Chapter 3 Supervisor Liu Little Liu!
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 3
Chapter Title: Supervisor Liu? Little Liu!
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All the way until he left the trading platform and returned to his own small den on Blue Star…
Su Yi’s mind was in a daze as he looked at the gold yuanbao in the box.
The melting point of gold wasn’t considered high among metals, but it was still over a thousand degrees!
If a normal person touched molten gold, their bones would probably be burned to ashes, alright?
To directly hand-sculpt molten gold, and without it even breaking the skin, was that scientific? Was that reasonable? Was that…
"Who the hell cares?!"
Su Yi cursed himself for being nosy, and then his heart pounded wildly as he looked at the ten gold yuanbao in front of him.
Each one was a full five kilograms, for a total of fifty kilograms.
According to the current price of gold, the things inside this box had a total value of over twenty-seven million!
Even if he sold it through unconventional channels, he could still get at least over twenty million.
The work problem that had been troubling him for a while was also considered solved... Wait, work?
With so much gold in his possession, why would he still need to work?
"After finishing this one job and getting the food, I'll leave that stupid boss and his stupid supervisor."
Su Yi already had a plan.
First, he would go and exchange a portion of the gold for money, and then he would use that money to transfer it from his left hand to his right*, buying up the batch of grain that the factory couldn't use at all.
It was very difficult to conduct large-scale grain transactions without the proper qualifications, but now that the factory was anxious to get rid of this batch of grain, and he himself was the person in charge of the matter, it gave him a lot of room to maneuver.
It was also fortunate that he still had this connection. Otherwise, when facing Vivi's demand for a large amount of food, Su Yi really wouldn't dare say he could supply it.
But the premise of everything was that he had to cash out the gold first.
The country's supervision of gold transactions was relatively strict. It was fine to sell a little bit at a time, but selling a large amount at once could very well land him in trouble.
"That was rash. I should have had her sculpt the gold yuanbao a bit smaller."
Looking at the large gold ingots that weighed five kilograms each, Su Yi couldn't help but scratch his head.
After thinking for a long time, he still hadn’t thought of a good solution. So he had no choice but to temporarily go out and buy an angle grinder.
He couldn't be bothered with whether some gold flakes would be lost during the cutting process. He picked up a gold yuanbao and directly started slicing.
He directly cut it into eight pieces of gold nuggets with weights ranging from 500 grams to 1000 grams.
The next problem was how to dispose of them…
It was actually feasible now to take them directly to a gold shop and sell them there.
If he spread them out a bit, selling a few kilograms probably wouldn't get him noticed.
If asked about them, he would just say that they were an heirloom. There was no problem in saying that his ancestors were once wealthy, right?
But to go a step further and sell more, going through a regular channel like a gold shop was definitely not going to work.
"I wonder if Old Liu's side can take this…"
Looking at a number on his phone, Su Yi hesitated on whether to call the man and ask.
As a factory purchasing agent, it was natural that some suppliers would occasionally give him some "small gifts."
These small gifts weren’t necessarily useful to him, but they were definitely valuable.
Su Yi would generally choose to sell them.
Most of the time, these items would be sold to this Old Liu.
As far as he knew, Old Liu's business was quite large. Su Yi occasionally sold a bottle or two of wine or some tea leaves to him.
So to Old Liu, he could only be considered a marginal client.
Some major clients would go to him to sell luxury goods, cars, and even antiques, calligraphy, and paintings worth hundreds of thousands or millions.
Of course, Old Liu wasn’t some underground triad boss. Su Yi couldn't come into contact with such a person either.
He belonged to the category of an intermediary who specialized in this line of work, and there were other people behind him too.
Although intermediaries were often criticized for being shady, they could indeed help laymen avoid a lot of trouble in many cases.
"I'll ask first and see."
Su Yi dialed the number directly. The call was quickly connected, and after a simple exchange of pleasantries, he went straight to the point.
"Old Liu, I have some gold on hand. I wonder if your side will accept it?"
"Gold?"
Old Liu on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, clearly not expecting that a small factory purchasing manager like Su Yi would have such a good thing, but he still quickly said:
"What's the origin?"
"Heirloom."
"Understood!"
Old Liu chuckled.
"Little Su, you can rest assured. Gold’s hard currency. No matter how much you have, this big brother will handle it for you."
"Three kilograms."
Su Yi reported a number that he had been pondering for a long time.
"Hiss, Brother Su, you've struck it rich, huh? Three kilograms... I can take it, but this price will definitely be slightly lower than the market price. It depends on whether you agree to it."
Hearing this, Su Yi wasn’t too surprised.
