Time Smuggling Starting from the Year 2000

Chapter 107: Drugs (8)

Views:

Dutoit also vaguely heard about Huang Xuan's mortgage of a large amount of artworks. Of course, no one told him that it was a huge amount of 100 million. As soon as he thought about it, he smiled and said: "Mr. Huang, does he want the bank to sell it on his behalf or mortgage it?" What about the loan?”

"I'll go to Sotheby's to sell it." Huang Xuan smiled and said, "It's better to get a mortgage, but let me tell you first, this is jewelry passed down from my family, and there is no appraisal certificate."

Dutoit chuckled twice and said, "Switzerland doesn't have so many rules."

His smile was very playful. In fact, diamond smuggling has always been a major channel for diamond sales. There is a recognized rule in the international diamond industry: as long as the diamond import tax exceeds 5% - this is a general over-the-counter transaction (informal Channel import) costs, smugglers have profit margins. Because it is so easy to carry diamonds through customs, when China set a 17% diamond import tariff, many businesses in Shanghai became rich overnight with gray income.

Unlike Citibank, the Swiss Banking Federation has never minded pledging various risky assets. It is backed by confidentiality laws. The value of the collateral is far more important than the channel of the collateral - there is nothing harder than diamonds.

Dutoit's laughter woke up Huang Xuan. He patted his forehead and understood the mistake he had made. He originally only wanted to contact Pfizer through Citigroup, but forgot about the advantages of UBS. But it can be regarded as a mistake. If Citigroup hadn't eaten up so much of his interest, the capitalists might have lost interest in helping during the conflict in the United States.

The diamonds Huang Xuan bought at P101 were all carats, and most of the diamonds he bought in the later period were more than 5 carats. When it was time to leave, the Americans, who had heard the news, even bought heavyweights with more than 10 carats - Need What is clear is that the GIA international quotation for diamonds, known as the most transparent commodity in the world, is only up to 10.99 carats. In other words, the scarcity of diamonds over 11 carats makes it unnecessary to have a unified quotation.

Of course, the bigger the diamond, the better. The 10-carat diamond with the lowest 4C grade is only worth US$1,000 per carat, while the highest one is worth US$178,000. How can a diamond screened by Lorraine be of low grade? of.

After hurriedly returning to Nanjing, Dutoit also invited 6 appraisers from Sotheby's and Christie's, plus translators and assistants, a total of more than 0 people. This is completely different from Aubrey. Dutoit, who is affiliated with UBS Private Wealth Management Asia, has European power and style. Although his personality may be very American, when he works At all times, rigor and seriousness are present throughout.

Coincidentally, one of the visitors to Sotheby's was very familiar with Huang Xuan. It was Liu Ziqing, the auctioneer when he first sold stamps. This middle-aged man with a calm voice walked quietly behind a few foreigners. , smiled when he saw Huang Xuan.

Huang Xuan was slightly surprised. He remembered that Liu Ziqing was just an auctioneer. He greeted everyone, walked to Liu Ziqing and asked, "Mr. Liu is specialized in jewelry?"

"Where is it?" Liu Ziqing smiled and said, "I'm here to be Daniel's translator." He pointed to a black man with thick lips.

"Welcome." Huang Xuan gently shook Daniel's hand.

Liu Ziqing said a few words to Daniel and said: "Before I came, Mr. Derek told me to find a way to persuade Mr. Huang to auction a batch of diamonds at Sotheby's. Unexpectedly, I met an acquaintance."

After he finished speaking, he paid attention to Huang Xuan's expression. The latter smiled slightly and said, "These diamonds were left to me by my family. It's because I don't have an appraisal certificate that I asked you to come. How can I auction them easily?"

"These are all easy to handle." Liu Ziqing lowered his voice when he said this, his eyelids did not blink, which was very Chinese style.

In fact, Huang Xuan sometimes liked this Chinese style. He habitually patted Liu Ziqing on the shoulder and said very maturely: "Then we will talk about it later."

This action made Liu Ziqing, who was relatively familiar with Huang Xuan, a little stunned, and then smiled. Speaking of which, since coming into contact with veteran managers such as Sloan, Huang Xuan's thinking: If I don't suffer a loss in negotiating with Ford, then I won't suffer a loss in negotiating with anyone.

Regardless of whether it is right or wrong, my mentality becomes much more relaxed.

Still in Gloria's suite, the hotel waiter prepared coffee for everyone present and left quietly. Huang Xuan pretended to go back to the room to get something. When he came out, he was carrying a box full of three-month cakes.

When he opened the lid in front of his head, there was a sudden silence in the room. Everyone present, whether it was the appraiser or the translator, looked dumbfounded.

Anyone who sees hundreds of diamonds gathered together will probably have the same expression.

When Huang Xuan got it back that day, he looked at it for a long time, but now he didn't feel anything. He picked out a finger-sized diamond, tossed it in his hand, and said, "I'm sorry to bother you all."

Some messy answers came out. Daniel took the lead in picking up a 10x magnifying glass and looked at it. Since it was a mortgage, he only needed to calculate the price according to GIA standards. The main problem was to determine the 4C grade.

Apart from his initial surprise, Dutoit maintained an expression of wonder. It seemed that he was very envious of the Huang family's rich wealth. In fact, if the Huang family really wanted to collect jewelry, their current value would probably be much higher than this.

Huang Xuan sipped the coffee gently. Before bringing it over, Lorraine had already given him an estimate, with a total value of about 80 million US dollars. If everything goes normally, the final estimate should be similar.

Dutoit watched for a while, then walked to Huang Xuan and said with a smile: "Mr. Huang is the most amazing oriental rich man I have ever seen."

"That's my grandpa." Huang Xuan turned his eyes away from himself intentionally or unintentionally, and said calmly: "When can this loan be completed?"

"United Bank of Switzerland is the most efficient bank. As long as the valuation is confirmed, there will be no problem in one day at most." Dutoit boasted and glanced at the big diamond in Daniel's hand, which was a big one with 0 carats. , based on the quoted price of 10 carats, it is worth more than 1 million US dollars, but in fact, its price is multiplied by more than 5 times.

To use an inappropriate metaphor, Huang Xuan felt at peace at the moment. After you often knead dozens of large diamonds in your hands, and then see these things that are hundreds of millions of times more expensive than glass, you will feel uncomfortable. Why is it so deep? He seemed to be focusing on the traffic downstairs and said softly: "Then please help me buy about 100 million U.S. dollars of crude oil spot. Just like last time, send it to Santos Port."

Dutoit almost suspected that Huang Xuan was purchasing oil for the government, but he still agreed. The banking consortium is the most contemptuous organization for the law. As long as they need to, they will change the law at any time for the sake of profits in the next few years, regardless of the consequences of such changes. (To be continued. If you want to know what happened, please log in to .qidian. There are more chapters. Support the author and genuine reading!) (To be continued)