Chapter 002: Developed!
An Feng's excitement lasted for several hours, until he was so hungry that he couldn't do it anymore, so he went to make a bowl of instant noodles with boiling water, and then made do with a meal to fill his stomach, and then turned on the computer with great interest, browsing the introduction related to diamond prices, appraisals, auctions, etc.
It gained a lot of knowledge, but it also calmed him down. It is not yet possible to determine the authenticity of a diamond – of course, with current techniques, it is difficult to create such a perfect and pure stone. The easiest way is to go to the jewelry store tomorrow and spend a hundred dollars to give a few of the small ones an appraisal. If it's true, it's developed! If it's an imitation...... It's also an advanced technique, right?
An Feng stayed up all night staring at the computer, his eyes couldn't stand it anymore, so he lay down on the ** to rest, but the machine brain was still working, and he found that he could rest and work at the same time. After figuring out how to find a way, he turned his attention to the pile of mysterious information, looking for information related to diamonds.
It's not easy to do. Because he guards a pile of treasures, but has no way to dig them, it is like a heavy encyclopedia, the table of contents is torn to shreds, and if you want to find entries, you can only blindly turn through the hundreds or thousands of pages of books.
What are the thousands of pages of knowledge in his mind? Without an index, he didn't know where to start, he didn't know whether what he had found out was biotechnology or chemical theory, and he didn't know where to start with the next page after reading this page, it was not coherent.
Happiness turns into trouble at this time. It is difficult for him to sort out this mountain of information with his own ability, and the current method is to find a piece of "garbled code", and then use the machine brain to translate it until the garbled code becomes recognizable information, and then pray to God that this is what he needs.
Continuing until sunrise the next day, his harvest was that the clutter was not permanent, and the biological computer with cells as the basic unit was constantly dividing and proliferating, one into two, two into four...... Geometric growth. When the machine brain is strong enough, it will translate all the garbled characters and sort out the catalog.
The current progress is 1%.
I took a shower in the morning, changed into a suit, stood in front of the mirror, and saw a young man in spirit. He has a good figure, tall and powerful, probably because he usually pays attention to exercise, he is more than 1.8 meters tall, and if you want to talk about temperament, there is also a little bit of it.
Before leaving, put a few small white diamonds in the pocket of your clothes, stop a car on the side of the road, and go to a famous local shopping street. The city where Anfeng is located is a well-developed second-tier city, and there are many chain jewelry stores in the local area.
I chose a store with a good reputation on the Internet, went in and told the shopping guide about my purpose, and then was taken to the third floor, and after paying the fee, I took the number and lined up. The previous waves of people also came to appraise, and there were jade antiques, and I exchanged experiences with them, and soon it was his turn.
The appraisal room is just an ordinary office, with some special magnifying glasses, diamond lamps and other professional equipment in the corner cabinet, and the two appraisers are about forty or fifty years old, and they don't like to talk.
After a moment of silent study, the door to the office opened, and a middle-aged man came out of it, participating in the identification of the two men. An Feng couldn't understand the jargon in their mouths, but at least he hadn't heard the words "imitation", "fake" and other words he didn't want to hear.
I was apprehensive and waited restlessly for five minutes, and when the results came out, one of the men smiled and said, "Sir, the quality of these diamonds of yours is very high, and they belong to the top level that is rare to see." A special appraisal report will be issued to you in five minutes. ”
With that, he handed over a piece of paper with the data of the three diamonds. Last night's review worked, at least he wouldn't think that being big was necessarily worth something. There are four aspects to measure the value of a diamond, the so-called 4Cs, including clarity, color, cut, and size.
He looks at the data for the first diamond, clarity: LC, color: D, cut: very good, weight: 3.2 carats. An Feng was overjoyed, except for the slightly lower weight, all other aspects reached the top level. This is extremely rare in the diamond circle and proves its worth.
The other two are of the highest quality, the other white diamond weighs 3.3 carats, and the pink diamond has no color grade, but because the color diamond is inherently rare, and the weight of 3 carats is enough to make it stand out. After reading the appraisal, An Feng said, "I want to sell it to you." ”
"Sir, please wait a moment." Needless to say, the appraiser immediately notified the manager of the jewelry store, specially took An Feng and his diamonds to a private room, made a cup of tea, and chatted slowly. The manager politely asked, "Sir, are you really going to sell these three diamonds?" ”
"It's up to you to see what price you offer." An Feng said calmly, these are just the three smallest diamonds he picked out, and the huge wealth is in his pocket, and he is much more confident when he speaks, isn't it just the three stones at the end of the row, I have the size of a thumb here.
The manager smiled and said, "Two white diamonds are three million, and pink diamonds are three million." ”
An Feng also smiled and said: "I have checked the price of the diamond auction, even if two white diamonds are sold for four million, you will not lose money, as for the pink diamonds, I don't plan to sell them." ”
"Three and a half million." In business, how can you not bargain, the manager is an old fritter, and pointed out the shortcomings to the point: "Sir, you know that we need to take a lot of risks in the purchase and sale of diamonds without invoices, so this price is the limit." ”
An Feng naturally knows this, the origin of his diamond is unknown, and there is no invoice at all, but if there is money to be made, anyone will take risks, and there is an invoice for the beast head auctioned by Christie's? This also deceived the people who watched the news. An Feng thought about it for more than ten seconds, and finally nodded in agreement.
