Chapter 1491 Common Knowledge (1/2)

Along the way, Li Du had met many people looking for food in the garbage, as well as a lot of Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Maybach, and other world-class luxury cars.

The gap between rich and poor was especially obvious in this area. Sometimes, when a car passed by and someone threw out a cigarette butt out of the window, someone else would rush to pick it up.

Li Du looked to the northeast, which was the boundary of China. Although many of his classmates and friends in China complained about the country and the government, as Li Du saw more and more of the world, he felt that the government of China had done quite well.

Hpakant was indeed worthy of its reputation as the international jade city. There were traces of jade ore everywhere.

As far as the eye could reach, there were stalls on the streets selling piles of jade ore rather than street food.

Along with the ore, there would always be a large electronic scale, which was used to weigh and evaluate the ore.

There was no bargaining here, as the government introduced a series of policies to limit the output of jade, so the price of ore went all the way up. The mine owners and the jade dealers became even more arrogant than before.

They held a dominant position in the ore market, and as there was no bargaining anymore, they set the price. They put on a nonchalant air and did not care if a customer walked away. Another one would always come.

The streets of Hpakant were full of jade shops, and Li Du surveyed the whole area. The people outside were observing their motorcade.

Godanwei carefully asked, ”Boss, we're in Hpakant now. Do you still need a guide?”

Li Du gave him a sideways look and said, ”Why? Are you in a hurry? You haven't shown us around yet.”

It was not far from Hpakant, less than 200 kilometers, but they traveled for more than six hours.

Bad road conditions and the ensuing difficulty of driving was one of the reasons. The other was because Godanwei kept leading them on the wrong path.

Li Du had noticed along the journey that Godanwei was talkative but only spoke empty words. When talking about world affairs, he sounded very righteous and progressive. However, he was not very reliable when it came to interpersonal matters.

Li Du had no idea whether this fellow was leading them astray on purpose, or whether he simply did not know Hpakant as well as he claimed.

If it were not for Li Du being unfamiliar with this place and the difficulty of finding a guide at such short notice, he would have dispensed with this man's services.

Godanwei wanted to leave too. Godzilla opened some of the parcels in the trunk, and the muzzles of long guns poked out!

Looking at Li Du's group's size and the equipment in the car, their guide evidently feared that these people were here to shoot someone.

The parties looked at each other with mutual dissatisfaction.

When Godanwei met Li Du's eye, he hurriedly turned his head and looked outside.

Li Du said coldly, ”My friend, what's the matter? Do you have something on your mind?”

Godanwei quickly explained, ”No, no, I was just thinking… if you don't need me anymore, where am I'm going to get some work and make money? I have to make a living too, right?”

Li Du nodded. ”Don't worry, you can keep working for us.”

Although he was not a good guide, he was a good translator. He spoke Mandarin very well, better than some of Li Du's southern classmates.

Godanwei almost cried when he heard that.