The Beacon of Laiyang Metal

Chapter 12 Return to Modern Times
  next night
  In the Peony Hall of the "Magic City Hotel", Wei Yuan met Benjamin Hoover, the general manager of "Clark Kimberley" as scheduled, and Sun Dewang, who came to accompany him.

When he took out the diamond sample he brought, the two people present were all deeply impressed by the purity of the diamond and its beautiful cutting method;

Under the illumination of light, the diamonds in front of you appear to be sparkling like bright gemstones after high-frequency refraction from different cutting surfaces, reflecting colorful light, giving people the illusion of being jeweled.

You must know that the diamonds of this period were all natural diamonds that were artificially cut in the later stage. Whether it is purity or cutting technology, they are far from the goods brought by Weiyuan.

After some haggling, the 1 kilogram of artificial diamonds brought by Wei Yuan, with a total weight of 5000 carats (each carat is equal to 0.2 grams), was finally sold for a total price of 50 oceans.

This time Weiyuan also asked for gold bar settlement, but only exchanged 30 gold bars for Dayang. Considering that the Northeast region will invest in building factories and recruiting people for construction, etc., which will require a lot of cash flow, the remaining 20 will be cashed in Dayang. Reserve for later use.

In addition to the huge amount, the two parties agreed to conduct spot transactions at Standard Chartered Bank at 9 a.m. on the next day. At the same time, Benjamin made a special call to the bank to ask the other party to prepare the corresponding number of gold bars in advance.

Because the person Wei Yuan used to hide his identity was a Chinese American, Benjamin, who also had American nationality, was very surprised that there were such powerful Chinese people in the United States, and even diamonds could be traded by the kilogram.

After the deal was negotiated, it was time to chat and get acquainted in the private room. Benjamin was obviously very curious about Wei Yuan's identity, and asked about the origin of Wei Yuan's goods. Wei Yuan pretended to be true and false with the other party. .

On the contrary, it was Benjamin's identity that surprised Wei Yuan. After hearing Sun Dewang introduce Benjamin's full name, Wei Yuan felt that it was very familiar when he first heard the surname Hoover, as if he had heard it somewhere.

Now I know that Benjamin Hoover has the same surname as Herbert Clark Hoover, the 31st President of the United States, and is the president’s nephew. At this time, Herbert Clark Hoover was He is the current president of the United States, and the famous Hoover Dam in the United States is named after this president.

Some people say that the wine table is the easiest place to enhance feelings;
  This sentence is also applicable to foreigners. Due to the smooth transaction, the meal lasted for more than two hours, the guest and the host enjoyed themselves, and several people became more and more familiar with each other.

Before going out, Wei Yuan quietly stuffed Sun Dewang with a brocade bag, which was the same as given to Yu Fengzhi. Wei Yuan specially reserved it from this batch of diamonds.

As soon as he got the brocade bag in his hand, Sun Dewang had already realized what it was. He was secretly shocked that Boss Wei not only had a profound background, but also spent a lot of money. This small bag of diamonds alone is worth thousands of dollars."

Although he earns a lot of money as a manager in a foreign trade company, he works for others after all, and this small bag of diamonds is not a small sum of money for him.

Just when I was about to refuse, I heard Wei Yuan say:
  "Brother, don't refuse. I'm new here. I've been taking care of you these days. It's just a few diamonds. Just treat them as a greeting gift for my sister-in-law. It's also good to keep some jewelry."

Later, Wei Yuan said that he was going to Nanyang in the next few days and wanted Sun Dewang to help him find a single-family villa in the French Concession so that he could live in the "Magic City" in the future;
  After hearing this, Sun Dewang nodded repeatedly, patted his chest and said that it was up to him to find a house, and he would definitely let Wei Yuan move to a new home next time he came back.

After walking out of the hotel, Wei Yuan declined Benjamin's invitation to go to Paramount on the pretext that he was too drunk, called a rickshaw and left first;

The next morning, in the VIP room of Standard Chartered Bank, there was a row of bank-specific linen bags neatly placed, and the pockets were filled with shining gold bars.

When the appraiser brought by Benjamin confirmed that there was no problem with the diamonds, the two parties began to hand over the diamonds. It took Weiyuan a long time to count all the gold. There were 213 "big yellow croakers" in total, 30 pieces in a bag. Divided into 7 pockets.

Considering that the 20 yuan was inconvenient to carry, I replaced it with a check for USD 5 from Standard Chartered Bank. As an old international bank in London, England, its reputation is quite reliable. Weiyuan can rely on this check to make transactions anywhere in the world. A Standard Chartered bank conducts cash exchange. Worried about the safety of so many gold items on the road, the bank finally sent a special cash transport truck and a dozen armed guards, together with bank staff, to deliver the gold to Weiyuan's room at the Peace Hotel.

He originally wanted to keep a low profile, but it was probably impossible. It would not be long before news spread in the "Magic City" that the mysterious diamond seller Standard Chartered Bank exchanged a large amount of gold.

It is inevitable that his identity will be remembered by those who are interested. It seems that next time he travels back in time, he will have to find a way to solve the problem of his own safety, Wei Yuan thought to himself.

After returning to the hotel room and locking the door, Wei Yuan first took the 7 bags of gold bars on the floor back into the "system" and then called the hotel front desk to inform them that he would be staying in the room for another month and asked them to send someone to pick it up. rent.

The reason why he wants to extend his stay is that Wei Yuan plans to travel directly to this room next time to avoid the risk of being exposed through time travel, and also saves the check-in procedures again. The monthly room fee is only 600 yuan, which he can afford for himself now. It's drizzling.

After everything was ready, he called out the "system" and started it immediately. A blue light ball flashed through, and Wei Yuan reappeared in the office of the machinery factory.

Not caring about rest, he began to calculate the gains from this trip to the "Magic City".

5 U.S. dollars. This money will not be used for the time being and will be reserved as initial start-up capital for the Republic of China's own development. The remaining 252 "large yellow croakers" and 8 "small yellow croakers" total 7.9 grams.

Even though he was mentally prepared, Wei Yuan was still shocked by the huge amount. Who would have thought that one day the number of grams of gold he owned could be calculated in units of ten thousand.

He turned on his mobile phone and checked the real-time international gold price, which was 580 yuan/gram. After a simple calculation with a calculator, he estimated that it could be sold for about 4500 million yuan;
  Get rich~Get rich~
  It's simply violent. I made 4500 million in just one trip. Is there any business more profitable than this?

Wei Yuan was so excited! I was so happy that I could only shed tears of happiness in my eyes. The labor-management factory was saved! ! !
  To expand the scale of the factory, it must expand its scale and recruit back all the previously laid off workers.

With the "system" in place, are you still worried about not having enough start-up capital?

With the "system" here, are you still worried that there won't be enough market for product dumping? In another time and space, I have a consumer group on a planet.

After getting excited, Wei Yuan became entangled as to where to sell the gold;

As a third- and fourth-tier city in Laiyang, it is easy to find gold stores such as Huaxia Gold, Lao Fengxiang, and Chow Tai Fook on the street. There is a Lao Fengxiang gold store not far from my factory.

But if they are asked to spend tens of millions to buy gold for one store, they probably don't have the strength to afford it.

In the end, Wei Yuan had no choice but to use "Du Niang" to search for major gold purchasers in his province.

(End of this chapter)