Chapter 94: The Great Depression (13)

In the evening, Manhattan is still the most prosperous urban area of ​​New York. On the streets where banks, companies, shops and offices are dense, the tall buildings that rise up in the night sky are like cold mountains, and the walls made of transparent glass resemble crystal palaces. Walking in the court is like browsing the buildings of the World Expo.
The colorful street lights flickered, high and low, far and near, and the dense land-like traffic on the cobweb made people almost forget that it was the Great Depression. The slow-moving headlights seemed to be virtual, virtual, and timeless. Now and now, like this plane, this time and space.
The stars are like tadpoles, dazed, slowly. People with different skin colors and different nationalities on the sidewalk are full of fun.
Walking down the ancient Greek ring ladder of Chase Bank, Huang Xuan wiped his face hard, seemingly wanting to wipe away his tiredness. He had not slept all day and night, sitting with these world-renowned mall pride, the pressure almost squeezed his strength The bones are stubbornly supporting the body when he is in the chest.
Hans glanced at Huang Xuan worriedly and asked softly, "Now return to Hilton?"
"Go to West 47th Street." Things can't be done on the last day. Huang Xuan understands what his mother said in this sentence. Instead of putting hope on everything, it is better to work hard to complete the work before the problem.
New York ’s West 47th Street will not be better known than Fifth Avenue, but when you need it, you ’ll hear these words from a gentleman or a lady: Antwerp Railway Station, New York ’s West 47th Street, London ’s Hatton Garden, the tall building of Ramat Gan in Tel Aviv, the Mumbai Opera District and the "Diamond City" in India.
Yes, they all sell diamonds.
Unlike several locations behind it, New York's West 47th Street also sells other jewelry. Huang Xuanke no matter what it sells, in the information given by Lorraine, this is the place that meets Huang Xuan's requirements the most. Although the issue of diamond certification is very annoying, it will never be more annoying than the lack of money itself.
Huang Xuan feels that this is perhaps the most unscrupulous one in his plane travel career. To print banknotes, there are too many requirements to meet: there must be no other plane base, and it must be in the era of banknotes. It must be in an era where it is easy to transform the printing press, and it must be in an era of developed business. It must be in the place where there are materials to buy ￣￣ All of this indicates that madness cannot be infinite ...
But as long as you are in a crazy age. In crazy New York, Huang Xuan will not waste even a little opportunity, and printing money has a cost.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Nordstrom's firm was still closed. Like those firms that rose after the Great Depression, boss Nordstrom worked harder than usual. He patrolled the counter. Encourage every employee and talk to customers frequently to introduce even a ring worth only $ 30.
Hans gently pushed open the glass door for Huang Xuan. The brilliant light reflected from countless jewels, as if stabbing his eyes. Huang Xuan laughed.
Nordstrom immediately spotted the tall Hans, and he took two tight steps. Coming to Huang Xuan, who was still looking, said, "Sir, do you need jewelry?"
"Yes." Huang Xuan has put on a little dress from Messi. Dressed like a gentleman about to attend the banquet, even Hans put on a suit with a round neck. "A few rags are worth $ 3,000." ￣￣ said when buying clothes.
The short answer did not extinguish Nordstrom ’s enthusiasm, and his face was still full of youthful vitality. He opened his right arm in a way unique to Westerners and pointed straight ahead, saying:
Welcome to Norders Tron. I am the owner Nordstrom. As long as you want to buy jewellery, you will not be wrong in Nordstrom. "
This is a complete American style, arrogant, confident but not necessarily true. Huang Xuan smiled and handed the hat to Hans, saying: "I want to buy some jewelry to take home and give it to my family and some friends."
"YES." Nordstrom read the last "s" sound for a long time, clenching his fists, and it seems that he also understands that this is a big customer.
"Are you a diplomat? Japanese?" Nordstrom asked Huang Xuan directly into the private room, while the waiter went to get the jewelry.
Huang Xuan smiled, just said: "My surname is Huang."
Nordstrom seemed unaware, and he introduced himself to Huang Xuan. When the waiter brought the jewelry, the whole person was even more excited.
In fact, in the early 20th century, pure jewelry, that is, new jewelry with no historical origin and antique nature, was not expensive. Taking diamonds as an example, the world ’s most famous diamond "Hope" was also bad luck. The blue big diamond of the diamond was bought by Turkish Sultan Hamid II in 1908 for 400,000 US dollars. In 1911, it was resold for 114,000 US dollars by the postmaster of the United States, McClan, in the new century. Its value can probably increase more than 10 times, if the Smith Institute is willing to sell, and someone is willing to buy.
