Chapter 831 One More Mine (1/2)

Chapter 831: One More Mine

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

In the end, Li Du decided to accept Aubrey and the other men.

Since he had come to Lightning Ridge, the mining was mainly done by Godzilla and Brother Wolf. Godzilla was fine, but Brother Wolf was his bodyguard, so mining was not suitable for him.

Of course, Li Du paid them a huge salary, and Brother Wolf enjoyed the work. However, Li Du himself could not enjoy it. He also participated in mining activities, but he was very tired. If someone could work for him, then he would be free to do other things instead of mining.

As for his secret? This problem was easy to solve. He could arrange for Aubrey and the others to carry out the initial excavation of the mine, and when it came to the gems, Godzilla and Brother Wolf could take over.

He considered that Godzilla and Brother Wolf were amateurs in the gem mining industry, while Aubrey and the others were professionals. Naturally, they should be better at digging tunnels. Plus, the pay for the eight of them was less, which was the main reason he had taken over.

The salary of the eight miners, including Aubrey, was less than $60,000 a month. As a leader, Aubrey had higher pay, which was $8,000 per month, while the others were paid $6,000 per month.

Li Du felt that the miners' salaries were quite low, and that the job was very tiring. They stayed underground all day and were under great mental pressure, but they earned less than $10,000.

According to industry rules, the miner's owner was required to pay a tenth of the proceeds as a bonus, so the only thing the miners could hope for was that they dug out more gems. Most of the mines didn't have any gems. It could be that only one or two gems might be dug out about every one or two months, so the miners often had no bonus income and had to rely on basic wages.

Marcos' party was still going on as dawn was breaking, but Li Du and Sophie were a little sleepy, so they left the bar early.

Two days later, Li Du heard that Marcos had put his three mines up for sale. The miners said Marcos had been scared out of his wits by the accident. Li Du knew, however, that he was not frightened by the mine disaster, but he had thought about a lot of things while he was underground.

What do you want to pursue? Thinking of Marcos, he began to think of the question himself. The gems had been dug out of the ground. The 408 mine had only one vein, and there were several scattered gems. Li Du did not want to dig those. Their distribution was too scattered, and their quality was also general, not even worth the cost of labor to dig them out.

There was nothing to do. He sat at the door of his cabin enjoying the Australian autumn sun. Inland Australia was still quite warm. However, when he spoke to Hans, he said it was cold and almost snowing along the coast. He wanted to stop harvesting black gold abalone and come to the mainland to meet Li Du. However, the sea woman had a method of coping with the low water temperature, and she kept diving as usual.

However, because it was now the forbidden season for black gold abalone, the price of fresh black gold abalone was very high in the international market, so Hans had to stay with the sea woman and continue to catch black gold abalone.

Thinking about these things, Li Du realized his dream now was to make money, then buy a stake in the Winston group and make good use of the little bug's ability.

He was basking in the sun when Ah Ow, who was hiding in the shade, raised her head as her ears pricked up in alert. Several pickup trucks pulled into the mine. A group of big men got out and stood and looked at Li Du from a distance. There were eight of them, including Aubrey, and Li Du whistled to them to come over.

With the eight big men pushing and shoving, no one wanted to walk forward. Li Du felt a little strange and asked, ”What's the matter? Are you all not willing to work with me?”

”No, Boss Li. Don't get us wrong. We… we are embarrassed, and the situation is kind of awkward,” Holiday said with an lopsided smile.