wuyang smiled bitterly. No way, who allowed themselves to be greedy. I get off work at 8 p.m., wash up and go to bed after eating. This was repeated on the second and third days. Finally, all the stacked wool was selected.
During dinner, Boss Chen came over to speak: "Boss Li, you have a bumper harvest this time." I heard that you have selected more than 70,000 pieces of wool, and my nephew bought 100 new trucks today, plus the original vehicles, it will take you 3 months to transport them. Is it waiting for the payment to be paid? I'm going to Yangon tomorrow morning. The mountain said that you will also go with me. It's good to go after the end of the matter here. ”
"It's good, we'll swipe the card when we're full. Boss Chen, it's only the 13th of the first month today, what are you doing so early? Wuyang asked.
"No way, I'm a member of the organizing committee, I can't go if I don't go. You and Xiaoshan will go with me, and if Dashan doesn't go, forget it. When you arrive, you can visit the pagoda there. There is also another scenery, and you can also arrange a hotel for your friends first. You bought so much wool here this time, don't say anything about it over there, and there is no need to buy it again on the public market. You can't buy one over there for ten dollars here. Watching Wuyang eat, Boss Chen said slowly beside him.
Wuyang said: "Boss Chen, if I cut out the jade from these wool materials I bought, I will definitely make a lot of money after selling them, and I will have to come to you to buy more wool materials in the future." ”
"Okay, call me before you come, if it's convenient. I'll tell you. If you want to buy more, there are several mines nearby. You can also go and buy it. I have a good relationship with them, and everyone can make money if they have money. ”
"Okay, please introduce me when the time comes. It's a long way, it's not easy to come here, so buy more every time. You gave me a discount on the price this time, and I will ask you and your friends to give me a discount in the future. ”
"I didn't say it, this price, compared to the price sold to the jade market, we still took a big advantage, and I hope that a big boss like you will come."
After the meal, I paid by card, and the wool I bought in 4 stores and the wool for Mao Dashan cost a total of 210 million euros. If you buy these wool back, you should be able to multiply it by 100, if you put it for another ten or eight years, you don't know what the number is, if the jade mine on the side of Mao Dashan is produced, it is not what you can calculate now. I was in a very good mood, and soon received a call from Xie Daxia, saying that the small ravine had been bought and construction had begun during the day. 881 pieces of wool received, just arranged for the driver to eat, paid, the freight is 22,000 euros, we have no euros in our hands, with 260,000 yuan. When I hung up the phone, I was in a better mood.
Discuss with Company Commander Mao, leave tomorrow, whether to tip the two soldiers 200 euros each. Company Commander Mao said: Give 2,000 yuan, it can also be used here in northern Myanmar, and it will not be found by their superiors and taken away.
Company Commander Mao called the soldiers in, and Wuyang gave them the money, telling them to report to their commander when they went back tomorrow, and their task was well accomplished. After Company Commander Mao translated, the two soldiers nodded again and again.
The next morning, Wuyang and Company Commander Mao flew to Yangon in Boss Chen's helicopter. Wuyang This is the first time to take a helicopter, I was very curious, I looked inside the cabin, and I looked outside the window, outside the window was the rolling mountains, and I saw a gray-white stone mountain, and there was something different under the stone, so I remembered the direction, which was 20 kilometers south of Boss Chen's mine.
"Boss Chen, are we flying south now?" Wuyang asked.
"Yes, Yangon is southwest of our mine." Boss Chen said.
"Why is there no jade mine down here, the mountains are very complete."
"This area has long been judged by exploration authorities to be impossible to grow jadeite. Therefore, there is no one to spend that manpower, material resources, and financial resources. ”
"It turned out to be explored. I thought it was a place that people hadn't taken care of yet. Wuyang said. But I remembered this sentence in my heart: everything is possible.
"Don't talk about it here, even the Savage Mountain has been mined, as long as there is jadeite, I won't let it go. You see, I don't have to manage a mine at all, and my idea and task is to develop new emerald veins. It's hard! Boss Chen sighed.
"Boss Chen, if I invite you to come here to mine together, will you participate?"
"All I can say is no. I don't think the whole of Myanmar's jade merchant will be in attendance, unless he's crazy. Boss Chen said categorically.
"Boss Chen, do you know my country's geologist Li Siguang? It was under geological conditions that others concluded that there could be no oil, and he discovered large oil fields, which gave rise to new geological theories. I just want to follow this idea to look for minerals in Myanmar, do you say it's okay? ”
"You're still young and can afford to fall, so I can't. But I will support you, in the future, if you really come to look for mines, if you have any difficulties, come to me. ”
"Okay, I'll thank you first. I'll come over for sure. But how to buy land, how to declare mining, how to pay taxes, and so on. I don't even know what to do. ”
"The land here is now largely ownerless. The rainy season here is flooding. The dry season is a red land, and even trees can't grow, who will fight for it? But if the jade is found, there will be a lot of people competing for it. Tribal leaders, local military governments, and federal governments around the land will all be contested. So you have to make an agreement with one party before exploring, which is what you said, if you feel that there is jadeite mining in that place, you should get in touch with the local area, and of course it is better to contact the local military government. Because they themselves are connected to the tribe, sometimes they represent the interests of the tribe, and they have guns in their hands. With the consent of the local military government, you don't have to worry about anything, and they will settle everything with them. ”
"I remember, thank you, Boss Chen." Wuyang smiled.
