wild star

Chapter 221 Sending a piece of desert

Zhao Yanling didn't drink too much, and he has a personal experience of drinking.

So I just dried the bottom of the cup and ate a pickled cricket and lemon.

But the wine still needs to be bought. He asked Pablo: "How much is a bottle of this Tequila Goddess?"

When I asked, I had already planned to be slaughtered in my heart, who let the wine be really good wine.

Pablo took out the price list: "This is the wholesale price, Tequila Goddess, what you just drank is the five-year vintage, $299 a bottle. The three-year vintage is $139!"

Zhao Yanling did the math and gave the number: "100 bottles for the five-year vintage, and 200 bottles for the three-year vintage."

Pablo took out his calculator, and his eyes widened when he heard this: "How much?"

Zhao Yanling took the pen and paper on the bar to write it down for him, and pushed it over.

Most of the small wineries produce ordinary goods, like the level of the Tequila Goddess, the amount Zhao Yanling wants is almost equal to all of Pablo's cellars.That's close to $6, not a small sum.

Pablo groaned and said: "The profit is small, and no credit is given..."

"My friend." Zhao Yanling took out her phone. "Look at the goods now, and the real money will arrive immediately."

Pablo was excited, and the aroma of the wine was afraid of being deep in the alley. Compared with the winery in the small town of Truckee, Mexico, their humble small workshop could not sell many bottles a year.It's hard not to get excited about a big business deal.

Zhao Yanling is not a boy who gives money, so he started to bargain: "In addition to these wines, I also want to buy your free and easy nectar, the premise is that the quality must be in place. In addition, I bought so much, you have to give me some price?"

Wine, like clothing, has huge profit margins.The purchase price is three hundred U.S. dollars, and the retail price is five or six hundred.

This is what Zhao Yanling thought. When Caesar and Pablo met, life was very difficult. After all, Pablo is also the owner of a small wine shop, so the friendship between the two may not be that deep.He haggled so mercilessly that Pablo's cheeks twitched.If it is a small order, maybe he has already thrown his sleeves to see off the guests.

When it comes to the free and easy nectar, Pablo will pay every penny, and he will not give up a penny. He has very little hoard, and they are all packed in oak barrels.There is only one barrel per vintage, as it is a lot of work to brew one barrel every year, but the taste is really good.

In the evening, when Pablo treated guests to dinner, Zhao Yanling asked him to move the wine to an empty warehouse, and he would guard a pile of wine overnight.

Early the next morning, when Pablo asked him for breakfast, he was surprised to find that the warehouse was empty...

"The money and the goods are cleared, so don't ask me where I shipped it." Zhao Yanling said while eating.

"Zhao, you are such a mysterious guy."

We ate in the outdoor pergola, next to a pile of dark stones, and Pablo's son was picking and choosing.

Zhao Yanling put down the tableware and asked, "What is that?"

"Oh, that's the rainbow obsidian rough." Pablo thought highly of the big customer in front of him, and said generously, "This is a little hobby of mine. If you like it, just pick two pieces and take them away."

Playing rainbow obsidian is a bit like betting on emerald, but the price is lower, but there are also legends of getting rich overnight.

Zhao Yanling quickly started the live broadcast to let the water friends meet this novelty.

Pablo explained to him the principle of betting on obsidian.Rainbow obsidian, it is a kind of obsidian with special iridescent effect.Often in black, gray body color showing multicolored bands.

Pour a glass of water on the rough stone, wipe off the dirt on the surface with a rag, and the irregular five-color bands are indeed exposed in the morning sun.

Pablo pointed to the color ribbon and said: "The ribbon of rainbow obsidian is often in the shape of regular or irregular concentric circles. After special processing, it will appear as a heart shape or a concentric circle. As long as there are these two shapes, the bet is successful. Among them, concentric circles can be used to make rainbow eyes. The special point is the rainbow double heart and rainbow eyes. If there are beautiful rainbow eyes, the price of dozens of rough stones may increase several times or dozens of times. After cutting, Grinding and polishing are also technical tasks. Even the best rainbow eyes will be greatly reduced if they are cut, and they will even become worthless. I know a lucky guy who made a bet and sold a lot of red and blue eyes. A sum of money."

Overall, obsidian is a low to mid-range gem.Some obsidian pendants in China are obsidian ornaments like black agate or black plexiglass that are often seen on the market, and are often processed into the appearance of a guardian Buddha. It is not like glass, but it is actually a kind of natural glass, but it is just to fool people. stuff.It has nothing to do with gem-grade obsidian, it can only be regarded as a transparent rock at best!There is a kind of God's Eye black obsidian produced in the border area of ​​China, which is a relatively rare species.Pure black obsidian is only worth money called Black King Kong Warrior.

Water friends are always happy when they see Lie Xin, and after hearing what Pablo said about the hype, they are absorbing negative energy and avoiding evil, clamoring for Zhao Yanling to buy it on their behalf.

Zhao Yanling ignored it, he poked around for a long time, but couldn't see why.

Pablo taught him the technique of seeing patterns, but the masters may not be able to see through this thing, let alone him who is a pure novice.After thinking for a while, he turned on the target, and looked inward layer by layer through the translucent surface.

Needless to say, after looking around, I found something quite special.It's not how round the rainbow eyes are, but the special texture of the rainbow belt, which is a regular rounded triangle.And there is a faint red inside, which is a bit in line with Pablo's red eyes.

"I'm going to take this one, first agree to give it to me and I can't go back on my word." Zhao Yanling gave him a vaccination.

