When Lu Hong heard Sima Qi's uncovered revelation, he was also a little surprised, "Oh, Sima Qi, are you trying to show your sincerity? Or show your cleverness?"

Sima Qi smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, of course, is showing my sincerity... The guy should have also introduced to you. The remuneration I received is not low in the comprador of the foreign company in Dongjiaomin Lane, but I will definitely win the greatest profit for you when dealing with foreigners!"

After hearing this guy's boastful introduction, Lu Hong still looked at the guy calmly, and just looked at the guy calmly, "Sima Qi, it's better to do it well than to say it well. I'm doing a jewelry business. Just introduce it to me. There are some foreign companies in Dongjiaominxiang that can do this business, and the bid is reasonable!"

After hearing Lu Hong's words, Sima Qi's eyes lit up. The jewelry business was a big deal, and the rewards he could get were naturally rising. However, Mr. Lu's request seemed a bit difficult. He asked him to introduce foreign merchants to him. Could it be that he wanted to leave himself behind...

Just when his expression was unstable, Lu Hong's voice turned cold, "Sima Qi, is there anything else that's wrong with this?"

This surprised him. He still didn't understand the origin of this person. He seemed to be quite imposing. He also spoke of the jewelry business. When he first met, he thought he was a young master from the capital with a yellow belt and a red belt. However, when he heard this accent, he was speaking in Mandarin, and he was definitely not from the capital.

Obviously he was unwilling to go to the door for business, not to mention that it was a big deal. He immediately laughed and said, "Young Master Lu, this question you raised is a bit troublesome. In fact, this is not fair to foreigners. It depends on the favor. The familiar face and the rich face are very different. If I introduce several households to you, there is no one in the middle, then the transaction will probably be difficult to do smoothly!"

Lu Hong nodded with something, he came here to find an intermediary. After all, it was not convenient for him to come forward on many things. He stared at Sima Qi and thought for a while before asking: "This is a reason, but, if you don't have the ability to approve me, how could I feel at ease to use you?"

"Mr. Lu, you can rest assured. I have been a comprador in Dongjiaomin Lane for more than ten years, so I naturally have my own means. Since the young master is in the jewelry business, the most important thing is the valuation. I will first ask a regular customer from Shengxing Jewelry Store to estimate the price of the goods you have. Let's go to foreigners to negotiate the price code. You must not let you suffer any losses, right?" After saying this, Sima Qi looked at Lu Hong with great anticipation, and could see that he was very concerned about this ticket.

Lu Hong pondered for a while, and saw that the expectant expression on Sima Qi's face had become a little condensed, then he patted the table and said calmly: "Go now!"

Seeing the sale, Sima Qi immediately stood up and went out to meet Lu Hong, leaving a room of compradors to discuss it curiously... Beijing City is divided into outer city, inner city, also known as the Imperial City, and the Forbidden City is in the middle of the Imperial City. After the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, the Imperial City was the residence of the Eight Banners' children, and the outer city was Han people. After more than two hundred years of changes, things and people in this Imperial City have changed a lot.

After the Opium War, foreigners occupied Dongjiaomin Lane close to the Forbidden City. As the embassy area, many foreign businesses have been born in the imperial city, while other important commercial areas in Beijing are mostly in the outer city. Lu Hong took the carriage called by Sima Qi and soon saw the Dashengxing jewelry store he mentioned on the west side of Dashilan. At the same time, Lu Hong also noticed that there were at least four or five jewelry stores in this generation with a storefront that was no less than Dashengxing.

After entering Dashengxing, the guy came to greet him in the morning and said, "Mr. Sima" and welcomed the two into the side hall. After a while, a shopkeeper in his forties came out with one-legged glasses and clasped his fists at the two of them in a harmonious manner. "This morning, there were magpies calling in front of the door. It turned out that Mr. Sima was here. I wonder what this distinguished guest was called?"

Sima Qi laughed and stood up, pulled the shopkeeper to the opposite side and sat down, pointing to Lu Hong, "Shopkeeper Hu, this is Mr. Lu, he has some goods on hand, please tell me whether it can be done. It depends on your sincerity!" He pointed to Mr. Hu again, "Young Master Lu, this is Hu Yifei, the second shopkeeper of Dashengxing Jewelry Company, and that is the best expert in this jewelry store in the Dashalan Street intersection!"

Lu Honggong bowed and said that the jewellery business looked good. However, the reason why he didn't want to trade with local jewellers was that he was afraid of causing trouble. In this huge capital, there were so many officials and princes. The industries here were probably involved with these families, and the other was that he hoped that the gems would be sold smoothly. In this era, domestic merchants all rely on the government offices for their own business. The real business was far less than those of the foreigners who had traveled across the ocean.

"Shopkeeper Hu, I have some jewelry from Southeast Asia. I'm sorry to ask you to estimate the price. If you need to pay, it's okay to say it!" Lu Hong said to death with a mouth.

