After returning home, Xiao Feng was thinking about what to do with the diamonds, gold and other gems in his hands. He planned to keep them for now, but he really didn't like diamonds, especially after understanding the development history of the diamond industry.

, he felt that this was completely a marketing scam.

About a hundred years ago, this diamond was first discovered by humans on the riverside in the jungles of India and Brazil, and then moved to Europe. At first, due to its scarcity, only the princes and nobles of England and France could wear it.

At that time, this item was definitely a luxury item among luxury goods, and many upper-class celebrities were proud to own a piece of diamond jewelry.

But who would have thought that in 1870, British colonists discovered a huge diamond vein along the Orange River in South Africa, and the output was actually measured in tons.

At first, everyone was ecstatic, but within a few months, the market was filled with all kinds of diamonds, causing diamond prices to drop sharply, which scared investors in diamond mines.

Then a Jew named Rhodes organized all the mine owners to establish a diamond company called De Beers, which controlled and monopolized the global diamond trade by setting up trading companies in various countries.

In addition to the mine owners, behind this company were also the British nobility, even the royal family, and many other European princes and nobles. With the concerted efforts of everyone, the control of the diamond trade was relatively successful. During that time, regardless of gold,

, how the prices of silver, copper, and oil have changed, but the price of diamonds has remained high.

But later in the 1930s, the European economy experienced turmoil, wars even began to break out, and the market shrank rapidly. De Beers focused its market development on the United States, the world's most powerful country at the time.

At that time, Americans did not have the habit of buying diamond rings for weddings, but these monopolies were very smart. They took advantage of the admiration of European royal families by the American upstarts and arranged for British and other European royal families to wear large amounts of diamond jewelry when attending public events.

Guiding people's consumption habits, and then fabricating a lot of long-lasting advertising copy, such as "A diamond is forever, a diamond will last forever" and other advertisements, so that diamonds quickly opened up the market in the United States and were accepted by the majority of American consumers.

Later, in the 1960s and 1970s, they used the same method to open up the Japanese market, and recently, they began to use the same method to enter the Chinese country. Not to mention, the effect was really good. Some silly women, in

When I got married, I really cried and clamored for a diamond ring.

As everyone knows, these diamond rings, which are the size of rice grains, cost tens of thousands to buy, but when you really need to use money to cash out, they become worthless. No one is willing to buy back thousands of dollars. This

This is the most hateful part of the diamond scam.

The reason for this is that a large amount of diamonds are now supplied to the entire international market every year, and this stuff has basically become rampant.

At first, De Beers could control and monopolize the entire diamond industry. But later, with the discovery of diamond mines in Argyle, Australia, and the former Soviet Union also discovered a large diamond mine in Siberia, Rio Tinto and ALROSA Group joined in.

After this game, De Beers' method of controlling prices really can no longer be played, and the repurchase price cannot be guaranteed.

So in Xiao Feng's opinion, this diamond is really a piece of shit that charges IQ tax. The diamond necklace in his hand happens to be the first otherworldly treasure he wants to get rid of. After all, this thing will maintain its value in the future.

The room for appreciation is limited, so it is better to deal with it quickly and exchange money.

After returning home, he studied the main diamond processing and processing centers again. Xiao Feng couldn't help but feel a headache. There are four major diamond processing and sales centers in the world.

One is Antwerp in Belgium, which has hundreds of years of diamond polishing and processing history, then Tel Aviv in Israel, and another in New York, the United States. The closest one is Sutra in India.

After comprehensively judging these markets, Xiao Feng felt that Sutra was the most suitable place for him to sell diamonds.

Needless to say, in Antwerp, diamond processing there is very formal. If you want to sell diamonds, you must first have certificates from De Beers and several other companies to prove that they are not blood diamonds. Otherwise, they will not process or give you diamonds.

If you sell, you may even call the police.

The same goes for New York in the United States, and Tel Aviv, Israel, is probably about the same. Although it may be a bit more relaxed, Xiao Feng really doesn't dare to go there considering the political instability there.

On the contrary, the seemingly chaotic Sutra of India is the most suitable place to sell diamonds. The local legal system is relatively backward and various underground transactions are rampant. It is known as the world's largest underground black diamond trading center. If you go there,

It will be easier to sell the diamonds in your hand.

But you have to find a reliable channel. Otherwise, if you rush in rashly, let alone being deceived, you may be cheated and cheated.

Thinking of this, Xiao Feng got even more headache. Although he often traveled to other worlds and killed many people, in this world, he was always regarded as a good and law-abiding citizen. He really had not had much contact with some underworld transactions.

If you go to Sutrahu alone to make inquiries, you might be killed on the same day and thrown into the Tapti River, so you really have to be extra careful during this trip to India.

But how do you get to know someone who is engaged in the diamond business in India? You have to be a reliable and trustworthy person? Xiao Feng was as big as a bucket, and he couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a whole day at home.

I originally wanted to go to India to buy diamonds first and then go to Russia to purchase arms, so I simply moved forward the schedule of purchasing arms and went to Russia first.

Let's go to Vladivostok first. Peter has been waiting for him at the station early. Since he saved this guy's life last time, this guy has become very close to Xiao Feng.

He invited Xiao Feng to have a big meal first, and then went to take a Turkish bath. Finally, he arranged for two girls for Xiao Feng, and had a nice night's rest.

When Xiao Feng woke up early the next morning, Peter was already waiting for him at his hotel. He had breakfast with him and then drove off to meet Liukin Deliuka.

"I really don't understand, why do you have so many arms?"

"Haha, don't ask this, I'm useful. By the way, who is this Liu Jin? Can you trust him?"

"Haha, he is a distant uncle of Katya and I. If we can't trust him, it's over. Don't worry, that guy is very wild. He was an arms dealer a long time ago, but he seems to have stopped doing it for a while.
Chapter completed!