Chapter 456: Ivan's Means
Gao Yang and the others took a shower, changed their combat clothes into civilian clothes, and only loaded a pistol on their bodies, and the group followed Ivan to trade their emeralds.
Bogotรก is home to the world's largest emerald market, known as Emerald Street, which is filled with gem shops of all sizes, selling both processed and unprocessed rough stones, and of course, every shop here buys rough stones.
Gao Yang and Ivan made the same car, and when they were in the car, Ivan didn't know what Lu Dao remembered, and took out the two largest emeralds from his bag, handed them to Gao Yang and said: "You put this up, I'll let you take it out when the time comes, and you will pretend to be very reluctant to take it out." โ
Although he didn't know what Ivan had in mind, Gao Yang still put the two largest gems in his pocket.
When they arrived at Emerald Street, Ivan took Gao Yang and them directly to the door of a gem shop, and after getting out of the car, more than a dozen people crowded into the small storefront.
The salespeople in the store are all men, and although the store is not big, there are four people in it, and after Gao Yang and they all poured in, the store was basically full.
The language barrier is indeed a very troublesome thing, a clerk muttered a few words to the chatter, but Gao Yang didn't understand it at all, and after Ivan said a few words to the clerk, the clerk looked at Gao Yang and them suspiciously, and then shook his head, and didn't know what Lu Dao said.
Gao Yang beckoned to Lucica, and then whispered, "What are they talking about?" โ
"Ivan said he had made an appointment with their boss and asked the clerk to lead us in. But the clerk said there were too many of us. Can't enter. โ
Gao Yang nodded. When I was really going to tell Ivan that they wouldn't go in, but after seeing Ivan say a few words again, the clerk walked to the back door of the store, pressed the door and said a few words, but he shook his head at Ivan, and then opened the back door.
Ivan waved his hand at Gao Yang and said with a smile: "Let's go, no problem." โ
Now that there is no problem. Of course, Gao Yang had to follow and take a look.
Although the storefront is not large, but it is very deep inside, out of the store is a narrow and secluded passage, after a section is a closed iron door, waiting for the clerk to lead the way to say a few words, the heavy iron door opened, Gao Yang they were able to continue to move forward.
Out of the iron gate was a small courtyard, and in the courtyard were several big men with automatic rifles looking at Gao Yang, and from the courtyard they went up a flight of stairs to the second floor. Before entering, there were several guards with guns.
After seeing Ivan, a guard with a gun reached out to stop Ivan. Motioning for him to raise his hand to be searched, Ivan shook his head and suddenly shouted, "Salo, my men are all armed with guns, if you must search us, then I'll leave." โ
After Ivan shouted, a voice quickly rang out
"Ivan, my friend, you're finally here, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
With the sound of speaking, a fat man with gray hair quickly walked out of the back room, and after seeing Ivan, the fat man first smiled, and then hugged Ivan heavily, and then said with a smile on his face: "Welcome to you my friend, I have been waiting for you for a long time." โ
After finishing speaking, the fat man named Salo looked at Gao Yang and them, and then said: "Why, do you need to bring so many people with me here, don't blame my subordinates for being nervous, seeing so many people, they must be careful." โ
Ivan shook his head, pointed at Gao Yang and said, "Don't get me wrong, he's my friend, not my bodyguard, man, can't you see it?" The people here are all his bodyguards, this one is the real big seller, I'm just the middleman, don't make a mistake, okay, don't ask or test, this friend of mine is just here to sell goods. โ
Ivan didn't mean to introduce Gao Yang, although Salo was very curious about Gao Yang, but he didn't talk too much, just smiled and hugged Gao Yang for a while, and then said loudly: "Welcome, friend." โ
Gao Yang then understood what Ivan had in mind, with a straight face, he just nodded very reservedly, but he didn't say a word.
After waving his hand and inviting Gao Yang and Ivan into a large and luxurious reception room, Gao Yang and Ivan made it to the sofa, and Grolev and several of them stood behind Gao Yang very eye-catchingly, and for a while, Gao Yang looked like the biggest person in the room.
After Gao Yang and they sat down, Salo couldn't wait to say, "Ivan, quickly show me your goods, I can't wait." โ
Ivan took the backpack, looked at Gao Yang and said, "Sir, can you start trading?" โ
Gao Yang made a face, nodded, and after waving his hand, Ivan unzipped his backpack and poured all the gems in the bag on the large coffee table in front of Salo.
The backpack with gems had many compartments, and as Ivan took out more and more gems, the expression on Salo's face became more and more satisfied, and after Ivan said that the gems were all on the coffee table, Salo nodded, then took out a magnifying glass, leaned down and began to check the gems on the coffee table.
