009 discerning jade, making a comeback
Uncle Huo took out another drawing and said: "By the way, the set of broken jewelry you showed me before, I have already exhausted Jiang Lang's talent, with Wu You's set of information, and I have inspiration, give me a few more days, it should be able to be completed, you can come and see it when the time comes." "For Uncle Huo, the company is gone, the most precious thing is not jewelry, but the jewelry design book handed down from the ancestors, now many styles are lost, but unfortunately Huo Chi is not interested in the jewelry industry, and I am afraid that he will be lost in this set.
"What broken jewelry?" Wu You said curiously. She poked her head over, and when she saw Uncle Huo's manuscript, a warm current surged in her heart, which was the set of yellow energy stone noodles that she had broken at the beginning.
Wu You's fingers gently caressed the picture, and his eyes showed longing.
Seeing this, Wuxian felt a little sour in his heart. He said to Uncle Huo: "I don't know if you know where you can buy the yellow energy stone, I want to repair this set of heads." ”
Uncle Huo said: "It's not that Uncle I'm boasting, I think back then, in order to find good raw materials for energy stones, I often flew everywhere from south to north, and no one was more familiar with me when it came to finding rough stones." As for restoration, as long as I have the tools, I can try it, because the process is complicated and I am not completely sure. ”
Wu You looked up at Wuxian and said, "Don't bother Uncle too much." ”
Uncle Huo knew that this set of heads and faces belonged to Wu You, and he immediately understood Wuji's intentions, and he said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, uncle, I'm in good health now, and it's easy to get sick if I have nothing to do at home, but the yellow energy stone is hard to find, if you have time, I can take you to District 6 to have a look, where there is the largest rough stone mine in the empire, which is full of production capacity stones." ”
Traceless's eyes lit up, and he said, "It's not far away, Wu You, shall we take a look?" ”
Wu You thought for a while and nodded.
Wuji said to Uncle Huo: "Have you ever thought about reopening a jewelry store?" ”
Uncle Huo was stunned for a moment, then sighed softly and said, "Every gift given to us by the gods is secretly marked with a price. What you think is free may be precisely the most expensive, and what you think is the most comfortable may be the big pit prepared for you. I've been pitted once, and I don't have the courage to jump again. But I really like this industry, and if I could, I would like to be a craftsman, find a jewelry store, and stay in it to design and process. ”
"If we open a jewelry store, can you help us manage it?" ”
"You guys?" Uncle Huo was surprised. Wuxian is just an eighteen-year-old boy, Wu You is even younger, he doesn't look like he is even fifteen years old, and opening a jewelry store not only requires a lot of money, a source of energy stones, but also a tough backstage. Power stones are too precious for the supernatural, they have long been monopolized by the Empire, subcontracted to high-bidders, there is a time limit, and the excavated rough stones need to pay taxes. Every piece of rough sold had to be documented by the Empire, and private sales were punishable by imprisonment.
So no matter how big his business is, once he offends the powerful, it will be like tissue paper, and it will be broken with a stab.
"Yes, I have already selected the storefront, and I have also reported to the empire, and the license will come down in two days." Traceless called up the information and sent it to Uncle Huo to see.
"Worry-free jewelry?" This name is so straightforward, Uncle Huo smiled malicely, this kid without a trace is okay, don't say anything else, the heart has arrived, and it can be flirtatious without making a sound.
Uncle Huo smiled and looked down, and the more he looked at it, the more serious his expression became. This kid is not kidding! He photographed a piece of shop in the largest mall in the city, worth 300 million! The title deed has Wu You's name written on it! Next is the business license, engraved seal and tax registration certificate, all available, and the legal representatives are him and Wu You.
The shop here was originally not able to be bought and sold, and those documents could not be done in a day or two, which shows how hard the traceless backstage is!
"Traceless, this is too precious, you don't have to be like this..."Wu You didn't expect Traceless to prepare such a big gift for her silently, and hurriedly refused.
