Alaska Gold Rush

Chapter 358
Prospecting is hard work and requires a bit of luck.

Chen Ruobai felt that what he might lack now was some luck. He felt that his general survey direction was correct, but his luck was not good now, which was why there were repeated unsatisfactory situations, and now there was a trend of being helpless.

We continued prospecting with Morgan and Henderson, and we have already checked out eleven gold nests.But when it comes to valuable discoveries, of course there are none at all. I can only keep comforting myself that I am eliminating wrong options.

As for the construction period, it was a little longer than expected, because it took five days to investigate at [-] o'clock.

Two of them can barely be considered as explosions. Originally, the prospects seemed to be brighter, and various performances seemed to be worthy of continued exploration.

But when I started digging and measuring the area, I suddenly found that there were some gold sand on the surface.That is the real gold and jade with the outside and the inside, and it is a real empty joy.

But there is no way, this is the job of prospecting, and it is relatively normal to encounter such a situation.To be honest, Chen Ruobai did not encounter such situations once or twice in his prospecting career, so he just accepted it calmly.

The main reason is that there is no way to do it. He naturally hopes to find a gold mine, but he can't find it, so he can't build one himself!Those are simply unrealistic things.

It is impossible to continue working hard. Not only is Chen Ruobai's physical fitness at its limit, Henderson and Morgan's physical condition is not particularly good, so they can only temporarily stop and rest for two days to recover their condition before continuing work hard.

Another reason is naturally that the weather does not allow it, so we can only stop temporarily.

This is a normal working mode, and Chen Ruobai is naturally not dissatisfied.It's okay to take a break. It just so happens that he has other things to deal with. He doesn't just have a job in the Gold Rush team.

Chen Ruobai, who has a big family and a big business, rushed to Fairbanks without stopping and lay down comfortably on the big bed of the hotel.If it were in the past, many things would just have to be overcome a little bit, mainly because there was not much money, so naturally one would have to be careful about everything.

But now the situation is a little different. Although it is not squandering, you still have to spend money where you should spend money. It is normal for the quality of life to improve, but if you want to drop it, it is obviously not easy.

With the phone on speakerphone, Chen Ruobai asked, "That old bastard didn't follow immediately?"

Lawrence's gloating voice came from the other end of the phone, "What he needs to consider now is the crew's problems, not us."

This is really good news. Chen Ruobai did not hide his gloating at all, "So his team is completely finished? When the divers leave, his team will naturally be unable to continue working."

I don’t blame Chen Ruobai for making such a judgment, but this is generally the case in the composition of the money-attracting team.Basically, it is the configuration of captain + diver, which are also the most basic requirements.

It was obvious that even if Toby could dive, he wouldn't be able to do it considering his age.As for Toby's son, he is even more of a dilettante. It is also very unrealistic to expect him to be able to make money by diving.

"He has been here, just like before." Lawrence said with some worry, "He seems to just want to follow us to find gold, but his team has a temporary problem, so we don't need to worry. I The worry is that once his team is formed again, it will cause trouble."

When Chen Ruobai was a little worried, Lawrence continued, "Moreover, the weather and sea conditions are also very bad. Giving him two extra days to prepare is not good news for us."

It's really not good news, because the two-day construction period was delayed.

If Toby reorganized the team and the guys who had just transferred encountered the Golden Hunter who was about to transfer before they even started, it would definitely be a huge blow to morale.But now it seems that they may be a little more relaxed.

However, Chen Ruobai looked away from such things, "Then we can only accept this result. We have done what we should do. If the weather is helping them, we obviously have no better way. ."

This is the fact, and this is probably the so-called force majeure factor, there is really no better way.

Chen Ruobai asked with concern, "So do you think that guy has the ability and the opportunity to follow us again?"

Lawrence thought for a while and said, "I heard that the news spread quickly. He suffered an outright failure. Everyone knew why he failed. So I knew very well that other divers would be afraid of the same experience. .”

This is a fact. If you want to continue to follow Chen Ruobai's team, the risk is too great for Toby and the others.After all, even divers need to make money to support their families. No one wants to work hard for half a month or a month and still not make any money. Maybe they can deal with it by themselves, but the household expenses are indispensable!

Chen Ruobai continued to ask, "What news have you heard?"

Freddy next to him said directly, "No one wants to work for him, that's what I know from other people."

It can only be said that whether it is a gold-absorbing circle or a gold-mining circle, the circle is actually relatively narrow. Whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, it can actually spread quickly. If you want to achieve true confidentiality, it is also relatively narrow. A difficult thing.

It sounded good, Chen Ruobai said with a smile, "This is good news, he must be very anxious now. If he continues to fail to recruit people, he will have a big loss in this season of attracting money."

Not only because recruiting people needs to delay the construction period, but also because of team integration, etc., these also take time.

In any case, Toby has encountered some troubles now. It is not that he will go bankrupt immediately, pack up and leave, but if these current troubles are not resolved, the subsequent hidden dangers will indeed be relatively large.

All this has nothing to do with Chen Ruobai. Toby's misfortune actually means no loss to Chen Ruobai. This can even be regarded as some good news.After all, that old guy is quite difficult to deal with, and it does affect everyone's work efficiency.

Lawrence is now confident and said confidently, "I'm not worried about him launching malicious competition again. If he continues to follow us, we will repeat our previous work and his team will collapse again!"

