Zhuang Rui never thought that Myanmar, which had always been a vassal state of China in ancient times, would be so poor.
Myanmar has fewer people and more land, but it is extremely rich in resources, especially precious wood and underground gem reserves, which are among the top in the world.
According to what Hu Rong said, the main content of the current Sino-Myanmar border trade is: the Burmese dig out jadeite ores from deep in the mountains, cut down teak, yew and other precious trees, and sell them to Chinese businessmen who are waiting aside.
Ship it back to the country to make jewelry and furniture, and then use the money earned to help the Burmese people build roads - so that they can dig more jade deeper into the mountains and cut down more trees.
As a result, the Burmese people used their own labor force to dig out their own resources and gave them to the Chinese. In the end, they only got one road, and this road is probably controlled by Chinese businessmen. In the future, future generations of Burmese people will follow this road.
You may have to keep paying!
"Brother Hu, what you said is not true, is it?"
Zhuang Rui never dreamed of the things Hu Rong said. We dare to think that our country is so powerful. Of course, this method is a bit unsatisfactory.
"Why isn't it true? Just ask your friends who do border trade. In fact, the Chinese are quite kind..."
Hu Rong has grown so big that perhaps he sighs the most today. When it comes to these things, his psychology is also quite complicated. After all, one country is his roots, while another country is the place where he was born and raised. He can't explain clearly.
Which way do you want to go?
"kind?"
Zhuang Rui was told by Hu Rong that he was confused. Making other people's money and using other people's things had nothing to do with being kind, right?
After Hu Rong's explanation, Zhuang Rui finally understood that China's trading method was really kind.
Because China finally left some real things in Myanmar, which will help Myanmar and China gradually realize economic integration. Maybe in a few years, Myanmar can get on the big ship of China and get some more real things.
Interests.
Compared with the trade method between China and Myanmar, the United States' methods of controlling Latin America are even worse. It has actually brought a country like Brazil, which is super rich in resources, to death. Not only has it taken away other people's resources in vain, it has also left the Brazilians with a debt.
Ass debt.
From Hu Rong's mouth, Zhuang Rui heard something that seemed like a fantasy: Brazil was once forced to spend more than 50% of its national tax revenue to repay the interest on American loans... Well, it was just enough.
repay interest.
Compared with the United States, China is indeed kind. Zhuang Rui also understands that the United States wants to be an international policeman all day long and send troops to fight in the east and send troops to the west. This also has benefits.
Now, the Myanmar military government can only make decisions from these domestic resource companies. They have very tight control over domestic resources, because it is related to whether the government can still make money.
Zhuang Rui could not imagine that the government of a country could actually mess up to this extent.
This jadeite mine has been mined for nearly three months. Hu Rong is indeed a little sleepy during this period, because the jadeite rough stones dug out so far contain a very small amount of jadeite, although it cannot be ruled out that no veins have been found.
The reason is, but it is also very likely that it is an abandoned mine.
In recent years, Hu Rong has established jewelry companies in Southeast Asia, China and Taiwan. The investment amount is large, and because the company has been in business for a short time, it has not yet begun to make profits. After spending the 80 million US dollars, he
In terms of funds, it has become a bit stretched.
For the Hu family to occupy a place in Myanmar, it also requires money. Among other things, the annual expenses of the Chinese Town are astronomical.
"These things are not something we can worry about. I just want to ensure that the Hu family can survive in Myanmar..."
Hu Rong finally gave a summary. His idea is very simple. As long as the people in the family can live a good life, it doesn't matter how bad the situation is outside.
If this mine is really a waste mine, Hu Rong is prepared to sever his arms and return it to the Myanmar government. It is better to treat the previous investment as a loss than to continue to throw money into it like a bottomless pit.
Zhuang Rui also nodded and said: "Brother Hu, if it doesn't work out, just go to Hong Kong, or come to the mainland. I can still be of some help..."
"Let's talk about this later. There's nothing we can do now..."
With the Hu family's financial resources, it is too easy to invest in immigration. However, they have been rooted in Myanmar for hundreds of years and have many followers, so they cannot just leave.
Zhuang Rui saw that the two people were talking for a while, and people kept coming to ask Hu Rong for some advice, so he said: "Brother Hu, I will go around by myself, you can do your work first..."
"Okay, his name is Zhubanbo. He is from Thailand. He speaks Chinese very well and is very good at identifying rough stones. Let him accompany you around..."
Hu Rong was indeed very busy. He reached out and called over a fair-looking man who should be a foreman and introduced him to Zhuang Rui.
"Thai people are called cooks?"
