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Chapter 592: Journey to Mandalay (Part 1)
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Mandalay is the capital of Mandalay Province, a famous ancient capital, and one of the political, economic and cultural centers of Myanmar.
Although this city only has more than 800,000 citizens, which is not even as large as the population of a county in China, Mandalay is already the second largest city in Myanmar!
In addition to the Mandalay Palace and the Mahamuni Pagoda, this ‘City of Treasures’ also has a large number of woodcarving, jade carving and gold and silver jewelry processing factories, and Mandalay is also the trading center of Myanmar’s medium and low-end jade!
After Liu Dong saw off Sun Yujun and Xie Zhonglin, he took Wu Dongsheng and Wechai Sawangsuthi and flew here from Yangon.
As for Ma Chao, Mu Gang and others, they have already taken Basong and Angji to protect the jadeite stones bought by Liu Dong and some of the hidden finished jewelry, and they are drifting in the sea on the global shipping ship!
"Brother Liu, let's go! The family members have come to pick us up!" Coming out of the somewhat old airport, Wichai Sawangsuthi took Liu Dong's arm and pointed to the three luxury cars parked in the distance.
road.
After nodding, Liu Dong took Wu Dongsheng and walked over. Looking at the Lincoln extended version of the luxury car, Liu Dong was not too surprised. After all, there are no individuals or families in Myanmar who can own jade mines.
Rich! And the Wichai family, which has been based in Myanmar for hundreds of years, is one of the best.
"Brother, Mr. Liu!"
Seeing a few people approaching, a young man in his mid-twenties, about 30 to 40% similar in appearance to Vichai Sawang Susi, came quickly to greet them.
Liu Dong is no stranger to this person. Last year, when Liu Dong and Weichai had their second transaction at the Quancheng Jade Fair and later Qingdao, the other party was also there!
"Brother Liu, you also know Basong, so I won't introduce him to you. Let's just get in the car and go!"
"Okay!" Liu Dong nodded.
The group of people divided into three cars. Liu Dong and Vichai Sawangsuthi sat in the extended Lincoln in the middle and drove towards the city of Mandalay not far away.
Sitting in the car, I was chatting wordlessly with Wichai Sawang Susi and looking at the scenery of Myanmar’s second largest city outside the car window.
To be honest, very disappointing!
Except for the many exquisite temples on the top of Mandalay Mountain in the distance, as well as the Dufferin Castle, the Forbidden City, temples, monasteries and the ancient British government buildings in the city center, there is really nothing else worth admiring.
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If I had to describe Myanmar's second largest city, Mandalay in 2001 could be summed up in three words: "dirty, messy and messy". Except for a dozen or so passable buildings in the city center, the rest were horizontal and vertical.
Most of the streets on both sides are old buildings no more than three stories high. Their dilapidation once made Liu Dong think they were products of the British colonial period!
Moreover, there was no greening on both sides of the street. Tricycles, bicycles, and a small number of cars were placed randomly. There were piles of garbage on the street. In many places, sewage was flowing across the street and no one was managing it. Liu Dong couldn't help seeing this scene.
I can’t help but frown!
Although Wichai Sawangsuthi also noticed the change in Liu Dong's expression, he didn't say anything. Compared with the huge China, which is changing with each passing day and developing its economy rapidly, Myanmar still wears the title of the poorest country in the world. Wandering among the world's poorest countries At the bottom level, this is a fact that almost all Myanmar people do not want to believe but must accept.
Of course, no matter how poor a city is, there is class differentiation between rich and poor, and there are distinctions between slums and rich areas. The same is true for Mandalay!
To the north of the city is the traditional wealthy area of Mandalay. After entering here, Liu Dong clearly felt that the surrounding environment was better by more than one level.
About five or six minutes later, the convoy came to a stop in front of the gate of a manor surrounded by a two-meter-high wall. After the four-meter-wide iron gate was slowly opened, the convoy continued to drive forward, passing through a road of approximately After a fifty-meter long winding garden road, three cars parked in front of the main entrance of a three-story European-style villa covering an area of more than 1,000 square meters.
