Chapter 1438 Aflora
Chapter 1438 Aflora
The specific situation is similar to what this girl said. It is indeed because of the diamond mine that this place has become what it is now. In fact, this is not the will of the local people. In this world, not only Chinese people are unwilling to leave themselves. Hometown, for these simple Russians, they are used to living here, but living here also requires courage. There were 100,000 people here when Irina left, but now there are less than 40,000 Yes, once the miners leave, their family members will definitely leave too. The rest are old, weak, sick and disabled. It's not that they don't want to leave, it's just that they don't have the ability. m
"Sir, I think the miners here have almost left. Why do you still come here? Are there still some skilled people here?" Yi Lianna suddenly thought of the purpose of Li Cong's coming here. This beautiful girl wouldn't be able to speak if it wasn't related to her hometown, but she also wanted to know how Li Cong would treat this place.
"Hehe, of course there are not many skilled people here. Not everyone can do the job of collecting ore. In fact, if the diamond mine is not here, I don't need to come here to find people. The whole world wants to find some skilled people. The diamond workers are still fine, but those people may not be able to stand the cold here, although the workers here have all left, but they will always leave some traces in the local area, such as that place." Follow Li From the perspective of my hand, there is the former miners club in Heping Town. No matter how they go, I believe there will always be some clues there. There are several such clubs in the whole town. I want to find those outside. It may be difficult for people, but it is very easy to get through them. It is also good to ask them to bring a message. Li Cong is not a person who can't afford that money, but the employees outside can't stand it here. It's cold, they want to make that money, but if your body is not good enough, you will only be paralyzed to work. At that time, not only will you not be able to make money for yourself, but you will have to take care of your body, which is not worthwhile.
"Mr. is indeed a smart person. In the past, there must have been a lot of people who wanted to find workers here. It seems that they don't have the brains of Mr. Yi Lianna." The operator of a diamond mine, these two guys have been in the recruitment center for a day, but they didn't get anything, they didn't even come to ask, and they were sighing there.
"Hehe, let's eat quickly. Let's go and see how it is after dinner. Maybe we are not as good as the two people next door." Li said in a low voice. It became popular, and I just wanted to explain that I was not flattering, but I understood after hearing Li Cong's last two sentences, it turned out that Li Cong was just joking.
It took half an hour for the three of us to eat a meal, and the three of us walked to the workers' club opposite the restaurant. In fact, Yi Lianna felt that choosing this small restaurant for dinner was probably calculated. This gentleman may Time is not wasted. In fact, she was wrong to blame Li Cong. Li Cong is very casual. He can eat anywhere.
This workers' club is basically the same as other facilities in the town. Although it is not very old, it is very broken. The dust here looks like it has not been cleaned for a long time. Look at the poster on the door. Last year, it was impossible for such a club to have business. Li Cong shook his head helplessly. Diamonds are the only local economy.
After Li Cong pushed the door and entered, there was a musty smell inside, which made Li Cong almost suffocate inside. There were a few people sitting at the bar, and in the hall that could seat dozens of people, there were only two or three people sitting here and there. Personally, I drink the cheapest spirits in Russia. Li Cong has drunk that stuff. It is said that the alcohol has more than 80 degrees. Most people can’t drink that stuff, but things like that are very common in Russia. , even a student can drink it.
"What do you want?" Seeing the three of Li Cong arrive at the bar, an old woman said without raising her cigarette holder. From her fair face, it can be seen that this woman should have been a courtesan here when she was young. Yes, it's just because of time, he is already an old woman at this moment, smoking may be a problem she had in the past.
"Coffee." Li Cong clicked on the line above and said, it's not bad to try the coffee here.
"No, we don't have coffee here for a long time. Now there is only vodka here. Do you want it? Little boy?" Now Li Cong is called a little boy, mainly because his clothes are ordinary, and the other two All the girls are resplendent and resplendent, especially Karelina, who knows how to dress herself up best, so don't mention such low-key things to her.
