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Chapter 82: Frank, who switched to selling diamonds

   "That's good," Li Changheng thought for a while, "I changed the name of the farm and ranch several times back and forth. Is the 60,000 US dollars in your hand enough?"

"Enough", Barney said with a smile, "Since I want to buy a farm and ranch, I plan to go to the homes of some of the most connected comrades-in-arms in the battle, spend $3,000 to buy a small farm, and give it to the comrades' family to take care of it. .

  It took them a few years to use manpower and management to invest in shares, and transfer most of the shares to them little by little, which would also be regarded as a source of income for the families of comrades-in-arms."

   "This is a good idea," Li Changheng smiled, spent a few years reducing the shares, and then hung his name under the other shareholders, making it even more difficult to find out.

   Hugged Barney, and Li Changheng left Barney's house to find Frank Abanel.

   Frank, who has returned to New York for four days, has been waiting anxiously and worriedly for news from Li Changheng these days.

   13 days ago, after getting 1,000 paychecks from Captain Li Changheng, Frank was like a wild horse.

   In line with the idea of ​​making a fortune and not going to Europe in the future, Frank wandered wildly in Spain, France, Italy and other countries.

   Then he went to West Germany, and even used his captain's status to easily enter West Berlin, which was heavily surrounded by polar bears and East Germany.

  Unexpectedly, after entering Berlin, which is governed by the four countries, Frank soon felt that he had come to heaven.

   In the 1960s and 1970s, although the per capita living standard of East Germany did not exceed that of West Germany, the per capita life satisfaction index exceeded 100%.

As a window to the public, polar bears and East Germany just let 500,000 West Germans and West Berliners with middle and lower incomes join the Red Empire voluntarily without unemployment, and enjoy a job for everyone and an annual economic growth of 5%. dividend.

   It wasn't until the second oil crisis more than a decade later that the polar bear's economy was hit hard. This situation was reversed and a large number of East Germans went to West Germany.

   There will be a female prime minister's family in the future, and it was during this time that she ran from West Germany to East Germany.

   And because of the Vietnam-Male War, red polar bears have been catching up with the US this year.

  Although this wish has never been realized, it does not prevent the polar bears from trying their best to publicize that they are better than the West.

   Since you say that you are better than others, you can't exclude others from coming in.

   And many people in the West think that the more mysterious, the more they have to go and see, and there are many such people.

   So although after coming in, there are very limited places to go.

   But things that are not available in the West, such as black caviar, matryoshka, vogat, as well as precision watches and cameras unique to East Germany, suddenly became popular products.

   Of course, the top caviar and confidential watches and cameras must be kept by the polar bears and East Germany.

   But this is facing the problem of insufficient money in the hands of tourists, and the crew members bring private goods on the plane, as long as there is no more than one box, it is the tacit rule in this era.

   Otherwise, who would take the risk to enter East Germany or even Moscow?

   Frank was on the plane and heard the captain and deputy captain remind them that they brought caviar to East Germany and cigars when they went to Cuba.

   Therefore, in Berlin’s airports and big hotels, there are many bank sub-counters, and even Pan American and other airlines have also heard interest to join in to establish outlets.

   In just one day, he easily exchanged the 300 cheques in his hand in East Berlin, and Frank, who was going to make a fortune, went to the East Berlin airport without any hesitation, so as to avoid any accident with his more than 290,000 US dollars.

   But I didn’t expect that while waiting for the plane at the airport, I saw in an English magazine published by Polar Bear and used for publicity that West Africa Sierra Leone became independent from the Commonwealth in 64 years.

  The large amounts of oil, diamonds, rubber, and various metal ores that have been mined are blocked by the entire West, and are backlogged in their hands.

   Frank’s first reaction was that this was in East Germany, otherwise New York or other Western cities would definitely not see such reports.

   But when he was about to board the plane, a thought suddenly appeared in his mind.

   With excitement, Frank didn't board the plane to London to New York. Instead, he thought about using the 290,000 US dollars in his hand, all of which were replaced by diamonds and brought back to New York. How much money could he earn?

   He was very adventurous himself, and then he boarded a plane to Johannesburg, South Africa.

   After arriving in South Africa, he packed a small propeller plane with one thousand dollars and entered Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.

   What he didn't expect was that the buying and selling process was extremely simple.

   In the largest diamond shop in Freetown, as long as you have money, you can choose not only rough diamonds, but also pink diamonds and red diamonds, and there are soldiers who will protect you back to the hotel or the airport.

   But Frank overlooked one of the most important issues.

   If a diamond sells for 100 US dollars, then the true price of the diamond should be only 40 US dollars or even lower, then where does the remaining value come from?

  Authoritative appraisal certificate.

   After Frank returned to New York, he inquired that twenty colored rough diamonds with an average price of $14,500 could indeed make double the profit, and this is not the final profit of the diamander.

   But the diamond in your hand does not have a legal certificate, which means that a legitimate merchant will not buy the rough stone in your hand.

  Because all diamond merchants know in their hearts that diamonds are by no means what Devis said, they are rare things.

   The reason why they sell more expensive than other gems is completely artificial.

   An advertisement for ‘a diamond is always forever, and one is always passed on’, let diamonds replace other gems as a symbol of love, and people who get married must buy one.

  And the most important thing is that the divorce rate in this era is not high, and basically no one will sell their wedding rings.

   Very few people sell ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ which means that as long as the market is well maintained, it will never be out of date.

   Whether you like it or not, as long as your future wife needs it, every man is faced with the situation that he must buy one in his life.

  As for the institutions that issued the appraisal certificates, if there is nothing behind them, there are the shadows of Davis and other diamond mining companies.

  In addition, New York is not a polishing place for rough diamonds, and there are very few merchants who directly collect rough diamonds.

   Of course, this is not to say that all diamond dealers in New York are businessmen who follow the rules.

   But Frank didn't dare to bring out a rough colored diamond of at least 5 carats for identification. Of course, he couldn't find a buyer.

   Frank is not stupid, after all, New York has a stolen goods market, but of course there is also a market for uncertified diamonds, and double the profit of 290,000 US dollars, and the total profit is 580,000 US dollars.

   He is still estimating in his heart that if the diamond merchant’s profits are added, it should be worth more than US$800,000 or 900,000.

   But Frank didn't think about it. The diamond dealer didn't even see the real thing, so he dared to double the price. Then he would never earn 200,300,000, but double, or even double.

   After all, colored diamonds and white diamonds are two different things, because flawless colored diamonds are truly rare.

   Fortunately, Frank can confirm that such a large sum of money is enough for any buyer.

   Therefore, in these four days, not only did he not have a stable day, but he also regretted asking the diamond dealer about the price of the large-carat colored diamond at random, forcing him to change his residence every day.

   And what makes him even more worried is that the gray gangs that appeared on the street today were originally just the five big clans who were deliberately placed on the street to guard against a sneak attack.

   was misunderstood by him as a matter of inquiring about the price of diamonds. Someone noticed that there was a problem and sent people around to look for him.

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