Chapter 807 Good and Bad Intentions (1/2)

Chapter 807: Good and Bad Intentions

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Buying and selling a mine was not complicated. It was easier than buying a house.

This kind of business was so common in Lightning Ridge, that the National Bureau of Mines and the Bureau of Land Management set up an office in the town to provide services.

Li Du paid in cash, so he did not need a loan or a bank. They did the procedure together, dealing with all the formalities in a day.

He paid out $550,000 and then collected a certificate of ownership.

According to Australian land management law, as long as the government did not fail or go bankrupt, the 20 acres of land would belong to him now and always.

However, like buying a house, he had to pay taxes every year on the 20 acres he owned.

This was a good way to limit people's investment in real estate. One of the reasons why Lightning Ridge could form a mine sales chain was that when the mine owners found that their mine could not produce black opal, they rushed to sell the mine to avoid paying taxes every year.

After getting the certificate, Li Du invited Blanchette for a drink. ”Come on, man, I have to thank you for helping me so much today.”

From taking him to the mine until he had gotten his land permit, Blanchette had helped him with haggling his prices, copying his documents, and closing his deals.

”My pleasure, and you deserve it because you helped my good friend,” Blanchette laughed.

”What would you like to eat tonight? You can eat all you want. My wallet is ready for your attack,” said Li Du.

Blanchette laughed. ”Really? I'm sorry, but my mine is in trouble, and I can't get away any longer.”

This made Li Du felt very guilty, because Blanchette had spent all his time with him today.

Blanchette drove away from the door of the mine's trading center.

Seeing the back of his pickup, Li Du sighed. ”There is a good fellow. I can feel the kindness of the Australians at last.”

”He is really kind. He is actually a little too kind,” Lu Guan said.

By implication, he found Blanchette's enthusiasm strange.

That's what Li Du had suspected before, but he had checked the mine. There was no problem, and there were gems in it. There was also no problem with the deal, either. It was official.

”Don't always doubt people's good intentions. God teaches us to help each other and love each other,” he said.

Half a million dollars to buy a mine, not including the tools. To make a mine, he would have to purchase tools and hire miners.

Godzilla told Li Du he didn't need all that. ”I'll go down. I've dug mines in Mexico, no problem.”

Brother Wolf nodded in agreement. ”Yes Boss, I can go down with Godzilla.”

Li Du thought it would be ok, not because he wanted to save money, but because he was ready to go directly to the gem mine. If they hired miners, they would be suspicious. After all, the father and son had been digging in the mine for years, and nothing had been dug up.

All that was left was to buy tools, and there were plenty of hardware stores in town, as well as large tool rental companies and anything else they might need.

After much prying, they found one of the most famous tool rental companies in town.