Consumer God

Chapter 290
"Dear Mr. Han."

Nicolas, the designer with a big fluffy beard, heard the translation of the second sister Jin and laughed.

"I don't know where you got the news from, but I'm pretty sure the Argyll Mine is not closed, it's just been converted to underground mining - the surface rough has been mined out, and now it can only be dug under the rocky soil Find a bequest.

So in a sense, it is indeed close to closing, but at least so far, it has not stopped output.

In addition, whether to close or restart the Argyle mine has nothing to do with De Beers - it is Rio Tinto's. "

Nicolas' attitude seemed to respect Han Lie very much.

However, people who are sensitive enough will definitely be able to hear a condescending taste from his tone of voice.

That feeling can generally be understood as a kind of conceit based on professional knowledge, as if pointing at Han Lie-you layman, shut up and listen to me!
When the second sister Jin was halfway through the translation, her heart turned cold.

What the hell!

Are you fucking crazy? !
Sitting in front of you is my second son, the God of Wealth, a supernova in the financial world of Shanghai, who wants to spend tens of millions of distinguished customers on high-end jewelry, your God!
Do you understand a little bit of sophistication? !

The second sister Jin looked at Nicolas angrily, her eyes were on fire, and she didn't translate the second half of the sentence.

But it doesn't mean much, Nicolas speaks English.

Therefore, not only Liang Wu understood, but Han Lie understood every word.

But Han Lie didn't respond in a hurry, but slightly raised the corners of his mouth, and cast a sideways glance at Lu Yisi casually.

With just this one glance, Lu Yisi's heart skipped a beat.

He gave Nicolas a bitter look, and hurriedly apologized to Second Sister Jin in French.

"I'm sorry, Kim, Nicolas is a craftsman who focuses on his skills. You understand the dead brains of people like them. I would like to express my sincerest apologies to Mr. Han for his offense, please convey it for me."

Then, before the second sister Jin expressed her opinion, Nicolas was not happy.

He turned back to French and complained to Luis: "Hey, you are not my direct leader, you are not qualified to decide anything for me! And is there anything I said wrong? Mr. Han's understanding in this regard is really superficial ...Well, since he is an important client of ours, I will personally apologize to him, but not because of you, understand?"

Nicolas is a little arrogant, a little twisted, but not stupid.

He didn't want to really offend Han Lie, it's just that he has such a personality and can't vomit.

As a result, these words finally made Lu Yisi so angry that he broke his defenses.

"Idiot! Damn, from now on, you shut your mouth firmly, if you still want to keep this job! Otherwise, I swear, I will use all my strength to clear you out of the company !"

Nicolas was dumbfounded by the scolding.

Second Sister Jin was also a little confused, not understanding where Lu Yisi's rage came from.

Things haven't been particularly bad so far, have they?
Nicolas didn't make any big mistakes except for his low EQ...

In her heart, Nicolas' popular science was already regarded as the correct answer by default. After all, Han Lie is a layman, and it is normal to remember something wrong.

So she hurriedly said, "Hey, take it easy, Mr. Han is a very caring and cultivated man, he won't lose his temper just because of Nicolas' correction, Lu Yisi, don't make things too complicated..."

Nicolas nodded hastily, with a very aggrieved expression on his face.

"Putin!"

Luis cursed in a low voice, but still felt that it wasn't enough, so he added another sentence in a fit of anger and vent.

"He knows what! The Argyll Mine was shut down by De Beers!"

What? !

Second Sister Jin stared wide-eyed, dumbfounded.

Nicolas' eyes were glazed over, and he subconsciously scratched the back of his head, his brain was also down.

How can it be?

Rio Tinto's official website clearly states...

Lu Yisi ignored the two little Kara who didn't understand farts, and hurriedly got up, while putting on a smiling face, bowed slightly to Han Lie, and apologized in English.

"I'm sorry, dear Mr. Han.

Nicolas is a pure designer full of art. His disrespect for you will definitely be severely punished by the company headquarters. Please don't have a bad opinion of Cartier because of such a little unpleasantness.

Within the scope of my authority, I will provide you with the most top-level and most considerate service, as well as the greatest degree of super VIP treatment.

