The Harry Winston jewelry store is not a landmark in Las Vegas, but it is definitely famous enough that he flagged down a random taxi outside the hotel, told the driver the name, and he said he knew. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The black driver looked out of place, and when Li Du got into the car, he said, "If you want, you can smoke in the car, you can sing in the car, you can drink in the car." ”

Li Du wondered: "Huh? ”

The black driver looked in the rearview mirror at Godzilla and Ooku sitting in the back seat, and continued: "As long as I say something wrong, don't get angry, don't let your buddy beat me!" ”

Li Du laughed and said, "You misunderstood, it won't be like this, my guys have a good temper, they are two good old people." ”

The black driver grinned, "If I had their size, I don't think I would have a good temper." ”

Li Du said: "Take it easy, we are all good people, and so are you." ”

The black driver smiled lightly: "yes, of course, of course, we are all good people, all meek lambs of God." By the way, what are you doing at Harry Winston? ”

Taxis drive down the streets, the streets are full of cars and pedestrians, cars don't drive fast, and there are a lot of traffic lights, so you have to stop after a few steps, so Las Vegas taxi drivers are very good at chatting.

Hans told him that the security in the casino was not very good, and for safety reasons, Li Du said vaguely: "I want to go buy something." ”

The black driver said, "Are you going to buy jewelry?" If so, then you're really in the right place, have you heard? Harry Winston is going out of business, and I think his jewelry must be very cheap there. ”

Li Du asked in surprise, "Hai Jui Winston is going out of business?" How is this possible? ”

Although the jewelry company he is going to is not the world's No. 1 luxury store, it is very famous and has a high status in the jewelry industry, and there should be no danger of closure.

The black driver shrugged and said, "You don't know? Ha, of course, it's not clear yet, these damn capitalists are too cunning, they're busy transferring assets right now......"

Li Du said: "How do you know? ”

The black driver continued to shrug his shoulders and said, "yes, yes, yes, yes, how do I know, I just know, because I'm the omniscient, omnipotent super driver Angie." ”

The answer is similar to not having an answer.

Li Du took out his mobile phone and began to search for information about Harry Winston, he had never known about the luxury industry, and now he was about to enter this industry, and he had to learn more.

Yes, he plans to enter the luxury industry, and the experience of finding fire opals has taught him that it is too big to use the little flying insect only to participate in warehouse auctions, and there are more suitable jobs for it.

For example, go deep underground, deep into the ocean, deep into the mountains to find gems and treasures.

There is a lot of news about Hai Jui Winston on the Internet, and there are still a lot of news coming out of the keyword 'bankruptcy', but most of them are not very reliable, and they are all gossip.

After searching around, Li Du noticed such a message.

Just two years ago, BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, partnered with Harry Winston to sell its diamond business for $500 million.

The sale is a diamond mine called Ekati, located in the northwest territory of Canada, near the Arctic Circle, with a harsh geographical and climatic environment.

The Ekati Diamond Mine was Canada's first diamond mine, and Harry Winston wanted to acquire this raw mineral area and combine Canadian diamond processing and marketing skills to produce more top-quality diamonds and expand the brand's market presence.

It's a good plan, because the Harry Winston Group already has two areas, diamond mining and branded retail, and if the mine has the expected diamond mines, they can make enough profits.

As a result, judging from some bits and pieces of news reports, the situation at the Ekati diamond mine is not optimistic, and Hai Jui Winston has been fooled by BHP Billiton!

Prior to the acquisition of the Ekati diamond mine, the Harry Winston Group had the idea of 'Ice Crystal Soul', setting up a new sub-brand to operate and promote diamonds excavated from the Arctic region.

But the idea has not been pushed to the market for a long time, and the Harry-Winston Group explains that given the global economic downturn and low purchasing power, they are waiting for a better opportunity to launch a series of products.

However, it has been reported that the actual reason is that the Ekati diamond mine is almost depleted, and there is no high-quality diamond production, and the Harry Winston Group is simply unable to launch this series of products.

The investment of half a billion dollars was wasted, and Hai Jui Winston is not the U.S. government, and they do not have a strong national bank to rely on, and their economy is under great pressure.

Now that business in the luxury industry is sluggish, many luxury companies seem to be still shining, but in fact they are mainly supported by bank loans.

Half of the $500 million in money came from loans, so when the investment failed, they had big problems internally.

Loans are all dependent on operation, and it is good that the funds can run smoothly, but once the operation is blocked, it will be miserable, and it is very likely to lead to the paralysis of the overall funds.

Looking at the news, Li Du hesitated in his heart, if the situation of Hai Rui Winston was really so bad, it was estimated that he would not buy these fire opals of his.

The amount of fire opals he brought with him this time was large, worth at least five million dollars.

That's a lot of money for a normal Harry Winston, who once spent $20 million to buy a 101-carat legendary diamond, but that's a normal Harry Winston, is it still normal?

While he hesitated, the car was already driving up to the Las Vegas Strip, the main thoroughfare that bears the city's name.

Famous buildings such as the Metropolitan Super Shopping Center, the Hard Rock Casino Hotel, and the Paragon appear in front of Li Du, where there are more tourists, pedestrians, and traffic.

Located here, Harry Winston's store is an inverted heart-shaped building glowing with a silver glow, with knife-and-axe-like lines like a giant perfectly cut diamond.

Li Du got out of the car, and a handsome white man with blond hair and blue eyes came up with a smile to open the car door for him, bent down and saluted: "Welcome to Harry Winston, the most beautiful diamond, the most beautiful jewelry, the most beautiful life." ”

Godzilla and Da Ao got out of the car expressionlessly, and the smile of the handsome white guy froze for a moment, and then looked at Li Du with a more respectful gaze.

The Oriental with such two powerful bodyguards must have a great background, and there is nothing wrong with showing humility, the handsome white guy thought silently.

Li Duke didn't know what he was thinking, he smiled and nodded, and said, "Thank you, your store hasn't closed yet, right?" ”

The handsome white guy hurriedly said: "We don't close at midnight here, you can arrange the time as you like." ”

Li Du nodded again and walked into the jewelry store in a chic manner.