Vodka (Russian: водка) is a distilled alcoholic beverage. It is a transparent liquid synthesized from water and distilled purified ethanol. Generally, it will undergo multiple distillations to achieve a purer and more delicious effect. The better quality vodka on the market is generally triple distilled. In addition to water and ethanol, potatoes, vegetable syrup and rye or wheat are also added during the distillation process. If it is to make flavorful vodka, an appropriate amount of seasoning will be added. The alcohol content of vodka usually ranges from 55% to 70%. Traditionally, the alcohol content of vodka produced in Russia, Lithuania and Poland is 70% as the standard. Although this wine can be bought in most parts of the world now, it’s just that the drink here may be the most authentic. Some people say that men in Siberia like to drink too much. In fact, they can’t be blamed for it. They can't do anything about the high temperature. If they don't drink some wine often, they may turn into popsicles when they are working outside.
Li Cong nodded with a smile. He doesn't like to drink this kind of thing very much, because this kind of thing is too strong, and it doesn't feel very good. It's just that there is nothing here now. If there are other things, it is estimated that this woman will come to tell me that there is no one, and I should do as the Romans do, but when this woman came over with wine, Li Cong changed his mind after seeing and smelling it.
The standard serving amount here is 42ml for each guest, and it is served in classical cups. It can be seen that the three of Li Cong have just finished their meal, and this is the after-dinner wine. Moreover, a glass of cold water was prepared for each of the three of them, and Li Cong could tell that this was a boutique vodka, and the wine had a very good name called "Bloody Mary". (Bloody Mary, the name of the cocktail, this cocktail is made by mixing vodka, tomato juice, lemon slices, and celery root. The bright red tomato juice looks like blood, so it is named after it. "Bloody Mary" is the name of a ghost , derived from a legend.)
"You drink this, I think the two ladies may not be able to drink such a strong drink." It turned out that there were only two glasses of Bloody Mary, and Li Cong's glass was the original vodka without anything. Feminism is also very serious.
"Hehe, lady boss, if I'm not mistaken, your two cups should be Bloody Mary's, and your technique is also very good. Although I didn't drink it, I can feel it. It tastes good. I can tell by the color, your level shouldn’t be here, I think your business here is not very good, if you are in some large bars, thousands of dollars a month will be directed at your unique skill But it's nothing to worry about." Li Cong said with a smile, took a bottle of vodka next to him and poured a glass for the proprietress, it is very good here, at least the proprietress in front of him is not an ordinary person, Li Cong It's my favorite thing to chat with people like this.
"Hehe, boy, I really didn't expect you to be a person who knows the goods. A person like you should not be a bad boy. I misunderstood you by looking at you. This is mine." Li Cong did not expect that the proprietress would be like this I have seen quite a few people like this before, but they are all men, and there are very few women who dare to talk to me like this. The proprietress readily drank the wine in her glass I was about to pour it for myself again immediately, but Li Cong stopped it.
"This is not an ordinary wine. Even red wine can't be drunk in this way. It will hurt your body." Li Cong said, which surprised Karelina on the side. When did Li Cong care about others? Life and death, this is another stranger, but judging by the color of the husband, even I have never been so cared about by him, is this all a disguise? impossible.
"Hehe, this wine may be very powerful to you, but to me it's like drinking plain water. I've been living like this all these years since my man left." Speaking of his own sadness Her interest in the matter immediately became very low. Li Cong could see that the woman in front of her was a man of temperament. Li Cong poured her another glass, hoping to hear her story, but this woman also He is very good at covering himself up, and when he finds a topic, he diverges.
"This is not a good place. Why do you handsome men and beautiful women think of coming here? There shouldn't be anything you need here?" chatted.
Originally, Li Cong had prepared a lot of rhetoric, but the old lady is an honest person, so she didn't need to wear a mask to talk to others, and said directly, "Actually, I want to recruit a group of diamond miners here. I heard that this is the location of the best diamond miners in all of Russia." Li Cong said with a smile.
