Chapter Seventy-Six: Celebrating the New Year
According to local customs, the 23rd day of the lunar month celebrates the New Year. Today, Wuyang still has to cut stones, and there is no way to carve the blood jade bracelet without cutting stones, and Master Xia's father and son have nothing to do. Only Wu Fang went to receive the goods. After breakfast, they set off separately, today Zhuqing has to go with Wuyang to see the cut stone, Huang Li just came last night, and he also has to follow, and the three people drove away.
When they arrived at Stone Villa, Brother Zhou's big truck had already arrived, and they had already dragged the stone cutter out. Brother Zhou and Master Xia greeted them together, and they were a little curious when they saw that Wuyang had brought a girl in military uniform. After greeting each other, Master Xia praised how beautiful the jadeite that was rubbed out last night was, so that the two girls wanted to see it.
A few people walked into the room and saw a piece of jade on the ground, which was a green ice seed with snowflakes, and the snowflakes were relatively large and dense. However, it is reasonable for this snowflake to be considered a flaw. Originally, when I selected the wool, I just saw that the jadeite in the wool was particularly large, more than 300 kilograms of wool, and the jadeite inside was more than 100 kilograms, and I thought it was worth buying, but I still didn't see it yesterday, after all, I hadn't even heard of this jadeite before.
"Xiao Li, this piece of jade is worth 100,000, right?" Master Xia asked.
Wuyang didn't want to tell them the truth, and he didn't want to lie to them, "Maybe it's a little more expensive." "If they know the actual price, the father and son carried away this piece of jade last night, then the family will eat and drink for a few lifetimes.
Wuyang didn't want to say more, so he went to the room where the wool was stacked to pick up the wool. First of all, a few pieces of wool pulled back from the Yunnan-Myanmar border were selected, and basically there was no need to cut them. You can let Master Xia rub the stones. The wool that has been cut through the stone will not be too heavy. Not many people over 200 kg. It is casual for Wuyang to move 200 kilograms alone, and it is not easy to go up.
At this time, the person who installed the security door came to measure the size, and Wuyang took them to the room where the security door needed to be installed.
After Master Xia and the others began to rub the stones, Wuyang picked them up in the wool. Among the wool pulled back from the Yunnan-Myanmar border, the red jadeite is not the top jadeite, so it has to be selected from the wool pulled back from Pingzhou. Among the wool that Wuyang bought in Pingzhou this time, there are several pieces of water with top-grade jadeite colors. I first selected a piece of wool that may be red fei inside, which has more than 400 kilograms. One person and two people couldn't lift it at all, so they went to the construction company to find a wire rope and asked Brother Zhou to drive a forklift to drag it. This piece of wool is irregular, and it is difficult to fix the wire rope, and it is not easy to drag it out, and it is not easy to fix it to cut. It took nearly an hour to cut the stone off.
Wuyang picked a few pieces of lower-grade wool and cut them out. A morning passed. The person who measured the size had already left, and Master Xia invited them to eat together, and the meal was made by Brother Zhou. Da Mao went to buy vegetables in the morning. One pig's knuckle stewed with radish, one boiled live fish. A small stir-fried cabbage, several people eat it with relish.
"Brother Zhou, your meals are so good, have you ever learned to cook?" Wuyang said.
"Where I learned to cook, I am a countryman who eats at his own home, and my wife and parents are better than me."
"Brother Zhou, when you go back for the New Year, tell your parents that our company is going to build a manor, and there will definitely be restaurants in the manor, our idea is to grow our own vegetables, and then make this authentic farmhouse-style meal, and then we need to invite some chefs to come. In that part of your country, if anyone has a good meal and is willing to come here to work, help me say hello, and when there is a place to live, come over, plant vegetables first, and become a cook when the restaurant is built, and then you will be the head of this one. ”
Brother Zhou smiled hesitantly, and it was a tacit acquiescence.
