When Roger saw the fire opals, he immediately called the head of the company, Cole Winston. After Cole Winston received the call and understood the situation, he immediately decided to rush over.
As Li Du knew and the outside world had guessed, Harry Winston was having a hard time, and Cole Winston was having an even harder time.
The well-to-do son of a wealthy family was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. He was born at the peak of the entire jewelry empire, and it was also the twilight years of his grandfather, Harry Winston.
In the last century, the name Harry Winston was legendary in the luxury industry.
If the name referred to the brand, then it was the world's most famous luxury jewelry brand.
This brand could make diamonds bloom, and it had repeatedly been voted the number one luxury jewelry brand in the hearts of the upper class in the United States. It was a favorite of European and American celebrities.
If the name referred to someone, then it was even more impressive. This man was known as the King of Diamonds. He had a famous saying that was still circulating in the diamond industry: "Men conquer the world, women conquer men, and diamonds conquer women."
Cole Winston boarded a flight from New York to Las Vegas. Looking at the sunny sky outside, his thoughts went back to the heyday of the company.
At that time, their company once owned the top three diamonds in the world.
The first diamond was called the Jacobs Jonker Diamond. It weighed 726 carats and was discovered by Jacobs Jonker, a South African. Hence, the diamond was named after him.
Later, the company acquired a second giant diamond from Brazil called Vikas.
Coincidentally, Vikas also weighed 726 carats, the same weight as Jacobs Jonker. This kind of thing was unheard of in the diamond industry, and the probability of it happening was only one in a billion.
In 1972, Harry Winston bought his third giant diamond, the Sierra Leone.
The Sierra Leone weighed 970 carats, the heaviest raw stone in history.
A year later, the stone was cut into 17 gemstones, weighing a total of 238.43 carats. The cutting of the raw stone was televised around the world, and it was an unprecedented event.
To commemorate this important event in diamond history, the country where the diamond was discovered, Sierra Leone, also issued a set of commemorative stamps, making Harry Winston the only jeweler to be featured on a stamp.
In the same year, the birth of Cole Winston made the jewelry empire even more vibrant.
At that time, Harry Winston also had a legendary diamond, which was the Star of Hope.
The star of hope had mysteriously disappeared during the French Revolution, and then suddenly appeared at a London auction. After that, it changed hands several times, and was finally bought by Harry Winston, ending its enigmatic and mysterious journey.
After obtaining the gemstone, Harry Winston donated the gemstone to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, USA.
Yes, he donated it. He didn't want a single cent. He donated it to a collection organization. Of course, the collection agency returned the favor by setting up a Harry Winston exhibition area for him.
At this thought, Cole Winston's heart bled.
Motherf * cker, why are you so tsundere? Why did he donate this gem instead of keeping it as part of his family's collection? Cole was in so much pain.
To this day, he had to admit that he was not a business genius like his grandfather.
In other words, their family was not a family of geniuses to begin with. During his grandfather's generation, there might have been a genetic mutation, or it might have been due to the contributions of the next-door neighbor, Old Wang, that his grandfather was a business genius.
Anyway, after his grandfather, his father did not do very well. He felt that his father was to blame for the company's current situation.
Harry Winston implemented a system of inheritance for the eldest son. After Ronald Winston came to power, the company's business began to deteriorate.
In order to continue the company's prosperity, he decided to start a new business. Harry Winston's new business was clocks and watches.
At this thought, Cole could not help but curse. Motherf * cker, are your eyes covered with cow dung, Dad? What kind of watch business are you starting? Why not go into real estate? Why not buy land and build houses in the United States?
The water in the watch industry was very deep. Jewelry stores in the United States were world-renowned, and everyone bought them, but watches were not. Everyone bought the top watches from Switzerland and Northern Europe, and no one bought American watches.
However, the foundation left by Harry Winston was very solid, and Ronald could do whatever he wanted without going bankrupt. However, when it fell into Cole's hands, the situation became very bad.
Without top-grade gemstones to support him, without a lot of funds to support him, and even the connections left by the old man were gone.
After all, the connections opened up by his old man were from the same era as him, and he was born in 1896. People of his generation would not be alive today, no matter how long they lived!
The system of inheritance for the eldest son was beautiful. Cole Winston knew from a young age that he would be in charge of a huge jewelry empire in the future, and he had always looked forward to this day.
He was not a bad person, and he had not cursed his father to hurry up and go on stage himself. However, to be honest, when his father had to step down due to his poor health a few years ago, he had been quite happy.
The era that belonged to me, Cole Winston, had begun!
However, as soon as he went on stage, he was at a loss. Motherf * cker, how did the company's finances go into deficit year after year? Motherf * cker, how did Tiffany, Bulgari, and Cartier steal our customers? Motherf * cker, didn't they say that they were the top luxury jewelry brand in the upper class?
The financial situation was terrible, the business was terrible, and the diamond reserves were terrible. Cole Winston felt terrible all over.
He ran to the sickbed to ask his father what was going on. Ronald's father burst into tears. I'm sorry, son, I'm useless. I couldn't lead the jewelry empire to new heights. I'll have to rely on you from now on!
Rely on myself? Cole Winston could not help but cry when he thought of the scene. You've been enjoying yourself for 30 years, and now you're leaving me a mess. Isn't that too disloyal?
Thinking of this, he felt his heart ache again. His heart ached, his heart ached.
However, Cole was still a very responsible person. Harry Winston was a century-old enterprise, a century-old brand, and he could not let it be destroyed in his own hands.
Therefore, he was proactive, and tried to improve the company's situation.
Bad financial situation? Then loans and financing!
Bad management situation? Then, he would chase his cousins, cousins, and aunts out of the group and replace them with professionals!
Bad gem reserves? Then buy a diamond mine and dig for diamonds!
This decision eventually led to the company's current predicament. The diamond mine he invested in was an abandoned mine, and he had been cheated by the son of a b * tch Australian mining company!
Thinking of this, his heart ached so much that he could not breathe. Why was he so unlucky?!
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