Bian Xuedao has never liked London very much. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

He doesn't like the rainy weather in London, the food here, the chaotic architecture that mixes classical and modern, the perpetually grey sky and narrow streets, the politeness that reveals a sense of distance, the arrogant and rebellious chav in sportswear and the racist bear kids, and the fans who are too noisy.

But Shen Fu admires London very much.

Or to put it another way, she needs London, which is one of the most artistic cities in the world.

Compared to Vienna, Prague and Florence, London's all-encompassing art scene is second to none.

Concerts, art exhibitions, photography exhibitions, fairs, museums and the London-Design-Festival, held every September, are a kaleidoscope of artists from all over the world who can find out more about art and seek inspiration, and Shen Fu is one of them.

In the last two years, she has worked hard to enrich herself, going to the National Gallery and the British Museum several times a month to get inspiration, or wandering through the picturesque Hyde Park, which is a scene of oil painting, and a break from the hustle and bustle of the city streets.

So, despite being pregnant, Shen Fu is still an excellent guide.

It's just that at this moment the guide is walking behind, and the two "guided" people are walking in front instead.

Teacher Shen, who was walking in front, gave Bian Xue a difficult problem, but she also left room for it.

To judge whether a person is smart or not, you can draw conclusions as long as you look at how he behaves and does things.

After teaching at the university all his life, before he fell ill, he smiled before he saw people, and after a major change in his family, he understood better than most people that he cherished his blessings, and he was undoubtedly a smart person.

So, without waiting for Bian Xuedao to express his position, Mr. Shen continued: "This is my personal request, and it is also my personal opinion, Shen Fu doesn't know, and I won't tell her in the future, the decision is up to you, as long as you are worthy of your heart." ”

Bian Xuedao listened, silently pushed the wheelchair, and did not answer.

As the chairman of the board of directors of a group company with more than 10,000 employees, a thought or a word may decide the life and death of the enterprise or the fate of employees, so that Bian Xuedao has formed a habit of thinking about major decisions again and again.

When the wheelchair crossed the "Millennium Bridge", Mr. Shen looked at a white father and son walking opposite and said, "Maybe you think my idea is very impersonal now, but when you have your own children, you will understand the psychology of parenthood, and you would rather risk everything to protect your children from harm, or suffer less harm." ”

Harm......

From this sentence, I heard a meaning - in the eyes of Teacher Shen, what he brought to Shen Fu was only harm, and the difference was only more and less.

Bian Xuedao didn't agree with this very much, but he felt that he couldn't refute it.

After all, the words "I can give her the best in everything except a marriage letter and an identity" are not suitable for publicity, and they may not be able to convince people with different outlooks on life, and they are indeed more selfish.

Thinking about things, Bian Xuedao, who was already interested in visiting London, was even more interested.

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Some people are not interested, and some people are full of interest.

On January 10, 2009, the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month, Sotheby's Hong Kong's "Magnificent Jewelry New Year Special Auction" opened at 9:50 a.m. at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.

This auction is a jewellery session before the Spring Auction.

The reason for setting up the special session is very simple, under the global economic crisis, the economic impact of the rich is far greater than that of the poor, and the funds are really not turnover, so they naturally want to take out the jewelry collection for auction to relieve the pressure, and because everyone is in a hurry to use the money, they will not wait for the spring auction in early April, so the special session will be opened.

For the sake of transaction data, the auction house sent the exquisite lot catalogue to the target customers and potential customers two months in advance, and the owner of Hedong Garden, the "most expensive mansion on the top of the Taiping Peak", was naturally listed as a key potential customer.

Before the family banquet began, Liu Yisong showed the album to Bian Xuedao, and 20 minutes later, Bian Xuedao decided to let Qu Wan participate in the auction instead of him.

The three necklaces and two diamonds in the catalogue impressed Bian Xuedao, including the 104.51-carat red emperor necklace set with natural Burmese "pigeon's blood" rubies, the full-color all-American diamond necklace with a total weight of 85.33 carats, the famous Hutton-Mdivani natural jadeite bead necklace, the very rare 10.10-carat internally flawless oval Fancy Vivid blue diamond "De Beers Millennium Treasure No. 4", and a flawless Fancy Vivid orange diamond weighing 11.82 carats.

