Diamonds

"How are you going to convince Ola Mwaku?" Zheng Ke asked.

Xie Qiuqi became irritable when he mentioned this matter. He was very unwilling to interfere in other people's private affairs, especially this kind of emotional entanglement: "She has a child, and she always has to plan for the child's future. The material condition of the commander is good. It’s good for the children’s future. You can’t always work as a helper in a dairy, and going to college is the right way.”

"If she could think that way, she wouldn't have bowed her head until today. If she didn't, it means she has other considerations."

"What do you want to say?"

"This child may be a bargaining chip."

Xie Qiuqi frowned, already anticipating what he would say next.

Zheng Ke explained: "Why has Ola been able to maintain her independence for so many years? Is it because she doesn't want to go back? Could it be that the commander is willing to let her out just because she says she doesn't want to? If it is in his hands, he will definitely use the child to coerce Aura to go back. The biggest weakness of being a mother is controlled, and Aura will compromise for the child no matter how emotional she is."

Therefore, Xie Qiuqi's use of children to persuade Ola is bound to fail.

This is not an ordinary couple. There is huge wealth and power between them, and their conflicts are not ordinary family affairs.Zheng Ke was born in a wealthy family, and he knows more about it than Xie Qiuqi——

"Look at my mother, double doctorate from New York University, an actuary, and a risk control manager on Wall Street. She was very chic when she was young. But after I was born, there were two children at home, and my grandma forced her to resign and go home to take care of the children. My mother made a lot of trouble. In the end, in order to make her compromise, my father gave her the management of the house, stocks, and funds, including the salary card. "

For a woman to be independent, the price she pays is often greater than that of a man.The elderly, children, and family responsibilities are all burdens.

But thinking about it the other way around, since Ola only needs to compromise, then abducting the child and handing it over to the commander is also a strategy.It didn't matter whether Ola went back willingly or not anyway.

Xie Qiuqi subconsciously disliked the idea.He had a little admiration for Ola. It was rare for a woman to be proud. He didn't want to see her bend over, and how innocent the child was.

He can't do such immoral things.

Zheng Ke's thinking also bypassed this way: "The war made the commander rich, from a mud-legged boy to a landlord, and what he now owns is actually from the Mwaku family. Ola is tantamount to falling in love with She killed a robber who ransacked her home, and her money and power were taken away, so there must be resentment. To make her change her mind, she can only return her power and bargaining chips, otherwise she will not feel safe."

"It's impossible for the commander to give her a bargaining chip. He won the country with great difficulty..."

"Why do you have to ask the commander to give it to her?"

Xie Qiuqi was taken aback.

Zheng Ke changed his expression and lowered his voice: "What she wants is mines and money. As for who gave it to her, does it matter? Isn't it okay if we give it to her?" He paused: "We put this The mining area took it down and gave it to Ola as a meeting gift, and she lied to the commander for two boat tickets to send us away. This deal is a good deal for her, right?"

"You want to rebel? If the commander knew that the mine was lost, how could he allow us to go out?"

"By the time he knows, we'll be sailing away."

"If you rebelled against her and the commander, you can't clear up the past."

"Continuing with the status quo is not going to fix their relationship. Neither of them is satisfied with the status quo, and only breaking the status quo will give them a chance to reevaluate the relationship."

She won't be reconciled if she doesn't give something real to Ola.It is impossible for the commander to take the initiative to divide power, so Xie Qiuqi and the others can only help her seize it.When the rebellion is successful, the commander may make appropriate concessions when he sees that the deal is done.

Now there is only one key question -

How big is Aura's ambition?

All speculations are just the conjectures of Xie Qiuqi and Zheng Ke.Whether Ola has such big ambitions is unknown.Rebellion is not a joke, if Ola is not willing to take risks, or not so greedy, this is a dead end.If it was worse, she turned around and complained to the commander, Xie Qiuqi and Zheng Ke would end badly.

It was a gamble on Ola Mwaku's ambitions.

