Although the organizer arranges a bidding process in the days before the public sale, the seller will also add some rough stones depending on the situation. The additional quantity may be more or less depending on the sales situation.
As for this red plate, more jewelers and jade dealers participated, and many sellers increased the number of rough stones.
However, a few days before the public sale, all rough stone sellers will not take out the materials at the bottom of the box, just to give those "unsuccessful people" who did not win the bid another carnival after the bidding is opened...
While wandering around the next day, the Kachin warlord's agent brought a reply from the warlord: the price is negotiated once a year, and the customs duties and transportation are borne by the buyer.
"Okay!" Zhou Yan nodded, "Let your boss send someone who can make decisions to negotiate the price!"
While talking, Zhou Yan kept staring at the middle-aged man behind the agent on the other side. Unsurprisingly, he must be a direct descendant of the warlord. Although the agent on the other side behaved calmly and calmly, he subconsciously turned his head and turned the man behind him.
"Sold".
The middle-aged man smiled and sat across from Zhou Yan: "The three grades are high, high and low. The high-end window material is 10,000 euros per kilogram, the mid-range without windows is five thousand euros per kilogram, and the low-end one is one thousand euros."
"It's a bit expensive. We'll bear the freight and duties. High-end materials cost 9,000, mid-range materials cost 4,500, and low-grade materials cost 500." Zhou Yan looked at the other party with a smile, "We get the goods from the place of production, you can't sell them to us at the market price.
?We have connections in Europe and the United States, and we can get arms, cheaper, which is beneficial to both parties..."
"Can……"
Although the other party agreed reluctantly, Zhou Yan knew that he must not have reached the bottom line yet.
"There is another question. If the border inspection fails, the return freight will be borne by you..."
"Okay..." The other person gritted his teeth and nodded.
Zhou Yan only discussed the basic framework of knowledge with the other party, and threw the rest to little Alfred.
Zhou Yan, who had become a hand-off shopkeeper, immediately called his "leader" Liu Jingguo after returning to the hotel.
"Hey, leader, I have a question."
"If you have anything to say, hurry up and tell me, I have to go to a meeting later!"
"That's what happened. Aren't I here with MD now? I have contacted the warlord Mu Chachai of Kachin State. I just want to ask, is it safe to do business with this warlord leader?"
"Mu Chachai? I think I've heard of it. I'll call you later..."
More than half an hour later, Liu Jingguo's call came back.
"Zhou Yan, is your line reliable?"
Zhou Yan naturally knew what Liu Jingguo meant: "Domestic maritime satellite telephone network!"
"That's good, Mu Chachai is our friend."
"If you say that, I understand..."
After Alfred Jr. had negotiated the detailed price with the other party, Zhou Yan and his team's official duties at MD were basically completed.
The deadline for public bidding has not yet reached, so the opening of bids is naturally still early, so you can have some fun while there is still time.
"We've been around Naypyitaw, where should we go next?" Lin Shengfei has always been an active person, so naturally he doesn't want to be bored all the time.
"How about going to Yangon?" Zhou Yan rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "Let's go to MD. At least we should go to the former capital and enjoy the surrounding scenery..."
The main religion in MD is Upper Buddhism inherited from the Dai Kingdom.
As for its concept, I didn’t quite understand it just by listening to the tour guide’s explanation. However, Zhou Yan did discover a “tradition” of Upper Buddhism: he likes to gild Buddha statues.
Moreover, Buddhists in Southeast Asia, no matter how poor they are, still have to worship the Buddha; many poor people, who have worked hard all their lives without eating or drinking, still have to worship a golden Buddha...
In the past, I had only seen Lin Shengfei on TV, but when I really came into contact with him, I felt that my three views were a bit subverted.
"Brother Yan, you said these poor people don't eat or drink. They save all their lives and save so much money, and they all stick it on the Buddha statue..." Lin Shengfei couldn't laugh or cry, "What do they think?"
"Buddha bless the next life, Tao bless this life."
Zhou Yan smiled, gestured towards his wife who was taking pictures under the Big Golden Buddha, adjusted her position, and pressed the camera shutter.
"It's still a matter of inadequate basic education. Of course, the ruling class of Southeast Asian countries do not dare to allow these ordinary people to receive too much modern education..."
"Policy to fool the people?" Lin Shengfei chuckled, "Afraid you can't be fooled anymore?"
Going south, the closer you get to Yangon, the more modern the buildings around the road become.
"I really don't understand why they want to move the capital?"
Faced with Lin Shengfei's comments on the intercom, Zhou Yan just replied lightly: "Not all leaders of countries have great perseverance and great wisdom."
"That's true..." Lin Shengfei smiled, "However, it is really a waste to let people like them occupy a place like this where the weather is so good that even if you don't sow seeds, you will never starve to death..."
After arriving in Yangon, the first stop everyone checks in is naturally the Shwedagon Pagoda.
Even Lin Shengfei, a well-informed "silly son of a landlord", was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time when he saw the golden scene.
"This is all about people's wealth and people's wealth!" Young Master Lin's evaluation was quite pertinent, but it also contained a bit of envy and jealousy.
"What's even more exaggerated is that in a temple in the southwest of Third Brother, when the underground palace was being cleaned, more than 100 billion worth of gold and silver jewelry were found." Zhou Yan chuckled, "Our domestic underground palaces can only be put away at most.
Pointing Buddhist relics and other treasures is still authentic Buddhism here in Southeast Asia..."
The popular Buddhism in China was gradually formed in the religious struggle with Taoism. Naturally, it is more about "doing as the Romans do." Especially Mahayana Buddhism, which preaches that "everyone can become a Buddha."
In this way, Buddha statues are only "pioneers" and "forerunners", and if believers "gild" them, it would be a bit tarnishing their faith.
"Brother Yan," Lin Shengfei quietly approached Zhou Yan, "Do you have any acquaintances with Third Brother? Let's go and help them with their archeology when we have time..."
"As for that?" Zhou Yan couldn't laugh or cry, "Old Lin is on the Forbes list."
"What's the use of that thing? No matter how rich Old Lin is, he can't afford so much gold." Lin Shengfei glanced at the Shwedagon Pagoda not far away with a resentful look on his face, then looked back at Zhou who was smiling.
Yan, "And you, your family runs a big company, you go overseas, and you earn hundreds of millions..."
"Yeah..." Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, "I have an idea to make a lot of money, do you want to give me a helping hand?"
"what idea?"
"Dig the roots..."
Zhou Yan's idea came from a certain antique novel he read in his previous life. The protagonist organized a team to dig out the roots of redwood trees, specifically looking for the roots left behind by the previous harvesting of redwood trees.
Before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, tropical areas were rich in redwood resources. When logging, they were too lazy to consider the roots of the trees.
But right now, mahogany resources are scarce, and the non-perishable mahogany roots have become a good thing.
After listening to Zhou Yan's "plan introduction", Lin Shengfei nodded and thought for a while: "But, how to find these redwood roots?"
How to find ancient logging camps may be difficult for others, but for Zhou Yan, who has traveled through history and has stolen the records of royal buildings of past dynasties, he only needs to look through the information...
"This is not a big problem. Our company has relevant information."
"Then why did you drag me along?"
"Of course I am responsible for public relations," Zhou Yan looked at Lin Shengfei with a smile, "I can't handle some local tycoons, but you are different. The face of the eldest young master of the Lin family is still very valuable..."