"Mr. Zhou, this is the appraisal result of the first diamond."
The appraiser took out the note in the appraisal instrument, diamond number 001, diamond weight 5.06 carats, color f, clarity vs1, cut ex, polish ex, symmetry ex, fluorescence n... The market price is 315,600 US dollars, if sold
To the Bounty Hunters Association, the price is $252,480.
The color of diamonds ranges from d to z. The earlier the letter, the purer the color. After h, the color starts to turn yellow.
As for the cut ex and vg, they are excellent and very good in English, which means perfect and excellent respectively.
Clarity vs1, which means very slightly included, with very few impurities (not visible to the naked eye), the highest clarity is fl, which means flawww.ptwxz.com means none, which means there is no fluorescence, because fluorescence cannot generally be observed under visible light.
, so it generally does not affect diamond prices.
The second one is slightly inferior. Although the diamond weighs 6.12 carats, the color is only L and the clarity is average, so the final price is less than 100,000 US dollars.
The appraiser appraised each one one by one, and when he got to one of them, he suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, my god, how excellent!"
The twelfth diamond weighed 5.20 carats, color d, clarity fl (flawless), cut ex, polish ex, symmetry ex, fluorescence s (strong blue light)... The appraiser finally gave it a price of US$1.68 million.
Sky-high price.
Diamonds with a clarity of over 5 carats or fl are extremely rare. All of its attributes are perfect, except for blue fluorescence. Many diamond enthusiasts like diamonds without fluorescence, thinking that such diamonds are the purest, but some people also like blue diamonds.
Because diamonds like that represent romance.
The price of US$1.68 million is only estimated according to the common pricing method in the industry. However, if you meet a diamond collector who pursues perfection, it will definitely exceed this price. The best blue diamond with perfect attributes is definitely valuable in the market.
No market.
Even Zhou Jian was reluctant to sell it. Eighty percent of Sun Deguang's 28 diamonds came from the collection of a diamond enthusiast and were definitely not produced in a diamond mine, otherwise the quality would not be so high.
It took the appraiser a short time to appraise all twenty-eight diamonds, and the final total price given was US$6.98 million. After discounts, the purchase price given by the Bounty Hunters Association was US$5.59 million.
After hearing this price, even though Zhou Jian had been prepared for it, he couldn't help but feel excited. This is equivalent to more than 30 million yuan!
"Sir, are you ready to sell everything?"
Zhou Jian hesitated for a moment. He really wanted to keep the most perfect diamond. He felt that selling such a precious diamond to the Bounty Hunter Association in a wholesale form was too wasteful, but now he needed money to invest.
The appraiser saw Zhou Jian's hesitation and suggested: "The Bounty Hunters Association also accepts pawn business. If you are unwilling to sell it, you can mortgage the diamond here and redeem it later. The annual interest rate is 7%.
The term of interest is three years, and there will be no waiting after expiration."
Zhou Jian did some calculations and found that 7% was only over 100,000 US dollars, which was barely acceptable. Even if he redeemed it in three years, the price of the diamond would only increase to the same as the market price, which was not too much of a loss. So he said
: "Okay, I'll pawn this fl diamond and sell the rest."
The appraiser showed Zhou Jian the appraisal certificate, and then gave Zhou Jian a diamond VIP card from Bounty Hunter Bank, saying: "Because the amount is relatively large, the transfer period is 24 hours, and the transaction can be completed by then. This diamond VIP card
You can get an overdraft of one million US dollars at Bounty Hunter Bank. In addition, you can enjoy a 20% discount and priority on all industry purchases under the BH consortium with this card."
Zhou Jian nodded. Although he could think of the value of this card and the status it symbolized with his knees, it didn't mean much to Zhou Jian, and he didn't plan to live in the United States for a long time.
Zhou Jian walked out of the appraisal center in a happy mood, while Andy seemed to have received the news and was already waiting outside. At this time, there was an Asian girl in her twenties beside him. It was unclear which country she was from.
"Mr. Zhou, are you satisfied with the appraisal results?"
"Very satisfied, thank you Mr. Martin."
"You're welcome. Let me introduce you. This is Lucy from Singapore. She is the translator prepared by our association for Mr. Zhou's two-day trip. Her Chinese is very good."
"Hello, I'm Lucy." Lucy said in Chinese. Her Chinese had a bit of a Lingnan Hong Kong accent, which made her sound a bit squeamish.
"Hello, actually I don't need an interpreter, thank you." Zhou Jian shook his hand. He really didn't need an interpreter, and the most important thing was that he had the secret of a demon slayer, so it was inconvenient for him to have an interpreter follow him.
The female translator named Lucy was obviously a little disappointed. She had already heard about Zhou Jian's status, strength and wealth from Andy.