"Haha." The proprietress laughed, as if she had heard Li Cong say something so funny, and the drinking people around her also laughed. This is simply impossible. miners? Some are just old, weak, sick and disabled who don't want to leave. The government has ordered that if the population continues to decrease next year, the government agencies here will be closed. By then, this place will be an anarchic area. It is estimated that by then this place will change. into a city of sin.
No one wants their city to become a city of sin. Elena thought of that movie at this time, do you want to survive in the city of sin? Violence is rampant here, fish and dragons are mixed, crime is entrenched in dark neighborhoods, gangs are rampant and rampant throughout the city, there is no fairness of the law, there is only power and despicable contests, the police never enforce the law, they are the breakers of the law and the root of evil.
Want to survive in the city of sin? Then we must learn to be violent, learn to be tactful, learn to be relentless to the enemy, and learn to retaliate against all violations, retaliate with a tooth for a tooth. Those who can survive here are all ruthless characters. They all have a cold heart and hard fists, a vigilant sense of smell and agility. Who would want their hometown to be like this?
"Young man, you're right, there are no miners here anymore, and even if there are, you don't dare to come out to work. If you really want to find some miners here, I think it's better for you to leave here as soon as possible. , Many people here are not joking, they are some guys without conscience, they were good miners in the past, but now there are no diamonds here, they have become another person, very I hate people, that's why everyone in the town has left." The proprietress said in pain, it seems that there are many changes here, and this change is the most unbearable thing for the proprietress.
"Hehe, Sharapova, are you telling others about us again? Why do I see that you always speak badly about us when you tell others about us? This gentleman is our big benefactor, maybe he will What turned us around, isn't he looking for miners? Sir, don't listen to this bitch nonsense, we are the best miners, we are the best miners in all of Russia and the whole world, we are happy to serve you Yes." At this time, a team of guys who don't look like good people came down from the upstairs, such miners? Li Cong had never seen such a miner.
This guy looks slick, and there are many rings on his body. Miners will never engage in these so-called performance arts. This guy is probably those miners who have turned into social bastards , that's right, if you bully the local people, you will have your own living expenses, and you don't need to fight in the ice and snow. up.
"No, Roy, this gentleman is just here to sit and sit. He is not a financial backer at all. You should stop thinking about him and go on to eat. I will add two bottles of wine for you today. Mine." The proprietress also wanted to defend Li Cong, so she quickly took out her treasures. Normally, these guys would cheer, but now they don't look happy at all, and no one wants to leave Here, in their opinion, Li Cong is the most important thing. Although Karelina and Irina are both very beautiful, in their opinion, these two women are far less beautiful than colorful banknotes. With everything, a woman will not be with you if she has no money, and even if she is together, it will be temporary.
"Haha, Sharapova, to be honest, this is the most generous day I've known you for decades, thank you, I can waive your protection fee for this month, it's because of this kid, not because of your few Bottle of wine, okay, Sharapova, you can go down, if you dare to come out without my order, I will definitely blow your head off, I really don't understand why I owed you that dead husband back then If someone else opened a hotel here, I would be able to eat and drink for free every day and still have to pay protection fees. Now I pay for food and drink, and the protection fee can only be charged a little. In fact, I was already very dissatisfied with these before. Yes, but you brought me this gentleman, very good, I will let the past things go, get out of your bar quickly." The strong man said loudly, how can people here not It can be seen that Sharapova's husband is kind to him. If Sharapova is younger and more beautiful, this guy will definitely move his mind.
He came to eat and drink like he said, this is the only place in the whole town where this guy will pay, but there is absolutely no cash, this guy uses white bills, from his first day here until today , this guy gave Sharapova an IOU worth 35,000 US dollars. You must know that the local living standard is not high. There are only a few dollars a day. 35,000 US dollars is definitely a huge sum of money, just look at this guy I don't mean to pay back the money. I guess this guy is usually a bully in this small town. There were several drinking guys in this room, but they all ran out now. It seems that he doesn't want to be nosy Yes, there were a few people who were conscientious and wanted to take Sharapova out together when they left, but the stubborn Sharapova stayed. This kindness moved Li Cong very much, at least people don’t know what you are doing , people are willing to stay and help you.
