Su Wei stuffed the agreement back into his inner pocket and opened his phone's memo app.
Create a new file and enter the title: Polaris Commercial Auction Script.
The cursor blinked, and he began to type.
[Scene: Emerald Lake – Frozen surface.]
[Time of day: 7:00-9:00 AM, low-angle sidelight, highest reflectivity on snow surface.]
[Core content: Splitting ice with an axe to fetch water, chopping firewood, and moving logs. The entire scene is performed while wearing a Polaris jacket. There is no dialogue, no close-ups; the jacket's performance is showcased solely through intense physical labor.]
[Secondary shot: Cotton Candy moving freely on the ice. GoPro strapped to the side of the flight case, filming from a low angle.]
[Editing style: Main storyline focuses on hard work + subplot features adorable pets, with cross-cutting editing. Brand information only appears for three seconds at the end.]
Su Wei reviewed it again and confirmed that it was correct.
He's seen far too many commercial videos from outdoor brands.
A model poses in the snow, and the photographer makes the logo look bigger than the model's face; such things have zero credibility in the professional community.
Save the file and lock the screen.
The engine restarted, Raptor pulled away from the roadside, heading east along the main street.
When passing by a gas station, Su Wei filled up his tank.
The price tag has handwritten red lettering: €€€€ Blizzard Surcharge $0.15/gallon.
The car continued driving forward.
Three minutes later, the Raptor passed through the residential area in the northeast corner of the town.
A low, gray-brick apartment building appeared on the right side of the road.
The three-story building had peeling paint on its exterior walls, and a rusty fire ladder hung on its side.
An old Subaru, covered in thick snow, was parked in front of the building; its windshield wipers were frozen upright.
Su Wei's gaze naturally swept over the second floor.
The windows of room 302 were tightly closed, and the curtains were drawn shut, so no light could get through.
A layer of fresh snow had accumulated on the outer edge of the windowsill; the surface was smooth and showed no signs of having been opened.
Emily should have already boarded the ferry at six in the morning.
At this time, they had probably just arrived at the Anchorage Port.
Two seconds later, Su Wei looked away and stepped on the gas.
A cloud of white smoke billowed from the Raptor's exhaust pipe as the car sped past the apartment building and turned onto the county road leading to Emerald Lake Territory.
The snow walls on both sides of the road receded in the rearview mirror.
Snow-covered fir forests stretched from the distant mountains to the edge of the road, with icicles on the branches shimmering in the sunlight.
The vehicle speed remained stable at 35 kilometers per hour.
The icy black road surface kept the four-wheel drive system engaged, and the traction indicator light on the dashboard flashed intermittently.
The cell phone in the passenger seat vibrated again.
Su Wei picked up the phone with his right hand and swiped the screen open.
A new text message arrived; the number had an unfamiliar area code.
"Mr. Su Wei Yang? Regarding the Raptor modification parts, we've already shipped them to Kodiak Town. Do you have time tomorrow?"
The signature is: Apex Polar Power North America Heavy-Duty Off-Road Modification Federation, On-Site Technical Engineer, Daniel Ross.
Su Wei's left hand tightened slightly on the steering wheel. The $85,000 military-grade modification plan had arrived at their doorstep.
Outside the windshield, the 30-kilometer-long, icy county road stretched straight toward the distant silhouette of the Pillar Mountain.
The line of black text on the phone screen was still glowing, and the cursor was blinking in the reply box.
Chapter 225 The Golden Rule Before Dawn
Su Wei gripped the steering wheel with one hand, his thumb swiping a line of text on his phone screen.
"At 10:00 AM tomorrow, at what time in town?"
send.
He tossed the phone back to the passenger seat and refocused his gaze on the road ahead.
The black ice on the county road gleamed with a damp, dark light under the sun, making it impossible to distinguish which pieces were water and which were transparent traps that could instantly cause a three-ton vehicle to lose control.
My phone vibrated.
Su Wei glanced at the notification bar out of the corner of his eye.
"Two hundred meters north of the town's gas station, there's a blue corrugated iron factory building with our orange shipping container at the entrance. Ten o'clock is no problem. I and two technicians will be present throughout the process. The modification is expected to take three to four days, during which time we will provide you with a replacement vehicle."
Three to four days.
The Raptor will be holed up in town for almost a week.
This means a 30-kilometer stretch of frozen county road between the territory and the town, but they said they would provide a vehicle.
It's not a big problem.
Before the spring construction window, he didn't have a strong need to travel long distances.
Su Wei quickly typed two words with his thumb.
"Receive."
send.
Lock screen.
The Raptor drove through a bend cleared by a snowplow, its body tilting slightly to the side, and the four-wheel drive system intervened to correct the tilt.
Su Wei swiped his right hand back onto the steering wheel, his fingers clasped tightly together.
After the bend, the county road straightens.
In the distance, the gray-white outline of the Pillar Mountain peeked out from the gaps in the clouds, and the snow on the ridgeline was sculpted into sharp edges by the wind.
The gold-bearing quartz vein is buried in the granite layer beneath the mountain ridge.
Eight grams per ton.
Since yesterday, this number has been stationed in a corner of the cerebral cortex, constantly sending signals to the surface of consciousness.
Every time Su Wei thought of it, his heart rate would briefly increase by two beats, before he would suppress it with his willpower.
Excitement is the most dangerous emotion.
It makes people speak when they shouldn't and act when they shouldn't.
The laboratory's test report is not yet available.
Before that legally binding third-party document was finalized, whether the mountain contained gold or pyrite was merely a number in his mind.
The Raptor flew into the gates of the Emerald Lake territory.
The garage door slowly rose, Su Wei aligned the front of the car with the parking space, shifted into Park, and turned off the engine.
After the engine noise subsided, the garage was quiet except for the lingering hum of the heating system.
He took the Polaris cardboard box from the back compartment, held it with one hand, and picked up the two bags of ingredients from the back seat with the other, walking through the snow towards the wooden house.
Pushing open the door, I saw only a thin layer of ash in the fireplace, and the room temperature had dropped to fifteen degrees Celsius.
Cotton Candy emerged from under the sofa, a wisp of gray fluff stuck to its white head, probably torn from the sofa's fabric.
It trotted to Su Wei's feet, stood up on its hind legs, put its front paws on his calves, and nudged its pink nose toward the cardboard box.
Su Wei glanced down at it.
"It's not yours."
He walked around the Cotton Candy, put the ingredients into the kitchen, and placed the cardboard box on the long wooden table.
The fireplace needs to be relit.
Su Wei walked to the woodpile and picked out two split pine logs and a handful of birch bark scraps to start a fire.
The birch bark is curled and dry, and it lights easily with a single match.
The orange flames licked the surface of the pine wood, causing the resin to seep out and produce a fine crackling sound.
After the flame stabilized, the room temperature began to rise.
Su Wei took off his windbreaker and hung it on the hook by the door, changed into a pair of indoor slippers, and walked back to the long wooden table.
He opened the Polaris cardboard box, took out the two windbreakers and the accessory box, and spread them out on the table.
The dark gray one is sturdy and heavy, suitable for high-intensity work.
The navy blue one has a clean and crisp design, and it will look even better in front of the camera.
Su Wei picked up the navy blue windbreaker, put it on, and zipped it up.
With a wide range of shoulder movement, there's no feeling of restriction when raising your arms to chop wood.