Seeing that the sponsor didn't laugh, Cai Bin and Mark, who had been laughing just now, stopped immediately.
Cai Bin, in particular, quickly realized that the joke was inappropriate.
Feng Yi studies snakes and probably likes snakes. Mark's joke just now would make him unhappy.
But Cai Bin didn't know what to say at this time and was a little embarrassed, so he just stood quietly aside with his head slightly lowered, trying to reduce his presence as much as possible.
Feng Yi smiled back politely. That was all.
Mark got it. Oh, this didn't hit the employer's funny bone.
Let me tell you a different joke.
After a little thought, Mark gave up again.
Forget it, people's sense of humour is different. And he keenly discovered that the joke just now seemed to have touched the employer's sore spot.
Although I don’t know which word has irritated the employer, in order to avoid stepping on the landmine again and for the tips given by the employer, I’d better not say anything nonsense!
So Mark put on a sincere and apologetic expression and asked: "What do you want to hear? I can tell you anything!" As long as you can afford it!
At this time, Xiaojia had already driven the car over. They got in the car first and headed to the mine that Feng Yi had his eyes on, which had a diamond mining and entertainment project.
The mine is quite far from the city center and it takes nearly an hour to drive there.
After leaving the city, the road is not very flat and is a bit bumpy, so the driving speed cannot be fast.
Feng Yi leaned back in his chair and was planning to take a nap, but when he closed his eyes, the stones that his ancestors used to pave the ground inexplicably appeared in his mind again.
Those hard, shiny stones.
Those stones act as auxiliary tools.
Feng Yi opened his eyes and looked out the window, thoughtfully.
Seeing this, Mark immediately asked considerately: "Boss, do you have any other questions? Maybe I can answer them for you."
Feng Yi said: "I always feel that I can dig up diamonds on this trip."
Mark: “…”
I can't solve it if you say that!
I can't just throw a diamond for you to pick up!
He complained in his heart, but still looked like he believed in you. Mark smiled and said, "It will definitely be as you wish!"
As for whether your wish comes true or not, he has already taken the money and left, so why would he care about you
Avoiding this topic, Mark talked to Feng Yi about the mine again, mainly introducing the background of the mine and the unknown things about the current mine owner and the security guards in the mine area.
After all, even if a large number of mines are closed now and the market is not as good as before, the person who can take over a medium-sized mine is no small figure.
Mark said this to tell the financiers not to cause too much trouble after that, not to conflict with the people in the mine, and not to be too pretentious.
In Mark's opinion, even if this employer is very rich, he is not grand enough and lacks confidence. When you are on someone else's territory, even if you are a dragon, don't you have to coil up
A person wearing a big gold chain who goes to the mine alone may not be able to return safely.
Although Feng Yi brought two or three followers with him, what’s the use
The mine is full of enemy people, from security guards to miners. You can't win with just a few of these small gangs!
Therefore, even if you are very rich, you should be more restrained when you go there.
Mark quickly looked at his employer again and felt more at ease.
The employer was dressed like an ordinary tourist, and he didn't have anything of value on him—no gold chain around his neck, no gemstones on his fingers, no luxury watch on his wrist. His clothes, pants, and shoes were probably bought locally, with some local characteristics, not luxury brands. Even the car he rented was not a luxury car.
Very good, very good, safe!
At first glance, he is the kind of person who makes a fortune in a low-key manner!
Mark was even more convinced that this employer was of low status and was the type that would be generous with tips.
Of course, Mark likes it too!
This is their main source of income!
He likes employers who give generous tips the most!
So, Mark continued to work in a dedicated manner with an extremely enthusiastic attitude.
When the vehicle drove into the mining area, we saw more billboards, all of which were advertising the mine.
You can't tell from the road, but when you get there you'll find that there are quite a few tourists here, probably coming here from other routes.
Looking around, there is a strong commercial atmosphere, and some shop-like buildings have been built, so it is not empty.
After driving the car to the parking lot and parking it, Mark said professionally, "There are quite a few people queuing up. I'll go see if I can buy tickets for the afternoon show. It says there are tickets online, but it's hard to say for sure."
After Mark left, Feng Yi called Xiaojia and Xiaoding aside to talk.
Cai Bin was observing the mining area tourism guide displayed on his phone. We can't let Mark take all the work!
After Feng Yi finished talking, Cai Bin immediately told Feng Yi the information he had just found, combined with his own analysis.
