Ye Feng smiled and said, "The mining machine has been delivered to the valley, and everyone is ready to start working. I promise everyone that after the mining is finished, I will give everyone a salary of 10 million yuan. How about it?"
This price was decided after discussion between Ye Feng and Lu Dayou. Except for Lu Dayou, the other three people all looked surprised.
The least valuable people in Jade City are miners. They seem to make a lot of money, but in fact they are risking their lives. They work from morning till night, and it is good enough to earn 500 yuan a day.
Old Sun even confirmed it and said, "Brother Ye, do you mean one thousand yuan per person, or ten million?"
"Of course it's 10 million per person, so everyone should work hard."
"Brother Ye, don't worry, I promise to make your mineral mining rate reach 98%."
Jade mining requires a combination of machinery and manpower. Lao Sun operates the mining machine to dig out a large area of rock, while Lu Dayou, Lao Zhou and Lao Chen hold lithotripsy knives and carefully dissect out the raw stones like surgeons performing surgery.
The mining machine is powered by diesel and is made of German craftsmanship. It is very fine and sturdy, with huge and delicate digging arms that look like the claws of a monster, baring its fangs and claws, so majestic.
With a gentle dig on the stone wall, the hard rock was dug into a hole by the robotic arm, just like tofu.
The four people had clear division of labor and cooperated very well, so the mining speed was very fast.
Lao Zhou showed Ye Feng a video of a wooden box, a wooden box half a person's height, with soft velvet inlaid on the four sides and bottom, and thick sponge stuffed inside. It was very suitable for storing raw stones.
"These wooden boxes are made of pine wood, which is very strong. The inside is filled with sponge and foam, which is perfect for storing raw stones."
Ye Feng was also very satisfied: "How many boxes do we estimate we will need?"
Lao Zhou made a brief analysis: "With so many raw stones, we need at least 500 wooden boxes. These wooden boxes are made locally. I know Mr. Yang from the factory. They have a sufficient supply, but they can't send the boxes to Death Valley. We have to find people to move the boxes ourselves."
It would be very troublesome to deliver more than 500 half-person-high wooden boxes to the mountain. Lao Zhou was a little anxious and calculated how many people were needed to transport them to the mountain.
Ye Feng waved his hand and said half-jokingly: "Old Zhou, you don't need to ask anyone for help. I can do it just like transporting the mining machine. Just recite a spell and they will be transported to Death Valley."
Lao Zhou thought he had seen through the secret of Ye Feng's magic, and smiled faintly: "Although I don't understand your magic, I can guess the general idea. You must have used some method to transport the mining machine here a long time ago, and then covered it with props so that we couldn't see it, and then opened the props to make it suddenly appear in front of us. But for this wooden box, we have to ask the manufacturer to make it. You can't just chant a spell and it will appear out of thin air in Death Valley."
Ye Feng was too lazy to explain and smiled, "Old Zhou, you don't have to worry about how the wooden boxes were transported to Death Valley. Just take me to buy the wooden boxes. I will let you witness once again how the miracle happened."
"Okay, I'll wait for you to witness a miracle for me. If you can transport the wooden box we just bought to Death Valley like you just transported the mining machine, I will compensate you one hundred thousand dollars."
"It's a deal."
"Once words are spoken, they can never be taken back."
Lao Zhou drove Ye Feng to a woodworking factory on the outskirts of Yudu. It was right next to the highway. There was a big sign with four golden characters on the door: Gaoshan Wood Industry.
Lao Zhou introduced Ye Feng: "Boss Yang of Gaoshan Wood Industry is my friend. They produce this kind of wooden box, which is very popular in Yudu. It is very suitable for storing raw jade."
An old man who opened the door recognized Zhou's car and let him drive straight in.
When he entered the door, Lao Zhou stretched his head and asked, "Where is your boss? Is he in the factory?"
The old man at the gate smiled at Lao Zhou and pointed to the spacious blue iron factory building in the front: "Boss Yang is working in the workshop."
Old Zhou parked the car in front of the factory and led Ye Feng into the four-story factory building.
Outside the factory's iron building, the environment is clean, the paths and gardens are neatly maintained, and the exterior walls of the factory building are painted sky blue, which looks very pleasing to the eye.
But when he got inside the factory and pushed open the thick door, Ye Feng frowned. An unpleasant smell of paint mixed with a bit of rotten eggs and glue hit him in the face.
The factory was full of sawdust and piles of wood were piled up everywhere.
Some workers in blue uniforms and ear protection were cutting wood with great effort. The sound of electric saws cutting wood was so loud that it gave people a headache.
People who work here have to endure the torture of smell and noise.
Although there was no air conditioning or heating equipment in the factory, the heat emitted by the machines and the workers were so busy that no one felt cold at all.
There was a thin man who was directing the workers in their work and explaining in great detail.
Boss Yang was a carpenter by trade. Although he was the boss, he still did even the most basic work of cutting wood himself. There were tiny sawdusts on his hair. When he saw Lao Zhou coming, he walked over with a smile.
"Brother Zhou, why are you here?"
Showing the photo of the wooden box on his phone to Boss Yang, Lao Zhou got straight to the point and said, "This is Director Ye from Tianyuan Group. I came with him to buy this kind of wooden box produced by your factory. Do you have any in stock?"
Boss Yang glanced at Ye Feng in surprise. He was so young and yet he was the vice president of Tianyuan Group. He was young and promising.
Tianyuan Group purchased several old mines from Yuwuye, and its reputation spread quickly in the Jade Capital. When Tianyuan Group came to discuss business, it was probably another large order.
Boss Yang smiled and said politely, "Boss Ye, Brother Zhou, we have the wooden boxes you want in stock. How much do you want to buy from me?"
Following Lao Zhou's advice, Ye Feng decisively said, "Order 500 first, and buy more if they're not enough."
Boss Yang was secretly delighted. Since the beginning of winter, the output of raw stone mines has decreased and the demand for this kind of wooden boxes has decreased a lot. Being able to purchase 500 at a time, he was considered a medium-sized customer.
Boss Yang asked with a smile, "You need so many, but I only have 400 boxes right now. But don't worry, I can have the workers process them overnight, and I guarantee that all will be delivered tomorrow night."
Lao Zhou and Ye Feng looked at each other. Boss Yang looked like a straightforward person.
Lao Zhou said, "It's OK to deliver the boxes tomorrow night. It will definitely keep up with our mining progress. With my guarantee, we can get the goods first and settle the bill later. What do you think, Mr. Ye?"
"I have no opinion."
"Then I will contact the transportation company and ask them to help transport these 500 boxes to Death Valley."