Chapter 574: Beating the grass and scaring the snake to death
Nanming chatted with Sun Shouding for a while, and Sun Shouding said to Nanming: "Mr. Nan, the annual share of the diamond market is tens of billions of dollars, if you fight against such a huge market, you will make too many enemies, I suggest you adopt a gentle way." ”
Sun Shouding gave Nanming a relatively conservative plan to boil frogs in warm water.
"Mr. Nan, Depitz is not as strong as you think, its control over diamonds is much weaker now, it monopolizes the diamond trade of more than 1 carat, and the most profitable of them is high-end diamonds, so as long as you focus on high-end diamonds, the market for high-end diamonds will be very difficult for Daibitz. "And the high-end market is actually very small, if I have a batch of very high-quality diamonds put into auction, it can greatly consume the consumption potential of the diamond market, making Debitz unprofitable ......."
According to Sun Shouding's suggestion, Nanming prepared a batch of diamonds for Sun Shouding.
The batch includes a set of 7 large diamonds, the largest of which is 229 carats and cut into a pear shape, and the smallest is 42 carats and is cut into squares, all of which are pure and flawless transparent and colorless diamonds. In addition, there are about 80 diamonds of about 10 carats.
No matter how small Nanming is, it's really unsightly.
Sun Shouding sent this batch of diamonds directly to Sotheby's, intending to participate in Sotheby's Hong Kong's spring auction in April.
After the appraisal, Sotheby's asked Sun Shouding's opinion on the starting price and publicity plan, and Sun Shouding did not dare to be good at it, so he came to ask Nanming.
"You can do it. Nan Ming waved his hand, for Nan Ming, this was just a drizzle, and his real counterattack was actually still to come.
As Sun Shouding said, diamonds involve a market of hundreds of billions of dollars. If Nanming really smashes this market, I'm afraid there will be too many enemies.
However...... Does Nanming care?
Any field he has entered is a market of tens of billions of dollars, not to mention diamonds?
And in any market, as long as Lazy God Technology enters, others will wait to be beaten obediently.
Nanming just thinks that those ordinary jewelers are more innocent. If Nanming really completely suppressed the diamond, I am afraid that many people will suffer great losses.
Therefore, Nanming thinks that it is also a good thing to let Sun Shouding send some signals to the entire diamond market, so that some people can withdraw in time so as not to hurt their muscles and bones.
Moreover, Nanming's counterattack will still need some time to prepare, and he needs to complete the industrial upgrading of man-made diamond production, improve the theory, and carry out the preliminary construction of industrial production, and wait until his diamond factory is completed. The real counterattack has just begun.
Dozens of carats of diamonds? One or two diamond boxes?
Nanming's ambition is not just that.
Before that, Nanming couldn't let Daibitz be idle, and wanted to make some trouble for them, and the batch of diamonds that Nanming provided to Sun Shouding was a great trouble.
In fact, there is no need to wait for the diamond to be auctioned at all, and the effect will be visible as soon as the news spreads.
Sun Shouding sent the diamonds to Sotheby's on the front foot, and Sotheby's was shocked that there was such a large number of diamonds. It is definitely the first time that Sotheby's auctioned diamonds have been created.
No, it's not just Sotheby's auctions. And even the first of its kind in the world!
Sotheby's got the diamonds, and after they were identified, they began to publicize it to the fullest, and a few days later, the whole world knew that there was such a batch of diamonds to be auctioned.
First of all, it was the 229-carat oversized diamond, the largest diamond ever sold at auction. The final auction price must have been record-breaking.
Sotheby's estimated auction price is 110 million, which is still due to the fact that there are too many diamonds at one time, and the estimated price is completely overdrawn by the consumption power of diamonds.
Previously, the world's most expensive diamond auction price was set by a pink diamond, Pinkstar. Its auction price is $8,300.
Of course, pink diamonds are very rare and cost several times more than ordinary diamonds, but not everyone can see such a huge diamond as 229 carats.
Even if it doesn't reach Sotheby's estimate of 110 million, Sun Shouding estimates that its price will exceed 100 million US dollars!
