Chapter XXII: The Jewels of Brazil
Wang Yue's jadeite bricks were eventually bought by a collector in Li Jiapo for a sky-high price of 19 million US dollars, and the reason why it was able to rise to such a high level is that in addition to its own value and Myanmar's production restrictions, it is said that a large part of the work is due to the workmanship of this pair of superb jadeite.
"What is the workmanship of a pair of bricks?" Wang Yue was stunned, he really couldn't connect the value of those two bricks with workmanship.
"A slab brick is worthless in terms of workmanship, but a pair is different." Ye Tianlong said respectfully, since he knew that Wang Yue really had a demon, he had always been like an old farmer who met the secretary of the town party committee.
"Sotheby's has carried out a special test, and there is no difference between the two bricks, regardless of their size or weight, even if they are measured at the nanometer level, even if the most sophisticated balances are used, there is no difference in measurement, which means that these are two really identical bricks. Such precision is impossible to use the best ultra-high-precision machine tools to process easy-to-process metal materials, not to mention that this is a jadeite that is difficult to process by hand, it can be said that this craftsmanship alone is worth five million dollars, which can no longer be described by craftsmanship, which can be said to be a miracle. Ye Tianlong lowered his head and glanced at Wang Yue as he spoke, and it was estimated that he had already concluded in his heart that this was Wang Daxian's masterpiece.
"That's it!" Wang Yue smiled.
He then remembered that he only asked the red queen to make two identical pieces at that time, it seems that she strictly implemented this order, and directly distributed them evenly according to the amount of crystals, I don't know what Sotheby's would be scared when he took it to the microscope and counted it and found that the two bricks did not even have the number of crystals, of course, provided that they had the ability to count them.
"Mr. Wang, this is the rhino horn you wanted." While observing his face, Ye Tianlong handed over a pair of rhino horns, which were Asian rhinoceros horns, which looked very fresh.
"Put it aside!" Wang Yue said casually.
Now the business of ivory rhino horn and other things is not so important to him, of course, he still has to do it, not only ivory rhino horn, but also all kinds of precious fur in the future, such as polar bear skin, Siberian tiger skin or something, of course, this will have to wait until he has the ability to make cells.
Attract the Japanese with all kinds of precious wildlife trade, let them stride down the road of crime, and wait until Japan becomes the world's largest wildlife smuggling base, so that all animal conservationists in the world look at this country with hatred, anyway, a lot of money is made by themselves.
"In addition to jadeite, what are the most popular gemstones right now? Especially in Europe and the United States. Wang Yue asked, he found that this business is too easy to do, just two stones can directly make him a billionaire, then other gems can also be done!
"Diamonds are always the most popular." Ye Tianlong said that of course he knew that Wang Yue had sold a diamond worth five million.
Wang Yue nodded and motioned for him to continue, of course he knew that diamonds were the most popular, but this thing was too eye-catching, and if you wanted to sell it on a large scale, you had to find a certification body, otherwise it would be difficult for buyers to rest assured, but in this case, it would be difficult to keep it secret.
"And then there's the Imperial Jade..."
"That's fine." Wang Yue said that this thing is the most popular in Europe and the United States, but it is not so sought after in China.
"But this thing is only produced in Brazil, we can't produce it here, and unlike jadeite, jadeite is made in Myanmar, in addition to the Naypyidaw jadeite public market, there is only one source of Ruili in our country, the former is to serve the Burmese government, the latter is to serve the warlords in the north, so there is nothing strange about the large number of jadeite sources in our hands, which of those warlords have their own channels, no one is sure which line we come from, and there are a lot of people like us.
But the imperial jade is different, if we sell a large amount of foreign goods, and it is not imported through customs, then it is easy to be targeted by the government, at that time, whether we are smuggled or we dig out a secret mine in China, we must give an explanation. Ye Tianlong said.
His meaning is very clear, a few are not a big deal, but it is very dangerous to really do Imperial Jade as a business, and he must face the danger of facing the government level.
"Then let it go for the time being." Wang Yue said with a deep groan.
He has already thought of how to sell imperial jade to the outside world, there is no need to engage in this thing in China, it can be smuggled to the Japanese like ivory, and not only sell, but also sell in large quantities, anyway, this thing is nothing more than a variant of stone that is not much different from jadeite, mainly because some elements are different.
Since imperial jade is unique to Brazil, let the imperial jade flowing from Japan hit the market dominated by Brazilians in large quantities, and see if Brazilians will like to be robbed of business in the end.
