Chapter 102: Medicine (8)

Dutois also vaguely heard about Huang Xuan's mortgage of a large number of artworks, of course, no one told him that there was a huge 1.2 billion, he turned his mind and smiled: "Does Mr. Huang want the bank to sell or mortgage on his behalf?" ”

"I'll find Southby for sale." Huang Xuan smiled and said, "It's still a mortgage, but let me tell you first, this is the jewelry that has been handed down from my family, and there is no appraisal certificate." ”

Dutoit chuckled twice and said, "There aren't that many rules in Switzerland. ”

His smile was playful, in fact, diamond smuggling has always been a major channel for diamond sales, and there is a well-established rule in the international diamond industry: as long as the tax on diamond imports exceeds 5% – this is a normal over-the-counter transaction (the cost of importing through informal channels, smugglers have profit margins). Because it is so easy to carry diamonds through the border, when China set a 17% import tariff on diamonds, many businesses in Shanghai became rich overnight with gray income.

Unlike Citibank, the Swiss Banking Federation has never minded collateralizing risky assets, backed by secrecy laws, and the value of the collateral is far more important than the source of the collateral – what could be harder than a diamond?

Ditoit's laughter woke Huang Xuan, and he patted his head to understand the mistake he had made, he was just thinking about contacting Pfizer through Citi, but he forgot about the advantages of UBS. But it is also a mistake, if it were not for Citi taking so much of his interest, the capitalists might have lost interest in helping in the conflict in the United States.

Huang Xuan's diamonds purchased in P101 are all carat diamonds, and the later purchases are more than 5 carats, and when it is time to leave, the Americans who have heard the news have taken out more than 10 carats of heavyweight guys - it should be noted that the diamond, known as the world's most transparent commodity, diamonds, its GIA international quotation is only 10.99 carats, in other words, more than 11 carats of diamonds, the number of rarity has no need for a unified quotation.

Of course, bigger is not always better, the lowest 10-carat diamond in the 4C grade is worth only $2,000 per carat, while the highest is worth $178,000 – and no diamond that has been screened by Lorraine is of a lower grade.

Hurriedly returning to Nanjing, Dutoit invited 6 appraisers from Sotheby's (Sotheby's) and Christie's, plus translators and assistants, a total of more than 20 people. This is completely different from Aubrey, who belongs to Dutoit, the private property management company of UBS in Asia, has the right and style to be European, although his "sex" may be very American, but when he works, he is rigorous and serious throughout.

Coincidentally, one of the people from Sotheby's was familiar with Huang Xuan, who was Liu Ziqing, the auctioneer at the time of his first stamp sale.

Huang Xuan was slightly surprised, remembering that Liu Ziqing was just an auctioneer, he greeted everyone, walked up to Liu Ziqing and asked, "Mr. Liu has a specialty in jewelry?" ”

"Where?" Liu Ziqing smiled: "I'm here to be a translator for Daniel." He pointed to a black man with thick lips.

"You're welcome." Huang Xuan gently shook Daniel's hand.

Liu Ziqing said a few words to Daniel, and said: "Before I came, Mr. Derek told me to let me find a way to persuade Mr. Huang to auction a batch of diamonds at Sotheby's, but I didn't expect to meet an acquaintance. ”

After he finished speaking, he looked at Huang Xuan's expression, and the latter smiled slightly: "These diamonds were all left to me by the family, and it is because there is no appraisal certificate that I want to invite you to come, how can it be auctioned." ”

"It's all easy to do." Liu Ziqing lowered his voice when he said this, his eyelids did not blink, and he was very Chinese.

In fact, Huang Xuan occasionally likes this Chinese style, and he is used to patting Liu Ziqing on the shoulder with "sex", and he is very old-fashioned: "Then we'll talk about it later." ”

This action made Liu Ziqing, who was still familiar with Huang Xuan, a little stunned, and immediately smiled. Speaking of which, since he came into contact with Sloan and other veteran managers, in Huang Xuan's thoughts: If I don't lose money in negotiations with Ford, then I won't lose money in negotiations with anyone.

Whether it's right or wrong, the mentality is much more relaxed.

Still in Gloria Glorias's suite, the hotel waiter quietly left after preparing coffee for everyone present, while Huang Xuan went back to the room to pick up things in disguise, and when he came out, he was carrying a box full of mooncakes.

When he opened the lid in front of his head, the room was silent, and everyone present, whether it was an appraiser or a translator, all looked stunned with straight eyes.

Anyone who sees hundreds of diamonds gathered together will probably have the same expression.

When Huang Xuan took it back that day, he also looked at it for a long time, but now he didn't feel anything, he casually picked out a finger-sized diamond from it, threw it in his hand, and said, "I'm sorry everyone." ”

A somewhat chaotic answer just rang out, Daniel took the lead in picking up a 10x magnifying glass and looked at it, since it is a mortgage, as long as the price is calculated according to the GIA standard, the main problem is to judge the 4C grade.

In addition to the initial surprise, Dutois maintained an expression of amazement, and it seemed that he was still very envious of the Huang family's rich family. In fact, if the Huang family really had the heart to collect jewelry, the amount of jewelry would be much more than that.

Huang Xuan sipped his coffee gently, and before taking it, Lorraine had already given him an estimate, which was worth about $380 million, and if everything was normal, the final valuation should be about the same.

Ditois looked at it for a while, then walked to Huang Xuan's side, and said with a smile: "Mr. Huang is the most amazing Oriental rich man I have ever seen." ”

"That's my grandfather." Huang Xuan intentionally or unintentionally turned his eyes away from him, and said lightly: "When will this loan be completed?" ”

"UBS is the most efficient bank, and as long as the valuation is determined, there will be no problem for a maximum of one day." Dutois boasted and glanced at the big diamond Daniel was holding, it was a big guy with 20 carats, according to the price of 10 carats, it was worth more than 300 US dollars, but in fact, its price was multiplied by more than 5 times.

To use an inappropriate analogy, Huang Xuan can be regarded as a stop at the moment, when you often "sexually" "knead" dozens of big diamonds in your hands, and then see these things that are hundreds of millions of times more expensive than glass, the feeling is not very deep, he seems to be looking at the traffic downstairs intently, and said softly: "Then please help me buy about 100 million US dollars of crude oil spot again, or send it to Santos Port like last time." ”

Dutois almost suspected that Huang Xuan was buying oil for the "government", but he agreed. Bank syndicates are the most law-defying organizations, and they are ready to change the law for the sake of profits for years to come, whenever they need to, regardless of the consequences of such changes.