The Black Card - Chapter 941

[Chapter 939 The first day of the trade fair]

After learning that Shi Lei was going on a business trip on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Sun Yiyi and her mother also expressed their intention to return to Wudong on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

After breakfast, Shi Lei returned to Wudong with Sun Yiyi and Sun’s mother.

After sending them home, Shi Lei went straight to the airport and met Qu Xingye.

They took a plane to Banna in southern Guizhou. It only takes two or three hours to drive from Banna to Xiaomengla in Myanmar.

When the plane arrived in Banna, it was already ten o’clock in the evening. Qu Xingye had already contacted Myanmar and there was an off-road vehicle waiting for them at the airport.

After getting in the car, Qu Xingye introduced to Shi Lei: “At the rough stone trade, the total value of rough stones exceeds 100 million, so guests with more than 5 million in funds will be picked up and dropped off there. In about three hours, we can arrive at the trade The hotel in Xiaomengla where the meeting is located is also arranged by the vendors of the trade fair. There are no hard and fast rules. You can just not buy it. The trade fair will start at ten o’clock tomorrow morning and will not end until dark.”

Shi Lei He smiled and said: “Mr. Qu is betting on stones worth more than one million yuan. The number of rough stones worth over 100 million

yuan doesn’t seem to be too much.” Qu Xingye waved his hand and said, “Young Master Shi, you don’t know something. I The products we are betting on are all semi-finished products, and the windows have been opened on the leather, so you can see a lot of content inside. Therefore, the prices are relatively high. And not all of them cost more than a million, most of them are actually only a few hundred thousand. And The larger ones have no windows at all, with large ones costing hundreds of thousands per piece, and small ones ranging from thousands to tens of thousands. They are not all stones worth more than one million yuan as Mr. Shi imagined. Therefore, The total number of rough stones is quite impressive, at least a thousand pieces.”

Shi Lei nodded. Although he had gained some knowledge about jade stones before setting off, he still knew nothing about the specific situation.

“I really don’t know much about these, and I need more help from Mr. Qu.”

Qu Xingye immediately shook his head with a wry smile and said, “I only know some superficial rules. I used to think that I was discerning enough, but Now, I really don’t dare to say how much I can help Mr. Shi. If you want me to help, I would suggest Mr. Shi that you just take a look, or buy a few stones worth less than 100,000 yuan, just for fun. Those who have driven Window, high-priced rough stone, Mr. Shi had better not touch it. This thing, ten stones and nine nothings, looks green, and if you drive it in, it will become a layer of green skin. Buy it for hundreds of thousands or millions. There are many stones that are only worth tens or hundreds of thousands when opened. If the quality is really good, if they gamble away it because of trouble in the mine, how can they leave it to us?”

Shi Lei smiled, He turned his body slightly to Qu Xingye and said: “Since Mr. Qu knows that it is difficult for the rough stones at these fairs to get a big increase, why do you still come to gamble?”

Qu Xingye said with a bitter smile: “Do I still have a way out now? I have everything. With only ten million, if I am used to the life I had before, I might not be able to support this ten million even for three years. I can only gamble on my luck. After all, there is still a chance. When it comes to my situation, no matter the opportunity It’s so slim, I have to give it a try, I always hope that I can win back the factory, which can be regarded as an explanation to my wife and children.”

Shi Lei looked at Qu Xingye’s bitter face, and he had already keenly felt that if this time Qu Xingye still lost all his money, and when he couldn’t make the return trip, he was left alone.

Judging from the information queried online, people from different parts of the world disappear inexplicably every year at Myanmar’s Stone Gambling Fair.

Shi Lei had also thought about whether the people who could control the Stone Betting Fair here had private armed forces and would detain the people and prevent them from taking the jade away if the bets soared.

But listening to Qu Xingye’s introduction along the way, this kind of thing rarely happened. At least he had been here more than ten times, and he really had never heard of such a thing.

It seems that the missing people all died because they lost all their money through gambling and were too embarrassed to return home, so they ended their lives here.

During the two days of communication between the first day of the new year and today, Shi Lei also discovered that Qu Xingye is not the kind of person who refuses to repent. However, he now bears a great burden in his heart and always wants to return to his previous situation. I want to use my last ten million to fight to the death.

After chatting all the way, the car arrived at the border between China and Myanmar. The driver asked the two for their passports, spoke a few words to the soldiers at the border, stuffed some cash, and then waved his hand and let the vehicle go.

After driving for another hour, the off-road vehicle stopped under a seven or eight-story building. The driver told the two of them in jerky Chinese that the hotel had arrived.

The hotel was probably only a domestic three-star hotel, and it wasn’t too clean. However, in a place like this, Shi Lei had nothing to be particular about.

At first, a standard room was arranged for the two of them, but Qu Xingye knew that Shi Lei would definitely not be used to living in the same room with him, so he discussed it with the other party. Shi Lei vaguely heard Qu Xingye said that the two of them would at least stay in this room. After purchasing more than 10 million stones at a trade fair, the other party finally adjusted it into two rooms for the two of them.

After Qu Xingye got the room card, he returned to Shi Lei and said, “Master Shi, we share a room, and I will live next door to you. It’s getting late, so take a shower and go to bed early. Tomorrow morning at nine Yes, I’ll wake you up and let’s have breakfast together. After dinner, a car will take us to the trade fair.”

Shi Lei didn’t say much, nodded and went upstairs to the room.

There was a smell of damp mold in the room, but this was not the time to be particular. Shi Lei rinsed it casually and lay on the bed, but he was so groggy that he couldn’t fall asleep completely. It wasn’t until dawn that he finally fell asleep. .

After not sleeping for a while, he heard the doorbell ringing. Shi Lei got up sleepily and opened the door for Qu Xingye. He washed himself and followed Qu Xingye to have breakfast.

The breakfast is a bit unexpected. It is almost exactly the same as in China, soy milk, fried dough sticks, rice porridge and sesame pancakes, and it really tastes the same as in China.

Qu Xingye told Shi Lei that this was also specially arranged by the organizer. Guests from different countries have different breakfast arrangements.

“The trade fair is only for one day?” Shi Lei asked while drinking soy milk.

Qu Xingye shook his head and said: “It lasts three days in total, but often more than that, because as long as the rough stones are not sold out, the trade fair will basically continue. These people live by mining rough stones, and every piece of rough stone is valuable in their eyes.” It’s cash.”

Shi Lei nodded. After eating, the two of them got on a minibus and finally arrived at the scene after swaying for more than 20 minutes.

In the car, Qu Xingye told Shi Lei that the trade fair site was protected by private armed forces. There were many locals standing at the door and even inside with AK47s on their shoulders, but there was no need to be afraid, because disputes often arise at such stone betting trade fairs. Those people are only there to maintain order and prevent disputes, and at the same time, they also play a role in protecting those customers who have made money due to increased gambling, or who want to take away the jade directly.

Shi Lei understood, but when he got out of the car, he was still a little surprised because there were quite a lot of people carrying guns.

Even Qu Xingye was a little surprised. He frowned and asked a local who was accompanying him, who had obviously known him for a long time, why there were so many people responsible for the security of the trade fair this time.

The man smiled and explained to Qu Xingye and Shi Lei in jerky Chinese: “In this trade fair, all the rough stones come from an old pit. The total value of the rough stones exceeds 500 million, so extra safety must be ensured.”

(End of Chapter)