From Ancient Times to the Present Chapter Eighty-Eight: Bloody Diamonds
Probably because the IQ of a woman in love will decrease, and she believes every word of her boyfriend for no reason.
Hai Ruyu, a university teacher who has studied both Chinese and Western, actually believed Li Qingcang's nonsense lie.
The tone was a little more cheerful and less worried, and he asked, "Really, is the security company run by mercenaries?" You didn't go to war, did you? ”
Li Qingcang hurriedly replied: "No, no, absolutely not!" Xiao Yu'er, can you come to France this time to relax, we will go to the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Arc de Triomphe, the Seine...... Let's have fun and experience the romance of this country! ”
Hai Ruyu was intoxicated by what Li Qingcang said, and after staying for a long time, she sighed leisurely: "Qingcang, after you finished training last time, I wanted to come to France to see you, but my mother disagreed, she didn't object to me being with you, but she was against you being a mercenary, if you were a mercenary, my family would not agree to us being together." ”
Li Qingcang's heart tightened when he heard this, and after being stunned for a while, he thought to himself that it was no wonder that Hai Ruyu's mother, a scholarly family like them, could be willing to let her daughter be with a mercenary who was hovering on the line of life and death all day long, holding the phone and couldn't help but be speechless.
Hai Ruyu on the other end of the phone didn't hear Li Qingcang speak for a long time, probably thinking that he had misunderstood, and quickly explained: "Qingcang, don't think about it, I can't come to see you for the time being, but I miss you all the time in my heart, I know that you went out for our safety."
"If that "iron will" can leave, you try to come back as soon as possible, we are all worried about you, and when you come back, my father said that he will accompany you to explain the accidental killing of squad leader Zhang to the army.
"When the time comes, I believe that the military will not be unreasonable with your credit for saving so many of us in Blackwater City, and my father also said that with your understanding of Western Xia culture, it will be easy to find something to do in the archaeological community, don't take risks outside. Come back early, Qingcang, I miss you so much! ”
Li Qingcang listened to the beautiful woman's heart, and his heart was also full of knots, but he clearly knew that he was adapting to such an exciting and violent life, and he really didn't want to go back to China to be a well-behaved citizen.
And it's not easy for him to leave the "iron blood" now, half a year of special training, he also figured out that just his "special training" in the Foreign Legion iron blood spent a lot of energy and money on him, just leaving like this, it is unreasonable to say it, it is better to go on a few missions here with his comrades.
At the moment, I can only coax Xiao Yu'er to talk about it first, remembering that Xiao Yu'er likes photography, so I quickly bypassed the topic of being a mercenary and talked to Xiao Yu'er about the scenery of Africa. The two of them chatted for a long time before hanging up.
After the phone call, I took off my clothes, took a shower happily, and just wanted to sleep, when the door was knocked on by ping-pong.
When he opened the door, Razor was standing at the door, pulling him out without saying a word, Li Qingcang was puzzled and asked, "Where are you going early this morning?" ”
Razor replied: "Go and sell this batch of diamonds, the captain has already contacted the buyer in Angola and made an appointment to meet today, this diamond was found by you, so the captain will take you over to have a look, and then help you open an account by the way, and transfer the money to your account." ”
When Li Qingcang heard this, he thought that these soldiers were really discerning and resolute, and they didn't rest after they came back. Make money without a moment's delay, and don't talk nonsense, and hurriedly follow the razor away.
Walking out of the barracks, a Humvee was parked on the playground, the captain was waiting in the car, Razor opened the door and drove away from the barracks.
The three of them drove for about two hours to a manor house on the outskirts of Marseille, where the high walls were full of cameras, and there were bodyguards in suits and leather shoes wearing sunglasses at the iron gate.
Razor rolled down the window and showed his face, and after he said that he had made an appointment with "Cook", the bodyguard looked inside the car and waved him away.
The iron gate slowly opened, and after the car entered the manor, Li Qingcang found that the garden area was very large, and several Gothic buildings in the garden were connected to form a huge villa group standing in the center of the courtyard.
The vault of Jianlak has red tiles and white walls, the courtyard is covered with flowers, the grass is green, there is an outdoor swimming pool on the lawn in addition to a marble fountain statue, and there are some bodyguards in suits and leather shoes walking around in the garden.
A housekeeper-like person stood on the cobblestone driveway waiting for them, after getting out of the car, the three people followed the housekeeper directly into the villa, the decoration inside is also splendid, there are many gilded exquisite patterns on the doors and windows, many famous paintings are hung on the walls of the living room and corridor, the shiny solid wood floor and thick wool carpet everywhere show the luxury taste of the villa owner.
In the living room, a fat man dressed in bells and whistles, wearing sunglasses and holding a cigar is lazily lying on a large sofa, and two sexy blondes are massaging him.