"It's part of my heart, if you don't want it, there's no need for it to exist." Traceless looked at Wu You with deep eyes: "There are some things that money can't buy, I just want to make you happy." ”
Wu You looked at his deep eyes, as if he was about to be sucked in by the affection inside. It's just that it's a joint venture between them, and if there is a chance in the future, she will definitely double it back.
Seeing that she didn't object again, the corners of her lips raised slightly, and she said to Uncle Huo: "I have prepared a starting capital of 600 million, do you see enough?" ”
Uncle Huo's heart trembled when he heard this, 600 million, not 600 million, thinking that when he was at his most brilliant, the liquidity was less than 200 million. This kid, it's not a joke!
Uncle Huo looked at the traceless face and was in awe, he raised a smile and said, "Enough, definitely enough." ”
"Then let's go to District 6 tomorrow to select materials." Traceless Road.
Uncle Huo said: "It's the dry season now, it's just right to go, there are only less than four months before the end of the dry season, after this time, the choice of raw stone materials will be much less." ”
Wu You knows that mining requires digging holes, potholes are easy to accumulate water in the rainy season, and the summer climate is extremely hot, so it is very difficult to live and dig. "But aren't there all the Strangers now, so why do you have to mine them in different seasons?"
When Uncle Huo heard this, he said: "This question is good, everyone has seen the power stones shining under the magnesium lamp, how do you know the hardships behind this mining." Although the carved power stones can help the ability to strengthen and upgrade, it is extremely difficult to mine and identify. The power stone is very easy to be damaged in the blasting or crushing process, and many metal mining and smelting methods are not applicable, so now mining and identifying the rough stone can only use the most primitive human way. ”
It turns out that this is the case.,The ability of human beings is because of the inversion of the magnetic pole.,So the mine with a very strong magnetic field can eliminate the ability of humans.,The magic is that humans can improve their abilities by absorbing the energy of the power stone.,This can also be regarded as a kind of self-protection of nature.。
"Every year, there are hundreds of imperial auction mines, large and small, and less than ten can really produce mines, which is the same as gambling stones, if you get rich, if you lose it, you will go bankrupt in an instant." Back then, he bought a mine with his whole family property, won the bet, and made a fortune, but now he doesn't dare to gamble. "I'll take you to the rough stone area to have a look, I know several rough stone kings, they are all self-owned gambling stone sites at home, and they take the first-hand goods from the mine, and the price is fair."
"I want to see the mines." Wu You said suddenly.
Uncle Huo persuaded: "Xiao You, most of the mines are located in the lofty mountains, the mountain roads are rugged, and the population is sparse, and only one out of ten may be able to produce energy stones, and the rental price is expensive." Immortals are hard to break, uncle, what I was able to buy back then was luck. ”
"Thank you for the reminder." Wu You smiled: "I just want to go and see it, and I won't necessarily buy it." ”
Seeing her resolute attitude, Uncle Huo called up his function panel and said, "Okay, there are a total of 121 mines released by the empire this year, and the pictures, videos, addresses, and sizes have been released, you can take a look." ”
And the video? Wu You clicked on them one by one, and the videos here were shot with the latest technology, presenting a 3D picture, as if they were there.
Uncle Huo picked up the paintbrush next to him and continued his design creation.
Two hours passed in the blink of an eye, and suddenly a pair of warm hands covered Wu You's eyes.
"What's wrong?" Wu You asked.
"I've been watching for too long, take a break." Traceless said gently.
Wu You realized that her mental power was too concentrated, and her eyes were a little stinging, she pulled away her hand without a trace and asked Uncle Huo: "It seems that each mine can only produce one or two energy stones." ”
Uncle Huo should be: "That's because each type of power stone has its own environment and conditions for its formation. He pointed to a mine near a volcano: "Like this kind of crater, it is easy to produce fire power stones, the crystals carrying the power stones will erupt out of the ground with the magma, and some of the power stones will be sealed in the cooled magma, which is very easy to mine, but because everyone knows this truth, the good mines have actually been mined, and it is difficult to pick up the leak." ”
"What do you think of this mine?" Wu You called up a map of a large mine.