He knew that he had lost money, but the small money did not go, the big money did not come, and there was no technical content in selling to jewelry companies, so if he wanted to sell at a high price, he would find an international auction company. He thought about sending the two larger colored diamonds in the box to the auction and returning them for one or two million, which was interesting enough!
After the transfer of 3.5 million was completed, the manager personally sent him to the door, shook hands and said goodbye, and said that if they wanted to deal with the pink diamond, they could give a high price. An Feng also pretended to be polite: "If I want to make a move, I will contact you first." "The last business card is still thrown into the taxi.
On the way back, I was in good spirits, had lunch at a nice restaurant, and also learned from those rich people who ordered a bottle of red wine, took a small sip, and smacked my lips...... I don't feel it, I really don't know if I like to act like this in the movie. After a full meal, An Feng returned to the rental house he rented.
This area is the so-called bullish urban village, specially for some graduates and young people who come to work from other places, generally a single room with kitchen and bathroom, poor lighting, serious land competition, crowded buildings, you are sleeping here, the voice of the small couple XX on the other side is heard clearly, and it is day and night, the little couple who work at night is finished during the day, followed by the little couple who can't sleep at night.
It's not that An Feng doesn't want to move, but a better place means that the rent needs to eat up a quarter of his salary, plus he doesn't have a girlfriend, so the bachelor makes do with it, and he doesn't feel anything unaccustomed to it after a year or two. But now that I'm rich, when I look at my kennel, it's really not worthy of grade!
He searched the Internet for the branches of international auction companies in his home country, but due to policy reasons, they are relatively few, and they are all concentrated in the metropolis. There is an American auction house in the capital, which is very strong. It is better to choose a day than to hit the day, and he booked a ticket online to fly to the capital the next afternoon.
In addition to important documents and laptops, other soft and soft have been handed over to the old man in this area, there are many electrical appliances such as induction cookers, single-door refrigerators and other electrical appliances are operating normally, An Feng didn't care, sent people directly, the rent was not refunded, and left on time the next day.
Before leaving, he threw away the metal box, this thing can't pass the security check, he doesn't want to be swept out of the box, take out this pile of diamonds, make it more than worth crying, there is no place to cry, throw it away. Moreover, the box is not an unusual, except that the material is exceptionally strong.
Sitting down in a comfortable business class, my mind is repeating the lyrics of "Wait for us to have money": Rolls-Royce buys two, drives one, and drags one; There are two private houses, one for people and one for pigs; Two sets of Pierre Cardin, one set of curtains and one set of rags......
So much so that after getting off the plane, he couldn't wait to rush to the door of the auction house and put his big diamond on the table, but unfortunately he was already off work. He stayed at a star-rated hotel and called to make an appointment to meet the next morning. Go to the hotel soft ** and dream until dawn.
Arrive on time the next day.
Due to the appointment in advance, the data reported by An Feng was too shocking, a blue diamond the size of a thumb, two extremely similar pink diamonds...... The other party also showed twelve points of sincerity and waited for him to come to the door in the number one box. The specifications of the reception are different, two beautiful and tall cheongsam MM, and the manager is a brown-haired foreigner with a high nose bridge, speaking a fairly fluent Chinese, first shook hands with An Feng, and then said: "Mr. An, we specially invited several GIA senior appraisers to ensure that your collection can get the most authentic data." ”
"I believe in your strength." An Feng said with a smile.
"This way, please." The manager invited him in.
An Feng brought eight diamonds this time, two very similar large pink diamonds, one blue diamond, estimated to be one or two (why is it so vulgar), two dazzling white diamonds, and three small ones. Those experts are also professional enough, with a lot of equipment, and all of them are in English.
An Feng was even more apprehensive, and he tried to discern what they were talking about.
Soon, the manager came to shake hands with him with a smile, as if he had met the God of Wealth: "Mr. An, congratulations!" Your diamond quality has never been higher, and the cut is unbelievable! I've never seen it in my career! It's so exciting to be able to meet so many of the best! ”
"Yes! So excited! An Feng shook hands with the enthusiastic manager, but muttered in his heart, my things, what are you excited about.
"However," the manager used a twist, An Feng was a little nervous, could there be any mistake, they didn't accept diamonds of unknown origin?
"From what I know about Orientals, you prefer jade, while Westerners prefer diamonds, and if you want to auction them in China, I'm afraid it won't be as effective as it should be."
"What's your suggestion?" An Feng breathed a sigh of relief.
"You can entrust us to send these diamonds to the United States for auction, first for a period of time, so that the world's rich and media will focus on it, and then we will speculate and push the price to the peak, so as to achieve a win-win effect for you and me, what do you think?"
"It couldn't be more appropriate." An Feng said, "According to your estimates, if only those two pink diamonds are auctioned, what is the expected transaction price?" ”
The manager thought for a while, ran to ask the expert in a rigorous manner, and then came back and said: "If it is the two twin pink diamonds, the estimated transaction price is between 25 million and 35 million US dollars, we will publicize them throughout the whole process and only charge a commission of 10% of the transaction price." ”