Chapter 1285 The Capital of Diamonds

Antwerp, located on the banks of the Scheldt River in northwestern Belgium, is Belgium's largest port city and important industrial city, and is also the world-famous diamond capital.

At the same time, it is also a famous cultural center and tourist city in Europe, and countless tourists from all over the world come to visit the city every year.

People are drawn to the city for three reasons.

The first is the well-preserved old buildings of the old city full of medieval atmosphere, the second is the mysterious diamond processing and trading, and the third is the world-renowned painting art and numerous museums.

In particular, many female tourists come to Antwerp for its reputation as the diamond capital of the world, and for those dazzling jewelry diamonds.

If a woman comes to Antwerp, as long as she has enough money in her pocket, she can buy the perfect diamond here!

On the streets of Antwerp, it is not uncommon to see many happy female tourists who take a few steps and put their hands out to take a closer look!

Needless to say, she had just bought a beloved diamond ring.

Of course, you can also see women on the street who are frowning and pressing the calculator, and these women must be worried because they don't have enough money to buy diamonds!

In the city of Antwerp, there seem to be only two kinds of women, the woman who has already bought a diamond, and the woman who has not yet bought a diamond!

As the diamond capital, eight out of every ten uncut diamonds in the world are treated in Antwerp, and more than half of the world's polished diamonds come from Antwerp.

In addition to the very large quantity and extremely exquisite cutting technology, the price of diamonds sold in Antwerp is also about 30% cheaper than in other regions.

There's another reason why customers choose Antwerp!

Every diamond sold by the city's jewellers is a 'conflict-free' diamond protected by the United Nations, at least on the surface!

In other words, the profits made by the jewelers from the sale of diamonds in Antwerp are not used for violent, military, or terrorist activities.

When people buy diamonds in Antwerp, they get a guarantee that your hard-earned money won't be used for bad purposes!

All of this adds up to make it hard not to be impressed by the sparkling diamonds when you come to Antwerp!

Like most visitors to Antwerp, Ye Tian and Betty came for the diamonds.

And their purpose is very clear, pointing directly to the focus of the city of Antwerp today, that huge Fancy Vivid blue diamond 'Oppenheimer Blue', is bound to win!

At around 9:40 a.m., Ye Tian's heavy convoy left the highway and officially entered the city of Antwerp.

The same was true of the two medium-sized helicopters, whizzing from the sky and flying over the city of Antwerp!

The Brussels police, who were following Ye Tian and the others all the way, and two police helicopters, stopped or began to hover in the air when they arrived at the edge of Antwerp's urban area.

Seeing Ye Tian and their motorcar driving into the city of Antwerp, those Brussels policemen suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and finally relaxed.

Immediately afterward, they turned around and returned to Brussels the way they came!

On the way back, each of these guys was secretly glad that they had finally sent away the plague gods from the United States, and then, let their colleagues in Antwerp have a headache!

In fact, the Antwerp police top management was indeed very troubled at this time, and they were extremely nervous as if they were facing a great enemy!

As soon as Ye Tian and their convoy drove into the city of Antwerp, several police cars from the Antwerp police followed, including a police armored car, and inside the car was a heavily armed SWAT team!

In the blink of an eye, these Antwerp police cars dispersed, quickly separating Ye Tian and their heavy convoy from other vehicles in case of an unexpected situation.

Fortunately, although these police officers are nervous, they are relatively friendly.

On the way to Antwerp, Ye Tian had already contacted the auction house that held today's jewelry and diamond auction and expressed his willingness to participate in the auction.

For a super-rich and well-known person like him, the auction house naturally welcomes him with both hands, not to mention that he is also a top professional treasure hunter and antique art expert!

What's more, it was Christie's Auction House that held this top jewelry and diamond auction, and he has always had a good relationship with Ye Tian, and he has dealt with him many times, and he will not refuse his participation.

When Ye Tian was still on the way, Christie's auction house had already taken action and reserved the best place in the auction hall for him and Betty, just waiting for them to come!

Those guys at Christie's auction house are all human spirits, and they have already guessed that the reason why Ye Tian and Betty came all the way to Antwerp to participate in this auction must have a purpose, and it is definitely not a whim!

Those guys are even sure that Ye Tian and Betty are here for the finale of today's auction, 'Oppenheimer's Blue', and only that giant diamond is worth Ye Tian's trip!

After confirming that Ye Tian and the others were about to arrive in Antwerp, Christie's immediately notified the Antwerp police and asked them to help with the security work!

Now the whole world knows that Ye Tian is carrying those top jewelry pieces that once belonged to Queen Mary, plus the top jewelry diamonds that will be unveiled today, how dare Christie's auction house be careless!

Because of this, when Ye Tian and his convoy drove into the city of Antwerp, the Antwerp police did not stop the team and warn them!

For the managers of the city of Antwerp, they are very welcome to the arrival of a super-rich man like Ye Tian who has contributed his wealth to the city!

The only pity is that although the super-rich man who came today is very generous, he is also very dangerous, which inevitably makes people a little worried!

As soon as the convoy entered the city of Antwerp, Ye Tian said to Mattis through invisible headphones:

"Matisse, inform the guys, go to Christie's on Diamond Strasse in Antwerp, I just got in touch with the head of Christie's!

When the convoy arrives at Diamond Street, one of their vice presidents and security officers will greet us at the intersection of Diamond Avenue and contact the street management to lower the barricade at the intersection.

You can drive directly into Diamond Street, park in front of Christie's, the tarmac where two medium-sized helicopters are parked, and the Antwerp police will give instructions!

For the time being, don't bother with the guys who follow behind, the security standards on Diamond Street are very high today, and those guys in the back may not have the courage to follow us into Diamond Street!"

"Understood, Steven, I'll inform the guys! You're right, the guys who are following behind are basically jewelry thieves from all over the world, and they are the focus of major jewelers.

In today's situation, without disguise, they don't dare to break into Diamond Street in a daze, it is purely self-defeating to deliver food to the police!"

Mattis replied in a deep voice, his words full of confidence.

Then he said some other precautions, and Ye Tian ended the call.

Then he turned his head to look out the window, and enjoyed the beautiful scenery outside the window with Betty, the scenery of Antwerp is still very interesting, no worse than Brussels, each with its own merits!

At the same time, many people on the streets of Antwerp also noticed the heavy convoy that burst into their city.

In the blink of an eye, people figured out who was coming in these Mercedes-Benz bulletproof SUVs, and a commotion broke out on the streets of Antwerp.

"Isn't that bastard Steven in Brussels? How did you get to Antwerp? That's not a good thing! God bless Antwerp!"

"Steven's not going to be here to hunt for treasure, is he's not going to find some treasure in Antwerp? If that's the case, it's too bad! Maybe someone is going to be ransacked again!"