Chapter Fifty-Seventy-Four: Killing the Snake by Throwing the Grass

Nan Ming chatted with Sun Shouding for a while, and Sun Shouding said to Nan Ming: "Mr. Nan, the diamond market has hundreds of billions of dollars every year. If you fight against such a huge market, you will make too many enemies. We I suggest you take a gentler approach."

Sun Shouding gave Nan Ming a relatively conservative solution of boiling frogs in warm water.

"Mr. Nan, Debitz is not as powerful as you think. Its control over diamonds is much weaker now. What it monopolizes is the trading of diamonds over 1 carat, and the most profitable ones are high-end diamonds. So as long as you focus on high-end diamonds and take away the high-end diamond market, Debitz will be very uncomfortable." Sun Shouding said, "The high-end market is actually very small. If I have a batch of very high-quality diamonds put into the auction , it can greatly consume the consumption potential of the diamond market, making Debitz unprofitable..."

According to Sun Shouding's suggestion, Nanming prepared a batch of diamonds for Sun Shouding.

This batch of diamonds includes a set of 7 large diamonds, the largest of which is 229 carats, cut into a pear shape, and the smallest is 42 carats, cut into a square shape, all of which are extremely pure, flawless, transparent and colorless diamonds. In addition, Nan Ming also prepared about 80 diamonds of about 10 carats.

No matter how young Nan Ming was, he couldn't look down on her anymore.

And Sun Shouding sent these diamonds directly to Sotheby's, intending to participate in Sotheby's spring auction in Hong Kong in April.

After the appraisal, Sotheby's asked Sun Shouding for his opinion on the starting price and publicity plan, but Sun Shouding didn't dare to specialize, so he came to ask Nan Ming.

"You can figure it out." Nan Ming waved his hand. For Nan Ming, this is just a drizzle, and his real counterattack method is actually still in the future.

As Sun Shouding said, diamonds involve a market of hundreds of billions of dollars. If Nan Ming really smashes this market, I am afraid that he will make too many enemies.

However... Does Nan Ming care?

Any field he enters is a market worth hundreds of billions, not just diamonds?

And in any market, as long as Lanshen Technology enters, others will just wait to be beaten obediently.

Nan Ming just felt that those ordinary jewelers were relatively innocent. If Nan Ming really suppressed the diamonds completely, many people would suffer great losses.

Therefore, Nanming felt that it was a good thing for Sun Shouding to send some signals to the entire diamond market so that some people could get out in time so as not to hurt their muscles and bones.

Moreover, Nanming’s counterattack will take some time to prepare. He needs to complete the industrial upgrading of artificial diamond production, perfect the theory, and carry out the preliminary construction of industrial production. The real counterattack will not begin until his diamond factory is completed.

Diamonds of dozens or hundreds of carats? A diamond casket or two?

Nan Ming's ambition is not just a little bit.

Before that, Nan Ming couldn't let Debitz be idle. If he wanted to cause them some trouble, the batch of diamonds that Nan Ming provided to Sun Shouding was a great trouble.

In fact, there is no need to wait until the diamonds are auctioned. The effect will appear as soon as the news spreads.

Sun Shouding sent the diamonds to Sotheby's, and Sotheby's was shocked. Such a large amount of diamonds definitely created a precedent for Sotheby's auction of diamonds.

No, it is not only the first of its kind in Sotheby's auction, but even the first of its kind in the world!

After Sotheby's got the diamonds and appraised them, they began to publicize them to the greatest extent. After a few days, the whole world knew that there were such a batch of diamonds to be auctioned.

First of all, it is the 229-carat super-large diamond that caused a sensation in the world. This is the largest diamond auctioned at the auction, and its final auction price must be a record-breaking one.

Sotheby's estimated auction price is 110 million. This is because too many diamonds appeared at one time, which completely overdraws the estimated price of diamond consumption.

Prior to this, the world's most expensive diamond auction price was set by a pink diamond (pink star), which sold for $8,300.

Of course, pink diamonds are very rare, and the price is several times that of ordinary diamonds, but not everyone can see such a huge diamond of 229 carats.

Even if it does not reach the 110 million estimated by Sotheby's, Sun Shouding estimates that the price will definitely exceed 100 million US dollars!

