My Strength Does Not Allow Me to Low-key

When he returned home, Xiao Feng wondered what to do with the diamonds, gold and other gems in his hand. He planned to keep it first, but he really didn’t like diamonds, especially after he understood the development process of the diamond industry. , He felt that this was a marketing scam.

About a hundred years ago, this diamond was first discovered by humans on the riverside of the jungles of India and Brazil, and then moved to Europe. At the earliest, because of its scarcity, it was indeed only worn by the princes and nobles of Britain and France.

At that time, this gadget was definitely a luxury item among luxury goods. Many celebrities in the upper class were proud to own a diamond jewellery.

But how can I think that the British colonists later discovered a huge diamond vein on the Orange River in South Africa in 1870, and the output was actually measured in tons.

At first, everyone was ecstatic, but a few months later, the market was filled with all kinds of diamonds, resulting in a sharp drop in diamond prices, which made investors in the diamond mine scared.

Then a Jew named Rhodes organized all the mine owners to set up a diamond company named De Beers, which controlled and monopolized global diamond transactions by setting up trading companies in various countries.

Behind this company are not only those mine owners, but also the great British aristocrats, even the royal family, and many other European princes and aristocrats. With everyone's concerted efforts, the control of diamond transactions was considered successful. No matter gold during that time How did the prices of silver, copper, and oil change, but the price of diamonds has remained high.

But later in the 1930s, European economic turmoil occurred, and even war broke out. The market shrank rapidly. De Beers put the focus of market development on the United States, the world's largest power at the time.

At that time, Americans did not have the habit of buying diamond rings for marriage, but these monopolists were very clever. They used the plot of American nouveau riche’s worship of the European royal family to arrange for British and other European royal families to wear a lot of diamond jewelry when they attended public occasions. Guided folk consumption habits, and then fabricated a lot of enduring advertising copy, such as what, diamonds are forever, a forever circulated advertisements, so that diamonds quickly open the market in the United States, and are accepted by the majority of American consumers.

Later, in the 1960s and 1970s, they used the same method to open the Japanese market. Recently, they began to use the same method to enter China. Not to mention, the effect was really good. Some silly women, in When I got married, I really cried and clamored for a diamond ring.

As everyone knows, these diamond rings are the size of a grain of rice, and it costs tens of thousands to buy, but when you really need to use money to realize it, it becomes worthless. No one wants to buy back thousands of dollars. This is the most hateful thing about diamond scams.

The reason for this is that a large amount of diamonds are now supplied to the entire international market every year, which has basically overflowed.

At first, De Beers was able to control and monopolize the entire diamond industry, but later with the discovery of a diamond mine in Argyll in Australia, the former Soviet Union also discovered a large diamond mine in Siberia, and then Rio Tinto and Alrosa Group joined in one after another. After this game, De Beers really couldn't play the price control method, and the repurchase price could not be guaranteed.

Therefore, in Xiao Feng’s view, this diamond is really a shattered gadget that collects IQ tax. The diamond necklace in his hand happens to be the first foreign treasure he wants to dispose of. After all, this thing will keep its value in the future. The room for appreciation is limited, it is better to deal with the exchange of money quickly.

After returning home to study the main diamond processing centers, Xiao Feng couldn't help feeling a headache. There are four major diamond processing and sales centers in the world.

One is Antwerp, Belgium, which has hundreds of years of diamond polishing and processing history, then Tel Aviv, Israel, and another is New York, the United States, and the nearest one is Sutra, India.

After judging these markets together, Xiao Feng felt that Sutra was the most suitable place for him to sell diamonds.

Needless to say, Antwerp, the diamond processing there is very formal. If you want to sell diamonds, you must first have the certificates of De Beers and several other companies to prove that you are not a blood diamond, or else they won’t process it for you or give it to you. You sell, and you might even call the police.

The same is true in New York, the United States, and Tel Aviv in Israel is estimated to be similar. Although it may be looser, Xiao Feng really dare not go because of the political instability in that place.

On the contrary, the seemingly chaotic Indian Sutra is the most suitable place to sell diamonds. The local legal system is relatively backward, and various underground transactions are rampant. It is known as the world's largest underground black diamond trading center. If you go there, The diamond in your hand is easy to get out.

But then you have to find a reliable channel, or else rush through it rashly, let alone being deceived, it is possible for someone to knock on a sandbox.

The thought of this Xiao Feng is even more headache. Although he often travels in and out of other worlds and does not kill people less, in this world, he has always been regarded as a good law-abiding citizen, and he has really not touched some underworld transactions.

I went to Sutra by myself and asked about it. Maybe he would have to be killed and thrown into the Tapti River on the same day. So this trip to India really had to be extra careful.

But how do you get to know the people in the diamond business in India? Have to be a trustworthy person? Xiao Feng’s head is as big as a fight. After thinking about it for a day at home, I didn’t understand ~ www.ltnovel.com~ I originally wanted to go to India to buy diamonds and then go to Russia to purchase arms, so he simply moved ahead of his arms purchase schedule and went to Russia first. .

I went to Vladivostok first. Peter had been waiting for him at the station a long time ago. Since saving this guy's life last time, this guy's attitude towards Xiao Feng has also become very close.

He greeted Xiao Feng first to have a big meal, then took a Turkish bath, and finally arranged two girls for Xiao Feng, who had a nice rest for one night.

When Xiao Feng woke up early the next morning, Peter had already been waiting for him in his hotel, had breakfast with him, and then drove off to meet Liu Jin. Deliuka.

"I really don't understand, what are you doing with so many arms?"

"Hehe, don't ask about this, I'm useful. By the way, who is Liu Jin? Can you trust it?"

"Haha, he is a distant uncle of Katya and I. If he can't believe it, then it's over. Don't worry, that guy is very wild. He was an arms dealer earlier, but it seems that he hasn't done it for a while. "