Andy said: "Don't Mr. Zhou need a tour guide?"
"No need." Zhou Jian refused with a smile.
"Well, I have already booked a room for Mr. Zhou at the Vienna Hotel. I think Mr. Zhou will not refuse this time." Andy arranged all this in person to build a good relationship with Zhou Jian, even though Zhou Jian
It doesn't matter if he is not from the Huaxia Guwu family. He has already learned the total amount of this transaction from the appraiser. If Zhou Jian can bring such big business every time, the commission he will receive as a supervisor will also be very considerable.
The Vienna Hotel is a property owned by the American Mafia. It has a six-star standard and costs thousands of dollars to stay there for one night. This is just for a standard room. If it is a luxury suite, it will even cost seven to eight thousand dollars a night.
However, this luxurious suite is rarely open to the public and is mostly used to entertain VIPs.
Zhou Jian thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, thank you, Mr. Martin."
"Then I'll send a car to take you there?" Andy asked.
"No need, I'll just go by myself." Zhou Jian planned to go back to his own hotel first, so he didn't want Andy's people to follow him.
"Okay then, I'll take you back to the underground bank."
"Thanks."
Zhou Jian followed the car back to the underground bank and came to the lobby, where Linda had been waiting for a long time.
After seeing Zhou Jian, she exaggeratedly said: "My Chinese hero, you are finally back."
Hearing the title Hero of China, Zhou Jian felt a little dumbfounded. He said, "Are you still waiting here?"
"Didn't I tell you to wait for you? What, is it a bad thing to see me?"
"Of course not. But my affairs have been taken care of. I'm just afraid that you have your own affairs to be busy with." Zhou Jian means that I no longer need your company, you can go, although Zhou Jian admitted that
, it is a pleasure to be accompanied by a hot Western beauty, but it is inevitably inconvenient for her to switch avatars.
However, Linda obviously did not have this awareness. She said excitedly: "Don't worry, I have been too busy recently! In addition to completing the graduation thesis, you know that writing an archaeological paper does not require experiments. You only need to review the data and write your own opinions."
That would be great,”
In the United States, winter vacation starts very early, because Christmas is equivalent to their Spring Festival, and it is already December, and Linda is about to take winter vacation.
"You are not familiar with Las Vegas? I can be your tour guide and translator. I grew up in Las Vegas."
"Uh... Actually, I can roughly understand what you are saying. As for traveling, I don't plan to go out for fun."
"Don't you have a Chinese saying that guests should do as they please? Since Qingyun has entrusted you to me, I will make the arrangements."
Zhou Jian was speechless. What the hell was going on? This Yangma was so enthusiastic that he couldn't bear it. "Well, Andy has already arranged a room for me. You don't need to arrange it. Here, here is the VIP card."
."
Afraid that Linda wouldn't believe it, Zhou Jian showed the VIP card given to him by Andy. With this card, he could go to the hotel to exchange for the room card for the room he was in.
"This is...god." Linda stared at the card in Zhou Jian's hand like a panda, her big blue eyes suddenly widened even more, "VIP card for the luxury suite on the rooftop of the Viana Hotel, you
I actually got this thing.”
"Uh, deluxe suite? How much does it cost per night?"
"Nine thousand U.S. dollars! This is the price after discounting with the Bounty Hunter Bank Diamond VIP Card. The average person will pay more than 10,000 U.S. dollars."
"It's really expensive." Zhou Jian secretly sighed. Nine thousand US dollars doesn't sound like much, but in RMB equivalent it's almost 60,000. To buy a small house in a remote city, the down payment is almost the same price. In China, how many people
They work hard to buy a house, but for the rich, this money is barely enough for them to spend one night. This is the gap between the upper class and the lower class.
However, this time the Bounty Hunter Association brought them at least one million US dollars in income. Spending less than 10,000 US dollars to enjoy one night is nothing.
Of course Linda didn't know this, she continued: "And this luxury suite is not just for those with money. It is usually used as a special room for the Mafia to welcome VIPs. In Las Vegas, all the rooms owned by the Mafia consortium
In the hotel, there are no more than ten rooms of the same class, and there are many VIPs from the Mafia, so most of the time it is impossible to book such a luxurious suite."
Linda's eyes were already shining when she said this. But she also wondered how the young Zhou Jian could have such a great reputation. Could it be that he was also a great figure in China?
"So that's it. I guess it's winter now, which is the off-season. The hotel rooms of the mafia consortium happen to be a lot empty." Zhou Jian said a few perfunctory words. He thought that Linda would have no reason to follow him this time, but he didn't expect it.
Linda's next sentence almost made him bump into the door frame.
