By the age of eighteen, he had learned all the knowledge about diamonds from his adoptive father, and because he often helped his adoptive father with some things, he came into contact with a large number of diamond merchants and the owner of the diamond mines.

At that time, it was actually very easy for white people to buy a pit, as long as you had the money.

John had money, but not much, so he had to rely on his own vision to win his future.

I don't know if God favored him, or if he really had the ability to change his fate, when he was nineteen years old, his adoptive father died, and as a result, he was kicked out of the house.

Of course, this is a sad thing to sound, but this guy turned a bad thing into a huge success.

When he divided the family property, he got a diamond pit in his adoptive father's name, well, why did he get this pit?

In fact, the reason is very simple, because no one thought that there would be diamonds found in that pit, and in the eyes of many people, this little guy was just pitted and thrown on a piece of garbage land.

But John laughed at that time, he had not worked for nothing in his adoptive father's house in those years, and the secret of the pit was known only to him and his adoptive father, and although the total amount of diamonds there was not much, it was very likely to produce precious diamonds.

And so he succeeded, and his pit produced diamonds second only to the Star of Africa, and not only that, but he also produced several giant diamonds of about 150 carats in a row, making him a legend in the diamond world.

Interestingly, the people who used to think of this place as garbage wanted to come back and take the pit, but they all failed, because the flowers that grew in the greenhouse were no match for the cactus. John had already established himself in South Africa, employing powerful mercenaries, taking out those who came to find trouble, and finally cementing his position.

Not only that, but in the following twenty years, he took back all the minerals of his adoptive father. Because he thought that only he was qualified to inherit those pits.

What's more, he fulfilled his dream by buying the mine where his biological parents died and enclosing it as his parents' graves. With tens of billions of dollars in assets, he has completely become a legend in the diamond world.

Of course, there are many people who like to call him "Diamond Maniac".

Or "St. John".

Because John believed in God, some people even believe that he was the reincarnation of the ancient sages.

"Hahaha, it's really worthy of Boss Zhang, oops. General Nie had the grace to recreate me back then, if it weren't for him, I might have been killed by those guys a long time ago......"

"What am I, you're a legend in the diamond world. But Mr. John, I don't quite understand, it stands to reason that your current career is in full swing, why did you suddenly choose to leave?" asked Zhang Tianyuan.

This time he had come here to discuss with John about accepting one of the pits. And recently his intelligence system also reported that this John has transferred a large amount of money to Australia. It looks like you want to leave South Africa.

"Alas, perhaps in the eyes of the whole world, Mandela liberated South Africa and freed the black people from the midst of life and misery, but for us white people, it is the end of the world. I don't want to comment on Mandela's approach. But as a white person, I definitely can't stay in South Africa, where hatred and repression of white people is rife, especially in Johannesburg, which has become the norm. And this hatred has even spread to you Chinese......"

John did not deny Mandela, nor did he praise him, but simply explained from his own perspective why he chose to leave South Africa.

It may be a free country, but it is clear that racial policy has shifted from one extreme to the other.

Regarding this point, Zhang Tianyuan also dabbled in some history of South Africa when he studied archaeology in the past, and of course he also knew a little about the situation in South Africa.

Once upon a time, South Africa was known as the United States of Africa.

But now, due to a combination of reasons, the economic situation here is rapidly declining, while the unemployment rate is rising rapidly.

White South Africans are also having a hard time. Most of the rich South Africans, who once bullied blacks, have long since left South Africa and emigrated to developed countries in Europe and the United States. All that remained were the poor, poor white South Africans who had no money.

Although Zhang Tianyuan has not been in Johannesburg for a long time, when he secretly went out to find Alan that day, he also met several white people, one of whom was a fruit stall vendor, he seemed to be very afraid of those black people, and told Zhang Tianyuan during the small talk that he had never bullied those black people since he was a child, and he was also a poor white man, but there was no way.

After the blacks came to power, they themselves lost their positions in the government and now make a living selling fruit. However, those black South Africans robbed him twice in three days, and the black government did not care.

The blacks are in full power, and another situation is frightening.