"There is also a store over there that specializes in selling diamond jewelry. It is relatively cheap and has a certificate, so it is authentic. Many tourists buy jewelry there as souvenirs. If you find diamonds in the mine, you can sell them to the store and they will take them."
After thinking for a while, Cai Bin glanced around cautiously and whispered, "The diamond is real, but it may not be a natural diamond."
"I'll go over and take a look later." Feng Yi said, and walked to the snack bar opposite the diamond store.
I'm a little hungry.
Sitting in the snack bar, eating while waiting for Mark.
Ten minutes later, Mark came back with beads of sweat on his forehead.
"Done! Tickets are in short supply these days. The advertising is worth it. Three tour groups came here by chartered buses this morning, so there are a lot of people. The mine has closed the online ticket booking channel. I bought these tickets from someone and paid extra money. Otherwise, I would have to buy tickets for tomorrow."
Mark handed the ticket in his hand to Feng Yi, and then took the banknote from Xiao Jia very smoothly.
It’s much more than the extra money he paid for the ticket!
With an increasingly enthusiastic smile, Mark told Feng Yi the information he had learned when buying the tickets.
"The mine owner, Tama, is here. He will come to the mine to take a look in the next few days. He was the one who asked people to temporarily close the online ticket booking channel. He himself didn't expect the advertising effect to be so good."
The mine manager really didn't expect that those fraudulent advertisements could deceive so many tourists!
However, the mine's capacity to receive tourists is limited, and it is difficult to manage with too many people. Once the place becomes chaotic, he will suffer even greater losses. What if someone takes advantage of the chaos to steal diamonds
But the mine owner is unwilling to watch these small amounts of money fly away, so he is now trying to find a solution.
According to Mark's guess, starting from tomorrow, there will be more temporary security guards and temporary miners in the mine.
Also, there is no need to wait until tomorrow. There will probably be more hype news today, making this place a celebrity check-in spot.
Mark looked at the watch on his wrist and said to Feng Yi:
"The afternoon session hasn't started yet, boss, do you want to go shopping in the store across the street first?"
He was talking about the shop across the street that sells diamond jewelry, which also belongs to the mining area.
"There are some rough diamonds dug out of this mine in the past few decades on display, but the diamonds are relatively small. The large ones have already flowed into the market and are not put here for display and sale," said Mark.
"Let's go and take a look." Feng Yi was indeed more interested in those rough diamonds.
After a rough diamond is cut and polished into jewelry, only one-third of it may remain, and the original surface layer will also be worn away.
What Feng Yi wanted to see was the surface of the raw stones!
Just like when he played with meteorites, after playing with them for a while, a layer of special substance would appear on the surface of the meteorites.
For example, the caves we have seen in mountain caves before, there is also a layer of special substance on the stone walls of underwater caves.
The ancestors used diamonds to assist in molting, which means that the diamonds were exposed to enough dissipated energy, and some special changes may have occurred on the surface. The instrument may not be able to detect it, but if Feng Yi saw it, he would definitely be able to identify it.
After finishing the meal, several people went to the store opposite.
Feng Yi was still wearing only a pair of sunglasses, but because the clothes he wore were rather ordinary, they were not noticeable.
Those tourists wearing tour group hats had a much stronger presence than Feng Yi, and they formed a long line as soon as they left. They spoke a mixture of languages from different countries, and their words and actions carried the styles of different countries.
Feng Yi didn't care about those things. He walked towards the diamond store opposite with a clear goal.
There is also a particularly conspicuous sign hanging at the door of the store - Say no to blood diamonds!
Blood diamonds are not blood red diamonds, but refer to diamonds that are grown against a background of war, countless blood, sweat and exploitation, and murderous traders, etc.
Cai Bin looked at the sign and said with a hint of sarcasm: "So the certificate is valuable. It can trace the origin and prove that it is not a blood diamond or stolen goods. It will also be easier to sell it in the future. Big-name jewelry stores will not sell such illegally obtained "war diamonds". At least that's what they say on the surface."
Mark said, "In the end, it's still the rules set by those diamond players. However, if you adapt to this way of playing, you can also make money. Collecting is just that. I know a rich man who bought diamonds for 80 million and sold them for more than 100 million in just a few years!"
Mark was so envious that his eyes turned red with envy when he made tens of millions from reselling.