Hearing someone coming in, the fat man looked back, immediately stood up, spread his hands, and exclaimed happily: "Hey, Colonel, razor, long time no see!" What good goods do you have for me this time, looking at you like this, I know that you must have good things for me, who is this friend? ”
Captain Fleming smiled and said, "This is our new member of the 'Iron Will', this time the good goods are the ones he found, you can call him the 'Black Knight'." ”
Then he said to Li Qingcang: "This is 'Cook', our old friend. France's biggest arms dealer and black marketeer, a celebrity in the underworld, can be approached for any shady business. ”
The fat man named "Cook" looked up to the sky and said with a smile: "You are too exalted to me, I am just a slightly more daring businessman, this friend's nickname is 'Black Samurai', Japanese?" ”
Li Qingcang shook his head and said, "Chinese." ”
Cook slapped his forehead in annoyance and said, "Damn it! I was misled by this nickname, the spirit of bushido in the country of Japan misled me, it is rare for Chinese to come out as mercenaries, and you can also enter the 'iron blood', it seems that you are a kung fu master! After exchanging a few words with Li Qingcang, he turned his face to the captain and asked, "What about the goods you brought?" ”
The captain took out the small cloth bag containing the diamonds and handed it to Cook, who took it and reversed the weight, saying, "It seems that you have gained a lot this time."
Then he stared at the poorly made cloth bag in his hand for a while, took a deep breath in the air, and said, "I smell Africa, it must be 'blood diamonds'!" ”
Li Qingcang couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, this Cook didn't look amazing, he guessed the origin of the diamond just by looking at the cloth bag, and sure enough, there were two brushes.
Unexpectedly, Razor let Cook reveal his hole cards with a word. I saw Razor grin and said, "Okay! You well-informed fellow, don't pretend to be a ghost here, where will you not know the news of our trip to Angola? Yes, these diamonds are bloody diamonds, obtained from Angola. ”
Cook was not angry, and said to the two beauties next to him with a smile: "You all go down, and go and call Justin to me by the way." ”
The two women kissed Cook's fat face before reluctantly leaving, and Cook wiped the lipstick on his face as he said, "These things must not be seen by women, you know, women have no resistance to shiny things like dragons." ”
The captain and razor smiled to express their understanding, and after a while, a man in a suit and leather shoes, who looked very capable, walked in with a black suitcase, nodded slightly to Li Qingcang and the others, came to Cook's side, and called "boss" softly. Then he stood beside Cook and waited for instructions.
Cook pointed to the man and said, "His name is Justin, he is the chief appraiser of the Maison Boucheron Jewellery, and he is working with me now." ”
Then he pointed to Li Qingcang and the three of them and said: "These are my old friends, the diamonds are theirs, you can help me identify them, and then give me a reasonable price." ”
Justin took the cloth bag handed by Cook, put it on the table, then took out the white cloth from the lockbox and spread it on the table, took out a tenfold electronic magnifying glass and a small electronic scale, and took out a pair of white silk gloves and brought them on.
Then he poured the diamonds in the bag on the white cloth on the table, Li Qingcang did not look at the diamonds carefully the night he got them, and now he looks at them again in the full light.
I saw a small soybean size, a large one the size of a broad bean, and a few pink and light blue colored diamonds, although they were still uncut and polished rough diamonds, but under the light of the light, they were already scorching and dazzling.
The expression on Cook's face on the side was visibly excited. Justin looked calm, picked up a blue diamond the size of a broad bean, and began to carefully identify it under a magnifying glass.
There are forty-eight diamonds in total, and the last time I handed them to the captain, the captain counted them out in front of everyone.
Justin was very careful. Each one is first placed under a 10x electronic magnifying glass to observe the authenticity of the diamond, its merits and disadvantages, and then placed on an electronic balance to weigh it. After weighing, make a note in the small notebook you carry.
After all the identifications were completed, it took about three hours, and the diamonds on the white cloth were divided into several piles, the size of soybeans was basically piled together, and the broad bean-sized ones were also piled together, and the three pink diamonds and two blue diamonds were placed separately.
Justin rubbed his eyes, dropped two drops of eye drops to eliminate the fatigue of his eyes, carefully checked the data on the paper and the number of diamonds, and then took out the computer and crackled and calculated.
"Judging by the associated ores attached to the diamonds, this batch of diamonds should be blood diamonds from Angola, Africa, with good volume and condition, and high purity, especially these two pink diamonds and three blue diamonds, which have such a large volume and no cracks and flaws, which are quite good colors." After the calculation was completed, Justin said with a pair of eyes full of red threads.
Li Qingcang thought to himself when he heard this, and sure enough, he had a specialization in the art industry. This Justin is worthy of being the chief jewelry appraiser of a large company, and he can know the origin of the diamond at a glance, unlike Cook, who guesses the origin of their diamond by intelligence.