After some thought, Bian Xuedao decided not to have a necklace and take the diamond.

The reason for this decision is that Bian Xuedao has read some reports that jewelry will have some connection with the fate of its owner, and some well-known jewelry even carries curses, such as the "pearl tears" of women, such as the "Pearl Tears" that made the British royal family tremble and had to take it out to the "Mountain of Light" in the London Museum.

The three necklaces in the atlas, Bian Xuedao originally liked the natural jade bead necklace that was so green that it made people itch, but when he learned about the life of Barbara Hutton, the owner of the necklace, he immediately gave up, and he didn't buy it for any amount of money.

Barbara Hutton, who was born with a golden key, was very wealthy, but throughout her life, she could be simply summarized as a "poor rich woman".

Barbara lost her mother at an early age, her husband in middle age (divorced 7 times), her son in old age, her father abandoned her, none of her seven husbands could tolerate her, and when she died in a hotel, she had no relatives or friends by her side.

One of the most fulfilling things in Barbara's life was to spend all her money before she died.

Such a beloved jewel of a woman who was favored and cursed at the same time bought it for himself and Shen Fu's daughter when his brain was in water, so he decided to bid for a relatively "clean" diamond for his first little princess.

Before the auction began, Bian Xuedao used a large amount of money in his name, and in order to win the auction nine times out of ten, he even agreed on two loans with Zhu Zhichun and Wang Weiran.

According to the auction house's estimate, the Fancy Vivid Blue Diamond "De Beers Millennium Treasure No. 4" is estimated to be sold for between $30 million and $35 million, and the 11.82-carat Flawless Fancy Fresh Orange Diamond is estimated to be sold for between $30 million and $33.5 million.

It is true that Zhiwei Weibo's personal wealth has risen again after the listing, but assets and funds are two different things, even if you don't look at the lock-up-period (lock-up period), if the boss of Bian Xuedao cashes out immediately after listing, what do investors think? What do employees think? Do you want to make Youdao a Fortune 500 company?

But on the other hand, you still have to buy it.

Despite the fact that the diamond business is monopolized by De Beers, which has absolute "monopoly pricing power", resulting in inflated diamond prices; despite the increasing sophistication of synthetic diamond technology, there is no technical barrier for man-made diamonds; and despite the rampant argument of "diamond depreciation", Bian Xuedao decided to invest a huge amount of money in diamonds.

He did this for three reasons:

First, diamonds have a special meaning for women.

Second, no matter how mature the technology is, powerful interest groups will not let the price of diamonds plummet, and Bian Xuedao buys top-quality colored diamonds, which have a much higher ability to retain value than ordinary diamonds.

Third, Bian Xuedao never thought that man-made luxury goods would be more valuable than similar natural luxury goods, nor did he think that man-made diamonds would have a huge impact on the price of natural diamonds.

Because two of the key elements of luxury are "scarce" and "non-renewable" for luxury to be extravagant.

Take man-made diamonds as an example, the ability to artificially and infinitely manufacture this article will become the most important prerequisite attribute of luxury goods, so it is impossible to be valuable, artificial ruby sapphire is proof - dozens of pieces, a few pieces or even a few cents a man-made ruby sapphire on the market can be seen everywhere, while the price and status of natural ruby sapphire have not been affected in the slightest.

Moreover, for the same 2-carat diamond ring, can the one bought for 1 million yuan feel the same as the one bought for 1,000 yuan?

It's definitely different!

When a young man proposes, is the boy embarrassed to give 1,000 man-made diamonds?

If you lose a diamond that will not last more than two hours, even if the boy is embarrassed to give it away, and the girl is embarrassed to wear it on her hand to meet people? Even if the girl is willing to wear it, will she take good care of it and wear it on her hand all the time?

In the final analysis, from ancient times to the present, the purpose of human beings to buy jewelry is to collect, show off and express "your most precious" heart, this psychological need artificial gems can not be replaced and can not be satisfied.

Therefore, Bian Xuedao decided to spend a huge amount of money to buy top-quality natural colored diamonds, he felt that this thing could maintain its value, and it could make the people he cared about financially rely on after he left this time or dream.

For the same consideration, Bian Xuedao did not let Qu Wan participate in the auction anonymously, but went to the scene to bid with a sign.

