Power and Wealth - Chapter 119

Chapter 119






15 big pearls from 11 pearl mussels . This trip to Zhejiang was worth it .

At the lake, Dong Xuebing, who had no more BACK, was no longer looking at the boss and workers opening the mussels . He was arranging his pearl mussels in the small net . The net was too small, and he asked for a bigger one from the worker . He packed his mussels carefully in the net and then look at the boss and workers . He was in no hurry to leave the place . He was waiting patiently for them to finish opening all the mussels . His target was to collect enough pearls to make a pearl necklace and put it up for auction . This way, he could maximize his profits . If not, just the 15 pearls, he will not earn much and will not be able to hit his target of 1 million RMB .

After a while, the boss was tired and took a break .

Dong Xuebing noticed the small bag keeping the high-grade golden pearls was almost full .

“Young man . ” The boss took a sip of water from a bottle . “Shouldn’t you pay up now?” The boss was not in a good mood as his golden pearl harvest was not up to his expectations . By right, there should be more 1 . 4 cm golden pearls . Could all those bigger golden pearls be hiding in those mussels this young man bought? But this should not be possible . Even all the locals in this trade could not tell the difference from the exterior of the mussels . How can an outsider like this young man know?

Dong Xuebing was also about to tell the boss that he wants to make payments . “I had counted the mussels . 11 mussels . 66,000 RMB . Oh, I still want some pearls from that bag . ” Dong Xuebing pointed at that small bag . “How much are you selling for 1 . 5 cm golden pearls?”

The boss put down his bottle . “Other than the size, we still need to look at the quality and roundness . ”

Dong Xuebing walked over and pick up a 1 . 5 cm pearl . “What about this?”





“This will fetch 40,000 RMB in the market . But we do not have middleman and rental fees here . I will sell it to you, at…… 35,000 RMB . ”

“Ok . I will pick a few more . ”

Dong Xuebing only had 440,000 RMB in total, and he had brought all his money with him . Other than the 66,000 RMB mussels, he still has 370,000 RMB available . He picked the pearls and bargained with the boss . In the end, he picked 10 1 . 5cm pearls, and 5 1 . 4 cm pearls . With the pearls in his mussels, he had a total of 30 pearls . It was just enough to form a pearl necklace .

The boss calculated the total . “The total is 441,000 RMB . ”

Dong Xuebing said: “Round it off . ”

“No . 441,000 RMB!”

You don’t even want to give me a discount of 1,000 RMB? Dong Xuebing glanced at him and then took out his money box from his bag . He also took out 1,000 from his wallet . “There is 440,000 RMB in this box, and this is 1,000 . ” Dong Xuebing had used up all his money and had only 2,000 RMB left in his wallet . He had also used up his last month’s salary and did not have much money in his account . This necklace was all his assets .


The boss brought Dong Xuebing back to his office to use the counting machine .





After the transaction was completed, Dong Xuebing took a taxi to a hotel with an empty money box and mussels .

Dong Xuebing did not look for a high-class hotel because he did not have much money left . He needs to spend his money wisely . Also, the net was still dripping muddy water, and the pearl mussels were full of mud . Those high-class hotels will not allow him to enter . So, Dong Xuebing picked a small 3 stories hotel . Even the paint on the hotel signage was peeling off . Despite this torn down hotel, the staffs inside were still rolling their eyes when Dong Xuebing step in .

Dong Xuebing got a room with bathroom, and immediately pour his mussels into the basin .

He did not waste time to buy a knife and used his hands to open the mussels . After trying for a while, Crack! He finally opened the first mussels . There was a 1 . 6 cm pearl, a 1 . 1 cm pearl, 2 x 1 cm pearls, and 5 x 0 . 7 pearls . Dong Xuebing kept the 1 . 6 cm pearl and place the rest inferior pearls aside .

He then starts to open the next mussel…… .

The third mussel……

The fifth mussel……

After a while, Dong Xuebing got all the 15 golden pearls out from the mussels . He happily walked out of the bathroom and placed all his high-grade pearls together to form a circle . If these were regular pearls, even 60 of them will not be enough to create a necklace . These pearls were all above 1 . 4 cm, and 30 of them were enough .

Dong Xuebing sat there looking at his pearls, but he felt something was off . He could not bring himself to use the word “beautiful” to describe his pearls .





These pearls…… were not very pretty . There seems to be a thin layer of skin covering them .

Oh! That’s it! Dong Xuebing slapped his forehead as he remembered something . These pearls were still not considered finished products . These pearls still need to undergo a polishing process to bring out the natural shine and color . That’s right . After polishing, the pearls have to be string together to form a necklace, and it will be ready to be put on auction .

Dong Xuebing kept his pearls in his money box and went out of the hotel .

Zhuji was the hometown of freshwater pearls . There were a lot of pearl processing factories there . Dong Xuebing immediately found one after walking out of his hotel .

In a small 2 stories building, Dong Xuebing was brought by the receptionist to meet with the person-in-charge . He did not waste any time and opened up his money box . “I want to polish all these and make them into a necklace . How much do you charge and how long will it take?”

That person-in-charge was shocked . “Ahhh…… these are all top-grade pearls . You should have spent at least 1 million RMB for these?”

Dong Xuebing replied: “Around that amount . ”

“Hahaha . I am in this business for so long, and this is the first time I saw so many 1 . 5 cm pearls . Hmmm…… the polishing will be slightly expensive . ” The person-in-charge thought for a while and said . “You still want to make it into a necklace…… . The total will be 5,000, and it will take about 3 to 4 days . ”

Dong Xuebing did not have so much money or time . He thought for a while and took out a bag of pearls . “I still have 100 pearls . These pearls are not as good as those 30 pearls and should be worth about 15,000 RMB . I will pay the processing fees with these pearls . But I have a condition . I know to polish and stringing the pearls will not take 3 days . I need you to hurry up, and I want to see the necklace tonight . ”

After some bargainings, Dong Xuebing paid the person-in-charge and even topped up 1,000 RMB in cash .

Dong Xuebing waited and waited……

Evening .

A shiny golden necklace was placed in front of Dong Xueing .

Beautiful!

It was too beautiful!

Before coming to Zhuji, Dong Xuebing saw the pearl necklace sold for over 900,000 RMB in an auction . But that necklace was made from white pearls . It was one grade lower than his pearls . Also, his pearls were bigger than that necklace!

1 million!

This time, Dong Xuebing will surely make 1 million RMB!