My Strength Does Not Allow Me to Low-key

After returning home, Xiao Feng was thinking about what to do with the diamonds, gold and other precious stones in his hands. He planned to keep them first, but he really didn't like diamonds, especially after learning about the development of the diamond industry. , he felt that this was a complete marketing scam.

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

At that time, this thing was definitely a luxury among luxury goods. Many celebrities in the upper class were proud to own a piece of diamond jewelry.

But who would have thought that the British colonists discovered a huge diamond vein by the Orange River in South Africa in 1870, and the output was actually measured in tons.

At first everyone was ecstatic, but after a few months, the market was filled with all kinds of diamonds, causing the price of diamonds to drop sharply, which scared the investors of the diamond mines.

Then a Jew named Rhodes organized all the mine owners to set up a diamond company named De Beers to control and monopolize the global diamond trade by setting up trading companies in various countries.

Behind this company, apart from those mine owners, there are also the great British nobles, even the royal family, and many other European princes and nobles. With the concerted efforts of everyone, the control of the diamond transaction was quite successful. During that time, no matter the gold , silver, copper, oil prices change, but the price of diamonds has remained high.

However, in the 1930s, the European economy was in turmoil, and even wars broke out, and the market shrank rapidly. De Beers focused on market development and put it on the United States, the world's most powerful country at that time.

At that time, Americans didn’t have the habit of buying diamond rings when they got married, but these monopolists were very smart. They took advantage of the admiration of the American nouveau riche for the European royal family and arranged for the British and other European royal families to wear a lot of diamond jewelry when they attended public occasions. Guided folk consumption habits, and then made up a lot of enduring advertising copy, such as what, diamonds are forever, a forever and so on, so that diamonds quickly opened up the market in the United States and were accepted by the majority of American consumers.

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

As everyone knows, one of these diamond rings, which is the size of a grain of rice, costs tens of thousands of dollars to buy, but when you really need to use the money to cash it out, it becomes worthless, and no one is willing to buy it back for thousands of dollars. This is the most hateful aspect of the diamond scam.

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

At first, De Beers could control and monopolize the entire diamond industry, but later, with the discovery of diamond mines in Argyle, Australia, and the discovery of a large diamond mine in Siberia by the former Soviet Union, Rio Tinto and Alrosa Group joined in one after another After this game, De Beers' method of controlling prices really can't continue, and it can't guarantee the repurchase price.

So in Xiao Feng's view, this diamond is really a piece of crap that collects IQ tax. The diamond necklace in his hand happens to be the first alien treasure that he wants to dispose of. The room for appreciation is limited, so it is better to dispose of it quickly and exchange it for money.

After returning home and researching several major diamond processing centers, Xiao Feng couldn't help but feel a headache. There are four major diamond processing and sales centers in the world.

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

After making a comprehensive judgment of these markets, Xiao Feng felt that Sutra was the most suitable place for him to sell diamonds.

Needless to say, Antwerp’s diamond processing is very formal. If you want to sell a diamond, you must first have the certificates of De Beers and several other companies to prove that you are not a blood diamond, otherwise they will not process it for you. You sell and maybe even call the police.

The same is true for New York in the United States, and it is estimated that Tel Aviv in Israel is similar. Although it may be more relaxed, considering the political instability there, Xiao Feng really dare not go.

On the contrary, the seemingly chaotic Sutra in India 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 diamonds in your hand are easy to sell.

But you have to find a reliable channel, otherwise you will rush in rashly, not to mention being cheated by others, it is possible to be blackmailed and knocked on the sand pot.

The thought of Xiao Feng gave him even more headaches. Although he often went to other worlds and killed people a lot, in this world, he was always regarded as a law-abiding citizen. He really hadn't had much contact with underworld transactions.

If I went to Sutra by myself to ask questions, I might have to be killed on the same day and thrown into the Tapti River, so I really had to be extra careful during this trip to India.

But how do you get to know someone in the diamond business in India? Do you have to be a reliable person? Xiao Feng's head was as big as a bucket, and he couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a whole day at home.

Originally wanted to go to India to buy diamonds and then go to Russia to purchase arms, so he simply advanced the schedule of arms purchases and went to Russia first.

I still went to Vladivostok first, Peter was waiting for him at the station long ago, since he saved this guy's life last time, this guy's attitude towards Xiao Feng has also become very close.

Invited Xiao Feng to have a big meal first, then went to take a Turkish bath, and finally arranged two girls for Xiao Feng, and had a good night's rest.

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

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

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

"Haha, he's a distant uncle of Katya and me. If he can't believe it, it's over. Don't worry, that guy has a wild career. He was an arms dealer before, but he seems to have stopped doing it for a while. "