Zou Die himself has a rather generous personality, but he is naturally very charming and feminine. He has what people often call a fox-like appearance, and his voice is also a little whiny.
This sentence came as soon as the call was connected, and Li Shi, who was originally mentally prepared, couldn't help but be stunned for a second.
The scene when I first painted her flashed through my mind.
I thought to myself, no wonder brother Lu Congwei was so fascinated by his wife. Who wouldn't be confused by such a woman?
Li Shi pretended to smile bitterly and said: "Sister-in-law, you already call me brother-in-law. We have such a good relationship with Viagra. The first time you speak, I will definitely give you face."
"In this way, as long as the price is right, it doesn't matter whether you buy out the goods from this stone, sell it on an agent, or do other operations. Sister-in-law, if you start a business, I will definitely support you."
What Li Shi said was nice, and he really planned to give up part of the profits without suffering any losses. In addition to strengthening the cooperative relationship with the couple, he also further opened up shipping channels for himself.
Only with more channels can he be able to ship goods calmly in the future. When he comes up with more goods, he can ship more goods at any time.
It can also be regarded as a disguised form of early investment.
The current situation in the jade market is very complex, both on the sales side and on the supply side, with polarization occurring in both directions.
But these are not important to Li Shi, because the jadeite he sells is the best of the best. It has always been a seller's market. When such top quality goods are released, they will usually be rushed by the market experts.
"Okay." Zou Die, who was on the other side of the conversation, saw what he said and immediately agreed happily. He also quickly warned: "Don't let others see this treasure of yours. Lao Lu and I will go find you tomorrow. Don’t tell anyone else until we finish talking.”
Li Shi knew that she was actually referring to Chen Yao. Thinking of the good relationship between Chen Yao and Lu Congwei, he smiled secretly and asked in surprise: "That's for sure, but why are you in such a hurry?"
Zou Die explained: "My Jade Club store is going to start its trial opening on June 30th. Although I have already prepared some goods, I strive to make it a hit. The more top-notch goods in the store, the better."
"It seems that sister-in-law, you are quite ambitious."
Zou Die did not deny it, and even admitted: "I really like to expand my career, because my attitude towards my career is - either don't do it, or do my best to do it."
Li Shi smiled and said: "This is the true attitude towards doing business. It seems that I may have to follow you, sister-in-law, to earn a living in the future."
"Go, you are already a big shot in the industry, why are you teasing me, a newbie who just joined the industry?"
The two reached a preliminary verbal agreement, were in a good mood, and made some jokes.
Before hanging up the phone, Li Shi finally said: "Just in time, Viagra said many times before that he would come to Tanzhou to play with me. This time he finally came. After buying the air tickets, send me the flight information and I will pick you up at the airport. "
After hanging up the phone, Li Shi lamented that in modern society, women are very enterprising and there are more and more strong women.
Not long after, Lu Congwei sent the couple’s flight information.
Take a flight from Dehong Mangshi Airport, the nearest airport in Ruili, transfer to Kunshi, and then fly to Tanzhou Huanghua Airport. Departure at 10:30 am, if not late, arrive at 3:15 pm.
Li Shi first called his assistant Zhang Huijing and told her to book hotels and restaurants.
For Zhang Huijing, this kind of reception task is familiar and she can accept it immediately.
Putting away his mobile phone, Li Shi, who was originally in Phoenix Bay, took his car keys and went downstairs, and drove to the activity base again.
The activity base was originally a school built on the mountain. Now it is deserted and extremely quiet. It would make people feel eerie when entering during the day, let alone at night.
Li Shi arrived, but he wasn't afraid at all - in fact, before he got the learning panel, he was not so courageous. When he was a child, he would be a little afraid of ghosts in the village, passing the tombs, or going out at night, but now he is not afraid at all.
His special experience allowed him to understand the nature of the world better than anyone else.
After entering the activity base, I turned on the lights, went to the jade processing classroom, opened the safe, and took out a stone I bought at the Jieyang public sale last time.
This stone originally cost him more than 200,000 yuan. It is about the size of a football. From the appearance, it performs very well in all aspects. When a flashlight is inserted into it, it is very transparent.
