1644. Shares in the Empire

One day in 1973, the yacht of the "Pearl King" was docked in Saint-Tropez, France, and a French boy named Jean-Claude Brouille came to visit from a neighboring yacht.

Brouille had just sold his air freight company and used the money to buy an island in French Polynesia with coral reefs fringed by azure waters, a paradise on earth that beats the view alone Daqin Fishing Ground is ahead.

Brouille introduced to El Salvador that black butterfly oysters are abundant in the local clear sea water, and a rare treasure is produced in the shells of the black oyster oysters: black pearls.

Since then, Black Pearl has gradually emerged as a favorite in the luxury jewelry market.

At that time, there was no market for black pearls, and not many people bought them. But Brouille persuaded El Salvador to partner in developing the product and to collect black pearls for sale on the world market.

But El Salvador's first battle was not good: the color of the pearls was not good, gray and dark, and the size was not good, just like the small bullets used in early muskets. People are used to white pearls and are not interested in such small black beads. In this way, El Salvador didn't even sell a single one, and returned to Polynesia without success.

When things got to this point, Asavado could have given up the black pearls and sold the inventory to discount stores at a low price, or made jewelry with 5□ and some white pearls and sold them. But Salvador didn't do that, and he waited another year.

They worked hard to improve some good varieties, and then took samples to meet an old friend, Harry Winston, a legendary gem dealer. Winston agreed to display the pearls in the window of his Fifth Avenue shop, marking an unbelievably high price.

At the same time, El Salvador ran full-page advertisements in several high-profile, glossy magazines. in the ad. A string of Tahitian black pearls, set against diamonds, rubies, emeralds. shining brightly.

Not so long ago it was contained in clusters of black-limbed oyster shells hanging from ropes in Polynesian waters. The pearl "raised in the deep sea that no one knows" has now come to New York City, wrapped around the pink neck of the most popular opera star, and flaunted in Manhattan. In this way, things of unknown value were finally regarded as rare treasures by El Salvador.

But in Vincent's view, the value of black pearls is not limited to this. As the black mysterious culture gradually heats up in the world, the value of black pearls has far surpassed that of white pearls and gold pearls. More and more people like them, so their value should also increase.

If it is hyped, Vincent feels that the price of the black pearl still has a lot of room for improvement, so he has an idea.

"If we buy your pearls, Qin, I mean all the pearls here,

what do you think? asked Vincent.

A smile appeared on Qin Shiou's face, Vincent was hooked, and his second thought required him to think this way. But he couldn't turn over the hole cards, but shook his head and said, "No, Mr. Tiffany, you know the value gap between black pearls and black pearls' full set of jewelry. Right? To be honest, I and the Black family of Ritchie's Auctions The relationship is close, as long as I get the jewelry. I can hold a special auction, which can make more profits."

Vincent said: "But this is not fair to us. Isn't it? If you launch such a full set of jewelry, the value of our black pearls will drop. Moreover. I am a luxury businessman and a jewelry designer. You will give me two thousand Showing me a black pearl and then telling me they can't be mine, that hurts me so much!"

Qin Shiou sat down and stroked these black pearls casually with his hands. Liv and Cassel looked at these pearls nervously, for fear that he would accidentally sweep them to the ground, which would be a pity. Vincent was looking at his expression, hoping to win the two thousand black pearls.

Pretending to think for a while, Qin Daguan asked seriously: "Do you want to buy these black pearls? All of them, more than two thousand?"

Vincent nodded: "Yes, and I can pay in cash!"

Qin Shiou frowned pretending to be tangled, he thought for a while and asked, "Then tell the truth, Mr. Tiffany, how much are you willing to pay?"

Vincent said: "This requires my team to assess and grade the pearl texture. We have a professional valuation team..."

Qin Shiou waved his hand and said, "If the quality of these black pearls is as good as the ones sold to you just now, you can give me an estimate first, how much are you willing to pay?"

So it was Vincent's turn to think about it. He winked at Liv and Cassel, and they left, leaving only him and Qin Shiou with more than two thousand black pearls. This is about Tiffany's future development strategy Question, a lot of information needs to be kept confidential.

"At least 140 million US dollars!" Vincent said after calculating in his mind for a while.

Qin Shiou laughed and said, "How much do you think the Queen of the Night is worth? And the black pearls used are incomparable to what I have in my hand. Now I can make ten sets of Queens of the Night, Queens of Sunshine and even Queens of Stars!"

"Okay, then what price do you want me to offer?" Vincent asked with a sigh.

"I don't want the price, I want to invest in Tiffany with the final value of these black pearls!" Qin Shiou revealed his real purpose.

Yes, to become a shareholder of Tiffany, he wants to join this huge luxury empire, even if he only shares a small piece of territory of this empire, it is better than selling the black pearl for money. Tiffany is a chicken that can lay golden eggs. Qin Shiou wants to buy the ownership of this chicken, not one or two golden eggs.

With the rapid increase of black butterfly shells, and the huge red coral under the sea he owns, he has too many gems in his hand. If it is only used to sell money, then he will earn less and less money in the future, because he can throw too many red corals and black pearls, which will impact the market price.

Rare things are valuable, and when they are no longer rare, they are worthless.

Therefore, turning these gems into luxury jewelry can create the greatest benefits, and it would be unreliable for him to set up a jewelry store by himself. Jewelry needs historical background, so he wants to use this to invest in Tiffany.

Hearing his words, Vincent was taken aback, and asked in disbelief: "You want to invest in my empire with just these black pearls? Just some black pearls?"

Qin Shiou shrugged and said, "No, there are red corals besides black pearls."

"That's impossible!" Vincent laughed, looking at Qin Shiou with contempt. In this regard, he has the confidence. Tiffany is the leader of the world's luxury goods industry!

Qin Shiou said lightly: "What about providing two thousand black pearls and one hundred kilograms of deep-sea red coral every year? I think if you are not interested in this, then Cartier and Bulgari should be interested."

Vincent frowned, today's affairs are difficult. (To be continued.)

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