Chapter 311 A billion rubles

"Mr. Nikolaisky, this time we have come to the Republic of Yakutia, on the one hand, at the invitation of Minister Mikharoyle, to come to the Republic of Yakutia for a business visit; On the other hand, I want to import a batch of rough diamonds from your company. Fang Mingyuan said bluntly, "Mr. Nikolasky also patted his chest and promised that there was no problem, so can we talk about it first, and it will also make me and Ms. Aso settle a heart." ”

Nikolaysky leaned back on the sofa, and he sat there like a wall, but fortunately the sofas in this room were made according to the body of the Soviets, otherwise they would not have been able to accommodate his big man. "Since Mr. Fang insisted, there is no problem, we can talk about this issue first. I don't know what Mr. Fang's requirements for rough diamonds are? ”

As he spoke, Nikolasky took a pocket from his bosom and placed it on the table in front of him. Everyone's eyes fell on it, and Nikolaysky smiled and motioned for a few people to open it and take a look.

Aso Kazuki reached out and picked it up, the bag was a little unexpectedly heavy, she tilted the mouth of the bag slightly, and several crystal clear diamonds had slipped out of the bag and landed on her hand. Aso Xiangyue and Lin Lian exclaimed in a low voice, and Fang Mingyuan couldn't help but sit up straight. These small diamonds have been cut and shimmer in the light of the room.

"This is the finished product of our company, and a few people can see how good the quality of the diamonds we produce." Nikolaisky was confident.

Fang Mingyuan took a diamond from Aso Xiangyue's hand and looked at the light carefully, in fact, for diamonds, whether in his previous life or in this life, he didn't have many opportunities to take it in his hand and look at it carefully like now. In his previous life, he was a semi-otaku, with a reasonable income, and he never got married until his death, so his understanding of diamonds was limited to information, but there were not many opportunities for real contact.

In this life, although he already has sufficient financial resources, if it were not for the fact that he wanted to make the most profit from the depreciation of the ruble, he could not have thought of maintaining his value by buying large quantities of Russian-made diamonds. Therefore, such a close view of diamonds is a rare experience for him.

"Our Alrosa company is the largest company engaged in diamond production in the Soviet Union, and our annual output accounts for more than 95 percent of the country's total. Fang Mingyuan scolded secretly in his heart, this old man is really confident in his products

Aso opened her pocket completely, and all the diamonds inside were sparkling and shiny

Kazuki Aso lifted her pocket and smiled, "Mr. Nikolaski, you don't mind if these diamonds are appraised by my subordinates, right?" ”

Nikolai Daxiao got up and made a casual gesture. Anyway, although these diamonds look beautiful, they are not very valuable because they are all under three carats. And he also believed that rich people like Aso Xiangyue and Fang Mingyuan would not take advantage of him.

"As a gemstone, I personally believe that it must be beautiful, durable and rare. Diamond is the only gemstone variety that combines the highest hardness, strong refractive index and high dispersion, and no other gemstone variety is comparable to it in this respect. So it's rightfully the king of gems. Speaking of diamonds, Nikolaysky said eloquently, "And diamonds have always been regarded by many as a symbol of power, majesty, status and wealth. Its indestructible, invincible, eternal and resolute masculine qualities are the eternal goals of human beings. I believe that everyone can fully understand this from the crowns and scepters of the royal families of various countries that have been handed down. ”

Fang Mingyuan nodded slightly, Nikolaski was right, this is indeed an important reason why diamonds are loved by people. But he thinks the ultimate reason lies in the scarcity of diamonds. Diamond deposits, unlike other deposits, such as gold, copper and iron, sometimes find a deposit by chance. The search for diamond deposits often takes decades, if not hundreds of years, of effort and labor, and is costly.

"Diamond deposits are very small and difficult to find. For example, the exploration of the original diamond deposits in Siberia in China began in 1913 and took 18 years of hardship before it was discovered; Another example is the 'Euler' primary deposit in Botswana, which cost nearly $40 million and took more than a decade of struggle to excavate, and in recent years, the diamond primary deposit discovered in northwestern Canada has also been found after the painstaking efforts of several generations of geologists and at least hundreds of millions of dollars. Not only is the number of diamond deposits small, but only about 20% of the diamonds mined can be called gemstones, and the rest can only be used in industrial products. Some people have counted the output of diamond deposits in various countries and found that in order to get one carat of polished haode diamonds, an average of more than 200 tons of ore needs to be excavated, which shows the preciousness and rarity of diamonds. ”

Anyway, it takes some time to get appraisal, there is still a lot of time before dinner, and there is heavy snow outside, so it is also a good way for them to listen to Nikolaisky's diamond knowledge class.

