"To continue cutting, we will go over two mountains and cut again."

"Okay, let's find water to eat first, and then cut down the tree after eating."

After eating rice balls, I turned over two hills, cut another one, and then split it in the afternoon sun, and the texture was still the same, Boss Huang said: "Boss Li, we can go back, right?" ”

"Okay, don't look at it, let's go back."

A few people went back and forth between the trees and thorns to find their way back, and the afternoon sun broke a branch that was blocking the road, although the branch was small, it was still quite difficult to break. Taking a closer look at Wuyang, it turned out to be a branch of a Huanghuali tree, which is a branch of a small tree less than 10 meters high, which is similar to the branches of the sour jujube tree that we usually see, especially the shape of the leaves, which is almost identical. It is the stem that grows from the top of the branch, which is similar to the branch of a tree, but the branch is black, and the stem with leaves is green. The first two leaves that were cut down also looked at Wuyang, the kind of rose-like stem, with 8 pairs of 16 small leaves and 3 small leaves on the top, and this tree has 7 pairs of leaves, and then there is a small leaf on the top, and it becomes 15 leaves.

Wuyang finally noticed the difference, and broke a few more branches, all of which were 15 pieces. In order to see what is going on, Wuyang picked up the axe, divided it by two, and cut a plane on one side of the trunk, and sure enough, he saw that the lines inside were not tight and beautifully shaped, but a very loose pattern, and its color was not yellow, but gray-white.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Huang brothers did not find out, Wuyang hurriedly chased after him. This secret can only be known by oneself, and at most it is to sue sù one's wife.

Back at Huang's house, Wuyang showed the leaves picked to Mengyu and Da Mao. Da Mao said: "Isn't this very easy to distinguish? ”

Wuyang smiled: "Their leaves are not all 15 small leaves. The small part is also 16 tablets. If you are not particularly careful, you will not be able to find it. ”

Mengyu said: "Wuyang, in fact, there is nothing wrong with us buying this kind of wood, when making furniture, it can be used to make partitions in drawers, the material is similar, and our furniture is used at home, it doesn't matter." ”

Wuyang smiled: "If it's in Uncle Xiaojia's mountain." It doesn't matter what the texture is, but if you go to other places of origin to gamble on wood and be able to identify them, you can rest assured that you will bid the price and will not suffer a loss. ”

Early the next morning, four people drove a car in Wuyang, and Boss Huang and his brother drove a motorcycle, arrived at Lao Cai, found a timber trading company, and just arrived at the door. Mi Xiaojia shouted out, but unfortunately it was Vietnamese. Wuyang couldn't understand a word.

A few people entered the house, which was a 20-square-meter house, with a wooden sofa, a table, a few chairs, a man in his 40s and a man in his 20s. Their timber trading company works in the office, it is the two of them, there are still a lot of people looking for timber in various places, their company has found or purchased a lot of timber, but they can't leave immediately, they have already made an appointment with a group of people, they will come soon, we have to wait, meet with others. ”

Wuyang said: "Xiaomi, you sue them, I want as many huanghuali as there are, there is no need to wait for others." ”

Mi Xiaojia said: "I just said, they don't do it, saying that the auction can earn more." It is true that if this kind of wood is cut down, there will be one less, and in the future, it will be less and less, and the price will be higher. ”

"Okay, let's go shopping, you call us when we leave."

Mi Xiaojia said: "The old street is very small, and it won't take long for you to go shopping, if you want to buy things here, it's best for me to take you to buy them, so as not to be fooled." ”

Mengyu said: "We won't buy anything for the time being, let's talk about it when we go back." ”

In fact, after the afternoon sun came out, he called Xiong Gangqiang and asked him to gather the lumberjacks, prepare crawler tractors and other supplies, and wait for the notice when they will come, and it is best to transport the tractors to the border.

It's really small here, and they also have a heart for Wuyang, and they don't care about anything else, so they want to buy mahogany furniture. After walking for a few minutes, I saw a sign written in Chinese: Mahogany Furniture Store. Wuyang was about to go in, but Mengyu grabbed him and said, "Don't worry, let's go to the other side of the street, and then go back, can't every house go through?" ”

Wuyang said: "We have limited time, you go to find it, I'll go in and have a look, and I'll call later." ”

Mengyu left, Wuyang and Da Mao entered the furniture store, and a girl wearing a Jing cheongsam greeted her, speaking fluent Mandarin, "Boss, boss, do you want to buy mahogany furniture?" ”

The so-called Jing cheongsam is roughly the same as the Chinese cheongsam, that is, the slit is open at the waist, and the cheongsam is worn and trousers, which Wuyang has heard of before.