Uncle Huo shook his head and said: "This belongs to the riverbed under the mountain, and the rough stones here have been transported and washed by water for many years, and most of them are water power stones. But this mine has also been overexploited, you see there are four mines here, the empire took it out and remade it is estimated that it is just to make up the numbers, the area is so large, but the price is so low, no one should choose it. ”
"Where's this location?" Wu You asked, pointing to an inconspicuous dark place.
Uncle Huo enlarged the picture, opened the video and took a closer look, and said with a smile: "This is a swamp, the swamp is too wet, and it can't produce ore." ”
"I want to go here." In the video, the swamp is not realistically captured, but she can feel the energy passing by, and she can only be sure when she is on the scene.
Wuxian has seen the special features of Wu You, so he opened the panel to arrange the travel route and tools. "Okay, we'll go tomorrow morning."
Hey, Uncle Huo finally understood why his son always looked like a dog who had been abused when he saw the two of them.
In the early morning of the next day, Wu You, Wu Trace, and Uncle Huo boarded the road to the mine in Area 6. In order to facilitate Wu You, Wuxian designated a helicopter, and the plane landed at the entrance of District 6, which is a concentration of mines, and it is very magnetic, so when you get here, you can only transfer to a horse trough car.
The car drove all the way, and what caught my eye was a large distribution market, with tents set up on the ground, and the ground was full of stones of different shapes. ”
Wu You saw that in the power stone area, the most processed green and brown colors were placed on the table like Chinese cabbage, and she was curious: "Aren't there any other colors of power stones?" ”
Uncle Huo explained: "Green and brown power stones are the most common, because wood, earth and gold abilities are relatively stable to upgrade, and they rarely use power stones to help upgrade, so most of them are made into jewelry, but they are not cheap. It's just that other gems are more valuable. ”
"Are there any black gemstones?" Wu You remembered her glimpse of the swamp.
Uncle Huo said: "Of course there is, how do you know, the black energy stone is called the universal stone, its energy is the strongest, all the abilities can use it, and it is also the only energy stone that can be absorbed by the obscure system, and it can also be made into a magic weapon to bless the ability." ”
He lowered his voice and said, "In the Underground Kingdom, an ability artifact blessed with a black power stone is worth at least this amount. Uncle Huo stretched out nine fingers. However, a black power stone is hard to find, so the obscure system is too slow to upgrade, otherwise I don't know who it is that can be climbed on it back then. ”
The car bumped for nearly four hours, and finally came to the mine that Wu You wanted, which was close to the river, so there was a green plant, but there were potholes everywhere due to mining. Each mine was garrisoned by the Empire, and no one cared about it here, and when the two people stationed there, when they saw a car coming, they enthusiastically stood up and greeted, "Are you here to see the mine?" ”
The window rolled down slowly, revealing the overly youthful face of Traceless, and the two of them froze at the sight of the smile.
"Hello two officials, we are here to see the mine, where is it convenient to park the car?" Uncle Huo in the passenger seat showed his face and smiled.
"What kind of official, my name is Ah Xiao, and his name is Ah Ze." Thinking that they had seen the main owner, the two people who had been stationed for many days enthusiastically guided them to park the car and take them to visit the mine, answering all questions, for fear that they would leave, and they would have to be stationed here indefinitely.
"You see, this mine is the largest in this auction." Ah Xiao diligently introduced: "Look at this mine, there has been half a ton of blue energy stones, and there is still potential to dig and dig again." ”
"Yes, yes, the price is also cheap, such a large piece is only 10 million per year, and the lease period can be divided into three, five and ten years." Aze added.