Nikolasky was talking about the knowledge of diamonds, and at the same time, he was also paying attention to Fang Mingyuan and Aso Kazuki's demeanor, thinking in his heart how to ask the two for help in order to get the best result.

It didn't take long for there to be a soft knock on the door, and then, Aso's subordinate walked in with the bag in his hand, nodded to Aso, put the pocket on the table, and withdrew.

Aso Kazuki already knew in her mind, which meant that the jewelry expert in the entourage had determined that the diamonds were indeed genuine.

"Mr. Nikolaisky, thank you for today's ...... of our popularization of diamond knowledge" Speaking of this, not only Aso Kazuki, but even Fang Mingyuan and Nikolaysky themselves couldn't help but be happy, "Now let's talk about the specific acquisition." We intend to purchase a billion rubles worth of rough diamonds from your company at a price not higher than the purchase price of De Beers United Mining Company for Alrosa"

"A billion rubles," Nikolaysky exclaimed. He originally thought that the purchase of rough diamonds mentioned by Aso Xiangyue and Fang Mingyuan was just an act of coming to the Republic of Yakutia, a country rich in diamonds in the Soviet Union, to buy some souvenirs. If it is a billion rubles purchased, it is equivalent to the output of Alrosa in the last three months.

"Yes, a billion rubles," Fang Mingyuan repeated solemnly.

Nikolaski's mind was on the move, and this result was a bit unexpected for him, as he knew, De Beers & Mining allowed only 125 diamond cutting companies in the world to buy rough diamonds directly from him, and all of these 125 diamond cutting companies were customers of De Beers' sales organization, which people in the industry called "De Beers 125". And these 125 diamond cutting companies, as far as he knows, do not seem to have any companies in China. Could it be that Fang Mingyuan and the others plan to start a new business and establish a new company to compete with De Beers United Mining Company?

This situation is not uncommon, between 1975 and 1980, due to the rapid development of the Shijie economy, the Shijie diamond industry is unusually prosperous, and the demand for diamonds in the global market has increased dramatically, resulting in a wave of rushing to buy diamonds across the world, and many investors in Shijie have invested heavily to set up diamond companies. In Israel, where high-quality diamonds can even be used for high-priced mortgages in banks, the price of diamonds has been inflated to an unprecedented peak, and the diamond market has almost gotten out of control. At that time, Alsace was one of the many companies that were trying to figure out how they could break away from the De Beers United Mining system and control the diamond sales channel themselves. Nikolaski remembers this very well, and the company's top management at that time had asked the relevant personnel to study how to get out of the acquisition agreement with De Beers United Mining Company.

However, in 1981, the sudden Shijie economic crisis swept away the good situation of the diamond industry, and the market price of diamonds fell by nearly 50 percent in a short period of three years, and a large number of companies closed down one after another during this period, which only consolidated the position of De Beers United Mining Company in the industry.

Could it be ...... Will history repeat itself again?

Fang Mingyuan and the others naturally didn't know that Nikolai had changed so many thoughts in a short period of time. The two were awaiting Nikolaisky's answer, and if Nikolaysky refused, or if he could not reach this amount, then it would be necessary to consider the purchase of diamond products in the Soviet Union. In that case, things will be a little more troublesome.

Although Alrosa has an agreement with De Beers United Mining Company, most of the rough diamonds will be sold to De Beers United Mining Company every year, but it also has a considerable share of rough diamonds to be kept for itself, and the Soviet Union's economy has been very bad in the past two years, and the Soviet nationals, and even the nationals of Eastern European countries do not have enough financial resources to consume, so this part of the rough diamonds, it is estimated that a considerable amount of them are kept in the warehouse of Alrosa CompanyTherefore, their request for acquisition does not conflict with the agreement reached between Alrosa and De Beers United Mining, and Alrosa can sell this part of the rough diamonds into cash, which naturally has a huge role in promoting the company's performance.

It's just that although this is the case in theory, in fact, how sure it can be is, the two of them are also bottomless.

Nikolaysky was stunned for a long time, then shook his head and pulled his thoughts back, the most important thing now is not what Aso Xiangyue and Fang Mingyuan are going to do when they buy the rough diamonds, but whether they can sell them as the vice president in charge of the production base, Nikolaysky is naturally well aware of Alrosa's production and inventory over the years. Indeed, as Kazuki Aso had estimated in advance, due to the economic slump of Eastern European countries and the Soviet Union in recent years, the purchasing power of citizens for luxury goods such as diamonds has dropped significantly, and there is a large backlog of rough diamonds in the warehouses of the Alrosa company. This has also contributed to the decline in the profit of Alrosa in recent years. If you can sell all these rough diamonds......