A few people chatted for a while, and Huang Li said: "Noon sun, go lie down at noon, and have the energy to do things in the afternoon." Wuyang and Zhuqing followed to the room of the villa, and in the morning when Wuyang was cutting stones, Huang Li and Zhuqing rested here.
As soon as he entered the door, Huang Li smiled and said, "Go and wash, I want to think about it again." “
Wuyang took a shower and came out, and was hugged by the blushing Zhuqing in the living room. "Wuyang, I..." Wuyang Since he became an adult, Zhu Qing is the first woman he has ever seen, and now he has experienced many women, but the love for Zhu Qing in his heart is indelible.
I was also very excited at the moment, so I immediately picked up Zhuqing and walked to the room. When I entered the room, I found that the oriole was sleeping here. Just as he was about to quit, Huang Li lifted the quilt, "The quilt on this bed is hot, let's sleep here." With that, he got up and left.
As soon as the two of them lay down, Wuyang's hand reached into Zhuqing's clothes and came to revisit the old place.
Wuyang is now experienced, and Zhuqing endures the pain and is extremely gentle. After lingering for a long time, the two got up to wash, and Huang Li came to the road to rob and dragged Wuyang into the room where he slept.
"Why didn't you hear Zhuqing's call?" Huang Li asked.
"People don't call, they just laugh, and I think that's good." Indeed, just now when Zhuqing was in the most pain, she just gritted her teeth. The rest of the time, he was smiling all the time, and sometimes he laughed out loud, which was different from other women in Wuyang, "Little Li, you can do whatever you want, the sound of the stone movers outside is very loud, and others won't hear it." ”
Wuyang came out of the room and saw that the red jade had been polished, and it was placed there, looking like the back of a Maitreya Buddha from a distance. Take a closer look, the blood jade jade is 60 centimeters high, the bottom circumference is about 90 centimeters, the top circumference is about 50 centimeters, Wuyang hugged it, it is estimated that it is nearly 200 kilograms, if this is carved into a bracelet, I don't know how many can be produced. With such a high price, even if you sell 10 a year, I don't know how many years it will take to sell out. Wuyang decided to carve it into Maitreya Buddha at the moment, and I will talk about where it is placed later, but the current problem is that the red jade is still to be selected.
Wuyang remembered that there should be a relatively large piece of top-level red jade, so he searched for a while in the room and finally found it. called Master Xia and a few people to carry it out, and quickly cut it out and asked Master Xia to wipe the stone.
At this time, Brother Zhou came over and said: "Xiao Li, I see that it is difficult for people to cut out a piece of jadeite when cutting stones, and you are in these wool materials." How can there be jadeite in every piece? ”
Wuyang said, "Brother Zhou." I won't hide it from you. I feel especially good about this woolen stuff. I look like there's jadeite in it, it's pretty much the same. Of course, you also know that there are many people who feel like me, and some people like what Jade King, Colorful Yunnan, etc., I only hear his name, I don't know his person, but you and I know Zhuqing's master, you see he bought so much wool. It was all cut out, only one piece had no jadeite in it, and his feeling was that he had accumulated decades of experience in studying geological structures, and I just felt it completely, so Mr. Cao was much more powerful than me. ”
"I really admire you. When you have this feeling, when you want to make money, when you go to buy a few pieces of wool, cut it out is money, and you don't have to think about anything for the rest of your life. ”
"Brother Zhou, in fact, everyone is rich no matter how rich. There are still troubles, but only you know the way of these troubles. Never mind. Don't talk about these things. Brother Zhou, when is your company on holiday? Can you do things here every day before the holidays? If I can, I don't have to come over every day, I will give you the key to the warehouse, you don't have to drive here, you can live here, open the warehouse every day, and give Master Xia to move out the wool, let them go to wipe the stone, and receive the jade into the warehouse at night. ”
"Xiao Li, these things, Master Xia, they don't know the price of Lu Dao, but I know Lu Dao, each piece is priceless, you can rest assured?" Brother Zhou said.
