Chapter 820

James is a bit out of his temper, but Gao Yang understands his feelings very much. There are only two kinds of people who can keep calm in front of the red diamond, blind and fool.

James is still muttering to himself.

"No! I can't believe it's true. I can't accept that there is such a perfect red diamond in the world. You must be going to play tricks on me, right? Gentlemen, such a joke is not funny. Please don't play such a joke on me! No, no, please tell me, you're not kidding me, and you're not going to play tricks on me. Please tell me clearly that there are real diamonds in front of me It's a diamond, not a fake. "

Morgan smiled and said, "Mr. James, when I first saw that big fun, I was as surprised as you. Don't be surprised anymore. If you can't believe your eyes, take a good look."

James touched his heart, sat back in front of the round table, took a deep breath, just took a look, and immediately sighed, "God, it's true!"

After holding the diamond in his hand for a long time, James didn't put the diamond under the electronic magnifying glass as before. When Gao Yang was a little impatient, James finally put the diamond under the electronic magnifying glass.

After looking at it carefully for a long time, James raised his head and thought for a moment before sighing on his face: "I'm trying to use a more accurate word to describe this diamond to express my surprise and incomparable excitement about it. By the way, I can express my concentration, but I failed. I can't find a suitable word to describe it. If I have to say it, I can only say perfect."

Gao Yang took a deep breath and said with a smile, "Mr. James, how much do you think it is worth?"

James waved his hand firmly and said firmly: "Priceless! There is no price, there is no price that can be used as a reference. For this diamond, 10 million is it, 100 million is it, and 1 billion is it. If it is placed in the auction house, if the buyer happens to be fascinated by this diamond, it is normal to auction hundreds of millions of dollars, but if you want a reasonable reference value, I'm sorry, I can only tell you that there is no."

After that, James thought for a moment and said, "the classification of color diamonds is different from colorless diamonds. Common color diamonds are blue, pink, green and black, and red, especially this pure red, is extremely rare. So far, the largest red diamond auctioned is called museyev red diamond. Have you heard of this name?"

Gao Yang shook his head and said, "No."

Morgan also smiled: "before today, I had never paid attention to diamonds."

James said in a deep voice: "the cutting form of museyev's red diamond is a bright triangle. GIA's color rating is red diamond, which is a pure red diamond without variegation. It was found in Brazil in 1960. The first auction price is US $7 million. Although museyev's red diamond is only 5.11 carats, museyev's red diamond is the largest red color diamond GIA has ever tasted.

The original weight of museyev red diamond is 13.9 carats. Do you know how heavy this one is? I estimate that it is at least 150 carats! It is 150 carats! And the shape is very regular. If you want to cut and polish, the loss will be very small. I estimate that the weight of the cut naked diamond should be 100 carats, left and right, 20 times that of museyev red diamond! "

"Twenty times the seven million dollars? 140 million dollars, well, a lot," he whispered

James chuckled and said: "Are you kidding, sir? First of all, we don't say that the seven million US dollars of museyev's red diamond was the auction price more than 50 years ago. Well, let's take museyev's red diamond as an example. It's difficult to estimate the value of museyev's red diamond at present. The owner can make a price at will as much as he wants to sell, because there have been few red diamonds in international auctions in recent decades."

James waved his hand and said helplessly: "In 2010, the 24.78 carat Graf pink diamond was auctioned for us $46 million. The Steinmetz pink diamond found in South Africa weighed 59.5 carats, but it has not been auctioned, so it is impossible to estimate the value. However, the red diamond is much less and much less pink. I think this red diamond can be graded with specific rose red. Therefore, I really can't give an accurate valuation. I only It can be said that the price between $200 million and $1 billion is a reasonable range. If the transaction price is less than $500 million, I will think its value is underestimated. "

Gao Yang had nothing to say, but Morgan said with a surprised look: "Fark, such a thing can sell 500 million? How to operate?"

James shrugged and said, "first of all, you need to polish. That's for sure. I expect that the insurance cost, plus the processing cost of cutting and polishing, will cost $50 million."

Gao Yang was almost choked by his saliva, and then he said in surprise, "the processing cost is $50 million? Are you sure you're not talking about lira or yen?"

James shrugged and said, "the diamond itself is valuable, but it depends more on the polishing process. Otherwise, why Antwerp monopolizes the industry."

