The diamonds Chen Yang brought back undoubtedly attracted a crowd; everyone would be curious about such a rare treasure.
"Chen Yang, leave this to me. I'll give you forty percent of the auction price, how about it?" Lu Lin said to Chen Yang with shining eyes.
Forty percent might seem like a loss for Chen Yang, but he actually got a great deal. Lu Lin only gave him this price because she didn't treat him like an outsider.
If this raw ore were given to Chen Yang, he would only have one option: to sell it.
However, Lu Lin was able to send the raw diamond to the most professional studios for processing and use her influence to organize a world-class auction, increasing the value of the raw diamond by more than ten times.
With Chen Yang's 40% auction share deducted, Lu Lin estimates she will only earn around 20%.
Diamond cutting, advertising, and auction organization all incur substantial costs. How could an ordinary person possibly relinquish such a huge profit?
However, Lu Lin wasn't focused on the gains or losses of those hundreds of millions, although that wasn't money to her. What she valued more were the hidden benefits the diamond brought.
This rough diamond should be called a diamond; it only becomes a diamond after it has been cut and polished. The diamond Chen Yang found is of quite good quality and could easily be processed into a diamond.
The diamond discovered by Chen Yang may not appear to be as large as the world's largest diamond, Courtona, but things are different now than before.
Due to the limitations of the technology at the time, the Cullinan Diamond was not cut completely. After being cleaved, it was worked by three skilled craftsmen, each working 14 hours a day, for eight months. A total of nine large diamonds and 96 smaller diamonds were cut into it. These 105 diamonds, weighing a total of 34.25% of the original Cullinan Diamond's weight, are now in the possession of the royal family of country Y.
Even with current technology, Lu Lin only dares to guarantee a loss rate of around 50%. If she's lucky, the largest one might even surpass the Star of Africa.
If it truly surpasses the Star of Africa, then the value of the diamond Chen Yang discovered is immeasurable. The world's richest people and royalty would want to own it. There's no need for an auction; just contact any wealthy royal family, and getting one or two billion wouldn't be a problem.
That's precisely why Lu Lin so desperately wanted this uncut diamond, because it would be of immense help to her. In terms of reputation, it could completely overshadow her classmates.
"Chen Yang, I only want the largest one to auction. If you need it, I can have someone process the rest and auction them too. All the proceeds are yours; three or four hundred million should be no problem."
Chen Yang thought for a moment and said, "Let's only auction the largest one. I have no use for it. I can't even take it out in public. You can make the rest into two necklaces for my mom and Su'er. Your designer can decide the style."
Lu Lin nodded, indicating that there was no problem.
Li Su'er quickly shook her head: "No, no, I wouldn't dare wear a hundred or two hundred million around my neck. Please leave me two slightly larger ones as a pair of wedding rings."
Yang Yu nodded, "I don't want a necklace either. Wearing this thing out makes me nervous. If I lose it, I'll lose the money that others could earn in ten lifetimes. You can give the two biggest beads to my son and daughter-in-law as wedding rings, and then just pick one for me to make a pendant."
Chen Yang laughed and said, "Mom, let's pick the biggest one from the rest to make a pendant for you. A ring that big isn't suitable; it's too nouveau riche-ish."
After thinking about it carefully, Yang Yu realized that wearing a large diamond on her hand seemed a bit tacky, so she decided to just leave it at that.
Chen Yang: "Then let's cut the rest as evenly as possible and give one to every woman in the micro-world, okay?"
Lu Lin nodded: "No problem."
The classification of this diamond was thus determined, and the girls in the micro-world were very happy to learn that they would be able to have a diamond.
Because it is very likely to be of the same origin as the world's next largest diamond, you can brag about that for a lifetime.
Currently, only Lu Lin has the ability to handle this diamond. Back when the Kulinan diamond was first discovered, no one in the world could afford it. It was then purchased by the local government at a bargain price and given to the royal family of Country Y.
Chen Yang took the huge diamond out of the micro-world, and Lu Lin sent someone to retrieve it early in the morning.
The newcomers were two ordinary-looking middle-aged men, but Chen Yang could sense that they were both trained and quite skilled. If he didn't have any special abilities and relied solely on his boxing skills, he estimated that the outcome of a fight with these two men would be about 50/50.
Lu Lin clearly took it very seriously; the fact that she was able to send these two people in such a short time meant she must have given the order overnight.
Neither of them seemed to know what they were supposed to give, nor did they intend to look at it; they were very dedicated.
This made Chen Yang a little embarrassed, because he had just grabbed a paper bag to put it in, and there weren't any other safe containers in the inn, unless he wanted to move the safe out.
Fortunately, the two of them were prepared. They put Chen Yang's paper bag into a metal box and didn't look at the contents of the box at all.
"This is for you, Mr. President. You need an unregulated bank card." A man handed a bank card to Chen Yang.
Chen Yang took the bank card; the English text on it indicated it was a Swiss bank card.
Indeed, when the Microworld Inn was being built, the funds were poured in in batches, and since he also ran a well-known inn, it didn't attract much attention.
If Lu Lin transferred the money to herself, it would be strange if such a huge flow of funds didn't attract attention.
Chen Yang naturally trusted the card Lu Lin gave him. She didn't need to do anything shady; Chen Yang had already entrusted her with the diamond, so if she really wanted to keep it, there was nothing he could do.
Lu Lin quickly contacted Chen Yang via video and told him that the diamond would be sent to Switzerland and secretly cut by a studio that frequently collaborates with Global Union Jewelry. However, she would do some processing before that.
The diamond's origin was certainly not Chen Yang's, but rather a village in Africa. A villager found it by chance, and Lu Lin immediately bought it, as this villager was working for Global United Jewelry in Africa.
In order to avoid exposing Chen Yang, Lu Lin had to make all the necessary preparations beforehand. She could also use this carefully crafted story to enhance the diamond's legendary status and increase its price.
Lu Lin has put a lot of effort into this diamond, which is destined to become famous all over the world, because it can become one of her signature products. No matter who the diamond ends up with, it can be branded with her trademark.
Now all she needs to consider is auctioning the diamond under the name of her own brand. This would fundamentally enhance the brand's value.
While Lu Lin was troubled by this, Chen Yang was quite relaxed. Anyway, he didn't need to worry about the follow-up matters; he could leave everything to Lu Lin.
(End of this chapter)
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