This guy named Roy pushed Sharapova in front of Li Cong, and then the people behind him restrained Sharapova. Karelina was about to make a move and was stopped by Li Cong. If such a person does not make him crazy, he will probably suffocate him to death. Besides, this person Li Cong is still useful. It is no problem for this guy to become a supervisor for himself in the future.
"Sharapova, you'd better be honest with me, I don't mind you listening here, but if you speak out, this hotel will be mine in a while, and the grace left to you by your dead ghost husband will be used up soon It's over, you'd better be careful." The guy turned his head and picked up the wine bottle on the table to drink for himself, and went straight down, looking like he was enjoying himself.
"Sir, this seems to be our table. I don't know you at all. Why do you want to drink my wine? You must know that my wine is very expensive. I don't think you can afford it." Li From lighting a cigarette for himself, he said that that guy also knows the goods, and the price of this cigarette must be tens of dollars. Of course, this guy misread the model. In fact, Li Cong’s cigarette costs hundreds US dollars, but what have they seen for such villagers?
"Hehe, I don't call this gentleman, I have a name, they all call me Big Roy, I know you don't know me, but it doesn't matter, we will know each other slowly, and I can guarantee you After getting to know me, it will be very helpful to your career. You must believe this. Now let’s have a good chat. Where is your diamond mine and how many workers do you need? You can leave this to me Come and get it done, I know very well what kind of workers you need, you can rest assured about this, and you don’t need to pay the workers I give you at all, you just need to give me half of their salary , the other half is your own. Of course, you have to feed them, or you will die if you stand in that temperature, let alone have the strength to work. How about it? Now you are interested in what I said Is it?" This Roy said with a smile, he felt that he was very clear about capitalists like Li Cong. They don't want to pay overtime pay. People like me can just work for him. I have encountered many such situations in the past, and I have made tens of thousands of dollars by relying on this. Stupid miners are still working for themselves, which is much more noble than robbery or something.
"No, Roy, you can't do that. It's too cruel for you to treat them like this. Do you know what happened to those people in the end? They may not come back. They lost their lives. You can't find Roy can help you with things, you can't." This woman is a little crazy, and it's no wonder that a cousin in her family disappeared like this. In the past, she was still wondering what was going on, and said Her cousin disappeared in the suburbs, but she knew her cousin's abilities best, not to mention missing, even meeting a polar bear would be fine.
"Pull her up to me." Roy really hates this woman now, but everyone in the town knows that this woman's husband saved Roy a long time ago, and sometimes it's better to save face OK
"Hehe, you two are going up with Miss Sharapova. I think some things here are not very suitable for you. I want to have a good chat with Mr. Roy. I am very interested in his methods." Li He said to the two women behind him with a smile, and they both nodded. Although a few people looked at them very passionately, they all knew that this was the girl of the boss in front of them. The brain will not be troubled by the money in his pocket, as long as he has money, are he afraid that there will be no women? It is estimated that those beautiful women will come here by themselves, but these two women are so beautiful that it is suffocating.
"That's right, this is the way to talk about things. Now tell me how many miners you need, don't worry about those women." This boss is bigger than the bosses I have encountered before, and he shouldn't treat me badly in doing things.
"That's not urgent. My mine is very large. I want to know how many miners you can get me? I want skilled miners. If I don't have skills, I won't pay for them." Li Cong said, At this moment, this business still has to be done, the big deal is that I will pay those miners more after I get rid of them in the future. At this time, Li Cong didn't feel how difficult it was for those miners.
Sure enough, it was exactly as I guessed. The guy in front of me is really a big boss. Judging by the tone of his speech, he is different from those contractors around. Who knows that the one who doesn't talk big is actually the biggest boss. I actually like to do business with such a big boss. Roy has always separated himself from those small bosses. In fact, it really counts him It’s still not as good as those little bosses, but those little bosses dare not violate the law, and the law is like shit to this guy in front of him. In fact, it was a long time ago when Sharapova’s husband rescued this guy back at that time He broke the law, but this guy knelt down and begged that kind person to get him back, but afterward, this guy took revenge and found a chance to kill him, and it was precisely because of this that he treated Sha The baby is a little bit better. Sometimes Sharapova still felt that he had a conscience. If she knew the truth, she might immediately fight him desperately. The lives in this guy's hands are quite a lot, especially those who escaped. The miners in the mine were caught and killed. Because of his viciousness, some small miners around him were also willing to trade with this man.
