Chapter two hundred and sixty-eight of the outrageous wages (seeking the month
"Boss, is this true? What kind of jade is this?" It wasn't until Yu Qingyang left that Xiao Xiao came back to his senses and took Chen Xiang's hand and asked.
"Really, how about good people being rewarded!
Look at your worthless look!
Don't call him my subordinate in the future, I can't afford to disgrace this person!" Seeing Xiao Xiao's silly look, Chen Xiang reached out and slapped him in the face, laughing and scolding.
"Boss, don't I feel a little incredible!
Such a big piece of pie just hit us on the head!"
"Okay, stop being pretty!
This piece of wood-based jade is worth more than 10,000 yuan at most!
One point between us is equivalent to ten days of your salary!"
"Is it worth so much money?" Xiao Xiao was a little disappointed.
"Hey, are you awesome now? Are you worth so much money?
What I'm talking about is selling raw stones. If they are carved, that's not necessarily the case!
It depends on the degree of jade!
Wood jade, the higher the degree of jade, the more valuable it is!" Chen Xiang popularized the knowledge of wood jade when he was young.
Some people say that people who grew up in 49 cities have an inherent sense of superiority.
However, speaking of it, the people in Sijiucheng are indeed quite awesome.
If you chat with them often, you will find that the people in Sijiucheng are really awesome.
He knows astronomy and geography from the top, and trivial matters from the bottom.
Know international affairs externally and national policies internally.
Anyway, as long as you bring up a topic, there's nothing they can't pick up.
And any topic can be discussed clearly and logically.
Not to mention intellectuals like Chen Xiang, even the taxi drivers in Sijiu City are the same.
Even the aunt who goes to the market to buy vegetables knows a lot about major events at home and abroad and can tell you about them.
"Boss, what do you think about us specifically purchasing wood jade?" Shi Xiao rolled his eyes and suggested in a low voice.
"Nonsense, receiving this piece is an accident, it can be regarded as our good intentions are rewarded!
Just go and collect it, don't worry about whether you can receive it or not, don't forget your own job!
Do you think the company allows you to do private work blatantly?
Or do you want to leave the company and go it alone?" Chen Xiang glared at Xiao.
"No, boss, listen to me, I don't mean that we take it, but the company takes it!
It’s an easy thing anyway, but what if I can receive a lot?
If it's one or two yuan, the company won't like it, but if it's one hundred or one thousand yuan, the company should be able to appreciate it, right?" Xiao Xiao hurriedly expressed his thoughts.
"What you said is true! The wood jade thing was originally a volcanic eruption or earthquake, which buried the big tree deep in the ground. After hundreds of millions of years of evolution, it turned into wood jade.
Then with historical changes and terrain changes, it appeared on the ground again.
So even if this thing doesn’t appear, there will be a lot of it once it appears!
However, we cannot make our own decisions! Just wait, I will ask Mr. Yu for instructions!" Chen Xiang said with a smile.
After saying that, he turned around and left, chasing after Yu Qingyang's back.
Yu Qingyang didn't know what his two subordinates were thinking.
After the inspection, Yu Qingyang returned to the camp.
At this time, the entire camp was filled with the aroma of barbecue.
The chefs are roasting a whole lamb.
In the open space of the camp, five bonfires were set up with makeshift barbecue grills on them.
The five sheep given by the Berber chief yesterday had been skinned and washed, their four legs were stretched out and tied to the barbecue grill, and they were placed on the bonfire.
The chef, Elder Wang, took matters into his own hands, holding a big brush and brushing oil on the sheep from time to time.
There were five helpers nearby. According to Lao Wang's request, they slowly turned the rack so that the mutton could be heated evenly.
Seeing Yu Qingyang, Lao Wang handed the brush to his apprentice and came up to him.
"Mr. Yu, are you here? Do you want to taste my craftsmanship first?"
"Haha, can you eat it now?"
"The skin is already cooked, but the inside is still a little warm!"
"That's a good feeling. Get me a piece quickly and I'll try your craftsmanship!