Wuyang smiled: "What's not worrying about this." You are in Pingzhou this time, did Liu Bingqiu buy you wool? ”
Brother Zhou said: "I bought it, I cut it out and sold it, and it sold for more than 80 million." ”
"Brother Zhou, how can you say that you are also a multimillionaire now, why are you still driving here to earn wages?"
"Xiao Li, our little money is just a little bit of money compared to you, aren't you doing things every day? We are all young now, and it is not difficult to do things to make money, and when we are older, we will go home and enjoy Qingfu. Besides, there were 10 drivers who went to Pingzhou this time, and everyone made a lot of money, and now no one has resigned. Yesterday we were talking together, and everyone said that we made money because the boss of the company helped us earn it, and we had to stay and contribute to the company. ”
"Brother Zhou, to be honest, your money is indeed too little, if inflation comes in the future and the currency depreciates, you won't be able to buy anything with this money. Now, I don't know if you've thought about how to increase the value of this money? ”
"No, we are not business materials at all, and if we take out the money, we will definitely lose everything, so we can't even think about it. Xiao Li, if you have any way to make money, it would be best if you could tell us. ”
"Now there are some things that make money, you can't think of it, I've thought of it. Yesterday I was discussing with my cousin to invest in real estate. We are going to buy some properties in the city for a long-term investment. I estimate that doubling in 3 years is not a problem, and quadrupling in 5 years is possible. If you have faith and discuss it, we will do it after the New Year. I don't think you need to take out all of your money, just take out some of it. We allocate shares according to the amount of investment, for example, a property, the price is 500 million, you take out 50 million, you account for 10% of the shares, and later sell it to recover 10 billion, you can distribute 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 First of all, let's be clear, this matter must be voluntary. In case of a loss, it's not that I can't compensate you for your losses, but I'm most afraid that you will come to me every day to make trouble. ”
"Okay, I'll discuss it with them when I go back, anyway, if they don't come, I'll definitely get rich if I follow a rich man like you. Xiao Li, if you lose money at that time, I won't come to you, just treat it as if you didn't make the money. ”
"Then it's decided. During this time, if you have time, you can go out to see, where there is a property for sale, we will go out immediately. You see, don't worry about how much money you spend, money is not an issue. Now I'll take you to the warehouse to take a look, some as long as you wipe the stone and don't cut the stone, you can let Master Xia and them move out and wipe it, after wiping it out, it will still be in the room first, and after the security door over there is installed, it will be moved there. ”
After pointing to the warehouse, the two came out and began to load the car. This time, Wuyang just put the floating flower jade and two pieces of red jade that Master Xia rubbed out last night into the Audi car, and did not let Brother Zhou send them. 3 pieces of jadeite, less than 400 kilograms, and the distance is not far, it is easy to bring it back by yourself.
When I returned home, I went over to see Xiaobaojie Jade after unloading the car. Xiaobao was concentrating on his work, and Dabao was on the side to help fix it, and only stopped after finding that Wuyang had entered. Wuyang saw that the jadeite had been cut off in half. asked Xiaobao: "You cut so much." Can you carve it? ”
Xiaobao smiled and said, "A few of my senior brothers came here this morning. Now that they're carving, I'm just going to break it down. ”
Wuyang was a little anxious when he heard this, "Is your senior brother okay?" They hadn't carved jadeite. ”
Xiaobao said: "Okay, I don't say it's okay, now I'll go over with you to take a look, and everything will be clear." ”
The two of them almost trotted all the way to the villa where Xiaobao lived, and saw that there were 5 people who were busy, some carving bracelets, and some carving Guanyin and Buddha. All five were in their 30s and 40s. Wuyang saw that their techniques were very sophisticated, and the carved bracelets fully met the requirements, and the others did not see semi-finished products. And the stone of my heart fell to the ground.