Including the garden in front of the villa, as well as other buildings and gardens behind the villa. The entire manor covers an area of more than 8,000 square meters! It can also be seen from the quiet and elegant layout of the entire manor that it was specially designed by someone, and its environment is not inferior. High-end villa estates in any country.
In addition, under the light of Liu Dong's relics, there is a cave underground in this villa, and what is hidden in it is Liu Dong's most favored jade stone!
However, it is not easy to get these rough stones, all of which are obviously high-quality.
"Father, this is Liu Dong, Mr. Liu, whom I mentioned to you before!"
After Liu Dong got off the car, Wichai Sawangsuthi walked up to a white-haired man in his fifties who was standing on the steps in front of the villa. He was wearing a white double-breasted silk gown with a Chinese flavor. A lean, middle-aged man with high cheekbones and a hint of majesty on his face introduced him respectfully.
Noticing that the middle-aged man's eyes were focused on him, Liu Dong half-bowed politely and said respectfully: "Hello, uncle!"
"Haha, hello, hello! I didn't expect that the Emerald King would be so young. He is indeed a hero born from a young age. It's amazing!"
"Uncle, thank you!"
Faced with Liu Dong's unwillingness to say anything, the middle-aged man nodded with a hint of approval.
"I have never won an award. Now you are famous in Myanmar, China's jade world, and even the entire jade world!... Come on, in order to entertain you, this distinguished guest, I have ordered my subordinates to prepare a sumptuous lunch...! "
After finishing speaking, several people chatted with each other and walked into the villa at the back.
The lunch gathering was no different from a normal social gathering. The opportunity to chat and eat for two hours was enough for Liu Dong to have a general understanding of the situation of the Wichai Sawang Susi family.
But compared to these social activities, Liu Donghe hopes to see the raw jade stones, red sapphires and precious woods he ordered!
Weichai Sawangsuthi, who had been dating Liu Dong for a long time and already knew his character, also finished lunch and asked his servants to arrange a room for Liu Dong to stay, and immediately took him there. A large warehouse built underground in the manor.
Because I already knew something about the relic Yuanguang, when I saw this huge warehouse located ten meters underground, supported by 16 thick pillars held by three people, it was 5 meters high and about 1,200 square meters, I was surprised. Didn't look too surprised.
Moreover, Liu Dong also knew that there were two large storage spaces of the same area below this underground warehouse.
"Brother Liu, this is what I told you last time. How is it? It's not bad, right?" Wichai Sawang Suxi said.
“It’s good!”
After nodding, Liu Dong also looked at the more than 200 pieces of wool he ordered in the corner of the warehouse!
Perhaps because it is the first time for both parties to carry out such a huge transaction worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and at the same time to lay the foundation for long-term mutual trust and cooperation in the future, the wool materials prepared by the Wichai family at this moment perform very well from the leather shell. Basically, every time
A piece of wool has features such as python belts and pine flowers that can add value to the rough stone.
And there are very few evil locks such as Tongtian locks and Pipi locks, which can cause great damage to the inner jadeite!
Therefore, according to Relic Yuanguang's inspection, 95% of these rough stones contain jade, 60% contain mid-range or above jade, and 30% contain high-grade jade.
"Brother Weichai, are these the twelve most expensive jadeite stones?" Liu Dong walked to a wide iron frame and looked at the twelve pieces of different shapes placed on it, but without exception they performed extremely well.
Jadeite Road.
"Yes, these are all carefully selected by me!"
"That's great!" Liu Dong nodded!
Although the average price of these twelve gambling stones is around 900,000 euros, you get what you pay for. The jadeite inside is very good. Basically, each piece can earn Liu Dong tens of millions of profits, especially
Ten kilograms of high-grade jade material grown in sunny green on a piece of glass is worth hundreds of millions!
However, Liu Dong still felt that it was a pity that among the 217 pieces of wool, there was not even a piece of top-grade glass-type imperial green jadeite!
"Forget it, anyway, we have enough top-grade jade from the public market and temperature-resistant secret rooms, and there will be many opportunities to obtain these top-grade jade in the future!"
