Big companies were more rigorous in their work and had standards for everything, so it was faster to do things this way.
After Li Du confirmed the sale of the gemstones, Roger immediately brought him and the gemstones to the top floor, where there was a gemstone appraisal center.
There were many machines and staff inside. After bringing him in, Roger proudly said, "This is one of the four major gemstone appraisal centers in North America. All the existing gemstones in the world can be appraised here for their type, authenticity, and color."
After 58 fire opals were sent out, about an hour later, 58 printed documents were sent to them with red stamps and signatures to show that they were responsible for the appraisal.
Li Du picked up one of the documents and looked at it. It introduced each fire opal's color-changing pattern, number of color-changing colors, color tone, brightness, color layer thickness, and flaws.
Finally, there was a price suggestion on the documents. The piece he picked up was the most expensive, with a suggested price of 185,000 dollars.
He was rather surprised by the price. Among the 58 pieces of fire opal, none of them could compare to the best piece he had sold to Owen previously.
In the end, the price offered by Harry Winston was not much different from the best piece he had sold to Owen.
From this, it could be seen that he was too inexperienced and had been cheated by Owen.
Of course, he could not be sure that Owen had cheated him. After all, Owen belonged to a small workshop, and he himself was a raw material supplier. It was possible that the fire opals he bought would be sold to big jewelers like Harry Winston.
Therefore, he had to leave some profit margin for himself.
In addition, there was another difference between small workshops and big jewelers like Harry Winston. Jewelry made from the same raw materials was sold at a much lower price than big jewelers, and the profit margin was also much smaller.
Therefore, in the jewelry industry, it was best to work with big brands if possible. However, one had to be strong enough to work with big brands. To work with big brands, one had to have good enough gemstones.
The fire opals in Li Du's hands were not only of good quality, but also in large quantities. He could totally work with big jewelers.
The final price of 58 fire opals was 6.2 million dollars, with an average price of more than 100,000 dollars!
In comparison, if he had sold them to Owen, they would have sold for at most five million dollars, and the final price would have been four million dollars at a 20 percent discount.
While the gemstones were being appraised at the appraisal center, Li Du kept thinking about whether he should take the risk of tying himself to the broken ship of Harry Winston.
Finally, his spirit of adventure overcame his petty thoughts, and he decided to take a big gamble!
If he won, it was very likely that he would complete a magnificent transformation from a diploma mill student to the head of a top jewelry company.
It didn't matter if he lost. At most, he would lose some of the gems that he had worked hard to earn.
He had thought it through. This gamble might seem shocking, but in fact, he was in an invincible position. As long as he had the little bug, money was not a problem for him.
With 6.2 million US dollars completed, Li Du's account now had more than 10 million US dollars!
He had accumulated about two million US dollars from the previous storage auctions. Coupled with the money from the two sales of fire opals, he had become a multi-millionaire.
Unfortunately, tens of millions of dollars could only be kept for a short while.
After getting the money, he asked Roger, "Buddy, Mr. Tedrick wants to sell his shares in Harry Winston, right?"
Roger had already regained the confidence and elegance of a regional director of a large company. He smiled and said, "Yes, they have always been pessimistic about the economy and the development of our company. I have been trying my best to persuade them not to go down the wrong path. Selling the company's shares now is not a wise choice."
Li Du said, "I see. I'm a little interested in their shares …"
"Huh?" Roger looked at him in astonishment.
Li Du said, "My attitude is the same as yours. I am optimistic about the development of your company. I feel that Harry Winston will continue to do better and better."
Roger continued to be astonished. "Really?"
Li Du said, "Of course. Otherwise, why would I want to buy a part of your company's shares?"
Roger was silent for a few seconds and said, "If you want to buy their shares, I think I can help you. However, you have to think it through, Mr. Li. Are you sure you want to buy Harry Winston's shares?"
Li Du said, "Yes."
His decision was a good thing for Roger. Tedrick and the other two had obviously been pestering him for a long time, giving him a headache and annoyance.
Now that he had the chance to solve these problems, how could he not be happy?
It was already midnight, but Roger was not sleepy at all. He treated Li Du like he was his father, respectfully inviting him to his office and serving him a fragrant coffee.
Li Du asked, "How many shares do the three of them have?"
Roger said, "Mr. Tedrick has the most, with eight percent of the shares. Mr. Norman and Mr. Rooney each have five percent."
"What's the value?"
Roger said, "According to the market price, Mr. Tedrick's shares should be worth about 12 million US dollars. Mr. Norman and Mr. Rooney's shares should be about 7.5 million US dollars."
Li Du smacked his lips. With a simple calculation, the current market value of Harry Winston was about 1.5 billion US dollars, which was much less than he had expected.
Previously, he had checked on the internet. Among the world's major luxury brands, LV Group had the highest market value, with a total of 80.7 billion US dollars. The second was Richemont Group, with a market value of 41.1 billion US dollars. The third was Hermes, with a market value of 35.8 billion US dollars.
In comparison, Harry Winston's market value was too low. In front of these giants, it was just a little brother.
However, this was good. If Harry Winston's market value was also in the tens of billions, then his money would not even be qualified to go to waste.
Even if the market value was only 1.4 billion US dollars, Li Du's money was still too little. It was difficult to even buy Mr. Tedrick's shares.
For the first time, he felt that he was making too little money, which was a great helper, the little bug.
The money he had on hand was less than 11 million US dollars. The main reason was that the money he had earned from storage auctions in the past was too little, at most a few hundred thousand US dollars.
Las Vegas was a city of wealth. With his ability, it was too easy to make money here. Every casino was his ATM.
However, after thinking about it, he firmly abandoned this idea. He definitely could not take the initiative to step into a casino!
In addition, he still had a few collectibles, especially the Overarching Sunset fire opal, which was definitely a priceless treasure. He did not intend to touch it, but he could sell Gaddafi's jeweled army knife.
Based on his estimation, the jeweled army knife was only worth a few million US dollars, which was not very useful for buying Harry Winston's shares.
In that case, the only thing he could do was to pin his hopes on the national park and continue to dig for fire opals!
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