Chapter 308 This is not waste, this is a treasure

Dinner was ready and Han Ye-jin came over to call everyone to eat. Li Chunshan was okay, after all, he and Han Ye-jin had a relationship. Huo Qingdong seemed quite reserved.

During the meal, Han Ye-jin occasionally exchanged a few words with Li Chunshan. Hadi looked at Huo Qingdong who was sitting upright and said to Li Chunshan, "I am very optimistic about this young man. I think he has some brains. I want to ask you for someone."

Li Chunshan was stunned.

"What does Mr. Hardy want him to do?"

Huo Qingdong was even more surprised. He didn't expect that Mr. Hardy would take a fancy to him. Could it be because of his idea of ​​collecting scrap iron?

"I have opened a trading company in Macau, but I don't have the right staff. I think he is good and want him to be in charge of the business of the trading company in Macau." Hardy said.

Huo Qingdong was the new leader promoted by Li Chunshan, mainly because of his ability to do things in a detailed and smart way. Now that Hadi was looking for him, it was difficult for him to refuse. He looked at Huo Qingdong and said, "Qingdong, Mr. Hardy thinks highly of you. This is your luck. From now on, you should leave the triad and work for Mr. Hardy."

Huo Qingdong was stunned.

He didn't expect his life to change so much. He took a deep breath, stood up, and bowed 90 degrees to Li Chunshan.

"I will listen to Master Li. Thank you for your cultivation over the years. I will never forget your kindness."

Li Chunshan waved his hand.

Huo Qingdong originally worshipped Li Chunshan. Now that Li Chunshan has taken the initiative to ask for him to leave, it does not count as a betrayal, so Huo Qingdong will not have a bad reputation.

Huo Qingdong stood up, looked at Hadi and said, "Mr. Hadi, thank you for your esteem. I will do my best in the future."

Hardy smiled and said, "Sit down and have dinner. Tomorrow you will go to see Victor. From now on, you will be the manager of the trading company in Macau. By the way, you will also be in charge of the scrap iron collection business in Haidao this time."

"It's Mr. Hardy."

......

After dinner, Huo Qingdong and Li Chunshan left, and Han Yezhen saw them off to the door.

On the way back,

Li Chunshan patted Huo Qingdong on the shoulder and said, "Qingdong, your luck has come. You will achieve great things if you follow Mr. Hardy in the future. You must take care of the triads when you have business in the future."

"I won't forget Master Li's kindness." Huo Qingdong said.

Li Chunshan nodded and didn't say anything more.

The next day.

Huo Qingdong found Victor. Victor had already received a call from Hardy and knew that Huo Qingdong had become the manager of a Macau trading company. He smiled and shook hands with him.

"We will be colleagues from now on."

Huo Qingdong quickly held his hands and said, "No, Mr. Victor, please take care of me in the future."

"I have dispatched two cargo ships from Global Shipping. You will be in charge of these two ships from now on. As for recruiting personnel to go out to sea to work, that will be up to you." Victor said.

Huo Qingdong thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Victor, does the boss have any instructions on how to sell the goods in the future?"

Victor shook his head. "You are responsible for this. You can sell it wherever you think it is appropriate. These two ships have two sets of procedures, one set of American documents and one set of British documents. They are both legal. There are British and American flags on the ships. You can use whichever you think is appropriate."

“And this.”

Victor took out a letter of certification written entirely in English and said, "This is a document from the U.S. Department of Defense. It's a certificate that proves that we are in the logistics business. Take this with you. If the U.S. Navy stops you, just show them this."

Huo Qingdong quickly took the document.

This thing is a life-saving talisman. If you have it, it means you are doing something official, reasonable and legal.

He now admired Boss Hardy's powerful energy even more.

If you can do business with the U.S. Military Logistics Department, then making money is a matter of minutes.

......

Victoria Pier, Hong Kong.

Two Liberty ships were parked in the harbor.

The Triads set up a tent at the pier, and there were no less than two to three thousand people standing on the open space at the pier, all of them strong young men.

Last night Huo Qingdong asked the newspaper to publish a gg.

Dismantling workers are recruited to board the ship and go out to sea to the island to dismantle materials. The daily wage is 3 yuan, and three meals are provided.

If calculated at $3 a day, that would be $90 a month. This is the amount that Hong Kong police make, and even office clerks don’t make that much.

On weekdays, those dock workers work very hard and only earn about a hundred or eighty yuan a month, and that’s without three meals a day.