Xie Qiuqi decided to test it first.The shepherd dog got the approval of the commander and handed over the main responsibility of delivery to him.There will still be two soldiers going to the milk shop, and it will be a test to find a chance to talk to Ola alone without letting the soldiers know.

Fortunately, there were no more attacks by soldiers.The shepherd dog quickly cleared out a group of soldiers who were hiding. After the newcomers came in, they were not as familiar with the situation as Xie Qiuqi, but gave Xie Qiuqi a lot of autonomy.

"She agreed." Xie Qiuqi came back feeling relieved.

Zheng Ke's eyes lit up: "Great, I guessed it right."

Xie Qiuqi was also happy.Zheng Ke comforted him.

"I said, I can help you." Zheng Ke held his hand a little like begging for sweets.

Xie Qiuqi stroked the top of his hair.

The young master was happy, shaking his head happily, wishing he could get into his arms and dawdle a few times.

"Don't be so happy so early, she's a serious mess." Xie Qiuqi said: "Sooner or later, the commander will know that she is behind the scenes. There may be an explosion between the husband and wife, and she knows it very well. She intends to Do not do one thing, do two things, do business independently."

Zheng Ke nodded: "She is a courageous woman."

"In Lunda, if you want to break away from the commander and go it alone, you can't just have your own mining area. After the rebellion, the couple will sit down and negotiate. If the commander is willing to back down, that's of course good. If you don't want to back down, grant her the right to operate , she is ready to use force to force him to divide power. But she is short of manpower and hopes we can stay and help. After the war, she will send us out of Africa in a fair manner."

Xie Qiuqi's head hurts just thinking about it, it's not a joke.

Zheng Ke is more optimistic: "It seems that she has been planning a rebellion for a while, and she is willing to accept our conditions only if she has a chance of winning."

"The plan is this. Ola will contact the commander in two days to help us delay as long as possible." Xie Qiuqi said: "I will go to the milk shop the night after tomorrow and discuss the rebellion with her in detail. She will help us."

They need weapons, well-thought-out strategies, and men.The commander's soldiers are not lacking in well-trained men, and the shovels and sticks in the hands of the miners will definitely not be able to handle it.The shepherd dog is not a fuel-efficient lamp either. This guy seems to have improved his attitude towards Xie Qiuqi, but no one can tell what his intentions are.

Xie Qiuqi also has a selfish intention. He wants to rescue all the miners—not just release them from the mining area, he wants to take them all out of Africa.The miners will be important helpers in this rebellion, and leaving Africa after the rebellion is successful is also their greatest wish.But the commander would not agree to liberate everyone anyway, and Aura promised him that as long as she got the power, she would let these illegal slaves go.

"The miners are very depressed. We have been here for three weeks, and five people have committed suicide one after another. As long as the opportunity is right, the miners will explode." In Xie Qiuqi's eyes, this is a good opportunity, "My initial plan is We will start on Saturday, the shepherd dog will not be there during the day and will report to the commander. Your men can go up the mountain and lie in ambush in the woods, and we should work together inside and out to take down the mining area.

Ola opened the curtains and looked around. She sent two soldiers to order goods: "It's not safe to talk here, follow me."

They left the milk shop through the back door, and walked in an alley on the east side of the yard for 10 minutes, and there was a residential building with garlic hanging on the door.

After entering the door, there was a broken water tank in the corner of the kitchen, and Ola removed the water tank to reveal the floor tiles with the puller.Xie Qiuqi was secretly amazed watching it, as if he was making a movie.

The underground is the factory, which smells like smelly leather shoes, and the buzzing of machinery cuts ears.The place is huge, with no end in sight, like an orderly classroom, each with a small table and a thick light tube, and the workers are immersed in cutting the diamonds delivered with the cutting machine.

The cutting machine also looks interesting, like an old-fashioned record player, a disc with a hole in the center, workers fix the diamonds on the clip, and saw in the high-speed rotating disc.The ore splashed out in a fiery slender light tail as it was cut.