Zhuang Rui was stunned for a moment, is there anyone else with this name?
"Oh, this boss is so funny, he even knows my nickname..."
The man named Zhu Banpo smiled "charmingly" at Zhuang Rui. The hair on Zhuang Rui's body stood on end, and his hair almost stood on end. Goosebumps appeared all over his face, and his forehead was instantly covered with beans.
Big sweat beads, is this a man or a woman?
"This is my cousin. Put away your tricks and take him for a ride. Well, brother, he was injected with hormones when he was a child. You know..."
Hu Rong smiled awkwardly at Zhuang Rui. Although this man is Thai and a bit effeminate, he is very loyal to him and has really good eyesight. He has been with him for five or six years and now he has hundreds of subordinates.
Personal supervisor.
"Brother Hu, no... there's no need to accompany you. Peng Fei and I will go around by ourselves..."
Zhuang Rui saw the "man?" named Zhu Banpo looking at him with a resentful look on his face, and quickly pulled Peng Fei's sleeve. Although Peng Fei was a murderer without blinking an eye, he was still a little overwhelmed at the moment. The two of them
It's about running away.
"Grandma, how come there is such a person?"
It wasn't until the "cooking lady" disappeared from his sight that Zhuang Rui stopped and wiped the sweat from his forehead with lingering fear. Zhuang Rui couldn't help but wince again when he thought about how a man could smile so "charmingly".
Chill.
"There are many boys in Thailand who are raised as girls and given a hormone injection. However, many families later have no money to give them injections, and many of them become neither boys nor girls..."
Peng Fei had been on the border between China, Myanmar and Thailand before, and he knew a little bit about these things, but this was his first time meeting him. As long as he was not as good as "Long Yang", he would avoid him.
of.
Zhuang Rui shook his head and secretly swore in his heart that he would never go to Thailand in the future.
After his heartbeat stopped beating so fast, Zhuang Rui began to take a closer look at the mined rough stones. He followed a group of people, and the pair followed the strange excavator, using a drill or their eyes to identify the stones.
Whether the stone shoveled out by the excavator is raw jadeite.
The way they identified it was very simple, that is, they poked it with an iron drill, looked at the marks left, and listened to the sound. Maybe this mine was really an abandoned mine. Zhuang Rui followed them for more than half an hour and looked at it with the aura in his eyes.
I saw that there was not even a single jadeite stone.
And these people also have some real skills. At least within this half hour, they didn't put a single stone on the cart. They must have identified it using their unique method.
After looking at it for a while, Zhuang Rui felt a little bored, so he walked around in another direction, turned his back to Peng Fei, and looked down at the ground with his eyes.
Zhuang Rui's eyes had been inexplicably improved in Mandela's temple. Now he could see through objects nearly thirty meters away. He wanted to help Hu Rong and see what was happening underground.
Is there any jade vein within ten meters?
After looking at several places in succession, Zhuang Rui shook his head and left. The rock layers here are basically all pyroxenite. Logically speaking, there should be mineral veins, but Zhuang Rui found only a few sporadic jadeite.
, and did not see relatively concentrated jade veins.
Although this hilltop is not small, after wandering around for more than an hour, Zhuang Rui basically looked over the underground area being mined, and there was no such exciting mineral vein.
To outsiders, Zhuang Rui was just picking up stones all over the ground and not many people paid attention to him. When it was almost six o'clock in the afternoon, Hu Rong called Zhu Panpo to call Zhuang Rui and prepare to go down the mountain.
Seeing the "cooking woman" swaying her waist as she walked, Zhuang Rui couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, so he just followed him from a distance to the rail car.
Professors Feng and Chen had already taken the lead to get off, while Hu Rong looked unhappy and was waiting for Zhuang Rui.
"What's wrong, Brother Hu, are the two professors not optimistic?" Zhuang Rui stepped forward and asked.
"Stay one night today and have to observe for a few more days. However, Professor Feng said that when these pyroxenes were generated under low temperature and high pressure, the pressure was probably not enough, causing the growth environment of the jadeite to change. If we go down another twenty meters
If the veins cannot be extracted, it will basically be a waste mine..."
This news really made Hu Rong unhappy. He had invested a total of 80 million US dollars. If there were no mineral veins, all of this money would be wasted.
Zhuang Rui had nothing to say to comfort Hu Rong, so he turned around and got on the rail car with Peng Fei and Hu Rong, and drove slowly down the mountain. The trip took nearly an hour.
At this time, the sky was getting dark, and there was not much scenery to see. Zhuang Rui turned his gaze to the mountain wall above out of boredom.
