Chapter 354: It's Not For Money
The party lasted until midnight, but Zhang Nan left after 11 o'clock because he had already completed the first step of the big thing. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
No way, I'm hungry, I'm still hungry!
Moreover, if you stay any longer, you may not be able to resist accosting an Indian beauty, which will obviously not be appropriate to do so.
Nicole and Jenny, along with a group of bodyguards, left Xiang Weirong and Guan Xingquan, two guys who particularly like Indian singing and dancing, and were dragged by Jia Yin and Walma to dance.
It doesn't matter if you can't dance, there are a bunch of Bollywood dancers to teach the two of them, and the process is expected to be very pleasant.
I said in advance, my brother-in-law and Brother Guan can play as much as they want, and if they don't go back to the hotel room to sleep at night, Zhang Nan won't ask, and they can't actually care.
This trip to these two is to appear special, whether it is for outsiders to see, or to really relax, in short: let's play!
But it was boring, and the next day someone made a small report: the two went back to their rooms to sleep at half past twelve in the middle of the night.
is still a good comrade, can resist the erosion of a decadent life, which also makes Zhang Nan secretly relieved.
Otherwise, Guan Xingquan's life or death is none of his business, if something goes wrong with his brother-in-law, Zhang Nan is afraid of being scolded by his sister when he returns to China, just like when he was a child, he was greedy and broke the basket of eggs at his aunt's house.
Auntie is reluctant to scold herself, this sister doesn't care: younger brother, it is clear that it can be used to bully and teach a lesson.
At 10 o'clock in the morning the next day, after a "brunch" made by Alyosha and a few of them, at the official invitation of Ivan Khan, everyone drove to the Bollywood photography base.
Well, the "Good Impression of India" established last night collapsed: the photography base is in the suburbs, and the road near the base is crowded with vendors on both sides of the road.
And those vendors are obviously using all their tricks to attract passers-by, and those passing tourists will be surrounded by the vendors if they are not careful!
If it weren't for the armed police like Singh, the hawkers would have come up with a way to sell their wares: the speed of the car was not fast at all, and the hawkers could easily keep up with the passing cars.
Looking at the people soliciting business outside, Nicole and Jenny were looking at the strangeness, and Zhang Nan sighed to himself: "It's not easy to live this life!"
The tone is very emotional: I want to be the most grassroots antique dealer at the beginning, and I don't get up early every day and work hard, just to have something to eat, and I hope that there will be a hope for the future.
It's all about living.
In those years, as long as I was free, I basically rode my old phoenix to run around, went to the village to buy old things, and braved the wind and rain.
In the summer, the weather is hotter than in Mumbai, but if you want to eat, you have to go out to "step on the ground and dig out the old house": in the most difficult time, in order to save some money, it is not impossible to ride 60 or 70 kilometers back and forth.
In my previous life, I was considered successful, but I don't know how many successful people can come out of these black Indians outside.
It is possible to succeed if you pay, and it is impossible to get a return without paying.
Zhang Nan is not disgusted with Indian vendors outside, and thinks that people who struggle for survival are very cute and honorable, even if they will pit those foreign and foreign tourists who are buying.
"When you collect things, it's not a desperate to lower the price, and selling things to a layman is not shouting to the top. ”
I laughed at myself in my heart: people in the industry talk about rules, but for guys who can never have a second deal, it's a fool not to sharpen the knife faster!
"What do you think?"
Nicole noticed that Zhang Nan looked at the vendor outside thoughtfully, so she asked.
"Two years ago, my annual salary was only three or four hundred dollars, and my daily work was actually the same as that of those people outside. It's just a little emotional in retrospect, it's okay. ”
smiled at Nicole and explained two sentences.
The other people in the car did not suspect it, Nicole and they really didn't understand the daily joys and sorrows of the Chinese people, and Alyosha thought that the boss was recalling the hard work of being a buyer.
I heard the squad leader say what the boss used to do, and I also heard that although the purchasers have a good income, the hard work of traveling from south to north and sleeping in the open is not something that outsiders can understand.
It's not easy to go out--- that's what Alyosha thinks.
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It's hard to imagine that this is the road to Bollywood, until the convoy pulls into a gate-guarded gate, and then sees a lot of huge sound stages and actors in costumes, and then I feel: Well, Bollywood has arrived.
Located in a valley on the western outskirts of Mumbai, the huge cinema city covers an area of more than 1,600 hectares, which is equivalent to a huge area of more than 25,000 acres.
There are mountain lakes, forests and meadows, and creek gardens as far as the eye can see, and the scenery is charming.
You can also get a bird's-eye view of the adjacent forest park and Mumbai's largest lake, Lake Vihar, and the vista is as beautiful as the nearby wasteland.
A visit to the photo base is not only about the scenery, but also about the facilities and the various aspects of Bollywood.