"One hundred million dollars, not bad." Nan Ming nodded, "We can build another branch of the Lanshen Club."

Seeing Nanming's calm expression, Sun Shouding could only sigh, he really deserved to be Mr. Nan.

Being rich is self-willed.

"I'll leave it to you, and I'll give you a third of the commission after the sale." Nan Ming said, he was never stingy with rewards.

Sun Shouding was tongue-tied and didn't know what to say.

His worth has doubled several times at once?

All of a sudden, Sun Shouding became full of energy, and his fighting spirit was full.

And Nanming took out so many high-quality diamonds at one time, which also caused a rumor to spread like wildfire, that is, a super-large-scale diamond mine was discovered in China, even bigger than the diamond mine in Russia. China's determination to mine diamonds cannot be tolerated. There is no doubt that diamonds will really become the price of cabbage soon.

After the rumors spread, Debitz was the first to see immediate results.

In this world, everyone is afraid of the Chinese people, that is...the Chinese are very good at pulling the market price to a position that is only a little higher than the cost, and then using the best and most hard-working workers in the world. advantage, drag you to death!

In any market, as long as the Chinese enter, they can immediately drag all other competitors into a fool.

In the early years, when China exported rare earths, it used to be the price of cabbage. Of course, this is a dark history.

But rare earths are non-renewable resources, what about diamonds?

Diamonds are continuously formed in the earth's crust, but they are temporarily unable to be mined.

So, can diamonds be an exception and escape the curse of China's price?

Most people are not very optimistic.

This kind of panic quickly took effect, and the diamond trading market suffered a severe setback immediately, especially the market below 1 carat, which fell by 25%!

This is just a rumor! Just a few days!

A lot of people are watching to see what Debitz will do.

If Debitz also lowered the price of diamonds, the entire diamond market would soon collapse.

But if Debitz refuses to lower the price, it will cause a stronger wait-and-see sentiment, and more people will choose to wait and see instead of buying, and the result will still be a crash!

This is just such a small batch of diamonds.

The value of diamonds is based on lies and an unconsistent price system. There is no sound market in the first place. The ability to resist risks comes entirely from itself. Once it starts to attack it from within the system, it will be unbearable. one strike.

Nan Ming didn't know if Sun Shouding was secretly manipulating it, but news about China's discovery of super-large diamond mines appeared on many websites. Many conspiracy theorists began to analyze the difference between China's discovery of super-large diamond mines and Russia's discovery of super-large diamond mines.

The conclusion is that Russia is simply powerless to manipulate the diamond market, but China definitely has the potential to dominate the diamond market!

Originally, the Chinese had no status at all in the diamond market, and only a few jewelry companies such as Chow Tai Fook and Chow Sang Sang were able to obtain rough stones in China, accounting for only one percent of the global market. But now, the situation has completely reversed, and China has suddenly become the origin of diamonds. Does the future of the diamond market depend on the face of the Chinese people?

Sun Shouding's approach can be said to be a warning.

If it is other industries, it is likely to start to withdraw at this time.

However, Debitz is not a listed company, and diamonds have no liquidity and value preservation ability at all. At this time, no one will take over Debitz.

This kind of feeling is like a snake hiding in the grass and sleeping, but someone beats it with a stick, no matter if it can't be hit or not, this snake can't even think about it. .

But its hole is here, and it can't run if it wants to.

Of course, as mentioned before, Debitz monopolizes the diamond market of more than one carat. The low-end market has an impact on Debitz, but it will not hurt them.

If you want a fatal blow, you need another heavy blow!

After arranging the Sotheby's spring auction in early April, Sun Shouding gave Nanming another suggestion, which is the Las Vegas International Jewelry Show in June.

"At that time, those who have no confidence in the diamond market will probably have withdrawn, and those who are still in it can only blame themselves." Sun Shouding said that doing business must be risky.

When the time comes, Nan Ming will do his best to hit Debitz with as much force as possible!

In order to be able to do this, Nanming must immediately lay out the man-made diamond industry.

For others, it usually takes several years to lay out an industry.

From research, site selection, inspection of the production line, purchase of the production line, installation of the production line, commissioning of the production line... and then a few years have passed.

