Chapter 380: Antwerp Diamond Bank
Back at the hotel, Muyang picked up the information he had collected before and continued to study. Now they need to decide on a good goal before they can figure out how to start.
Muyang's previous idea was to steal the diamonds stored in the underground warehouse of the diamond center waiting to be traded, but he suddenly discovered one thing, ten years ago, the Antwerp Diamond Center claimed to have the world's most secure anti-theft measures, but it was looted by thieves once, and the stolen diamonds have not been recovered.
Since then, the security measures here have been tightened, so it is not a good idea to go after the warehouses in the trading center.
Now, Muyang's goal has shifted to other aspects. For example, the interception of diamond trucks, where diamonds are traded through Kimberley, are transported to the docks after each transaction and then shipped around the world.
In or in the Diamond Bank.
As for why Muyang targeted the diamond bank, because he was reporting on a diamond named "Ruilier".
Ruilier is from South Africa, it is said that a shepherd boy accidentally picked it up while grazing, at first he didn't care, but because the stone is very beautiful, he took it home for his sister to play with, Ruilier is the child's mother, once a person named Siuk came to their house as a guest, Ruilier accidentally mentioned the matter of this stone, Siuk proposed to give it a try, and then tried to scratch the glass, it was easily scratched, Siuk suspected that it was a diamond.
He then took the diamond to the big city for identification, and finally determined that the stone was a diamond, and was named Ruilier.
But the diamond no longer has anything to do with the South African family. They didn't even get a penny.
Weighing 121.58 carats, the Rellier was cut and polished into a pear-shaped diamond. It has a total of 64 facets and weighs 52.18 carats. It is ranked 28th in the world as a diamond.
The diamond is stored in the Diamond Bank in Antwerp.
Of course, the vault of the Diamond Bank is not limited to this diamond, it is estimated that hundreds of millions of dollars worth of diamonds are stored in it, and of course, Ruilier is certainly the brightest pearl among them.
Gathering intelligence and preparing an action plan is the next step, and several people began to prepare. And Mu Yang also changed his identity, acting separately from the team, and becoming an Italian, during this period, Mu Yang will not have much contact with Kyle and the others, and they will only exist as his private logistics support group, and will not directly participate in the theft.
Muyang returned to Malmö in the time and space of the Anti-Japanese War and selected diamonds in his treasure house. There are not many diamonds in his treasure chest, and the main reason is that Southeast Asia is not the main source of diamonds. But there are still some, and it is not known how they came about.
Muyang opened the small box where the diamonds were stored, and the diamonds inside were covered with the bottom of the box, and Muyang picked them out. The largest one is about the size of a thumb nail, and Mu Yang measured the weight, 4.76 carats. Most of the rest range from one carat to three carats.
These diamonds are all cut polished diamonds, Muyang suspects. These things should have been directly deducted from the hands of those wealthy merchants in Nanyang.
Forget it, take it all.
Muyang was not in a hurry to return to the mission space. Instead, he accompanied Xia Kejun in Malmö for two days before going back.
During this time, Muyang has not actually given up the development of other time and space, although he has not had much time to go, but if he has time, he still comes over often, arranges to deal with some things, and gets together with women.
Muyang dressed up and turned into a tall white man, and walked into the tall Antwerp Diamond Bank.
"Good morning, sir, I don't know what can be done for you." A young man in a crisp black suit walked over and asked respectfully.
"I'd like to open a safe, I've got some diamonds to store." Muyang said.
"Okay, please come with me here, and I'll introduce you to the specific business." The bank service staff led Muyang to a seat in the hall and sat down, first poured Muyang a cup of coffee, and then took out a document and put it in front of Muyang.
"Sir, this is a list of all the services of our diamond bank, of which storage is the main business, of course, we can also help you contact buyers and so on."
"Before storing, we will ask the most professional appraiser to do a test of your diamond, which should be written on the deposit certificate to avoid problems that may cause unpleasantness later."
"Now I'll tell you about the cost of identification and storage, identification requires ......"
Muyang listened patiently to the explanation of the service staff, and asked some small questions from time to time, and finally Muyang said that he brought diamonds today and could go through storage procedures.
Soon the service staff called a person in charge, and the receptionist's work was transferred to the person in charge, and the person in charge led Muyang to a VIP room and invited two appraisers to start evaluating and testing the diamonds taken by Muyang.
Muyang brought a total of 11 diamond particles of different sizes, the largest of which was the 4.76 carat diamond, and the smallest was 1.5 carats.
It took about an hour for the appraiser to put the appraisal report in front of Muyang, the diamonds are all natural diamonds, and then evaluated in accordance with the 4C standard, Muyang's job is to sign the appraisal report.
Of course, if the depositor does not agree with the bank's appraisal, he can also go to other testing institutions to do the appraisal, as long as it is an institution recognized by the diamond bank, it will also work here.
Muyang carefully read the appraisal and signed.
In duplicate, the account manager put away one of them for archiving, and handed the other to Muyang, and then asked Muyang to provide his ID card or passport, issued a depositor information, and handled a pass card.
Mu Yang has this card, and the next time he comes, he can directly enter the vault room, of course, he can only open the one he is in.
But at least the key to the first door was obtained.
The account manager led Muyang through the first safety door, which was about 20 centimeters thick and looked extremely silvery, and Muyang guessed that it should be made of high-strength stainless steel alloy.
This door requires Muyang and the account manager to show their cards at the same time and verify their identities before entering.
The second gate needs to be opened by the account manager and a fixed guard, this gate is more wide, Muyang is more than 60 centimeters thick, such a gate, even if it is bombarded with artillery, it will not necessarily be damaged, unless it is used with naval guns. (To be continued.) )