I hope you can continue to trust Cartier..."

wow~⊙o⊙

Yu Yun, the only one in the audience who couldn't understand English, was the most confused and most excited person at the same time.

She didn't know what happened, she only knew that her brother was the best.

There are so many faces!
The CEO of Huaxia District!
You all keep your eyes open and watch carefully. What is his attitude in front of my brother? !
As for the rest of the people who could understand English, they were completely in shock.

No one understood what was going on.

But everyone could see the change in Lu Yisi's attitude.

If Han Lie's attitude when he first entered the door was the enthusiasm and thoughtfulness he faced with wealthy clients, then now it is respect with a trace of deep fear.

Not obvious, but true.

Assistant Liang's spoken English is not good, but there is no problem in translating English into Chinese. She hastily and quietly translated Lu Yisi's apology + lick for Han Lie.

This is my boss!

My chosen follower!
Who can understand how I feel now?

Liang Wu was full of pride, and she glanced at Second Sister Jin calmly.

That means roughly—how do you act as a middleman?
Our boss has such a big tiger flag, you don’t know how to pull it, you can’t even maintain the authority of our boss? !
The second sister Jin is called an injustice.

Until now, she didn't understand what happened.

Why is Lu Yisi so cowardly all of a sudden?
Cartier's tone has always been very high, there is no reason for the big brother in Huaxia District to be so low-key? !

God!Amazing……

How did Mr. Han do it? !

What other people think is none of Lu Yisi's business.

He only cares about what Han Lie thinks.

Therefore, the middle-aged white man stared nervously at the Huaxia boy's eyes, trying to find some emotions that could be used.

result……

There was nothing but an ocean of calm.

It was as if today's scene was so commonplace and not worth mentioning.

The more Lu Yisi thought about it, the more frightened he became, his mind was filled with some strange associations.

This kind of thing, in the eyes of irrelevant people, will feel that it is not worth mentioning, but in the eyes of real insiders, the significance is really extraordinary.

It's not the usual kind of scary, it's the kind of scary that can't be imagined.

Can you understand?

Lu Yisi has even begun to recall the life histories of the few insiders inside and outside the company.

The first is Barons, the director in charge of gem acquisitions.

A pure southerner of France, he joined Anglo American Plc after graduation and was stationed in Africa. He has a background in the French Foreign Legion, so he led the merger of several copper mines in Central Africa. He has a close relationship with the diamond warlords in Chad, Central Africa, Congo In 2000, he was dug into Cartier as a supervisor, responsible for the acquisition of rough stones. He was one of the few people in the company's top management who knew the inside story of the Argyle Mine.

Well, it can't be him, Barons has no connection with China.

The next insider is the vice president of the company...

Lu Yisi went through those four or five people in his head in an instant, and then painfully realized... Fuck!Thinking for nothing!
Everyone can't be a leaker!
What's more, they, and even all the high-level executives of related companies who have maintained a tacit understanding, have nothing to do with Huaxia at all!
Jesus!It's fucking crazy...

Lu Yisi's mood collapsed, not because his mental quality was not strong enough, but because the shock came too suddenly and violently.

You must know that the Argyll Mine was transferred to underground mining in the second half of last year, and it is only four or five months away from now. It is unlikely that ordinary local tyrants in China even know about this matter itself.

And those businessmen and jewelry collectors who are extremely concerned about diamonds know the news that the Argyll Mine has "transferred to underground mining".

But in fact, the so-called underground mining is just a euphemistic public statement.

Its fundamental purpose is to control the output of pink diamonds.

The instigator was not all the people who worked on the deposit, but the international diamond giant De Beers.

This matter is actually not difficult to understand.

Rio Tinto is the miner, and De Beers is the largest acquirer and the actual controller of the global diamond market.

Therefore, it has never been that Rio Tinto can sell as much as it mines, but as much as De Beers needs. Rio Tinto controls production capacity and quality, and how much it produces.

Once Rio Tinto digs unscrupulously, De Beers will inevitably lower the price significantly.

People hold the pricing power and the authentication certificate to ensure the circulation, so why should raw material manufacturers resist?
In fact, the international mining giants have already reached a consensus with De Beers in this regard, and have become a community of interests.

The layman has no idea what De Beers really means, let alone what a terrible trust it is.

giant?

