Chapter 174: Black Market Auction (Part II)

De Beers, the predator who manipulates the price of diamonds.

De Beers is the world's leading diamond industry, operating 19 diamond mines around the world, producing more than half of the world's diamonds, and all diamonds mined from these mines, as well as diamonds obtained from other sources, are sold by De Beers' central distribution agency based in London.

Historically, De Beers has only allowed 125 diamond cutting companies to buy rough diamonds directly from them, all of which are customers of De Beers' central sales agency, known in the industry as "De Beers 125".

As the only jewelry store on Hong Kong Island that has obtained the De Beers 125 qualification, Cheng's Jewelry's financial resources and heritage naturally do not need to be nonsense.

Lin Yizhen hesitated a little and continued to bid: "Four and two hundred thousand!"

The total weight is 237 catties, which is equivalent to a piece of large wool that performs very well, and the price of 4.2 million is quite high. Unless a certain amount of mid-range jadeite can be solved inside, the deal will end in a loss.

Lin Yizhen, who finished the price, faced Zheng Minglang's puzzled expression and raised the wine glass in his hand to show his respect.

Zheng Minglang thought for a moment and then bid again: "I'll pay 4.38 million!"

Wang Hao asked: "Four million three hundred and eighty thousand, this price has exceeded my psychological price." ”

Jiang Jun nodded and said, "The gambling is getting bigger and bigger, it's very risky." ”

Zhou You smiled slightly, raised his hand and shouted, "Four and a half million!"

In this way, everyone shifted their attention to Zhou You.

Lin Yizhen, who was already a little withdrawn, saw that the bidder was Zhou You, thought of his plan, and felt that it was not suitable to conflict with a character like Zhou You now, so she gave Zhou You a kind smile and sat down.

Zhou You could appreciate Lin Yizhen's kindness, but he didn't understand why Lin Yizhen was like this, so he could only smile back and shift his eyes to the last opponent.

Zheng Minglang found that he was looking at him, nodded his head to show goodwill, and then raised his hand: "I will pay 4.6 million!"

Obviously, Zheng Minglang knows Zhou You.

It's time to travel around. He thought about it, but he still didn't have the memories of Zheng Minglang in his mind, so he could only think that Zheng Minglang knew himself through the Internet or other channels.

Wang Hao took Zhou You's hand and signaled him to stop fighting.

Zhou You did not respond to Wang Hao, raised his hand and continued to raise the price: "I will pay 4.8 million!"

Zheng Minglang was very hesitant to offer the price just now, but seeing that Zhou You, the first rising star who defeated his long-cherished enemy Qin Yuanfang, was so decisive, he couldn't help but feel a little thoughtful. However, he thought more about whether he would offend Zhou You, the first rising star in the sky, if he continued.

You must know that although Cheng's Jewelry is the only jewelry store on Hong Kong Island that has obtained the De Beers 125 qualification, with the rise of an Israeli diamond tycoon, De Beers' hegemony has been severely challenged, which indirectly makes Cheng's Jewelry's status on Hong Kong Island a little shaky. In addition, in recent years, Zheng's Jewelry has invested all its energy in diamonds and gold, ignoring jadeite, a hot gemstone variety, which has made their business environment more and more severe in recent years.

Now, Zheng Jewellery has the intention to vigorously develop jadeite varieties on the basis of maintaining the status of diamonds, and as the only heir of the third generation of Cheng Jewellery, Cheng Ming Lang has an unshirkable responsibility in this regard.

Fang's Group has the Jade Sage Fang Yishan in charge, and its status is as stable as Mount Tai. If it weren't for the relatively weak qualifications and international influence of Fang's Group, even the jewelry industry on Hong Kong Island would have been impacted. Rao is like this, Fang's Group's position in the country is still unshakable, even the dragons who cross the river on Hong Kong Island can only sigh in vain.

And Qin's jewelry also has the four elders of the Qin family, although it is not enough to enter, but it is not a problem to seek protection in stability. The previous poor performance in Yingjiang Public Market can be blamed on Qin Yuanfang. If it weren't for Qin Yuanfang's wanton overstepping his authority and hurting people with his roots, Qin's jewelry would not have offended so many people, let alone behaved so badly in Yingjiang. If Qin Yuanfang's results are not calculated, only based on the results of the four elders of the Qin family, the results of Qin's jewelry can still be slightly profitable.

Behind the two major jewelry industry leaders on the mainland and Hong Kong Island, there are jade masters, where can not attract Zheng Minglang, and even the whole Zheng jewelry mind.

At the end of his thoughts, Zheng Minglang finally made a decision.

Zheng Minglang raised his glass to Zhou You, showing his respect and taking a step back, the meaning was very obvious.

Even Lin Yizhen and Zheng Minglang flinched, where could there be competitors who dared to offer such an exaggerated price to compete with Zhou You. After all, this is a full gamble of wool, not a half gamble, the average cost of 40,000 yuan per kilogram is an extreme exaggeration in the full gamble wool.

In the end, the beautiful master of ceremonies made the final decision: "Congratulations to Mr. Zhou for obtaining these nine pieces of black wax shell wool!"

Those present applauded the heroism of the tour.

