Gao Yang took a bath, changed their combat clothes into civilian clothes, only loaded a pistol on their body, and the party followed Ivan to trade their emeralds.
Bogota has the world's largest emerald trading market, known as the emerald street. This street is full of large and small gem shops, which sell both processed jewelry and unprocessed raw stones. Of course, every shop here also buys raw stones.
Gao Yang and Ivan made the same car. When they were in the car, Ivan didn't know what he thought of. He pulled out the two largest emeralds from his bag, handed them to Gao Yang and said, "you install this. When I ask you to take it out, you take it out pretending to be very reluctant."
Although he didn't know what Ivan's idea was, Gao Yang still put the two largest gemstones in his pocket.
At emerald street, Ivan took Gao Yang directly to the door of a gem shop. After getting off the car, more than a dozen people crowded into the shop with small appearance.
The salesmen in the shop were all men. Although the store was small, there were four people in it. After Gao Yang poured in, they basically filled all the stores.
Language barrier is really troublesome. A clerk muttered a few words to Gao Yang, but Gao Yang didn't understand it at all. After Ivan said a few words to the clerk, the clerk looked at Gao Yang suspiciously, then shook his head and didn't know what he said.
Gao Yang waved to lucika, then whispered, "what are they talking about?"
"Ivan said he had an appointment with their boss to let the clerk lead us in, but the clerk said we were too many people to enter."
Gao Yang nodded. He really wanted to say no to Ivan. When they didn't go in, he saw that after Ivan said a few words again, the clerk went to the back door in the store, pressed the access control and said a few words, but he waved his head to Ivan and then opened the back door.
Ivan waved to Gao Yang and said with a smile, "let's go, no problem."
Since there is no problem, Gao Yang certainly has to go and have a look.
Although the store is not big, it is very deep inside. Out of the store is a narrow and secluded channel. After walking out for a while, there is a closed iron door. After the leading clerk said a few words, the heavy iron door opened and held them high before they could move on.
Out of the iron gate is a small yard. In the yard are several big men with automatic rifles. They look at them covetously. They go up a section of stairs from the yard. After reaching the second floor, there are several armed guards before entering the door.
After seeing Ivan, a guard with a gun reached out to stop Ivan and motioned him to raise his hand for search. At this time, Ivan shook his head and suddenly shouted, "Saro, all my people have guns. If you have to search us, I'll leave."
After Ivan shouted, a voice soon began to ring
"Ivan, my friend, you're here at last. I've been waiting for you for a long time."
With his voice, a fat man with gray hair quickly came out of the inner room. After seeing Ivan, the fat man first laughed, then hugged Ivan heavily, and said with a smile: "welcome, my friend, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
After that, the fat man named Saro looked at them and said, "why, do I need to bring so many people here? Don't blame my men for being nervous. They must be careful when they see so many people."
Ivan shook his head, pointed to Gao Yang and said, "don't get me wrong. He's my friend, but he's not my bodyguard, man. Can't you see? All the people here are his bodyguards. This one is the real big seller. I'm just a middleman. Don't make a mistake. Well, don't inquire or try. My friend is just here to sell goods."
Ivan didn't introduce Gao Yang. Although sarro was very curious about Gao Yang, he didn't talk about it. He just smiled and hugged Gao Yang before saying loudly, "welcome, friend."
Gao Yang then understood what Ivan was up to. With a straight face, he was very reserved. He just nodded, but he didn't say a word.
After waving his hand to invite Gao Yang and Ivan into a large and luxurious reception room, Gao Yang and Ivan did it on the sofa, and groliov stood behind Gao Yang. For a moment, Gao Yang seemed to be the biggest person in the room.
After Gao Yang and them sat down, sarro couldn't wait to say, "Ivan, show me your goods. I can't wait."
Ivan took the backpack, looked at Gao Yang and said, "Sir, can we start trading?"
With a face on his face, he nodded and waved his hand. Ivan zipped the backpack and poured all the gems in the bag on the big tea table in front of sarro.
There are many compartments in the backpack containing gems. As Ivan takes out more and more gems, the expression on Saro's face becomes more and more satisfied. After Ivan says that the gems are all on the tea table, Saro nods, takes out a magnifying glass, bends down and starts to check the gems on the tea table.
