The uneasy Songchai drove through the town of Bo, heading towards his mining area.
The diamond mines in Sierra Leone are somewhat different from the diamond mines in South Africa. Most of the diamond mines in South Africa are deep mines, while most of the diamond mines in Sierra Leone are shallow mines.
In other words, when opening diamond mines in South Africa, you often have to dig very deep into the ground to find the ore. For example, the famous Kimberley Big Hole mining area is as deep as 215 meters. In Sierra Leone, you can easily mine the ore along the river or even the seaside.
It is more suitable for development by some private mining owners who are not so strong.
It can't be detected even with prospecting equipment, it depends on experience and luck.
Sometimes someone picks up ore in a certain place, and then the mine owner who hears the news will lease the land here to the local government or tribe, and let the machinery come in and start digging wildly.
The mine in Somchai is just this kind of small mine, and it is the smallest of all mines.
The mining area of Somchai is located about 30 kilometers south of Bo town. It is inaccessible. There is a tribe called Momule village five kilometers away. Other than that, it is difficult to find other people.
When we returned to the mining area, it was already dusk.
"BOSS!" A hunched black man wearing an old green military uniform and carrying an AK47 with rusty sleeves ran towards the pickup truck. He was panting and out of breath because he ran so fast.
gas.
"Bruce, why are you panicking?" Somchai acted like a boss to his subordinates, turned to Qin Fei and Kunchai and said, "This is one of my bodyguards, Bruce. He is now my security captain here and is in charge."
Safety work in mines.”
"Mr. William is waiting for you in the room." Bruce glanced at Qin Fei and Kunchai, without saying hello, but said directly to Songchai.
"William?" The dignity that had just appeared on Somchai's face disappeared in an instant. He stretched out his head and looked around, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned Land Rover off-road vehicle parked on the edge of the nearby grass.
He recognized the car, it belonged to William.
Frowning, Songchai waved his hand to Bruce impatiently and said, "Okay, you go back to the mine first and keep an eye on them. Don't let those lazy guys steal my diamonds."
"Mr. Somchai..." Bruce was a little embarrassed: "After you left today, we didn't start work."
"We're not starting work!" Somchai almost jumped up from the driver's seat. He quickly opened the door and got out of the car and shouted at Bruce: "Why not start work! Do you know how much I will lose if I am delayed for one day?"
Bruce looked like a dead pig and said: "You already owe one month's wages. The workers said that if you don't pay today, they will not start work and will dismantle the equipment to pay off the debt..."
"Holy shit!" Songchai said: "How did you become the security captain? This trivial matter can't be settled. I told you, I just have a temporary lack of funds and will pay them off soon..."
Bruce shrugged: "I haven't been paid for a month. You still owe me $600. I can't get the money and I won't start working."
Songchai was startled, and he immediately realized that not only were the workers quitting their jobs now, but even his bodyguards were probably not letting go of the hawks, and since that William was here, he must have come to collect rent rather than reminiscing about old times.
William of the Empire of the Sun Never Sets was the original owner of this mine. Since he didn't find many diamonds here, he didn't plan to stay here and waste his money. Somchai happened to be looking for minerals, so he sold the mine to Zongchai at a cheap price.
Songchai is on a lease basis, with a monthly rent of US$1,000.
Songchai looked at the place and felt that diamonds should be dug out here. If William can't do it, it doesn't mean he can't. It's just a matter of luck.
As a result, what happened next confirmed that not only was William's luck problematic, but Somchai's own luck was also problematic.
After half a year, Songchai not only invested all his money, but also dug out no more than twenty rough stones in this mine. They were all pitifully small garbage mines. Soon he was unable to make ends meet and was already struggling.
Can't go down anymore.
So when Kunchai found him, the guy suddenly felt like he had seen his savior.
After all, Kunchai is a well-known prodigal son, and his sister Zhang Lan is not ordinary rich. Songchai is quite clear about this, but after so many years, there is no contact between them, and Songchai has not thought about Zhang Lan.
Brother borrowed money.
Since he was the savior who came to his door, of course he couldn't miss it. After some extravagant bragging, Kunchai, who was eager to escape, agreed to go to Africa to find him and invest in his diamond mine.
Somchai immediately returned to the car and said to Kunchai: "Cousin, give me all your money first, I need it urgently."
"What's wrong?" Kun guessed that something was wrong, "Did something happen?"
Songchai shook his head like a rattle: "It's okay, it's okay, it's just that I'm short of funds. I need your investment, otherwise I won't be able to open this mine."
After hearing this, Kunchai had no choice but to take out the money and hand it into Somchai's hand: "This is twelve thousand US dollars. I'll give it to you now. I will be one of the bosses of this mine from now on."
Songchai grabbed the stack of money, drooled over it, clicked it, patted it in his hand, and said with a smile: "That's right, you now own 30% of the equity of this mine! Cousin,
You are already one of the bosses here!"
However, Songchai had no intention of celebrating his new partner. He proudly waved a stack of dollars in his hand towards Bruce: "Did you see that? You guys, you despised people, you deserve it."
Be a bodyguard for life!"
Having said that, he proudly took the money and walked towards the temporary house built with containers in the distance. Bruce also seemed to understand that his boss had made a fortune today, and his salary might have been paid, so he quickly carried the gun and started to fight.
He also followed.
Qin Fei and Kunchai got out of the car and stood next to the pickup truck and looked around.
This is a desolate land. Not far away on the right is a jungle. On the left is a small river several meters wide, which meanders towards the front. From a distance, you can see an old excavator parked on the river beach in the distance.
machine and a bulldozer, and there were twenty or thirty people sitting beside the machine.
"It's really desolate..." Kunchai shook his head, "It's even more desolate than my countryside..."
Qin Fei thought this place was nice. When he saw the jungle, a strange feeling suddenly arose in his heart. It was familiar and made his blood boil. He couldn't explain the reason.
As soon as they walked to the container house, they saw a big-nosed British guy walking out of the container house, followed by Somchai who nodded and bowed.
"Mr. William, please walk slowly. Come and sit down when you have time."
"Ah, I have nothing to do so I don't want to come to this damn place!" William looked disgusted. He really had an unspeakable disgust for this place. It cost him at least one hundred thousand US dollars in investment. Fortunately, he finally found Somchai.
This is a big mistake.
"If you pay the rent on time, I won't come here to find you. It's not that I'm stingy. You have to know that the territory here belongs to the chief of the Momule tribe. I also have to pay fees to him, as well as development fees to the government.
gold……"
"Yes, yes, you are right." Somchai was still flattering. Although William was not a big mine owner, he still held great weight in front of Somchai.
"Songchai, have you heard anything lately?"
"What's up?"
"The Revolutionary People's Front of Cosan seems to be fighting with the government troops again..." William said with a worried look on his face: "Damn African guys, can't they live in peace?"
After saying that, he jumped into the Land Rover, and his driver started the vehicle and quickly disappeared at the end of the dirt road in the distance.
"A fight started?" Songchai looked confused. He stood there for a long time and suddenly cursed to himself: "Damn it!"