Nikolaisky was thrilled in his heart, a large order of one billion rubles is enough to make himself a man of the year in the company, with the guarantee of this order, for his future competition for the post of general manager of Alrosa, it can be said that he can play a decisive role in the company's great achievements, in the face of the threat of Waldzev...... Nikolaiski sadly discovered that even though he had become the general manager of Alrosa, if there had been no tough backstage, Waldzev would have easily cleaned himself up after the incident

"Mr. Nikolaisky, if not, can you talk about weishenme? As far as I know, in recent years, your company's sales in the Soviet Union, as well as in Eastern European countries, have not been optimistic. Aso Kazuki pretended to be calm, and she mistook Nikolaisky's head-shaking action just now for refusal.

Nikolasky hurriedly said: "Ms. Aso, please don't misunderstand, I didn't make any refusal, please give me some time, I still have to think about it." Nikolaysky thought about it again and again, still feeling that he had to leave a way back, and when things were irreversible, he could break away from the Soviet Union, and then these two people were the only ones who were most likely to help him.

Nikolasky knew very well in his heart that if the Ministry of Internal Affairs intended to arrest him, then all the escape routes that he might use would be completely blocked, and only where they could not pay attention to it, he would still have a glimmer of hope. As long as the two of them can arrange a channel for themselves to take refuge in Japan or China, even if it is only ten days or eight days, they can use Japan and China as a springboard to go to Europe and the United States.

"Mr. Fang, Ms. Aso, although I need to notify the company's headquarters for approval of such a large purchase, I think it is still very likely that we can reach an agreement." Nikolasky's words made Fang Mingyuan and Aso Kazuki breathe a sigh of relief.

"Huh......" Lin Lian, who was sitting on the side, also let out a sigh of relief, although she didn't understand that Fang Mingyuan wanted to buy so many rough diamonds. But such an atmosphere also made her feel a little nervous. Chen Zhong, who was sitting in the corner, couldn't understand what Fang Mingyuan was talking about at all, so even Nikolaisky's exclamation didn't cause him any big reaction.

"It's just that I'm curious, what are the plans of the two of you to buy so many diamond ore?" Nikolasky said with a half-joking smile. Such a large purchase volume is enough to make them more than enough even for the cutting companies in the "De Beers 125" system. Fang Mingyuan, what method do they plan to digest, you know, the main diamond cutting centers on Shijie - Antwerp in Belgium, Tel Aviv in Israel, New York in the United States, Mumbai in India, and Bangkok in Thailand, none of them are located in Huaxia.

"Mr. Nikolaski, as the vice president of Alrosa, I believe you are familiar with the 'Adiamondisforever' advertising slogan of De Beers United Mining, right?" Fang Mingyuan smiled slightly.

Nikolaski nodded heavily with a strange expression, as the top of the second largest diamond mining company on Shijie, how could he not know the most classic advertising slogan in the diamond industry. In the forties of this century, in order to promote the demand for shijie diamonds in the economic crisis, De Beers United Mining Company commissioned the famous advertising agency in New York, the United States, Aier Advertising Agency to create for the International Diamond Promotion Center in 1948. It is this classic advertising slogan that has touched countless couples who are indulged in love on Shijie, and made them look forward to the eternity of Aiqing even more, and at the same time be deeply attracted by the rare and precious "king of gemstones" of diamonds. It is precisely because De Beers United Mining Company has succeeded in selling diamonds, a luxury item originally owned by the aristocracy and the rich, to the public that the price of diamonds has gone through several twists and turns in this century, but the overall trend has been all the way up.

Nikolaski certainly did not know that after entering the nineties, in order to open the markets of Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and mainland China, De Beers United Mining Company solicited Chinese translations of "Adiamondisforever" from all over Hong Kong through Hong Kong advertising companies. The traditional situation of jadeite has formed a new concept of "no diamond and no marriage" for Chinese newlyweds. After more than ten years, Huaxia consumers began to widely accept diamond culture, thus making Huaxia a big country in diamond consumption in Shijie in one fell swoop, and it is likely to become the largest country in Shijie diamond consumption in the new century.

The key to opening the door to Chinese diamond consumption is the most famous advertising slogan in the 20th century: "Diamonds are eternal, and one is forever." ”

"Mr. Nikolaisky, the mystery of everything lies in these words." Fang Mingyuan smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "Then I wish us a happy cooperation in the future."