"This is the place where Hetian jade is produced?" The princess who had just got off the plane asked Yang Jing in a daze. No wonder she had this expression, because Hotan Airport was actually built on the edge of the desert, to be precise, it was built on the edge of the Gobi Desert between Hotan Oasis and Kunlun Mountains.

When the plane landed and hovered just now, you could clearly see the snow-capped Kunlun Mountains in the south from the air, and the Hotan Oasis. Of course, you could also see the yellow Gobi Desert between the two.

Green, yellow and white look particularly clearly in the sky. When you get off the plane, the feeling will be even stronger.

Hotan at the end of February was not too cold. Compared with the northern border, it was called Jiangnan. The Pamir Plateau in the west and the Tianshan Mountains in the north were like two thick arms, firmly guarding the southern border basin and keeping the cold air blown from Siberia out of the door. Therefore, even if the latitude of Hotan is similar to that of Tianqu, the weather in Hotan feels a little warmer than Tianqu.

The only thing that is unhappy is that the wind here is too dry, and it is no different if it blows on the face and shaves with a knife.

Princess tightened her headscarf and followed Yang Jing to get on the car parked outside the airport. Since Yang Jing transformed into Cole Smith in the late 1980s, the factory has been operating. Thanks to the relationship between the Dragon Fund overseas, this jade carving factory nominally belongs to Pacific Mining Company, the benefits have always been good, at least much better than other state-owned jade carving factories in Hotan.

Now, this jade carving factory is also considered a famous jade carving factory in Hotan. And the boss Yang Jing, who came here in person, came to greet him in person.

Sitting on the comfortable Desert Prince Off-road Vehicle, Princess was amazed while watching the scenery outside.

Compared with Hotan more than 30 years ago, Hotan now is undoubtedly much more beautiful. There are many high-rise buildings in the central area of ​​the city and the roads are much more spacious, especially the greening is getting better and better. Although there are still many bungalows in most areas of the city, Hotan at this time is much better than it was more than 30 years ago.

In the evening, the group had a sumptuous lunch with Hotan-style flavor in the canteen of the jade carving factory. In the evening, the group checked in at the Yinxing Hotel. Early the next morning, under the leadership of Director Wang of the Jade Carving Factory, the group took five off-road vehicles to the Aqik mining area.

When crossing the Yulong Kashgar River, Gege asked curiously: "Is this river the Yulong River that produces Hetian jade seed jade?"

"That's right, it's this river. But the seed jade in this river has probably been dug almost all. Now it's hard for people to find seed jade in the river channel of this river."

"Then how did you get the so many seed jades in your hands?"

"Hehe, this is a long way to say it. My cheap master told me about his coming here back then. He told me that when he came to Hotan in the late 1980s, the price of Hetian jade was very low, and apart from the locals, outsiders didn't know how to find seed jade in the Yulong Kashgar River. At that time, my master invested a lot of money in Hotan, and then helped the local government clean up the Yulong Kashgar River for free and built a large embankment, and then..." Yang Jing shrugged and made an expression you know. There was no one else in this car, except for the couple, Liu Zhentao and Morris who drove, so Yang Jing was not more taboo.

Liu Zhentao and the princess shook their heads.

In the late 1980s, people cleaned the river. If they could not get a lot of seed jade, it would be unreasonable.

Liu Zhentao asked, "Xiaojing, do you know how much money your master invested back then?"

"Well, let me think about it. It seems that after my master arrived in Ukraine, he donated 20 million US dollars to the local government. After he arrived at Aral on the way, he donated 10 million US dollars to Aral's agricultural reclamation troops. When he finally arrived in Hotan, not counting the money for purchasing Hetian jade from some jade carving factories, he invested 50 million US dollars in funds just to the Hotan government. If we include the funds for purchasing Hetian jade in Hotan, his trip to Xinjiang Province would probably have thrown in almost 100 million US dollars in funds."

This number made Liu Zhentao stick out his tongue. 100 million US dollars, even now, was a huge sum of money, not to mention that when China's foreign exchange was extremely tense thirty years ago, 100 million US dollars was even more incredible.

If I think about it this way, it is not surprising that Master Yang Jing can obtain so much Hetian jade.

You should know that at that time, the price of Hetian jade was still very low. Isn’t there a legend circulating in the jade-playing circle? It was said that a woman followed her family to visit Hotan, but she met a child selling "cobblestones" in Hotan. At that time, the child gave the woman a bag of "cobblestones", saying that it was a stone found in the Jade Dragon Kashgar River, and it was enough to give it fifty yuan.

Although fifty yuan was a considerable sum of money at that time, the woman saw that the child was pitiful, and the "pebbles" were indeed quite beautiful, so she gritted her teeth and bought the bag of "pebbles" for fifty yuan. The bag of "pebbles" weighed almost five or six kilograms. After the woman returned home, she felt that there was no place for these stones to be placed, so she threw the stones into the fish tank.

