Chapter 831 One More Mine (2/2)

Li Du laughed. ”What is there to embarrassed about? We fought together, and we dug you up from the collapsed mine, didn't we?”

Aubrey laughed but did not answer.

To make a long story short, Li Du asked the eight people if they would like to work under him. Eight of them nodded. Marcos had spent the last two days disposing of the tools in the mine, dissolving their team, and was now waiting to sell the mine and leave Lightning Ridge. If they didn't follow Li Du, there would be nowhere else to go.

Li Du's rivals had never been stingy. Eight of them offered to work with him after he said, ”I will ask someone to take you to sign the contract. In terms of salary, I will offer you 20% over the basic salary you were paid before.”

”Really?” Aubrey asked delightedly.

Li Du nodded and said, ”Yes, this is a probationary period. If you get through the probationary period, I will double your basic salary after that.”

”This must be a joke. This can't be true!” Holiday exclaimed.

”It's true, but I have the condition that you work for me with a basic salary and bonus that is not tied to the minerals you dig up,” Li Du said.

”Aren't you afraid that we'll do nothing?” Holiday asked, puzzled.

Li Du said, ”I'm not afraid. I will fire those who do not work. In addition, the bonus I mentioned does not relate to the ore you dig, but that does not mean that you if dig the ore, I will not pay you the bonus, either.

”You have two ways of working. One is that I look for gems, and you come and work for me, but the gems have nothing to do with you guys. The other way is that you use your experience to find the gems, and when you dig out the gems, you still get the bonus.”

He had been thinking for the last two days about how to pay the eight people. The way Li Du found gems, neither Brother Wolf nor Godzilla got a 10% bonus, so how would these eight miners get one?

The eight did not know what he was capable of, so they laughed at his words and readily agreed.

The next step was to continue the search for a mine. No mining value had been found in the 408 mine, so Li Du was ready to sell it. He went to the trading floor to look for the mines that were up for sale, and then went to the mines to do a field trip.

He was lucky enough to spend two days exploring four quarries, and then he discovered another vein. The vein was richer in gemstones than the previous mines, but the gems were deeper underground, where it would take a lot of digging.

Li Du had hired eight new employees just in time, and it was now their turn to work.

Brother Wolf and Godzilla were promoted. Godzilla became the foreman, and Brother Wolf could concentrate on being Li Du's bodyguard. When the miners got close to the vein, Brother Wold and Godzilla could take over and dig it again.

The mine was number 122, only two mines' distance from Blanchett's mine. However, Li Du's concern was not Blanchett, but rather, his neighbors.