This is not just Lawrence’s idea, this is also the idea of ​​the rest of the team. Everyone is more confident now.Isn't this obvious? Toby's diver chose to leave his job, which is proof.Previously, Murray's team couldn't hold on and left in despair, which is normal for the success of the strategy.

Although this does affect some efficiency, in general it is not a big problem.It's just a difference between making more or less. In fact, it really doesn't have much impact.

With a strong family foundation and a high rate of return, you can naturally be more relaxed about these things. This is a fact.

Things on the money-attracting team seem to have stabilized and are slowly getting on the right track, which is certainly something to be happy about.

For Chen Ruobai, in fact, even if he spent a lot of money to build the Golden Hunter and reorganized the team, all of this was naturally time-consuming, laborious, and cost a lot of money.

But he always believed that these investments were worthwhile, and he did not expect these investments to bring about some so-called leaps immediately. Just steady and steady development was enough. These were the things he valued most.

Absorbing gold can indeed make a lot of money, and he is completely satisfied with a harvest of about [-] ounces a year.

To expect to be able to absorb [-] or [-] ounces in a season is almost impossible if you are lucky.

It seems that it is indeed not as high as the output of the Gold Rush team, but it is completely acceptable.This is not a saying that no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, it is still meat. This kind of harvest is also at the level of an annual income of one million dollars, so it is impossible for him not to care.

Playing steadily and steadily is the most important thing, and these are now some of his requirements and expectations for the money-grabbing team.And now it seems that the progress is good. Even if we did encounter some minor troubles, they are basically solved now. Everything is moving in a better direction. This is indeed enough.

This can be considered some good news. When the prospecting work has encountered some setbacks, there is finally some good news that can comfort you a little. This is indeed good news out-and-out, and it is worth having a drink at night to celebrate. one time.

Chen Ruobai, a layman, does not have high requirements. He does not need to be surprised every day. It is obviously enough to have some small reasons to be happy and celebrate. These things are more important and meaningful to him.

After finishing some communication with the money-attracting team, Chen Ruobai looked at the phone helplessly. It seemed that as long as he was 'out of the mountain', his business was still busy, and the calls were basically uninterrupted.

Calling Kessler back, Chen Ruobai said directly, "Brother, you are the general manager of the company! You must understand that your mission when you come to the company is to do these things well, so that you can be worthy of your salary."

Kessler didn't care about Chen Ruobei's complaints and just said, "I did what I should do, but my boss was unwilling to leave everything to me. I had no choice but to keep in touch with him. , he needs to confirm something."

How can I put it, Kessler's complaints are basically true. He really cannot micromanage everything and take full responsibility.

Kessler is naturally responsible for some trivial matters, and daily management and operations are also his responsibility.

But when it comes to directional matters, it is really the boss Chen Ruobai who decides, and this cannot be delegated.

Chen Ruobai stopped being perfunctory and asked directly, "What's the matter with you calling in such a hurry?"

"You promised to cooperate with those brokers across the river, and now he has brought a cooperation agreement." Kessler said helplessly, "Robert, you are no longer an ordinary money-sucker, but some of your resources give me a headache. You That part should be dropped."

Hearing this, Chen Ruobai asked with some uncertainty, "Thomas? Are you talking about Thomas?"

Kessler immediately complained, "Of course, can the broker I'm talking about be anyone else besides him? By the way, I almost forgot that you have an old friend, and that old guy is also a broker."

Chen Ruobai seemed to understand why Kessler complained about the bad situation, which actually made some sense.

To put it simply, Kessler felt that Chen Ruobai's previous resources and connections were a bit low-level, not to mention that some of them were of no use, and such resources would actually involve some energy.

So now we can really be more decisive, and it doesn't matter if we just give up such a part of our resources.This is not a matter of burning bridges, because this is a cooperative relationship in itself.

Chen Ruobai's development is very fast. Once others cannot keep up, they will naturally be abandoned. This is a normal business model.There is no such thing as impersonality, and there is no need to think too much about morality. After all, it is human nature to do this, and there is nothing wrong with it, so there is no need to feel any psychological burden.

Kessler continued, "Robert, do you realize that you're not the same person you were before?"

Hearing what Kessler said, Chen Ruobai was stunned for a moment, "I don't think I'm any different now, I'm still the same person I was before!"

Kessler is a man who hates iron but cannot make steel. "Robert, if they are just ordinary gold diggers, they will harvest 100 ounces or 200 ounces in a season. They will be very satisfied with the result and they can make some money." . But if you own Robert Mining Company, our output value will easily exceed [-] million or [-] million!"

This time Chen Ruobai did not refute, although he was a little complacent, but he probably realized what Kessler would say.He has indeed considered some things, but maybe no one usually reminds them of these things.

Kessler continued, "Ordinary gold prospectors will cooperate with Thomas, and they need to communicate with those brokers. But you are different. Whether it is Fortune Creek or other places, you can directly interface with the Bureau of Mines. Understand? You don't Then you have a small team of just a few people, and you have a formal company!”

Chen Ruobai understood and said with a smile, "I know this. I have been consciously communicating with some people since last year. I have been constantly trying to make progress. I also think it has some effects now."

"But this is not enough, you still have a lot to learn." Kessler was heartbroken and persuaded again, "So you have to understand that some of your former partners can no longer keep up with our development speed. Abandon They are better for our development!"

(End of this chapter)