In the end, Li Du decided to take Aubrey and the others.
Since he came to Lightning Ridge, the mining had mainly relied on Godzilla and Brother Wolf. Godzilla was fine, but Brother Wolf was his bodyguard, and it was not good for him to do this work.
Of course, the bonus he gave was very generous, and Brother Wolf enjoyed it.
Li Du himself could not enjoy it. He also participated in the mining pit, but he was very tired. If there were more people, he would be free.
As for his secret? This problem was easy to solve. He could arrange for Aubrey and the others to do the initial mining, and when they got close to the gems, Godzilla and Brother Wolf would do it.
He considered that Godzilla and Brother Wolf were amateurs in the gem mining industry, while Aubrey and the others were professionals and should be better at digging.
In addition, the eight people's salaries were relatively low, which was the main reason he took over.
Aubrey and the others had a monthly salary of less than 60,000 dollars. The highest was the captain, Aubrey, with a monthly salary of about 8,000 dollars, and the others more than 6,000 dollars.
Li Du felt that the miners' salaries were very low. The job was very tiring, and they were under a lot of mental pressure all day long. Their income was less than 10,000 dollars.
The only thing they could hope for was to dig out gems. According to the industry rules, when the miners dug out gems, the boss had to give a tenth of the earnings as a bonus.
Most mines had no gems, and it might take a month or two to dig out one. So the miners had no bonus income and could only rely on their basic salary.
The party was still going on in the early hours of the morning. Li Du and Sophie were a little sleepy and left the bar early.
Two days later, Li Du heard that Marcos had put three mines up for sale.
The miners said that Marcos had been scared out of his wits by the mining disaster.
Li Du knew that he was not afraid of a mining disaster, but that he had figured out a lot of things while underground.
What do I want to pursue? Thinking of Marcos, he began to think.
The underground gems had been dug out. There was only one vein in the 408 mine, and there were a few scattered gems in some places.
Li Du did not want to dig them out. They were too scattered, and the quality was average. It was not enough for labor.
With nothing to do, he sat at the door of the cabin and enjoyed the Australian autumn sun.
It was still quite warm in Australia. He had been talking to Hans for the past two days, and Hans said that it was almost snowing along the coast. It was already very cold.
He had wanted to stop harvesting black gold abalone and come to the mainland to find Li Du.
However, the Snow Maidens had a way to deal with the low water temperature. They went into the water as usual on such a cold day.
Moreover, because it was currently a closed season for black gold abalone, the price of fresh black gold abalone was very high in the international market. Therefore, Hans had no choice but to stay by the beach with the Snow Lady and continue to harvest black gold abalone.
Thinking of these things, Li Du had a feeling of sudden realization. His current dream was to make money, make money, and then buy shares in the Harry Winston group, and make good use of the little bug's ability.
He was basking in the sun. Ah Ow, who was dozing off at the side, raised her head and looked at the path they had come from. She pricked up her ears vigilantly.
A few pickup trucks drove into the mine. A group of burly men got out of the vehicles and stood in the distance, watching Li Du.
These people were Aubrey and his men. Li Du whistled and motioned for them to come over.
Eight burly men pushed and shoved as they walked over, none of them willing to walk in front.
Li Du felt a little strange and asked, "What's wrong? Don't you want to come to me? "
Holiday laughed dryly and said, "No, Boss Li, don't get me wrong. Haha, we, we are a little embarrassed. I mean, this is really embarrassing..."
Li Du laughed and said, "What's embarrassing about it? We fought side by side and dug Aubrey out of the ground together, right? "
Aubrey laughed and did not answer.
To make a long story short, he asked the eight people if they were willing to work under him. If they were willing to stay here, they could sign a labor contract.
The eight people nodded happily. Marcus had spent the past two days dealing with the tools in the mine and disbanding their team. Now they were waiting to sell the mine and then leave Lightning Ridge.
They had nowhere else to go if they did not follow Li Du.
Li Du was never stingy with his men. After the eight people said they were willing to work with him, he said, "I will find someone to take you to sign the contract. In terms of treatment, the main thing is the same as before. I will give you a 20% increase in your basic salary."
"Really?" Aubrey asked happily.
Li Du nodded and said, "Yes, this is a probation period. If you survive the probation period, I will double your basic salary."
Aubrey and the others were stunned, and Holiday shouted, "This must be fake, this can't be real!"
Li Du said leisurely, "This is true, but I have a condition. That is, if you work for me, you will have a basic salary and bonus. The bonus will not be linked to the ore you dig out."
"Aren't you afraid that we will slack?" Holiday asked curiously.
Li Du said, "No, I will fire whoever slacks. Besides, I said the bonus will not be linked to the ore you dig out, not that you will not get a bonus for digging out the ore."
"Well, you have two ways of working. One is that I look for gems, and you come to work for me. In this way, the gems you dig out have nothing to do with you."
"The other way is that you use your own experience to find gems, and you can still get a bonus for the gems you dig out."
For the past two days, he had been thinking about how the eight of them would be treated. He had a way to find gems, but Brother Wolf and Godzilla could not get a ten percent bonus, let alone the eight of them.
The eight of them did not know his ability, and when they heard him say so, they laughed and happily agreed.
The next step was to continue looking for mines. The number 408 mine had no mining value, and Li Du was ready to put it up for sale.
To continue looking for mines, he went to the trading hall to look for mines that were listed for sale, and then went to those mines to conduct field visits.
His luck was good. It took him two days to visit four mines, and then he found another vein.
This vein contained more gems than the previous two mines, but it was deeper underground, and it would take a lot of effort to dig them out.
Coincidentally, Li Du had hired eight new employees. It was time for the eight of them to show up.
Brother Wolf and Godzilla had been promoted. Godzilla became the foreman, and Brother Wolf could concentrate on being Li Du's bodyguard. When they got close to the vein, they could dig.
This mine was number 122, not far from Blanchett's two mines. However, Li Du did not have to worry about Blanchett, but the neighbors.
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