It’s just that Roy also has his own ideas. Although he likes this town very much, the more he knows, it will be a waste area in the near future. There will be nothing. Agriculture here will not develop. It's too cold, let alone industry. In the past, if it weren't for the diamonds here, it would have been as barren as other places in Siberia. It was only because of the diamonds that there was such a place. of.
"Hehe, this gentleman doesn't know what to call you yet? We should be considered partners now?" If Li Cong's partner heard this sentence, he would kick him to death. When did you do this? Can a person like a dog be on an equal footing with Lao Tzu? Is there no one left in this **** world? When will it be your turn to be Li Cong's partner?
"Yes, we are indeed partners in this respect, but can you tell me everything about you now? I am very sincere." After speaking, Li Cong took out 10,000 RMB from his pocket, He is very clear why this guy kills time. This guy just wants to see his power. Now the ruble is useless, at least in their eyes, it is worthless, but the RMB is different. This is now The strongest currency in the world, it must be at least 20,000 yuan, and I have never seen such a generous boss.
Roy is the kind of person who has never seen money at first glance, and immediately picked up the money cheerfully, without asking who the money belongs to, and whether you have the life to get it yourself. Anyway, it feels like it’s yours. Although the other people are jealous, they all know that sometimes it’s okay to be jealous, but it’s not a joke to grab money from your boss. This guy is not only ruthless to those miners, even he will never be soft on the brothers who follow him and work hard. This has been proved before.
"This gentleman is a straightforward person, and I, Roy, will definitely satisfy you. I have hundreds of miners in various quantities, but if Mr. Li wants more, there is no way. There are several such small towns in the wasteland, and it is not so difficult to collect them, and even Mr. Li, as long as he pays the starting price, I can get you the workers who are being used in other mines." This guy really has a lot of skills. Seeing from Li Cong's 20,000 RMB deposit, this guy started to boast about his functions, which is still worth the money. Everyone has his own purpose. Li Cong is here Isn't the purpose of this is to find someone to do things for me, but the guy in front of me is really annoying, but I don't have any other candidates at the moment, and it won't be too late to deal with him when I have other candidates.
"No problem, I need 800 large-scale excavation workers first, and I will pay you 1,000 yuan for each person. Of course, you can't collect money after they go, and you must treat them well, don't let me see Considering the way you did things just now, we are a regular company, and I don't want my company to encounter any trouble, this is my business card." After speaking, Li Cong took out a newly printed business card from his pocket .
"Li Yi, Senior Consultant of the First Diamond Group of Great Russia..." Roy slowly read out, this guy is in this line of work, but he has never heard of the First Diamond Group, Is this guy a human trafficker? I remembered that some miners hadn’t appeared since I sent them to that mine a while ago. I didn’t mean it. I also hoped that they could bring me money every month, but the mine owners said that those people They are all dead, what can I do, and this person is willing to give himself a thousand yuan alone, eight hundred people, that is 800,000 yuan, and I may not be able to get this amount after a year of hard work. Well, who cares what, it's this guy who sells those people for meat and doesn't care about his own affairs, this guy thought cheerfully.
"No problem, Mr. Li, I'll do things for you right now. Eight hundred miners are really nothing to worry about. Don't look at the dilapidated appearance here. In fact, this place is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. There are many veterans hidden here. Yes." Seeing Li Cong's impatient look, he hurriedly took his own people out to do errands, but Li Cong didn't have to be afraid of this guy running away, there is no one who can take his own money and not do things for him. Besides, the price I set out can definitely attract that guy. You can tell from his appearance that he can't make much money in a year. If I am willing to give him hundreds of thousands of yuan, it is a very high salary for this guy. Li Cong glanced helplessly at the dilapidated town outside. The labor cost of diamond mining is really too cheap. You can get a good miner for 1,000 yuan, and you can give them 1,000 yuan a month. With a salary of US dollars, I will happily help you do it. You must know that if those diamonds are taken out, none of them can be sold for several million dollars. of something.