After learning about the general plot of the two films, Zhang Nan said to Ivan Khan, who accompanied him: "I take the liberty to express my opinion, today's Indian movies almost do not reflect life, and almost all of them belong to fairy tales." ”
Mr. Khan replied with a smile: "So we immediately accepted the script structure of "Three Fools", which is a perfect fairy tale, and Mr. Allen, you are obviously also a good person who writes fairy tales and understands our culture.
Our film philosophy is related to culture and religious teachings, simply put, the world is a dream, and life is a dream of cultivation.
The real worldly life seems to us Indians to be the greatest illusion and illusion. ”
Ivan Khan paused for a moment, then continued, like a philosopher, "Some of our Indian behaviors are incomprehensible to other people, and we will live in such an open-minded manner that even if we are ragged and hungry, it will not affect our enjoyment of the sun and the enjoyment of life. ”
Hearing this, Zhang Nan had no choice but to say: "If everyone had this kind of pure open-mindedness and birth, there would be a lot less strife in this world." ”
Obviously, not every Indian can do this.
Indians say that Indian movies are movies for Indians to watch for themselves, and what they like is the feeling of self-entertainment.
This will Zhang Nan have to admit that Indians are willing to immerse themselves in that kind of illusory film world, so their films do not need any authenticity and sociality, as long as they are entertaining and can arouse the interest of sensory feelings.
Before leaving the photography base, Zhang Nan used a phrase often said by Indians to interpret today's feelings: "Life is not satisfactory, we use fairy tales to relieve it." ”
This is also the essence of Bollywood movies.
In the future, there is no need to deal with the cooperation with Bollywood by yourself, how can there be a reason for the super-rich who have billions of dollars to personally talk about these small businesses, and it will naturally be contacted, discussed, and negotiated by the three Hollywood professionals hired by themselves.
At most, let Thomas sign at the end: Zhang Nan is busy by himself.
Tomorrow, I will go to Jia Yin's diamond processing factory to take a look at what good goods he has in his hands.
Well, I went to the diamond processing factory, of course, to see the diamonds.
When it comes to diamonds, people immediately think of African countries such as South Africa and Sierra Leone, which are rich in diamonds, but they don't know that from 2,500 years ago until the 18th century, India was the only diamond producing country in the world!
It wasn't until 1870, when India's largest diamond mine was completely buried by a massive mudslide and other diamond mines were depleted, that African diamonds came into play.
Nowadays, many people who buy and wear diamonds don't think about such a question: African miners dig diamonds, and rich people in Europe and the United States buy diamonds, who completes the processing process?
The answer is India!
Today, the western Indian port cities of Surat and Mumbai are the world's diamond processing centers, with more than half of the world's diamonds cut in these two cities, and in 20 years that proportion will rise to a staggering 92%!
There are four major diamond processing centers in the world: 1. Small diamond processing centers - Surat, Mumbai, India;
2. Large Diamond Processing Center - New York, USA;
3. Exquisite diamond processing city - Antwerp, Belgium;
4. Exquisite small diamond processing center - Tel Aviv, Israel.
The vast majority of diamonds processed in India are small in size and are said to be the least technologically advanced.
But don't forget that India is also one of the countries with the largest gap between rich and poor in the world, and there are so many rich people here, that Manu Jain has more than just a sack of small diamonds in his hand, there will definitely be treasures that can be used!
As for the processing technology, hundreds of thousands of years of tradition and the integration with the world, there are really not a few diamond processing masters in the whole of India?
Jia Yin has good goods in his hands, this is certain, otherwise he would not warmly invite himself to visit the diamond processing factory he owns--- eliminating many intermediate links, and the price of diamonds will definitely be affordable and beneficial on both sides.
In Manu-Jia Yin's eyes, Zhang Nan is already an out-and-out crazy diamond collector.
The diamonds on the two women add up to at least more than 100 million dollars, which is absolutely insane!
Manu would never let go of such a potential business that would come to his door: and it would not be a one-off deal.
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Just when Zhang Nan hadn't gotten up this morning, that Manu Jia Yin was calling several important people in the family, asking them to send all the big high-quality diamonds in their hands and show them to Mr. Allen tomorrow.
"As long as the quality and processing of our diamonds are no worse than those of Antwerp and New York, that Mr. Allen will definitely become our long-term top diamond customer, because we have a price advantage that others do not have!"
Fine diamonds and melee diamonds sell for 10,000 carats, and the profit may not be comparable to selling a 5-carat high-quality diamond.
The Jia Yin family is to dominate the fine diamond market as the first goal, but it is by no means willing to play the role of "low-grade goods" in the world diamond market!
And Zhang Nan on the other side could also guess Jia Yin's thoughts: visit the factory to see the excitement?
Neither he nor the diamond king were so idle, and it wasn't for the money.
I like gold, and I also like everything that is valuable: if Jia Yin has his own eye-catching diamond in his hand, he doesn't mind buying a few more gadgets for his women, and he won't lose money anyway.