"Can you show us the swamp?" Wu You added, "I haven't seen a swamp yet. ”
Oh... It turned out that it was a child's family to come and see the excitement. Ah Xiao and Ah Ze were also bored, so they took them with a good temper. "This is it, forty years ago it was covered with swamp plants, two years ago there was an earthquake here, and after that the pond has become darker and darker, it must be that there is too much peat in the ground, and if you think this thing is too much area, we can help you apply to set it off the mining area."
Wu You grabbed Wuji's hand, and nodded at him with a sense of excitement in his eyes.
Traceless understood, and said, "Let's make a good contract paper." ”
"Huh?" Ah Xiao and Ah Ze looked at each other, they heard it right.
"Make the lease paperwork, we rent." Traceless said again.
Ah Xiao and Ah Ze still couldn't believe their ears, and they looked at Uncle Huo.
Uncle Huo smiled and said, "This is our big boss, you just listen to him." ”
"That's... Is that swamp going to be crossed out? Ah Xiao asked.
"No need, that's all." Aze replied.
Ah Xiao hurriedly took out the contract documents and seals, signed the ten-year contract without a trace, and transferred the money.
Until Wuji and Wu You walked away, Ah Xiao and Ah Ze were still dizzy, unbelievable, this mine was sold? Less than three minutes?!
"Great, I can finally go back and don't have to stay in this hellish place anymore!"
Compared with the excitement of the two of them, Wu You was also excited. Originally, it was impossible to have a mine under the swamp, but she did see that there was a black color under this swamp, which was a powerful energy fluctuation. It is possible that the shift has only recently occurred due to a drastic change in the environment.
"Uncle Huo, do you have reliable manpower?" Wuxian looked at Wu You's happy appearance, and asked with the corners of his lips slightly raised.
Silly boy, I'm so happy to buy a scrap mine. Uncle Huo said: "Yes, those people were promoted by me one by one, and they were the Huo family's team, but later the jewelry store collapsed, and I was like that, so I could only disband, and we are still in contact with each other." ”
"Can that bring them back?" Traceless asked.
"Naturally, it's fine." Uncle Huo said.
"Uncle Huo, you mainly mine that swamp." Wu You said.
"Isn't there mud down there?" Uncle Huo was curious, why was this Wu You so persistent there.
"In short, you must do a good job of protection, that piece of land is a treasure land." Wu You smiled mysteriously.
"Okay." Uncle Huo also cheered up when he heard this.
When the car drove back, it passed by the original stone scattering, and sure enough, as Uncle Huo said, even if the sky had darkened, the lights were still hanging high and the voices were boiling.
"It's a rare trip, do you want to go and see it?" Uncle Huo suggested.
"Okay." If you want to open a jewelry store, you can't just have one kind of jewelry, and Wu You also has the heart to find more treasures that are good to make the town store.
"Most of these are scraps, there's nothing to pick, there are a few rough kings here, I used to be their old customer, but it's worth taking a look." Uncle Huo said.
They drove to the house of Boss Yao, the king of rough stones, as Uncle Huo said, and hundreds of square meters of his front yard were rough stone fields, stacked with various jadeite raw materials.
Boss Yao is about sixty years old, with dark skin, and at first glance he thinks he is a farmer in the field. He saw Uncle Huo greet in surprise: "Boss Huo, I haven't seen you for a long time, where can I go?" ”
"I almost went to Lord Yama on an errand." Uncle Huo let Wu You and Wuji out and said, "These two are my juniors, and I specially followed them over to see the gambling stone." ”
"No problem, you can look at it casually, just call me which piece you like, and I will personally help you cut it." Boss Yao smiled heartily.
Uncle Huo took out a flashlight, shone it on the rough stone, and analyzed which part was a good material and which part was of poor quality for Wu You and Wuji, and he was quite experienced: "Gambling stones, eyesight is very important, but luck is more important." ”
As he spoke, a young man carefully walked to the gambling stone table with a piece of rough stone, and he struck the gong, which was the bell of the calcing stone, hoping to bring him fortune. The stone cutter walked up to the cutter and began to cut the rough stone that the man had chosen.