Xiaobao saw that Wuyang didn't say anything, and he was more satisfied, so he said: "Brother Wuyang, my senior brothers are all masters who have carved seals for more than ten or twenty years. I was also a little worried that they wouldn't use the tools at first, now you see. Isn't it better than what I've carved? ”
"That's good. Xiaobao, don't you have enough tools now? I'll buy it back in a few days. Wuyang said with a smile. To be honest, there are so many carving masters at once, and there are small treasures who can polish, and there is no need to worry about having no jewelry to sell after the Chinese New Year.
Xiaobao said: "Now that everyone is working together, there is no problem with fewer tools for the time being." After the Chinese New Year, my other senior brothers came, and there must be fewer tools. ”
Wuyang said: "It's about to eat, everyone pack up and get ready to eat." Xiaobao, let's go first. When he went out, he said, "I cut out a few pieces of jade just now, let's go and see them together." ”
When he came to the basement of Wuyang's house, Chen Xiaobao's eyes lit up. "Brother Wuyang, I haven't seen a red jade yet, your two pieces are so big and bright. Worth the money, right? ”
Wuyang said: "Look at what kind of object is carved into." ”
Xiaobao looked at it for a while, "This piece of yang green floating flowers is carved into bracelets and other pendants, if it is worn on the sisters-in-law's body, it is called a beautiful, refined, and different; But the jadeites are too big for them to use. ”
Wuyang said: "It doesn't matter, if you find a partner in the future, I will also give one pair to each person, and when our children get married in the future, they can also send it." Anyway, I won't sell these 3 pieces of jadeite. ”
"I look at this big red jade, and it can be carved into Maitreya Buddha, or it can also be carved into a leader's statue, and now many rich people and people in the officialdom believe in this. However, Brother Wuyang, there are not many people who can afford this object. If it is carved into a bracelet and sold, the blood jade bracelet will become a rotten cabbage. In addition, this piece is very good for carving bracelets and other objects. Xiaobao said.
Wuyang heard what Xiaobao said about turning into rotten cabbage, and thought, you don't know the big piece of Ludao. If you know the way, you can't say that it is stinky shit?
Since today's meal was more hearty, it was made late. It's already 6 o'clock now, the food hasn't been served yet, and when my mother Luo Hongying wants to sacrifice to the Lord of the Stove, send the Lord of the Stove to heaven to say good things, and there is still a delay.
Wuyang chatted with Wu Fang, and Wu Fang told him: "All 480 tons of red wine have been put into storage." I checked the sales guidance price listed by the production batch and the manufacturer on the Internet, and the price of the red wine we bought this time is still relatively low. This batch of red wine is produced by several manufacturers, the year is different, the price is not the same, the highest bottle is more than 20,000 yuan, the lowest is produced last year, some only 1,000 yuan a bottle. In total, more than 3.2 billion were spent on buying wine today. ”
Wuyang was shocked when he heard this, "It's so expensive?" ”
Wu Fang smiled when she heard this, "It sounds expensive, but now as long as we wholesale it, we can earn more than 500 million yuan immediately, and when it really comes to people's mouths, I'm afraid it's 100 billion." I told them that they would send the goods when they had them, and they said that they might send them around the Lantern Festival, and they would be normal customers in the future, and they would deliver them regularly, do you think this arrangement is good? ”
"Have you paid customs duties on these wines, and have you received tax stamps?" Wuyang asked.
Wu Fang said: "We bought it from formal channels, and we have everything we should have. Are these import duties deductible? ”
"It's not very clear. The state has export tax rebate regulations, and the import tariff may have to distinguish between value-added tax and consumption tax, and the consumption tax rate of alcohol is relatively high, if we are not given a tax refund. We're not selling these wines for the time being. Keep him for ten or eight years. The price is up. We won't lose anything. We don't care about the financial costs of capital occupation. Xiaofang, as long as they can organize the supply of goods, we will receive the goods, no matter how much, don't be afraid to make the business bigger. ”
The two chatted, the girls came one after another, Xiaobao's senior brother also came, and it was completely dark. Huang Li and Pei Lei are more afraid of the cold. All put on mink coats. Wuyang saw that Qin Xiaoying was wearing the least, so he said, "Xiaoying, do you want to wear more clothes?" Didn't you bring it? Don't freeze our children. ”
Qin Xiaoying blushed when she was said, "It's not cold here at all, it's more than ten degrees higher than the temperature in my house." "Wuyang thinks about it, the air conditioner is turned on at home, and it won't be too cold.