Let me tell you, if it doesn’t taste good, I will fire your head chef and transfer you to wash the pots!” Yu Qingyang joked with Lao Wang.
"Just please!
I, Lao Wang, am not bragging about my craftsmanship. When a five-star hotel invited me to be the chef, I didn’t even go!" Lao Wang boasted with a grin.
After Lao Wang finished bragging, he didn't forget about business. He ran back, took a knife, and quickly cut off more than a dozen thin slices of meat from the roasted whole lamb.
Each slice is very thin, and the browned mutton slices shine through.
Although Lao Wang is a bit bragging, his sword skills are really good.
Lao Wang carried it on a tray and came to Yu Qingyang, "Mr. Yu, please try it!"
Yu Qingyang was not polite, took the knife, stabbed a piece of mutton and put it in his mouth.
"Yeah! Not bad, charred on the outside and tender on the inside! Take one bite and your mouth will be filled with oil. The mutton is full of flavor!
You all should try it too!" Yu Qingyang praised a few words and then handed the knife to Sun Jian.
No matter how greedy Yu Qingyang is, he will eat first before the meal is served, but he can't refuse Lao Wang's kindness.
Just eat a slice and that's it.
"Thank you, Mr. Yu!" Sun Jian was not polite, took the tray, and shared the mutton in the tray with four of his subordinates.
"Lao Wang, your craftsmanship is really good!" he praised while eating.
Lao Wang grinned beside him, this is the best part of a sheep.
I wanted to please the boss, but I didn't expect to be eaten by five soldiers.
"Mr. Yu!" At this time, Chen Xiang chased after him.
"Old Chen, do you have anything to do with me?"
"It's about wood jade. I made a suggestion when I was young. Should we also include wood jade in the transaction list?
I think this suggestion is good, so I came here to ask for your advice!" Chen Xiang did not take credit and told the truth truthfully.
"You can put it on the list! You can decide the price!" Yu Qingyang smiled and nodded.
Chen Xiang's suggestion was very much in line with Yu Qingyang's wishes.
Originally, Yu Qingyang planned to take a trip to the edge of the desert tomorrow to see the scenery of the desert. By the way, he would also check whether, like the legend, the wood in the desert turned into jade piece by piece.
Since they want to collect it, they can just collect it casually.
If you can really receive a lot, you can use it as an industry alone.
Wooden jade is not valuable in Ajigeria, but it is valuable in China.
Of course, now in the country, it is not very valuable.
However, China has a population of 1.3 billion. With economic development, the domestic antique collection market is booming.
If there really is too much wood-turned-jade, we can definitely create a lot of hype and detonate the market in advance.
Of course, the premise is that enough petrified wood jade can be obtained in Ajigeria.
Otherwise, there is no need for hype at all. Without hype, it would just be making wedding clothes for others.
It's better to hold it in your hands and wait to win.
"Wood transformation and jade harvesting can be done by hand, but stone and wood should be the main ones!"
"I know, Mr. Yu!
From yesterday to today, no one has traded sand..."
"It's okay, don't worry about this, I'll go to the desert to take a look tomorrow and the day after tomorrow!
Our place is only more than a hundred kilometers away from the desert, so we are still worried that there will be no sand available?" Yu Qingyang said with a smile.
"But……"
"It's no big deal. Do you think the sand brought by the Berbers can be used directly?
Let’s look back at the situation and talk about it!
Since we want to build a stone carving machine, we also need a sand washing plant!" Yu Qingyang knew what Chen Xiang wanted to say, so he stopped him and said with a smile.
When it comes to sand, most people have a misunderstanding.
Sand and sand have the same pronunciation but different meanings.
The building material we use is sand, which has very low clay content and larger particles than sand.
The sand in the desert contains a lot of clay and has relatively fine particles, so it needs to be sieved and washed before it can be used.
If Yu Qingyang really said that, Chen Xiang wouldn't say anything.
It is so close to the desert that it is cheaper to dig and wash the sand yourself than to buy it from coastal cities.