In the past one or two years, hundreds of thousands of young people have suddenly poured into Hong Kong, and many of them could not find jobs. Now that there is such a good job, many people come to the dock early in the morning.

Although there were a lot of people, there were triad members responsible for maintaining order. The triads controlled the pier, so no one dared to cause trouble and registration to board the ship was orderly.

There were a lot of people coming today, so we didn't need that many people. Each boat only had 500 people, so we picked the young and strong ones, and they were all staffed in a short time.

Those who were not chosen were very depressed.

Today was the first day, and Li Chunshan also attached great importance to it. He came in person to see if the personnel were ready. Huo Qingdong bowed to Li Chunshan and said, "Master Li, I will set off once the number of people is ready."

"Okay, whether you make money or not is up to you." He patted Huo Qingdong on the shoulder.

The big ship sailed out of Victoria Harbor, and its first stop was Iwo Jima, where Hardy had fought. Iwo Jima is about 1,400 nautical miles away from Hong Kong. The two ships finally arrived after sailing for two days.

Before reaching the island, people saw several warships across the bay, and on the beach were broken landing craft, tanks, small armored vehicles, tractors, and various scattered parts.

Huo Qingdong swallowed.

This is all money.

Iwo Jima had a crude port that was just big enough for ships to dock. The migrant workers began to disembark, carrying tools in their hands, such as hammers, sledgehammers, crowbars, shoulder poles, and ropes, all of which were dismantled household items. After these people disembarked, Huo Qingdong shouted:

"I promise you all a salary, not a penny less, but you have to work hard. If anyone slacks off, there will be no next time. Okay, everyone, start working. All copper and iron items of value, move them onto the ship."

"Okay~!"

Thousands of people set out together and rushed towards the scrap copper and iron.

These people all knew that it was hard to find a good job. They had already rested for two days and had eaten plain rice for two days. It was time to work hard, so they all worked very hard.

Huo Qingdong asked his men to get off the boat and prepare to make a fire and cook. A boat weighs 7,000 tons, and although there are many people on board, it will still take some time.

The meals are simple.

There is plenty of white rice.

There is also a pot of brine soup and steamed salted fish.

A bowl of rice, a spoonful of meat soup and a piece of salted fish is already a good meal for these working men.

The migrant workers began to work like ants moving houses, dismantling the already rusty weapons and piling them together. Then someone came over and was responsible for carrying them onto the boat.

"Japanese tanks, they made us suffer so much in the past on the battlefield. Today, I am standing on the top of the tank and demolishing it. It feels so good."

As he said this, he picked up the hammer and smashed it down with all his might.

"Haha, an airplane, a Japanese airplane. Wouldn't it be more valuable to dismantle this? I'm going to dismantle an airplane today, too."

"Wow, there are a bunch of guns here, Type 38 rifles. If there was such a gun on the battlefield back then, everyone would envy it."

"What is this~~~?"

Someone stepped on the ground and a pale skull rolled out from the soil.

The man was so scared that he took a step back.

A middle-aged man in his forties next to him looked at the bones and said calmly, "What's there to be afraid of with just a skull?"

"Do you think these are American bones or Japanese bones?" the young man asked.

"They must be Japanese. The Americans won the war, and after it ended, the bodies of the American soldiers were collected, but no one cared about the Japanese corpses. You just wait and see, we don't know how many corpses we will see on the island in the future, all of them Japanese." said the middle-aged man.

Young people look at the skull.

He picked up the hammer and smashed it down hard.

"Fuck you~~!"

Bang~!

The skull was fractured.

On the island,

They found a lot of good stuff.

Rifles, machine guns, anti-aircraft guns.

Cannons of various calibres, mortars.

There were also a lot of shells. These shells were all made of copper, which was much more valuable than scrap iron and easier to carry. They could be strung together on 10 shoulder poles and quickly delivered to the ship.

In fact, more than half of the supplies on the island were left behind by the Americans. They were the equipment used when they attacked the island. The Americans were rich and generous, so they would discard any equipment that was slightly damaged. Some of the equipment was not damaged at all, but they were discarded because it was troublesome to transport it.

But now, these things are all money in Huo Qingdong's eyes.

The migrant workers carried things onto the boat like ants moving house. Don't underestimate the power of ants, they work silently and their speed is amazing.

These people worked very hard and no one dared to cheat for fear of losing this good opportunity to make money. It only took three days for one of the freighters to be filled. After the ship was filled, it set sail immediately.

