Chapter 1702
I Want Money Too
Wang An hesitated for a moment, looking at Mu Xueli, unable to think of any solution she could come up with, then nodded and said:
"Alright, then I'll leave it to you."
Turning his head, Wang An asked Wang Li:
"What good stuff did you pull out? Let's take a look."
Wang Li chuckled and said with a smug look:
"There are quite a few good things here, these guys have really robbed a lot of them."
As he spoke, Wang Li dumped everything he had been holding in the hem of his clothes onto the open ground next to the tent.
Among the pile of things, besides money, food coupons, meat coupons, several half-packs of cigarettes, shotgun shells, and a dozen or so small glass bottles used to hold penicillin, there were also three watches of unknown brand and a small cloth bag.
And what was inside the small glass bottle was also gold-plated.
What puzzled Wang An and the others was that the small cloth bag that looked like it was for holding welding fumes clearly did not contain welding fumes, because judging from its bulging shape, it should have contained something like pebbles.
Sure enough, after Wang Li dumped everything on the ground, he picked up the cloth bag again, opened it, and said:
"I don't know where these guys got their hands on those gold nuggets, and quite a few translucent jade stones too."
But when Wang Li held the translucent jade in his hand, Wang An's eyes widened immediately.
Because what Wang Li was holding wasn't jade at all, but a real diamond.
Although China is now able to manufacture diamonds artificially, they are still not something that ordinary people can afford. Even in later generations, they are still very expensive in jewelry stores.
Of course, it's just that the selling price is high, but the recycling price is extremely low, and nobody even wants it.
The reason for saying "a diamond is forever" is probably because once you buy this damn thing, you're basically stuck with it forever.
The main problem is that these bastards are ridiculously expensive to buy, but they're impossible to sell. It seems like the only way to sell them is to pass them down from generation to generation.
After all, as long as it's not sold, it will always be a treasure!
Fortunately, in China at this time, everything was just beginning, and there was a huge market for jewelry. With gold shops springing up everywhere, Wang An was very confident that he could find a few big, unsuspecting buyers for these items!
That's right, they are definitely the biggest losers among buyers, because in Wang An's view, everyone who buys diamond rings and diamond jewelry is a complete rip-off.
Of course, if there is an opportunity, it would be better to sell it to foreigners and let them be the victims of this great misfortune.
With these random thoughts swirling in his mind, Wang An picked up a completely uncut diamond and said with a chuckle:
"This isn't jade, it's a diamond, the kind they talk about on TV."
Upon hearing Wang An's words, Mu Xueli, Wang Li, and Huang Zhong all widened their eyes, mainly because although they had heard of diamonds, they had never seen one.
Then Wang Li, holding a diamond, said with an incredulous expression:
"Diamonds? That's not right. The diamonds I see on TV don't look like this. Aren't diamonds supposed to have a point and be covered in lines?"
After Wang Li finished speaking, Mu Xueli also squatted down, picked up a diamond, and said:
"Yeah, why does this diamond look like a pebble?"
Wang An explained with a smile:
"This thing is essentially a mineral, so you can shape it however you want, right?"
Upon hearing Wang An's words, Mu Xueli and Wang Li blinked and fell silent.
Suddenly, Wang Li stuffed the diamond in his hand into his mouth, bit it, and then said with a grimace:
"I saw on TV that this thing is also called diamond, and that it's incredibly hard. Is it really that hard?" Wang An said, both amused and exasperated.
"You're a real tyrant! Forget diamonds, you think you can bite through even ordinary pebbles? Hahahaha!"
Mu Xueli immediately mocked Wang Li:
"You're such a stupid whistle, why didn't I knock your teeth out? Hahaha!"
Wang Li rolled her eyes at Mu Xueli and said with a look of annoyance:
"Get the hell out of here, you bastard! You're everywhere!"
Wang Li's words made Wang An, Mu Xueli, and Huang Zhong all burst into laughter.
After laughing, Wang An said while checking the money:
"Come on, they've already brought us the money, so let's split it."
After checking the money, Wang An said again:
"The total is over 1,250 yuan. Here's the deal: Xiao Zhong, you get 210 yuan; Xue Li and Lao Wu, you each get 310 yuan; and I'll get 420 yuan."
After saying that, Wang An didn't ask for their opinions and just put the money directly in front of them.
Wang An had his reasons for dividing the money this way. Although Huang Zhong had grown up and was no longer the same person he was three years ago, his abilities and contributions were still far inferior to those of Mu Xueli and Wang Li.
Naturally, Huang Zhong would receive a smaller share.
Then, Wang An gathered the small glass bottles containing the gold foil together and said:
"Let's melt this gold down when we get back and then give it to you. You won't be able to handle it if we just distribute it to you like this."
Wang Li frowned and replied:
"If you ask me, Fourth Brother, you shouldn't give me any more gold. I don't really need this stuff. Just go through the trouble of selling it to a gold shop and then give me the money."
Mu Xueli immediately chimed in:
"Yeah, I don't need this thing. It's neither food nor drink. Brother-in-law, give me some money too."
Wang Li, Mu Xueli, and Feng Chengmin have each handed over 80 jin of gold to Wang An, and Wang An has given the remaining 240 jin of gold to Wang Shuai and He Liang to take to the gold shop for processing.
After the gold shop sells the gold, the money will be gradually returned to Wang Li and the other two.
The main reason is that Wang An and his group of second-generation heirs don't have much cash flow, so they have no other choice but to do this.
Of course, the gold shop's rightful profits wouldn't go to Mu Xueli and the other two, mainly because the gold shop couldn't keep operating at a loss indefinitely!
As for the matter of investing in the company, Wang An told Feng Chengmin and the other two about it after the meeting, and they immediately understood what was going on, so no one mentioned investing in the company again.
There was no way around it. Even though Wang An managed to get Feng Chengmin and the other two to invest despite the pressure from a bunch of second-generation rich kids, their financial resources would eventually be diluted to the point where they wouldn't have much left.
Moreover, the gold shop is unlikely to distribute dividends in the short term, and Feng Chengmin and his two partners simply cannot withstand such investment pressure.
Just as Wang An was about to agree, Huang Zhong also said:
"Brother, I don't want gold, I want money too." (End of Chapter)