Wuyang said: "Let's see if there is a suitable one, and if there is, we will buy it." ”

The girl said, "Boss, please come in with me." Our furniture factories are all in the back, and the furniture is also in the back. Our furniture factory is the only one in the north of Vietnam that cuts wood and processes furniture by itself, accounting for more than half of the furniture production, and the price is also the lowest. ”

Wuyang followed and walked inside, and sure enough, he saw two long rows of houses, and heard the sound of clanging from inside, and in the middle of the two rows of houses, some processed furniture and unprocessed wood were covered with bark.

The girl stopped and said, "Boss, do you want to be optimistic or average?" ”

Wuyang asked, "What is good and what is general?" ”

The girl smiled: "It seems that the boss has not dealt with Vietnam Huanghuali yet." The Huanghuali we have here is different from other places, there are two different patterns, one is good-looking, and the other is not good-looking. Except for the texture, the density, color, and appearance are basically the same. ”

Wuyang said: "Is it the difference between small-leaved red sandalwood and large-leaved red sandalwood?" ”

The girl said, "No, it's not that big, it's just that people have different preferences." Boss, in order to have an intuitive impression, you can come and see with me. ”

The two followed the girl for a few steps, and saw two thick planks in the hallway, one with a wavy pattern. Clarity. Be organized. The wood outside of the grain is red in color, which is particularly beautiful. The other has a more chaotic texture and a darker color, somewhat similar to Brazilian rosewood.

Wuyang asked, "Girl, what is the difference in the price of these two types of wood?" ”

"10 times it. Which do you want? ”

Wuyang smiled: "Of course I want the beautiful one, but I don't know if I have enough money." ”

The girl was also infected by Wuyang's joke, "Boss." You have such a good sense of humor. If you come to see mahogany furniture, there is nothing you can't afford, it depends on whether you are willing to pay for it. Please come in here, this is the exhibition area. ”

A few people went in, the girl turned on the light, and the tall sofa did look rough, plus it was unpainted, dull, and nothing to praise. If you look closely at the texture, it is indeed a good kind.

"Girl. How much does this set of furniture cost? ”

"40 million yuan."

"Girl, it's too expensive."

"Boss. Now that this wood is becoming scarcer and scarcer, it is no longer easy for the money to buy the real thing. Of course, if it was a few years earlier, maybe 20 million could have been taken away. ”

Wuyang said: "I see that these 4 couches are made of two pieces of wood, and one piece of wood is only two million, in addition to the production of couches, you can also produce coffee tables, small tea seas and many handicrafts, so calculated, your set of furniture, the actual cost is about 3 million, girl, you can also shout the price, I will pay 10 million." ”

The girl said: "Boss, this wood is very difficult to buy, 10 million can't even buy back wood, you can give a slightly more reasonable price." ”

"Well, in order to show my sincerity, I'll give 15 million."

The girl said, "Boss, you are too powerful, we will not sell it at this price, the longer this wood is collected, the more valuable it is." We sold one set, which was enough for a year's factory expenses, and in the first half of the year, we sold one set and earned 40 million, and now we are not in a hurry to sell. Of course, if the boss is sincere, it is okay to sell a set. ”

Wuyang said: "Girl, my family is a big family, I need a lot of sofas, if the price is right, I will buy all the furniture you have here." ”

When the girl heard that she had bought them all, she was overjoyed, and her eyes lit up and she was caught by the afternoon sun. "Girl, 25 million per set, you have money to make, I don't suffer, if you agree, we will make a deal."

"The boss really can't sell at this price, 30 million per set is good."

"26 million."

"28 million."

"26.8 million."

The girl stretched out her hand and high-fived Wuyang, "Deal, boss, we have a total of 12 sets of furniture here, you leave the address, we are responsible for delivering the goods to your home, other crafts, you need to bring them back to match the furniture, we will send them." ”

"Okay, let's go to the Bank of China on the street to transfer money, please arrange someone to send it over according to the address."

Wuyang wrote down the address of the Lujiang Furniture Factory and handed it to the girl. The girl said, "Boss, will you buy those furniture with bad textures?" ”

"What price?"

"One tenth, 2.68 million."

Wuyang shook his head, "No, there is no place to put it back when you buy it." ”

The girl said: "Boss, these two kinds of wood are actually the same, you can see the difference when you are new, as long as you use it for decades, it will be the same color, your family will be passed down from generation to generation, who will be able to distinguish it in the future?" ”

"No, if it's clear, future generations won't scold me."