For a normal few hundred grams or even a thousand grams of gold, one could just go through the regular process at a gold shop to sell it. Why would they need Old Liu’s connections?
The two discussed it in detail again, and finally agreed to meet in an hour at a high-end business club in the center of Jiangcheng City.
This kind of place had sufficient privacy, and it was located in a bustling downtown area, so there was no fear of any accidents happening.
Of course, the main reason was that three kilograms of gold wasn’t a small amount, but it wasn't really that much either.
Even at the market price of gold, it only converted to just over one million six hundred thousand Jiuzhou currency**.
The line of work Old Liu and his people were in was different from other industries. It was inherently highly profitable. Reputation and word of mouth were more important than some petty profits, and it wasn't worth smashing their own signboard for this one-million-plus sum.
After hanging up the phone, Su Yi began to do the math.
The price Old Liu gave him was about 450 Jiuzhou currency per gram of gold. Of course, this was a preliminary estimate. At the time, there would be professionals to test the purity of the gold, and the specific price would depend on the result of that test.
Calculated at the price of 450 per gram, if he sold three kilograms of gold to Old Liu, Su Yi could get one million three hundred and fifty thousand.
If the first batch of five hundred tons of food he promised to Vivi were all rice, the factory's batch of 500 tons of old rice was priced at less than two yuan per kilogram, meaning that batch could be settled for under one million.
With the remaining three hundred thousand plus, he could go and purchase some fruits, vegetables, and frozen meat. It would definitely be no problem for him to cobble together ten tons with that amount of money.
Selling this batch of gold was enough for him to complete his first transaction.
He immediately picked out three pieces from the pile of cut gold nuggets, weighing about 3.4 kilograms, stuffed them into his backpack, and went out.
The rest was all put into his private space.
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Around seven o'clock in the evening, Su Yi arrived at the previously agreed-upon business club and found Old Liu in a very secluded private room.
With a transaction involving over a million, an intermediary like Old Liu naturally couldn't be the one to make the final decision. At this time, there were already four or five people in the private room whom Su Yi didn't know waiting with him.
There were also some tools placed around.
The transaction process was even simpler than Su Yi had previously imagined.
He took out the gold, and Old Liu's people took out professional equipment to inspect them once before quoting a price of 470 per gram, which was a bit higher than the previous estimate.
A total of 3439.257 grams of gold, with a total price of 1,616,450.79.
Old Liu proactively rounded it up for him to a total of 1.62 million, and the money was transferred on the spot. The account for the transfer was a foreign trade company, and the note was for a virtual asset transfer fee. The tax issues would be handled on their end, so the money Su Yi received was clean, after-tax personal income.
He carefully checked the process and, after confirming that there were no problems, this transaction was considered successfully concluded.
Throughout the entire process, the other party never asked about the origin of this batch of gold. In fact, apart from Old Liu chatting with Su Yi for a few sentences, the other people didn't say a single word.
This was what one called ‘professional’!
After politely declining Old Liu's offer to treat him to dinner, he was courteously seen out.
"It's just as I had guessed before. People in this line of work wouldn't resort to black-eat-black*** tricks for just over a million."
Looking at the extra one million plus in his card, Su Yi let out a long breath.
He suddenly felt as if the world had opened up for him.
He then looked around while preparing to find a place to eat dinner.
But just at this moment, a phone call suddenly came in.
It was precisely that factory boss's brother-in-law, Su Yi's newly appointed stupid superior, Liu Sheng.
For him to call at this time, one didn't need to think to know that this guy was asking about the matter of that batch of grain.
If it were a few hours ago, answering the phone or not would have been a bit of a difficult choice for Su Yi.
If he didn't answer, he was afraid of losing his job.
If he answered, he would probably get a harsh scolding and directly become the guy's punching bag.
But now, the situation was a bit different.
Su Yi sneered and chose to answer the call directly.
"Hello? Who is this?"
"I'm Liu Sheng, that batch of grain you..."
"Oh, it's Little Liu. It's a bit noisy here, hanging up first. Wait a moment, I'll call you back when I have time."
"???"
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*Basically means he’s creating a fake buyer (left hand) to purchase the grain and transfer it to him (right hand).
**Basically the name of Jiuzhou’s currency. Basically, this is the generic name, and Yuan is the unit of measurement for money, so you might see them getting used interchangeably from time to time.
***A common Chinese saying which refers to criminals double-crossing or backstabbing other criminals.
T/N - Honestly, the main issue the MC faces is lack of qualifications. He lacks the qualifications to buy food in bulk, and he also lacks the qualifications to sell gold in bulk. He needs to solve it fast if he wants a smoother operation in the future.
Also, cutting a gold ingot into pieces with an angle grinder… Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t that a bit dangerous? 😅