Chapter 223: Pink Crown
According to the analysis of the marketing department of Chow Tai Fook Group, those who have increased their net worth often have more money to spend, and they will be more generous when spending. And these rich people are their potential big customers of Chow Tai Fook.
Don't think that Chow Tai Fook is just one of those chain gold stores in domestic shopping malls, only selling some ordinary gold jewelry. In fact, its high-end jewelry is also very famous, such as custom jewelry, jade and jadeite, etc., but ordinary consumers can't access these.
Now Zhou Jin took the initiative to come over to greet Wang Ye, and he also had the heart to make friends, looking at Wang Ye's bold style of spending money, it is estimated that he is a potential big customer.
Coincidentally, Wang Ye was also looking for a powerful jeweler to customize a piece of jewelry. He smiled and said, "It's just right, if Mr. Zhou is free later, let's find a place to talk, I want to customize a piece of jewelry." ”
Hearing Wang Ye say this, Zhou Jin was stunned for a moment, he originally just came to get to know each other, make friends, and develop his business in the future.
I never expected that I would be able to receive the jewelry customization business immediately, and a wealthy man like Wang Ye must be extremely expensive for customized jewelry.
Thinking of the pink star that Wang Ye had just photographed, Zhou Jin became excited. Could it be that Wang Ye wants to hand over this diamond to Chow Tai Fook to design?!
It is reasonable for him to think so, this diamond is not jewelry, and there is no way to wear it after buying it, so it can't be held in his hand, and it must be designed and processed into jewelry.
Therefore, the jewelry customization business that Wang Ye said is very likely to entrust Chow Tai Fook to design this pink star.
What a bonus!
Although there was no auction for the Pink Star, if this piece of jewelry can be designed and produced by Chow Tai Fook's designer, it will also be a great boost to Chow Tai Fook's fame!
"Of course there is time, you can do it at any time!" Zhou Jin hurriedly replied.
"In this case, when I finish the handover of the Pink Star, I will go directly to your company. Mr. Zhou, can you arrange a jewelry design master, just that Mr. Chen Zhi'an, I like the necklace he designed. ”
Wang Ye said with a smile.
"No problem, I'll go back to the company immediately and wait for Dong Wang's arrival with Mr. Chen Zhi'an!"
Wang Ye went to handle the payment handover of the Pink Star, while Zhou Jin hurriedly left the auction and returned to the company.
When he was on the road, Zhou Jin took out his mobile phone and called Chen Zhi'an.
"Mr. Chen, are you in the company today?"
For a design master like Chen Zhi'an, although Zhou Jin is the general manager of the company, he is also very polite when he speaks.
"Mr. Zhou, I'm at home, what's the matter, is there something wrong?"
At the level of Chen Zhi'an, of course, he is not like an ordinary little designer, who needs to go to the company every day to clock in and go to work.
If there is no top-level jewelry custom design for a big customer, Chen Zhian will not usually make a move.
"Please come to the company as soon as possible, this time you really need to take action in person!" Zhou Jin said excitedly.
"Oh, Mr. Zhou took down that pink star?"
The company plans to bid for the Pink Star, and Chen Zhi'an also knows about it, so when he heard Zhou Jin say that he needed to take action in person, he thought that Zhou Jin had already auctioned the diamond.
Chen Zhi'an's heart was also a little excited, this is the world's largest pink diamond, worth hundreds of millions!
If you can carve a piece of jewelry in your own hands, it will also be the glory of your life.
"Eh~ I didn't take a picture, I was robbed...... But it doesn't matter, now it's this diamond, and the customer has to hand it over to our company to design and make!"
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When Wang Ye arrived at Chow Tai Fook's headquarters under the escort sent by Christie's, Zhou Jin and Chen Zhi'an had been waiting in the VIP room for a long time.
Chen Zhian is in his fifties, but he is in good spirits and does not show any age.
Wang Ye took the small box that the security guard was carrying and put it on the table.
Zhou Jin warmly welcomed Wang Ye, but Chen Zhi'an had no intention of greeting, his attention was all focused on the small box on the table.
"Is that the pink star in this box?"
Wang Ye smiled and said, "Yes, Teacher Chen can open it and take a look." ”
Although Chen Zhi'an was excited, his hand was very steady, and he directly opened the small box, which was covered with thick silk, and the pink star the size of a pigeon's egg was lying quietly in the box.
Seeing this diamond, Chen Zhi'an's eyes seemed to light up.
He took out a pair of soft white gloves, and after putting them on, he reached out and picked up the pink star.
After looking at the light, he took out a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully for a long time.
Zhou Jin and Wang Ye both watched his movements quietly and did not make a sound to disturb him.