After a few glances, Salo said a few words to the bodyguard standing behind him, and then four more people soon came, and after the people came, Salo looked at Ivan and said, "Let them take the gem next door to test it, is it okay?" โ
Ivan didn't agree directly, but looked at Gao Yang and smiled: "Salo is my old friend, his credibility is absolutely fine, you see, can you let him test it?" โ
After Gao Yang nodded, Ivan immediately smiled at Salo and said, "Please." โ
Salo waved his hand, and after his men took the emeralds to the next room for testing, Salo smiled: "These gems are very large, and the quality is not bad, but there are no top-quality ones among these gems, my friend, if there are any good goods, let's take them out together." โ
Ivan smiled and said, "Don't worry, my friend, let's wait for you to quote the price of these goods first, and we will continue to talk." โ
Gao Yang didn't say a word, Ivan was chatting with Salo Donglaxi, and after waiting for almost an hour, one of the people who was inspecting in the next room came out, whispered a few words to Saro, and quickly went back again, took out the gem that still belonged to Gao Yang and Ivan, and put it on the coffee table.
After the gem was put back, Salo said in a deep voice: "I will pay a high price of nine million dollars for this batch of goods. โ
Gao Yang thought about it in his heart, the expert Ivan first found said that the total value of the gems was 14 million to 18 million, and the prices in this range were reasonable, Gao Yang They had already taken out the highest quality gems worth more than 5 million US dollars, and also took out the two largest gems, and the price of 8 million was reasonable.
Gao Yang felt reasonable, but Ivan shook his head and said, "No, no, Salo, I think 10 million is a good price." โ
Salo immediately shook his head and smiled: "Ivan, my bidding has always been very strict, this batch of goods is only worth eight million, I have to leave a profit margin for myself, eight million, this is a very reasonable price, you go to no one will be higher than the price I offered, however, I know that you still have good things, take them out, good things have a good price." โ
Ivan shrugged his shoulders, then took out a handful of top-of-the-line emeralds from his pocket and put them on the coffee table, Gao Yang looked at them, there were ten in total, and it seemed that Ivan also kept a lot for himself.
When Salo was about to bow his head to inspect the top emeralds, Ivan stretched out his hand and said, "How much do you think these are worth?" โ
After looking down, Salo muttered, "One hundred and thirty thousand is a reasonable price, but I am willing to pay you one and a half million dollars." โ
Ivan shook his head again and said, "This is the so-called wholesale price again, right?" โ
"Yes, wholesale price, I buy a lot of money, and I have to make some money."
Ivan pondered for a moment and then said in a deep voice: "In this way, you give 10 million for that batch, and these best 2 million, a total of 12 million dollars, all belong to you." โ
Saloha smiled and said, "Impossible, this is impossible, friend, the price you ask for is too much." โ
Ivan smiled: "Don't worry, the price I want is still within a reasonable range, but when you see the really good goods, you won't think I'm asking for a price." โ
After finishing speaking, Ivan looked at Gao Yang and said, "Sir, take it out, Salo is my friend, he will give a good price." โ
Gao Yang now knew why Ivan wanted him to put up the two largest gems, and after pretending to hesitate for a moment, Gao Yang nodded, took out the two largest gems from his jacket pocket, and gently put them on the coffee table.
After Gao Yang put two egg-sized gems on the coffee table, Ivan said proudly: "Look at it, this is a really good thing, and it is our offer, two 10 million, no counteroffer!" โ
Salo solemnly picked up the two big gems, and after looking at them a few times, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Man, you are mistaken, these two are indeed good things, but they are definitely not worth 10 million, I will give 1 million at most, really, although these two gems are big, there are too many cracks and impurities, and they are not as valuable as you think." โ
After hearing Sallo's words, Gao Yang stood up in silence and made a gesture to leave, while Ivan hurriedly said: "Sir, don't worry, it is normal for businessmen to bargain, we have to listen to the reasons given by Sallo." โ
Salo said helplessly: "Friend, the bigger the emerald, the more valuable it is, it depends on the quality, of course, there must be a plus when it is big, but the quality of your two gems is not high enough, it is really not worth 10 million." โ
Gao Yang said expressionlessly: "That's not what I heard, forget it, it seems that we can't reach an agreement, I'd better go somewhere else to see." โ
After Saro's hesitation for a moment, he could only say with a painful face: "Friend, I don't want to lose this business, but it's even more impossible for me to make a loss-making deal, so let's do it, I promise the price offered by Ivan, and then offer a total of three million dollars to these two big ones, all with a total price of 15 million dollars, this is my bottom line, if you can't agree to this, then I can only give up this transaction." (To be continued......)