There is such a group of people in Calcutta, India, who, while everyone is asleep, wear a moon, sweep the streets with brushes, and sweep up a small mound in no time. But instead of dumping the mounds, they slowly melted them into the water, looking carefully for something.
Not long after, the young man suddenly cheered in surprise, and everyone fixed their eyes on it, and he actually picked out a grain of gold from the muddy water! It turned out that they were not dedicated street cleaners, but street gold diggers. As long as they are out of the horse, anything on the street can pull out gold, is there really such a magic?
Today, please follow the camera and take you into the mysterious world of Indian gold diggers.
The boy's name was Carrie, and under his guidance, the reporter came to a dark and narrow room, which was Carrie's residence, this small room was very simple, crowded by a dozen adults, not to mention any furniture, the floor was their common bed. They often lie on the ground and play, as close as brothers, and their mood is not in the slightest damaged by the humble environment, because they all have a golden dream in their minds, and they are sure that they will one day become millionaires.
In the neighborhood where Carrie lives, there are more than 800 handmade gold workshops, from which goldsmiths create pieces of glittering gold jewelry, which are eventually placed behind the glass windows of the commodity street. Gold jewelry has long been a favorite of Indian women, because gold not only has a gorgeous decorative effect, but also can be carried around in case of emergency, if India's gold reserves are added up, it can account for 11% of the world's total gold, more than the United States, Switzerland and other developed countries combined.
How busy the goldsmiths are during the day, how busy the gold diggers are at night, and the goldsmiths who have worked all day will take a good shower before going to bed, and the gold powder that falls from them is mixed with the dust on the ground.
At three o'clock in the morning, there were no pedestrians in the city streets, which indicated that Carrie was going to get up and go to work, and Carrie and his partners had a clear division of labor, each street would be assigned to a few gold diggers, only to see Carrie holding a brush, cleaning the city streets inch by inch, and then sweeping up a small mound.
Then Carrie picked out the large piece of garbage in the mound, and then poured the mound into the basin, diluted it with water, and then slowly rotated according to the weight of the soil and gold, and soon found a small gold grain from the muddy water, although it was a small grain, but Carrie was still very excited, he excitedly showed the reporter this small gold, and said that they were very proud of the work they did every day, because the road was passed by thousands of people every day, but only they found the hidden wealth under their feet.
The next morning, Carrie came to the roof with the booty harvested last night, and they were to extract gold from the pot of plaster, first of all, it was carefully washed, so that the stucco was as delicate as possible, and then a small amount of nitric acid was added to the silt, only to see a violent chemical reaction in the bowl immediately. Then, Carrie put the bowl on the fire for a few seconds, the color of the solution suddenly turned a thick brown, the last step is crucial, Carrie poured mercury into the solution, directly by hand to completely fuse the solution and mercury, using the characteristics of mercury to adsorb the gold powder from the solution.
This operation is very dangerous, mercury and acidic solution work together, a ton of operation, Carrie's palm has been corroded to a miserable white, and he did not think so, directly rubbed his hand on the wall a few times, and then washed away with water, the right is to remove the dead skin.
After the cleaning, the mercury also adsorbed all the gold in the solution, and then, relying on the different melting points of the two, the gold was completely separated, Carrie took out a small beaker, threw the mercury block into it and heated it, and after a while the mercury boiled up, as long as it passed the water, a small golden gold was successfully extracted.
The extraction process is like a complex chemical experiment, and the results are very satisfactory despite the lack of professional operating environment and steps.
Instead of selling the gold to the handmade goldsmith, Scarlett went downstairs to sell it to his landlord, who had also been one of the gold diggers, and had been exposed to various chemicals for many years, making his body weaker and weaker, but he still had the knowledge of gold panning in his head. Therefore, the landlord taught these young people alchemy free of charge and offered them cheap rental housing, but he had a corresponding request that these young tenants sell the extracted gold to him at a super low price, and then he would sell it to the goldsmith to earn the difference.
And the landlord is also very picky about the tenants, often do not give Carrie a good look, as if Carrie owed him money at birth, therefore, many tenants will choose to move out of here, Carrie is also secretly making plans, although he is very grateful to the landlord for teaching him alchemy, but once he has saved enough money, he must also get rid of the landlord's shackles.
During the day, landlords will study the price changes of gold with Carrie, understand the price direction of gold, help them bargain with buyers when selling gold, can sell a good price, just when everyone is immersed in the dream of becoming a millionaire, a basin of cold water throws them back into reality.
The price of gold has risen, and the price of gold can not increase the income of gold prospectors, but makes there are fewer and fewer customers of custom gold jewelry, so that there are fewer and fewer gold powders on the street, which means that the days when Carrie escapes from the landlord are getting farther and farther away.
