Paris, Chateau Nolan.

The new year is approaching, and it’s time for Si Xiaoxiao to prepare for her graduation project.

Schools here in Paris usually have winter vacation in mid-to-late February.

This year’s Chinese New Year’s Eve falls on February 14th, which happens to be Valentine’s Day in the West.

Paris is a city with romance engraved in its bones. This year’s school holiday is set for February 13th.

The timing is very clever, as it can take into account the arrangements for couples at school to get romantic first and then go home, and it can also take care of couples in long-distance relationships who go to the city where their loved ones live during the holiday on the 13th.

Si Xiaoxiao's final design assignment this year was also very wonderful. The theme was love.

There is no limit to the material and the type of work, as long as it does not go off topic.

Si Xiaoxiao looked at the rough diamonds in the suitcase and had an idea!

After selecting some rough stones that seemed to be of good quality, Si Xiaoxiao packed them up and took them to the cooperative processing workshop.

There are many craftsmen's workshops in Paris, whether they are gem processing, leather goods processing, or perfumers.

They have passed down their craftsmanship from generation to generation.

The store Si Xiaoxiao went to was the official partnership she signed with Si Letian's jewelry company:

"Roman, good afternoon~"

An elegant old lady in her sixties, wearing a red velvet dress embroidered with large blue-purple irises, wearing reading glasses and exquisite makeup, was polishing rough diamonds in front of a machine.

"Smile, my lovely little girl, let me see what good baby you have sent me?"

Si Xiaoxiao held the box in his arms, walked to Roman, and opened it:

"Look! First-hand new goods!"

"Wow!" Roman widened his eyes exaggeratedly, but smiled reservedly, and subconsciously covered his mouth with his white-gloved right hand:

"So cute! I love these little sparkly stones~"

Si Xiaoxiao:...-_-||

You are so funny, even though you know it is a stone, you still love me to death.

Roman stroked the rough stones, his eyes full of love:

"In my life, I will never marry or have children. My lover and family are just these shining little things."

"I like the process of polishing and carving them."

"It's like a cup of mellow coffee, slowly ground by hand."

“Full of exciting expectations~”

"Then, they are given away to be 'married' to a destined person, and are treasured for a lifetime, or passed down from generation to generation."

"Beautiful gemstones have the most beautiful meanings in the world. I simply love this feeling!"

In Si Xiaoxiao's eyes, Roman is a pure person.

A person who devotes his whole life to his ideals.

Although Roman's ideal seems to be a mirage.

But if people are willing, there is nothing wrong with it.

Si Xiaoxiao communicated his thoughts with Roman, and the two began to screen diamonds.

Diamond grade is mainly viewed from five aspects, namely weight, color, clarity, cut, and fluorescence.

The Diamond Clarity Grading Chart is based on the inclusions and surface flaws that can be seen under a ten-fold magnifying glass.

Currently, the most commonly used clarity grading system for mass consumers internationally is the grading of the American jewelry appraisal agency GIA.

It divides diamond clarity into six types and 11 grades, from high to low:

Flawless level fl, internally flawless level if, very slightly included level vvs, slightly included level vs, slightly included level si, included level i.

Let’s put it this way, natural diamonds below the VS level, unless the carat is very large and the cutting process is perfect, they are not valuable at all.

Even if they are sold in jewelry stores, they cannot sell them at high prices.

If I really sell it to you at a high price, then I won’t charge an IQ tax, I’ll just treat you like a fool who doesn’t know what to do!

The diamond game is also a knowledge with profound benefits.

Whether moissanite comes out or not, it will not affect diamantaires' global profits.

Users who would buy nine-yuan moissanite are destined not to be the target group of nine-thousand-nine diamonds.

People who buy, sell or even collect diamonds worth millions or even hundreds of millions are destined not to take a look at a nine-dollar moissanite.

Let the crowns of the nobles of the European royal family be inlaid with moissanite the size of walnuts. See if they are willing.

Is it possible to let celebrities, wealthy businessmen, and ladies collect and auction moissanite?

There are professional appraisal institutions for jewelry, and GIA’s certification certificate is intended for the general consumer market.

igi's products are facing the royal family and high-end consumers all over the world.

What about moissanite?

In other words, a Benben priced at RMB 20,000 to 30,000 does not mean that it can replace the Maybach priced at RMB 20,000 to RMB 30,000.

Luxury goods have different target customers, and the rules of the game for extracting profits are destined to be different.

There is a saying that is quite heartbreaking, but very realistic. Don’t let poverty limit your imagination.

To put it bluntly, jewelers make no less money than those who sell weapons, and they are still legal.

Gia was founded in 1931 by Mr. Robert Shipley.

It is a non-profit organization in name, and its funds are donated by people in the jewelry industry, but its appraisal and teaching costs are quite high.

The GIA appraisal certificate is quite credible. It is not only the first gemological school in the United States, but also widely respected and recognized in the global jewelry industry as one of the most recognized jewelry and diamond appraisal institutions.

An equally credible international jewelry appraisal institution is igi.

The full name of igi is International Gemological Institute.

Founded in Antwerp, Belgium, at the beginning it only performed private diamond appraisals for a few Belgian diamond families.

Later, some high-quality large diamonds were sold to various royal families in Europe, and Igi's name gradually spread among the royal families.

Later, the royal families of Europe, the Middle East and Asia sent some fine jewelry that was difficult for ordinary appraisers to identify and sent them to Belgium for analysis by IGI.

Because many of these types of jewelry have been set into very complex crowns, necklaces, rings, etc., you must have rich experience in fine jewelry appraisal.

igi has gradually evolved from only doing diamond appraisals to a global gemological institution that specializes in appraisals of diamonds and high-end jewelry.

Sponsored by appraisal agencies, appraisers, and jewelers, this is a complete chain of game rule makers and profit reapers.

The Diamond Game has been revealed, and that's it.

If you were looking at it from the perspective of the person being harvested, you would silently say:

Damn it!(ˉ▽￣～)Cut~~

However, from the perspective of a reaper, it’s a lot of fun!

For example, for the jewelry design works produced by Si Xiaoxiao and Si Letian's luxury goods company, Lin Nuo used his connections to obtain IGI's appraisal.

Most of the rough diamonds produced in Eastern Siberia are large.

Such diamonds are suitable for collection-level high-end luxury goods.

For example, crown.

Another example is the collection necklace.

Another example is a diamond ring inherited from a family.

In Sichen's plan, the 1990s happened to be the beginning of the entry of foreign luxury goods into our country.

Rather than others coming in to harvest, it is better to develop a brand abroad. In this era of worshiping foreigners and foreigners -

Kill a carbine!

When there are more rich people, there will naturally be demand.

Whether you make luxury goods or not, they will buy them!

Buying from whom is not buying?

Come on, buy mine~

~o(*￣︶￣*)o~

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The author's digression:

This chapter is more difficult to chew

I thought about it for a long time and decided to write it thoroughly.

It is convenient for friends to understand the harvest of luxury goods

This is a huge opportunity of the times
Chapter completed!