Luxury Goods: From Handicraft Workshops To Domination Of The World

early morning.

Gu Bai came to the laser workshop.

At this time, 52 pigeon bloods were treated with acid and placed on the operating table.

"diamond.

"Mainly rely on the refraction of light into the interior of the diamond and converge into a luminous source."

"The shape of the cut is very important."

"Cut shapes, there are round diamonds, pillow-shaped diamonds, heart-shaped diamonds, pear-shaped diamonds, Asscher diamonds, emerald-shaped diamonds, etc."

"Jian Jia's first diamond is the classic round brilliant cut."

Gu Baisi said.

In 1919, the famous diamond cutter, Marcel Tolkowski, invented the "round brilliant cut" based on the "old European cut" technique.

There are 58 facets in total, 33 facets in the upper crown and 25 facets in the lower pavilion.

These 58 facets can reflect most of the light entering the diamond, and the circular shape also contains the symbol of "success", which is widely welcomed by consumers.

Today, people have developed a variety of cutting techniques on the basis of the circle.

Eight hearts and eight arrows.

Nine hearts and one flower.

Ten hearts and ten arrows.

Plum cut.

Sarah, Sarah, Sarah...

With calm eyes, a ruler in his left hand and a pen in his right hand, he drew on the paper casually, and a diamond jumped out of the paper.

Looking down from directly above.

You can see eight arrows of the same size, bright light, and perfect symmetry, shooting in all directions with the core as the origin.

And from the bottom, it is eight love patterns.

"Hearts and Arrows!"

Gu Bai sighed inwardly.

Eight hearts and eight arrows, worthy of being one of the most classic cuts, known as the "Cupid" cut, 01 eight condensed arrows, symbolizing: encounter, love, hint, dream, first kiss, lingering, tacit understanding and Mountain League.

Eight hearts and eight arrows, of course, have extremely high requirements for cutting.

The eight arrows must be perfectly symmetrical.

It's a hair's breadth away.

The taste is not right, there is a taste of alienation, and the diamond is smashed.

Even if there are many well-known gemstone cutters, there are very few who polish hearts and arrows. If they are not careful, they will smash the signboard.

Tear~

Think about it.

Gu Bai tore off the piece of paper, crumpled it up, and threw it into the wastebasket.

Eight hearts and eight arrows are not enough to shock the world.

Jian Jia.

Must do differently!

Sarah, Sarah, Sarah...

Concentrated and earnest, Gu Bai entered a state of flow, a more complex and delicate cut, which he described.

As a "master jeweler", coupled with super design skills, it is not too difficult to design a new facet.

Wipe off the sweat.

Half an hour later, a brand-new cut diamond with incomparable brilliance appeared vividly on the paper.

View from above.

There are sixteen arrows, perfectly symmetrical and dazzling, shooting towards the center.

Seen from the lower part, there are sixteen perfect heart shapes.

"Gu Bai..."

"What kind of cut is this, how have I never seen it before?"

Aunt Liu on the side looked more and more surprised.

Although it was just a design drawing, she was still amazed. If it was a real diamond, it would be extremely dazzling.

"Here's my new cutting design: Sixteen Hearts and Sixteen Arrows!"

"In total, 256 facets were cut."

Gu Bai said with a sense of accomplishment.

Eight hearts and eight arrows.

It is already a world-class cutting difficulty.

Sixteen hearts and sixteen arrows.

The difficulty is simply unbelievable.

256 facets, it can be said that it has broken the record of diamond facets!

256 facets, can be omni-directional, without dead ends, refracting light from various angles into the diamond, making the diamond extremely shining!

"this..."

Aunt Liu bit her lip, and looked at Gu Bai with winking eyes, as if this man was shining brightly.

Just wave your hand.

Just designed the exquisite Sixteen Hearts and Sixteen Arrows with a record-setting 256 cuts. What kind of fairy-level genius is this guy?

Of course.

Gu Bai is definitely not the only gem cutter in the world who can deduce from Eight Hearts and Eight Arrows to sixteen hearts and sixteen arrows.

But the difficulty of up to 256 facets made them give up.

And Gu Bai.

The biggest reliance is an ultra-precision laser cutting machine, which avoids manual grinding and directly cuts and shapes quickly.

Of course, machines are still controlled by humans.

As a master jewelry designer, Gu Bai operates this machine like an arm command, and quickly follows the set steps to cut one knife at a time.

The cut pieces can be further processed and used as broken drills.

Click!

Click!

Click!

Click!

There are 256 cutting planes, one ring is one ring, even if there is a laser cutter, it should not be too complicated.

An hour later, Gu Bai finished cutting some.

Cut diamonds.

Gu Bai did not display it publicly, but placed it in a jewelry box. He hoped that this 15-carat, sixteen hearts and sixteen arrows red diamond, pigeon blood, made its first appearance at Sotheby's auction.

Blockbuster.

Fire the first shot for Jianjia Diamond!

Take a break.

