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Chapter 930: The King of Pearls

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When the huge silver bead was in the water, there was no trace of it at all, but as soon as Liu Dong took it out of the water, a silver-white translucent entity appeared, and it emitted a faint silver-white light like a night pearl, maybe it was the relationship of the day, this brilliance was not bright enough, but it could also be compared to a 15-watt incandescent lamp!

Looking at the huge bead in his hand, Liu Dong thought of a precious and unusual jewel - 'shark bead', also known as shark tears, but it is not the legendary shark tears, but a kind of pearl formed by the gills of freshwater fish, the luster is greater than that of pearls, white and translucent. Because it is extremely difficult to form, it is very rare and the market price is extremely high.

However, the silver-white beads in Liu Dong's hand obviously cannot be shark pearls, but should be pearls, but pearls are a kind of calcium carbonate minerals, and it is impossible to maintain the original luster and brightness after tens of millions of years, and can only be fossils like stone bumps! For example, the safe of the San Francisco Bank in the United States, which is now treasured in the United States, weighs 6,350 grams and has a diameter of 28 centimeters, which is as big as a human head, and the world's first pearl, known as the 'Pearl Queen', is a dull fossil!

But this is obviously not the case with the pearl in Liu Dong's hand, and its shape and brightness are better than most pearls now.

Liu Dong didn't know what kind of changes this pearl had undergone to form its current state in the tens of millions, but Liu Dong knew that he had picked up the treasure again this time!

With Liu Dong kept fishing. In the blink of an eye, the silver-white pearls he salvaged were already piled up on the rocks next to him!

Waiting for everything to be done, Liu Dong counted, in this giant clam fossil. He salvaged a total of nearly 200 large and small mutant pearls, the smallest one was more than 10 centimeters in diameter, the size of a finger!

"What a treasure you have found?"

Looking at the scattered distribution of large and small, the internal space of the entire mussel shell is as bright as many pearls in the day. Even Liu Dong, who had already gained countless treasures, couldn't help but get excited in his heart.

China is a veritable ancient pearl country in the world, with records of pearls dating back to 2200 BC. According to "Shangshu Yu Gong": "Huaiyi Binzhu", indicating that the history of pearling in China began as early as 4,000 years ago in the Xia Yu era. The Huai River produced freshwater pearls, and pearls were also set as tribute at that time. There are records about pearls in ancient books such as "Zhou Yi" and "Book of Songs".

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, pearl ornaments have become more and more common. Pearls have become a luxury for the nobles of the imperial court, the emperor has begun to accept the pearls, and the Eastern Han Dynasty Guiyang Taishou Wenlong "offered pearls to Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty". Pearls were also widely used by the royal princes of the Western Han Dynasty. Pearls became a symbol of prestige.

Throughout history, pearls have symbolized wealth, contentment, happiness and nobility. The powerful in feudal society used pearls to represent status, power, money and noble status, and the common people used pearls to symbolize happiness, peace and auspiciousness.

This time I was able to get a lot of precious pearls, and Liu Dong has always regretted that he couldn't collect them because the pearls could not be preserved for a long time!

However, for fear that these pearls would have unpredictable changes, Liu Dong put these pearls back into this small pool of unknown water, and then directly used the relics Yuanguang and the pearls with water, and put them into the mustard seed space with the stone shell under the ground.

That's all I do. Liu Dong, who was satisfied, looked at the dim clam shell space and crawled out of it.

"It's a pity that such a large dinosaur fossil doesn't give birth to any treasures!" he shook his head. Liu Dong, who was slightly dissatisfied in his heart, turned around and walked out of the room!

The three days passed quickly, and one morning after the end of the three days, Liu Dong's super manor of more than 15,000 square meters at the top of Wohu Mountain became more lively than ever.

With the entry of luxury cars, the business elites in suits and leather shoes gathered, some of them were familiar with each other before, and some did not know each other, but after today, the original estrangement will be slowly eliminated, and everyone is a brother in the trenches!

The Qianping conference room specially set aside by Liu Dong in the front yard was full of people for the first time in history.

And looking at the dense flow of people below, as well as a pair of respectful eyes, Liu Dong felt an unprecedented satisfaction in his heart.

It all came from his struggle, and having it all made his status fundamentally change in less than two years!

But Liu Dong is not satisfied!

He also wants more, fame, money, status, and even women!

"Ahem!"

After a light cough, the meeting room, which was not very noisy, was absolutely quiet in an instant!

Facing the eyes of attention, Liu Dong said with a smile: "I am very happy that there are many familiar faces among us at this year's annual meeting, which is not only your achievements, but also shows that my boss is still qualified, and the year has not been in vain!

