Xu Xin went to Deyun City, sent some holiday gifts to He Penghui and others, and then hurried back to Xingfu City.

In the cafeteria of the Excited Football School, three tables were set up.

Xu Xiaoguo has always opposed extravagance and waste, and rejected many requests from football school students to come and celebrate together, only inviting some relatives, friends and coaches within the school.

Xu Shuo is not the most accomplished football player taught by Xu Xiaoguo, but he is the most impressive student.

Back then, in order to prevent his daughter from falling in love, he took great pains and practiced ruthlessly to Xu Shuo.

Xu Shuo hasn't been back to school for many years, and if he wants to come back to see, Xu Xiaoguo can't refuse.

Xu Xin glanced at the football placed at his feet, he knew that this football meant a lot to Xu Shuo, but he still thought it was inappropriate to send the football to Xu Xiaoguo.

He took out a delicate box from his pocket and poked Xu Shuo's waist with his elbow, "The gift I prepared for you." ”

This gift was bought in the provincial capital, inside was a watch, more than 200,000 yuan, Xu Shuo saw the process of Xu Xin paying, and at first thought it was a birthday gift prepared by Xu Xin for his father.

"I brought a gift." Xu Shuo pointed to the football at his feet.

Xu Xin knew his brother's stubborn character, and forced the gift box into Xu Shuo's hand, "Sister Lei has taken the civil service exam." ”

"I know."

"I inquired, Sister Lei hasn't been looking for a new boyfriend in the past few years, and you are the same, you two are still ...... disconnected"

Syllable!

Xu Shuo's strong and powerful arm waved and gave Xu Xin a resounding slap on the back of the head.

"You've been flustered all day, aren't you?"

"I'm telling you seriously!"

The back of Xu Xin's head didn't hurt, but he still covered his head with one hand to prevent Xu Shuo from making another move, and pointed to a person at the next table with the other, "His name is Chang Jiamao, he is Sister Lei's direct leader, and he has launched a fierce pursuit of Sister Lei." ”

Xu Shuo squinted his eyes and saw Chang Jiamao, who was smiling happily and baring his front teeth.

"Does your head hurt?" He withdrew his gaze.

"It hurts!" Xu Xin said angrily.

"I'll allow you to call back."

"Your head is harder than my hands, and I don't bother to hit you." Xu Xin pointed at Chang Jiamao and continued: "If you have the ability, you can beat this kid." ”

Xu Shuo often fought when he was a child, had a very angry temper, and went on the professional football field, but suffered a lot because of his personality.

"Did you give me this watch premeditated?" He opened it and glanced at the watch inside, the second hand ticking.

"I know the reason why you broke up with Sister Lei, you have transferred all your salary to your mother's bank card over the years, delaying yourself."

"I asked you about this watch, why are you talking so much nonsense?"

"I know that Chang Jiamao also gives watches, but he is a civil servant, so it is definitely impossible to send too expensive."

For today's meal, Xu Xiaoguo cooked it himself, and he didn't come out of the kitchen until all the meals were served.

After a brief speech, everyone gave their own gifts, and Xu Xilei helped catch them on the side.

Some people give a book, some give a pair of football gloves, and some people give a bouquet of flowers......

When Xu Shuo and Chang Jiamao sent the watch over at the same time, they couldn't help but look at each other's gifts.

The box is stamped with the brand's logo.

It is easy to distinguish between a product of a few thousand yuan and a product of more than 200,000 yuan.

Chang Jiamao's face turned green on the spot.

Coming out of the Happy Football School, Xu Shuo usually hardly drinks, but today he was very drunk.

It's the New Year, and the roads are lined with red lanterns, and there is a lot of joy.

The second day of junior high school also happened to be my father's birthday, and the Xu family was even more lively.

Everyone gets together, plays mahjong, chats, and visits relatives and friends.

Easy days always fly by.

Xu Shuo returned to the team for training in the third year of junior high school, and Zhao Tianni received a call from her classmates to go to the field to try out, and the lively environment gradually became deserted.

Time is like a leather whip, driving everyone forward and running.

Bai Yi said that he officially went to work on the seventh day of the new year, and as the general manager, he arrived at the company two days in advance.

Xu Xin and Bai Yifei ran back and forth between Milong Valley and Xingfu City to arrange the next work.

After receiving a call from He Penghui, he came to the Jingfeng Diamond Project Department of Zhenyuan County, Deyun City, looked at the core box in front of him, and fell into deep thought.

He Xi, Song Lejia, He Penghui, Shi Lei and others are all there.

They have come to see this borehole core many times and know what's going on underground.

The smell of the New Year in everyone has not yet dissipated, but they have already put themselves into their work.

"This hole has been drilled for 500 meters, and it is still kimberlite."

Wu Fuyan is the person who knows the project best, "The other four holes have also seen kimberlite rock one after another, and the underground kimberlite tube is not so much 'carrot-shaped' as 'bamboo shoot-shaped', and the deeper you go, the larger the diameter of the kimberlite rock mass is!" ”

"We've given up work elsewhere and have seen kimberlite in two places, but almost no diamonds have been detected in the rocks."

He Penghui added, "The next job is to work in Jingfeng, but we can't figure out the current situation." ”

So far, the information they have obtained is the same as that of Xu Xin.

The deeper you go, the better the diamond interfering in the core.

After measuring the recently extracted core with an optical instrument, they were pleasantly surprised to find that it most likely contained a gem-quality diamond!

Therefore, they called Xu Xin over, in addition to reporting the good news, they also had to decide on the next step of work.

"The overall average grade is not high, but gem-quality diamonds have been found at depth!" Wu Fuyan looked at Xu Xin's expression worriedly.