Gao Yang took a breath of air conditioning. Morgan said in a deep voice, "it doesn't matter. I can help you with the grinding fee. I'll lend it to you."

Gao Yang smiled and said, "well, thank you. Anyway, we can sell more and pay you back after selling."

James smiled bitterly again and said: "I'm sorry, I'm very sorry. In view of the particularity of the diamond industry, I think you may not be able to get the selling price you want. This is a monopoly industry. If you just sell the original diamonds, um, about US $10 million to US $50 million, because now there is the Kimberley Process international certification scheme for rough diamonds. If your diamonds cannot prove the origin and legitimacy Sex, you can't trade legally. "

Morgan said confidently, "I don't think this is a problem. I can find someone to help."

James shook his head and said: "Sir, you have to understand one thing. If this diamond is worth millions or even tens of millions, you should be able to find someone to help. However, if it is worth hundreds of millions, it will cause a global sensation as soon as it appears. Unless they can buy this diamond at a low price with a monopoly advantage, they will definitely choose to refuse. I also want to point out that this grade of diamond is only large The company dares to eat it. Even if a small company wants to buy the diamond, whether it can come up with at least hundreds of millions of dollars in cash is a big problem. "

"If I cut, polish and sell at my own expense," he said in a loud voice

James shook his head and said, "you can polish it. No one will refuse this business, but you can't auction. You can only try to trade in private. If you trade in private, the value will be much lower."

Gao Yang glanced at Morgan and said with a bitter smile, "it seems that becoming a billionaire is not that easy."

Morgan said in a deep voice: "of course, it's not that simple. It's not easy to do anything in the world, but I firmly believe that as long as you work hard, you will always have a chance to fulfill your wishes."

After thinking for a moment, Morgan knocked on the table and said: "Gao, I have a suggestion. Let's put the diamond for a while. Don't rush to sell it. It's too bad to rush to sell it. Since we plan to open a regular mine, we can wash the diamond white without asking anyone. As long as we wait two years, the diamond can sell hundreds of millions of dollars instead of tens of millions of dollars. We lack experience in this industry now. If we don't want to be stuck by others If the neck, you can only take your time. "

If you can simply sell the diamond, Gao Yang will borrow Morgan's money to polish it, and then return the money. But if you need a very complex operation and Morgan has to come forward to solve it, you can't just borrow money. After thinking for a moment, Gao Yang nodded and said, "OK, you operate it. We sell half of the money."

Morgan thought for a moment and said, "no, business is business. I'm willing to invest in this diamond, but I can't be greedy. Well, I'll pay for cutting and grinding. After removing the costs, I'll take 10% of the selling price."

Gao Yang nodded and said, "OK, that's it."

Then James smiled: "I venture to add that if you plan to sell after cutting, you can't be in a hurry, because there are too many processes to cut this diamond. It takes several months to design the cutting shape alone. Coupled with the cutting time, at least nearly a year has passed. In addition, cutting diamonds is risky, and you must find someone willing to take the risk Insurance companies, and the negotiation price and time. There is a mature operation system in Antwerp, but if you want to cut a diamond that cannot prove the source, there are many things to do. Therefore, I can only advise you not to worry and take your time. "

Gao Yang's face collapsed, and Morgan was helpless. After shrugging his shoulders, he said to Gao Yang, "well, it seems that you can only keep it for a period of time. If you still need me to help you at that time, let me know if you don't need it. Because we have a diamond mine, I think you will soon have enough money to cut it."

Gao Yang said with a wry smile, "I just want to do it as soon as possible, but now it seems that, well, I'd better keep it."

At this time, James said in a deep voice, "does it have a name? This diamond must have a loud name to match it, such as the African star, such as Guangming mountain, Guangming sea, such as hope... Oh, no, it's better to ignore the name. Does this diamond have a name?"

Morgan smiled, "as a discoverer, Gao, I think you really should give it a name."

James mentioned the star of hope. Although he didn't finish, Gao Yang still felt very unlucky. After thinking for a moment, Gao Yang said without hesitation: "lucky star, I'll call him lucky star."

Morgan nodded and said, "good. I think it's a great name."

James also smiled and said, "if you are the discoverer of the lucky star, I have to say that you are really very, very lucky."

Gao Yang took the lucky star in his hand. After looking at it for a long time, he finally sighed: "I may keep it for a long time. I hope it will bring me good luck. No, it must bring me far!"