After everyone rested for a while, Boss Chen asked, "Do you know any specialties in Myanmar?" ”
"Emerald and ivory carvings." Company Commander Mao replied.
"Xiaoshan, have you been here before?"
"I've been here many times."
"What are you doing here?" Boss Chen asked again.
"It's mainly for people to smuggle ivory and ivory carvings. Earn money to pay for tuition. ”
"So you know the doorway here, right?"
"It's not clear, I haven't done it for years." Company Commander Mao said.
"Alright. We're almost there. Boss Li, if you need to buy ivory this time. Just tell me, I have a friend who does this business, and I guarantee the authenticity. By the way, don't you two live in my house, I have a place to live in my house, and it's close to the address of the Jade Fair. ”
"Boss Chen, I still have a lot of elders and friends, and they came together, so I'll live with them. As for the ivory, I don't know how it was shipped back to China. ”
"It's simple." Boss Chen smiled and said: "Tell me how many you want, call you after I buy it, you will transfer the money to me, you can just wait at home to receive the goods, and I will refund you if you can't receive the goods within half a month." ”
"That's good, my friend hasn't arrived yet, so I'll order 16 first, and I want the best one. If they want to add more when they arrive, I'll call. Wuyang said.
"Don't worry, I'll help you buy the best one, who is our boss Li? In fact, I have booked 5 rooms for you at the Myanmar State Guesthouse, including one of the presidential suites. I've already calculated the time, and I've already made people wait, and as soon as you arrive today, you can move in. I didn't say I wanted you to live at home, so I'll ask for your opinion first. Boss Chen said with a smile.
"Xie Lu Xie Boss Chen's kindness, we really can't get used to living in a big family like yours." Wuyang also said with a smile.
"You're probably much richer than me, but you're not as showy as me."
"You are too modest, I am a small businessman who is just starting out, and you are thicker than my waist when you pluck a hair."
Boss Chen's helicopter was parked on the tarmac of his home, and there were 4 people including the pilot. After getting off the plane, Boss Chen said again: "Boss Li, Xiaoshan, do you know how to drive?" If you can drive, you can drive a trolley to my house, so it will be much more convenient for you to participate in the public market. ”
"I've driven in Yangon before, let me drive it." Company Commander Mao said. Boss Chen asked the driver to drive a Mercedes-Benz 600 over.
Company Commander Mao drove out of Boss Chen's house, quickly identified the road, and went straight to the State Guesthouse. Boss Chen's subordinates who were waiting for the hotel immediately ran over and opened the car door, and when they saw that it was a young man, they immediately said, "It's Boss Li, our boss told me to stay here and wait for you." My surname is Zhen, which is the Zhen of screening, so you can call me Xiao Zhen. I'll take you to your room first, and I'll let the waiter take care of the car. With that, he came over and picked up Wuyang's backpack.
The lobby of the hotel was full of people, Xiao Zhen said: "These people are all here to participate in the Jade Fair, most of them are here today, it is estimated that there are more than 300 people." During the public period, the hotel room was quite tight, and our boss had already booked it for 3 days. ”
Xiao Zhen took them to the presidential suite and said, "Our boss has covered all the expenses of your 5 rooms, of course, you big bosses don't care about this money." ”
Wuyang smiled: "Xiao Zhen, how do you know that we are the big boss?" ”
Xiao Zhen also smiled and said: "I don't know about you, but I know that our boss is the same as all businessmen." If you don't buy more than 50 million euros of his wool, he won't book a room for you. Said Wuyang and Xiaoshan Ha Da Lang laughed.
"Xiao Zhen, you take me to another room now, I can't live here. My wife's grandfather will come, and he must live here. Wu Yang said and lifted his backpack.
"In fact, the facilities of the room are almost the same, but there is just a small reception room here." Xiao Zhen picked up the room cards that were all on the coffee table, led the two out of the door, and opened the room next to them. "You two live in one room first, take a shower first, I'll take you to dinner, I'll wait for you downstairs."
Wuyang only has one set of clothes to wash, and he left early in the morning, and his clothes didn't dry, so he didn't change his clothes at all, and he didn't sweat anyway. After taking a shower, Mao Xiaoshan was already waiting for him in the corridor.
When I got out of the elevator, I immediately heard someone shouting: "Boss Xiao Li, Boss Xiao Li." ”
Wuyang took a look, isn't this Boss Qiu? Walking forward, the two came to a bear hug, and the sweat on Boss Qiu's body immediately stained Wuyang's body.
"It's so hot here." Boss Qiu said as he wiped the sweat on his face with a napkin. The pampered boss Qiu has never suffered like this. Wuyang didn't feel the heat at all at first, but now he felt it too.
"How could there be no room, we were so far ahead?" A voice shouted, and Wuyang could hear that it was Boss Ji's voice. looked at the service desk, and sure enough, 5 of the 6 people who went to Pingzhou last time were standing there, and Boss Qiu was in front of him.
They were all acquaintances, so Wuyang went over to say hello, and the boss, Boss Ji, Boss Ji, Boss Liu, and Boss Yu each greeted each other. When those people saw Wuyang, they were first very happy, and then they were worried about the fact that there was no room.
"Bosses, are you going to get something to eat?" Wuyang asked.
Boss Qiu said, "You guys go first, we ate on the plane." ”
The three of them had dinner in Wuyang, and Xiao Zhen drove around the city again before returning to the hotel, and saw that Boss Qiu's six people were still sitting in the lobby. (To be continued......)