Chapter 55: Back to Germany (Transition Chapter Uncertain!)
The leader of the Wuyou tribe obviously didn't like Jia Lei very much, and he and Wu Shaman didn't say a word when Jia Lei was picking gems, and Jia Lei asked him several times for his opinion, but he didn't hear it.
"Huh! What a stingy, you're still the leader of a tribe! As a leader, you don't have a big heart at all. Jia Lei complained.
Then he picked a sapphire with a particularly beautiful color, this blue gemstone rough is the size of a ping-pong ball, which is why Jia Lei picked it.
"Brother-in-law, take this gem, the gem in your hand is malachite and worthless, this piece is an emerald!" Wu Shaman saw that Professor Wang casually took a gem the size of rock candy and hurriedly stopped him, and then took a gem that was only the size of a fingernail and handed it over.
"Emerald, this is too valuable, I can't take it!" Professor Wang quickly shook his head and said.
"It's okay, you can take it, Uyunge and I were good sisters back then, this is a little bit of my heart. Ushaman said with a smile.
"You can take it! Nothing to do, either treacherous or thief, I guess the shaman must have something to ask you for. Jia Lei said, don't look at him, he has only known Wu Shaman for a few days, but Jia Lei dares to say that he knows this woman very well.
"Everyone is relatives and should help each other, and I can't accept such a heavy gift. Just tell me something?" Professor Wang said quickly.
"This ...... Well, I'll get you straight! I want you to buy us some marshmallow, which we can't buy. Ushaman said.
"Okay! Professor Wang agreed.
"Do you have any money to buy cotton and sugar?" Jia Lei asked with a roll of his eyes.
"Our tribe can come up with tens of thousands of rubles. The chief said at once.
"I'm sorry, but the ruble has depreciated too much, and we don't take it. Jia Lei refused.
"Xiao Lei is a family, what kind of money do you mention, you are so rude!" Professor Wang scolded.
"Okay, I won't mention it, but I want to see what you can do to buy cotton and sugar from the peasant uncle, are you sure that the peasants in the south will accept rubles?" Jia Lei asked.
"This ...... This ...... Professor Wang didn't know what to do.
"We still have money to sell ivory. Ushaman hurriedly said.
"Aren't you going to use this money to buy food?" asked Jia Lei.
"A hundred tons of grain is only $50,000, and these ivory are worth half a million!" said Ushaman.
"My aunt, didn't you forget the freight?" asked Jia Lei.
"Transport...... Freight!" The leader immediately became nervous again.
"But if you take the railway, I guess I can save half of the freight, and for the sake of the gems you give us, I won't charge you the middle price. However, you need to take care of the Trans-Siberian Railway and customs yourself, I am not familiar with your railway lines here. Jia Lei said.
Tatarstan and Outer Mongolia are fighting for independence, and if they take the railway, they will not necessarily be detained by any country along the way. Now there is a general shortage of food in the Soviet Union!" said Usaman in quick disagreement.
This kind of thing often happened in the Soviet Union, thinking that Yeltsin had built a batch of urgently needed agricultural tools for the farmers of his own country and was sent to Ukraine by order of the Soviet government!
"Hey, grandpa, take the emerald, this thing may not be enough for shipping." For my grandmother's sake, I'll find a way to get these things to you, but this is the last time! I'm only going to do it for you for nothing, as if I had ransomed it for my mammoth. Jia Lei said.
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After Professor Wang and Jia Lei returned from the Wuyou tribe, they gave Jia Lei the gem.
"What are you doing here?" asked Jia Lei.
"It costs a lot of money to buy something, right? Professor Wang said.
"Forget it, this color is too old for me to carry! I'll keep it for you for the time being, and I'll make you a ring when I find someone to polish it." Jia Lei took the gem and said.
"I'm sorry! I made you spend a lot of money this time, right?" asked Professor Wang.
"It's okay! It's a small amount of money, I can earn it back by going out and going around." Jia Lei comforted Professor Wang and said.
"That's hundreds of thousands of dollars, how can you earn it back? Could you be a drug trafficker?" Professor Wang asked.
"If I don't sell drugs, I'll dump diamonds! Otherwise, how would I have run to this place in Siberia, tomorrow morning we will go to see the aurora first, and then I will take you to the diamond mines. Jia Lei said that Professor Wang is also particularly interested in these two things.
In the next few days, Jia Lei took Professor Wang to see the scenery of various cities in Siberia, mainly because Jia Lei had to go to different places to collect diamonds.
With the blessing of dragging the "multimillionaire looking for relatives", Jia Lei is now warmly welcomed to any diamond mine in the Yakutia Autonomous Republic of X, but this time Jia Lei has received a lot of broken diamonds in addition to high-quality gem-quality diamonds.
"Didn't you say that this kind of broken diamond under one carat does not retain its value, why do you have to collect it?" Professor Wang asked.
