Unsettled, Songchai drove through Bo Town towards his own mining area.
Diamonds in Sierra Leone are somewhat different from those in South Africa, where most of the diamond mines are deep and most of Sierra Leone are shallow.
In other words, diamond mines in South Africa often have to dig deep underground to find ore, such as the famous Kimberley Big Hole mine, which is already up to 215 meters deep, while Sierra Leone can be mined at will by the river or even the sea, which is more suitable for some less powerful private mine owners.
Prospecting instruments can't detect it, relying on experience and luck.
Sometimes someone picks up ore somewhere, and then the owner of the mine who hears the news will lease the land to the local government or tribe, and let the machinery come in and start digging wildly.
And Songchai's mine is this kind of small mine, and it is the least of all mines.
The mining area of Somchai is located about 30 kilometers south of Bo town, which is inaccessible and is five kilometers away from the village of Momule, which is difficult to find.
By the time we got back to the mine, it was already dusk.
“boss！”
A somewhat hunchbacked black man, dressed in an old green military uniform and carrying an AK47 with rusty sleeves, ran towards the pickup, a little out of breath because of the rush he ran.
"Bruce, what's the panic?"
Song Chai acted like a boss under his subordinates, turned his head sideways and said to Qin Fei and Kunchai: "This is one of my bodyguards, Bruce, he is now my security captain here, responsible for the security work in the mine. ” "Mr.
William is waiting for you in the room."
Bruce glanced at Qin Fei and Kunchai, and did not say hello, but said directly to Song Chai.
"William?"
The majesty on Somchai faded in an instant, and he stretched out his head to look, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned Land Rover off-road plan parked on the edge of the nearby grass.
He recognized the car, it was William's.
Frowning, Song Chai waved his hand impatiently at Bruce and said, "Okay, you go back to the mine first, watch them, and don't let those slackers steal my diamonds." ” "Mr.
Somchai ......," Bruce was a little puzzled, "after you left today, you didn't start work." ” "Didn't start!"
Somchai almost jumped up from the driver's seat, quickly opened the door and got out of the car and yelled at Bruce, "Why don't you start work!"
Do you know how much I have to lose by a day of delay?
” Bruce said with a dead pig look that was not afraid of boiling water: "You already owe a month's wages, and the workers said that if you don't pay today, they won't start work, and they will have to dismantle the equipment to pay off the debt......"
"Holy!"
Song Chai said, "How did you become a security captain?"
It's not a trivial matter, and as I said, I'm just temporarily out of pocket, and I'll pay them off soon......"
Bruce shrugged: "I haven't been paid for a month, you still owe me $600, I can't get paid, and I don't work anymore." ” Song Guess was stunned, and he immediately realized that not only were the workers gone, but even his bodyguards were probably no longer the rabbits, and that William must have come to collect rent instead of reminiscing.
William of the Sun Never Sets Empire is the original owner of this mine, because there are not many diamonds sifted here, so he does not plan to stay here to waste his silver, it happens that Somchai is looking for a mine, so he will sell this mine to Somchai cheaply, in the form of a lease, with a monthly rent of 1000 US dollars.
Song Chai looked at the place and felt that it should be possible to dig up diamonds here, and William's failure does not mean that he can't do it, it is just a matter of luck.
As a result, what happened next confirmed that not only William's luck was problematic, but Songchai's own luck was also problematic.
After half a year, Songchai not only pasted all his money, but also dug up no more than 20 rough stones in this mine, all of which were some pitifully small garbage mines, and soon he couldn't make ends meet, and he couldn't hold on.
So when Kunchai found him, this guy suddenly felt like he saw a savior.
After all, Kunchai is a famous loser, and his sister Zhang Lan is not ordinary rich, which is quite clear to Songchai, but after so many years, there is no connection between them, and Songchai has never thought about borrowing money from Zhang Lan's sister and brother.
Since it is the savior sent to the door, of course Somchai can't miss it, and after some bragging, Kunchai, who is in a hurry to flee and run away, agrees to go to Africa to find him and invest in his diamond mine.
Song Chai immediately returned to the car and said to Kunchai: "Cousin, give me all your money first, I have an urgent need." ” "What's wrong?"
Kunchai saw that something was wrong, "Is something wrong?"
” Song Chai's head shook like a rattle: "It's okay, it's okay, it's just that I have a little shortage of funds, and I need your investment, otherwise I won't be able to open this mine." ” When Kunchai heard this, he had no choice but to take out the money and hand it over to Songchai: "This is 12,000 US dollars, and I will give it to you now, I will be one of the bosses of this mine from now on." ” Song Chai snatched the stack of money, dipped it in saliva, patted it in his hand, and said with a smile: "That's right, you now own 30 of the equity of this mine!"
Cousin, you're already one of the bosses here!
” However, Somchai didn't plan to celebrate anything for his new partner, and smugly waved a stack of dollars in his hand towards Bruce: "See!?"
You dogs look down on people, you deserve to be your bodyguards for life!
” After that, he proudly took the money and walked towards the temporary house built with a container in the distance, and Bruce also seemed to understand that his boss was running today, and his salary was probably settled, so he hurriedly carried a gun and followed suit.
Qin Fei and Kunchai got out of the car and stood next to the pickup truck and looked around.
It was a desolate place, with a jungle not far on the right, and a small river a few meters wide on the left, winding and stretching straight ahead, and in the distance you could see an old excavator and a bulldozer parked on the river beach in the distance, and twenty or thirty people were scattered next to the machines.
"It's desolate enough ......"
Kunchai shook his head, "more desolate than my country......"
Qin Fei thought that this place was good, he saw the jungle, and suddenly a strange feeling rose in his heart, which was both familiar and made his blood boil, and he couldn't tell what the reason was.
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As soon as the two of them walked to the container house, they saw a big-nosed Englishman walking out of it, followed by a nodding Songchai.
"Mr.
William, walk slowly, you have time to sit."
"Ah, I'm fine, so I don't want to come to this place!"
William looked disgusted, he really had an indescribable disgust for this place, which made him lose at least 100,000 US dollars in investment, but fortunately, he finally found the wronged leader of Songchai.
"If you pay the rent on time, I won't come to you, it's not that I'm stingy, you have to know that the territory here belongs to the chief of the Momul tribe, and I have to pay him a fee, and I have to pay the development fund to the government......"
"Yes, yes, you said."
Somchai is still flattering, although William is not a big mine owner, but he still has a lot of weight in front of Somchai.
"Guess, have you heard about it lately?"
"What's the matter?"
"Kosan's Revolutionary Popular Front seems to be fighting with the government forces again......"
William said with a sad face: "Damn the Africans, can't they live in peace?"
” With that, jumping on the Land Rover, his driver started the vehicle and quickly disappeared at the end of the dirt road in the distance.
"Fighting?"
Song Chai looked dazed, stood for a long time, and suddenly cursed to himself: "Damn!
”