Time Smuggling Starting from the Year 2000

Tuva also vaguely heard about Huang Xuan's mortgage of a large number of works of art and told him that there was a huge amount of 1.2 billion. He turned around and laughed, "Mr. Huang, do you want money or a mortgage?"

"I'll go to Sotheby's for the sale." Huang Xuan smiled and said, "It's still a mortgage, but let me tell you first, this is a jewelry handed down from my family, and there is no certificate of authenticity."

Dutoit chuckled twice and said, "Switzerland doesn't have so many rules."

His smile is very playful. In fact, diamond smuggling has always been a major channel for diamond sales. There is a generally accepted rule in the international diamond industry: as long as the tax on diamond imports exceeds—this is a general off-market transaction (informal channels). Because diamonds are so easy to carry through customs, when China set a 17% diamond import tariff, many businessmen in Shanghai became rich overnight with gray income.

Unlike Citibank, the Swiss Banking Federation has never minded collateralizing various risky assets, backed by secrecy laws, and the value of the collateral is far more important than the channel of the collateral-what is more important than diamonds? Is it hard?

Huang Xuan was awakened by Dutuit's laughter. He patted his forehead and realized the mistake he made. He originally only wanted to contact Pfizer through Citigroup, but forgot the advantage of UBS. However, it can be regarded as wrong. If it weren't for Citigroup to eat so much interest from him, the capitalists might lose their interest in helping in the conflict in the United States.

The diamonds that Huang Xuan bought on p101 were all carat diamonds, and most of the later purchases were more than one carat. When it was time to leave, the Americans who were moved by the rumors even took out 10-gram diamonds-it should be explained that, Known as the most transparent commodity in the world, the GIA international quotation for diamonds is only up to 10.99 carats. In other words, the number of diamonds exceeding 11 carats is so rare that there is no need for a unified quotation.

certainly. Diamonds do not mean that the bigger the better, the lowest 10-carat diamond in the 4c ​​grade is only worth 2,000 US dollars per carat, while the highest one is worth a stone, and there is no low-grade diamond.

Returning to Nanjing in a hurry, Dutoit also invited 6 appraisers from Sotheby's (Sotheby's) and Christie's, plus translators and assistants, a total of more than 20 people. This is different from . Dutoit, who belongs to the Asian division of UBS Private Wealth Management, has European rights and style, although his character may be very American. But when he works, he is rigorous and conscientious throughout.

Coincidentally, Huang Xuan was very familiar with Sotheby's visitors. He was the auctioneer Liu Ziqing when he sold stamps for the first time. This middle-aged man walked quietly behind several foreigners. . He smiled when he saw Huang Xuan.

Huang Xuan was slightly surprised, remembering that Liu Ziqing was just an auctioneer, he greeted everyone, walked up to Liu Ziqing and asked, "Mr. Liu is specialized in jewelry?"

"Where is it?" Liu Ziqing smiled and said, "I'm here to be an interpreter for Daniel." He pointed to a black man with thick lips.

"Welcome." Huang Xuan gently shook hands with Daniel.

Liu Ziqing said a few words to Daniel, and said, "Before I came, Mr. Derek told me. Let me find a way to persuade Mr. Huang to auction a batch of diamonds at Sotheby's. I didn't expect to meet an acquaintance."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Huang Xuan's expression carefully, and the latter smiled slightly: "These diamonds are all left to me by my family. It is because there is no certificate of appraisal that I invite you to come. How can they be auctioned off?"

"These are easy to handle." Liu Ziqing lowered his voice when he said this, without blinking his eyelids. Very Chinese style.

In fact, Huang Xuan liked this kind of Chinese style occasionally. He patted Liu Ziqing on the shoulder habitually, and said very maturely: "Then we'll talk about it later."

This action stunned Liu Ziqing, who was fairly familiar with Huang Xuan, and immediately smiled. Speaking of which, since I came into contact with veteran managers such as Sloan, in Huang Xuan's mind: If I don't suffer from negotiating with Ford, then I won't suffer from negotiating with anyone.

Whether it is right or wrong, the mentality is much more relaxed.

Still in the Gloria suite, the hotel waiter quietly left after preparing coffee for everyone present. Huang Xuan pretended to go back to his room to get his things, and waited for him to come out. Holding a box full of three-month cakes.

When he opened the lid in front of his head, there was a sudden silence in the room. Everyone present, whether it was the appraiser or the translator, all stared blankly and stunned.

Anyone who saw hundreds of diamonds gathered together probably had the same expression.

When Huang Xuan took it back that day, he looked at it for a long time, but now he didn't feel much. He picked out a finger-sized diamond, threw it in his hand, and said, "I'm sorry, everyone."

After some messy answers, the sound came. Daniel first picked up a 10 magnifying glass and looked at it. Since it is a mortgage, it is enough to calculate the price according to the GIA standard. The main problem is that the grade is 4c.

Apart from the initial surprise, Dutoit maintained an expression of amazement. It seemed that he was still very envious of the wealth of the Huang family. In fact, if the Huang family really wanted to collect jewels, the current amount would probably be much more than this.

Huang Xuan sipped his coffee lightly. Before bringing it over, Lorraine had already given him an estimate, worth about 380 million US dollars. If everything is normal, the final estimate should be about the same

After looking at it for a while, Dutuit also walked up to Huang Xuan, and said with a smile, "Mr. Huang is the most amazing oriental rich man I have ever seen."

"That's my grandfather." Huang Xuan turned his eyes away from himself intentionally or unintentionally, and said calmly, "When will this loan be settled?"

"Union Bank of Switzerland is the most efficient bank. As long as the valuation is confirmed, there will be no problem at most for a day." Dutoit boasted and glanced at the big diamond in Daniel's hand. It was a big guy with a full 20 carats. , according to the quotation l. of 10 carats, its price should be multiplied by more than 5.

To use an inappropriate metaphor, Huang Xuan's heart is at peace at this moment. When you regularly knead dozens of large diamonds in your hands, and then see these things that are billions of times more expensive than glass, you will feel relieved Why is it so deep, he seemed to be watching the traffic downstairs intently, and said softly: "Then trouble you to help me buy about 100 million US dollars of spot crude oil, and send it to Santos Port just like last time."

Dutuit almost suspected that Huang Xuan was purchasing oil for the government, but he still agreed. Banking syndicates are the most law-defying organizations, ready to change the law whenever they need to for the benefit of years to come, regardless of the consequences of such a change. .