Chapter 1284 1284. Thrilling Flight (3/5)

Chapter 1284 1284. Thrilling Flight (35)

Find the mammoth burial site, dig it up and sell it.

The latter two jobs are simple. There are hunting and nomadic tribes on the Siberian tundra. They are cheap labor and can be hired to dig ivory.

Selling ivory requires channels, so Li Du approached the owner of the Golden Ivory Bar to contact the purchaser. The owner was bribed by him at the beginning, and he was the one who released the news about their possession of an MRI geological scanning machine.

This helped Li Du a lot. If they had spread the news by themselves, the ivory hunters might not have believed it, but the boss of Golden Ivory was different. His identity was Bai Xiaosheng in the ivory industry.

Two mammoth cemeteries were discovered, and a large amount of ivory was dug out, which flowed into the market continuously, and was exchanged for money for Li Du.

He has to thank Steve for this. He found someone to be responsible for the management of the mammoth cemetery. After all, it is quite dangerous to go underground to dig. engineering team to be responsible for safety.

According to the map, Li Du found four more mammoth cemeteries. Together, he could earn at least 20 million US dollars from this trip to Siberia!

For his current net worth, 20 million U.S. dollars is not too much, and he can get 10 million U.S. dollars to support Lei Moning once, but some income is better than nothing.

The construction of Sha'ou Island has been on the right track, and the snakes are almost expelled. Li Du pays to build a private small power station on the island, which is another expense.

The good news comes from the diamond mine in the Amunda area, which is an enrichment mine, and diamonds have already been produced, but this has to be verified and audited by the Antwerp World Diamond Center before it can be put into the market and exchanged for him.

He doesn't need to care about this aspect, Cole is more concerned than him, because all the diamonds dug up are to be supplied to the Harry Winston Group.

Steve suggested that Li Du hire a professional accounting team and recruit talents from the world's four major accounting firms with high salaries. His current assets are numerous and complicated, and professional talents are needed to manage them.

Li Du accepted this suggestion, and he will solve this problem after returning from the North Pole. In May, they should enter the North Pole. To be precise, they will enter the Northland Islands.

From the map, the Northland Islands are almost at the northern end of the Central Siberian Plateau, but if you continue to go north from the Central Siberian Plateau, the road conditions and weather will become very bad.

So after Li Du's work is over, they will transfer to a city first, where they will be repaired, and then go to the Northland Islands by water, and heavy off-road vehicles will also be transported there by water.

When Li Du was looking for the last mammoth cemetery, Steve led people one step ahead, and he was going to prepare for the polar region.

At the beginning of May, Li Du arranged for the excavation of the best mammoth cemetery, and then drove to a nearby small town, where there was an airport, and they flew to the diverted city—Arctic Black Pearl, Vorkuta.

Vorkuta is the administrative center and main coal mining center of the Pechora Coal Mine in Russia. The nickname of the Arctic Black Pearl comes from the resources the city possesses.

In fact, before the discovery of coal mines, this city was a political prisoner exiled by the Soviet Union. It is located in the northeast corner of the Komi Autonomous Republic in Russia, 160 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle, and has a population of 200,000.

According to what Li Du knows, this is a very single city, which is completely built on the basis of coal mining companies. There are Vorkuta Coal Co., Ltd. and Northern Iron and Steel Group, one of the most famous energy companies in the world. Half the population is related to these two large groups.

The plane they took was very simple, even a bit tattered. The seat and sofa cushions of the plane were almost crushed, and their buttocks hurt when they sat on it.

Li Du wanted to put on the seat belt, but when he stretched out his hand, he found that there was no seat belt on the seat.

He asked in astonishment, "Sir, are there no seat belts on the plane seats?"

Not only is there no seat belt on the plane, there is no flight attendant, just a big driver and a little old man who doesn't know whether he is a maintenance engineer or a co-pilot.

The old man turned around and said in vague English: "What, you want a seat belt? Why do you want that thing? Sit tight, we're leaving!"

"God, buddy!" The pilot laughed, and the engine of the plane whirred, and gradually glided forward.

It is an exaggeration to say that this plane is estimated to be flying at low altitude, so the airtightness is very poor, and there are even gaps in the fuselage. As the plane takes off, cold wind pours in.

Not only that, the plane didn't know what it was doing, there were some potatoes, apples and other things in the cabin, so the plane flew up, and the fruits and vegetables rolled out.

Li Du was stunned, he was really afraid that he would also turn into these fruits, and roll away to other places later!

Fortunately, the plane was very broken, but it flew quite stably. After the first lift-off and balance, it flew up whizzingly, and everything went smoothly.

The old co-pilot got in from the cockpit like a monkey and picked up the things that had fallen on the ground.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Abai picked up two apples from the ground, quickly stuffed one for Li Du, and held one for himself.

The little old man was easy to talk and said with a smile: "This is your monkey? It's cute and brave. Sir, maybe you should learn from this monkey. Don't be afraid, our plane is very safe."

He could see that Li Du had an ugly expression.

Li Du forced a smile and said, "I have a fear of heights, so it's inevitable that I will be afraid."

The little old man handed him an apple and said, "Then eat some fruit, the delicious food will dispel your fear. Also, do you have a fear of heights? Then it will be convenient for you to go to Vorkuta, where there are many trains."

Vorkuta's coal resources need to be transported by train, so in terms of transportation, the city has the most train lines in central Russia.

There, the train is the main mode of transportation, and the airport is only open in spring, summer and autumn. As for the road? Sorry, the Vorkuta Highway is an internal road in the city, connecting various coal mines and gas fields, and not connected to the outside world.

In other words, if you drive to Vorkuta from land, there is no road to go, and you still have to go through the tundra.

Flying at low altitude is very dangerous. One is that they may hit a flock of birds, and the other is that the airflow is unstable. So after a thrilling journey, they finally landed at the small airport in Vorkuta.

The old man and the big fat pilot took a group photo with Li Du and his party. Li Du asked what it was for, and the pilot laughed and said: "Some customers don't have confidence in our plane, so I will show the group photo of my guests. to give them confidence."

Li Du smiled helplessly. He always felt that it was his fate that he could reach the destination safely by taking this plane.

In short, they arrived in the city of Vorkuta, where Steve said they could enjoy delicious food, the most abundant Russian cuisine produced locally.