"There are also ruby sapphires, emeralds, tourmalines and especially Paraiba tourmaline that even surpass diamonds." Ye Tianlong continued.
"Very well, you can get me some of each of these things, and it is better to have the same kind and different colors as well." Wang Yue said with a smile.
He has been able to determine the next development direction, that is, several major gemstones in Brazil, imperial jade, tourmaline, emerald, aquamarine, more than 80% of the world's supply is provided by Brazil, imperial jade and Paraiba tourmaline is unique to Brazil, if Japan suddenly provides a large number of them to the world at this time, then the price will definitely fall sharply, Brazilian gem dealers must hate the Japanese, the only thing they can conclude is that Japan has also discovered these gem mines, Then Japan has become Brazil's biggest competitor in the gemstone industry, and cutting off people's money is like killing parents.
As for Ye Tianlong, for the time being, it is still mainly jadeite, and it is enough to get a few diamonds out occasionally.
Just when he decided on the new business, Qiucao on the Japanese side also completed negotiations with the ivory merchant, all according to Wang Yue's design, the Japanese ivory merchant handed over the payment to Qiucao, and Qiucao put the payment into Wang Yue's account at UBS, and his jade money was also directly transferred to this account, and when Wang Yue confirmed the receipt of the payment, he delivered the goods to the ivory merchant on the high seas.
The delivery method is also according to his design, the two sides do not look at each other, but set the light signal contact, when the sea is found from a distance, directly confirm the identity with the light signal, after the confirmation Wang Yue will be loaded with wooden boxes or other floating objects to throw the ivory into the sea and leave, the latter after he left the past to salvage, as for how to transport back to Japan this is none of Wang Yue's business.
As for the integrity of each other, this is guaranteed by Qiucao, if Wang Yue does not give the goods after receiving the money, then the Japanese ivory merchant will find Qiucao to refund it, anyway, Qiucao's family can't run away, and besides, this kind of business is you and I can't sign a contract, and there is nothing to worry about about integrity issues.
The first time Wang Yue was trading, he was only going to sell ivory, rhino horn or something, in fact, rhino horn is easier to make than ivory, this thing is not much different from horns, buy a bunch of horns to transform and come out.
However, although the business was set, his boat had not yet been built, so Boss Wang could only wait, in addition to continuing to play his fishmonger during this time, he also made twenty fist-sized violet jade wool for Ye Tianlong, which was sold by Ye Tianlong within a week, with a total income of more than 50 million, and this neither needs to deduct the auction house commission nor pay personal income tax, deducting 20% of the reward Ye Tianlong, Boss Wang made a net profit of 40 million.
With such a good business, his seafood is no longer important, but this thing is a very good identity cover, and it is also the best way to make contacts and entangle interests, so Boss Wang's seafood business is still doing well, and now it has become a major local exporter.
A month later, in front of the city hospital, Chen Xiaoya, who had just been discharged from the hospital, looked at Wang Yue in front of her stupidly.
"How's that, like it or not?" Boss Wang smiled and rode on a black Ducati 848, and he was also very coquettish in a black racing suit, and even the helmet was the same color.
Chen Xiaoya's Spring Breeze 650 flew out from a cliff dozens of meters high that night, and fell directly into parts in the reef below, of course Wang Yue wanted to buy her a new car, but it was not the one he was riding, but the one next to him, a red 848 with the same model as the one he was riding, not only motorcycles, but even red racing suits, helmets and other things were all matched, and of course the brand was also good.
"I like it, I like it so much!" Chen Xiaoya pounced on the new car without hesitation, and then took the racing suit into the big raptor next to her, and soon walked out of it in red, then put on a helmet, twisted the accelerator after ignition, and just jumped out a few meters to the front wheel of the car and lifted it directly, it seems that this action is very slippery.
"Let's go for a ride on the beach!" She shouted at Wang Yue very chicly.
Boss Wang doesn't have her ability, people can lift the front wheel and then fall back safely, if he lifts it up, it is estimated that he will go directly, of course, there is no problem in riding and pretending, one red and one black two Ducati 848 roared out of the hospital gate, attracting side eyes from both sides.
The soft and gentle who came to pick up Chen Xiaoya in the back pouted and got on her Alice, she never dared to drive past fifty, but at this time, she actually stepped on the accelerator fiercely, and the orange sports car jumped out wildly with a strong sense of pushing back to catch up with the two Ducati in front.