"$100 million, that's good. Nan Ming nodded, "You can build another branch of the Lazy God Hall." ”
Looking at Nan Ming's calm expression, Sun Shouding could only sigh, and he really deserved to be Mr. Nan.
To be rich is to be capricious.
"I'll leave it to you, and I'll give you a third of the commission after selling. "Nan Ming Dao, he never skimps on rewarding people.
Sun Shouding opened his mouth and stammered, not knowing what to say.
His worth has multiplied several times all at once?
Suddenly, Sun Shouding suddenly became full of energy, and the battle was bursting.
And Nanming took out so many high-quality diamonds at one time, which also made a rumor spread, that is, a super-large-scale diamond mine was found in China, even bigger than the diamond mine in Russia, China's determination to mine diamonds is undoubted, and soon diamonds will really become the price of cabbage.
After the rumors flowed out, it was immediately apparent, and the first person to be scared was Depitz.
In this world, everyone is afraid of one thing that Chinese, and that is...... Chinese are particularly good at pulling the market price to a position that is only a little higher than the cost, and then take advantage of the advantages generated by the best and hardest workers in the world and drag you to death!
In any market, as long as the Chinese enter, they can immediately drag all other competitors into silly.
In the early years, when China's rare earth exports were used, it used to be the price of cabbage, of course, this is black history.
But rare earths are non-renewable resources, but what about diamonds?
Diamonds are constantly forming in the earth's crust, but they can't be mined for the time being.
So, can diamonds be an exception and escape China's price curse?
Most people are not very optimistic.
This panic soon had an effect, and the diamond trading market immediately suffered a heavy setback, especially in the market under 1 carat, which fell by 25%!
It's just a rumor!
A lot of people are waiting to see what Debitz will do.
If Debitz also lowers the price of diamonds, the entire diamond market will soon collapse.
But if Debitz refuses to lower the price, it will cause a stronger wait-and-see mood, and more people will choose to wait and see rather than buy. The result is still a crash!
And that's just a small batch of diamonds.
The value of diamonds is based on lies, on the basis of an inconsistencies in the price system, there is no sound market in the first place, and the ability to resist risks comes entirely from itself, once it begins to attack it from within the system. It's vulnerable.
Nanming didn't know if Sun Shouding was secretly manipulating, but news about China's discovery of super-large diamond mines appeared on many websites, and many conspiracy theorists began to analyze the difference between China's discovery of super-large diamond mines and Russia's discovery of super-large diamond mines.
The conclusion is that Russia is not capable of manipulating the diamond market at all, but China definitely has the potential to dominate the diamond market!
Originally, Chinese had no position in the diamond market, and only a few jewelry companies such as Chow Tai Fook and Chow Sang Sang could get rough stones in China, accounting for only one percent of the global market. And now. The form is completely reversed, China has suddenly become the origin of diamonds, will the future of the diamond market depend on the face of the Chinese?
Sun Shouding's approach can be said to be a startling snake.
If it is another industry, it is likely to start withdrawing at this time.
However, Debitz is not a listed company, and diamonds have no liquidity and value preservation at all, so no one will take over Depitz at this time.
It's like a snake hiding in the grass and sleeping. However, there are people who take sticks and beat them indiscriminately when they have nothing to do, no matter how they can't hit them. Hurt or not, this snake is not even comfortable.
But its hole is here, and it can't run if it wants to.
Of course, as mentioned before, Depitz has a monopoly on the diamond market of more than one carat, and the low-end market has an impact on Depitz. But it didn't break their bones.
If you want to kill with one blow, you need to hit hard!
After arranging the Sotheby's Spring Auction in early April, Sun Shouding gave Nanming another suggestion, that is, the Las Vegas International Jewelry Show in June.
"When the time comes, it is estimated that people who have no confidence in the diamond market will withdraw. Those who are still in it can only blame themselves. Sun Shouding said, doing business is bound to be risky.
When the time comes, Nan Ming will do his best to strike a blow, how strong and how powerful, and kill Daibitz with one blow!
In order to be able to do this, Nanming must immediately lay out the man-made diamond industry.
For others, it usually takes years to lay out an industry.
From research, site selection, inspection of production lines, purchase of production lines, installation of production lines, commissioning of production lines...... And then a few years passed.