The dismal business of gold diggers is bored lying on the floor, without the laughter and laughter of the past, everyone is thinking about their future where to go.
That night, Carrie got up earlier than ever, and he had to race against the clock to get more gold, and this time, he decided to hide from the landlord and do a big vote.
He led the party quietly to the sewer on the side of the street, where all the garbage in the city would end up, where the gold powder would flow along with the rainwater, and the amount of gold must be much more than in the mounds on the street.
Only to see Carrie take off his shirt, the lower body is only a rag to cover his shame, and then pry up the sewer entrance and jump in, the action is through without the slightest hesitation, the soft touch under his feet and the smell in the air, so that Carrie has been unable to tell whether it is mud or excrement, but the idea of making money quickly pulls him back to reality.
Carrie took the bucket handed by his friend, dug up a bucket full of sludge from the bottom of the sewer, and then the second bucket and the third bucket, until 20 minutes later, the snakeskin bag they took was all full, and Carrie helplessly said to the camera that if he did not come out again, his body would be salted by this sludge.
After a simple cleaning, Carrie looked at the six bags of sludge and smiled very satisfied, so much sludge must be able to sell for a good price.
And these sludge is not Jiali himself can refine, they must be handed over to the professional alchemy factory to complete, but waited for several hours, the original agreed manufacturers but did not appear, which made him a little overwhelmed, he knew that this is the manufacturer of his off the horse, after the arrival of the scene will be fiercely priced.
Sure enough, the next day, the owner of the alchemy factory contacted Carrie, this seemingly honest boss is actually cunning and treacherous, after some weighing, he directly cut the original price in half, checked the goods, a thorn in the bone, the two sides talked for a long time, and finally Carrie still could not pick up a trace of cheapness from the boss.
And these sludge, which was purchased for about 440 yuan, was slightly refined in a simple workshop, and finally two large pieces of gold cake were extracted, and the sale price could be sold for about 4800 yuan, which was more than ten times that of Jiali, and it was really a black-hearted businessman!
Carrie dug a cart full of sludge today, he believed that the sludge with such a high gold content would be able to sell at a good price, he confidently came to the factory where the gold was refined, and felt that he was ready to fight with the boss, and he must let the boss raise some more prices for himself. But his language was still too pale in front of the boss, and the boss even offered a lower price to intimidate Carrie, and in the end, Carrie failed miserably.
After sending away Carrie, the boss triumphantly said to the camera that although Carrie's bargaining skills were good and his tough attitude shocked him, he did not know how many times he had to go through such bargaining a day, and most of the time, it ended with him buying sludge at a super low price.
Carrie continued to work hard in the sewers, but today he seemed particularly spirited, it turned out that he contacted a new buyer, this new buyer is willing to pay a higher price to recycle the sludge collected by Carrie, which makes Carrie excited all day, in order to give a good impression to the big patron, this time Carrie deliberately changed into the cleanest clothes, and even rented a car, stepping up to send the goods over.
After arriving at the factory, Carrie quoted a price of 10,000 rupees, while the new buyer was only willing to give 5,000 rupees, And Carrie once again spent a lot of time persuading the other party to praise his goods for a while and then frantically sell to the boss. Finally, the new buyer was touched by Carrie's speech and was willing to give him another 2,000 rupees, and although the money was still not much, Carrie was very content, because he heard that there was a new room for rent nearby, and with this money, Carrie could get rid of the squeezing landlord.
Carrie hurriedly put the money in his pocket, and led by the new landlord, the group came to the room, the dirty toilet, a few wooden bed frames, but Carrie was still very satisfied with the room, especially the small window used for ventilation. In this room, you can look at the distant scenery, you can also comfortably lie on the bed to enjoy the shining gold, and most importantly, you can get rid of the shackles of the landlord, this room is the room that Carrie dreams of.
But the only fly in the ointment is that there are some small expensive, but with the previous experience of bargaining, Carrie also has the appearance of learning the owner of the alchemy, picking and choosing this room, and directly cutting the price in half, and finally trading at a price of 1600 rubles.
Carrie finally moved into this room, thinking that he would never have to be squeezed by the landlord again, he excitedly waved his hands to the camera, facing such a relaxed and free environment, Carrie could not help but look forward to the future life, looking forward to the life of a millionaire as soon as possible.
There are thousands of ways to make money in this society, although they have not read books and have no ability, but Carrie still did not choose to steal and rob, but through their own labor, improve their lives, the work of gold diggers is indeed dirty and tired, but the money earned is clean, Carrie believes that one day, with their own efforts, they will be able to become millionaires.