After looking at it for a while, Chen Zhi'an put down the pink star with satisfaction, and said with a sigh of relief: "It really deserves to be a rare treasure! This clarity and color are only seen in my life! Although I have not seen that bright eye with my own eyes, judging from the public data, it is indeed this pink star that is slightly superior." ”
Then Chen Zhi'an looked at Wang Ye with blazing eyes: "What kind of jewelry does Wang Dong want to design with this diamond?"
Since it is customized, of course, we must listen to the opinions of customers.
Originally, when Chow Tai Fook decided to bid for the pink star, Chan had already begun to think about what kind of jewelry he would design after getting the diamond.
A diamond of this size, if it is designed as a ring, is a bit inappropriate. The average woman's fingers are relatively slender, and wearing such a "pigeon egg" is both heavy and inconvenient.
It is more appropriate to design it as a necklace, and it must be a wide necklace to stand up to the diamond. Just like the Colombian natural emerald "Palmette" necklace he designed.
But Wang Ye thought differently from him, and since seeing the diamond in the Christie's brochure, Wang Ye had a clear idea.
"I want a crown!"
Wang Ye said clearly.
Zhou Jin and Chen Zhi'an were stunned.
To be honest, Chow Tai Fook has never designed this thing, because it is not ordinary jewelry.
The crown symbolizes the authority of the royal family and is only worn by the children of the royal family, or even by figures such as the king and queen.
No matter how rich an ordinary person is, you don't dare to wear a crown in public!
And the tradition of wearing the crown is still preserved on the side of European royal families, where there are many top jewelers, such as Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels.
Even if the royal family has a need for a custom crown, it will not be Chow Tai Fook's turn.
"Did Wang Dong mean headdress?" asked Chen Zhi'an hesitantly.
He thought that Wang Ye couldn't figure out the difference between a crown and an ordinary headdress, and some of the larger headdresses actually looked very similar to the crown, but they could never be called crowns.
Wang Ye smiled and shook his head, he naturally understood what the crown represented, and he photographed this pink star in order to make a peerless pink crown!
Speaking of crowns, we have to say that the British royal family, her family's crown is the real treasure of the town.
The most famous and expensive crown in the world is the "Imperial Crown"!
The Imperial Crown belonged to the British Crown and was dedicated to coronations and the opening of the Parliamentary Assembly.
The crown was crafted with 2,868 diamonds, 273 pearls, 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds and 5 rubies. It contains a 317.4-carat Cullinan II diamond and a 170-carat Black Prince ruby directly in the front.
It was this crown that ****** wore when he was crowned in 1953.
Every year, when the Queen of ****** attends the opening ceremony of Parliament, the Imperial Crown is transported by horse-drawn carriage to the dressing room at the Palace of Westminster, where the Queen wears the Crown for the ceremony.
Look clearly, the diamond in the crown of the empire is a full 314 carats!
If the Cullinan II diamond is put up for auction, what price can it be sold for?
That is, Great Britain once ruled half the world, so it can have such a crown.
Of course, this imperial crown is too heavy, more than two kilograms! So even if it's a queen, it's rarely worn.
This is where the proverb "If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight" comes from this.
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Wang Ye said to Chen Zhi'an: "George IV Crown, Mr. Chen has heard of it, I just want to customize a crown like this." ”
The crown of George IV that Wang Ye is talking about is also a crown with a famous and extraordinary origin.
Anyone who has ever seen a British stamp will have an impression of this crown, because the stamp shows Queen Elizabeth wearing this crown on her head.
This crown is also the current queen's favorite crown, because it is the most beautiful!
The George IV Crown is set with 1,333 diamonds, including 4 large yellow diamonds, totaling 325.75 carats, and 169 pearls at its base.
The design of the crown is a blend of roses, thistles and shamrocks, symbolizing England, Scotland and Ireland respectively.
Zhou Jin also spoke: "Wang Dong created this crown, did he want to collect it himself?"
The people who still wear crowns now are all queens and princesses, of course he doesn't think that Wang Ye wants to wear them, then only the collection can explain it.
Wang Ye didn't explain too much, but just asked Chen Zhi'an: "Can Mr. Chen design such a certain crown, I want to be more beautiful and gorgeous than the crown of George IV!"
Chen Zhi'an smiled bitterly and said, "It's not difficult to design a crown, it's actually similar to a necklace." But the hard part is the ingredients, and there are 1,333 diamonds on the crown of George IV! As for more than 100 pearls, it's a trivial matter. ”
Chen Zhi'an didn't mention the cost, to be honest, how could customers who could afford Pink Star care about the cost of more than a thousand small diamonds.
Diamonds are small and worthless, even if each one is 1 carat, more than a thousand are nothing more than 5 million dollars. Of course, we're talking about regular white diamonds.