The girl said, "You can make a lot of money by shipping it back and selling it." ”

"Don't."

The girl said: "Boss, 1.68 million yuan per set, and then add a big table for each set, 1.5 meters wide, 3 meters or 4 meters long, is it okay?" ”

"It's also going to be 3 meters long, is it?"

"Boss, you turned out to be an expert, and you even know how long the table is. Well, deal. ”

went to the Bank of China to transfer money, and Mi Xiaojia called. Wuyang 3 people hurriedly went back, 7 or 8 people stood at the door of the timber trading company, and when they saw Wuyang arrive, a tall man with a flat head said loudly: "I don't know how much money I have in my pocket, so I came here to fill the big guy, and I also have a beautiful car." ”

Wuyang was about to sneer at each other, but was stopped by Mengyu. Mi Xiaojia also said: "Boss Li, we are just temporary fellow travelers, and we can't make trouble." Uncle, you leave two of you here to gather people, and one of you goes with us. Just tell the lumberjacks to pass. ”

"Okay." Boss Huang said.

Wuyang asked, "It's in the mountains." How to make a transfer? ”

Boss Fan said, "It doesn't matter. You buy it, and when you come back in the evening, you can transfer it, and you won't be able to take the timber anyway. ”

"Not only can we not pay, but you can also not sell, after all, if there is no payment, you can not admit it."

Boss Fan said: "We will never do such a thing, not to mention that you can complain to the government, and the government will not only revoke our license." I also want to give you the wood for nothing, that is, as soon as you talk outside, our goodwill will be gone, and the tour guide will not dare to bring the boss in the future. Besides, although we don't have many huanghuali here, it's not just a tree, and if it is sold, it will be gone, you say, right? ”

Wuyang said, "Then let's go." ”

The timber trading company and another group of guests were all walking on motorcycles, and Wuyang asked Mi Xiaojia: "Xiaomi, can you go by car?" ”

Mi Xiaojia smiled: "You can't drive." How do you get the timber out? ”

Boss Fan said: "In the future, there will be places where you can't go to the car, and you cut down wood. Can only be towed out with a tractor. ”

The motorcycle was in front and the car was behind, and they walked out of the city to the mountains, and after walking for about an hour and a half, Boss Ruan and the others stopped.

"Bosses, this big tree is also a huanghuali, why hasn't it been cut down outside the mountain? It is because it was once blown open by a bomb of the US military, and it has not been moved for decades, and it may have rotted inside. This big tree is our first subject matter today, with a reserve price of 50,000 yuan, let's start bidding. ”

The noon sun runs the true qi and looks at the branches that have been blown up, and the structure inside is still very tight, that is, it is not decayed. The diameter of this large tree should be about two meters, the trunk height should be about 8 meters, and the volume should be 25 cubic meters, plus the remaining branches and huge branches, there are 30 cubic meters of wood to use.

Seeing that there was no bidding, Wuyang said: "I'll pay 50,000." ”

Boss Fan said, "Do you have any bids?" ”

The other group was silent, and half of the branches of the tree were gone, and the place where it was blown up was black, just like a rotten tree.

Boss Ruan said: "Don't you ask for a price?" That's Boss Li's. Boss Huang, please call someone to cut wood. ”

Pingtou saw that Boss Ruan sat down after speaking, and had no intention of leaving, so he said, "Boss Ruan, are we going to see the next tree?" ”

"Boss Du, I won't tell you, if you know the results of the bet, you will actively bargain. As it is now, we are losing money and making money. ”

By the time tractors and lumberjacks arrived, it was more than an hour later. Instead of cutting down trees, the lumberjacks here pull them in one direction with several tractors to uproot the trees. When the tree is tilted, the branches are sawed off first, leaving the thicker ones, and then the roots are sawed off, and there is only a large tree with a pocket.

With Wuyang's consent, Boss Ruan instructed the workers to sawn open the black section of wood, and it turned out that the wood inside was very good and had not decayed at all. In this way, the bet has risen a lot.

Pingtou said: "Damn, I picked up a bargain for this kid, and I made at least two million." ”

Wuyang smiled: "Whose money is so big, and you want to buy it for two million?" Dream on. If you don't have 5 million, don't even think about it. ”

Pingtou said: "Boy, look at what you can, the tree in the back, except for what you don't want, you don't want to buy any of them." ”

"Isn't this an auction? Can you monopolize it? If you have the ability to make me unable to buy a tree, I will give you this tree. ”

"Yo ho, screwed up with Lao Tzu? Let's see. ”

Mengyu said: "Wuyang, what kind of anger do you have with this ignorant person? You guys are soaring here, and the ones who take advantage are Boss Ruan and them. ”

Wuyang said: "It's just to compete, people compete for a breath of Buddha for a furnace of incense, not to mention that he provoked me." ”

Mengyu got angry, "I'm too lazy to care about you, you both lose." ”

Boss Ruan said: "They are all young people, and it is normal to be competitive, let's go, let's go to the second tree." ”

When I got to the second tree, I looked into it and felt that it was wood or good, not decaying, but I don't know what the texture was, if it was good, it would be more than the volume of the tree just now, and it was worth a gamble.