But during the Great Depression, although the value of jewellery did not decrease, it never rose. The diamond price of Nordstrom is usually more than 400 US dollars, and the higher is about 2,000 US dollars. This does not meet Huang Xuan ’s requirements, because all the certification documents issued by the bank will eventually be torn off, and Huang Xuan cannot bring it. Appraisal documents go home, and the price of these lower-value diamonds must be reduced by several times without supporting documents, and may not even be sold. In addition, Lorraine also needs to spend a lot of energy to transport diamonds home. Although as a diamond made of pure carbon atoms, its consumption is not very high, but in the face of tens of thousands of degrees of energy, the price is less than 100,000 yuan , Is equal to a loss.
Seeing Huang Xuan shaking his head, Nordstrom was also anxious and waved his waiter away, saying, "What is Mr. Huang's idea?"
"Few metal ornaments, diamonds must be carat diamonds, high grades, and strong value retention ability. Simply put, even if I peel this diamond off, it should be easy to sell. For other jewelry, I personally compare If you like ruby ​​or sapphire, you need a more uniform color. You do n’t need to bring the crystal. The so-called carat diamond is a diamond that is higher than 1 carat. Although it is only 0.2 grams, the diamond is always much larger than the small, and the price It is also very different.
Nordstrom's eyes are bulging out. Among the gems, the red and blue colors are the most expensive, and the better one is tens of thousands of dollars. Needless to say, diamonds, the price will increase every time the grade is increased. He looked at Huang Xuan's costume again. Still nodded: "Then please wait." He said, got up and left the room.
Huang Xuan tilted his legs to drink tea. Don't worry at all. Before coming here, he had spent 3 million dollars in other jewelry shops. Until tomorrow, probably the entire jewelry industry will be rumors, wealthy sons from somewhere in Asia sweeping New York.
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In the next three days, Huang Xuan continuously met with Stephen, Sloan and Rockefeller, and sold 4 design drawings again. It is estimated that in the next few years, the European automobile industry will be hit hard.
Rockefeller did not take away his dream Boeing 307 design after all. The amount paid by Ford and GM is also getting higher and higher. The final BMW 326 design price is as high as 1.2 million US dollars, but for the beta factory producing 50 million yuan worth of banknotes every day, it is only a dime.
Although they did not make much profit from the sale of the later design drawings, the three companies have protected Huang Xuan's funds from all aspects, except for the 120 million US dollars of assets that have successively passed through Chase Bank. Citi issued a certificate of deposit of US $ 80 million for Huang Xuan, HSBC UK received US $ 48 million, and United Bank of America US $ 28 million ...
According to the American spirit. Before it is determined that Huang Xuan ’s banknotes are black money, no one will refuse a big customer ￣￣ If they prove it, they will not lose anything. Of course, Huang Xuan will not lose anything.
The money has continuously bought various jewellery, oil paintings, antiques, postal products, and other artworks. The only criterion is the profit rate. If Lorraine estimates that the price of a commodity can be sold for 1 million US dollars in the new century, then The energy consumption in the plane channel cannot exceed 100,000 US dollars worth of electrical energy. Later, this standard was changed again to 10,000 US dollars, and then 5,000 US dollars. Because the total energy stored and available at the base does not exceed 200 million kWh, that is to say, only 150 million kWh of electricity can be used to transport supplies, which is worth 10 million US dollars of electricity, while ensuring safety. Because there are no credible people in Brazil, temporarily increasing the energy reserve is impossible. Huang Xuan had to regret to discard most of the porcelain, enamel and the remaining tens of millions of dollars in P101, they were sent back to China As for who is the recipient, there is no need to delve into it.
Of course, the value of many works of art is far more than a hundred times the profit, but in just one week, the quantity that can be bought is not too much.
The fourth time he walked out of Hammer ’s department store, Armand Hammer was already Huang Xuan ’s best friend. He sold Huang Xuan ’s $ 89 million worth of art, mostly from Russia. During this period, "Generous Chinese" Huang Xuan did not tell him a price. In addition to those artworks that are duplicated in Huang Xuan ’s place, all the artworks that have been lost or cannot be found by collectors have been wiped out by Huang Xuanyiwang. Profit target in China: 4 million US dollars. Lorraine estimates that his profits may have exceeded 20 million, but what does that matter?
The classic car twitched like a mayfly, with colorful curtains behind the window. The bright window displayed red agate, crisp jasper, and yellow bronze, just like Huang Xuan's mood at the moment.
He shook Hamer's hand again and said, "So, I'm going back to China. I hope Mr. Hamer can go to China one day."
"It must be." Hammer also held his hand tightly.
"My country is not peaceful now. I don't know when it will develop. At that time, I may no longer be there, but I hope Mr. Hamer will go to see it and help me take care of him."
Hamer was saddened unexpectedly. This kind of unpredictable future is what the Americans in each Great Depression felt the most. He couldn't help holding Huang Xuan's hand tightly, just saying: "Sure, certain."
Huang Xuan walked into the car with a smile, Hans closed the door blankly, and the Ford Model T emitted a thick smoke, just like the dust of history. PS: Train P101 arrives at the station. Please show your monthly ticket when you get off.