Chapter 45: Deal!
"You're going to do a search and see if they've stolen?" said Minastark, the deputy mine manager.
"No need to be searched! I took a souvenir. Jia Lei took out the ore from his pocket and handed it over in distress.
"What are you doing when someone brought the ore out?" Minastak asked angrily, and the leaders behind him immediately began to apologize.
"It's just a small piece of ore, Minastak, are you like that? A man in a military uniform came over and said.
"Neither can the kid, you see this ore and diamond are exposed! It's not just a piece of ore. Minas said.
"Minasdak, you are about to go down, and you are still so arrogant, and as soon as Yeltsin comes to power, he will definitely expel you as a moth. The officer said.
"Mr. Minasdaq has searched his body, and there is nothing left but the ore in your hand. The guard said.
"Everyone will deduct a day's wages today!" Minasdaq said, as the miners and guards passing by all looked at Jia Lei angrily.
"You can't do that, they're not wrong! This ore is what I want, as a big customer of your diamond mine, I just want to come and inspect the environment beforehand, this is just a sample! I was about to go to you, and you just came. Jia Lei didn't want these poor miners to suffer, but fortunately, he directly made it clear.
"Are you kidding?" said Minastak.
"Why can't I buy diamonds, I have money and it's dollars! Jia Lei said as he took out his business card holder, picked out the simplest business card from it and handed it to Minastak, and then took out the most expensive business card and handed it to Officer Shelly.
"Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Investment Bank of D. Nationale Stone!" Minas Stark frowned as he looked at the business card, which had nothing but those few words.
"What kind of bank is this? I haven't heard of it!" said Minastak.
"I wonder why you're here?" asked Shelly, looking at the black gold-plated business card in his hand, sometimes gold is indeed a status symbol.
"What do you say, can a hairy boy become a distinguished guest? Why are our business cards different? You show me!" Minas Stark looked at the glittering business card opposite, and felt very bad when he saw the whiteboard business card in his hand.
"People make it clear that they don't want to show you, don't you understand? After Xie Li finished speaking, he received Jia Lei's business card into the pocket of his underwear, and the words "director of Citibank" were not easy to see.
"As a big customer of your mine in the future, I don't think I should have to deduct all the workers' wages if I take a sample, right?" Jia Lei asked.
"Of course, I should reward them for bringing you to our mine! It's not as dusty here as we should go to the office to talk, right?" said Shelly, Jia Lei nodded in agreement.
"Do you two take me seriously?" Minastak asked angrily.
"Minastark, shut up if you still want to make money!" said Shelly, giving him a stern look, and Minastak immediately knew the seriousness of the matter and shut up.
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"I wonder what you're here for?" asked Shelly.
"What else can I do but buy diamonds? It's freezing here in Siberia, and there's nothing worth coming to me except diamonds. Jia Lei sat on the sofa and said.
"I still have questions about your identity, can you prove it?" said Shelly.
"What does it prove? Identity doesn't matter! I don't want too many people to know, I think the best proof is the dollar! This is the ore money I lost just now. Jia Lei took out $100 and said meaningfully.
"I don't care who you are, since you're willing to give this money, then the ore will be yours. Minas glanced at Qian and said, it seems that this person has indeed carefully understood the rough diamond market here.
"Let's talk about business! I need diamonds—as long as the diamonds are of good quality and have a large number of grams, can you do this business?" asked Jia Lei.
"In any business, all the diamonds produced by our mine have to be handed over to the government for sale. The deputy mine manager of Minastak said righteously.
"Yes, how much do you want?" asked Shelly.
"The more, the better, but can you tell me the price of your rough diamonds first?" Jia Lei asked.
"Rough under 1 carat is one-tenth of the international market price, 1 to 1.5 carats is 1/8, and 1.5 carats or more is 1/7. And the price of the finest rough diamonds is half that of the international price!Which do you want?" asked Shelly.
"Shelly, are you crazy, how can you say such a thing to a stranger?" Minas asked hurriedly, although people on both the military and political sides were now privately selling rough diamonds at this price, could they not just say it openly.
"I'm not crazy! I haven't heard a military call for months, and the latest order from the military department is for us to raise our own salaries. Shelly said, and the order was also sent to the authorities.
Now local governments are also going to raise their own salaries!
"Hmm...... 1 to 1.5 carats cost $5 million first, and the rest must be top-of-the-line! Jia Lei said.
There will be many rich people in China after China, and no matter how big the diamond is, it will not be sold!
"Can you get that much money?" asked Minastak.
"Of course! There's a $1 million Swiss bank cash check that you can check for authenticity. Jia Lei took out the check that had been prepared a long time ago and said.
Swiss banks, cash checks, bearer accounts, this is almost the top hard currency now! Minastak has finally begun to pay attention to Jia Lei.
Minas Stark looked at Shelly after checking the authenticity of the check, then opened the safe and took out a small bag of diamonds, Shelly locked the door and stood at the door himself.
"Whoa!" Minastak opened his pocket, and a small pile of diamonds rolled out of it.
"There are 400 rough diamonds over one carat, worth $500,000, and we have to consider the amount you want. Minastak said that in the world, a cut diamond is about $15,000 per carat, and a rough stone is worth about $10,000.
One-eighth is just over $1,000 per carat!
"Oh! Yes. Jia Lei grabbed a few rough diamonds and played with them in his hand, to be honest, the rough diamonds that have not been cut and polished are ugly.
"Yes. Shelly said.
"When will I see the goods?" asked Jia Lei.
"The goal of the Peace Diamond Mine is too big, and we have to trade it in another place. Shelly said.
"Yes, is it okay to set the time in three days?" Jia Lei asked.
"Yes!" Minastak and Shelly said in unison.
"Do you want cash or a cheque then? If you want cash, it might be a little more troublesome, I need to go to the bank in the big city to get it. Jia Lei said that he was just alone this time and couldn't bring much cash.
"A cash check from a Swiss bank will do!" said Shirley.
"It's all the best! Jia Lei said.
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"Uncle Imirang, can you help me find a few bodyguards?" Jia Lei asked as he looked out the car window.
"Yes, what do you want?" asked Uncle Imiran.
"I want the Gulag's precept bandits!" Jia Lei said, after all, these people are more trustworthy.
"If you want professional bodyguards, we don't have them here, but if you want gulags or discipline bandits, we have a lot of them, you know, Siberia is a penal colony!
"I don't need professional bodyguards, they have already gotten off the plane, and it is estimated that they will arrive the day after tomorrow. Jia Lei looked out the car window and said.
In 1991, the KGB was facing the crisis of disbandment, and countless former Soviet agents, including Putin, were dismissed.
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The "Russian gangsters" originated in the black empire of the Soviet "gulag" system.
The "Gulag" created the most famous branch of the "Discipline Bandits" Russian mafia!
The word "precept bandits" is the original Russian word "Ворвзаконе". Among them, "Вор" means "thief, robber", "закон" means "law", and the whole word literally translates as "bandit in the precepts". You have to find the latest chapters by yourself to read books?