1170. Going to New York Again (5/5)
Taking the red coral, Billy's eyes condensed, and he looked at it again and again in the sun for a long time, but he never spoke.
Qin Shiou waited for him to judge what kind of red coral this was, and when he saw Billy being silent, he was surprised: "You can't tell the kind of this coral, right?" ”
Billy came to his senses when he heard his voice, and then he rolled his eyes and said, "What are you kidding, man, how could I not tell the difference?" Blind people can see that this is AKA red coral, although it is not black and red, but it is also the top! ”
Mao Weilong took it with interest and said: "No wonder so many people like to pay a high price for this thing, it looks really beautiful." ”
Billy carefully put it in his hand and warned him: "Mao, be careful, this is a top-quality product, one gram can be sold for tens of thousands of Canadian dollars, and this piece is five million!" ”
Originally, Mao Weilong's hand was still very steady, but when he said this, he was so frightened that he almost threw away this palm-sized piece of red coral: "Five million? Such a small thing is worth five million?! Is the Canadian dollar so worthless now? ”
Billy exaggeratedly stretched out his hand and said, "I'm still conservative, man, take a good look at this coral, it's so beautiful, it's the heart of the ocean!" Isn't the heart of the ocean worth the price? I bet this piece of red coral is the most beautiful I've ever produced in 10 years! ”
When Qin Shiou heard him say 'Heart of the Ocean', he felt that this name was really appropriate, the heart was red, and the name Heart of the Ocean was not as appropriate as being associated with red coral with sapphire.
Turning his head, Billy asked with interest, "Qin." Where do your friends live in St. John's? Does he still have red coral in his house? This guy must be a super-rich man! Oh my God, he actually has such beautiful red coral, how much did he sell it to you? ”
Qin Shiou shrugged and said, "Uh." We haven't talked about money yet, I didn't know it was so valuable, so I went and asked him for it. When he heard that I needed a piece of red coral to make a ring for my wife, he gave it to me. ”
Billy swallowed dryly, and then asked expectantly, "Then does he still lack friends?" I would love to get to know him. ”
Qin Shiou had no choice but to say: "No, he is a very strange old man, and he is almost a hundred years old now. When I was younger, I fought against you Americans in Korea, and I don't think he might like you. ”
That's the bad thing about lying, after telling a lie. It is also covered up with a number of lies.
But Qin Shiou had to lie, how could he explain the origin of this piece of red coral? You can't say that you found it by accident while diving, right? That's, red coral grows in such a harsh environment that you can't go to that depth unless you're on a submarine. Otherwise, it can't be reached!
Billy may have wondered where the red coral came from. But he didn't think about the fishing grounds, and there was no record of AKA red coral spotting in the North Atlantic.
After listening to Qin Shiou's words, he could only sigh in frustration: "Damn Truman, damn Ridgway, why did they run to the territory of the Koreans to fight?" Killed so many good guys, and now it's killing me! ”
Mao Weilong sensed the loophole in Qin Shiou's words, and asked in a low voice, "Didn't you say that you were from Baodao?" Why did you get involved with them Yankees in North Korea again? ”
Qin Shiou thought of the words of response: "He used to be a soldier in our country, and then in that special era. encountered some unfair treatment, so he took the opportunity to smuggle to Treasure Island. I don't know much about the specifics. I only helped the old gentleman once, and I often went to bring him vegetables and seafood, so I became familiar with it. ”
Mao Weilong stomped his feet hatefully and said, "I'm really jealous and jealous of you now, you said that you will hang up after graduating from college, right?" What can I say about this luck? Damn, five million, it's worth five million for such a small thing?! ”
He guessed correctly this time, Qin Shiou did hang up, but not after graduating from college, but two years ago.
Red coral is dense, and an adult's palm is the size of such a piece, it must be about a catty, and Billy's estimate is not accurate, if it is accurate, it really has to be four or five million dollars.
Such a good thing, the production of rings must find the best connoisseurs to be responsible, Qin Shiou chose Tiffany, the two sides have cooperated many times, and he also invited Tiffany's chief designer Ms. Liv to participate in their engagement ceremony, of course, this business has to find them.
Without further ado, it was already late May, and after Qin Shiou got the red coral, he booked a plane ticket with Billy and flew directly from St. John's to New York.
New York is Billy's home turf, and when they arrived, they were waiting for a luxury car, and they didn't stop for a second, making a beeline for Tiffany's flagship store in New York.
Liv was already waiting for them, and after Qin Shiou saw her, he first hugged her, and then handed her the invitation.
The elegant female designer smiled: "I am really flattered that the groom himself came to deliver me an invitation, and I think the esteemed Mr. George the Bruce will not enjoy this honor, will he?" ”
For ordinary people's engagements, it is enough to send an invitation by courier, Qin Shiou invited the bigwigs from all parties this time, and it seemed too informal to use the express delivery, but he didn't have the time and energy to run to send the invitations one by one, so he sent Bird, who had the best image, to send it for him.
Bird is probably still in Chicago now, and he's going to have to move around a lot this time.
Qin Shiou said that ladies deserve preferential treatment, Liv smiled happily and invited them to the VIP room for tea: "I just got a good box of tea, you can taste it and tell me how it tastes." ”
When Liv's assistant helped them make tea, Qin Shiou said another meaning, he took out the brocade box, opened it to reveal the true face of red coral, and said, "I have one more thing I want to entrust to you, madam, please take a look at this thing." ”
Seeing this piece of red coral, Liv's hand holding the teacup suddenly shook slightly, which was already rude for someone of her status, and it was obvious that this piece of red coral shocked her.
"The best pigeon blood red AKA?! I haven't seen this color red coral for a while. Liv put down the teacup and picked up the brocade box and exclaimed, "What a beautiful color, no wonder some people say that it is the crystallization of the mermaid's painstaking efforts." ”
At this time, a staff member knocked on the door and walked in, and whispered to Taylor, "Ms. Superintendent, Miss Hilton Jr. is here and wants to see you." ”
Taylor nodded reservedly and said, "I know, tell her to wait for me, I'm meeting an important friend." ”
The staff nodded and left, and Taylor looked at the red coral with interest and asked, "What are you going to do with it?" Do you want to make another set of jewelry? ”
Qin Shiou smiled: "No, I only need to make two rings, I want to give my girlfriend to make an engagement ring, and lo and behold, I have already brought her fingerprints." ”
Taylor went on to ask, "What about the other than the ring?" You know, Mr. Qin, such a large piece of red coral can be used as the face of a hundred rings. ”
Qin Shiou hurriedly shook his head: "No, you misunderstood, ma'am, what I want is not a ring, but a ring, use this red coral to create two complete rings." (To be continued......)