Xu Xin didn't have too many surprises, and asked He Xi: "Old He, how do you think the next work will be carried out?" ”

"Compared with foreign diamond mines, many large mines have tens of millions of carats of reserves, and the grade is very high, several carats per cubic meter, or even twenty or thirty carats per cubic meter, and many large mines have a high proportion of gem-quality diamonds."

There are only a few good diamond mines in the world, and everyone knows about them.

When He Xi talked about this matter, he was just envious, "Jing Feng, this kimberlite rock tube, it seems that the diamond grade will not be very high at present."

However, now that the gem-quality diamond has been discovered, I think it is necessary to continue the work in depth! ”

"Each borehole is very deep, it must be more than 500 meters, and the drilling cost alone is more than 500,000 yuan per hole!"

He Penghui said bluntly that there is nothing to hide about this matter, "Only the five boreholes that are currently under construction, continue to drill, and the five million exploration fees you paid in advance are almost exhausted." ”

The deeper the borehole, the more serious the wear and tear of the drill bit, the longer the time-consuming, and the higher the technical requirements for the drilling rig and driller.

That's why the deeper the borehole, the higher the cost.

It is not for nothing that a hole of thousands of meters deep, and a hole costs tens of millions of dollars.

"I'm optimistic about the prospects of this project."

Facing everyone's eyes, Xu Xin said his thoughts, "Cost is not a problem!" ”

He also wanted to see if there were more diamond mines underground at a depth of more than 500 meters.

Based on his previous use of the stratigraphic analysis horizon to see the situation underground, there is indeed a great possibility that the deeper the diamond, the higher the density and the larger the particles.

However, there are many uncertainties in prospecting.

No one knows if there are hundreds of carats of national treasure diamonds underground.

Upon hearing this, everyone was overjoyed.

"Then I'll tell the rig and keep fighting!" He Penghui moved very quickly, and directly took out his mobile phone and dialed it.

Shi Lei secretly exhaled a long breath, just now he was afraid that Xu Xin would judge that the situation of the mine was not good, so he directly cut off the funds.

There are not many prospecting projects in Deyun City, and finally someone is willing to invest money to work here, which he is very welcome.

When he came down from the mountain, he leaned next to Xu Xin and gave a thumbs up, "Courageous!" ”

"Huh?" Xu Xin looked at the other party's gray eyes, a little frightened.

Shi Lei was accustomed to the expressions of others when they looked at his eyes, and he didn't care, "I have come into contact with many mine bosses, and the richer the people, the more they pick and search."

There is no absolute certainty in a prospecting project like this, and we will never dare to invest a large amount of money.

It's rare for someone like you to make a decision on the spot and continue to invest money. ”

"It's normal." Xu Xin said with a smile, "Just now, Mr. He, and He Lao have said that the prospecting potential is even greater, and I think it is worth investing." ”

"That's why I said you have the courage!"

Shi Lei looked left and right, suddenly lowered his voice, and said mysteriously: "Is your ancestor ...... Big? ”

I originally wanted to say that the dog was a big family, but I swallowed the word "dog" stubbornly.

"What do you mean by that?" Xu Xin was puzzled.

"Mayor Wu of Happy City is impressed with you, and I heard that Mayor Wu has never been partial to any mining company."

It turned out to be an inquiry about this, Xu Xin said with a smile: "Mayor Wu is for the country and the people, and he must bow down to everything, so it is normal to take the time to come over to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the mine." ”

Shi Lei stared, obviously not believing, "Don't say it." ”

"It's this fault!"

He Xi stopped in a valley, turned around and beckoned to Xu Xin, pointing to a towering stone wall, "Look here, this is the representative of this local complex tectonic belt and fault zone. ”

Following his fingers, one could see a sloping fracture zone on the stone wall, with obvious dislocations on both sides.

"This north-south trending fault, going south, crosses the original river."

He Xi has done a lot of geological work here, "On the banks of the original river, on these tectonic belts and fault zones, we found that carbonate and serpentinization are composed of kimberlite materials, which is an important feature of finding hidden kimberlite!" ”

"We once thought that the source of the diamond placer mine in the lower reaches of the original river was here." Song Lejia has obviously been involved in the project here.

He Xi continued: "We found a kimberlite body next to the Yuanjiang River, which is vein-shaped, exposed and severely weathered on the surface, and contains almost no diamond ore.

So, we had to terminate the project. ”

Xu Xin paused and gradually tasted the taste, "I remember that He Lao told me before that because of the complex genesis, the kimberlite tube will often turn into a underground, and it is very likely to connect the discovered kimberlite rock mass on the bank of the original river in the south. ”

Magma swells up from the mantle to the earth's crust, some erupt on the surface to form volcanoes, and more erupt insidiously under the bedrock, and rock fissures such as fault zones and joint zones become the most favorable space for magma to penetrate.

This is the reason why there are often upper tubes and lower veins.

He Xi nodded, "I want you to seriously consider it, if there is a narrow kimberlite vein hidden underground, do we need to work here?" ”

"This area of geomagnetic anomalies is very high, and they are all positive magnetic anomalies." He Penghui added.

Continuing to work, this is exploratory or scientific input.

To put it bluntly, it's just to satisfy curiosity.

The biggest problem is money.

Xu Xin thought about it for a long time and muttered: "It depends on the next results of the current construction drilling." ”

"There's a point in your claim."

He Xi waved his hand and continued to walk forward with everyone.

Shi Lei didn't know much about the technical aspects of work, but in order to cooperate with this project, he did not make much preparations.

"Diamonds are luxury, our country has a huge market, basically all rely on imports, how much money do you want foreigners to earn out!"

He kept nagging in Xu Xin's ear, "If you find a big diamond mine in our Deyun City, you will go down in history!" ”