As a result, more than 20 years passed without realizing it. When the Hetian jade fire was in full swing, a friend of the woman's husband went to the woman's house to visit and accidentally found the "cobblestones" laid on the bottom of the fish tank in the fish tank. At that time, his eyes almost glared out.

It turns out that those "little stones" are actually real Hotan mutton fat seed jade. Even if the collection level does not reach the top 3a collection level, it will definitely reach the 2a collection level. That is a top jade of nearly 20,000 yuan per gram!

Then the woman cleaned out all the "little stones" bought for fifty dollars more than 20 years ago, and found an expert to show it. The expert said that the total value of these mutton fat seed jade is nearly 100 million...

Good intentions will be rewarded, and it is true.

The woman spent fifty dollars to buy Hetian jade worth 100 million in more than 20 years without knowing it. If Yang Jing's master had spent 100 million US dollars at that time, he would have bought all the seed jade in Hetian.

So, from this perspective, Yang Jing’s master is not a big deal...

However, it would be amazing that Yang Jing's master could obtain the right to mine a jade mine for 70 years. Now that the mine has a mining period of 40 years, how much mountain materials can be produced!

Even if it is mountain material, it is still a very good mountain material for Hetian jade. The probability of decorating good jade is extremely high!

The car went east along National Highway 315. The forest land and farmland on both sides of the road were invisible at a glance, and of course, the houses that farmers lived in were indispensable. The Yulong Kashgar River not only brought humans the beautiful Hetian jade seed jade, but also brought an oasis to the residents along both sides of the river.

Not long after passing Luopu County, the car entered the Gobi Desert. Then the convoy moved forward for a distance and turned southward to a cement road, which was the road leading to the Aqik mining area.

After the road extends south for more than ten kilometers, it reaches the bank of the Aqik River. It is only at this time that the Aqik River is dry.

The road conditions on the highway are not very good, and the bumpy ones are a bit severe. There is no way. This road has been built for more than 30 years. Even though it is often maintained by the local road administration department, the road conditions are getting worse and worse without funds for renovation.

"This road is time to be repaired, and if it is not repaired, you will not be able to take the car." Princess complained.

"Well, after I came out of the mining area, I would allocate a sum of money to renovate the road. I guess my master forgot this road before, so this road has become like this now. But it doesn't matter. Now that I'm here, this road must be repaired again!"

Because the road conditions were not good, the distance of more than 40 kilometers was running for nearly an hour. However, in the end, the convoy arrived at the Aqik mining area safely.

"Did you see that there are four hills there connecting them, forming this mining area about three kilometers long and one kilometer wide, our Hetian Jade Mine." After getting off the car, Yang Jing pointed to the area connecting the hillsides on both sides and said.

At this time, Wang Jian, the director of the Jade Carving Factory, also came up and pointed to the area with a smile and explained: "Mr. Yang, Mrs. Yang, the area of ​​this mining area is 4.1 square kilometers in total, but most of it is hillsides. Only this area of ​​more than 40 meters wide and 200 meters long in the valley is relatively flat. Our factory, office area and miners' dormitories are all placed here."

Wang Jian is Wu Dawei's nephew. When Yang Jing transformed into Cole Smith in the Krainian region, it was Wu Dawei's way. Wu Dawei was the director of the sales department of a large motor factory in Yanjing. In the mid-1980s, he followed the trend and went to the sea to hunt for gold. However, the process of going to the sea to hunt for gold was not very smooth, and he ended up being a little dirty. Fortunately, he met Peter Wu at this time, and Peter Wu admired Wu Dawei's social skills, so he recruited Wu Dawei under his command.

Later, Yang Jing had such a big deal in Hotan, so Wu Dawei simply moved to Hotan with his family. At the same time, he also served as the director of the Jade Carving Factory and the mine manager of the Aqik Mining Area.

After seeing Cole Smith's wealth and wealth, Wu Dawei knew that he had a super thick thigh. In addition, the environment in Hotan was actually good, and there was no problem with food and accommodation, so Wu Dawei simply volunteered to host the work here, which was appreciated by Peter Wu.

For this reason, after asking Yang Jing's consent, Pete Wu also gave Wu Dawei 10% of the jade carving factory shares.

Wang Jian also came to Hotan to join his uncle Wu Dawei after graduating from technical school in the late 1990s. Later, he did a good job in the jade carving factory and mine, and gradually became known by Wu Dawei. Six years ago, the 69-year-old Wu died of lung cancer. Before his death, when Peter Wu came to visit him, he begged Peter Wu to agree to let his nephew Wang Jian take over his class.

After inspecting Wang Jian, Pitt Wu agreed to Wu Dawei's request. Wang Jian was in charge of work here from now on, and Pitt Wu gave Wang Jian another 10% of the shares. Of course, this 10% of the shares are naturally just the shares of the Jade Carving Factory and the Aqike Jade Mine Pitt Wu Ke does not have that power distribution.
Chapter completed!