"The people of our country can't afford a one-carat diamond now, but they can certainly afford to buy a diamond ring for about 1,000 yuan! Jia Lei said that the spending power of local consumers must be considered in doing business.
"You can do it! I think you should really change your surname to Zhou, you must have been the reincarnation of Zhou Papi in your last life!" Professor Wang said sarcastically.
"My surname is Jia! Let me say it again, I will never change my surname to Zhou in my life! You should call Zhou Jun and Wang Weihong to death. Jia Lei suddenly dropped his hat and walked into the airport in a huff, and a large group of bodyguards behind him hurriedly followed.
"That's not what I meant! I'm just kidding......" Professor Wang said quickly.
Professor Wang didn't pay attention to the fact that his daughter's remarried person was surnamed Zhou, and this joke was obviously inappropriate!
"Thank you for the last month, you won't have to be busy after I bring all the wine on time, and I've already paid you the commission. You can go back!" Jia Lei said, sitting in the airport lounge.
"You can go, remember to listen to the new leader!" Guscera said back to the bodyguards, and dozens of gangsters hugged Guscera goodbye.
"What are you doing here? Do you want to go with me?" asked Jia Lei in surprise.
"Yes, I told the organization that you invited me to continue to be your bodyguard, and I will accompany you to Germany today. Gusila said.
"Wait...... Where do you think Jia Lei is going?" Professor Wang hurriedly asked.
"Germany!" it says on the ticket. Gusila said.
"Aren't you going back to Huaxia with me?" Professor Wang asked.
"I still have some things to do when I get to Germany, so I won't go back to China yet. By the way, when you return home, don't say that I'm in the Soviet Union! Just tell them that I'm in Germany, and I'll ask someone to get the entry and exit certificates and air tickets for you. Jia Lei said.
"Why are you doing this?" asked Professor Wang, surprised.
"Because I came here secretly this time, I still used someone else's name!" Jia Lei said.
"Why can't you use your own name?" asked Professor Wang.
"Because...... Anyway, it just can't be used, don't ask. Jia Lei said irritably.
"Because he had come to an illegal auction, he had a large number of diamonds that had not been registered by the Soviet government. Gusila explained to Professor Wang.
"I obviously saw that the rough you bought in the major diamond mines, why did it suddenly become bought on the black market?" Professor Wang asked.
"At first, I was not welcome as a Chinese kid in those diamond mines, and I had to go to the black market if I wanted to buy diamonds. I didn't expect that I would be famous now, and all of these state-run diamond mines changed their faces and began to welcome me. Jia Lei said helplessly.
No wonder so many crooks emerged when the Soviet Union collapsed, it was so easy for these Soviets to believe what they saw with their eyes, but no one ever looked closely into their background.
"Okay then! I'll hide it for you. Professor Wang said helplessly.
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on the plane
"Did you just leave everything in the Soviet Union and go to Germany with me?" Jia Lei asked Gusila as he sat on the plane.
"Otherwise, if I bring luggage and clothes, wouldn't it be the same as telling everyone that I am going to go abroad? Gusila said.
"Then you ran away so suddenly, is your family okay?" Jia Lei asked worriedly.
"They had been visiting relatives in East Germany a week earlier, and now our family was reunited as soon as I ran away. Gusila said with a smile.
"But if you don't want to do it, can you just say it, so that you don't want to make the relationship so stiff, right?" Jia Lei asked.
"It's not all about money, when I handed over the Pink Star to the gang, not only did they not appreciate me, but they always said that we had hidden diamonds in our own hands. We have earned these diamonds ourselves with our blood, so what if we keep some! This is what we deserve!" said Gusera, and each of his brothers who had been through the shootout with him had been given a few diamonds.
"They're going too far! I knew you shouldn't have handed over the diamonds, you might as well keep them yourself. Jia Lei complained.
"I'll keep it!" Gu Sila said, took it out of his pocket and opened his palm to Jia Lei.
"My pink diamond, you bad guy!" Jia Lei said distressedly, clutching his chest, which was the second largest pink diamond he had ever bought for five million dollars.
"The Pink Star was so eye-catching, I had to hand it in! But only those present knew about it, and all of my men swore to keep it a secret. As long as I have it, I can be a multimillionaire abroad!" Gusila said proudly, and he came out of the Soviet Union empty-handed.
"How are you going to sell this thing?" asked Jia Lei.
"Of course, it's sent to the auction house! You are going to the auction house as well, why don't you take me with you?" Gusila said.
"You sold my things and asked me to count the money for you? What do you think? It's so difficult that you're not afraid that I will snatch things back?" Jia Lei asked.
"Aren't you afraid that after you take your things back, I will follow you at any time and shoot at you?" asked Gusilla rhetorically.
