When the first golden dawn in the sky appeared over Zhongyun City, bringing the light of day to the dark land.
The Peregrine Falcon, flying at supersonic speed, also broke through the sky and appeared over Zhongyun City.
The plane landed at the Skynet Airlines headquarters airport. After landing, a Gulfstream business jet painted with a European airline number also landed behind the Peregrine Falcon under the command of the tower.
Ye Qing deliberately waited in the car for a few minutes.
After the Gulfstream business jet landed, soon six strong, fierce-looking men escorted a staff member in a suit with handcuffs on his wrists to Ye Qing.
Ye Qing got out of the car, and the seven people said hello to the boss.
Among the seven people, the six strong men in charge of the guard work were carefully selected from the company's security department. They all had experience serving in the field forces.
The staff member with handcuffs was the assistant of General Manager Hong Tao.
"Did the trip to Europe go smoothly?"
"Except for the price, which has been delayed for a long time, everything else went smoothly." Lei Weijun, the assistant to the general manager, showed a bitter smile. He lifted the silver-gray special metal box that was firmly handcuffed to him. "Boss, according to your" request ", I have visited all the well-known jewelers in Europe these days."
"Because we had sent invitations beforehand, the visit went smoothly."
"But these European jewelers are very cunning. They soon learned from each other that our Monster Industries was purchasing high-purity raw diamonds in the international jewelry market."
"There is no doubt that they quickly established a price alliance."
"The prices of the jewelers we visited were highly consistent. Even the number of stocks in the bank vault they used to store diamonds was almost the same."
"We were in a hurry. In the end, we could only purchase high-grade raw diamonds in their hands at a price 10% higher than the market price."
"Thank you for your hard work." Ye Qing patted Lei Weijun, the assistant to the general manager, on the shoulder.
The shortage of high-grade raw diamonds was imminent. Before Ye Qing went to Nigeria, he specifically asked Hong Tao to be responsible for purchasing a large number of high-grade raw diamonds from international jewelers to deal with the production capacity problem of holographic glasses.
After all, it takes time to transform the Nigerian diamond mines into a mechanized large-scale mining operation.
Now, the shortage of holographic glasses had reached more than 20 million. If they didn't expand production, angry consumers might uproot the company.
Lei Weijun was so tired that his eyes were bloodshot.
He had been in Europe for the past few days, and the only time he could rest was in the car and on the plane.
Fortunately, he had successfully completed his mission. He took the key from the other bodyguard and unlocked the handcuffs. He handed the box to Ye Qing.
As soon as the special metal box was opened, Ye Qing immediately closed his eyes.
Under the morning sun, the box did not seem to contain pure and flawless diamonds, but pieces of rainbow-colored fragments from the sun. They refracted the dazzling light of fire.
The people beside the box kept rubbing their eyes. It took them a while to get used to the dazzling light.
These were diamonds, a box of moving treasures worth more than 200 million euros.
Ye Qing put the box in the car behind him and covered the dazzling light. At the same time, he also took one from the first layer of velvet cushion and observed it with his eyes.
"Boss, there are 412 raw diamonds in total, weighing 7,130 carats. After polishing, there are 151 finished raw diamonds, weighing 4,200 carats. The rest are broken diamonds, weighing 8,000 carats. "
About 20,000 carats of diamonds, converted into kilograms, weighed 4,000 grams.
Lei Weijun continued to report while Ye Qing appreciated the diamonds. "Our acquisition has caused a strong shock in the international jewelry market. Now, not only in Europe, but also in North America and South America are constantly inquiring about the purpose of our acquisition of a large number of high-quality diamonds."
"This time, we attacked suddenly. The jewelers didn't know the strength, and they didn't dare to rashly open the price."
"I estimated that we can sweep one-third of the high-quality inventory of the entire European jewelers. So when this batch of diamonds is used up, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to successfully purchase a large number of high-quality raw diamonds. "
"There will be no next time." Ye Qing closed the box very domineeringly.
More than 200 million euros!
These evil diamond dealers were the ones who turned this diamond, which was extremely rare but not very valuable in industrial use, into a "demon" that made women all over the world crazy.
Now they gathered together like sharks smelling blood, sharpening their knives and waiting for the next acquisition by Monster Industries.
They thought too much.
There were about 20,000 carats of high-quality raw diamonds in the box in front of them. The lowest purity was the second highest IF grade, and even the flawless FL grade was one-third.
These raw diamonds could greatly reduce the loss in the plating process. According to the weight calculation, they could be used for at least 30 million holographic glasses as protective plating for the display mirror.
This number was enough to support the large-scale mechanized mining of the three diamond mines in Nigeria.
Thinking of this, Ye Qing handed the diamond box to the Master Metal Expert around him and asked him to immediately send it to the Longxitan factory. He went to the company and held a high-level meeting.
The theme of this meeting was related to the next development of the virtual world.
During the days when Ye Qing went to Nigeria, the number of users of Hua Xia holographic glasses had exceeded 15 million.
In addition to the follow-up virtual cinema release plan, the complete virtual world was also about to be launched.
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The next day.
At the headquarters of Glory Film and Television Company in Hangzhou City.
Pan Dong, who was in charge of one of the top film and television groups in Hua Xia, was sitting in the office gritting his teeth and constantly dialing the phone.