As the director of the Procurement Department, Chen Xiang had learned about the building materials market in Ajigeria through friends before coming here.
After arriving at Geographic Glass, the capital of Ajigeria, the day before yesterday, we also went out to inspect the building materials market.
The biggest problem in aiding construction in Ajigeria is the supply of building materials.
In Ajigeria in 2000, even the capital Geographic Glass had few companies producing building materials.
Most building materials are imported.
It is now planned to build a stone carving machine factory and a sand washing plant.
I wonder if we will build a cement plant in the future?
That is not as simple as a stone carving machine factory or a sand washing plant.
It cannot be completed and put into production in a short period of time.
What Chen Xiang didn't know was that Yu Qingyang really planned to invest in building a medium-sized cement plant in Ajigeria.
As the political situation in Ajgeria stabilizes, the United States will lift economic sanctions on Ajgeria next year.
Ajigeria's economy will usher in a boom.
If you sell oil and minerals and make money easily, the next step is to build a large-scale construction project.
Engage in urban construction.
Think about the prosperous Gold Coast in Africa in later generations. Its prosperity is no less than that of international metropolises.
But now, it is not as good as third-tier cities in China.
What's this?
This is a business opportunity!
Covering a mountain and investing in the construction of a medium-sized cement plant is a hugely profitable thing.
As for whether Ajigiya will be in turmoil again in 10 years, Yu Qingyang can sell the cement plant before then.
Before the civil war in Ajigeria in 2011, the politics of Ajigeria was still very stable.
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At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Qiang came to the camp again.
Two black nurses came with him.
The white nurse uniform is in sharp contrast with the brown skin.
Very eye-catching.
What is more eye-catching is the figure of the two nurses.
It's really hot.
The nurse's uniform was very tight on her body.
It's as big as it should be, and it's as tall as it should be.
It's just that it's not thin where it should be.
The top and bottom are almost as thick.
Yu Qingyang felt that his arms were thicker than his own, almost as thick as his calves.
After some courtesy, Yu Qingyang handed the two nurses to Xia Xue.
Two nurses can speak English, and Xia Xue's English level is not bad either, having passed CET-8.
Communication is no problem.
He took Zhang Qiang to his office.
"Mr. Yu, I'm really sorry. As you know, in an Arab country like Algeria, it's really hard to find female nurses!
I managed to recruit these two from a foreign-funded hospital!" Zhang Qiang explained quickly as soon as he entered the door.
"It's okay, as long as the skills are good! It's not a beauty pageant for me to look for a nurse!" Yu Qingyang smiled and nodded to express his understanding.
"Mr. Yu, the stone carving machine, mixing station and other equipment you want have been shipped and shipped. It is estimated that it will arrive at the port of Ajigeria in a week."
"Well, please contact me later, I also need a set of sand washing equipment!
When will the cement arrive?”
"The cement is ready and can be delivered at any time!"
"How much does it cost to deliver the gravel and yellow sand?"
"The price of materials is not high, mainly because of the high shipping cost. If delivered, it costs eight dinars per side, which is equivalent to 50 yuan in RMB!"
"Yeah!" Yu Qingyang nodded and said nothing.
This price is too high!
It seems that we still have to rely on our own efforts.
This is not Zhang Qiang cheating on himself. After all, Yuanmu Company does not produce these building materials themselves. They are engaged in trading, so they can make a profit by selling them.
For building materials such as yellow sand and gravel, I guess they won't even make a profit on the price difference. They are just helping.
"If you urge me, the sand washing equipment will be delivered as soon as possible!"
"Okay! What else do you need?"
"Tomorrow I will send a hundred hammers, half hand hammers and half sledgehammers, and twenty sieves! We still need to send five more carts of water!"
"Okay, I'll make arrangements when I get back!" Zhang Qiang nodded and wrote down what Yu Qingyang wanted.
Zhang Qiang did not leave at night, but stayed in the camp for one night before leaving the next morning.