"Get out of here, you damn devil. I have never misjudged anyone in my life. I think you are a good person. It is so sad that you would cooperate with someone like Roy. You know how he is. To force those people to go out to work with him, do you know how many people who go out to work can come back? You are too hateful, get out of here." Before Li Cong could catch his breath, Sharapova came down to face Li Cong. Cong yelled, she really couldn't control herself anymore, at least tens of thousands of people have been taken out of this small town by that damn activation over the years, but until now, no one has come back alive at all, saying Those people died tragically in the mine. Most people in the town are unwilling to deal with such people. It’s just that if he takes a fancy to you and you don’t go, there are various ways to torture you. There is really no If there is a way, those people will go, but that is a road of no return, only some people go, but no one returns.
"Miss Sharapova, you don't need to worry, I'm actually doing something good, this time I can take away all the diamond miners in the town, even including you, you can also bring your club to mine I went to the diamond mine, this is absolutely no problem, you can see for yourself how I treat those workers, I am absolutely different from those bloody mine owners, I just use this guy's hand to give them It's just solicitation, because no one but that guy can guarantee to bring me hundreds of miners by this time tomorrow, right? I'll pay them according to the labor contract, and I'll take care of their accommodation, everything They are all formal procedures, and I think they like your tavern very much. If you want, I can call someone to help you move in the afternoon. For your loss, these are compensations for you." Li Cong said After taking out five dollars from the purse, the money is enough to compensate the club. To be honest, the club can only be maintained now. Although those miners like to come here, they don't have much money in their hands. Yes, so it is not very profitable. Now it seems that what this young man said is not bad, but can I believe him?
When Sharapova woke up, Li Cong and his two beautiful attendants had disappeared. In any case, this person should have a good bearing. I treated him like that just now, but he still didn't get angry. It looks like, if I talk to Roy and the others like this, I guess I will be beaten to the point of being unable to get up now. From her hotel window, I can see that the whole town is full of chickens and dogs. Roy That guy promised Li Cong that he would deliver the goods tomorrow, so the hundreds of ruffians who followed him in the town are searching the whole city at the moment. They must find someone who belongs to them, otherwise Roy will be angry Maybe he will send his men to be miners, maybe just like the young man said, they came in accordance with the formal procedures. If that is the case, it will be a good thing for these people, at least they can leave Looking back at this hopeless place, I looked at the 50,000 dollars on the table. Besides, my daughter’s tuition fees, yes, my daughter, my daughter is studying at a university in Moscow, she should know some of these things, no, this is a big family matter, my daughter must come back, I don’t understand those procedures What, my daughter understands.
Aflora, who is studying music at Moscow State University, just happened to be finishing class. She couldn't believe what her mother said. How could such a good thing happen? It is certain that there are laws in this world, but It will definitely not exist in my hometown. The people there don't know what the law is, so I need to leave there quickly.
With all kinds of doubts, she returned to her hometown a day later. Aflora can be regarded as having inherited her mother's good looks, and her chestnut or yellow hair reveals a magical temptation. A pair of big blue eyes are as deep as a lake of clear water. There was a youthful breath on the rosy white face, and the powder-carved jade-like face was so delicate that people could not describe it in words. Tall and slender, with a large and beautiful woolen shawl over a leather jacket. Wearing a pleated skirt and a pair of fashionable boots, the pair of beautiful legs are perfectly displayed in front of people. Modern and fashionable are so well behaved by them. When Li Cong saw this woman, he didn't react at all. When he heard that it was Sharapova's daughter, he felt even more normal, because it could be seen that her mother was a very beautiful person.
But soon Aflora knew what was going on. It turned out that there were two women who were similar to herself beside this guy. The same beauty, but this girl has been hit a little bit at the moment.