The shopkeeper Hu still looked kind and said with a smile: "Master Lu, I'm just seeing you. The customers brought by Sima Qi are just passing the test, so why should I pay for it? But I don't know how much you have? Should you make it for a long time or clear the bill at one time?"

When talking about this transaction, Lu Hong naturally didn't understand the rules. However, the raw diamonds and gems he had on hand were evaluated by the evaluation system, and he knew the difference between good and bad. If Manager Hu wanted to fool him, he just needed to find another jewelry store to ask for the price, so he naturally knew it clearly.

Thinking of this, he asked: "How is it done for a long time? What is the difference between clearing the bills at one time?"

"Master Lu, if you can do it for a long time, if you can operate it through a small shop, I, Hu Yifei, can guarantee that it will be 5% more profit than selling it directly to a foreign merchant. If you clear the account at one time, there will be no benefit!" Manager Hu said this for a thousand years. Seeing Lu Hong a little confused, he explained: "Master Lu, the market for this jewelry is different all year round, sometimes high and sometimes low. For those who make jewelry, the purchase is naturally calculated at a fair price, so the one-time accounting is estimated at the price of the month. It is impossible to have too much!"

After hearing this, Lu Hong also roughly understood the current valuation process of the jewelry business. This risk-avoiding practice is naturally the first choice for smart businessmen. This is understandable. Thinking of this, he took out a small deer-skin bag from his arms and pushed it to Manager Hu.

Manager Hu immediately smiled and reached out to take the deer skin bag. After taking it, he immediately felt the weight in the small bag. He couldn't help but feel happy. With his own words, as long as the price was settled, it would not be difficult to sit down the deal... He immediately took off a wooden plate covered with deer skin from the shelf next to him, and then carefully opened the deer skin bag and poured out the gems inside!

When the pouring out, the eyes of Zhanggui Hu and Sima Qi were lit. More than 20 gems of various colors shone brightly on the wooden plate of deer skin. However, when they both saw the diamond ore in it, they were both stunned.

This expression naturally did not escape Lu Hong's eyes. He asked quietly: "Shopkeeper Hu, are there any problems with these Nanyang gems?"

Manager Hu pointed to the diamond raw ore, "Mr. Lu, these should be Nanyang diamonds... There are very few such gems in China, and there are few jewelry stores doing this business, but don't worry, this thing can be sold at a high price from foreign merchants. However, I'm afraid that the valuation of this Nanyang diamond will have to be discussed with foreign merchants at that time!"

Sima Qi was already smirking in his stomach at this moment. He originally thought that Mr. Lu said that Nanyang jewelry was just a gimmick, and it was mostly the rich boy who had his family's private goods for money. When the diamond ore came out, he believed it a little. You know, there are naturally many domestic jewelry stores that do this diamond transaction, but there are very few diamonds in domestic assets, and it is almost difficult to find them. These extremely dazzling gems after processing were purchased from foreign merchants, and the price was extremely expensive. I heard that they all came from India and Thailand.

Seeing Lu Hong still wondering, he hurriedly explained: "Mr. Lu, if it is really a diamond ore, there will be no problem with the sales and prices of foreign merchants. After those foreign merchants sell the goods, they purchase goods from China and sell them back to Thailand like a fee. This Nanyang diamond is definitely a popular product!"

Lu Hong glanced at this guy. After the great powers dumped industrial products in China, they naturally would not ask for silver dollars and silver ingots from the Qing Dynasty. That thing did not have the value preservation effect at all. The cash obtained from dumping large amounts of goods was also called an accomplice of the great powers plundering China's production resources, which seriously damaged the domestic business environment... The most famous example is that it caused the situation that China exported silk as much as exported raw silk, and eventually destroyed the Chinese silk industry that had been glorious for thousands of years.

However, since there is a sales channel, it is best. He had already planned how to control the risks in this transaction, so he just nodded and signaled Manager Hu to continue.

Manager Hu held a magnifying glass and carefully checked the gems one by one in the window. He quickly divided the nearly 30 gems into three piles. Lu Hong narrowed his eyes and saw this, but he understood this guy's ability. In fact, Lu Hong had already done some tricks in this bag of gems before, and seven or eight of them were raw ore at the gem level. The rest of the gems were all divided into two excellent grades after systematic evaluation.

Now the three piles Hu Yifei divided are basically the same as what he divided, but they are slightly different in some raw ore. However, this shows that this person is quite credible in his work...

While Lu Hong was pondering, Hu Yifei had already put a bunch of gems on the table again and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, this batch of gems is indeed extraordinary. Just these rubies and emeralds are different from the common Burmese gems in China, but they are definitely good products!" Speaking of this, he took out a piece of paper with a long list of Arabic numerals written on it, which was obviously his estimate. He used an abacus next to it to type, and then said solemnly: "I estimate that the current shipment price should be no less than 3,600 taels of silver..."
Chapter completed!