Judging from Wang Qiang's reaction to gambling on stones far more than others, she must have a sad story hidden in her heart, otherwise she would not have such a big reaction when she mentioned gambling on stones. This is definitely not what ordinary people should have.
Although Liu Dong really didn't want to mention the softness in Wang Qiang's heart, but it was related to his future financial future, and he had to untie the knot hidden in Wang Qiang's heart no matter what.
After hearing his words, her whole body huddled in his arms like an ostrich. The beauty who looked extremely weak at the moment, after a while, she timidly raised her head, her beautiful eyes were red, and her eyes were filled with smiles.
Looking at Liu Dong's face with tears, he said softly: "Xiaodong, please don't gamble on stones in the future, okay?" After saying that, a pair of delicate hands subconsciously hugged Liu Dong's body, "You have so much money now.
, we can definitely open an antique store, a handicraft store, or a jewelry store like you said to make money!"
Although Liu Dong now enjoys Wang Qiang's dependence and intimacy towards him, looking at the expectant expression on her face, Liu Dong still decided that he must ask clearly: "Sister Wang, can you tell me the reason?"
Hearing this, Wang Qiang's face turned pale again, but looking at the concerned expression on Liu Dong's face, the sadness in her heart inexplicably disappeared a lot. Thinking about her current relationship with Liu Dong's mother, she hesitated for a moment.
, finally nodded, "Xiaodong, you have never seen me contact my parents, right?"
After hearing this sentence, Liu Dong thought about it carefully and realized that this was really the case. It had been almost half a year since he moved here to live with Wang Qiang. Even he, who always calls, would call back every month.
Please report that you are safe at home. On the contrary, Wang Qiang, who has a mobile phone, and Liu Dong have never heard her receive a call from home, or call her home in person.
Seeing him nodding, Wang Qiang continued: "That's because they are no longer here!"
"No more!" Liu Dong was shocked, "Is it because of stone gambling...?"
"That's right!" After listening to his words, Wang Qiang nodded with a sad expression, "Originally, I had a very complete family, a majestic father, and a gentle and kind mother. As the only daughter in the family, I could act as I wanted.
By squandering their love for me, I could go to school, play, and make friends without worries. Moreover, my family also owned a jewelry company, so I didn’t need to worry about money! At that time, I owned
Everything that makes others envious." Thinking of the beauty of her previous life, Wang Qiang couldn't help but reveal a smile and happiness on her face.
"But all of this was ruined by one person in 1995!" Wang Qiang said with a look of hatred on her face.
Listening to Wang Qiang's narration and the hatred revealed in her words, Liu Dong did not interrupt, but silently hugged Wang Qiang's slightly trembling body to comfort her.
Feeling the strong embrace of the man beside her who she had fallen in love with, Wang Qiang felt a strong sense of security. For the first time in five years, she found someone to rely on and someone to talk to, which made her involuntarily relax.
"At that time, I was studying for a bachelor's degree in business administration at the Harvard Business School in the United States. I still remember that one afternoon, I was coming out of the dormitory to attend Professor Freeman's class. Unexpectedly, before I could reach the classroom,
Then I suddenly received an international long-distance call from China. At that time, I thought it was my parents, but who knew it was actually the police station." After saying this, Wang Qiang's tears kept rolling down from her eyes like pearls with broken strings.
Come on, wet your cheeks and Liu Dong's clothes underneath.
"When I received the news and hurried back to China, everything was gone. My parents who loved me both died in a car accident. Our company was also insolvent and was mortgaged and auctioned by the bank. We had no house, car, or savings. Ever since I was a child, I have never been so desperate as I was then! I even thought about dying!"
Listening to these words, Liu Dong felt a strong sense of despair from her body. The ending of losing her family and losing everything was difficult for even an adult to accept such a blow, let alone a person who was still carefree. In the ivory tower of worry, a girl who has not experienced the cruelty of society.
"But just when I was desperate, I unexpectedly found the reason why my family was ruined from the relics left by my mother!" After a pause, "It all stems from gambling on stones, a man in my father's business. Partner, friend, when my father was in the jewelry business, he basically bought jadeite that had been mined by others. Although the profit was smaller, it was safer. However, as there are more and more jewelry companies in the country, market competition has also increased. It became more and more intense, and many large jewelry companies began to hire stone gamblers who were proficient in stone gambling, hoping to increase profit margins and expand the company's market share through stone gambling. My father also had this idea at the time, so he also started Start looking for your own stone gambling master."
Speaking of this, the look of hatred on Wang Qiang's face became even stronger, "Just when my father was running around looking for a good stone-betting master, his business friend, the bastard who caused my family to be ruined, came to find him. Come and tell my father that he has connections in Burma and can find an experienced stone-betting master for us."
Hearing this, Liu Dong nodded subconsciously. As the origin of jade, in order to cope with the demand for jade from the Central Plains Dynasty for thousands of years, jade was formed in Mengong, Pagan, Myanmar, and Tengchong, China, close to Myanmar. Production, processing, sales, etc. involve the entire jade industry chain, and also gather a large number of various workers related to the jade industry, including jade miners, stone gamblers, stone interpreters and other special professions.
"My father's friend ran a stone gambling shop, so he purchased goods from Myanmar every year, so he had many stone gambling masters in his hands. In addition, the two of them had been friends for many years, so my father believed him at the time. And , at the beginning, the stone gambling master he found was indeed good. He won several pieces of good jade at the stone gambling market in Tengchong, which made my father make a lot of money, which also convinced my father to participate. Determination to gamble on stones.”
Having said this, Wang Qiang sighed deeply and continued: "Just when my father took all the company's activity funds and prepared to invest more in the new Tengchong Stone Betting Market and make a big profit, But I didn't expect that bad luck would come so suddenly. Although a few pieces of the more than 100 pieces of wool I bought were emeralds, more than 95% of them were white stones. The money in my family and company was almost gone. All was lost."
Hearing this, Liu Dong couldn't help but frowned. He felt that Wang Qiang's father was a little too uncool. Gambling was always stained with the word gambling, and there was no 100% success. Even if he wanted to pass the gambling If you want to make money with stones, you can't put all your capital on them. This is not gambling on stones, this is already risking your life.
"After losing money, the company began to run into difficulties because it had no working capital to purchase raw materials. My father felt guilty, but he also became even crazier. He did not listen to my mother's advice and insisted on mortgaging the company to try. And this
This time he did not go to the public market in China but went to Myanmar. But..., woo hoo!"
Seeing the sad cry on Wang Qiang's face, Liu Dong knew the result without guessing. Myanmar in the 1990s was not as peaceful as the country. At that time, the Myanmar government had no way to deal with the Kachin Independence Army, which relied on the complex environment to entrench itself in the jade producing area.
None. In addition, this place is close to the Golden Triangle, a famous drug producing area in the world, so the chaos can be imagined.
Rumors about the kidnapping of Chinese jade merchants who went to Myanmar to prospect for gold were common in national newspapers in the 1990s. The better ones could fish them out by spending money, but the cruel ones even spent money and even lost their lives in a foreign country.
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Wang Qiang choked up for a while and then said with sobs: "I didn't expect that my father would be kidnapped by the people there as soon as he arrived in Myanmar. Not only was all the money he had with him taken away, but he was also asked to bring news to redeem him.
, the mother had no choice but to sell the property and redeem the father. After this incident, the family became destitute. After being hit by this, the father also became depressed, and could only drink to relieve his sorrow every day, until he was drunk.