I had already seen the performance of the stone many times when I bought it. There were lines drawn on it. However, before cutting, Li Shi used a strong flashlight to take a rough look at it. Then he found the position to be cut and fixed it on the stone. On the machine, close the cover of the stone cutter, turn on the power, and press the switch.
There was an immediate noise coming from the machine.
"What's fake is also fake when it's true. No matter how this stone is cut, the piece I exchanged for the wealth attribute points should be cut from this original stone. Well, if I say yes, it's okay if it's not!"
When the stone was cut open, Li Shi curled his lips. The jade meat in the middle of the stone was quite good. The best quality parts at least had a high degree of ice and a touch of green. However, there were too many cracks and it was a bit " It means "Emperor Split", let alone the bracelet, it is very difficult to get four or six cards.
The value suddenly dropped sharply.
It's hard for a god to break an inch of jade, nothing is more difficult than this.
Li Shi thought of the half-palp-sized ice-waved green stone in the Phoenix Bay study, and a faint smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Fortunately, I am the 'Creator' who can exchange wealth attribute points for material at any time! "
One night, he cut up all the good stones accumulated in the safe.
Then I picked out some valuable ones and locked them in another safe.
He has no intention of selling these stones, which are at least above the level of glutinous ice. He keeps them for now. They may be used in the future, whether to practice carving or to sell jade.
"Although this cabinet doesn't have anything very good, it's worth over a million in total. Although the activity base has a triple security door, a classroom safety door and a large safe, a warehouse remote monitoring system is still installed."
That night, apart from cutting stones, Li Shi also read theoretical works on ancient calligraphy. When he came out of the activity base in the morning, it was already bright. When he looked at the time, it was more than 7:50.
I drove to the city and had a bowl of fish meal at a fish meal shop on the street.
When I got home, I took a shower. After 8:30, I took my mobile phone and called Zhang Hui again, instructing her to find someone to install remote monitoring for the activity base in a while.
"The key point is the fence. Just keep an eye on whether anyone enters the activity base. There is no need to install surveillance inside the base."
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After sleeping for three hours, Li Shi woke up at 11:30, feeling refreshed and not feeling any fatigue or discomfort from staying up late.
Check the messages on your phone first.
Lu Congwei sent a message an hour ago. Their flight to Kuncheng took off on time, but the flight from Kuncheng to Tanzhou was unsurprisingly delayed.
"More than an hour late, but just in time for dinner."
Li Shi called and relayed the news to his assistant Zhang Huijing: "So you can arrange dinner directly. We will pick you up in the evening and go directly to the hotel for dinner."
After a casual meal at noon, I went into the study to post the post.
An hour later, I came out of the study, sat on the sofa, and continued to think about making money.
"Let's first take a look at the prices of major auctions in the past two months."
It is also Li Shi's habit now to check the transaction prices of major auctions every once in a while.
He first scanned the domestic ones, and then set his sights on foreign countries.
“On May 12, Sotheby’s Geneva Magnificent Jewelry Spring Auction concluded, with a total of 133 lots presented, with a turnover of US$96 million. The highlight of the auction was an 11.16ct drop-shaped fancy vivid blue diamond ring, Fancy Vivid Blue The color grade and VS1 clarity were finally sold for 22.625 million Swiss francs.”
How much is it?
Li Shi switched to the exchange rate converter to query. After he saw the results, he couldn't help but reach out and touch his chin.
According to today’s exchange rate: 22.625 million Swiss francs = 186.952 million yuan = 25.826 million US dollars!
"After calculating 11.16 carats, it only weighs 2.232 grams! You only need to exchange 0.002232 wealth attribute points!"
This news made him very excited.
"It's a pity that diamonds are hard to sell, even large colored diamonds."
Li Shi continued to look down. The second highest transaction record in this auction was still a diamond, a 21.94ct pink diamond with Fancy Intense Pink color grade and VVS2 clarity. The final transaction price was 10.38 million Swiss francs.
"21.94 carats is 4.388 grams. This purity is much lower, but it still exceeds 10 million Swiss francs!"
Li Shi saw the data above, especially the units of US dollars and Swiss francs. He thought that if he went to play and study abroad in the future, he would have to find a way to earn some foreign exchange.
"Diamond, diamond."
Li Shi pondered for a moment, then took his mobile phone and started checking various information about diamonds.
With the rise of artificial diamonds and the economic downturn of almost the entire world, it is a fact that the global diamond market has also continued to plummet.
