Chapter 384, Diamonds
"Diamonds?" Luo Ji, who heard this word, smiled, there were not too many surprises, and there were not too many surprises, just simply laughed.
And standing below, Li Ke, who didn't think much about it, also told Li Yuanjie about when he first discovered the diamond, and at this moment, Luo Ji couldn't help but laugh even happier.
As an ordinary modern person, what is the first adjective that comes to mind when you hear the word 'diamond'?
Expensive, valuable, these two adjectives absolutely occupy the vast majority, on the basis of this, an ordinary person suddenly finds himself digging a diamond mine, of course, he is inevitably ecstatic, and he will inevitably do some nouveau riche stupid things.
And through Li Ke's mouth, Luo Ji learned that the stupidest thing Li Yuanjie ever did was to spread the mined diamonds on the bed, and this thing was not too panicked......
But Li Yuanjie got one thing wrong, diamonds are a subtle thing, to put it bluntly, Luo Ji said that diamonds are valuable, then they are valuable, and if Luo Ji says that it is just a broken stone that will shine, then it can only be a broken stone.
In the early days, because of its gorgeous appearance and scarce production, diamonds were loved by the aristocracy and became a symbol of their power, status and wealth.
No one hates beautiful things, and the scarcity of production further increases the value of diamonds, after all, there are many things in the world that can be added to the value of the diamond to a certain extent by adding words such as 'limited', 'rare', 'unique'.
And how did it become popular in the Celestial Empire? To put it bluntly and ugly, it is to worship foreign flattery......
Of course, it can also be understood as a victory for marketing, 'diamonds are eternal, one is forever', this advertising slogan, many people should have heard it, right? Even once upon a time, I was brainwashed by this advertisement.
It is precisely because of this marketing that the precious and eternal image of diamonds has been completely established, and the subsequent advertisements that have come one after another have directly tied diamonds with 'love', 'loyalty' and 'marriage'.
When you're about to propose to a woman, bring a 'pigeon egg' with you, and your chances of success will skyrocket.
Because for women, a diamond ring can satisfy their vanity and enjoy the envy of those around them at the same time, but also prove that the man's loyalty to her and love for her, the bigger the diamond on it, of course, the better, the bigger, the more he loves you.
The establishment of this concept made the Celestial Empire suddenly become the country with the highest demand and sales of diamonds in the world at that time.
But let's look at the essence, in fact, the bigger the diamond on it, the only thing that can prove it is that the man is richer.
Of course, having money is very important, so in recent years, the diamond market has not been as prosperous as before, because the people of the Celestial Empire are now popular to get married and give cars and houses......
Although Li Yuanjie was a little stupid, after a while, he obviously discovered the essence of this diamond, after all, in this era, there is no group of profiteers to market those diamonds.
A group of orcs under his hand looked at it holding a pile of glowing stones and smirked at it, the more they looked like a stupid man, and they couldn't notice it, so over time, those diamonds were casually thrown into the warehouse by Li Yuanjie.
Now Luo Ji asked Li Ke to get those diamonds, I have to say, there are a lot of them, it is estimated that when he first found it, he made Li Yuanjie happy, wasted a lot of effort to mine diamonds, and even wasted a lot of effort to polish them into diamonds.
However, the craftsmanship of this era is limited, and the pieces of diamonds look really rough, but even so, they still emit a brilliant light under the sun.
However, after admiring this beauty for a while, Luo Ji casually threw the thumb-sized diamond on the table that is estimated to make many people crazy in modern times.
This diamond is indeed gorgeous and dazzling, however, after losing the layer of packaging that has been given, it quickly makes Luo Ji feel a burst of aesthetic fatigue.
Pretending to be forced to say that this thing is too superficial, vulgar, and extremely gorgeous in appearance, but it makes people feel nothing, and it is far less than the black jade carp he plays with in his hand every day and the jade wrench on his thumb that he loves.
Of course, according to the current situation, Luo Ji didn't mind marketing this diamond to achieve his goal of driving the business development of the orc tribe.
"Huh?" Just as he was pondering like this, there was a strange brilliance in the small basket of diamonds that caught his eye.
Luo Ji reached in and dialed it, and soon, a piece of sky blue diamond was held in his hand, and he gestured at the sun, and the blue diamond suddenly exuded a brilliant color.
"It's a good piece, it's just too big, and it's suitable for a crown or scepter, but if it's used to make jewelry, it feels a bit tacky."
As soon as he thought of this, the corners of Luo Ji's mouth curled slightly, and he asked the guards beside him to go outside and pick up a stone to come in, and then looked at the blue diamond on the table, and slapped it down with a 'bang'.
The hardness of this thing is indeed known as the world's hardest ore, but the toughness is insufficient, in other words, this thing can't withstand heavy blows, so that a little force, it is easy to smash.
At this point, the blue diamond, which is large enough to rank among the top few in the world in modern society, was planted on the stone that Luo Ji picked up casually.
After filming, Luo Ji threw the stone away, and then his fingers flicked for a while, and picked two of them that were about the right size, "Not bad, that's it......
Muttering to himself, Luo Ji quickly took out another piece of paper, and while writing and drawing on the paper, he asked casually, "He Liang, how is the silver mine discovered two months ago, how is the mining and research?" ”
"According to the people below, it went very well, Your Majesty."
"Good." Luo Ji nodded with satisfaction, and then handed the drawing and the two blue diamonds to a guard beside him.
"The polishing method and style of the diamond are all on this design drawing, go and find me the best craftsman in the civilization of the world, and let him cooperate with the silver to make the two blue diamonds into earrings, as for the rest ......"
Speaking of which, Luo Ji glanced at the pile of 'wreckage' on his desk, a whole piece of complete blue diamonds, at this time, the broken ones were large and small, and the big ones were placed in modern times, and it was estimated that they could still fetch a sky-high price, so they were discarded, and it seemed to be a bit wasteful.
After thinking about it for a while in his heart, Luo Ji made a decision, "Let's make a bracelet for the rest." ”