The migrant workers did not board the ship, but continued to dismantle it and load it onto the second ship.

The meals include rice and salted fish. Occasionally, these guys can find some canned food left by the American soldiers on the island, which becomes their delicious meal.

There are tents for sleeping, which are the US military tents sold by Hardy and his team.

When it’s cold, there are quilts. The US military uses quilts.

These conditions are already very good for these migrant workers.

......

Huo Qingdong went out to sea on a ship. This time, all the people on the ship were their own people. Their ship did not return to Hong Kong, but went directly north, with Tianjin as its destination.

By this time Tianjin had been liberated.

Before Huo Qingdong set out, he contacted the North and asked them if they wanted any scrap steel, explaining that it was leftover from the war on the island. The North expressed its willingness to take it.

There is a lack of everything in the north now.

These scrap irons removed from tanks and battleships are also good things in the eyes of the North.

In fact, the distance from Iwo Jima to Tianjin is not far from Hong Kong at all. When the cargo ship entered the port late at night, someone greeted it in advance and many people came to unload the cargo.

When unloading the cargo, we thought it was just scrap copper and iron, but to our surprise, we found that there were many good things in the scrap iron.

Damn,

There were thousands of rifles alone, as well as mortar tubes, field guns, and howitzers. Although they were not complete, some of the parts were still usable.

Copper artillery shells are even better stuff, and the country is in dire shortage of copper.

This is not trash, it is a treasure.

After the final calculation, this ship full of more than 7,000 tons of scrap copper and iron cost 220,000 US dollars.

Pay the bill?

No money.

Then several boxes of jewelry, hundreds of baskets of dried sea cucumbers, abalone, shark fins, and scallops, and hundreds of loads of various Chinese herbal medicines were loaded onto the ship.

And then there is tea.

Huo Qingdong opened a basket of dried sea cucumbers, and the person in charge introduced them: "This is authentic Liaoning sea cucumber, which tastes good, is rich in nutrients, and replenishes essence and marrow."

"And these teas are all famous Chinese teas, and we have specially selected the best ones."

The freighter stayed here for only one day before setting sail for return, this time directly returning to Hong Kong, unloading the cargo at Hardy Company's container terminal, and the goods were directly put into storage.

As for the boxes of jewelry, they were transferred to Victor.

"Boss, a batch of goods has been delivered from the north. Would you like to come and take a look?" Victor called Hardy.

"What's there?"

"There are hundreds of bags of Chinese medicine. I have asked the pharmaceutical factory to pick up the goods. There are also hundreds of baskets of dried sea cucumbers, abalone, shark fins, and scallops. These can be sold in Hong Kong. There is also a large amount of tea leaves."

"It's mainly bank acceptances and gemstones."

Upon hearing that Hardy was interested in gems, he quickly came to the auction company. At that time, several appraisers were appraising the gems. After the appraisal, they would give a price, and the money would be deducted from the outstanding balance.

As for the price, it all depends on Victor's conscience.

A batch of rubies, the largest one is more than 30 carats, and it has been polished. It is dove blood red in color and is the top grade ruby. This one alone is worth 30,000 US dollars.

A batch of sapphires, the largest sapphire is more than 50 carats, and this sapphire is estimated to be worth 80,000 US dollars.

There are also many other smaller gems. Hardy said he wanted the best quality ones, so the smallest of these is one carat.

There aren't many diamonds.

The most popular ones are mutton-fat jade and jadeite, which is inseparable from the domestic jewelry market environment. Chinese people prefer jade.

There were dozens of pieces of top-grade mutton-fat jade, the largest of which was as big as a suitcase. There were also many fine jadeite items, including a glass-type imperial green bead necklace and a bracelet of the same quality, which Hardy liked the most.

It is said that Soong Mei-ling was particularly fond of jadeite. She had a pair of imperial green jadeite twisted bracelets worth 40,000 silver dollars.

Hadi thought the two pieces of jade jewelry were good and planned to give them to Han Ye-jin, "and have them polished and sent back to me."

"Okay boss."

“As for those rubies and sapphires, don’t sell them after you determine the price. I will bring them back to the United States and have them processed into jewelry,” said Hardy.

He has many women.

Prepare more gifts in advance.

And it can't be too simple.

For example, when Elizabeth Taylor turned 18, she had to be given a gift that was substantial enough.

Even though there is still a year left, time actually flies by.