With this idea in mind, Liu Dong followed the original transaction conditions reached with Wichai Sawang Susi. From these 217 pieces of wool, he selected the worst among the many rough stones that did not contain jadeite and contained low-grade jadeite.
I picked out more than 30 yuan, and finally collected 50 yuan and returned it.
These 50 rough stones are worth 15 million euros!
Then coupled with the additional 50 million euros of funds that Liu Dong promised, it means that Liu Dong can also choose his favorite woolen materials worth 65 million euros from the Weichai family's woolen material warehouse.
"Brother Liu, you can choose from all the wool materials in this warehouse!"
Hearing this, Liu Dong smiled and glanced at Weichai and said, "Brother Weichai, I'm afraid your family's woolen materials are not limited to this warehouse, right?"
"Haha!" Wichai Sawang Susi laughed. The embarrassment flashed in his eyes.
Of course, their family has more than one warehouse for storing wool, except for the two floors below. Part of it is also stored in the jade mine affiliated to them in Kokang, and of course there are other places. The principle of the Three Cunning Rabbits' Cave applies to anyone in any country!
Seeing the expression on Weichai Sawang Susi's face, Liu Dong didn't say much. It would be impossible for any businessman with a huge wool reserve to let him, the Jade King, pick and choose from his own wool warehouse.
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This kind of thing, which is almost like sending money out, would never have been allowed by Liu Dong, Wechai Sawang Susi and the family behind him if he had not agreed to it before.
However, when everything was done, they only disclosed the underground warehouse to Liu Dong. Among the Weichai family's wool collection, the quality of the wool on the first floor was the worst.
However, even the worst ones, which can be actively collected by the Wichai family, generally perform better than most of the woolen materials in the Myanmar public sale that just ended.
Therefore, when he saw that there were so many places, tens of thousands of pieces of wool at his disposal, all the unhappiness in Liu Dong's heart immediately disappeared.
The Wichai family is very attentive to the storage and preservation of woolen materials, and carries out very detailed registration and stacking according to the site, size and performance of the woolen materials.
On the five-meter-high solid iron frame that reaches the top floor, it is divided into eight compartments with different widths. The bottom layer is the widest, which is 90 centimeters, and all the items placed here weigh less than 100 kilograms.
The above jadeite rough stone.
The second level is only 60 centimeters long, and all the stones on display are between 50 kilograms and 100 kilograms of rough stone. When you get to the top, they are all made of materials under 5 kilograms!
In the entire underground warehouse, which is 60 meters long, 20 meters wide, and covers an area of 1,200 square meters, there are 18 large iron frames 16 meters long and 1.5 meters wide! And there are enough wool materials placed on the eighteen iron frames.
More than 20,000 yuan!
Facing 20,000 pieces of raw jadeite, Liu Dong felt as if he had been hungry for half a month and suddenly came to a full banquet. The excitement was indescribable!
Therefore, after Wichai Sawang Susi finished speaking, Liu Dong couldn't wait to stride over.
Starting from the bottom, whenever he saw a high-grade jade stone in the relic Yuan Guang, Liu Dong asked Wu Dongsheng to put a white note on it. Considering the impact, Liu Dong deliberately slowed down his reading of the raw material.
Speed, by the time he had dinner, he had already finished looking at about 4,000 pieces of wool on three iron racks!
It has to be said that the Wichai family, which has a century-old heritage in Myanmar and still owns 24 jade mines, even if it is the worst part of the collection of wool, the probability of high-grade material is still far higher than that of the public jade mine.
Among the more than 4,000 pieces of woolen materials, Liu Dong selected a quarter of the materials containing high-grade jadeite, which is about 1,000 yuan, plus a small amount of high-quality mid-range materials with thin skin and large fillings. Liu Dong was interested in it all afternoon.
The wool purchased has reached 1,200 yuan.
However, these 1,200 pieces of wool are not cheap. Although none exceed 500,000 euros, the average value of each piece of material is still between 80,150 euros.
In other words, even if the Weichai family is willing to sell it all, Liu Dong will have to pay almost 120 million euros. Although he can easily come up with this money, but with about 16,000 yuan of raw materials left to look at, so
It is obviously irrational to do so!
Businessmen should pursue maximum profits.
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