Hank gave him a look of disdain. Could he still be thinking about stealing the company's gems?
This IQ is out to do business, don't let people cheat you to death. If the gems are really stolen, do they dare to blatantly exchange them for supplies?
"There are two ways to pay our miners' wages. One is that the company pays the money to the card, and the other is to get a certain proportion of rough gemstones. If you believe in your own eyesight and judgment of the market, then you can ask for gemstones.
, you might be able to get more money this way.”
Hank's meaning was very clear. Those who traded rough gemstones wanted the gemstones, not the miners who were paid in US dollars.
These miners who take gemstones are all quite discerning, so few of them suffer losses. Just because they make more money than ordinary miners, they are very generous in their dealings.
Of course, such calculating guys are ruthless people who make money and will not let others take too much advantage of them.
These people often stay away from the mountains for a long time and take root in the mountains, so their wages are also very high. In this way, they have accumulated a lot of gems in their hands.
After being in the mountains for a long time, they naturally need to replenish various supplies. They are also smart. If they raise the prices a little, someone will naturally deliver them to them. Compared with them going out to buy supplies, this saves much trouble, effort and money.
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Slowly walking into the canyon, at this time, there were more and more people on the mountain. This is where Han Peacock started mining for the first time.
There is a mine several hundred meters deep in the valley. Although the tourmalines and emeralds in it have been mined by machines for some days, the current gem production is still among the best in the entire mining area.
Since this is a main mineral vein that goes deep into the ground, there are inevitably some small mineral veins around it, and these small mineral veins have given rise to the prosperity of this place.
Even though it is located deep in the mountains and it is inconvenient to get in and out, it still makes this place extremely prosperous.
There are many miners gathering, there are many people coming and going, and every time someone enters the mountain, they bring supplies, which allows some people to live here for a long time.
"Mrs. Colin, what do you need?" As soon as he entered the settlement, a businessman asked. He was asking about a relatively wealthy woman.
This Mrs. Colin was too conspicuous. She walked over and blocked part of the sunlight.
Mrs. Colin looks to be in her forties and her figure is out of shape. Such a woman is quite normal in the United States.
Generally, Western women under the age of 30 have a hotter figure, but over the age of 30, especially housewives, their figures will be seriously deformed, perhaps due to eating habits.
Take this Mrs. Colin, for example, her body shape is not much worse than that of Han Peacock. From this we can see how tall she must be.
When she heard someone saying hello, Mrs. Colin smiled before saying anything. It was strange that for a woman of such a big body, her smile was very gentle, and her tone was very soft, without any rough feeling at all.
"Little Robles, you went into the mountains again? You are a hard-working guy, how can you not be afraid of dying of exhaustion like this?" Although Mrs. Colin's tone was very soft, her words were more direct.
Little Robles said with a smile: "It's far behind your family. You haven't been out of the mountain for more than three months, right? If you don't go down the mountain to see the prosperous world below, your family will become barbarians."
"Stop talking nonsense and take out your things. The gems you brought this time are of high value." At this moment, a big man appeared behind Mrs. Colin.
There is a guy who is taller than Mrs. Colin. Mrs. Colin is close to 1.7 meters tall. But when this guy stands up, he is actually a head taller than Mrs. Colin. His height is definitely close to 2 meters.
Han Peacock looked at this big man in amazement. He was over 1.8 meters tall, and this guy was nearly 20 centimeters taller than him. This was the first time Han Peacock had seen such a big man.
However, this is not enough to surprise people. What surprised Han Peacock the most was that this big man had a very childish face and looked young.
"Poor little Colin, you are not in school at this time, but mining in the mines. If the police find out, your parents will definitely be sent to jail." Little Robles said with a smile.
"Didn't you see that I was just helping my mother? Which one of your eyes saw that I was working?" This little Colin was not stupid at all. Instead, he responded quickly. It is illegal to employ child labor in the United States.
"Child labor means that this little guy is under eighteen years old!" Han Peacock exclaimed in a low voice.
"Let me see what good things you brought." Little Robles was the first to approach Mrs. Colin.
At this time, Han Peacock discovered that there was a stall behind Mrs. Colin, and that little Colin was standing behind the stall. When he saw little Robles coming, he immediately squatted down.
There is a large piece of tourmaline on his stall, plus a lot of smaller ones, which is really eye-catching because all the gemstones in the surrounding stalls are not as many as his tourmalines.