Large-carat colored diamonds are still a popular luxury item at auctions, especially in Japan, South Korea, Europe, and Berry Country. "
When he searched for diamond-related information, he saw many netizens on the Internet saying that diamonds are a scam and these auctions are just one of the ways for them to launder their money.
"This kind of behavior may exist, but most auctions are definitely not like this. At least the few auctions I have participated in are relatively real."
Li Shi pondered for a moment.
"It's not wrong to say that diamonds are a scam. Its binding with love is itself a rhetorical scam. Whether two people want to fall in love or not has nothing to do with a stone. If they don't love each other, no matter how many heart-shaped stones they give, it will be useless. It’s useless.”
"In addition, small diamonds, or broken diamonds, really have no recycling value after they are bought back."
"However, large natural diamonds or relatively large colored diamonds are still of high value. Rich people who like gemstones will rush to bid for them."
After searching for information and information, Li Shi thought to himself, no matter if it is a scam or not, if I can get more foreign exchange for me with the least wealth attribute points, for me, why not do it?
But the key problem is that the diamonds we exchanged for wealth attribute points have no provenance and no appraisal certificate - it may not be easy to sell.
Li Shi pondered for a moment, found Zhou Yajuan's number, and called her: "Manager Zhou, I have a question for you. Where did you get the diamonds you auctioned in the past?"
In any case, let's ask all parties for information first.
Zhou Yajuan had been dealing with Li Shi for so long. When she heard him ask this question, her heart suddenly moved and she thought... Could it be... She suppressed her curiosity and explained: "Our jewelry department has special treasure hunting experts. Such experts are divided into junior and junior level. There are two levels of seniority, and senior experts will search for various auction items around the world, including diamonds.”
When she said this, she had an idea and added: "In recent years, colored diamonds have become particularly popular in Asia. In the eyes of many buyers, natural colored diamonds have great potential for appreciation. Last year's Poly Winter Auction and this year's Sotheby's Geneva Auction, Colored diamonds are very popular, and the transaction volume is very high. Our experts have been looking for colored diamonds recently, especially blue diamonds and pink diamonds... Mr. Li, are you asking about diamonds? Are there any diamonds you want to sell?"
Her tone was very expectant.
This is a good thing that Mr. Li can use to boost his performance.
Li Shi smiled and said: "It's not me, it's a friend of mine. He has diamonds in his hand and is considering selling them, but he hasn't decided yet. By the way, his appraisal certificate and other items have all been lost. Does this matter?"
Zhou Yajuan: "Then it needs to be re-submitted for inspection first."
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Li Shi: "Well, thank you. If my friend considers sending the photo to you, I will contact you again."
After chatting with Zhou Yajuan for a long time, Li Shi summed up what she meant after hanging up the phone: As long as the diamonds are genuine and good, colored diamonds without certificates can be re-submitted for inspection and certification, and then experts can make up a story for the auction.
"You can try it, but be conservative first..."
Diamonds are different from jade. Jade has been circulated in China for hundreds of years. Especially in the past, many businessmen who needed to establish relationships liked to purchase antiques, jade, and Hetian jade as gifts... In addition, you can also purchase raw stones to create an identity as a jade merchant to further conceal the source. , taking some shots every once in a while is not a problem at all.
“Also think about other ways to earn foreign currency.”
Li Shi put aside the diamond matter for the time being, thinking about receiving guests in the evening, so he started his daily tasks in advance-continuing to post.
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, he and his assistant Zhang Huijing drove to the airport and picked up Lu Congwei and Zou Die.
We first exchanged greetings when we met, and then took Li Shi's Bentley directly to the Hunan restaurant for dinner.
The couple couldn't eat too spicy food, so Zhang Huijing specifically told the chef to use less chili pepper, but even if it was "slightly spicy", they still saw the "passion" of Hunan cuisine.
After dinner, Li Shi took them to the hotel to settle down.
As soon as he walked into the lobby where the reservation was made, Li Shi's mobile phone rang in his pocket. He picked it up and saw that the message was from someone who surprised him: "Mr. Li, I just saw the message at the entrance of the Beichen Intercontinental Hotel." I’ve seen someone who looks similar to you, wouldn’t it be you? (Biya)”
(End of chapter)