Bian Xuedao didn't mind that the world knew that two top colored diamonds were in his pocket, and he even felt that this was a means to prove the origin and value of the colored diamonds, so as to avoid his absence, and no one with malicious intentions would question the authenticity of the diamonds owned by the descendants of the Bian family.

"Seeking for future generations" is the nature engraved in human genes, and I wish Haishan to do so, and the same is true for Bian Xuedao.

Hong Kong, the auction at the Convention and Exhibition Center was enthusiastic.

De Beers Millennium Jewel 4 was as expected.

You can't blame everyone for being excited, it's just that this diamond is too precious and rare.

The De Beers Millennium Collection consists of 12 premium diamonds, including a 203.04-carat Millennium Star and 11 blue diamonds weighing a total of 118 carats.

All 12 diamonds have been meticulously cut and polished, each with the corresponding number of the Millennium Jewel engraved with De Beers' proprietary technology, making it a remarkable gemstone circle.

After the 2000 Millennium Exhibition, the 12 De Beers Millennium Treasures disappeared for nine years before this special auction and never appeared on the open market, and this is the first of its kind, so whoever buys the De Beers Millennium Treasures No. 4 is bound to be a hit.

There are so many people who want to be a good story, and they are very well prepared, so that the auction scene is almost white-hot from the beginning.

In particular, the two buyers who bid anonymously by phone increased the price very much, and you can feel the determination of the two people to win through the airwaves.

Qu Wan, who had to learn the Tao face-to-face teaching, was also determined to win, but she didn't raise her cards once before the price was raised to $25 million, until the price was raised to $28 million on the spot, Qu Wan finally raised her cards, looked at the auctioneer and said, "$33 million!"

And then......

No then.

It is true that the local tyrants are rich, but the local tyrants are not stupid, these people are very clever and sensitive to the value of items higher than ordinary people, so they will not be stupidly taken into the pit by the nursery.

Qu Wan's price increase method in the final stage made it easy for people to think that she was maliciously raising the price, so she directly ended the auction.

After the auction of the 11.82-carat flawless orange diamond began, Qu Wan changed her strategy and joined the auction as soon as possible, increasing the price slightly, and after nearly 100 rounds of bidding, she finally successfully auctioned the vivid orange diamond for $31.08 million, successfully completing the spending task entrusted by Bian Xuedao.

At 9 a.m. on January 12, Bian Xuedao flew from London to Hong Kong by private jet.

Four hours later, a vice president and several staff members of Sotheby's Hong Kong drove into the gate of Hedong Garden in a bulletproof vehicle, escorted by two security vehicles.

In the small living room on the second floor of the mansion.

Sotheby's Vice President personally presented the data for De Beers Millennium Jewel 4 to the true owner of the diamond.

Bian Xuedao pinched the diamond with his right thumb and forefinger, and looked at the saturated color and charming firelight worth more than 200 million yuan in front of him, and he didn't know why the bizarre dream about fireflies that Shen Fu told him suddenly appeared in his mind.

After the vice president finished explaining, Bian Xuedao put the diamond back into the rosewood box containing the diamond, squinted his eyes slightly and said, "From today onwards, this one has a new name, called ...... The other side of the star. ”

Another spelling of "the other side" is "side".

"Fireflies" means flying stars.

The thought of learning the Tao gave Shen Shanfang the name after recognizing his ancestors and returning to his ancestors-Bian Yingxing.

Bian Yingxing, who was still in Shen Fu's belly, rested for a night in Hedong Garden, Bian Xuedao took the bright orange diamond on the plane and flew to France non-stop, the purpose of his trip was to see his parents and Dong Xue - Dong Xue, who has no regrets, no desires, no desires, and is willing to wait for his beloved.

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(PS: No. 6 is happy to have a son, Lao Geng would like to thank all the friends who sent their blessings.) The laity is actually equivalent to another child in my heart, and I will try to restore the update in the near future. The reason why I say as much as possible is that my friends who are fathers know that they must settle down, apply for medical insurance, get vaccinated, care about their wife's postpartum mental health and food supplements, and make a cameo appearance as a nurse kneader...... The most important thing is that the child wakes up once every two or three hours at night, and he doesn't want to sleep at all. (To be continued.) )