"Mr. Zhang, of course, we wouldn't dare insult your friend... we..."
"Still saying you're not insulting my friend?" Zhang nglong said as he pointed to the neckpiece embedded with several diamonds that Lu Yiyao wore around her collarbone.
"This is just everyday jewelry my girlfriend wears, not even suitable for slightly formal occasions. The five diamonds on it are each over 5 carats, worth a million Huaxia currency. You try to fob off my friend with this kind of junk, and you say that's not an insult?"
"But... but this is already the most expensive diamond selling area on our side," Delamini and Grave imdiately explained.
"I know," nodded Zhang nglong, "This place sells diamonds ant for ordinary people indeed, it's considered quite high-end."
In Huaxia, most of the jewelry stores sell diamond rings ranging from 0.3 to a little over 1 carat. According to the local pricing, diamonds worth hundreds of thousands of Huaxia currency are considered quite luxurious.
But since there are diamonds tailored for ordinary people, naturally, there are also those ant for top-level tycoons. Those who are truly wealthy wouldn't be caught dead wearing diamond jewelry worth just tens of thousands of US Dollars, as they'd be a laughingstock if they did.
"Wait! There is!" Delamini said, "I rember on the top floor of this little diamond town, there are so areas exclusively ant for the wealthy. I had completely forgotten about this!"
Delamini and Grave had co hoping to try their luck at bluffing their way through, but they didn't expect Zhang nglong to be so knowledgeable. It seed they would still have to spill so blood.
The jewelry in this area were all above 1 carat, even the largest with 5 carats of colored diamonds, and the cheapest here was worth more than two or three hundred thousand US Dollars.
"Forget it," Zhang nglong laughed, "Any diamond you can buy with money isn't a good one. I rember there's a Diamond Museum in the capital, right?"
Upon hearing these words, Delamini and Grave's complexions changed instantly.
Indeed, they do have a museum, which over the decades, had collected a variety of precious diamonds excavated from South Africa. These gems were purchased by the museum and stored there, and so were even considered national treasures.
Was Zhang nglong actually eyeing the museum's contents?
"Mr. Zhang, this... the museum contains our national treasures, it really is..."
"Exactly, exactly, I deserve to die," Zhang nglong quickly slapped his own face, "I almost forgot they're all national treasures. If I were to ask for them, wouldn't that make
no different from a robber? That really wouldn't be right, not at all!"
"Let's go back and continue playing Werewolf," said Zhang nglong, "And, we'll return all that money and the cars to Mr. Delamini and Mr. Grave. We ca here to travel, not to rob."
"When did he beco so easy to talk to?" Delamini and Grave glanced at each other.
"Mr. Zhang, about that import and export business..."
"What about business? Isn't the pandemic so serious, and you still want to do business? That won't do!" Zhang nglong said with a righteous face.
At that mont, Delamini's phone rang again.
"Delamini! What exactly are you doing? The protest rows have already reached the capital. I'm giving you three more hours; if you can't make it, soone else will take over, and soone else will take your position!"
Upon hearing this ssage, Delamini broke out in a cold sweat, promptly putting on a smiling face again.
"Hahaha, Mr. Zhang, we were just joking," All the old foxes knew the drill with a single probe.
Don't give it to ? Fine! I won't insist, lest I give people sothing to talk about, saying I, Zhang nglong, use strong-arm tactics.
But then, don't expect your foreign trade to recover, either.
You want
to ease up? Alright, then bring
what I want, obediently and respectfully. That's how simple the world of adults is.
"Mr. Zhang, is it just so diamonds we're talking about? Our land is vast and rich; we can afford to give you so diamonds as compensation," Delamini said, "The museum is right here in this little diamond town, I'll take you there!"
"Old fox!" Zhang nglong muttered, "Won't give up till they reach the Yellow River, they really want
to play rough!"
Zhang nglong whispered, "Later on, you guys just pick the biggest ones with the prettiest colors!"
"You got it! I'm good at this sort of thing!"
"I don't feel a bit of guilt anyway. I've been scared out of my wits for so long; what's wrong with taking a few of their diamonds?"
"Exactly, this is our triumph!"
A group of old yin-yang masters comforted themselves as they followed de Ramini into that diamond museum.
The place that claid to be a museum was indeed not an exaggeration; the hall defined opulence with its dazzling array of gemstone colors, utterly srizing to the eye.
"nglong, can I have this one?" Senior Brother Wang Mingjun pointed to a pink diamond the size of a pigeon's egg and said.
"This..." When de Ramini saw that particular diamond, his blood pressure shot up.
It was a 20.65-carat pink diamond, cut into a perfectly regular oval shape—an absolute dream for any woman.
More than 60 years ago, a 24.78-carat Graff pink diamond ring was sold at an auction in Hong Kong for over 40 million US dollars.
The diamond nad Cupid's Star was mined five years ago in a South African diamond mine, and its discovery even sparked a small-scale ard conflict!
Although it was slightly smaller than the Graff, its saturation and hue were even more intense, making its estimated value surpass that of the historic gem.
How did those Huaxia people have such sharp eyes to spot such a national treasure at first glance?
"nglong, I want this one!"
Zhang nglong's eldest martial sister pointed to a black diamond necklace in the display case.
"This... this is the Wittelsbach!" de Ramini struggled to breathe.
A unique 31.06-carat black diamond, once the property of King Felipe IV of Spain, had traveled through various hands to end up here. This diamond ring, after being redesigned and transford, beca a fringe necklace for won, and even the fringes were studded with diamonds!
To this day, it had no appraised value; if it were to be asured in money, 80 million US dollars might just be its lowball price!
"Junior brother, I like this!"
"A 22.56-carat purple diamond..."
"A 56.22-carat blue diamond..."
These little things may look small, but the value of each far exceeded the several tis the value of the sports cars they had originally chosen!
Zhang nglong wasn't here for compensation; he was clearly here to rob and extort!
An hour later, they left the museum thoroughly satisfied.
860 million US dollars—that was the loss from this trip. It was no longer just about money, as such diamonds were almost unique; even if one had the wealth, it would be impossible to find a second piece in the world.
"Ha-ha, with this, my marriage proposal is sure to succeed!" Zhang nglong's Senior Brother Wang Mingjun said confidently.
"Senior brother, with such a huge diamond, even if senior sister refuses, you could knock her out with it and drag her ho!"
"Knock her out? Any normal woman would faint from happiness on the spot after seeing it, okay?"
"Anything else you want? Shall we go see sothing else?" Zhang nglong suggested.
"Mr. Zhang, please no more, I beg you!" This ti, de Ramini and Grave were completely overco and actually knelt down, weeping bitterly.
If this continued, South Africa would really beco bankrupt!
So many people were causing trouble now, and if Zhang nglong dragged this on for another hour, thousands of countries might go bankrupt.
"Alright, alright," Zhang nglong suddenly felt sorry for them, "Senior brothers and sisters, how about we forgive them?"
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