After a few glances, sarro said a few words to the bodyguard standing behind him, and then four people came soon. When people came, sarro looked at Ivan and said, "let them take the gem to the next door for testing, OK?"
Ivan didn't promise directly, but looked at Gao Yang and said with a smile: "Saro is my old friend. His reputation is no problem. You see, can you let him test it?"
After Gao Yang nodded, Ivan immediately smiled at sarro and said, "please."
Saro waved his hand. After his men took the emeralds to the next room for testing, Saro said with a smile: "these gemstones are in large quantity and of good quality. However, there are no top gemstones. My friend, if there are still good goods, take them out together."
Ivan smiled and said, "don't worry, my friend. We'd better wait for you to quote the price of these goods first. We'll continue to talk."
Gao Yang didn't say a word. Ivan was talking with Saro. He had been waiting for almost an hour. One of the people who tested in the next room came out, whispered to Saro, and soon made a mistake. He took out the gems still belonging to Gao Yang and Ivan and put them on the tea table.
After the gem was put back, sarro said in a deep voice, "I'll pay a high price of $9 million for this batch of goods."
Gao Yang thought it over in his mind. Ivan's experts said that the total value of gemstones was between 14 million US dollars and 18 million US dollars. The prices in this range were reasonable. Gao Yang had taken out the highest quality gemstones worth more than 5 million US dollars, and took out two largest gemstones. The price of 8 million US dollars was also reasonable.
Gao Yang thought it was reasonable, but Ivan shook his head and said, "no, no, Saro, I think 10 million is a good price."
Saro immediately shook his head and said with a smile, "Ivan, my bid has always been very strict. This batch of goods is only worth 8 million. I have to leave myself a profit space. Come on, 8 million. This is a very reasonable price. You can't find anyone higher than the price I offered. However, I know you still keep good things. Take them out. Good things have a good price."
Ivan shrugged, then took out a handful of the top emeralds from his pocket, put them on the tea table, looked up, there were ten in total, and it seemed that Ivan had left a lot for himself.
When sarro wanted to lower his head to examine the top emeralds, Ivan stretched out his hand and said, "these are extra. How much do you think they are worth?"
Sarro looked down and said, "1.3 million is a reasonable price, but I'm willing to pay you 1.5 million dollars."
Ivan shook his head again and said, "is this the so-called wholesale price again?"
"Yes, the wholesale price. I buy a lot. I have to make some money."
Ivan thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "well, you give 10 million for that batch, the best two million, a total of 12 million dollars, all to you."
Saro smiled and said, "it's impossible. It's impossible. My friend, you're asking too much."
Ivan smiled, "don't worry, the price I want is still within a reasonable range, but when you see the real good goods, you won't think I'm asking for a price."
After that, Ivan looked at Gao Yang and said, "Sir, take it out. Sarro is my friend. He will give a good price."
Gao Yang now knows why Ivan wants him to pack the two largest gemstones. After hesitating for a moment, Gao Yang nods, takes out the two largest gemstones from his coat pocket and gently puts them on the tea table.
When Gao Yang put two egg sized gemstones on the tea table, Ivan said proudly: "look, this is the real good thing, and it's our offer. Two ten million, no counter-offer!"
Sarro solemnly picked up the two big gemstones. After looking at them for a few times, he couldn't help laughing: "man, you're wrong. These two are really good things, but they are definitely not worth 10 million. I can give a million at most. Really, although these two gemstones are big, there are too many cracks and impurities, which are not as valuable as you think."
After hearing sarro's words, Gao Yang stood up in silence and wanted to go, while Ivan hurriedly said, "don't worry, sir. It's normal for businessmen to bargain. We always have to listen to the reasons given by sarro."
Saro said helplessly: "my friend, emeralds are not bigger and more valuable. It depends on the quality. Of course, there must be extra points when they are bigger, but the quality of your two gemstones is not high enough. They are really not worth 10 million."
Gao Yang said expressionless, "that's not what I heard. Forget it. It seems that we can't reach an agreement. I'd better go somewhere else."
After hesitating for a moment, sarro could only say with a flesh ache on her face: "My friend, I don't want to lose this business, but I can't do a loss business. In this way, I promise Ivan's price and give the two big ones a total of $3 million, with a total price of $15 million. This is my bottom line. If you can't promise, I can only give up this transaction."