Chapter 255: Orrosa (2)
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Chapters 253 to 254 have been rewritten, go and see the ...... Otherwise, you won't be able to read the bird......
Constantine. Cloven's face was swollen and numb, like he had been slapped back and forth dozens of times, he was not as smart as others, and his reaction was a little sluggish, but he understood what Madame meant, and she picked him because he was the stupidest.
Madame did not seem to notice the shame and anger of her adopted son, and she stretched out her hand and turned the ring with gold diamonds in a bored manner: "So, you have confirmed with them that you will pay the bill with diamonds?"
"Yes," said Konstantin, "the diamond is small and light, and it can be converted into cash or used as collateral."
"Do they want to cut the finished product or the blank?"
"The finished product," Konstantin said, "we have a dispute over the price of the blank, so we choose the finished product for all." He is also right, a large part of the value of a diamond depends on the later cutting and polishing, and it is normal for the price of a batch of rough to fluctuate between 100,000 yuan and 1 million yuan.
"How are you going to give it to them?"
Konstantin hesitated for a moment: "We can't just hand over the diamond — we can't disclose where it went."
Madame pouted, she was the one who had lived through the war, which had lasted for more than twenty years, and its aftermath had not been completely erased to this day—the regions and countries where the diamonds were produced were still in violence, bloodshed, and endless fratricidal warfare, and the dictators and rebels drove their people like pigs and sheep to dig for diamonds, which they then exchanged for the weapons necessary to maintain their rule, armaments, fuel, food, medicine, transportation, and mercenary armies, A large number of high-quality and low-priced rough diamonds have rushed into the market almost without restraint, causing the price of diamonds to plummet. The World Diamond Central Unified Organization, which controlled 90 percent of the world's diamond trade at the time, did not believe that this situation could be sustained.
They used every means to convince people that they could stop civil strife, abuse, and massacres if they didn't buy diamonds from the troubled region—the organization's ideas and proposals were supported by many powerful people in a short period of time, and no one wanted to wear a beautiful diamond ring with one or more tragic souls—eventually. Sixty-one of the five major diamond producing regions have signed a World Diamond Process Certification Agreement with the country, which states that they produce it. Diamonds above 0.5 carats must be laser-stamped with a code indicating the place of origin. If regional and national diamonds are proven to be used to buy arms, or to hire troops, then the exchange has the right to terminate their legal trade.
Who will benefit the most from this agreement?
Oh, don't be naïve, of course it's not the ordinary people in those turbulent areas, and there's only one winner who can benefit a lot from it – a certain joint mining company standing behind the sales organization.
The rulers who had been shut down from legal trading were not going to sit idly by, they would simply dig up more diamonds and smuggle them for sale—for a tenth of what they used to be—at a tenth of the price, and a thousand percent of the profits attracted countless diamond merchants, most of which went to the United Mining Company—which had done nothing more than shut down one or two small exchanges for the deal. But there is no mention of the origin of 15 percent of rough diamonds.
Orrosa's diamond production and reserves are increasing year by year, and it has become a threat, still a very disobedient one. The World Diamond Center Sales Organization will be ecstatic to grab this little braid.
"Is there a way to get a batch of uncensored diamonds?"
"I can't guarantee that," Konstantin said, "the number is too large."
"What is our total payment?"
"175 million."
Madame did a quick calculation in her mind that the seller would not want a diamond less than 0.5 carats and more than 2 carats. Diamonds smaller than 0.5 carats have no value at all, while diamonds larger than two carats are easy to attract attention, and similarly, they cannot reveal the origin of the diamond, and a high-quality colorless diamond between one carat and two carats costs about 10,000 yuan per carat. It is not too difficult to have a high-quality diamond without a code of a few hundred carats, and tens of thousands of carats, as long as there is a problem with a polisher or inspector, various investigations and inquiries will follow.
The coded diamonds will be directly stamped at the unified sales organization through the Internet, and they will pay attention to the whereabouts of the diamonds, and it will be troublesome if they are not clear.
"Tell me about it." The lady said, "What are you going to say?"
"I want to make this batch of diamonds completely missing," Konstantin said, "and we will talk like normal business, sign contracts, do inspections, and the diamonds will be temporarily stored in the vault." Then, one night, the vault was opened and the diamonds were snatched. ”
"Whose vault? Ours?"
"Friend's." This statement means that the vault will belong to a perimeter.
"That batch of diamonds will become stolen goods."
"Yes, but they'll have a way to deal with it," Constantine said, "and Orrosa sells tens of millions of carats of diamonds every year." And," he said, "I'll also provide some diamond jewelry."
Madame understood what he meant almost immediately: "In platinum?"
"Yes," said Konstantin, "platinum."
Madame leaned back and stroked the leather rosary wrapped around her wrist with satisfaction.
"You've got a good idea," she praised, "and we're going to do that—last question, who are you going to let take the diamonds?"
“…… We?"
"No," said Madame, leaning forward, "let the people of the Bisandi family go." ”
"But," Konstantin stammered, "they ...... I won't want to. ”
"Then go and convince them," said Madame with that hateful smile, "that it was just a little green apple." Isn't it?"
((One second to remember)