CH.60 Turning Stone into Gold
A few days later, inside the Iron Cannon Harbor.
The bright sunlight pours down on the earth, bringing unbearable heat. In order to escape the heat, almost all the pedestrians on the road wore wide-brimmed hats, and those polite ladies and gentlemen, each with a fan in their hands, fanned the wind while walking.
Anrui walked alone on the street, mingling in with the pedestrians, his eyes sweeping the street. If you look closely, you will find that the wounds on his body are already healed, most of the bandages on his body have been removed, and the healed wounds have grown tough flesh and skin, and there are no obvious scars.
This time he came back alone, in order to find a businesswoman to borrow a space treasure chest. As for Sha Fei and Berego, they still stayed near the Thunder Mountain at this time, taking care of the Thundering Demon Tree and the dragon bones of the Red Wurm.
His sweeping gaze suddenly locked on the front of a tall shop, and narrowed slightly.
"Golden Fleece Branch, this is it." An Rui looked at the shop and muttered to himself.
Above the shop that Anrui was staring at was a large wooden door plaque painted with white lacquer and a white lacquer background painted with golden rolled wool.
This Golden Fleece pattern is the symbol of the Golden Fleece Chamber of Commerce. This is a large chamber of commerce, made up of many businessmen and has a strong presence in many seas. The shop in front of me is just a branch of the Golden Fleece Chamber of Commerce set up here, and the real club is far away from home, not here at all.
The person Anrui was looking for was none other than the branch president of the branch, a young businesswoman named Cheryl.
He stood where he was, straightened his shirt to look more formal and dignified, and walked to the door. In order to meet Cheryl, he wore a very formal outfit, black and white, with straight trousers and a well-cut fit, and if he did not look at the sword hanging from his waist, he would definitely think of him as a merchant and not a warrior.
At the door of the store, a sturdy doorman stopped An Rui and asked what he meant.
An Rui's intention was very simple, just to ask to see Cheryl, but this simple request was not so easy to meet.
"Our branch president is very busy, and not everyone wants to see him." The doorman said with a stiff face.
"I'm here to talk to her about the gold mining business, it's a big business, so you'd better inform me, if you delay this big business, I'm afraid you can't afford it." An Rui first bluffed the other party, then flipped his palm, took out a silver coin from his sleeve, stuffed it into the doorman's hand, and gave the other party a little sweetness.
The doorman took the silver coin, his expression changed several times, and finally said, "You wait, I'll go in and report for you." ”
The doorman left, and after a while, he returned to the door and led An Rui in. Obviously, for a businessman, the gold mining business is not a small **, even if a stranger comes to ask for a meeting, there is no way to easily refuse.
Passing through the gleaming antechamber and the hallway covered with oil paintings, Anrui arrived at Cheryl's office.
Before entering the house, the doorman took Anrui's sword, claiming that it was the rule.
An Rui now wears a long sword all day long, even if he sleeps, he is inseparable, and he is a little unaccustomed to being taken away, but there is no way, who let this be someone else's territory. He knocked on the door and stepped inside, surveying the room.
The interior is very well lit and well-furnished, with beautiful yet minimalist furnishings, and two tall bookshelves on the walls. Opposite the window, there was a desk, and behind the desk sat a Terran woman, who was Cheryl.
Cheryl is also in her early twenties, with a middle-to-upper appearance, she is not a superb beauty, but she has a very temperament, and her slightly serious expression gives people a feeling of being very capable. She was wearing a smart black dress, and a pair of snow-white legs stretched out from the bottom of the skirt, overlapping each other, and crossed Erlang's legs. She held a cup of steaming coffee in her hand, and the aroma wafted from it, making her face a little hazy.
"You may be seated." Cheryl glanced at Anrui, but only for a quick moment, and quickly retracted her gaze and put it back on her coffee.
Anrui thanked him and sat down across from his desk, looking directly at Cheryl.
"I heard you came to me to talk about the gold mining business." Cheryl said, taking a sip of her coffee, wetting her soft, red lips.
"Yes, I know of a gold mine that produces about 10,000 ounces of gold a year. I have a feeling you'll be interested in this gold mine. Anrui nodded. This is his biggest chip today, and relying on this chip, it is enough to borrow a space treasure chest.
"A gold coin weighs about an ounce, and 10,000 ounces is 10,000 gold coins, and I'm really a little interested in what you said about gold mines, so you can go on." Cheryl said in a flat tone.
"To put it simply, I want to make a deal with you, using the gold mine I just mentioned as a bargaining chip, and borrowing the space treasure chest in your hand. It's a great deal for you. You can just lend me a space treasure chest and exchange it for a gold mine. ”
"Sounds like a good deal. A gold mine with an annual output of 10,000 ounces, in just one year, I can buy a new space treasure chest, and it is a very large space treasure chest. And all you want is to borrow the space treasure chest in my hand. If this deal goes through, it will be the most successful one I've ever been in business. However, I remember the old saying that pie doesn't fall from the sky, and I don't think there is such a good thing in the world. Cheryl was not overjoyed by An Rui's words, but looked at An Rui with a sharp gaze, as if she wanted to see through something.
"I was just simplifying it, but in fact, it's a little more complicated than I just said." An Rui further said.
"I want to hear about it."
"The gold mine I am talking about is not in my hands, not in my possession, but in your own hands. As far as I know, you have a local gold mine that has been mined for several years, and you have dug up almost all the gold in it, and now it is only about a few hundred ounces a year, and it has almost lost its value. And I'm a person who can turn stones into gold, and I can help you find new gold veins in that mine, so that the annual output of the mine can change from hundreds of ounces to tens of thousands of ounces. ”
"Stop." Cheryl suddenly interrupted An Rui, "You mean to use my own mine to make a deal with me?" ”
"Yes......" Anrui admitted.
"With all due respect, you're a little too whimsical to trade with me in my own mine, and you can figure it out. You'd better go back. The conversation just now gave me a better understanding of the wisdom of the old saying that no pie will fall from the sky. "Cheryl gave the eviction order.
"No, no, no, don't chase me away yet, let me finish talking." An Rui hurriedly said, "The gold mine is indeed your own, but as I just said, the output of this gold mine is too low, and it is not beneficial at all to remove the manpower and material resources spent every year." Your gold mine is not much different from having it or not. But with my guidance, this gold mine will soon be turned upside down, bringing you huge economic benefits. ”
"The man in charge of the gold mine was a dwarf, he had been dealing with the mines all day, and he was very good at digging for veins, but he couldn't find new veins in the mines for a long time. In his words, the mine has been hollowed out. I don't think you'll be able to find new veins in it and turn it into treasure. ”
"How can you know the Tao if you don't try it? Give me a chance, it won't hurt you. I know that you are a businesswoman with a good reputation, and I trust you very much. In this transaction, I can first find out the ore veins for you, so that you can directly obtain benefits, and then we will carry out the next step of the transaction, what do you think? Anrui argued.
Cheryl stared into Anrui's eyes, reading the message in her eyes, and instead of replying, she fell silent.
Time passed in silence.
No one knows what Cheryl read from Anrui's eyes, confidence? Or is it a craving?
"Okay. I can give you one chance, remember, only once. I'll ask the mine owner, 'Stubborn', to take you into the mine to find the veins, and if you can find them, I can consider trading with you to lend you the space chest. But if you fail, I'll think you're playing tricks on me, and the consequences are serious. Cheryl finally opened her mouth and agreed to Anrui's request.
"No problem, one chance is enough for me." An Rui breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.