It takes six or seven hours to travel back to Geographic Glass. There are large areas of uninhabited land along the way, and it is too dangerous to travel at night.
Zhang Qiang's failure to go back does not affect the delivery of supplies here.
Directly call the people in Butitanic to purchase the things Yu Qingyang needs and send them over with water.
Yuanmu Company has clerks stationed in all major coastal cities in Ajigeria.
Zhang Qiang left early the next morning.
At noon, the water truck came with the supplies Yu Qingyang needed.
Fresh vegetables, rice, flour, hammer, and sieve were delivered together.
Yu Qingyang called Zhao Xinlei to his office.
"I asked yesterday. It costs fifty yuan per side to transport sand and gravel from Butitan!"
"So expensive?"
“The freight is expensive and the shipping distance is too far!
So, I decided to produce it ourselves!
However, the production equipment will take at least a week to arrive!
I purchased a batch of hammers!
You go back and recruit a group of Berbers and ask them to use hammers to smash the rocks into pebbles!"
"Use a hammer to smash the stone into pebbles?" Zhao Xinlei looked at Yu Qingyang in surprise, speechless at his whimsical idea.
"Haha! Feeling a little weird?
Let me tell you, in the past, when there were no stone engraving machines, people in the mountains used this method!
During the major water conservancy projects in the 1960s, it was not uncommon to use hand hammers to break stones into pebbles!" Yu Qingyang said with a smile.
"Mr. Yu, I've never heard of this!" Zhao Xinlei said with a wry smile.
"Let me calculate an account for you. Is it okay for a worker to smash one stone a day?
Do you think any Berbers would be willing to take care of food and accommodation for five hundred dirhams a day?"
"Someone must be doing it! They will probably rush to do it," Zhao Xinlei said without even thinking.
Now the family is busy for a day, traveling hundreds of kilometers back and forth, and in the end they can only get food and water equivalent to one thousand dirhams.
Five hundred dirhams a day, including food and accommodation, anyone who is not stupid can do it.
"You see, if we collect stones for one dinar, and then pay someone to break them into stones, the cost will be counted as one dinar!"
Two dinars is equivalent to twelve yuan in RMB!" Yu Qingyang smiled as he settled the accounts for Zhao Xinlei.
in the country, there is a common thought that using machinery is cheaper than using labor.
However, this statement is not absolute. When labor is cheap to a certain extent, labor is much cheaper than machinery.
After Yu Qingyang finished calculating the accounts, he had the urge to stop the excavator digging the side ditch and replace all the work with manual labor.
Including meals a day, it only costs one dinar, or more than six yuan, to find someone.
Much cheaper than using an excavator!
"Mr. Yu, I understand, I'll make arrangements right away!" Zhao Xinlei also figured it out.
Manually breaking stones is very slow, but the labor cost is low!
Yu Qingyang called Zhao Xinlei over and asked him to make arrangements.
When it comes to work matters, Yu Qingyang tries not to give orders.
To ensure Zhao Xinlei’s authority.
After seeing off Zhao Xinlei, Yu Qingyang called Sun Jian, brought some biscuits and mineral water, and prepared to set off to the desert.
"Yangzi, why are you going?" Xia Xue heard the noise and came out of the infirmary and asked.
"I'm going to the desert, Sister Xue, do you want to go with me?" Yu Qingyang smiled and invited.
"Okay! Just wait for me!" Xia Xue happily agreed, turned back to her colleagues in the infirmary, and ran to the RV to change clothes.
She heard that Yu Qingyang wanted to go to the desert last night, so she paid attention.
Although he was sitting in the infirmary, his eyes were always focused on the movement outside.
Xia Xue ran into the RV, and after a while, wearing a long-sleeved T-shirt, jeans, a sun hat on her head, and a pair of sunglasses on the hat, she trotted to the front of the car.
Yu Qingyang's impression of Xia Xue has greatly improved in the past few days.
I originally thought that Xia Xue would lose her temper, but unexpectedly, she stayed quietly in the infirmary these past few days.