Chapter 952: 951. Zulu (5/5)

Chapter 952: 951. Zulu (55)

The birth process of diamonds is tedious, and the screening process is also very complicated.

Li Du went into the workshop to take a look. The workers all had piercing eyes. The rough stones selected for cutting and polishing into jewelry must be free of any cracks or impurities.

These workers are the backbone of a diamond mine, everyone is treated well, and will be respected and wooed by the mine owner.

In addition, in addition to these workers who select perfect rough stones, there are also some people who are responsible for selecting small diamonds. They can use the assistance of mechanical screening, and their status is lower than the former.

A large number of rough stones are continuously sent to the screener's operation table, firstly selected by hand, and the flawed ones will be sent to another operation table, and another group of people will evaluate them.

Li Du and the others were lucky, they just happened to encounter a big diamond coming out of the oven today.

This diamond has to be ten carats. It is very large, and there are very few opportunities to produce it.

"How much do you think it is worth?" asked the lion hunter, staring at the diamond happily.

A ten-carat diamond is a true luxury, and it will surely belong to a certain star, rich man, or powerful politician in the future.

"According to the current market conditions, this rough stone is worth millions of dollars," Li Du knew how to answer, "but if we cooperate with Winston Group, its value can be doubled."

Lion Hunter is a partner of Harry Winston, but not only with Winston Group.

Diamonds are a luxury item that must be sold at a good price through bidding.

Therefore, every time a lion hunter gets a high-quality diamond, he will contact a number of luxury goods companies to inquire about the price, and the one with the highest price will get it.

After hearing his answer, the lion hunter laughed: "I don't care how you package it, I only care how much money it can make me."

He was a veteran in the business field, and he was very clever. Li Du's topic was deftly diverted by him. Obviously, he would not make any promises to the Winston Group.

For Africans, they believe in this sentence in the business field: there are no permanent enemies, no permanent friends, only permanent interests.

Large diamonds are carefully packed into safes, while ordinary small rough stones are packaged separately, and they will be placed on double-layered white paper that has been folded in advance.

An ingenious female worker is responsible for the weighing. After weighing a pack of rough stones, she will record the condition of these rough stones through the computer. This will be the identity proof of the rough stones, just like the abalone brand of Heijin Bao.

In the diamond trading industry, each bag of such rough stones is called a "lot" after the estimated price, and the unit is a "lot", and two bags are two hands.

The weight of the diamonds varies from lot to lot, from twenty carats to one hundred carats are common.

Every week, Lion Hunter can ship about ten hands of diamonds to the world.

After each "hand" of rough stones is bought, jewelers will transfer them to Antwerp, Tel Aviv or India, where they will be cut and polished into finished diamonds for further processing.

The subsequent process is a commercial process, and Li Du doesn't need to understand that, it's Cole's job.

The reason why the lion hunter took Li Du to come to the mine today is because today is Friday, and every Friday, his mine will deliver goods.

In the afternoon, a cash transport vehicle protected by armored vehicles came to the mine, and the cash transport vehicle was specially used to transport these diamonds.

The lion hunter opened the large cash transport vehicle and showed it to Li Du. Inside the solid vehicle body were iron cages, which were welded tightly, and each cage was packed with diamonds.

Of course, there are industrial synthetic diamonds and crystal imitation diamonds inside, and real diamonds are mixed in. Only the lion hunter and the party who picks up the goods know which cage is the real one.

The lion hunter got on the car and put the diamonds away. He waved his hand and the team left.

Seeing the machine gun mounted on the armored vehicle, Li Du asked, "Is the transportation process dangerous? Why do you even need the army to escort it?"

The lion hunter said with a smile: "Every year, in order to protect these diamonds, at least a hundred people will die on my hands. Do you know how crazy some idiots are for diamonds?"

Li Du secretly startled: "God, are you so crazy?"

The lion hunter nodded: "All gangs in South Africa will organize armed robbery of diamonds, there is no difference. There are also some cornered lunatics, gamblers, drug dealers, and children who don't know the heights of the world. Too many people are staring at us. These things are gone."

"So, why do you think I said mined diamonds cost so much to get to y'all? I'm not making excuses for jacking up the price, man, it's the truth."

The diamond convoy left, and Li and Du's visit ended.

During this visit, he learned about the process of mining diamonds in diamond mines, saw the people's conditions in South Africa, and learned more about the difficulty of finding diamond mines.

It's getting late, they can't leave, they have to live here.

The lion hunter took them to work meals. The working environment in the mine was very difficult, but the dining environment was good. There were several large and small restaurants, and everyone lined up to eat at the window.

There are a total of five dishes for dinner, almost all of which are hard dishes, fried meat, barbecue, roast chicken, fried fish, broth, and the staple food is butter bread, cakes and so on.

The workers looked exhausted after working for a day. Each of them was given two cans of cold beer, and when they got the beer, they just poured it into their mouths without saying a word.

Li Du and the others were also standing in the queue. When they saw the lion hunters, the waiter who served food changed them to a different kind of beer, which was Budweiser Black Classic, and the others were Budweiser Black Craft, the latter being more expensive than the former.

Seeing this, Li Du asked strangely: "Why do you, the boss, give us cheaper beer instead? Do you prefer the black classic taste?"

The lion hunter said indifferently: "Who told you that black classic is cheaper than black craft?"

Li Du was puzzled and said, "Isn't that so?"

Lion Hunter said: "If those black crafts are out of date, and the black classics are fresh beers that have just been produced, what do you think it should be?"

Li Du stopped talking, the lion hunter was overbearing enough to buy expired beer to deal with the miners.

But the miners don't care about this. Most of them don't even know that beer still has a shelf life, let alone read, and won't read what is printed on it.

After staying in the mine for a day, Li Du and the others took a helicopter to leave the next morning. They turned their heads and headed southeast to the location of the lion hunter's tribe, where the lion hunter would continue to entertain them.

The lion hunter is a Zulu. The Zulu are an important part of South African society. They are mainly distributed in Natal Province, and there are also some populations in eastern Lesotho and southeastern Swaziland.

This time, the place they are going to is conveniently in the Natal region, where the lion hunter grew up and has a deep affection for the tribe. He will take important customers with him when they come to South Africa.