Chapter 33: Natural Naked Diamonds

  Fortunately, Li Jie's movements were quick and she measured the quality and weight of the silver in no time. Otherwise, Duan Lei would have been caught off guard under Li Zhongning's sharp tongue.

  "Xiao Duan, are you going to transfer the money today or pay in cash like last time?" Li Jie asked, walking over with the opened receipt.

  "It's still better to transfer, it's too much trouble to carry cash!" Duan Lei took out his own bank card and handed it over.

  Thinking back to when he had walked out of Yonghe Building with tens of thousands of yuan on his back, Duan Lei felt a flush rise to his face.

  "Uncle Li, do you know if there are rough diamonds for sale in the Yonghe Building?" Li Jie went to handle the transfer procedures, while Duan Lei composed himself and started asking Li Zhongning about the rough diamonds.

  Duan Yue knew that high-end jewelry had a very high profit margin, and those diamonds, after being processed into accessories, would at least double in price. He bought all kinds of diamond rings just to use the mysterious energy within the diamonds, and didn't really need the gold, platinum, and other precious metals.

  If he can buy diamonds at a relatively cheap price, Duan Lei can save a lot of money and realize his many plans as soon as possible.

  "What's with the naked drill? We have it, but I don't know why you're asking?" Li Zhongning asked with a sly tone, narrowing his eyes.

  Since he started talking to Duan Lei, he found that although Duan Lei looked very young and immature, his words were actually very cautious. He had tried to pry several times but couldn't get much useful information from him. Now, however, he suddenly opened his mouth wanting to buy rough diamonds, which made Li Zhongning even more interested in Duan Lei.

  "Our instructor wants to make nude diamonds a valuable collectible that appreciates in value!" Duan Lei said without hesitation.

  What Duan Yue said is also a very common situation nowadays. With the soaring prices, many people have begun to look for more fields to preserve and increase the value of their currency. First, it was the most common gold, silver and other precious metals, then it became jadeite, Hetian jade and other jade materials, and recently some people have also started to focus on diamonds.

  "We do have a small amount of rough diamonds for sale, I don't know what size your instructor needs?" Li Zhongning could feel that Duan Lei seemed to be hiding some information, but it didn't stop him from doing this business.

  To put it simply, after the rough diamond is made into jewelry, the profit will definitely increase a lot. However, Li Zhongning was very interested in Duan Lei and didn't care about that little income. For a wealthy businessman like Li Zhongning, sometimes doing business doesn't just depend on simple judgments based on numbers on an account book; he often values the potential of his trading partners more.

  "At least two carats!" Seeing a glimmer of hope, Duan Yue directly stated his goal.

  "Two carats?" Li Zhongning's fingers tapped lightly on the armrest, pondering: "It's like this, we don't have it in stock right now, can you come back in two days?"

  After some thought, Li Zhongning still decided to do this business with Duan Yue, because he felt a very strange temperament from Duan Yue, which piqued his curiosity.

  "Then thank you, Uncle Li!" Duan Lei's gratitude was sincere.

  Regardless of why Li Zhongning agreed to his own trade request, the fact that Duan Lei was able to save nearly half the money made him very happy.

  After discussing the price with Li Zhongning, Duan Lei left 'Yonghe Building' with a satisfied heart, and the diamond problem was about to be solved, making Duan Lei's footsteps much lighter.

  "Dad, what did you just say to Duan? He seems to be in a great mood!" Li Jie looked at the back of Duan Yue with some puzzlement.

  These two times meeting Duan Lei, although Duan Lei's face always has a smile, but his eyes have a lingering worry, however just now when Li Jie went over she suddenly discovered that Duan Lei seemed to be a different person.

  "Hehe, agreed to his one deal." Li Zhongning chuckled and said with a smile: "Xiao Qi, your vision is quite good. This young man will definitely not be a mediocre person in the future. It's not bad for us 'Yonghe Building' to get along with him."

  "Really?" Li Jie was a bit surprised, knowing that her father had been through half a century of ups and downs in the business world, having seen all sorts of people, and yet he gave this seemingly ordinary young man such high praise. Apparently, there was something special about him.

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  Back in the lab, Duan Yue was full of enthusiasm and quickly planted new loofahs for absorption. Although changing the nutrient solution in the water tank was a bit tiring, Duan Yue was still very happy.

  Thanks to Li Zhongning's care, Duan Lei can buy a 2-carat diamond from 'Yonghe Building' for only 150,000 yuan, which is about 100,000 yuan cheaper than buying it in a jewelry store. Now Duan Lei just needs to send the remaining silver to Yonghe Building and he can buy a diamond to start the program to wake up Dingding.

  Komatsumataki could clearly feel the joy of his master, and he kept turning around Duan Yue's side in a flattering manner, which unexpectedly added a few points of relaxation to Duan Yue's dull experimental work.

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  At the appointed time, Duan Lei once again carried fifteen kilograms of silver to 'Yonghe Building' and completed this very important transaction for him.

  The trading procedure of silver is still the same as usual, simple and standardized, nothing special. The key is that this is the first time for diamond trading with Duan Yanlei, it feels quite fresh.

  Li Zhongning led Duan Lei into a backroom appraisal room, took out a carefully preserved box from the safe, and asked Duan Lei to appraise it.

  Duan Yue took over the box, opened it and saw a naked diamond quietly lying on the red velvet cloth, looking exceptionally mysterious. Compared to the polished diamonds inlaid in jewelry that shone brightly, the rough diamond looked somewhat unassuming and could easily be overlooked if one wasn't paying attention.

  Duan Lei sat down in front of the workbench, turned on the spotlight, and carefully picked up the loose diamond with tweezers, starting the identification process.

  After learning that diamonds are needed as an energy source, Duan Yue obtained a lot of information about natural diamond identification from Li Chunjiang and started studying it. To say that the current Duan Yue is also a half-diamond expert, but only on paper, without any practical experience.

  After a careful examination, Duan Lei confirmed that the diamond was a standard two-carat natural diamond and nodded in agreement to the deal.

  Of course, Duan Yue was so sure that this diamond is a natural gem, not just because of some ordinary identification methods, but also because Ding taught Duan Yue some special methods, which can quickly draw conclusions.

  After settling the bill, Duan Yue carefully put away the diamond and walked out of 'Yonghe Building' in high spirits. Next, he was going to use the mysterious energy inside the diamond to awaken Tingting.

  Of course, this process is not so simple!