The person who can take out 4.8 million yuan to gamble on the stone in one go, and there is a mysterious prince party standing next to this person who even the martial boss is afraid of, and even the two major figures Lin Yizhen and Zheng Minglang can be respected, and they can guess the extraordinary person with their knees, and it is appropriate to give a certain amount of politeness.

Zhou You respectfully returned a glass of wine to everyone present, and then disappeared into the crowd.

Wang Hao immediately said: "Xiaoyou, those seven pieces of small and medium-sized wool account for at least forty percent of the weight, and the general and I will each give you one million, so that it will be fair to you." ”

"More than a million!"

Zhou You wanted to send it directly, but he felt that it was very rude, and he looked down on Wang Hao and Jiang Jun.

Let's not talk about today's gains, let's just say that Yingjiang and his party, Wang Hao and Jiang Jun have received a lot of income, especially Wang Hao, just that piece of high-ice Zhengyang Green worth 13 million is enough for Wang Hao to get up. Moreover, those seven small and medium-sized black wax shell wool can also be sold for a price of more than four million, which is an unexpected gain for Wang Hao and Jiang Jun.

It's a pity that Wang Hao and Jiang Jun happily transferred their respective 100 to the tent of Zhou You.

The transaction is completed and the wool changes hands.

The beautiful master of ceremonies saw the transaction completed and immediately entered the auction of the third item.

However, the next few pieces are obviously very ordinary goods, either the paintings and calligraphy of a small historical celebrity, or some not very good bronzes, porcelain, or jade, although there are many things, but there are really no ones that can impress the travel. However, Wang Hao and Jiang Jun, who had itchy hands, both shot, but it was a pity that Wang Hao's favorite porcelain could not compete with a 4S shop owner, and Jiang Jun's two competitions were lost to Lin Yizhen, who was bold in his shots.

In this way, the scene that was originally a bit of a fire storm began to fade.

Since the beautiful master of ceremonies has received the money from Boss Wu, he naturally wants to work hard to enliven the atmosphere, and hurriedly used the power in his hand to hand over an item that was originally behind in advance, and enthusiastically introduced: "The item to be auctioned below is from a returned overseas Chinese, but it is a pity that he did not manage well and lowered his debts with goods, and finally ended up in this auction." Because this item is relatively special, I hope you can be patient and observe, and I believe you can discover the mystery. ”

After speaking, a blonde waiter slowly pushed a crystal cart out.

Ming Lao saw the contents of the crystal cart and stood up suddenly. And the two old men beside him also wore glasses and followed closely behind Ming Lao.

The master of ceremonies enthusiastically recounted: "This painting was left by the ancestors of this returned overseas Chinese, and it is said that it was made by a famous painter. It's a pity that this abstract painting was not signed, and it cannot be confirmed who wrote it, so it ended up here. ”

Ming Lao also came to the crystal cart, moved his glasses, and asked: "I don't know where this returned overseas Chinese once settled? If not, can you tell the old man the contact address of this returned overseas Chinese?"

The master of ceremonies was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then immediately checked the personal information, and finally replied respectfully: "Ming Lao, this returned overseas Chinese once became a Russian citizen, and after the domestic environment improved in the later period, the environment in Russia was a little chaotic, so they returned to China to live." I have detailed information here, hoping to help Ming Lao's identification. ”

Ming Lao took the information and immediately read it carefully.

Zhou You and their group also received a copy, but only Zhou You took it and read it, Wang Hao, Jiang Jun and others didn't seem to have much interest in this painting, and Xu Jie only showed a surprised expression and didn't mean anything else, and behaved extremely calmly.

"Moscow University!"

Zhou You carefully checked the information in his hands, especially the account about the returned overseas Chinese, and when he saw the returned overseas Chinese tell that he had been from Moscow University for three generations, Zhou You vaguely thought of a person.

Since the appearance of the Sword of Martinos, Xu Lao intended to strengthen their knowledge of antiques in foreign countries, and successively sent a large number of materials to them to read. It's a pity that Wang Hao and Jiang Jun are very busy, and they feel that they haven't even learned the knowledge of antiques in China, let alone abroad, so they are not very attentive to the information sent by Xu Lao, and only Zhou You can barely read it.

I don't want to use it now.

The master of ceremonies saw that the atmosphere of the scene was getting lower and lower, and knew that he had chosen the wrong thing, so he hurriedly made up for it: "This thing has been evaluated by a famous expert on Hong Kong Island, and it is said to be a rare master's work. Now the little woman announces the official auction of the fourteenth item, with a reserve price of 180,000 yuan, and a price increase of 5,000 each time, and I hope everyone will actively participate. ”

"One hundred and eighty-eight thousand!"

After discussing with the two old guys, Ming Lao shouted a relatively conservative price.

Lin Yizhen didn't know what point she fancied, so she raised her hand and offered: "If the information is true, then I will pay 200,000 yuan to buy it." ”

Xu Jie's eyes lit up, and he said with certainty: "There is a problem!"

Jiang Jun nodded and said: "Indeed, Lin Yizhen is a well-known collector in China, she must have seen something subtle to openly compete with Ming Lao, who has a good relationship." ”