Queen's Road Central, New World Tower, in front of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Store.
Five minibuses drove over in a flash, and then a group of strong bodyguards got out of the cars. Although they were not wearing sunglasses or suits, the murderous aura on them could not be concealed.
An experienced person would know at a glance that these were killers coming from the battlefield, and definitely not gangsters from ordinary gangs.
So when the security guards of the Chow Tai Fook main store saw this situation, they immediately and quietly raised the security level. All the security guards pretended to stand on both sides of the gate, and some of the security guards were already preparing their weapons.
In the 1960s, not to mention robbing gold shops, robberies were common in Hong Kong. Some of the robberies were from local gangs, some were remnants of mainland soldiers who fled to Hong Kong, and some were South Vietnamese refugees. The public security was quite chaotic.
After receiving the news, the store manager Yu Yingzhang quickly came out of the office and pretended to greet him at the store door.
Anyway, judging from the situation, the other party is either a super rich customer or a super brave robber, and he can't afford to offend either of them.
Lin Sanqi wore sunglasses, had a small mustache on his lips, and was dressed in a white casual suit. He gave people the image of a second-generation rich kid and looked like a rich man.
After getting off the bus, Lin Sanqi looked up at Zhou Taifu's huge signboard and waved:
"Let's go. You have to protect me from now on. Got it?"
These 20 people claim to be bodyguards, but in fact they are special agents secretly stationed in Hong Kong by our country. They are in their thirties and have all traveled to South Korea.
Because this group of people were from Dongguang Province and could speak Cantonese, they were arranged by the organization to go to Hong Kong.
So when these serious people heard Lin Sanqi's nonsensical words, they all wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, and could only pretend to be indifferent.
"Yes, Master!"
Lin Sanqi walked to the door of the store with a ruthless gait, and the store manager Yu Yingzhang immediately came to greet him:
"Hello, sir. I'm the store manager. You can call me Yuzai. How can I help you?"
Don't hit someone who smiles at you. Manager Yu understands this principle, so he is very humble. He is a man in his 40s and calls himself Yu Zai.
Lin Sanqi shook his legs, holding a cigar in his mouth, and said arrogantly:
"Manager Yu, right? Don't worry, I'm not here to cause you any trouble. Tell all the security guards in your store to withdraw. I'm here to discuss a big deal with you. I guarantee you'll make a fortune."
Manager Yu continued to smile and asked, "Sir, what's your name?"
"Ling Ling Ran."
Manager Yu rolled his eyes in his heart and thought, why don’t you call 008 and have good luck all the way.
"Mr. Ling, please come in and have a cup of tea. Your subordinates..."
Lin Sanqi waved his hand:
"Everyone else is waiting for me outside. You, and you, come in with me. If I don't come out within an hour and don't see those two, you rush in and rescue this young master."
"yes!"
Manager Yu looked down on him again in his heart, wondering where this nouveau riche came from.
After entering the store and serving coffee, Manager Yu politely asked:
"Mr. Ling, right? Are you looking to buy or sell this big business?"
It's not easy to be a store manager, especially if you are the manager of the head office. Chow Tai Fook's headquarters is located on the upper floor of the New World Building. It's not easy to be a store manager under the emperor's rule.
“Of course I sell it!”
"So what does Mr. Ling want to sell us?"
Lin Sanqi nodded, and a bodyguard next to him, who was as strong as Zhang Fei, opened a password box, revealing several velvet black bags inside.
Lin Sanqi picked up the bag and threw it casually on the table, making a sound of broken stones colliding.
"Manager Yu, take a look at what's inside. Can you say it's a big business?"
Yu Xingzhang had a guess in his mind. He took the bag and took a quick look inside. His breathing stopped immediately.
Under the light, the inside of the bag sparkled. Manager Yu, who was an experienced jewellery dealer for many years, immediately knew that there were diamonds inside.
And it’s a big diamond!
Manager Yu quickly tied the bag tightly and said seriously, "Boss Lin, do you mind if I ask someone to appraise it?"
"random!"
"Boss Lin, this deal is too big, and I don't have enough authority. Could you please move to the VIP room? I'll have my supervisor come and talk to you."
Lin Sanqi stood up immediately and said, "Let's go, hurry up, I still need to go to Haojiang to play a few rounds."
In the VIP lounge.
