Chapter 650: Mine Miners
Yang Bo's stubbornness surprised everyone, but of course, most of them still disagreed.
Everyone thinks that Yang Bo is young and frivolous. His journey has been too smooth and he has never experienced failure, so he is so arrogant and ignorant!
Yang Bo exchanged business cards with everyone and left. The news that Shen Qiang was about to open a mine gave him a sense of urgency. The jade resources were limited, and the two of them wanted to compete for these limited resources!
If the other party discovers a rich mine one step ahead, it will be a huge loss to the other party, so Yang Bo has to speed up his pace.
That night, Wu La found dozens of motorcycles, which surprised Yang Bo, but he knew that Wu La was a local snake and knew better than him, so he let the other party arrange it.
The next day, a group of people went on the road. Yue Junyao couldn't ride a motorcycle, so she had to sit behind Yang Bo and lie on Yang Bo's back. The others brought a barrel of gasoline behind the car for backup.
After actually entering the mountain, Yang Bo finally understood the real reason for riding a motorcycle instead of driving off-road. The roads here are rugged and cannot be passed by vehicles at all. There are even potholes on both sides of the road. If you don't pay attention, you will fall to the ground while riding a motorcycle.
Fortunately, Yang Bo's coordination has improved a lot, and he rides fast and steadily. Even if Wu La, who was walking in front, fell several times, Yang Bo did not fall.
After riding for more than three hours, they finally arrived at the dense mining area. The group first had to pass the checkpoint. Yang Bo took out the permit, took out a wad of money and stuffed it directly. The guarding officer did not even glance at the permit and immediately Just let it go!
His attitude could almost be called respectful, and Yang Bo was really generous. He gave him not Burmese currency, but ten thousand euros, which was almost equal to the income of a junior officer for more than half a year. They couldn't help but deal with it carelessly.
After actually entering the mining area, Yang Bo looked around and saw temporary huts scattered densely among the mountains, and the land was barren. The rainy season had not yet passed, and many mine pits were filled with rainwater and could not be excavated.
Most of the tops of some mountains have been dug out, and some holes are hundreds of meters deep, with artificial lakes actually formed inside. This is the first time Yang Bo has seen such a situation, and it really shocked him!
The group stopped for a moment at the top of a mountain. Wu La pointed to the mountain in the distance and introduced the various forces one by one. Yang Bo didn't say much, but just memorized it silently.
Wu Ladao: "Boss, I'm afraid you have also found out that the cost of mining is very high. The total area of the main mining areas in Myanmar is about 3,000 square kilometers, and about 400 square kilometers are currently mined. Since jade is so popular now, why are there any leftovers? More than 2,000 square kilometers of the country have not been exploited because of the imbalance of input and output!"
"The more than 400 square kilometers that were initially excavated were basically flat land or gentle slopes, and the input and output can be calculated. The rest are large mountains. To blast these mountains to dig out the jade below, huge investments are required. This investment exceeds the cost of digging out the stone. So for a long time, although many people have been digging for jade, they have always done so in a relatively fixed area."
"Myanmar is basically not opening new mines now. They are digging deeper in the original mining areas. At first, they used manual labor and simple machinery to dig to 30 meters underground. Later, imported machinery was used to dig to 50 to 80 meters. , now it is 110 meters.”
Yang Bo nodded slightly. Since he wanted to open a mine, he basically knew all this information, so he naturally understood the current mining situation of Myanmar's jade mining industry.
Yang Bo pointed towards the surrounding area, "Are these all owned by someone?"
"Many of them are abandoned mines that have been mined, and some geological experts simply look down on them. I don't have statistics," Wu La said.
Yang Bo nodded slightly, "Where are the information you compiled before?"
"Here." Wu La handed over a stack of information.
Yang Bo took the information and looked at the records on it carefully. Wu La worked very carefully and listed seven addresses where jade mines might appear, basically giving reasons. This made Yang Bo couldn't help but look at Wu La more.
"What did you do before?" Wu La glanced at Yang Bo, "I studied geology for a while. Later, I dropped out of school due to family issues because I was fairly proficient in the Chinese and Burmese languages. Now I mainly do
Guide." Yang Bo stared at the other person, "Have you never done other jobs?"
"Does serving dishes, washing dishes, and selling newspapers count?" Wu La asked.
Yang Bo smiled and said, "You did a great job. Follow me in the future!"
Wu La looked at Yang Bo with surprise on his face, "Really?" Yang Bo nodded, "Really."
Wu La hesitated again, "My mother is in Yangon and needs a lot of medical expenses every month. If I work here for a long time, I won't be able to take care of her."
"You can take vacations every month, and the company will definitely set up an office in Yangon in the future. You can be transferred there then!" Yang Bo said.
Wu La was a little excited, "From now on, my one hundred and thirty pounds will be handed over to the boss!"
Yang Bo laughed and pointed to the first item on Wu La's list, "Let's go take a look at this abandoned mine first!"
"Okay!" Wu La stopped immediately.
Soon, a group of people descended from the mountain, bringing up smoke and dust like a long dragon!
The sky is as blue as a wash. This kind of scenery is definitely not seen in China. The mountains in the distance are not high, but they are steep, and you can see dense crowds of people bending down to pick them up.
Such a team is like Foolish Old Man moving a mountain. Some large machinery is in operation, and a dozen or so people are needed nearby, specifically responsible for picking up valuable jadeite rough. These workers are all familiar with jadeite, so there are very few jadeite rough stones slipping through the net, so that
Every worker is a master of stone gambling!
Yue Junyao looked at the situation all over the mountains and plains and felt really strange, "There are so many large machines here, why are only some of them used? If machines are used, will it be faster?"
"Because it's cheap!" Wu La heard the question and responded quickly: "The miners' income is only 1 US dollar per day, which is converted into RMB, which is about 240 yuan per month. With such cheap labor, of course the bosses don't want to use mechanical equipment.
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"Because the equipment needs depreciation, oil consumption, and even wear and tear, this is a loss for the boss!"
Yang Bo shook his head. He originally thought that he would not use large equipment because these large equipment may cause damage to the jadeite wool and affect the value of the raw jadeite. Who would have thought that these jadeite tycoons with a net worth of hundreds of millions and billions would be so stingy?
Such a small amount of money!
It’s true that capital has come to the world, from head to toe, and every pore is bleeding with blood and filth!
Chapter completed!