But for Lazy God Technology, everything is different, Lazy God Technology has been accustomed to "fast", they can build a huge building temperature chamber "Lotus" within an hour, and can produce engine parts that can be produced in a few weeks.
It's only the beginning of March, and there are still three months to June, and Nanming feels that it is more than enough.
Nanming first issued a task to the institute, asking them to publish several new theories and technologies of man-made diamonds in international journals, blow the wind on the technical level, and then design more efficient and powerful man-made diamond production tools.
After throwing all the tasks to others, Nanming patted his ass and waited to enjoy the results, which is the advantage of being a shopkeeper.
Of course, it is impossible for Nanming to be completely idle, and there are still some things that he must preside over in person, and no one else can do it.
In addition to being a long time with Debitz, Nan Ming also has to preside over the upgrade of the Lazy God Hall, and if it is to be expanded, he also needs to strengthen some more Lazy God massage tables.
In addition, it is necessary to strengthen a batch of gym equipment, which requires energy.
Before he finished his work, Nan Ming received a call from Chu Chunhui and said, "Xiao Ming, come and help hold a personal scene." ”
"What?" Nan Ming was a little stunned.
"You forgot?" Chu Chunhui said, "Island!
Nan Ming suddenly remembered that he had promised Chu Chunhui before that if the uninhabited islands in Jidong Province began to be sold to the outside world, he would buy one to support him.
"I'm busy right now, so I'll send an assistant. Nan meditated.
He probably knew the situation on these islands, and he couldn't raise his spirits very much.
"No, at least you can have a show. Chu Chunhui said, a two-way island, there is no need for people of Chu Chunhui's level to worry about it, Chu Chunhui sees the exemplary role of Nanming.
The identity of the boss of Nanming's "Lazy God Technology" is actually useless at this time.
But Nanming has another very appealing identity - the president of the Lazy God Hall.
There are hundreds of platinum members of the Lazy God Association, and if you take out one at random, you have the ability to develop an island.
If these people follow the example of the South Underworld, buy one each......
Chu Chunhui felt that he could wake up happily when he slept.
Nanming was very embarrassed, he was saving energy at this moment, and he really couldn't leave, but when he heard that Nanming was going to buy an island, Zhang Feilin suddenly became interested and volunteered to replace Nanming.
In fact, Nanming had already thought about which island he wanted, and it was not a big problem who would go.
Among the hundreds of uninhabited islands launched by Jidong Province this time, two islands have actually been listed for a long time, but no one has taken over for a long time, and one of them is called Sanping Island.
The island is made up of three islands, which become one large island at low tide and are divided again at high tide.
For sale is the large island of Sanping Island, with an area of 0.15 square kilometers, that is, 15 hectares, which is a little smaller than Tao Island.
But what really makes Nanming fancy is that this island is only 20 kilometers away from the Dongbin Campus of Qingyang University!
If you take a helicopter, it's very convenient.
And this island has also been clearly useful, in addition to tourism development, it can also be used for scientific research.
For a long time, the Lazy God Research Institute and the Institute of Biology and Medicine have shared a building, which has been hidden underground, and Nan Ming feels that this is really too wronged Wang Qian, so he plans to build a laboratory on the island to really make the Lazy God Laboratory independent.
Everything went well to buy the island, Zhang Feilin called in the afternoon to say, in order to demonstrate the effect, all kinds of procedures went smoothly, and it could be done soon, she sent a lot of photos back, Sanping Island is a horse and a flat river, there are wetlands and farmland, and the scenery of Turtle Island is not a style at all.
Since there is an island, how can there be no boats?
Nanming plans to find a way to whitewash the "Silence".
The "Silence" was a warship illegally obtained from Romania, and although the Romanian side did not pursue the case, and the original guns and bullets also reached some agreement with Romania, it lacked legal identity and could not enter China's territorial waters.
There is a warship, but it can't drive home, this is not just a brocade night trip, a pearl secretly cast?
Since a few days ago, Nanming has been thinking about how to whitewash the "Silence" and install a legal identity for it.
After thinking about it, Nan Ming felt that this kind of dirty work had to fall on the country of the Philippines. (To be continued.) )