But for Lanshen Technology, everything is different. Lanshen Technology has become accustomed to "fastness". They can build a huge building greenhouse "Lotus" within an hour, and can produce raw materials within a few minutes. Engine parts that can only be produced in a few weeks, for Lanshen Technology, most of the things can be done when they think about it, and the layout that needs to be laid out usually takes one or two months.

It is only the beginning of March, and there are still three months until June, and Nan Ming feels that it is more than enough.

Nan Ming first issued a task to the Institute, asking them to publish several new theories and technologies of artificial diamonds in international journals, to blow the air on the technical level, and then design more efficient and powerful artificial diamond production tools.

After throwing all the tasks to others, Nan Ming patted his ass and waited to enjoy the results. This is the benefit of being a hands-off shopkeeper.

Of course, it is impossible for Nan Ming to be completely idle. There are still some things that he must personally preside over, and no one else can.

In addition to competing with Debitz, Nan Ming must also preside over the upgrade of the Lanshen Club. If it is to be expanded, he also needs to strengthen some lazy gods massage beds.

In addition, a batch of fitness equipment needs to be strengthened, all of which require energy.

Before he finished his busy work here, Nan Ming received a call from Chu Chunhui and said, "Xiao Ming, come and help us to hold a personal show."

"What?" Nan Ming was a little dazed.

"You forgot?" Chu Chunhui said, "Sea Island! You promised!"

Nan Ming suddenly remembered that he had promised Chu Chunhui before that if the uninhabited islands in Jidong Province were for sale, he would buy one to support them.

"I'm busy now, I'll send an assistant there." Nan Ming thought for a while.

He probably knew the situation of these islands, so he couldn't keep his spirits up.

"Don't, at least you come to support the show." Chu Chunhui said, a two-seat island does not need people of Chu Chunhui's level to worry about it. What Chu Chunhui saw was Nan Ming's demonstration effect.

Nan Ming's status as the boss of "Lazy God Technology" is actually useless at this time.

But Nanming has another very appealing identity - the boss of the Lazy God Clubhouse.

There are hundreds of Platinum members in the Lazy God Club, and if you take out any one, you have the ability to develop an island.

If these people follow Nan Ming's example and buy one each...

Chu Chunhui felt that he could wake up happily after sleeping.

Nan Ming was in a dilemma, he was accumulating energy at the moment, and he really couldn't leave, but when he heard that Nan Ming was going to buy an island, Zhang Feilin immediately became interested, and volunteered to go instead of Nan Ming.

In fact, Nanming had already decided which island he wanted, and it didn't matter who went there.

Among the hundreds of uninhabited islands launched by Jidong Province this time, two islands have actually been listed long ago, but no one has taken over them. One of the islands is called Sanping Island.

The island is made up of three islands, which become one big island when the tide is low, and are separated again when the tide is high.

For sale is the big island of Sanping Island, with an area of ​​0.15 square kilometers, or 15 hectares, which is a little smaller than Turtle Island.

But what really caught Nan Ming's fancy was that the island was only 20 kilometers away from Dongbin Campus of Cheongyang University in a straight line!

If you take a helicopter, you will arrive in no time, which is very convenient.

And this island has also clarified its usefulness. In addition to tourism development, it can also be used for scientific research.

For a long time, the Lanshen Research Institute has shared a building with the Institute of Biology and Medicine, and has been hiding underground. Nan Ming felt that this was really aggrieved by the king, so he planned to build a laboratory on the island to really bring the lazy gods to life. The laboratory is independent.

Everything went well with the purchase of the island. In the afternoon, Zhang Feilin called and said that for the demonstration effect, all the procedures were smooth and would be completed soon. She sent back a lot of photos. There is a flat river on Sanping Island, with wetlands and farmland. It is completely different from the beautiful Turtle Island.

Now that there are islands, how can there be no boats?

Nan Ming intends to find a way to whitewash the "Silence".

The "Silence" was a warship illegally obtained from Romania. Although the Romanian side did not pursue it, and the original bullet had reached an agreement with Romania, it lacked legal status and could not enter China's territorial waters.

There is a warship, but it cannot be driven home. This is more than just a night trip in brocade clothes, and a bright pearl cast in secret?

Since a few days ago, Nan Ming has been thinking about how to cleanse the "Silence" and install a legal identity on it.

After thinking about it, Nan Ming felt that this kind of dirty work had to be done by the country of the Philippines. (To be continued.)