Of course Li Mu has money, don't forget the pink diamond that he exchanged for two packs of instant noodles from Yu Zihao, but it has always been in Li Mu's mountaineering vest pocket, which is also the only "trading item" that Li Mu brought back from this trip to the end of the world.

However, it is not so easy to exchange this pink diamond for money.

Early the next morning, Li Mu drove his second-hand BYD directly to the National Jewelry and Jade Inspection Center to identify the pink diamonds.

With this certificate, Li Mu is completely relieved - Li Mu doesn't know how to identify diamonds, what if this is a fake? With a 30-year technological gap, it seems that it is not difficult to create a diamond that is difficult to distinguish from the fake. Now it has been identified as a diamond by a national appraisal agency with a professional instrument, so even if it is artificial in future technology, it is also a real diamond in the current world!

Before it was time to get off work in the morning, Li Mu hurried to Sotheby's auction house, but was told that they would not collect collections.

Gotta change places.

In the afternoon, Li Mu ran to find a pawn shop again, but after finding two Li Mu gave up - the current domestic pawn industry is still very informal.

Have a treasure in the air, but can't make a move? It seems that we have to find an "expert" for this matter.

"Teacher Cui, I'm Li Mu, hehe...... There's something I want to trouble you......"

The so-called Cui Jianhua, the name of Mr. Cui, is an art consultant that Li Mu cooperated with when he was an assistant director, this old man is an antique lover, and he is also quite famous in the antique shop in Beijing.

Cui Jianhua has been idle recently, so he helped without saying a word, and directly took Li Mu to the Beijing Guardian Auction House and went straight to the office of Vice President Chu Chaoyang.

The appraisal certificate that had just been released, coupled with the luster of the pink diamond he had seen with his own eyes, Chu Chaoyang was not calm on the spot. After a while, a group of appraisers and appraisers all crowded into the deputy general office, and the appraisers held the instruments to re-evaluate on the spot, and came to the conclusion that the appraisal report was consistent, and the appraisers assessed an approximate price - about six million US dollars by comparing the prices of similar diamonds that have been traded in various countries around the world over the years.

Li Mu frowned slightly, but he was soon relieved - Yu Zihao said that this pink diamond was worth 20 million US dollars, not to mention whether there was any suspicion of exaggeration, but only to say that in 30 years, how much would the price swell?

Two packs of instant noodles are just that, and if they can be exchanged for six million dollars, they have already made a lot of money!

"This price is estimated according to the international price, and the domestic respect for diamonds is not too high, and the final transaction price may not be so high." "But it's a loose diamond, and if you find a senior designer to design it into jewelry, it might be worth a little more." ”

"Li Mu, where did you get such a baby? Six million, or dollars? Cui Jianhua said with a look of astonishment. Cui Jianhua is an antique player and has no research on diamonds, but he doesn't want such a small stone to be so valuable.

"Hehe, a friend gave it to me, I didn't expect it to be so valuable." Li Mu said lightly, and directly changed the topic to Chu Chaoyang and said, "Mr. Chu, can you go to the auction?" ”

Mr. Chu glanced at Li Mu, but said to Cui Jianhua: "Mr. Cui, this diamond is very valuable, but I think Mr. Li may not understand the rules of our industry, you see?" ”

"No problem, I've worked with Li Mu several times, this kid is a real person, I'll help him carry it!" Cui Jianhua said immediately.

"Uh, what do you say?" Li Mu said blankly.

"As for the source of your diamonds, one is not a thief, and the other is not a pit, understand?" Cui Jianhua said.

Li Mu nodded, but he understood that Cui Jianhua was guaranteeing himself and was responsible.

"Okay, let's get straight to the point." Chu Chaoyang said, "With the value of this diamond, it will definitely be auctioned in autumn, and we will vigorously publicize and promote the diamond at that time, and strive to auction it at a good price......."

"Autumn auctions? When will it be held? Li Mu asked.

"The time for this year has not yet been decided, probably in mid-October." Chu Chaoyang Road.

"It's too late...... Li Mu frowned, "To be honest, I'm in a hurry to use the money, otherwise I wouldn't have taken it out." ”

"That's right...... If you don't go to the autumn auction, the transaction price is not guaranteed......" Chu Chaoyang frowned.

"It doesn't matter if it's a little less." Li Mu smiled, "If it weren't for the fact that this thing is too valuable, I'm going to find a pawn shop and mortgage it first." ”

"We Guardian also have a pawn business, but no one dares to accept your pink diamonds, hehe." Chu Chaoyang said with a smile, "Well, if Mr. Li is in a hurry, we will have a jewelry special next month, and the scale is not as big as the autumn auction, if Mr. Li doesn't care too much about the price, you can consider it." ”

"Next month......" Li Mu looked embarrassed, according to his plan, it was best to get the money within a week, so that he could probably save enough points to travel to and from the end of the world within half a month......

"Xiao Li, what trouble have you encountered? How much is the difference? Cui Jianhua asked.

"Oh, that's the case, the investor withdrew from the movie I made, and now I don't have the money for special effects, so I'm not thinking about making up some of my own and getting the film out first...... Li Mu said.

"I knew that your kid's use of money was related to movies." Cui Jianhua said, "Alas, there are really not many directors like you now, so I rush to this ...... How much do you lack? I'll put it on for you first! ”

"That's not possible, how can you use your money." Li Mu hurriedly said, "Mr. Chu, see if you can do this, I bet the diamond in your company, you give me a part of the money first, and when the diamond is auctioned out, then you will deduct the principal with interest, how about it?" ”

"That's ......" Chu Chaoyang frowned a little embarrassed and said, "How much do you need?" ”

"Eight million." Li Mu said.

"Xiao Chu, I can vouch for Xiao Li for this, if there is a problem, you can ask me for the eight million." Cui Jianhua immediately patted his chest and said.

"Okay, Mr. Cui's face must be given, but we must also follow the formalities...... Chu Chaoyang said.

The first is to sign an auction consignment contract, indicating that Li Mu will entrust the pink diamond to Guardian Auction to participate in this year's autumn auction. Guardian does not charge in the early stage, but after the auction is over, it will deduct 10% of the commission, 3% of the tax paid, and 1% of the insurance fee. And there should have been messy expenses such as publicity fees, color page fees, and lot storage fees, but they were waived for Cui Jianhua's sake.

In addition, a loan agreement was signed, that is, Li Mu borrowed 8 million Chinese yuan from Guardian, and paid the interest according to the bank's ordinary loan interest rate, and Cui Jianhua signed it as a guarantor - this favor is a bit big, who will be willing to help you guarantee the loan money these years?

Li Mu wrote down this favor, but he couldn't return it until he had the opportunity in the future.

However, with eight million in hand, Li Mu believes that according to his plan, it will not take long to return to the end of the world, and when he comes back, he can easily repay Cui Jianhua's favor......