Chapter 119
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11 mussels and 15 big pearls. This trip to Zhejiang was a fruitful one.
At the lakeside, Dong Xuebing did not care about the workers opening the mussels. He lowered his head and arranged his pearl mussels. This small mesh bag was not big enough, and he asked the worker for a bigger one. He carefully packed the 11 mussels and turned to look at the boss and the rest. He was not in a hurry to leave. He waited patiently for them to open the mussels. Dong Xuebing's aim was to get a pearl necklace for the auction. This was the best way to maximize his profits. If not, he would not be able to make 1 million RMB by selling these 15 pearls.
After a while, the boss was tired and sat on the lawn to rest.
Dong Xuebing noticed that the bag used to store the high-grade golden pearls had accumulated quite a lot of good stuff.
"Young man." The boss took a sip of mineral water and looked at Dong Xuebing. "Did you pay up first?" The boss was not in a good mood as he did not get a lot of high-grade golden pearls. By right, there should be more than 1.4 cm golden pearls. Could it be that all the pearls were in this kid's mussels? But after thinking about it, he felt that it was impossible. The local people do not know much about mussels. How can an outsider like him know which mussels have the best pearls?
Dong Xuebing was about to say something when he stopped. "Did you count the pearls just now? A total of 11 mussels. 66,000 RMB. Oh, I also want some finished pearls. That's right. They are from that bag. "Dong Xuebing pointed to the bag." How much are these 1.5 cm golden pearls? "
The boss put down the mineral water bottle. "You still need to look at the gloss and roundness."
Dong Xuebing walked over and picked up a 1.5 cm pearl. "How about this?"
"This kind of pearl is worth 40,000 RMB in the market. You don't have to go through the procedures and stall fees from me. Just … … 35,000 RMB."
"Ok. I will pick a few more."
Dong Xuebing had brought all his savings with him. After deducting the 66,000 RMB for the mussels, he still has 370,000 RMB to spend. Dong Xuebing bargained while choosing the pearls he likes. In the end, he picked 10 1.5 cm and 5 1.4 cm pearls. Together with the pearls in his mussels, there were exactly 30 pearls. It was enough to string a pearl necklace.
The boss calculated in his heart. "The total is … … 440,000 RMB."
Dong Xuebing replied. "Just erase the change."
"I can't. 440,000."
Was it worth a thousand yuan? Dong Xuebing looked at him from the corner of his eyes. He can't be bothered to talk to him. He took out the briefcase from his pocket and keyed in the password. He opened the briefcase and took out 1,000 RMB from his wallet. "There is 440,000 RMB in the briefcase. Here is 1,000 RMB. Count it yourself." He had basically spent all his money. There was only about two thousand left in his wallet, and there was not much left of his salary from last month in his bank card. Phew, this necklace was all he had now.
The boss brought Dong Xuebing back to the office to check the money.
After the transaction, Dong Xuebing carried the box in one hand and the mussels in the other hand and took a taxi to a hotel.
Firstly, he does not have enough money, and he needs to save as much as he can. Secondly, the fishing net was dripping with muddy water, and the pearl mussels were also covered in mud. He should not be able to stay in a star-rated hotel. So, he chose an old hotel with 3 floors. The signage of this hotel had faded, and the staff there rolled their eyes at him. Dong Xuebing did not dare to look for a high-class hotel. He did not have enough money, and he needs to save as much as possible.
After getting a room with a bathroom, Dong Xuebing did not even take a breather and poured the pearl mussels into the sink.
Dong Xuebing did not go to buy a kitchen knife. He used his hands to open the clam shell and took a while. There was a 1.6 cm pearl, a 1.1 cm pearl, two 1.0 cm pearls, and five 0.7 cm pearls. Dong Xuebing took out the 1.6 cm golden pearls and kept the rest of the lower grade pearls in a corner.
Another mussel … …
The third mussel … …
The fifth mussel … …
After a while, all 15 gold pearls were out of the mussels. Dong Xuebing happily brought the pearls into his room and poured the rest of the pearls on the bed. He arranged the 30 pearls in a circle to form a necklace. If these were normal pearls, even 60 of them would not be able to form a necklace. At most, it would be a bracelet. But these pearls were more than 1.4 cm in diameter.
Dong Xuebing looked at the pearls and wanted to praise them. "Beautiful." But he did not say it out loud.
It was because these pearls … … were not beautiful. Dong Xuebing felt there was a layer of film on them.
Oh! That's right! Dong Xuebing slapped his forehead and remembered that these pearls were not finished. The pearls from the mussels still need to be polished. It was the kind of process where corn cobs were mixed with some sugar chestnuts. This way, the pearls would have a perfect luster and luster. That's right. I can use this time to make a necklace and auction it off.
Dong Xuebing kept all the pearls into a locked box and walked out of the room.
Zhuji was known as the hometown of freshwater pearls. There were many places to process pearls. Dong Xuebing found one when he went out.
In a small two-story office building, Dong Xuebing followed the staff to the person in charge of processing pearls. He opened the locked box. "I want to polish these pearls and make them into necklaces. How much does it cost? How long will it take? "
The person in charge was shocked. "Ah … … These are all high quality pearls. You must have spent at least 1 million RMB for these pearls?"
Dong Xuebing replied: "About that."
"Haha … … I had been doing business for so many years, and this is the first time I saw so many 1.5 cm pearls. Hmmm … … This will take some time, and the price might be higher." The person in charge thought for a while. "You still want to make a necklace? Hmmm … … the processing fee will be 5,000 RMB. It will take about 3 to 4 days."
Dong Xuebing does not have so much money and time. He rubbed his nose and took out another bag of pearls. "I still have 100 good pearls. Although the quality is not as good as those 30 pearls, it is worth at least 15,000 RMB. I will use these pearls to pay for the processing fees. But I have a request. I know the polishing and processing will take less than 3 days. Can you hurry up? I want to see the necklace tonight." Dong Xuebing said.
After bargaining for a while, Dong Xuebing not only gave the person 100 pearls, but he also added 1,000 RMB.
He waited and waited … …
That night.
A glittering pearl necklace appeared in front of Dong Xuebing.
Beautiful!
It's too beautiful!
Before coming to Zhuji, Dong Xuebing had seen the pearl necklace auctioned online for more than 900,000 RMB. But that necklace was made of white pearls, and it was not as good as his gold pearl necklace. Also, the diameter of the pearls in his necklace was slightly bigger than that necklace!
1 million RMB!
This time, he will definitely make 1 million RMB!
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