In the bedroom, Margot, casually dressed in silk, was leaning on the bedside reading a book.
Margot was not a literary young woman, so what she read was not a "deep" book such as prose or poetry, but just an ordinary popular novel.
Because she was so absorbed in watching, she didn't notice that Josie stayed in the study for a little longer today.
It wasn't until Josie opened the door that she was alerted.
But when she just raised her head, she saw Qiao Xi carefully closing and locking the door, and then mysteriously approached the window.
"What happened? Honey." Margot couldn't help but asked curiously when she saw this.
"Nothing! I just want to give you a gift!" Qiao Xi pretended to be mysterious.
"What gift? Let me guess...jewelry??" Margot was a little surprised when she heard Josie's words, and then said in surprise.
"Oh, dear, your guess was a little too accurate!" Now it was Josie's turn to be surprised. How could this woman guess so accurately?
"Is it really jewelry? That's really great, show me quickly!" Margot said with great joy and anticipation.
But Josie could actually see that the joy was real, but it was hard to say how much she was looking forward to it.
This is normal. As a rich woman whose father was once a big jeweler, Margot has seen and handled countless high-end jewelry.
Not counting the big diamond ring that had been put away, Qiao Xi had also seen her other jewelry, all of which were collection-quality pieces.
Therefore, it is simply unrealistic for ordinary jewelry to give this woman something to look forward to.
It is precisely because of this that Josie and Margot have known each other for so long, and their relationship has become extremely close, but they have not given any formal gifts to Margot... It is really not possible to get them.
Something to take action.
But Margot has been giving gifts to Josie.
From car to house, from clothing to use.
He even wanted to give himself and his huge family property to Qiao Xi.
There is no way, the initial strength of the two parties is naturally unequal.
So the reason why Margot was looking forward to it was because it was the first gift that Josie had given her, rather than counting on how valuable this gift was.
Thinking about it this way, Qiao Xi felt that she still owed this woman a lot, and couldn't help but feel a little more pity for this woman in her heart.
But having said that, Margot may have had the wrong idea today.
Because the jewelry that Qiao Xi was about to give her was really valuable beyond her imagination. No, it was no longer valuable at all, but absolutely unparalleled in the world.
Therefore, Josie did not overly arouse Margot's curiosity, because he was afraid that if he aroused Margot's emotions too much, it would easily irritate her, so he directly took out the gift from his arms.
When she saw the gift that Qiao Xi took out, Margot was stunned, but then her eyes widened, and then she covered her mouth with both hands, her eyes filled with the slightly dim light of the crystal in front of her.
The dazzling light shines under the lamp light.
This gift from Josie is very normal, but also very abnormal.
It's normal because this is a diamond. Although she is not good at business, so she can only resell her own jewelry industry, but she has been exposed to it since she was a child. Margot is still very good at appraising jewelry, so she can tell at a glance.
, the crystal in front of you is a genuine diamond, and it is also an extremely precious pink diamond.
But an ordinary pink diamond would not make Margot lose her composure.
What really made her lose her temper was what was wrong with this gift.
That's the size of this diamond.
They say pigeon eggs, pigeon eggs, have you ever seen a diamond the size of an egg? And it’s a pink diamond!
Before today, the largest diamond in the world that Margot knew was the famous Cullinan diamond discovered in South Africa in 1905 and donated to the British royal family by the local government - the SUV of the same name that was later used by Rolls-Royce.
, which is the name borrowed from this diamond.
How big is it?
That is, it is as big as the palm of an adult woman's hand, 10CM long, 6.5CM wide, 5CM high, weighing 3106 carats, transparent with a light blue tint.
However, this diamond was cut into 9 large pieces and 96 small pieces as early as 1908.
And what about the one in front of Margot? Although it is not that big, it is still peerless, far surpassing the second largest Mountain of Light, its clarity is not bad, and its weight is estimated to be more than one thousand carats.
And this is a pink diamond! Pink diamond! Pink diamond!
Say important things three times.
Don't say diamonds are a scam either.
In the 21st century, diamonds have indeed become a scam for two reasons: huge reserves and the emergence of artificial diamonds.
But the former is aimed at ordinary diamonds, that is, those small diamonds.
According to later research statistics, the diamond reserves on the earth are in the tens of billions of tons.
Just looking at this number, diamonds really shouldn’t be that valuable.
But the fact is that most of these diamonds are buried very deep underground and are difficult to mine.
According to the proven and easily exploitable reserves in 1943, they were several hundred million tons.
However, this number of diamonds is still not enough for diamonds to reach the current value in the market.
But among the hundreds of millions of tons of diamonds, there are also differences in grade. Only 50% of them can be gem-grade.
Of this 50%, it is classified according to the 4C standards of diamonds, that is, weight, clarity, color, and cut.
In fact, less than 1% of diamonds can truly be called high-quality diamonds.
This part of diamonds is relatively in line with the value assigned to them by the market.
As for the remaining 99% of diamonds, they are worthless, but this does not prevent jewelers from packaging them and selling them at high-quality prices.
From this point of view, what a certain actress from Xia Kingdom said makes sense. You can't say that a diamond under one carat is worthless, but at least its collection value is not high.
So what really turned diamonds into a scam was actually the emergence of artificial diamonds.
Artificial diamonds, as long as the production process is up to standard, can be any color you want, as big as you want, and the purity is also top-notch.
But when did artificial diamonds appear? After the 1970s...
And at the beginning, only non-gem grade diamonds could be produced.
In fact, the craftsmanship of real gem-quality diamonds would not be achieved until about 2000.
Therefore, the diamond in Qiao Xi's hands is a genuine and unparalleled treasure in this era.
"Is this really given to me? Where did you get it? No one else knows, right?" Facing such a treasure, Margot was able to suppress her emotions and not cry out, which can be regarded as an achievement.
Very calm.
After holding it in for a long time, her tears started to fall. Margot's mood relaxed slightly, and then she asked a series of questions in an extremely low voice.
It's really not possible to be careful.
Margot is not stupid and understands the meaning of such a treasure.
Its value is actually a small matter.
The key is that once the news of the existence of this thing is revealed, Margot is really afraid that she and Josie will die on the street one day.
This kind of treasure is enough to make the whole world go crazy. Without the size of the Empire that never sets before the First World War, it will definitely not be saved!
And why did the British royal family choose to cut the Cullinan gem? Don’t they know that the bigger it is, the more precious it is? In fact, they were also afraid of being remembered...
So when Josie gave Margot such a thing, she couldn't tell whether Josie really loved her or wanted to harm her.
Fortunately, this worry is actually not difficult to resolve.
Just like what the British royal family did back then, if this gem is cut, there won't be much of a problem.
And the reason why Josie gave such a diamond to Margot was because of this idea... Margot, whose father was a jeweler, actually learned how to cut jewelry for a while.
Of course, in the past, Margot had only cut some small diamonds, but she had never seen such big things, let alone cutting them.
As for certificates... don't be ridiculous. Although the Gemological Institute of America, or GIA, was established in 31 years as the most authoritative organization for diamonds in the world, it really became a large organization with sufficient credibility after the 1950s.
The 4C standard only existed at that time.
At this point in 1943, there was no such thing as an appraisal certificate.