Cai Bin is not optimistic about diamond collection: "It's all a market game, but you can't be sure about the future. Diamonds are hyped up. Aren't they just an allotrope of carbon? Moreover, the technology of cultivating diamonds is getting more and more advanced."
After the abnormal climate period, the rules were reset, synthetic diamonds quickly took over the market, and technology became increasingly advanced. Who can predict what will happen in the future
Cai Bin was reminding Feng Yi that he should be more rational when buying such things.
When we talked about these things outside the store, they just whispered them, and once we got into the store, they stopped talking about them.
If you say that in someone else's store, you're asking for a beating.
Feng Yi walked into the store, his eyes swept over the exquisitely carved ornaments, and then without another glance, he walked straight to the counter of rough diamonds.
In addition to the merchandise counter, there is also a very large display cabinet next to it.
The exhibits are all rough diamonds found in the mines. While playing a promotional role, it also lets tourists know what rough diamonds look like, so that they don’t throw away the rough diamonds they dig up as ordinary stones.
Related photos and screenshots of relevant news reports were also posted. Some of the newspaper screenshots are very old.
Tourists have doubts about the authenticity of these things, but these doubts cannot stop their enthusiasm for digging diamonds and some beautiful fantasies.
No matter how much of the news here is true, diamonds were indeed produced here. Even though the mine resources are now exhausted, there should still be a little bit left, right
What if I managed to dig out the remaining little bit
Many tourists who come here have such fantasies.
The tourists were a little fanatical, but Feng Yi was quite calm.
He looked at the rough diamonds in the display case.
The raw stones inside are big and small, some are regular in shape, and some look like they were knocked off from somewhere.
Feng Yi's focus was on these irregularly shaped particles.
As he expected, there were indeed substances here that he could sense, but they were very few, only on a few of the pills.
Feng Yi called the salesperson over.
The salesperson asked very politely, "Sir, which one do you like? I'll help you pick it out."
Feng Yi raised his hand and pointed at them one by one: "This, this, this, and the two over here, plus the one with the dough, oh, and the smaller ones over there, let me pick a few."
The salesperson was stunned and asked, "... these? All of them?"
Feng Yi thought about it and decided that since he wanted to study how his ancestors left these things on diamonds, he would have to practice it himself.
"Well, that one over there, the one with a more regular shape, help me wrap it up."
The salesperson wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled politely, "Please wait a moment. My authority is limited. I will call our store manager over right away!"
Not long after, a slightly plump middle-aged man in a short-sleeved shirt trotted over. After introducing himself, he asked Feng Yi again to confirm the purchase. Instead of just taking them out to look at them, the store manager quickly took out the raw stones that Feng Yi pointed out from the counter, and then invited Feng Yi to the private room at the back of the store.
"Sir, the diamonds you need are here. Can you confirm whether they are the ones you like and pack them all together? We have many styles of gift boxes to choose from."
Feng Yi: "Just pack them together."
The store manager had to look at the raw stones worth a few hundred yuan and the raw stones worth hundreds of thousands of yuan. There was a mixture of large and small particles.
The store manager was very confused and couldn't understand the customer's aesthetic taste and preferences.
These rough diamonds have nothing in common in terms of size, shape, color, clarity, etc. There are even artificially grown diamonds among them!
With all kinds of speculations in his mind, the store manager still had a warm and appropriate smile on his face, and then handed out a business card: "If you have a large purchase demand, you can contact me. We have a stable, reliable, high-quality and low-priced sales channel!"
Feng Yi took the business card, but did not make any comment on the phrase "large purchasing demand", nor did he mention his own identity.
The store manager was very satisfied when the other party took the business card and did not care whether the customer revealed his identity or not.
He only cares whether the customer pays or not.
After Feng Yi completed the payment, the store manager became even more attentive and considerately opened a door on the other side of the store so that it would be less likely to attract attention if he walked in from this side.
However, Feng Yi did not go this way because he did not take any diamonds out of the store.
"I'll leave it here with you first. I'll come to your store to pick it up later with the receipt and proof."
Feng Yi also planned to experience digging diamonds, and didn't want to carry such a box with him all the time. It would be better to put it here than anywhere else.
Mark, who had been following them, strongly disagreed.
Boss, are you so confident in leaving the diamonds you bought with them?!
What if they don’t recognize it when I come to pick it up
Can you even flatten their entire store