Some were not at ease, so they picked up a stone and threw it at the branch, which broke and fell. Picked it up and took a look. There are 15 small leaves on it. It can be concluded that it is a bad pattern. Didn't Boss Pingtou Du not let himself buy a piece of wood? Wuyang decided to let this guy who didn't know the height of the sky suffer.

"Boss Ruan, how can you sell this tree?"

"The starting price is also 50,000." Boss Fan said.

"Then I'll pay 100,000." Wuyang said.

Boss Pingtou Du said: "I will pay 150,000." ”

"I'll give 200,000."

Pingtou said: "300,000." ”

Wuyang said: "500,000, and then the price increase is yours." ”

If this tree is bought back to make furniture in Wuyang, it can still be used if it is not placed in a conspicuous place, and it is quite valuable, 500,000 plus freight and processing fees, it is still much cheaper than buying this kind of wood in China. But if there is only such a tree. The furniture made is a very low-grade Huanghuali, and it is not cost-effective for Boss Du to sell it or use it for his own use.

Boss Du said: "I'll add 50,000." ”

Wuyang stopped talking, and Boss Fan said, "Okay, this Huanghuali is Boss Du's." Boss Du, did you also cut it down? ”

Boss Du said: "Isn't the atmosphere already up now? We don't have to wait for the workers to cut down the trees, and we can bid for other trees. ”

A group of people walked deep into the mountains again, and when they arrived at the pingli of a house, Boss Fan said, "Look. This is the last big tree, behind our company. are no more than 1 meter in diameter. ”

At this time, a couple and children walked out of the house, and after greeting Boss Ruan and Boss Fan, they invited everyone to sit at home and let everyone drink the spring water that the bamboo tube brought from the mountain.

After drinking the spring water, Wuyang observed the big tree, the diameter of the trunk is about 3 meters, the height should be about 20 meters, and the height of the crown is more than 30 meters. The material inside is still very tight, and the volume should exceed 150 cubic meters, if it is priced at 200,000 per cubic meter, it should be worth 30 million. If it is processed into furniture, it is worth more than 100 million, which is inevitable.

He knocked down the twigs with stones, and saw clearly that the leaves were indeed of good texture, so he made up his mind to buy them.

Boss Ruan said: "Are you optimistic, our reserve price is still 50,000, you can ask for the price." ”

Boss Du said: "100,000." ”

Wuyang smiled, "500,000." ”

Boss Du said: "Is it that if I increase the price again, it will be mine?" ”

Mengyu said: "Don't ask, see if our boss is happy to give it to you." ”

"Beauty, what kind of mix can you make with such a deflated three, come and talk to the masters, I guarantee that you eat and drink spicy food."

Before Mengyu could say anything, Tan Damao spoke: "What kind of green onion are you, you don't deserve to lift shoes for our boss, and you dare to say such things to our sisters." ”

At this time, a person next to him said: "Our Director Du is a young and promising tax director, at the deputy director level, and his father is the secretary of the municipal party committee, so it is your blessing to be able to take a fancy to you." ”

Mengyu said: "What is the deputy director level, our boss ......"

The latter words were stopped by Wuyang, in front of this kind of second generation of officials, there is no need to say too much, "What are you doing with those off-topic words?" We continue to bid. ”

Boss Du said: "I'll add 100,000." ”

Wuyang immediately followed up: "Add another 100,000." ”

Boss Du didn't immediately continue the offer, but went to mumble to their people, Wuyang estimated that he had no money and wanted to find someone to borrow. Ordinary cadre families, no matter how rich they are, they can't take out so much money at one time to gamble, they all live on wages, and your family takes out a lot of money, isn't this a reality?

Wuyang glanced at them, and the others were all embarrassed. Listening attentively to what they were saying, Boss Du said: "It is estimated that the kid will not be able to hold on to the price increase, any of you will lend me 100,000 yuan, and when you go back to the city at night, I will let the family transfer it to you." ”

"Director Du, each of us is about 200,000 yuan, lend it to you, in case we don't come back, we will run away in vain this time."