Xie Qiuqi was fascinated.Ora knew he hadn't seen—

"Here are the best masters. They first select the rough stones, and then mark the rough diamonds so that the cutters know how to cut them - don't underestimate this step, it is very important - to keep the largest diamond as much as possible. It is not easy to remove the impurities in the rough diamonds if the number of carats is high.”

"What's that disk that looks like a record?"

"It's called a cutting blade, also called a saw blade. Most diamonds are cut by sawing. I heard that the United States and Russia have used laser cutting technology, which is not only accurate, but also prevents drilling cracks. Because the saw blade rotates extremely fast, and the diamonds are ground on it, the temperature generated is very high. Some diamonds may be cracked due to high temperature, and the worst case is that they cannot be sold. However, we probably still have It takes hundreds of years to have the money to buy a laser cutter."

"Isn't only diamonds capable of cutting diamonds? Can metal sheets be cut?"

"The surface of the saw blade will be coated with diamond dust, which is equivalent to diamond cutting diamonds."

"How many facets are sold on the market that claim to be cut like this?"

"That's the next step, going to the lathe. We can't do that here. We just saw the diamonds, and then send them out of Africa to diamond factories in various countries. They will do the shaping and polishing, and then inspect and grade. Finally put In the bright window."

Xie Qiuqi noticed that most of these workers are not young people, there are many middle-aged people and women, probably because this job requires certain skills and experience.It stands to reason that this kind of work can be regarded as a skilled job, a half-brain worker, at least better than a miner facing the loess, but in this place in Africa, cutting diamonds for a month may not be sufficient for food and clothing.

There is no money, no technology, only rough stones and rough processing, and only the landlords are guaranteed to make money.This is a vicious circle. The more unwilling to invest in technology, the less able it is to produce added value through finishing, and the poorer it becomes.

"These workers are also slaves you bought, right?" Xie Qiuqi joked.

Ola raised her eyebrows: "Do you think this kind of work can be done by just grabbing someone?"

Xie Qiuqi said, "I just saw a few who didn't look like locals."

"Some people come to Africa to find a job. If he can work, we will hire him." She specially used the word "hire" to show that the job is legal: "Many foreigners have come to Angola in recent years. , Most of the Asians came here with the idea of ​​doing diamond business. The first batch of people who came here could earn some money, but now those who come here can no longer earn money and can only work part-time.”

Xie Qiuqi did know that many people went to Africa to make money, not only to pan for gold and mines, but also to sell motorcycles, sell mobile phones, build railways, and engage in real estate... all kinds of things.On the cruise ship, he also met a boss who made a fortune selling motorcycles in South Africa, and he bluntly said that doing business in Africa is difficult.

The two walked deep into the classroom, from the sawing line to the marking line.On the way, there are workers constantly transporting rough stones between the two assembly lines.

At this time, Ola turned the topic back to the original topic——

"What happened on Saturday, I think a more detailed action plan is needed. Once you start to fight, we need a signal so that our people can cooperate well. In addition, tell me how many weapons you need. We can bring some. I don't think there should be too much noise, and it's best to settle it quickly."

Xie Qiuqi agreed: "There is an engineer among us, he can explode. Whenever it is time to divert water and divert the route, those soldiers can only follow his plan. We plan to..."

He just got to the point, when suddenly a worker came from the dark and threw himself on him.

He was startled, and instinctively kicked the man away, and Ola immediately ordered his subordinates to pull the worker away.

The incident happened so suddenly that Xie Qiuqi didn't even see clearly what the "assailant" looked like.He waited for the people to be pulled away, and then he settled down to look at the dim light.This man was as thin as a drug addict, his face was full of scum and stains, and he was still screaming when he was pushed to the ground——

"Xiaoqiu! Is that you, Xiaoqiu! I'm Qiaobo!"

The author says:

Sorry for being late today.The young master can still come up with some ideas, hehe.