Alaska Gold Rush Diary

Chapter 130 Gold Rolls In

Chapter 131 Gold Rolls In (Ten Chapters, Please Subscribe and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

After a busy day, seeing that it was getting dark and the temperature was dropping, Zhou Xin called a halt to everyone's activities. He and Edward collected all the gold from the gold-absorbing carpet and returned to the living area.

Zhang Jianing had already prepared dinner, and after dinner, the exciting weighing process began.

This was the first day's harvest after the mine officially started operations, and everyone was very excited and full of anticipation.

Although Du Bois and Bowman were not formal employees and their salaries were fixed, the amount of their earnings had no impact on them.

However, since everyone now lives, eats, and works together, it wouldn't be appropriate to exclude the two of them. Therefore, Zhou Xin allowed them to observe from the sidelines.

Zhou Xin carefully dried the gold in a frying pan and then poured it into a weighing pan.

The numbers jumped and stopped at 18.6.

"They harvested 18 ounces of gold in just one day. Very few mines I've worked at have achieved that level of success," Bowman said, his face full of surprise.

"Don't forget, today is our first day of work. Our teamwork wasn't very smooth to begin with, and we wasted two or three hours modifying the machine."

"If we go all out, that number will increase significantly!" Edward said excitedly.

"So, under normal circumstances, how much gold can we harvest in a day?" Zhang Jianing asked with great curiosity.

"At least 20 ounces, and possibly more; we'll find out tomorrow."

"Ah, let me calculate it."

Zhang Jianing pressed a button on her phone and then covered her mouth.

"$45480! Our mining farm can earn $45,000 a day!"

She wasn't sensitive to the amount of gold, but when it was converted into money, she was immediately slightly shocked.

"That's right, our boss lady, you've struck it rich!" Edward said with a grin.

Zhang Jianing was secretly delighted by Edward's address as "Boss Lady," and suddenly found Edward much more pleasing to the eye.

If everything goes smoothly and there are indeed so many gold discoveries every day, then Zhou Xin will indeed make a considerable fortune when this gold rush season ends.

Unlike Livinggood, the climate here is much warmer, and the gold rush season here can last from the beginning of May to the end of September, a full five months.

It is foreseeable that they will reap a bountiful harvest this gold rush season.

"Thank you all for your hard work today, but as you've seen, hard work pays off. I believe that in the future, we will be rolling in wealth!"

Zhou Xin gave everyone a timely pep talk and started a team-building session.

In the following days, the mine operated more smoothly and its efficiency improved further.

In the past few days, their daily gold harvest has been a little more than the previous day, from 18.6 ounces to 20.5 ounces, and then to 22.4 ounces.

Eventually, their daily harvest stabilized, averaging around 22 ounces per day.

Zhou Xin entrusted Zhang Jianing with the task of storing the gold and recording the harvest, as if he really treated her as the boss's wife.

When they were shopping for supplies, they bought a safe, which was installed in Zhang Jianing's room.

Every night, Zhou Xin would bake the gold, weigh it, and then hand it to Zhang Jianing to put in a wooden box, which would then be stored in a safe.

They have installed numerous surveillance cameras around the mine and living quarters to ensure safety.

Meanwhile, Zhou Xin and Zhang Jianing would return to Anchorage every week with the gold they had collected that week and sell it directly for cash.

Of course, they need to pay various taxes during this process.

The most important tax here is the federal self-employment tax.

Operating a gold mine is a commercial gold mining activity. The gold harvested is considered self-employment income and is subject to net income tax.

5.3% self-employment tax.

In addition, various taxes must be paid, including state mineral tax, mining tax, and mining land tax.

After detailed calculations, Zhang Jianing concluded that the total tax rate was 18.5%.

This ratio is quite high, but in an empire with countless taxes, there's nothing that can be done about it.

The reason for choosing to liquidate the gold weekly is also for security reasons.

After all, if a large amount of gold is left in the mining area, it might be targeted at any time.

Only when it's converted into money and placed in an account can you feel truly secure.

In the days that followed, life began to settle down.

As the mine became more efficient, Zhou Xin found that he had fewer and fewer things to do.

With someone operating the machinery, someone taking care of the gold mining factory, and even Zhang Jianing taking over the cooking, he suddenly found himself with nothing to do.

Every day, he can sleep until he naturally wakes up, at which point Zhang Jianing will thoughtfully bring him breakfast.

After finishing breakfast, he took a stroll around the mining area to make sure everything was normal, and then he started to do nothing.

Because he was so bored, he drove Zhang Jianing away from the mine that morning.

The two wandered aimlessly through the Alaskan wilderness, feeling very relaxed.

"I love this carefree life so much."

Zhang Jianing lay in the passenger seat, enjoying this state of freedom.

Although working here isn't as stressful as in China, there are still many restrictions.

But the gold rush life these days can be described as very comfortable.

Without a boss to manage you, and without annoying colleagues, the air seems to be filled with the scent of freedom.

Most importantly, she can be by the side of her beloved.

At that moment, she felt she had no other desires and was the happiest person in the world.

However, as if joy turned to sorrow, just as the two were riding carefree, Zhang Jianing received a phone call, and then she immediately became depressed.

From her words, it was clear that it was a call from her father back home.

The two started arguing on the phone, and Zhang Jianing eventually hung up angrily.

Zhou Xin gleaned basic information from their conversation.

But he didn't delve into it further, and instead waited for Zhang Jianing to tell him herself.

As expected, Zhang Jianing remained silent for a while before revealing her secret.

Her father is a successful entrepreneur in China with a strong personality, and she received very strict discipline from him from a young age.

Her life in China was completely arranged by her father, leaving her with almost no right to choose for herself.

This is why she chose to come to the United States alone; she wanted to escape her father's control over her.

However, even after she fled to the United States, her father still wanted to control her in every way.

Her approach to this matter was to almost never contact her father.

However, in the end, the domineering father still interfered in her marriage.

Her father had arranged for her to meet a boy more than once before. She heard that the boy was the son of a big entrepreneur in China and was currently studying in the United States.

Zhang Jianing did not agree, and did not even accept the boy's friend request.

But just now her father called to tell her that he was coming to the United States on a business trip and wanted to arrange for her to meet that boy.

Zhang Jianing naturally refused her father's arrangement, which was made without consulting her at all. However, her father was very firm in his stance, claiming that he had to see her first.

Although she had a fight with her father on the phone, she couldn't bear to refuse to see him, who had come from afar.

Seeing Zhang Jianing's distressed and upset expression, Zhou Xin gently took her smooth, fair hand and smiled, "It's okay, go ahead, I'll go with you!"

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