Another person said: "Brother, these big trees are not our bet, we will bet on the small ones, if you spend all the money, the next few days will not be fun, in case the gamble fails, won't you lose all your money?" ”

Boss Du said: "It's not a loss, it's just that there is no profit, just a trip for nothing." But I was a little unwilling to lose to others like this. ”

"Director Du, now that we're out there, it's not a big deal to meet a few people who are more wealthy than us, not to mention that people don't treat us well. After that, everyone went home. Who knows whom? ”

Boss Du said: "If it's something really big boss. How can you participate in this kind of gambling on wood? I can't make a lot of money, which is the last thing I can figure out. Okay, I'm not going to be angry with him, buy some small ones, and find a buyer when the time comes. ”

He walked over and said to Boss Ruan, "I'm not interested in this big tree, so I won't participate in the bidding." ”

Boss Ruan said, "Boss Li, congratulations. Boss Du, thank you too. Thanks to your bidding, our company earned 200,000 yuan from this big tree. ”

Wuyang asked: "Then how much do you earn from these 3 big trees?" ”

Boss Ruan smiled: "I didn't make much." The first tree earned 10,000 yuan, the second tree earned 225,000 yuan, this tree is 100,000 yuan that we pay to the owner, and then we bring people to bid, and the part that exceeds 100,000 yuan, we and the owner each get half. ”

"Your income is not low."

"Boss Li, if you also win the bet on this tree, then you will make enough money."

"I don't have any money to make. I bought it back to make furniture, which my family and relatives used. Don't sell for money. Boss Ruan, in fact, wouldn't it be more profitable for you to cut down trees and sell them yourself? ”

"Boss Li, no. We cut down trees, I don't know if it's a good texture, besides, this kind of yellow pear is what you Chinese like, you want to transport the wood to your China, sell it to the small boss, whether you can recover the money is a question, sell it to the big boss, it may not be able to find. Freight and travel expenses are a lot of expenses. ”

"That's right. If you want to gamble on wood in the future, and encounter wood with good textures, call our boss Zhang, in fact, I am here to take a vacation to play. ”

"That kind of bad texture, don't you want it too?" Boss Fan asked.

"Of course I want it, but I get what I pay for, let's just buy and sell fairly, what do you say?" Mengyu said.

"That's great, we did it this time, and we won't let guests gamble in the future, let's do business with you."

Mengyu said: "You can't say this now, otherwise we won't be able to have fun gambling this time." ”

Boss Ruan said: "Boss Zhang, do you want to go to other producing areas to gamble on wood?" ”

"That's right, it's not easy for us to come once, that's why we're willing to buy your timber, if you let everyone know, everyone cuts down timber and sends it to our company, and we can't afford not to accept it, then you won't have anything to earn."

Boss Fan said: "Boss Li, Boss Zhang, what do you say, we don't want to take you to gamble anymore." ”

Wuyang said: "We don't care, it's Boss Du and his gang, and now they have bought a piece of wood, and you can see that it is done." ”

Boss Ruan said: "Ah Fan, just now Boss Zhang said that it is the next time to buy our timber, if we don't do business with them now, although we may make more money, but our reputation is gone, we can't do this kind of thing, if God makes us rich and cuts down these trees we find, we can still find them in the future, just like Miss Mi brought us Boss Li and Boss Zhang." ”

Mengyu pulled Wuyang aside, "We ordered timber from Boss Huang and them, if they also want to do bidding like this, wouldn't our cost be much higher?" ”

"So you can't let Boss Ruan say it. When we buy timber, we buy fragmented, patches of forest, and of course we cut them down. In fact, buying this wood doesn't make much sense to us, it's just for fun. ”

Tan Damao said: "Then will we continue to stay?" ”

"Of course you stay, Da Mao, don't you think it's better?"

Da Mao smiled: "I can't stand you." ”

"And you're still shouting for it?"

"I can't help myself, I can't help it."

Mengyu said: "What do you want to control? Wuyang likes you the most. ”

Wuyang said: "I like any of you who want me, but don't say it now." It's time for us to go again. ”

Walking up to Boss Ruan and them, Boss Ruan said, "Boss Li, we still have to rest for a while, the tractor will be there soon." ”

Wuyang said: "This tree is not in a hurry to cut down, let's go to the mountain first." ”

"You have to bring a tractor with you when you go into the mountains, otherwise you can't cut it down, and you can't move it, you buy it, and you don't know when you'll be able to see it."

Mengyu said, "Aren't we going back here?" (To be continued......)