Gu Bai performed the operation again and cut nine 1-carat diamonds, this time using the standard "Hearts and Arrows" cut.

These nine 1-carat red diamonds will participate in the Hong Kong Jewelry Show together with the main diamond.

Finished diamonds.

Academician Zhong and others also arrived, and they brought a piece of tools.

Hammer, hydraulic press, tungsten steel plate, etc.

all these are.

A tool used to test the strength of diamonds.

"Mr. Gu, this experiment is unnecessary!"

"Diamond, although it is the material with the highest molar hardness in nature, its strength is very average" and it cannot withstand a hammer at all.

Academician Zhong explained very rigorously.

Diamonds, with a Moore hardness of 10, can cut through the surface of almost any object, giving the impression of being very strong.

But not so.

Because of the arrangement of carbon atoms, diamonds have high hardness, but their strength is average. As the saying goes, they are relatively brittle.

When encountering a strong external force, it will immediately collapse into pieces.

so.

When a diamond is worn, it is actually not as strong as advertised at all. If it falls on the ground, it is very likely that a piece will fall off.

After a long time, it will be worn out with scratches.

Diamonds are forever, and one will last forever.

But deceitful empty talk!

"No problem."

"Jian Jia's diamonds are not so pretentious, let's smash them.

Gu Bai smiled confidently.

According to the "Technical Documentation", high-grade diamonds can theoretically withstand a pressure of up to 100Gpa (1 million kilopascals). The explosion of a standard grenade produces a pressure of only 2,000 kilopascals.

He is also very curious about the protective ability of this diamond.

Bang!

Fixing a red diamond pigeon's blood on the table, the 1.8-meter-tall worker picked up the hammer and smashed it down.

There was a loud noise, and the entire countertop was shaking.

However.

Diamond didn't move.

Bang!

Bang!

The worker was a little unconvinced, and with all his strength, he smashed the hammer seven or eight times in a row, panting from exhaustion.

The huge impact force made the diamond live and embedded in the hammer.

But still not broken.

Not even a little bit of wear and tear.

This time.

The expressions of Academician Zhong and the others changed greatly, and they were extremely surprised!

They are engaged in materials science, so they naturally understand what this means. The arrangement of carbon atoms in Jianjia diamonds is completely different from ordinary diamonds.

"Get on the hydraulic press!"

Academician Zhong's expression was extremely solemn.

If he remembers correctly, ordinary diamonds, under a hydraulic pressure of 200 catties, will produce a "crushing effect" and break into pieces of crystals.

In order to prevent diamonds from being embedded in the countertop, the upper and lower surfaces of the hydraulic press are reinforced with a layer of special tungsten steel plates.

hum, hum, hum

Press the switch, the hydraulic press starts, and under the hydraulic power, the upper beam is pressed against the diamond.

50 catties!

100 catties!

150 catties!

200FF!

The pressure increased little by little.

When it reaches 200 catties, the red diamond pigeon blood, no pressure.

500 catties!

800 catties!

1000 catties!

1500203FF!

2000 catties!

The pressure on the hydraulic press is increasing.

Academician Zhong and the others changed their expressions more exaggeratedly, resisting the pressure of 2,000 jin. The strength of this diamond is a little bit stronger, right?

Gritting his teeth.

Take a deep breath.

Academician Zhong Shiping is a little messy in his heart. In this world, there are many materials that can withstand 2,000 catties of pressure, but they are generally deformed.

And the red diamond pigeon blood, which is not deformed or broken, is simply a perfect bulletproof material.

but...

Thinking of wearing pigeon blood on his body, or a tank, and a layer of pigeon blood skirt armor, the cost, Zhong Shiping, quickly dismissed this "expensive" idea.

But there is no doubt that pigeon blood diamond is a material with great potential.

The only problem, I am afraid, is that it is too expensive!

finally.

When the hydraulic level reaches more than 2000 catties, the diamond is fine, the tungsten steel plate can no longer withstand it, and it is pierced by the diamond every once in a while, and the experiment is over.

"Everyone."

"I think you have also seen that the pigeon's blood diamond has a strength... as high as 100,000,000 points.

"It can be said that it has reached the level of bulletproof."

"And from today onwards."

"Diamonds in the world are divided into three types: natural diamonds, artificial diamonds, and - bulletproof diamonds.

Gu Bai said confidently.

Bulletproof diamonds.

It is a label he put on Jianjia diamonds, and it is also the main gimmick and selling point, used to distinguish fragile natural diamonds from artificial diamonds.

Fragile diamonds can only be kept in safes and passed on from generation to generation.

Jianjia Diamond.

The strength of the bulletproof level, once manufactured, will not rot or rot, will not be broken or ground, and will generally exist for a long time.

It is really worthy of that classic advertisement——

Diamonds are forever, one will last forever!

After a few days of preparation.

Hong Kong Jewelery Fair.

official opening.

Gu Bai, also carrying Aunt Liu and others, went to the airport and boarded the flight to Xiangjiang. .