Alaska Gold Rush Diary

Chapter 181 Snowball Fight

Chapter 182 Snowball Fight

As for A Luo, even if Zhou Xin didn't give him money, he wouldn't have any complaints.

But Zhou Xin was clearly not that heartless; he planned to give A Luo a 3% cut of the profits.

For Alo, who had just come of age, this was already an extremely generous income.

If Alo develops and truly becomes an experienced and capable machine operator like old Kent, he will consider giving him a raise.

As for Zhang Jianing, he had jokingly brought up this issue during a casual chat before, and her answer was: "I'm already yours, why would I need you to pay me a salary?"

Zhou Xin knew that she was now completely obsessed with love, and as long as she was with him, she wouldn't care about any of these things.

However, since she gave up her stable and well-paid job to live a life of hardship by herself, Zhou Xin naturally wanted to provide her with sufficient security.

Adhering to the principle of clear accounting between husband and wife, he planned to give her 5% of the profits.

Although this income was slightly lower than Edward's, when combined with the gold, it was already several times her previous annual income.

After this division, Zhou Xin's total income that ultimately ended up in his pocket was:

$256 million in cash and 985 ounces of gold.

At today's gold prices, this gold is worth nearly $250 million.

Adding to the remaining million or so, his total assets have exceeded $600 million.

This does not include the fixed assets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars at the mine.

Less than two years ago, he was a penniless man who couldn't even scrape together 10,000 yuan.

This land is enough for them to mine for a year, and based on his understanding of the land, tomorrow's income should not be less than this year's.

His future looks bright. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, by the end of next year, his net worth will exceed $1000, making him a genuine multimillionaire.

Thinking of this, he was immediately in a good mood and pulled the beauty next to him close.

"Wow, so much snow!"

Hearing the exclamations from outside, Zhou Xin covered the still-sleeping Zhang Jianing with a blanket, then got out of bed refreshed, dressed, and prepared to go out and see what was going on.

But when he pushed the door open, he found it blocked.

He struggled to push the door open, only to find that it was blocked by several centimeters of snow.

Edward trudged through the thick snow, passing Zhou Xin's room as he walked towards them.

"Xin, it seems we can't continue working."

He tugged at his collar and pulled his neck in.

"Yes, our gold rush season is officially over!"

The two walked side by side to the edge of the living area and looked towards the distant mine.

The world was a vast expanse of white, the machinery and equipment were covered by snow, and icicles still hung from the steel frames of the gold mining factory.

Overnight, everything was frozen.

"Finally, I can get some rest."

Edward looked at the gold mine that had turned into a giant yeti and couldn't help but sigh.

"Everyone has worked hard this year, but thankfully all the efforts have been worthwhile. We'll have a quarterly summary meeting this morning. I've already calculated the total earnings for this quarter, and we can start distributing the money to everyone."

Edward, beaming with excitement, quickly asked, "How much money will I get?"

He never asked about his income while working, nor did he ever ask Zhou Xin to give him a portion of his earnings in advance.

On the surface, it seems that he doesn't care about money, but in reality, it's because he has complete trust in Zhou Xin.

He knew that following Zhou Xin would definitely lead to financial success, and that Zhou Xin would certainly not deduct his share of the pay.

Only now that Zhou Xin has offered to share the money has he shown curiosity about his income this year.

Zhou Xin didn't keep him in suspense and told him the results of his calculations that morning.

"I'm rich! I'm rich! Hahaha!" Edward stomped his feet triumphantly on the snow, leaving a mess of footprints.

His exaggerated noise woke everyone else up, and they all pushed open the door and came out.

Having grown up in the tropics where it never snows, this was the first time Alo had been so close to a snow scene. He was very excited, sometimes looking around, sometimes grabbing snowflakes and making them into balls to throw into the distance.

"The snow came much earlier than usual this year!" Old Kent frowned, seemingly not fond of snow.

"Maybe they saw how hard we've worked this year and wanted to give us an early holiday!" Bowman is usually a very hardworking person and has contributed a lot to this year's bumper harvest.

Zhou Xin signed fixed-salary contracts with them. In addition to paying their wages in advance, he also gave them a bonus outside of the contract, which was quite generous of him.

However, after experiencing so many things, Zhou Xin still understands very well the wickedness of human nature.

Although the two acted very kindly, human nature often cannot withstand the test of money.

Therefore, he did not intend to have the two of them attend the quarterly summary meeting.

If the two of them knew the true harvest from the mine, Zhou Xin couldn't guarantee they wouldn't end up like Du Bois.

"It's definitely time for a break," Zhou Xin said with a smile after making up his mind. "Everyone has worked hard this year, and to thank you for your contributions, I've decided to give each of you an additional 10,000 yuan as a quarterly bonus!"

Bowman cheered, "You're the most generous boss I've ever met! You deserve to be rich!"

Even the usually short-tempered old Kent showed a rare smile: "You are an excellent mine owner and leader, but your eye for choosing teammates is not very good." He looked at Edward as he spoke.

Edward picked up a snowball and smashed it into his neck, yelling, "You old codger, you've got some self-awareness! I'll suggest you be replaced next year!"

Snow dripped down Old Kent's neck and into his clothes, making him frown from the cold. He immediately grabbed a snowball and retaliated: "Looks like you're thinking of taking your boss's place?"

Edward dodged to the side, but Old Kent's blow landed squarely on Bowman's face.

Bowman roared, grabbed a snowball, and joined the fray.

Before long, Zhou Xin and A Luo were also affected and joined the battle.

In an instant, five men of different ages—old, middle-aged, and young—engaged in a fierce snowball fight.

The commotion finally woke Zhang Jianing, who had been up all night. She had just gotten dressed and opened the door when a snowball hit her in the face.

"Hmph, you bunch of guys, you're so ungentlemen!" She brushed the snow off her head, grabbed a snowball, and threw it at Edward.

Since no one saw who threw that attack, then everyone got a share of the damage.

"It wasn't me who did it!" Edward dodged to the side and immediately launched a counterattack.

Zhou Xin, the instigator, huddled to the side, picked up a large chunk of snow, and secretly aimed at Edward's head.

"Like Mount Tai pressing down!"

Snowflakes fell from above, covering Edward from head to toe.

Seeing the enemy suffer a heavy blow, Zhang Jianing was overjoyed and giggled.

The next moment, Zhou Xinyu spread her love evenly, and a snowball that wasn't properly shaped landed directly on Zhang Jianing's face, filling her mouth with it.

"Damn it!" Zhang Jianing stomped her foot in anger and started throwing snowballs at Zhou Xin.

The atmosphere on the field was filled with laughter and joy, a relaxed and cheerful scene.