"Haha..." Pablo laughed heartily. "Even if it's the best rainbow eye, it's nothing, just take it."

Zhao Yanling picked up the rough stone, and was about to untie it on the spot, asking Pablo, "Do you have a tool?"

Pablo took him into the warehouse specially prepared for calculus, and asked, "Do you do it or I do it?"

Zhao Yanling said: "I will command, you do it."

There was a loud noise, and with Zhao Yanling gesticulating, Pablo cut horizontally and vertically, and then polished a large area. When the edges and corners were left, Zhao Yanling picked up the drill bit grinder on the ground.

Pablo poured water on it, shook his head and regretfully said: "The color ribbon is good, it's ghost red eyes, very rare. The lines are too bad, looking at the shape, it's neither a heart shape nor a rainbow eye that can be polished into a sphere. It's useless. !"

Pablo is not the only one who loves obsidian. Many working townspeople came to watch the fun, and everyone sighed together, as if they were all masters in this field.

Zhao Yanling ignored it, the next step was the key, he carefully rubbed off the edges and corners, and watered it after a while.

The more detailed shape came out, and the surrounding audience exclaimed.

This piece of rainbow obsidian can't be made into rainbow eyes, nor is it heart-shaped, but the left and right lines are symmetrical, and after being polished by Zhao Yanling, it faintly appears in the shape of a butterfly.

Although the dust has not yet settled, the general situation is not wrong.

Pablo took it away: "Next, I'll polish it for you. I have studied sculpture."

The shape of the front wing and the rear flap gradually emerges.Pablo polished it in one go, watered it and let it shine in the sun. The left and right wings of the butterfly are symmetrical, with a little blue in the red, radiant, and a piece of obsidian butterfly seems to come alive.

"Old Zhao missed it again!"

"It's beautiful, sell it to me. I like strange stones, but I haven't collected obsidian yet."

Pablo couldn't put it down to play with it, and his intestines regretted it!The butterfly in your hand, when you meet a buyer you like, it can be worth thousands of dollars, or even tens of thousands. There is a huge room for appreciation of rare goods that can be hidden in your hands.

A group of people hula came up, pointing and commenting, wishing to snatch the "butterfly" away on the spot.

In fact, this stone, if another person decides the cutting direction, it will definitely destroy this obsidian.Decomposing rough stones is risky, and the principle is similar to cutting jadeite rough stones.

Rainbow eyes and heart shapes are too common, but similar to Zhao Yanling's hometown Songhua stone, the combination of patterns and shapes is even more precious.

Willing to admit defeat, Pablo made up his mind and handed the stone to Zhao Yanling.He heard others say that Zhao Yanling was lucky, and this stone was enough to make him a small fortune, so he said, "You know what, no matter how valuable it is, it's just a drop in the bucket. Don't hang around here, what should you do?" Well go."

Having said that, the crowd was unwilling to disperse, discussing excitedly, the more they talked about Pablo, the more angry he became.

"So lively?"

A voice came, Caesar has arrived!

Zhao Yanling squeezed out of the crowd, seeing Caesar's straight trousers, white shirt, and pointed leather shoes, he was hugging several big Mexican men.

Let me tell you, Caesar actually looks like a dog, and he seems to be well-developed.

The two brothers embraced, and Caesar looked excited: "Boss, don't come here without any problems."

There was a strong smell of cologne and hairspray on his body, and his back was straight.

Zhao Yanling looked up and down: "Yes, you are a strong man, it seems like that."

Caesar couldn't wait to snap his fingers behind him, a tall girl dressed in OL style and with a perfect figure comparable to a model stepped forward and took out a stack of documents from her bag.

Through a group of Caesar's younger brothers, Zhao Yanling saw Land Cruisers and Hummers scurrying across the street. They were Caesar's convoy...

Caesar handed the document to Zhao Yanling: "Boss, I heard that Arlo from New Zealand gave you a villa. That kid is so petty. I'll give you a 400-acre piece of land!"

Just as Zhao Yanling got the documents, she was startled when she heard the words, so she didn't drop the documents on the ground: "Don't make trouble, I can't afford real estate, so I'm blind for giving me such a big piece of land."

The people around gasped, and the water friends were inexplicably shocked, especially the domestic water friends.

"What a great deal!"

"Isn't this Caesar? When did he become a rich man?"

"What kind of friendship, can you give away such a large piece of land?"

400 acres, converted into mu is close to 2500 mu, how big is that?

Seeing the reactions of the people around him, Caesar nodded triumphantly. He was just as desperate as the others during the years when the Sun Tomb was out of sight.Now I finally have a chance to pay back the favor, and I made a big show of it.

Hearing Zhao Yanling's words, he said a little embarrassedly: "Actually, it's not that exaggerated, because this land is in the desert of Sonora, Mexico, near the Gulf of California. There is no oil or natural gas, and not even a cactus can grow there. ..."

Caesar's voice became smaller and smaller until he was speechless.

The scene was silent for five seconds, followed by roars of laughter!
The value of the land lies in its development and utilization, and the best places suitable for human habitation, followed by deserts like the Mojave Desert that are close to human metropolises, where California has built solar power stations.The piece of land in Zhao Yanling's hands is barren of grass and has no underground resources. It is located in the corner of the Mexican National Park Protected Area, and the surrounding area is desolate. Even building a solar power station is not worth the loss.Besides, the solar power station is not built casually, it will increase the surrounding temperature, and the already barren land will become more harsh.

Caesar blushed: "I thought you would be interested..."

Zhao Yanling dusted off the documents and patted Caesar on the shoulder: "You are right, I am very interested!"

(End of this chapter)