At this time, the mobile phone rang, and it was Professor Yu from the Petroleum Institute.
"Hello Xiao Li, I'm Lao Yu, where are you?"
"I'm at home in Zhongnan. Professor Yu, do you have any good news for me? ”
"Yes. In the past few days, I have been in the capital to help you contact things, basically there are eyebrows, and now there is only the last procedure left, which is to say that the relevant departments need to verify the capital of your company. It's enough to ask for 3 billion US dollars or 20 billion yuan, are you going to come to Beijing tomorrow? ”
"Professor Yu, I can now provide you with our company's bank account number or my own bank card account number, as well as my own futures market account, and tell you the password, as long as it is convenient for you to check online. I will come to Beijing on the 28th day of the lunar month, can you wait for me, I will invite you to dinner when I arrive. ”
"There's no need to eat, I still have something to do when I go back to the Northeast, so you can tell me the account in the futures market, because if other accounts are frozen, your production and operation will be affected." If the funds or futures in the futures market are frozen, if they are affected, the relevant departments are irresponsible, and you have to think about it. ”
"No problem. I'm responsible for it. After Wuyang finished speaking, he told the futures account, and asked Professor Yu to let Uncle Gao Qilin organize people after he went back, so that he could obey Professor Yu's arrangement.
Mother began to sacrifice to the king of the stove, and Wuyang also stepped forward to offer incense and bowed. The girls all took turns to incense, and Wuyang was pulled aside by Pei Xuewen, the father-in-law of the Pei family, "Wuyang, the renderings of our manor have been sent for a few days, and we have already submitted them to the two municipal governments, and they are all satisfied, and now there are only three initiators left, Grandpa Zhang, you and Wu Fang." I contacted Grandpa Zhang today, and he said that as long as you agree, you can take a look at it in the evening. The dredgers and dredgers to clean up the muddy lake have been bought, and the operators are being trained, according to your requirements, the dredgers we bought this time are 500-ton boats, and they can only dig 500 tons in an hour. However, the dredger and the mud carrier can be modified in the future, and it takes about 50,000 yuan to convert it into a sand dredger and a sand carrier, and the dump truck has also been bought, and the personnel are already in place. ”
"Dad, do those local residents have labor arrangements? Has the construction of resettlement housing started? Wuyang asked. Since Pei Xuewen took over, Wuyang has not asked about this matter.
"It's arranged. These boatmen are basically their people, and the rest of the labor can be arranged after the Spring Festival. The male laborers arranged for them to fire cannons on the hill and blow up the rocks so that we could pour mud on them; Female laborers are arranged to grow vegetables in vegetable bases, and after our chicken farms, pig farms and other projects are built, a large number of laborers are needed, and these people are far from enough. The construction of the resettlement house has been approved by the two municipal governments for all the procedures, and the construction site has been completed with 3 links and 1 level, and the construction can be carried out after the Chinese New Year. ”
"Dad, how much salary does the company give you now?" Wuyang asked.
"I've told them many times, I have a retirement salary, you have a house here, and you have arranged a car, so don't give the salary. Leave it to your children and grandchildren, you can make so much money, will you care about my little money? What do you think I need money for? Your uncle said that this is a rule, it's funny, I have been talking about the rule for a lifetime, and now it is also a rule. Mr. Li, they stipulate that my treatment is the same as Xiong Gangqiang, and this must be done. ”
Wuyang smiled: "Dad, you will take the money if you give it, otherwise when the manor is built, you and my father will go to manage the foundation together to help those lonely and helpless children, so that they can enjoy the sun like everyone else." ”
Pei Xuewen smiled: "It's really a good idea." (To be continued......)