50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 402 Arrival in San Francisco Again

Sister Yang was particularly happy about the increase in the grain stored in the employer's house, which meant that as long as she worked in this household, she would not have to worry about food.

She saw the storage room in the basement today; the mountain of grain there was probably enough to eat for several years.

Actually, it's not that much. After Sun Zhiwei left, there were still 4 adults in the family, and they would consume nearly two tons of staple food in a whole year.

There looked like a lot of rice and flour in the warehouse, dozens of bags, but if each bag weighed 50 jin (25 catties), it only amounted to a little over 1 ton.

This is stored as reserve grain. Normally, we can buy the monthly rations for our family of four at the grain store, which is the main source of our daily grain consumption.

In addition to staple foods, a considerable amount of other foods that can be stored for a long time, such as sugars, mountain products, and cured meats, have also been stored.

Most of the food was kept by Sun Zhiwei in a locked room, and Tong Jiajia was responsible for taking out a portion each month for the family to eat.

After settling into his home, Sun Zhiwei set off for Hong Kong Island on April 5th.

Currently, there are no direct flights between China and M, so he can only transfer through other places.

He chose to transit through Hong Kong Island because he thought that since he was coming back this time, he should prepare more tea to take back with him, so that Old Han wouldn't be sarcastic towards him again.

On the evening of the 5th, Sun Zhiwei arrived at Kai Tak Airport.

He changed clothes directly in the restroom at Kai Tak Airport and resumed his identity as grain merchant Sun Wei.

He then used Sun Wei's HSBC account to pay for several thousand kilograms of various domestic teas.

Of course, the best tea available on the market is only good tea; top-grade tea is almost never available, so he can't buy it directly.

The following day, he also visited Mr. Huo and specially presented him with several bolts of his 'treasured' high-quality fabric.

If it were just an ordinary gift, Mr. Huo wouldn't care much; with his current status and wealth, what couldn't he buy?

However, the items that Sun Zhiwei brought this time, such as the 'Xiangyun yarn' from Shunde, Foshan, the 'Georgia yarn' from Suzhou, and the 'Indanthrene' produced by Ruikang in the past, are particularly rare.

These fabrics were very expensive back then, and production was limited. Now, most of them have ceased production, and they are simply not available on the market.

Even if some old tailors still have a small amount of stock, it is difficult to preserve due to the long time that has passed, and it has lost its luster.

"Mr. Sun, you've really gone all out this time. How did you manage to preserve these materials until today? It's truly remarkable."

“When our family came here back then, we brought a lot of good materials with us, but unfortunately we used them all up in just a few years and could never buy them again.”

"These are all old items from back then, I'm glad you don't mind."

"It was quite a coincidence. When I went back to my hometown this time, I was looking through the warehouse and found a sealed storage room from back then, which is how I discovered them."

"Because the warehouse was underground, completely isolated from the air, it was able to be preserved."

"My wife has always regretted that she didn't have a cheongsam made of Xiangyun yarn back then."

"She also has an old indigo cheongsam that was made in her early years. It's very old, but she can't bear to throw it away. She still keeps it in her wardrobe and wears it every year on her birthday."

"Mr. Sun, if I may ask, do you have any left over from your warehouse of fabric? I'd like to buy it all to make clothes for my family."

“Since Mr. Huo’s family wants to use them, then take them all. They’re just old things, not worth much money. Consider it a token of our gratitude for Mr. Huo’s help that year.” “Please don’t say that. It’s a mutually beneficial arrangement. I also made money.”

"As for these materials, I'm truly grateful. From now on, we're friends. Come visit me anytime, and don't hesitate to ask if you need my help."

That day, Sun Zhiwei stayed at the Huo family's house for dinner and got to know several of Mr. Huo's wives and sons.

This was the first time he had formally met the Huo family and established a personal relationship with them. In the future, he would no longer need to go through his superiors for any cooperation.

After spending three days on Hong Kong Island, on the morning of the 8th, Sun Zhiwei took a flight bound for San Francisco and flew directly to the west coast of the United States.

Upon arriving in San Francisco, he went directly to the California Bank Vault to check on the mine's output.

At this point, more than three months had passed since he last left San Francisco.

His two gold mines were producing gold every month, and that gold was cast into standard gold bars according to his requirements and stored in the vaults of the Bank of California.

After opening the vault, he first checked the storage logbook inside.

Every record in the logbook bears the signatures of Mine Manager Brian Clark, Property Officer Vio Cooper, and Security Captain Bud Anderson.

He saw that it was clearly written above:

Swell Gold Mine:
14000 ounces of standard gold (35 standard gold bars) were deposited on March 31.
13200 ounces of standard gold (33 standard gold bars) were deposited on March 28.
16000 ounces of standard gold (40 standard gold bars) were deposited on March 31.
Nanchahe Gold Mine:
4800 ounces of standard gold (12 standard gold bars) were deposited on March 31.
11200 ounces of standard gold (28 standard gold bars) were deposited on March 28.
12800 ounces of standard gold (32 standard gold bars) were deposited on March 31.
再加上12月份第一次存入的44000盎司黄金（110块标准金砖），现在保险库里面已经存放了116000盎司黄金，合计标准金砖290块。

In April, international gold prices had climbed from $110 per ounce in August of last year to $250 per ounce, and are still rising.

He remembered that the peak of the first gold bull market would be early next year, and he only needed to sell his gold in advance. Now, of course, the more he stored, the better.

Of course, not all the gold here belongs to him; 10% of it is the share he promised to the mine's management.

He planned to use the Federal Reserve's gold reserves to pay for the portion of the payment; he would use as much of that gold as possible.

Compared to the more than 8 standard gold bars in his space, the few hundred gold bars in this vault are nothing.

The gold here is legal, and there's no fear of being investigated if it's used. But using the gold in his spatial storage safely is not an easy task.

After inspecting the gold reserves, he headed straight to the mining area. Since he was already there, he decided to distribute the profits.

They'll work harder if they see the gold in their hands; you have to feed the horse before you can make it run.

这三个月，两个金矿的产出一共是72000盎司黄金（180块标准金砖），10%的提成就是7200盎司（18块标准金砖）。

Including the 300 ounces that weren't distributed last time, this time he took out 75 standard 100-ounce gold bars.

He put the gold bars in two leather suitcases and then drove a pickup truck into the mining area.

"The BOSS is here." The security team member in charge of guarding him quickly relayed the message as soon as he saw Sun Zhiwei's face.

Soon, the heads of several departments gathered at the Swell gold mine.

(End of this chapter)