(Minghui.org) I’m a professional geologist. I began practicing Falun Dafa in 1997 and I follow Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance at homeand at work.
My employers and the business owners I interacted with trusted me because they saw I didn’t pursue money and I wasn’t competitive. Through interacting with me, they realized that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was using the media to spread lies about Falun Dafa.
I would like to tell you about some of my cultivation experiences.
Practitioners Are Truly Good
The company was short handed and my manager asked me to do the accounting. After I balanced the accounts, I found there was an extra 500 yuan because the receipts issued by restaurants and vendors did not record their discounts.
When I gave the money to the project manager he said, “The previous accountants never handed in any extra money.” He and I were already good friends. After this happened, he trusted me even more.
When his father passed away I helped arrange the funeral. None of his relatives offered to help so he asked me to collect the money gifts and manage the account. He also asked me to write the eulogy. When I finished it, I told him to find someone to give the speech. He wanted me to read it, so I did. Everyone had tears in their eyes.
During the lunch afterward, his friends and relatives toasted me. They told my manager that I was a good friend. He explained that I’m a practitioner and everyone said that Falun Dafa is not how it is portrayed by the CCP in the media.
Real Estate Developer Trusts Me
A real estate developer in Zhejiang Province wanted to invest in mining. He said he trusted me and asked me to survey his mines. I told him I was trustworthy because I practice Falun Dafa which teaches people to be good. He subsequently asked me to survey all the mines he owned. He said he preferred to pay for airline tickets and fly me there instead of hiring local geologists.
He needed to rush back to Zhejiang during a contract negotiation. He handed the negotiations over to me and gave me full authority. The other party had been in the mining business for over 20 years and was very experienced. The owner brought in three people to consult on the negotiations—the mine manager, the mine planning engineer, and the office director. The contract amounted to about 4 million yuan.
During the negotiations, I treated everything as if it was my own business. The other party set many unreasonable demands and I resolved them all. The process was somewhat dramatic. In the morning, we were at loggerheads at the negotiation table; by lunchtime we were like old friends, but then we in disagreement again in the afternoon. After two days of hard negotiations, we finally arrived at a fair and satisfactory contract. My employer was very pleased.
My employer later wanted to buy a gold mine, and I surveyed the site. The mine was located in high, steep mountains which were unreachable by car. It was more than a five-hour round trip to hike in each time. I went up twice, but most of the local villagers did not want to go.
I felt the price was reasonable, the resources were good and it was a worthwhile investment. My employer trusted me, deposited 5 million yuan and signed the contract. He wanted me to manage the mine, and pay me an annual salary of 600,000 yuan. I said I was too old and didn’t have the energy to do the job well.
He said, “Then help with the technical details and find someone reliable to be the general manager.” I found a friend who had experience. The mining deal fell through because one of the investors withdrew, but my employer trusted me even more.
My employer wanted me to verify whether there were any mineral deposits deeper in a mine. After conducting an onsite survey and taking some samples, I told him there was nothing there and not to waste any more money. But a friend of his who used metal detectors persuaded him to drill a few boreholes and collect more samples.
The friend drilled some holes while my boss asked me to stay in a nearby village and monitor the progress. So I stayed there for a couple of weeks. There was no mineral content whatsoever and my boss lost over a million yuan. He said, “I should have listened to you. You are of high moral character, have expertise, and speak the truth.”
Former Rival Becomes a Good Friend
I met another mine owner from Zhejiang during a contract negotiation for my employer. This investor had a mercury mine and assets worth over 100 million yuan at the time. We became good friends after that tough negotiation. He asked me to do his mine surveys. He said, “I set up so many traps for you during that contract negotiation and you did not fall for any of them. You were so loyal and responsible to your boss. You demonstrated your moral character, so I always want you to do my mine surveys.”
He asked me to investigate a local iron mine. I did a quick survey, found the mine was not viable, and told him no further surveys were needed. He transferred 800 yuan to me via cell phone for my gas expenses. I felt I hadn’t done much, so I returned the money. A while later, his friend came to buy a drilling rig, and paid 800 yuan for my phone bill, saying, “Please don’t return the money this time.”
My new employer wanted to partner in a mining exploration and asked me to look at the previous investigations, which he had done twice and was satisfied with. When I read the geological report, I found that there were no deposits at lower elevations. He said he hadn’t read that part of the report. I suggested we do a proper investigation first before he signed the contract. As expected, there were no minerals there, so I told him not to sign the contract.
If he had signed, he would have had to pay a 500,000 yuan deposit, and invest a large sum of money later. I helped him avoid financial losses of several million yuan. The other party was very upset that he did not sign. I was told that they drilled holes and did their own investigation, and they also concluded there were no deposits there.
My employer and his team came to trust me even more. I told them the facts about Falun Dafa and the CCP’s persecution. Some of them quit the Party. They all said I was a truly good person.