The fruit vendor also said that a friend of his own, who had a computer certificate from university, had an unemployment rate of 40 percent now under black South Africans. He couldn't find a high-tech job, and he wanted to start a business, but the banking resources held by blacks didn't lend to whites. What is even more terrifying is that his father used to work in the South African White People's Army. It is to capture black terrorists in South Africa. He also received a lot of threats from black South Africans. Some black South Africans even threatened to make him suffer. He has also been beaten by black South Africans on several occasions.

He said, "I live in a poor white family, and now I'm just going to make a little more money and get out of this damn country."

In fact, this is probably what many white South Africans think, which has plummeted from 21 percent before apartheid to 9 percent of the country today. A large number of white South Africans are leaving the country. A large number of technical positions from doctors, engineers, professors, accountants, skilled skilled workers, and so on, and so on a large number of white South African elites left the country.

There is a satellite city called Krugersdorp on the outskirts of Hannesburg, which is famous for the Stockfontaine Cave, which treasures the evidence of ancient human life and is known as the "cradle of human civilization". During the 2010 World Cup, the city became world-famous in a different way: Reuters photographer Fembal Aureli's "White South Africans" series of works revealed to the world about the miserable lives of some white South Africans after apartheid was abolished.

Of course, some people say that this is retribution, perhaps, after all, the whites of South Africa once imposed a cruel apartheid policy on blacks.

But for John, it doesn't matter if it's retribution or not, he admits that he did treat blacks rudely before, which is his sin, and now that blacks are in power, the country has little to do with him, so he wants to leave.

Of course, it can also be said to be an escape, after all, no one is stupid enough to wait here to be persecuted.

Don't look at how rich he is now, but the South African government can leave him with nothing overnight, and in fact several of his friends have already suffered such treatment.

Although leaving the South African team will definitely be a blow to his career, it doesn't matter, he has bought many diamond mines in Australia, the scale cannot be compared with the current one, but it is not too bad, the main thing is that he wants to live a stable life.

In fact, there is no need for John to say these things, Zhang Tianyuan understands it when he thinks about it, and he can only sigh helplessly.

There is a saying that "it is difficult for a clean official to decide family affairs", this is a matter of South Africa, he is an outsider, and he is not well judged. As for what happens to South Africa in the future, it has little to do with him, and he may never come to this place again, unless one day the security here can become as good as the rest of the country.

"It's a pity, but I want you to bless you, Mr. John, and hope you can have a good future. ”

It is simply too normal for capitalists to exploit laborers, and as long as the rules of this world remain unchanged, it will always be so.

So in his eyes, although this John may have had evil, it is far worse than Alain and Caesar.

"Thank you for your blessings, I think we may have cooperation in the future, in fact, South Africa is no longer the world's largest diamond producer, the diamonds here are of good quality, and there are often some famous diamonds. If you're in the jewelry business, you're still going to need a lot of ordinary diamonds, right?"

This is a big truth, anyway, when many of Zhang Tianyuan's friends and classmates went to choose diamond rings, they only cared about how many carats of diamonds they had, and they didn't care about any other cut, clarity, and color.

In fact, South African diamonds are famous all over the world because the world's first primary diamond deposit was discovered in South Africa. Secondly, because South Africa was the first country to produce diamonds on a large scale, and because South Africa produced many famous diamonds, such as the world's largest diamond "Cullinan" - the rough stone reached 3,106 carats, and the two large diamonds carved into the scepter and crown of the British king.

However, the situation is now that the pre-South African sources have largely dried up, no new diamond mines have yet to be discovered, and Australia, Russia, Canada and several countries in southern Africa have now produced more diamonds than South Africa.

Because of preconceived ideas, everyone in the world knows about South African diamonds, but many people don't know about the rest of the situation. And those famous big diamonds are certainly not something that ordinary people like us can afford. Therefore, apart from the magnificent large diamonds, South African diamonds cannot be said to be the best.

What's more, there are now strict and detailed quality assessment standards and valuation systems for diamonds in the world. Diamonds from anywhere are classified, graded, and estimated according to this criterion, regardless of the place of origin.

Therefore, if a merchant says that all diamonds come from South African diamonds, it can be judged that this statement is unrealistic. (To be continued.) )