The teacups on the table were full of chrysanthemums and goji berries because Pan Dong had a purple-red blister on his mouth.
He had called the famous Hollywood director Ignatius five times in a row in the morning.
But whether it was his personal phone or his assistant phone, he couldn't get through.
His anger was accumulating little by little, and even the teacups in his hand had been smashed by him.
Damn Ignatius. What Pan Dong wanted to do most now was to take a plane to the United States and catch him to beat him up.
Of course, this idea could only pass through his mind. Whether it was strength or reason, it couldn't make him take further action.
Just as he grabbed the phone and was about to dial the sixth time, the closed office door was suddenly knocked loudly.
Pan Dong roared and asked who it was.
No one dared to knock so loudly when he was angry.
The assistant timidly opened the door and said, "Boss, I just received a call from Ignatius' assistant. He said that Mr. Ignatius has arrived in Hangzhou and wants to see you personally."
Pan Dong jumped up from his chair and his angry expression disappeared. He said in disbelief, "You … You said he has arrived in Hangzhou?"
The assistant thought to himself, Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to knock so loudly.
Dozens of minutes later, Pan Dong, Boss Pan, ran into the car in the underground garage and kept urging the driver to drive faster.
Ignatius actually came in person. No wonder he couldn't get through to him.
Pan Dong's anger dissipated and he even hummed a little tune.
It seemed that Ignatius had seriously realized his mistake and had come all the way from the United States to Hangzhou to discuss the delay of the movie "Drift City: The Rise".
Pan Dong's heart faintly ached as he thought of this.
If it wasn't for the problems with the investors on Ignatius' side, how could this movie, which was originally planned to be released during the National Day holiday, be delayed until November?
It was a blockbuster movie that premiered at the same time worldwide. After a few months of development, it had earned 1.2 billion USD in box office worldwide.
Now, Hua Xia's audience had been cursing Hua Xia's exclusive distributor, Glory Film and Television. Why couldn't they even buy advance tickets in China when the movie was already out of theaters in other countries?
The more Pan Dong thought about it, the more distressed he felt. When Pan Dong arrived at the Hilton Hotel and saw Ignatius sitting in the reception room, he resentfully asked him in English if the investors had been settled.
"It's done, it's done."
Ignatius, who had a beard and a beer belly, quickly stood up with a smile. "My partner, calm down first."
"Calm down!"
"How do you expect me to calm down?"
"Do you know how much my company lost in marketing because of your unilateral breach of contract?" Pan Dong snorted. "We're friends, but I'm afraid I can't help you get a lower compensation."
"I'm responsible for the other shareholders."
Pan Dong's words were half true.
Because of the breach of contract, they did lose a lot of marketing fees.
However, it was a blessing in disguise. During this one-month delay, the movie could not be seen in Hua Xia, but the market and reputation in other countries around the world had fully built the confidence of Hua Xia's users.
Hua Xia's users were not worried about seeing a bad movie after buying tickets for "Drift City: Rise".
It was a top-notch blockbuster that was worth the ticket price.
If Glory Film and Television released the movie at this time, the box office in Hua Xia would definitely exceed the expected amount, and Glory Film and Television would make a lot of money.
Therefore, Pan Dong did not care about the delay of compensation at all. This could be discussed later. As long as they got the original source, they would immediately confirm the release date.
Pan Dong's half-true reprimand was trying to improve their relationship, but he did not expect the smiling Ignatius to suddenly stand up from the sofa.
"Breach of contract?"
Ignatius's expression turned serious. "Boss Pan, you're wrong."
"How is this a unilateral breach of contract?"
"It's clearly Glory Film and Television who broke the industry rules first. If you hadn't forcefully banned a Hua Xia movie, causing several investors of our movie to feel a crisis of confidence in this matter."
"We think that you are very likely to abandon the spirit of the contract in the next cooperation and use shameless means to embezzle our box office."
"How would our investors be caught in the huge dispute of 'whether to change distributors at the last minute', causing the release of the movie in Hua Xia to be delayed?"
Seeing Ignatius's change in expression, Pan Dong quickly changed the topic.
Damn, you're the boss, okay?
"Okay, okay, okay, let's not talk about the breach of contract compensation first. After the movie is released, we'll talk about the box office share slowly. " Pan Dong ran over to help Ignatius back to the sofa and said anxiously, "Since you've already settled the investors, then we can't change the plan of releasing the movie in three days, right?"
"Haha ~"
Ignatius's smile was somewhat unfathomable to Pan Dong.
"Yes, I've already settled the investors."
"Next, my personal decision will fully represent the wishes of the investors."
Pan Dong quickly gave him a thumbs up and flattered him. Ignatius's words were arrogant, but he did have the capital to be arrogant.
A movie with a global box office of 1.2 billion US dollars. If Hua Xia's movie was included, it wouldn't be a problem for it to enter the top 50 of the global box office rankings.
With this glory on his head, not only would Pan Dong have to suck up to him, the investors behind them would also have to follow his wishes. "
Pan Dong narrowed his eyes. "That's good. I'll immediately let the company's publicity department go all out. In less than two days, all users who love to watch movies will know that the movie 'Floating City: Rise' will be released in three days."
Ignatius nodded calmly and said, "I've made a special trip this time to express my sincerity."
After saying that, Ignatius deliberately leaned against the sofa.
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