That night, Chen Xia went to Heha Village to purchase tens of thousands of kilograms of tropical fruits.
Old man Yan Wenhan also brought Chen Xia a few hundred jackfruits. This was a pleasant surprise. It seemed that Gu Lin would not have to worry about having no fruits to eat in the next few years.
The next day, when Dao Daguang put forward Chen Xia's requirements and conditions, jade carvers came to his door one after another.
Go to Jiangnan to work, with food and accommodation provided, and 100 yuan a month. Oh my God, what kind of amazing job is this?
These Dai people have suffered all their lives. Although they have this technology, the problem is that the technology is not valuable now, and they don’t know how to farm. They are just like sour scholars.
As the chief of Yunha Village, Dao Daguang must of course first consider his own people. This time, Chen Xia is recruiting 20 master chefs and 20 laborers.
The master craftsman focused on arranging the carving, while the laborer was more of an assistant, and also helped with the stone cutting. After all, Chen Xia had so many raw stones that he had to slowly carve them out.
A monthly salary of 100 yuan for a skilled worker was absolutely a sky-high price in the early 1980s, and 30 yuan for a laborer was also a very high salary for these Dai people.
On the last day, Dao Daguang helped to deal with all the jade carvers.
Among them, Yu Dapao, the one Chen Xia was most familiar with, and one of his brothers were included in the list of handymen, and their father was included in the list of master chefs. Only one man was left at home to look after the house, and the other three were ready to follow Chen Xia to Yuezhou.
Yu Dapao's family regards Chen Xia as their benefactor, especially Yu Dapao himself, who is a complete fanboy. This kind of person with strong limbs and simple brains is stubborn and once he makes up his mind, nothing can change his mind.
"Doctor Chen, don't worry, I will work hard for you." Yu Dapao expressed his loyalty to Chen Xia with an excited look on his face.
"You have to work hard. If you do well, I'll marry you the most beautiful wife. Others will be envious to death. Haha."
Yu Dapao's father and second brother both laughed, and it was obvious that they were full of confidence in their future life.
Yu Dapao's father is a well-known jade carving master. He was very happy to be included in the long list this time. "Don't worry, Doctor Chen, we will arrange the family affairs right away and set off together when the time comes."
At this time, Chen Xia was already sitting in the jeep with Dao Daguang and Yan Jinqie, preparing to set off for Tengchong.
Amidst the envious gazes of the crowd, the car drove out of the village quickly. After a 6-hour drive, we finally arrived in Tengchong.
Chen Xia is actually quite famous in Tengchong, because when he was treating patients and performing surgery in Ruili last year, a large number of his patients were from Tengchong. After all, this place is also a jade distribution center, and they can afford the "medical expenses".
Moreover, the medicines obtained from Chen Xia in exchange for jade helped many people in Tengchong to overcome the pain of illness during this year.
So although Chen Xia has never been to Tengchong, his legends are everywhere in Tengchong.
When the people of Tengchong learned that the miracle doctor from Ruili last year was coming to Tengchong this year, everyone in Tengchong who had jade in their hands was eager to try it.
If I could continue to exchange jade for medicines, these medicines would be valuable in Tengchong, whether they were anti-inflammatory drugs, cold medicines, antidiarrheal drugs, cough suppressants, etc., I would take whatever I could get.
Chen Xia had already made plans this time, for example, he brought a lot of 666 Weitai.
Well, someone said, doesn’t he have a contract with a pharmaceutical company? He can’t sell it domestically, so all products have to be sold to the pharmaceutical company as an exclusive agent?
But he was not planning to sell it for money, he was just exchanging it. Besides, the leaders of Yuezhou Pharmaceutical Company probably didn't even know where Tengchong was.
With the help of the director of the local county hospital in Tengchong, Chen Xia rented several houses on the street of the hospital to use as "business premises."
He had a letter of introduction from the Hukou Textile Factory and another from the Qingfeng Branch of Yuezhou Pharmaceutical Company.
This also cleared the policy restrictions for his "business". Private individuals were not allowed to open shops and do business, but it was reasonable and legal for him to do business on behalf of a factory with a letter of introduction.
The transaction went smoothly. Yuezhou cloth and various magical medicines were exchanged for a few pieces of jade. What's so difficult about that?
So Chen Xia rented a large truck from Tengchong Transportation Company and transported jade out in batches every day, sometimes even several times a day.
No one knew where he sent the jadeite, but every time he went out for an hour, he would come back with an empty car.
Later, Chen Xia not only bought the raw materials, but also bought the uncut stones. Of course, the price was kept low. After all, who knows whether there is any good material inside these stones?
The people of Tengchong were quite happy and did not think they had lost money at all. Instead, they felt that exchanging a large number of unsold "stones" at home for cloth and medicine was a very profitable business.
Until one day, a local jade merchant came and helped Chen Xia purchase a huge piece of jade rough stone. Later, this rough stone even became the treasure of the "South of the Colorful Clouds" Xiangjiang flagship store.
The man is called Lei Yunjia, who is in his 50s. His family has been in the jade business for generations. However, due to changes in the domestic environment, this business could no longer be done in his generation, so there are still many jade raw stones left in his family passed down from his ancestors.
One of the raw stones was particularly huge and he couldn't move it, so he wanted to invite Chen Xia to his home to take a look. If he was willing to buy it, Lei Yunjia would also be willing to sell it. After all, it had been there for 30 years and no one wanted it, so he had lost confidence.
When Chen Xia heard that there was a huge rock, he became particularly interested and decided to go and take a look. He took Dao Daguang and Yan Jinqie and drove there in a small jeep.
When they arrived at the Lei family's yard, Lei Yunjia pulled away the plastic covering, and what appeared before everyone was a huge stone.
The stone is 2.68 meters high, 1.58 meters wide, 1.28 meters thick, and weighs about 10 tons. Chen Xia, standing next to the stone, is much taller than him.
As soon as Dao Daguang and Yan Jinqie saw the stone, they circled around it several times and took out the high-intensity flashlight given by Chen Xia and shone it on the stone.
The water quality of this raw stone is very good. The outer texture is bean-colored, and the overall color is large areas of emerald green. When you shine a flashlight on it, the green inside is very obvious and charming.
Lei Yunjia has been introducing the stone: "Doctor Chen, this stone was obtained by my father from Hpakant after much difficulty. It's not that we didn't meet in good times. Doctor Chen is also a destined person this time. Do you think you can accept it?"
It was a rare opportunity for the old man to meet someone who wanted to buy jadeite raw stones. He didn't want to miss this opportunity and tried his best to sell it.
"Okay, okay, Uncle Lei, do you have any other raw stones at home? If so, I think you can sell them all to me. You can choose Yuezhou cloth, medicine, or cash. I promise you won't suffer any loss."
Lei Yunjia smiled so much that his eyes narrowed into slits. He felt that Doctor Chen was indeed a good person. He did not try to lower the price, but instead made sure that he would not suffer any loss. Naturally, he felt very fond of Chen Xia.
"I'm not satisfied with Doctor Chen. We have a lot of rough stones and clear materials at home. Let's go and take a look. I won't show them to others. I absolutely trust Doctor Chen."
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