1579. The Last Gift
When Li Du said that he would find someone to mess with him, it was just a cover. He would deal with Xie Lao Hou himself.
The public auction lasted for ten days. On the last day, there were very few people. Everyone had already placed their bids. Next, it was time to gamble with their lives.
Man proposes, God disposes. They had already set the price. Whether or not they could get the stone depended on whether or not God would reward them with food.
Li Du roared in his heart, "My fate is in my hands." He turned into a hot-blooded teenager and threw all the bids into the boxes.
He could see the numbers in the boxes, so he could cheat. His bid would be tens of thousands of dollars higher than the highest bid in the boxes. He paid the smallest price to get the biggest reward.
Among the thousands of pieces of jade, Li Du had his eyes on more than fifty pieces. He had put them up for auction under his own name. Once he got them, they would belong to him.
Zhong Da Pao's gains came from the agreement between him and Da Mao. His gains would not be bad, but it would not be as crazy as Li Du's.
According to his estimates, these fifty pieces of jade could bring him at least 500 million RMB in profit!
His trip to Myanmar this time had brought him unprecedented profits. Even Amengda's diamond mine could not bring him such a huge profit!
At the same time, he destroyed a few bids. The owner of these bids was naturally Xie Lao Hou. Xie Lao Hou had also made quite a number of bids. He had a stone gambling expert with him. He was also a stone gambling expert, so the stones he was interested in were not bad.
Li Du used the little bug to devour the highest bid, so that Xie Lao Hou could not get a single stone. In addition, he did not touch some of the bids that were too low for him to get the stones.
The ability of the little bug was getting stronger. It could absorb the time energy of items faster and destroy them more thoroughly. For things like paper, it could turn them into scraps in a few swings.
These scraps of paper would quickly oxidize and decay, turning into paper sand and disappearing without a trace.
After the bidding ended, all that was left was to wait for the notification from the organizing committee two days later. The winning bidder would then sign the "Winning Bid Contract" with the organizing committee.
Zhong Da Pao told Li Du that in the past, the delivery time for the jade that won the bid had been 90 days. This year, it had been shortened to 60 days. This meant that the organizing committee had left less time for the winning bidder to pay.
The process of extracting the jade was like this. If the winning bidder had the financial ability to pay all the money on the spot, then he would be able to get the customs clearance, transportation, sales, and processing certificate handled by the public bid organizing committee.
However, if the winning bidder did not pay the money on the spot, they would have to sign a "Winning Bid Contract" first, and then pay the money to the bank account designated by the organizing committee within 60 days. The Myanmar Raw Jade Gem Management Committee would handle customs clearance, transportation, and other matters for free.
If the money was not paid within 60 days after the signing of the contract, the offer would be invalid and the stone would be taken back. The stone would be kept for next year's public auction or for private sale in the Admission Area.
All the stones that Li Du had bid for were awarded with a total price of 120 million RMB.
On average, each stone that he had bought was worth more than two million RMB. It could not be helped. The starting price of the stones was high, and there were many people bidding for them. The price of the stones would definitely rise by a lot.
His profit rate was less than 500 percent. For a public auction, this was not considered an exaggeration. Every time, there would be people who would get a profit rate of more than 1,000 to 2,000 percent. For example, if one spent four to five hundred thousand on a stone and it turned out to be an ice-type or glass-type stone, the value would instantly double to four to five million or even tens of millions.
However, in terms of profit, no one in history had been able to earn four to five hundred million RMB in one go. That would be too shocking.
Li Du did not have the intention to be in the limelight. The rafters that stood out were the first to rot. The bird that stood out would be the first to be shot. The fat pig would be the first to be butchered. As for the consequences of being in the limelight, the ancestors had left behind a bunch of sayings to warn the future generations.
He paid the money and sent the stones directly to America by express delivery.
The jade would be enough to support Harry Winston, Inc. to start a new gemstone project. He could just lie back and let the profits multiply by a few times!
Although the diamonds, opals, and jade in his hands were enough for him to start a new luxury goods company, he did not want to do so.
If he started a new company, Li Du would have to be busy managing it. Although he could hire professional managers to handle the company's affairs, as the boss, he would still be busy with work and social occasions.
In this way, he would still be in the limelight, which he did not want. Moreover, he did not want to continue being busy and toiling.
The diamonds, opals, jade, and some of the famous antiques he had collected before were worth more than ten billion.
Taking into account the new jade mine hidden under Dena Mountain, the value was even greater. The jade it contained was at least another ten billion!
Money was already a number to him.
Moreover, if he needed money, he could come to the jade market in Myanmar again. However, he planned not to come to Hpakant for the next two years. When he came to Myanmar, he would only go to Wooku Town.
The jade market in Hpakant had definitely suffered a heavy loss this time. The quantity of good jade that could be produced in the next one or two years would definitely be greatly reduced.
The public auction had ended, and all the good stones from the major fields had been brought out. Most importantly, Li Du's goal in Myanmar had been achieved. He was going back to America.
Da Mao had to stay. He had to investigate his father and uncle's case, and he had to help Zhong Da Pao and Liu Zi gamble on stones.
Before he left, Li Du said, "Master Pao, Master Liu, first, Da Mao has the final say in the stone gambling. He is the technical backbone. The two of you just have to listen to him.
"Second, you are not allowed to do anything for the next six months. During this period, if you need my help, just let me know. I will do my best to help.
"Third, keep a low profile. Develop the Chinese Village and investigate cases. Don't provoke anyone and try not to leave the Chinese Village, okay?"
Zhong Da Pao patted his chest and said, "Young Master Li, don't worry, I promise! However, are you going to leave just like that? There are still many good stones in the major fields. "
Liu Zi rubbed the itchy wounds on his body and said, "The main thing is, Young Master Li, we haven't been together for long. Stay in the Chinese Village and have some fun. Myanmar is not bad."
Li Du smiled and said, "It won't be long. At most, I will come back in a month or two. We can drink and chat then. I have something important to do now."
Since he had said so, Zhong Da Pao and the rest could not be persuaded to stay.
Before leaving, Li Du asked Brother Wolf and the rest to bring a big box over. He patted the box and said, "This is my last gift to you, a gift that money can't buy. Wait for me to get on the plane before opening it. Remember, this gift is for you to protect yourselves, not to cause trouble! "
He and the bodyguards brought the stones and drove off under the protection of the military police. When he arrived at the airport and called back, Zhong Da Pao and the rest opened the box.
Then, the three of them were stunned. "What the heck! What is Young Master Li's background?! "
Light machine guns, grenades, sniper rifles, shoulder-mounted rocket launchers …
A bunch of heavy weapons!
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