There is nothing interesting to do during the Chinese New Year in rural areas except for the excitement. Apart from eating and sleeping every day, the only entertainment is playing cards. Or a group of people get together to chat.
When men get together to chat, they are either bragging or playing cards.
When women get together to chat, it’s all kinds of petty gossip. Nowadays, smartphones have become commonplace, and Yangjia Village is even covered by WIFI. However, the speed at which young people in the village know about things around them is far inferior to those of the elderly who cannot even use smartphones.
Which family nearby has taken a new wife, which family has given birth to a child, which family has divorced and found a new man. In short, there is nothing that these people don't know. It is simply an information exchange station for the surrounding areas.
Yang Dongxu squatted on the ground and watched some old men walking their horses. Not far away, Du Weiwei and others were pulling Xiao Wenchen to play with his firecrackers. In fact, it was the children who really enjoyed the New Year.
Or people like Du Weiwei who don't care about being an adult and have a crazy personality. After all, during festivals like the Chinese New Year, you have to be more relaxed and not be too fickle in order to feel happy. Otherwise, you will always feel that every day is so decadent that all you have to do is sleep and eat.
In fact, the most exciting thing about the intercourse of a few old men is not the person involved in the intercourse, but the people watching the excitement. The true gentleman who watches chess without saying anything does not apply here.
It was originally two people interfering with each other and they themselves were the parties involved, but as a result, they became tools and the onlookers turned into strategists.
Originally, the person involved in the game didn't take the win or loss seriously, but the onlookers started arguing first.
But you are not convinced by each other when you quarrel, so you two go to the side and play another game. Anyway, this thing doesn't cost much. You can draw nine horizontal and nine vertical Go squares on the ground. One chess piece is made of a small wooden stick, and the other is made of a small stick. Stone will do.
But the person who started the quarrel never did this, and continued to direct the next game, which made the involved party want to give up the game. He was originally having a good time, but ended up being used as a tool by the person who quarreled.
"Xuzi, is your phone ringing?" Zhou Ya held Yang Dongxu's mobile phone and waved in the distance.
When he was in his hometown, Yang Dongxu rarely used his mobile phone because his mobile phone contained private numbers that not many people knew.
Everyone knows that he has a noisy personality and doesn't like to be polite or anything like that. So I don't usually call him that much. Even if it's a courtesy like New Year's greetings, I usually send him text messages.
Most of the time, his phone is used by a few women to communicate with him, and he rarely even calls his family.
It's not that he doesn't want to call his parents when he's out, but that both Yang's father and Yang's mother like to call their daughter-in-law Zhou Ya, or babbling with their little grandson and their little granddaughter who can't speak very well. A few words would be more than talking to his son.
Xiao ran over to get the phone and wondered who was calling, because if it was Bai Qian and others calling, Zhou Ya could answer the call without having to come to him with the phone.
Several of these women formed a YY group and chatted in various ways every day. The relationship between sisters was closer than that of their husband Yang Dongxu.
So if there is nothing urgent about the calls from Bai Qian and others, Zhou Ya can just chat with them and ask Yang Dongxu to come back in the evening. You won't come to him with a phone like now.
"Who is it?" Yang Dongxu took the phone and asked.
"Qian Liang." Zhou Ya said.
The phone has been hung up now. It's quite a distance from the old house, so after answering the phone just now, Zhou Ya told Qian Liang to hang up first and call him back after finding Yang Dongxu.
I took the phone and clicked to call back, and the call was connected without ringing twice.
"It's almost the Chinese New Year, what do you want from me? Do you want to wish me an early New Year?" Yang Dongxu asked.
"Well... Mr. Yang, do you have any connections in Australia? Something happened to the mine I invested in Australia."
"What happened? There was an accident while mining?" Yang Dongxu raised his eyebrows.
He knew that Qian Liang had been involved in mining in Australia in the past few years. Not only Qian Liang, but also many people he knew had gone to Australia to invest in mining.
Australia has a vast territory and is rich in mineral resources. In addition, the number of state-owned enterprises purchasing iron ore and other minerals from Australia is increasing rapidly every year. Such a profitable business requires capital and capital, such as Qian Liang's. It is impossible for people with connections not to get involved and get a share of the pie.
"It's not that there was an accident. The mining equipment and preparatory work have just been completed and the excavation has not started yet. The equipment has entered the site. As a result, the Bureau of Mining over there in Australia came over and said that this part is not up to standard. Several local companies also came out. The residents said that the mine occupied their land and they needed compensation," Qian Liang said hurriedly.
"I didn't take care of it well, or did I offend someone?" Yang Dongxu couldn't help but ask.
This kind of equipment has just come into the site and is ready to start construction. However, it is too common in international mining investment that the site is blocked and cannot be moved.
There are only two consequences when encountering such a thing. One is that the person who should take care of it fails to take care of it well. This is because the other party will give you eye drops and ask you to take the initiative to make a confession.
The second one was to meet a local gangster. Relying on his connections in the local area, he started to cause trouble and prepare to make some money.
"Everything that needs to be taken care of has been taken care of. How can I dare to let the equipment enter the site without paving the way in advance? As for offending people, it is inevitable to offend people in business.
But in order to avoid trouble, I directly paid a lot of money to hire an international security company to guard the scene. This international security company is very high-level, and ordinary gangsters would not dare to mess with it.
But now these ordinary people have gone into the mines. The Australian Minerals Bureau used this as a reason to temporarily ban the mines from starting. The security company has been coordinating for several days with no results at all, and they haven't even figured out the reason. "
Qian Liang's tone was anxious.
There was no hurry, as long as only workers entered the site, he could not afford to lose a few dollars of workers' wages. But some of those large-scale mining equipment are purchased and some are rented, and money is flowing out every day.
What's more important is that after he won the mine, he received a lot of purchasing contracts. Because of his strong connections, he had to work overtime to complete the orders he placed, striving to make the most money in the shortest time.
Suddenly the mine was closed and no work was allowed to start. If the goods could not be delivered on time, just the penalty would be enough to break his bones. In addition, at this time, half of his net worth and the investment of many partners were also invested in this mine.
If he doesn't figure out the cause of this matter, he will definitely go bankrupt if he does this from time to time in the future.
"Let me ask you a question first."
It had been a few days since he heard about the incident. Qian Liang didn't even figure out the cause of the incident. Yang Dongxu's first feeling was that the person behind it probably had a lot of background.
After all, not everyone can grasp the influence of the capital gathered by Qian Liang and his partners. In addition, coupled with various relationships, they are also veterans of long-term investment in the international market.
This time, he was manipulated so hard that he didn't know who he had offended. It was obvious that the other party had a lot of background.