A Survey Company Owner Trusts Me
My friend founded a geological survey company. It’s been in operation for over 20 years and has 50 employees. His net worth is a few billion yuan. After I retired, he sometimes asked me for help, especially with difficult projects. I did not charge him since we are old friends.
Two years ago, an international mining conference was held in Tianjin. The organizers invited this friend’s company and another government mining company to attend and introduce the region’s mining resources to other professionals. He was asked to find an experienced engineer familiar with the local mining resources to do a presentation and he chose me.
He gave me information about the participating mines. When I arrived in Tianjin, I was struck by the huge scale of the conference—more than 500 companies from over 40 countries, and almost 10,000 professionals attended. For the next three days, we were very busy with inquiries from more than 100 consultants and we distributed more than 300 mineral resource brochures.
After the conference, the company owner offered me a high salary to join his team. I refused because I did not want to work full-time, so he said I could work part-time. Over the years, I told him and his staff about Falun Dafa and I helped six people quit the CCP, including the owner.
Gas Station Owner Trusts Me
One man in the mining business, whom I’ve known for over 20 years, used to be a gas station owner. He knew nothing about mining, made many mistakes, and lost a lot of money. After we met, I helped him follow the proper procedures for geological surveying and mining development.
During one survey, I discovered three mineral veins outside the mining area. I informed the owner, and told him to expand his mine. The estimated profits were worth between a few million to tens of million yuan. If I did not practice Falun Dafa, I would have asked for a share, which is a common practice in the industry.
His mine was shut down for several years due to a policy change and he lost a lot of money. I did not charge him for my services and I paid my own travel expenses. My normal charge was 2,000 yuan a day.
In 2024, he found a business partner, kept 25% of the company, and gave me 6%. He said, “I have long considered you a partner. You deserve it.”
I helped him quit the CCP years ago. He is very supportive of Falun Dafa and he knows how bad the CCP is. His daughter lives in the United States. She wanted to send her son to China to learn Chinese, but he told her to send him to Taiwan instead.
Investor Trusts Me
A mining investor whom I did not know found me through a friend, and asked me to survey a fluorite mine that he intended to buy. The mine owner said to me privately, “If you say some good words to your employer and help me sell this mine, I will pay you 200,000 yuan.”
I told him I practice Falun Dafa so I cannot lie or cheat people. I would make an honest report so my employer could decide whether to purchase the mine. The owner replied, “There are few people like you nowadays.”
My new employer was highly appreciative of my moral character. He said he wanted me to be the mine technical director if the deal went though.
Upholding Dafa’s Standards in a Chaotic World
I was invited by two businessmen in Hong Kong to survey a fluorite mine in Mongolia. A business broker and a real estate developer joined our group.
When we arrived in Ulaanbaatar, the Mongolian mine owner arranged dinner for us. Halfway through the meal, four beautiful, Mongolian girls came in. The Hong Kong businessmen and the developer started drinking with them. I continued eating my steak and curry rice, and I left early to go to my hotel room.
I heard noises in the hallway after midnight. The next day, the developer said, “We brought three girls back to the hotel, so it was quite noisy. Hope you don’t mind.”
I said, “I am sorry I left early. I practice Falun Dafa which requires people to follow high moral standards.” I described how practicing Falun Dafa improved my body and mind. They realized that what they had seen on television was all lies.
The Hong Kong businessmen withdrew from the deal because the mine’s fluorite resources were of poor quality. A while later, the developer called to hire me as the technical leader for a different mine he purchased in Mongolia. He said I have good moral character and I’m trustworthy. He would pay me an annual salary of 200,000 yuan, plus a portion of the mine shares. I declined on account of the unfamiliar work environment.
Another time, I helped a friend survey a fluorite mine in Mongolia. He was in the coal mining business. His partner Mr. Wang wanted to buy the fluorite mine with him. He told Mr. Wang that I was trustworthy and an expert in fluorite mining. So I was invited to go with them to Mongolia.
We spent two days inspecting the mine above and below ground. Mr. Wang asked my friend why he didn’t go underground with us. He said he didn’t need to since I was there. After the survey, I carefully read a geological report from the former Soviet Union and concluded the mine was too small and was risky. I explained everything in detail to the two potential buyers and they decided not to go through with the deal.
Later, eight of us went to Ulaanbaatar. After dinner, they went to the bar and l went back to my hotel. The others asked my friend why I didn’t go to the bar. He said, “He is a man of faith and practices Falun Dafa. We have known him for over 20 years. He never goes to such places.” The night life in Mongolia is chaotic and they did not get back until 3 a.m.
My friend wanted to give me a consultation fee. I told him there would be no charge. He said, “But the others need to pay too.” I asked if he was involved and he said yes, so I said I would not charge. He later bought me a very expensive gift.
Despite my high consultation fee, employers who know me still want to hire me. I always hold myself to a Dafa practitioner’s standard. I treat their work as my own. I often tell the people I interact with the facts about Dafa. They all know practitioners are good people.