"I'll take you! I've sold this diamond anyway, and it's not my money. Jia Lei said helplessly.
Sure enough, in this world, the barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes - the horizontal ones are afraid of dying!
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"Boss, you're finally back, hurry up and change your clothes, and the auction will start soon. Pete said as he stood in the airport hall with a full set of clothes.
"I didn't expect the time to be so rushed, and the plane was delayed by half an hour due to air currents on the way. Jia Lei said while changing clothes.
"It's okay, there's still time! The auction will be broadcast live with TV reporters, and it will be the perfect way to create the illusion that you have never left Germany all along. Pete said.
"Is Wu Lei here? I want to compare with him to see if there is anything worse, the reporter's eyes are very keen, in case someone finds out that it is not good. Jia Lei asked as he got dressed.
"Outside, in the car, let's go. Pete hurriedly took Jia Lei's bag and said, and the group hurriedly walked out.
"Clothes are OK, shoes are OK, glasses are OK!, but boss, aren't you going to Siberia? The environment there is so bad, why are you so much whiter than Wu Lei?" Pete said worriedly looking at Jia Lei's face.
"It's so cold in Siberia, we basically never spend more than ten minutes outside! Can you cover it for a month without being in vain?" said Jia Lei, who is much whiter than Wu Lei, who plays outside all day.
"What should I do? Why don't you find someone to paint me makeup!" Jia Lei gritted his teeth and said, after all, he has seen too many beauty anchors in later generations, and changing his skin tone is just a trivial matter.
"You're right! We're going to call the styling studio right away, and not only your skin tone, but also your hair. Pete said.
"What's wrong with the hair, isn't it all mushroom heads?" Jia Lei asked puzzled.
"Wu Lei's mushroom head is taken care of by a top hairstylist, and it is divided into more than a dozen levels? Pete glanced at Jia Lei's hair in disgust.
"Don't mess around so much, the auction will start right away, and I can spare at most ten minutes to cut my hair. Okay?" asked Jia Lei.
"Then let's deal with it first, there will be a lot of big names in this auction. They came to celebrate the reunification of Germany, and Sotheby Auction House was able to do a special spring auction in Germany. Pete said.
"The more rich people who come, the better, and it's good to be able to give me a promotion by the way. Jia Lei said.
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The brightly lit and celebrity-like Sotheby auction officially opened, Jia Lei took Pete and the bodyguard Gucila on the red carpet together, for this pair of unfamiliar faces, reporters on both sides only occasionally took a few photos, and no one else took Jia Lei's child seriously, everyone thought he was an eye-opening young master in a family.
"Come, smile, wave your hand. Pete reminded Jia Lei in the back that after all, Jia Lei rarely participates in such occasions.
"This kind of way of standing in one place for a minute or two is very good!" Jia Lei complained while stiffly posing, and then he suddenly raised his hand and took off the sunglasses on his face and hung them in his pocket.
"Snapshot! Snapshot! Young Master Lei has to wear sunglasses every time he attends a banquet, this kind of time to take off his sunglasses is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Reporters from two local Berlin newspapers were pleasantly surprised to say that Jia Lei wanted to leave a photo that could prove his identity.
"But Master Lei's hairstyle covers half of his face, and even if we take a picture, it's only half of his face!" said the photographer regretfully.
"Half a face is better than nothing! This mysterious young master of Huaxia hates taking pictures the most. The reporter said.
Jia Lei was sure that someone had photographed his face and immediately took the sunglasses back, and then he quickly left the photography area at the door of the hotel.
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"Can I add a lot to this auction?" Jia Lei asked Pete to take him to the person in charge of the auction.
"But the auction catalogue has already been distributed, and now we can't add more lots! I don't know what you want to auction? There are still many formalities and qualifications to be examined before the auction, and we need to determine whether the lot is stolen or fake!" said the person in charge of the auction according to the procedure.
"It's definitely not stolen goods or it's a little trouble, it's a diamond that flows directly from the mine, and it can't prove the origin. Jia Lei pointed to Gu Sira and said, the latter quickly took out the rough diamond.
"The color is very beautiful, but it has to be cut and polished before the grade and weight can be identified, as long as you can show the certificate, we will definitely be able to help you get a good price!" said the person in charge.
"I'll leave the certificate to you! If you do it well, then I will bring you a heavyweight lot! Definitely let you surpass Christie's!" Jia Lei said, these people can't take such a high commission for nothing!
"What kind of auction items? Do you know that every piece we auction is a rare treasure, and ordinary things are not up to the level of heavyweight?" asked the person in charge of the auction.
"It's definitely a treasure! A mammoth with flesh and blood that is lifelike! This mammoth still has blood in its body, and its meat is edible! Do you think this is unique?" Jia Lei asked.
"Count!" replied in the affirmative. You have to find the latest chapters by yourself to read books?