One day in 1973, the yacht of the Pearl King docked in Saint-Tropez, France, and a young Frenchman named Jean-Claude Bruille came to visit him from a neighboring yacht.

Bruyer had just sold his air freight company and used the money to buy a small island in French Polynesia, surrounded by coral reefs surrounded by azure waters, a paradise on earth, which was better than the Daqin fishing grounds in terms of scenery alone.

Bruyer told El Salvador that the turquoise waters are rich in black lipped oysters, and that the shells of black lipped oysters produce a rare treasure: black pearls.

Since then, black pearls have slowly emerged as a proud player in the luxury jewelry market.

At that time, there was no market for black pearls, and not many people bought them. But Bruille persuaded El Salvador to develop the product in partnership with the collection of black pearls for sale on the world market.

But the first battle in El Salvador was unfavorable: the pearls were not of good color, gray and dark, and their size was not good, just like the small projectiles used in the early muskets, and people were accustomed to the white white pearls, and they were not interested in this small black bead. In this way, El Salvador did not sell even one, and returned to Polynesia in vain.

Things got to the point where Asavado could have given up the black pearls and sold the stock at a bargain price, or paired it with some white pearls as jewelry and sold it. But El Salvador didn't do that, and he waited another year.

They worked hard to refine some of the best varieties, and then took samples with them to meet an old friend, Harry Winston, a legendary gem merchant. Winston agreed to display the pearls in his Fifth Avenue shop window, with an incredibly high price.

At the same time, El Salvador published full-page advertisements in several influential and richly printed magazines. Advertisement. A string of Tahitian black pearls against a backdrop of diamonds, rubies, emeralds. Shine brightly.

Not so long ago, it was contained in clusters of black-rimmed oyster shells hanging from ropes in Polynesian waters. The pearl that "no one knows in the deep sea" has now come to New York City, surrounded by the pink necks of the most popular opera actresses, and swaggering through Manhattan. In this way, what used to be of unknown value was finally praised as a rare treasure by El Salvador.

But in Vincent's view, the value of black pearls is not only this, as the black mystery culture gradually heats up in the world, the value of black pearls has far exceeded that of white pearls and small gold pearls. More and more people like them, so it should show that their value should also increase.

If it is hyped, Vincent feels that there is still a lot of room for improvement in the price of black pearls, so he has an idea.

"If we buy your pearls, Qin, I mean all the pearls here, what do you think?" Vincent asked.

Qin Shiou had a smile on his face, Vincent took the bait, and his second thought required him to think like this. But instead of turning his hole cards over, he shook his head and said, "No, Mr. Tiffany, you know the difference in value between Black Pearl and Black Pearl full set of jewelry. Right? Truth be told, I'm close to the Black family at Ritchie Auction House, as long as I get my hands on the jewelry. I can run a thematic auction and I can make more money. ”

Vincent said, "But that's not fair to us. Isn't it? You launch a full set of jewelry like this, and the value of our black pearls will decrease. And. I'm a luxury merchant, I'm a jewelry designer, and it hurts me so much that you show me 2,000 black pearls and tell me they can't belong to me! ”

Qin Shiou sat down and stroked these black pearls with his hands casually, Liv and Cassel looked at these pearls nervously, for fear that he would accidentally sweep the pearls to the ground, which would be a pity. Vincent was watching his expression, hoping to take the two thousand black pearls.

Pretending to think for a while, Qin Daguan asked solemnly, "Do you want to buy these black pearls?" All of them, more than two thousand? ”

Vincent nodded and said, "Yes, and I can pay in cash!" ”

Qin Shiou pretended to be very entangled and frowned, he thought for a while and asked, "Then let's be honest, Mr. Tiffany, how much are you willing to pay?" ”

"It requires my team to assess and grade the quality of the pearls, and we have a professional valuation team......," Vincent said.

Qin Shiou waved his hand and said, "If the texture of these black pearls is as good as the one sold to you just now, how much are you willing to pay if you give me an estimate first?" ”

In this way, it was Vincent's turn to think about it, he glanced at Liv and Cassel, and the two left, leaving only him and Qin Shiou, more than two thousand black pearls, this is a question about Tiffany's future development strategy, and a lot of information needs to be kept secret.

"At least $140 million!" Vincent said after calculating in his mind for a moment.

Qin Shiou laughed and said, "How much do you think the Night Empress is worth?" And the Black Pearls I use can't compare to what I have, and I can now make ten sets of Night Queens, Sunny Queens, and even Star Queens! ”

"Okay, so what price do you want me to offer?" Vincent asked with a sigh.

"I don't want the price, I'm going to take a stake in Tiffany with the ultimate value of these black pearls!" Qin Shiou said his true purpose.

Yes, by taking a stake in Tiffany, he wants to join this vast luxury empire, even if it is only to share a small piece of the empire's territory, it is better than selling the black pearl for money. Tiffany is a chicken that lays golden eggs, and Qin Shiou wants to buy the ownership of this chicken, not one or two golden eggs.

With the black lipped mussels skyrocketing, and the huge red coral he has at the bottom of the sea, he has too many gems in his hands. If it is only used to sell for money, then he will make less and less money in the future, because he can invest too many red coral and black pearls, which will hit the market price.

Rare things are expensive, and when they are no longer scarce, they are worthless.

So, it's not reliable to turn these gemstones into luxury jewelry, and it's not reliable to let him run his own jewelry store, and jewelry needs to be historical, so he wants to take a stake in Tiffany.

Hearing his words, Vincent was startled and asked in disbelief, "You want to take a stake in my empire with just these black pearls?" Just some black pearls? ”

Qin Shiou shrugged and said, "No, in addition to black pearls, there are also red corals. ”

"That's impossible!" Vincent laughed, looking at Qin Shiou's gaze with some contempt, he has this confidence in this regard, Tiffany is the Taishan Beidou of the world's luxury industry!

Qin Shiou said lightly: "What about providing two thousand black pearls and one hundred kilograms of deep-sea red coral every year?" I think if you're not interested in this, then Cartier and Bulgari should be. ”

Vincent frowned, things were not going to be easy today. (To be continued.) )