Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Boss Dong owns a foreign trade import and export company.

We usually engage in import and export trade of industrial products, and bring in industrial equipment that is in short supply in the country.

At that time, many large state-owned enterprises and research institutes in Xi'an dealt with Boss Dong and entrusted him to get some industrial equipment that was difficult to obtain.

Boss Dong was therefore valued by the province and received a lot of support and convenience.

After learning this, I realized the importance of official status.

That's like a talisman!

The warehouse is on Laodong Road outside Yuxiangmen.

Inside were various mechanical equipment packed in wooden boxes.

"Look, I brought all of this in from outside."

"Machine tools from the island countries, milling machines and fine grinders from the continent are all in high demand. They will be gone in a couple of days."

I looked around curiously.

Everything I see is something I have never seen before.

But what I am most looking forward to is the good stuff that Boss Dong mentioned.

He took me all the way to the end of the warehouse.

There is also a storage room there.

Boss Dong took out his key and opened the door: "Here are the good things."

There are several shelves in the storage room.

But the shelves in front were empty and there was nothing on them.

Only a few boxes were placed on the rearmost shelf.

"Imported emergency lights, high brightness and long lighting time." Boss Dong patted the box.

Emergency lighting has been around since World War II.

In the 1990s, emergency lights became widely popular in the country.

At that time, electricity was in short supply and power outages occurred frequently, so many families had emergency lights.

Later, as electricity supply became more sufficient, emergency lights, which were once a necessity in every household, gradually disappeared, remaining only in some commercial places.

"Can you open it and try?" I asked excitedly.

"That's all right."

Boss Dong helped unpack the box and took out an emergency light.

The emergency light is an upright, long strip with a headlight on top.

The lamp head can be adjusted in height and angle, and there is a handrail at the back for easy holding.

"One push for low light, two pushes for high light."

The strong light turned on, bursting into dazzling light.

The brightness is many times stronger than a flashlight.

I hugged the emergency light in ecstasy: "Brother Dong, you are really my lucky star, this good treasure is just what I need!"

"Haha, you can use it if you need it."

"How much are these? I'll pay you."

Boss Dong smiled and waved his hand: "It's not worth much, I'll give it to you."

"When you've done a great job, give me something good!"

This is a typical example of using small favors to win people's hearts.

But most people really fall for it.

"Thank you, Brother Dong. I will definitely bring you something good if you find it."

Before we have our own channels, we still have to rely on Boss Dong for shipments.

I don’t know how many years it will take to get Mr. Ai to recognize my strength and help me build distribution channels.

In fact, in my calculation, establishing my own shipping channels is a later step and there is no rush at this moment.

But I am still curious about the profit Boss Dong makes from shipping.

"Brother Dong, you made a lot of money this time, right?"

Boss Dong said frankly, "Of course we make a lot of money, but shipping the goods out requires a lot of effort, so the net profit is not that much."

"Brother Shi Tou, I know you are capable, and capable people are always ambitious."

"But few people can have it all."

"In the antiques business, I'm just a small fry. Although I earn more than you, it's still limited."

"I have Hong Kong antique tycoons above me. They have a monopoly on trading with foreigners."

"And the foreign collecting families have a monopoly on the direction of international auctions."

"The trends in international auctions determine the prices of antiques. This is a whole set of social classes, and we both belong to the lowest level."

The class that Boss Dong described is something I have never imagined.

I thought that as long as I had a trading channel, I could make a lot of money by selling things to Hong Kong Island.

Now it seems that it is not a simple matter at all.

No wonder Mr. Ai emphasized strength.

Only with sufficient strength can you have the possibility of participating in the advanced class game.

Without ability, you won’t even have a chance to sit at the table.

Boss Dong patted my shoulder and said earnestly, "When you are strong enough, we can work together."

"All my sales channels in Hong Kong Island are open to you."

Strength, strength again.

I don't know what the strength that Boss Dong wants is different from that of Mr. Ai.

I pondered and asked, "What does it mean to be strong enough?"

Boss Dong took out three or five cigarettes and handed one to me, then took out another and put it in his own mouth.

Bang!

The sterling silver kerosene lighter was swung, and flames came out to ignite the cigarette.

The whole set of movements is smooth and looks very impressive.

I was jealous and silently imitated Boss Dong's actions in my heart, thinking that I would do the same when I had the chance.

Boss Dong then helped me light a cigarette.

"If we can control 60% to 70% of the tomb-robbing circle in Guanzhong, we would be considered powerful."

The requirements are not low.

With 60% to 70% control, rounding it up, he would become the boss of the Guanzhong tomb-robbing circle.

"Control means making them all obedient?"

Boss Dong smiled, nodded, and then shook his head.

"It's obedient, but not in the sense you understand it."

"Simply put, they can steal whatever they want, however they want, but the goods must go through your hands."

"Anything dug out from Guanzhong must be traded with you."

I understand.

But I feel it is too difficult to do.

There are countless tomb-robbing gangs active in Guanzhong, and it sounds like a fantasy to ask them to pass the goods through my hands.

“Do you find it difficult to do?”

"It's not that difficult, actually. All I need is someone who can fight, think and manage well."

"It's like the Hong Kong community: the red sticks, who can fight, deal with the disobedient, while the white fans, who can think, come up with strategies and manage."

"As long as you establish your power and win over people with benefits, others will be willing to be your slaves."

"I'm just telling you these things. I hope you can do it and cooperate with me."

"Then we will share the wealth and happiness together!"

Before I knew it, Boss Dong had painted another big pie for me.

I was so excited when I heard it.

Young people, who doesn’t want to do something big?

Who doesn’t want to be the center of attention?

Who doesn’t want to have countless subordinates?

I took a deep puff of the cigarette, and the red flame burned the cigarette quickly. In the blink of an eye, half of the cigarette turned to ashes.

"it is good!"

"We share the happiness and wealth together!"

"Just watch out for you!" Boss Dong patted my shoulder with a smile.

After the conversation, Boss Dong asked someone to move the entire box of emergency lights onto the tricycle.

"I'll have someone send the things back to you. Just tell Xiao Song where they're going. I'll give you a surprise when you come back."

"no problem."

I waved goodbye to Boss Dong

He got into the back of the tricycle and told Xiao Song the address of Wang Hu's residence.

After more than half an hour, we arrived at a small guesthouse in the western suburbs.

Xiao Song, go in and help me call Wang Hu and the others out.

Wang Hu trotted over to me and said, "Master Chen, you finally remembered me!"

"Where are the others?" I asked.

Wang Hu hung his head. "They are disloyal. They learned a little bit from you, and then they recruited people to do it themselves."

"I tried to persuade them, but..."