"So big? Do you need money to exchange for something?" Seeing the large tourmaline, little Robles immediately narrowed his eyes. It seemed that he was interested in this piece of tourmaline.
"Can you afford to replace it? What do you want to exchange for a tourmaline worth 100,000 US dollars?" Colin said firmly.
Little Colin choked little Robles with just one sentence. Then, little Colin picked out a very small tourmaline and placed it directly on the edge of the stall.
"I will exchange this for you 10 pieces of beer, 10 pieces of raincoats, and 4 cartons of cigarettes?" Little Colin looked at little Robles.
Little Robles said with a smile: "Why not change it? Little Colin! No wonder your mother wants to take you out. You are really suitable for business. Tell me, is this crumb a benefit given to you by the company?
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You are really good at making a living by exchanging such small broken tourmalines for daily necessities. Could it be that because your boss is Chinese, you have also learned to save money? This does not look like a native American."
Little Colin glanced at little Robles and said, "Don't you look down on the big boss?"
"Haha!" Little Robles laughed twice and hurriedly explained: "How is it possible? I just don't like their consumption concept. Isn't money meant to be spent? Saving it is just waste paper."
Little Colin said: "After spending everything, our family still needs to rent a house to live in?"
"Uh! Then buy a house first." Robert Jr. said.
At this time, Mrs. Colin said: "Little Robles, this time we took out such a large piece of tourmaline because we want to buy a house, not outside the mountain, but over there. The big boss has planned a housing construction area.
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We want to build a big house there, not with a wooden structure, but with a reinforced concrete structure, a small villa, and we will use this piece of tourmaline in exchange for it. I wonder if you are interested?"
"I need to see the design drawings of your house, otherwise I will die." Little Robles had no intention of refusing. It seemed that he really took a fancy to the tourmaline.
Han Kongque glanced at the tourmaline at this time. This rough tourmaline in the mountains is worth at least 100,000 US dollars. As long as it is taken out of the mountainous area, the value will increase.
Of course, if it is cut and polished, it will not be difficult to double the price. If it is further processed and directly made into jewelry, the value will increase three to five times. This is the current situation of the gem industry. Selling resources is always the case.
Suffering.
The cost of building a house in a mountainous area is mainly the transportation cost. The rest is worthless. The land is given for free. It is just the building materials and labor. How big of a house will cost one hundred thousand dollars?
Now little Robert mainly wants to see how big his family's house is, because their family is big and there are quite a lot of people. If the house is too big and the decoration is included, $100,000 is really not enough.
"Look, I have people carry a lot of supplies on their backs, including clothes, tools and food." Seeing other merchants all open their goods for people to choose from, Robert Jr. also asked his followers to open their backpacks.
The most valuable thing in the backpack is the wine. This is in the mountains. Now the roads are different. Going into the mountains is all carried manually. A piece of beer weighs more than ten kilograms. The workers hired by Robert Little often go into the mountains. Even so, one person
I can only carry two bottles of beer on my back.
Therefore, just now, little Colin used the smallest piece of tourmaline to exchange for ten pieces of beer, which was really not cheap. Instead, it was cigarettes and raincoats, which were not very valuable because they were light and easy to carry.
Seeing little Colin's eyes fixed on a piece of clothing, which was a camouflage suit, little Robert added another set of clothes for him without saying a word.
This made little Colin very happy. He was still a child after all, so he was very happy to get a gift out of thin air.
And little Robert was also looking at the piece of tourmaline. After all, it involved a transaction of one hundred thousand dollars, so there was nothing to be careless about.
Han Peacock looked at it for a while and knew that Robert was very satisfied with it. He probably also thought the price was very good.
Han Peacock was walking in the mountains. He really didn't expect that so many people would gather here so quickly, and some people would really like to settle here.
Although he had heard that the national conditions in the United States were different from those at home, Han Peacock was still surprised when he saw what Americans did. Rich people would live in the wilderness, while only poor people would live in cities. Such a strange thing,
It really exists.
Just as Han Peacock was casually wandering around the newly formed trading market, he saw the tall Mrs. Colin again. At this time, she was followed by several big people. Han Peacock counted,
There are actually seven.
One of the middle-aged men should be old Colin, the head of the Colin family, and the other men, judging from their faces and ages, should all be his sons. Six sons. If young Colin is added, this is not the case.
There are seven?
Han Kongque looked at the row of big men. No wonder their family could produce a piece of tourmaline worth 100,000 U.S. dollars. How could such a family earn 100,000 U.S. dollars after working in the mountains for three consecutive months. (~^~)