Zeng Yutong, general manager of Zhou Taifu, was chatting politely with Lin Sanqi while glancing at the diamond appraiser next to him, appearing absent-minded.
Lin Sanqi was also absent-minded. Although he acted like a nouveau riche, neither sitting nor standing properly, he was actually extremely nervous inside.
After all, he knew that his diamond was fake, and he was betting that the other party would not be able to identify it.
If the other party is an old hand and can tell at a glance that it is a fake diamond, then being sent to the police station is a small matter. But if he is poured with cement and thrown into the South China Sea to plant lotus flowers, then you are doomed.
The gangs in Hong Kong are scary, but the local gangs in Hong Kong are just dogs raised by the rich. They will bite whoever they are told to bite, and there is no logic to it.
In fact, Lin Sanqi was worrying too much. Although there were diamonds in the world in 1960, they were all used in industry and could not be compared with gem-grade diamonds. They were obviously fake at first glance.
It will take decades for top-quality goods like Henan fake diamonds to be produced. No one in the world has ever seen them, so it would be strange if they could be identified as real or fake.
This is just like the stimulants used by American athletes. Their faces have all turned purple. Do you think it is possible that they didn't use stimulants?
It's just that the Americans' doping is more advanced, and the IOC's existing methods can't detect it. But as an official, if you can't detect it, even if you have suspicions, you can't convict them.
Zhou Taifu's appraiser wore a magnifying glass and carefully identified each diamond on the plate.
I originally thought that the appraisal would only take an hour or two, but it took most of the day. In the afternoon, the appraiser finally straightened up, exhausted and excited.
Don’t ask why we don’t hire more appraisers, we’re just afraid of leaks.
In 1960, 90% of the world's diamonds were controlled by De Beers. This company was very domineering. You either use my goods, or if you dare to use other people's goods, I will simply stop supplying you and ban you.
Therefore, the fewer people who know about this kind of thing, the better, unless they are close confidants.
"Mr. Zeng, I've appraised these diamonds. There are no issues with their color, clarity, or cut. Their color meets the highest standard, D, and their clarity reaches VVVS. They're better than any other diamonds we have in our store. They're absolutely top-notch."
Zeng Yutong was also delighted, "Is it genuine?"
The appraiser confidently said: "If these diamonds are fake, then all diamonds on the market now are fake."
Lin Sanqi was secretly delighted, thinking that he would give this appraiser a big red envelope later.
Zeng Yutong's eyes were shining as he looked at the diamonds on the plate in front of him.
Jewelry stores actually have the same function as Chinese medicine clinics.
For example, for a traditional Chinese medicine clinic, whoever can get top-quality medicinal materials, such as top-quality wild ginseng, top-quality cordyceps, top-quality polygonatum, etc., will become the favorite of patients.
By the same token, for jewelry stores, whoever can get the top-quality gemstones will become the darling of the wealthy circle.
Rich families have no shortage of money; what they want is something "special".
If you don’t believe it, go and see the gatherings of rich wives. Those women are competing to see whose clothes are designed by celebrities, whose bags are limited editions, and whose jewelry is the most top-notch and luxurious.
Just like the wife of India's richest man, in any photo, the gems she wears are as big as eggs, including diamonds. This is appearance, this is confidence, it reflects a kind of privilege, and what she is fighting for is face.
As the actual helmsman of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Store, Zeng Yutong is very visionary, otherwise it would not have been possible for the family to become one of the four major families in Hong Kong in the future.
Since this second-generation rich guy was the first one to come to them, Zhou Taifu, instead of other jewelry stores, they naturally had to stay with him with all their strength, otherwise they would be aiding the enemy.
"Mr. Ling, I'm a down-to-earth person and don't like beating around the bush. I'm very satisfied with these diamonds and I like them very much, so I bought them all. But as for the source of these diamonds..."
After all, Zeng Yutong at this age had not grown up yet and was afraid of offending others, so he naturally wanted to ask clearly.
Lin Sanqi casually replied in Cantonese:
"My family has a diamond mine in Africa, which was originally managed by my father. It's not that I couldn't stand the poor and remote areas of Africa, so I ran back here secretly. I didn't have money for the trip, so I had to sell some diamonds."
Zeng Yutong looked at Lin Sanqi's behavior and felt that he really was an uneducated second-generation rich kid. It was indeed possible that he had stolen the diamonds from his home and was selling them.
If this is the case, he will feel relieved. (End of this chapter)
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