Hearing this, Lin Ling, who was taking meeting notes for Liu Dong next to her, curled the corners of her mouth, Liu Dong has not only made some achievements this year, but has undergone earth-shaking changes!

Others may not know, but Lin Ling, who is a pillow person and a personal secretary, knows everything about Liu Dong best, so she knows that today's annual meeting only involves Liu Dong's Chinese business group, and the person in charge of the American business group was not present!

“…… Since it is an annual meeting, it must be to listen to your achievements first, and then talk about your plans for next year, or the old rules, it is still the oldest company to start first!" After finishing speaking, Liu Dong looked at the middle-aged man who was sitting very far back on the left hand side, and looked a little apprehensive.

"Chen Xiang, you come first!"

"Hmm, ah?" Chen Xiang, who was named by name, was shocked and quickly stood up!

Participating in the annual meeting of this scale, Chen Xiang is the first time, unlike Feng Jianhui, Zhang Fan, Yang Ke, they are all graduates of famous universities, either master's or doctorate, business elites in the workplace, Chen Xiang is just a very ordinary secondary school graduate, and it is not a business administration, but a very ordinary accounting!

But whether it is Liu Dong, or Fu Bo, or even Li Lao is optimistic about his management of Agarwood Pavilion, in addition to his honest character, as well as his talent in antique appraisal, hard work is also the main reason why Chen Xiang finally became the general manager of Agarwood Pavilion.

Looking at Liu Dong's encouraging eyes, Chen Xiang, who was standing on this occasion for the first time, took a deep breath, his nervous mood calmed down slightly, and then picked up the year-end summary and next year's development plan on the table that he had revised dozens of times.

"As of the end of this year, the Agarwood Pavilion art chain store has owned a total of seven branches in Quancheng, Island City, Qingzhou, Weifang, Zhengzhou, Beijing, and Jinmen, and the main business has expanded from the initial antiques to modern ceramics, bronze handicrafts, Chinese painting, oil painting, mounting, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and many other main businesses! The turnover has increased from 125.8 million last year to 256 million now, and the profit is 134 million! Next year, our goal of Agarwood Pavilion is to be in Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Luo-Yang, Kai-Feng five cities to open branches, and strive to make the scale of the Agarwood Pavilion art chain store reach 12 by the end of next year, with a turnover of more than 300 million and a profit of 160 million!"

"Bang bang ......!"

When Chen Xiang's words fell, Liu Dong was the first to applaud, and then the whole conference room applauded, and after saying the content of his preparation materials, Chen Xiang, who was originally full of confidence, returned to his initial apprehension!

"I have only one requirement for the development of Agarwood Pavilion - steady, steady, or steady! Don't pursue how many branches to open a year, but to let each branch be able to integrate into the local market as soon as possible, and make Agarwood Pavilion more famous while achieving profitability as soon as possible!"

"I see, chairman!" Chen Xiang nodded seriously.

"Next up is the Rose Jewel!"

Noticing Liu Dong's eyes, Wang Qiang smiled slightly and said: "After merging Han's Jewelry, and after experiencing business integration, we have 1,632 branches of Rose Jewelry, which are divided into Rose Jewelry brands that operate low-end jewelry, and Allure Jewelry brands that operate top jewelry. By the end of this year, the turnover of Allure Jewelry reached 2.554 billion yuan, with a profit of 1.386 billion yuan, and the turnover of Rose Jewelry reached 4.578 billion yuan, with a profit of 1.8 billion!

“…… Next year's goal is to open branches in second-tier cities in coastal provinces, and by the end of next year, the number of branches of Allure Jewelry will reach 15! The turnover and profit of Allure Jewelry will double by the end of next year, and the turnover and profit of Rose Jewelry will increase by one-third, and the total assets of Rose Jewelry will reach 22 billion by the end of next year, with a turnover of more than 12 billion and a profit of more than 5 billion!"

For this well-known boss girlfriend, no one present was stingy with applause!

However, after the applause stopped, Liu Dong asked: "In addition to the domestic development plan, does Rose Jewelry have no plans for foreign expansion?"

"Of course there is!" Wang Qiang said after glancing at Liu Dong.

"Now the world's second largest luxury goods company, the Swiss Richemont Group, due to over-expansion, uncontrolled operating costs, and tight funds, has been rumored to sell many of its jewelry and watch luxury brands, so our Rose Jewelry Company intends to acquire the Cartier or Piaget brand in the hands of Richemont Group, and enter the ranks of international jewelry and watch luxury jewelry sales!" (To be continued......