No, it is the source, intermediary, referee, appraiser, and terminal of the natural diamond market!
So Han Lie's understatement of "Once De Beers restarts the Argyle Mine" is not a slip of the tongue at all, let alone misremembering the mine owner, but a reminder and knock on the root cause!
'I know everything, don't play tricks with me! '

Facing such a low-key yet powerful Han Lie, how could Lu Yisi not be shocked or afraid? !

Nicolas actually has the face to correct others, has his mind crystallized? !
Lu Yisi decided to show the most cautious attitude, the most considerate service, and the most enthusiastic attitude to help Han Lie complete the jewelry customization.

He still needs to work at the chief position of Huaxia District for at least 5 years, and make friends with a powerful person with a deep background and a bright future. Does he still need to consider it?
Anyway, it's the company's resources that are running on horseback!

However, what the terrified Lu Yisi couldn't think of and didn't dare to think was that Han Lie really didn't know that the Argyll deposit belonged to Rio Tinto.

It was about 23 years ago, when Han Lie had nothing to do, he checked Douyin and came across a video about pink diamonds.

It only mentioned the closure of the De Beers and Argyle mines, and the speculation that there are still many reserves in the underground veins. Han Lie also remembered a day in 2013.

So, it was assumed that De Beers closed the Argyle mine in 2013.

Is there anything unreasonable? !

Today, I happened to have the opportunity to pretend to be coercive, so I took it out and said something vague and mysterious.

As for what people who hear it will think... what does it matter to me? !
How can a simple person like me know the inner world of you dirty bis!
Anyway, if I say something wrong, there will be no consequences. I am a big spender, and if I say a word or two wrong, you can't help me? !
Therefore, Han Lie took a meaningful look at Lu Yisi, which actually meant: It's up to you to act, you can figure it out!

What Lu Yisi understood was: do you know the truth?I'm so disappointed if you don't know either...

At that time, Xiao Lu wished he could raise his hands to Brother Lie.

I know!
Brother, I know for sure!

……

The truth is so simple, so when Lu Yisi licked it seriously, Han Lie was a little confused.

Ah Yo? !
Did I accidentally poke Lao Lu's G-spot again? !
Jieke is really...

Stimulate!

Han Lie didn't know and didn't want to know the specific reason for the change, but firmly grasped the core point——

Next, is my job just to pretend?

I am familiar with it!

So, Brother Lie raised Erlang's legs, picked up the coffee cup in front of him, took a sip calmly and gracefully, without raising his eyelids the whole time, and his aura quietly swelled to [-] meters.

One word - extravagance!
……

"Dear Mr. Han..."

Luis raised his head, then paused again.

Second Sister Jin finished translating the address, waited for a while, but didn't see the next sentence, so she turned to look at him with strange and reproachful eyes.

That probably means——little brother, what's the matter with you?Facing distinguished guests, is this the level? !
Tell yourself, how many mistakes have you made? !
Lu Yisi swallowed back the original words, and temporarily changed the words: "Which one do you prefer, ruby ​​or sapphire?"

While asking, he courteously turned to the back few pages of the album and pointed it out to Han Lie.

To be honest, there are really many top gemstones in Cartier's collection.

And the quality is extremely high.

The next few pages are full of big bare stones, both red and blue, big and beautiful, which caught sparks in the eyes of Yu Yun and Liang Wu.

Pigeon blood red from Burma, starlight red from Sri Lanka, purple red from Vietnam...

Kashmir cornflower sapphires, traditional Sri Lankan sapphires, Australian iron-rich sapphires…

Among them, the pigeon-egg-shaped ruby ​​named "Romantic Star" originated in Mogok, Myanmar. It is pigeon blood red in color, extremely pure (C1) in clarity, and weighs 22.8 carats.

Even if it is just a picture, it is still thrilling and beautiful.

Han Lie's eyes lingered on that page for a long time, and Lu Yi suddenly realized—the opportunity to make up the relationship has come!

And just as he was gearing up to consider his vocabulary, Yu Yun suddenly felt his heart flutter.

Her eyes struggled and despaired.

Brother, you can't be so cruel, can you? !

After finally taking me out once, is it because you want to buy this thing? !

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(End of this chapter)