Chapter ninety-four: the evening of the great depression (13) Manhattan was still the busiest city in New York


    On the streets where banks, companies, shops and offices were concentrated, tall buildings towered in the night sky like cold peaks, and transparent glass walls like crystal palaces


    The expensive "Women" who were walking in the period strolled around like they were browsing the buildings of World Expo


    The colorful streetlights flickered, high and low, close and far, and the dense land traffic was like a spider''s web, which almost made people forget that this was the great depression


    The slow traffic lights seemed real and illusory, like this plane, like this time and space


    The stars were like tadpoles, dazed and slow


    Reflecting the different skin color and nationality of the people on the sidewalk, it was full of fun


    Walking down the ancient greek staircase of datong bank, Huang Xuan wiped his face hard, as if trying to wipe away his weariness


    He had not slept for a day and a night, sitting with these world-renowned business heroes, the pressure almost squeezed his strength out of his chest, but his bones stubbornly supported his body


    Hans looked at Huang Xuan worriedly and asked softly," are you going back to Hilton now


    "" West 47th street


    " You can''t finish things on the last day


    Huang Xuan understood what her mother meant by that


    Instead of putting her hopes on everything going well, she should try to finish the work before the problem


    New York''s west 47th street is no better known than fifth avenue, but when you need it, You will definitely hear these words from a certain gentleman or lady: Antwerp railway station, west 47th street in New York, Hatton garden in london, high-rise buildings in ramat gan in Tel Aviv, Mumbai opera house area and" diamond city" in India


    Yes, they all sell diamonds


    Unlike the rest of the locations, west 47th street in New York also sold other jewelry


    Huang xuanke didn''t care what it sold


    In the information given by Lorraine, this was the most suitable place to meet Huang Xuan''s requirements


    Although the problem of the diamond certificate was very annoying, it was definitely not more annoying than the lack of money itself


    He felt that this was perhaps the most unscrupulous time of his plane travel


    To print money, there were too many requirements to satisfy: there must be no other plane base, there must be money in the era, there must be easy to transform the printing press, there must be a commercial developed era


    It had to be somewhere where supplies could be bought - all of this meant that madness could not be infinite


    But as long as he was in a crazy age, in a crazy New York, Huang Xuan would not waste even a little chance


    Printing money would cost money


    At 8: 00 p


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    , Nordstrom''s business was still open, just like the ones that rose after the great depression


    The boss, nordstrom, worked harder than usual


    He patrolled the counter, encouraged every employee, and talked frequently to customers, introducing rings worth even $ 30


    Hans gently pushed open the glass door for Huang Xuan, and the brilliant light shot back from the countless jewels, as if it had pierced his eyes


    Huang Xuan laughed


    Nordstrom immediately found the tall Hans


    He took two steps and came to Huang Xuan, who was still looking, and said," sir, do you need jewelry


    "" Yes


    " Huang Xuan had already changed into a small dress from Messi, dressed like a gentleman about to attend the banquet, and even Hans had put on a well-fitting round collar suit


    " A few rags are worth 3,000 dollars


    " That''s what Hans said when he was buying clothes


    The short answer did not dampen Nordstrom''s enthusiasm


    His face was still full of youthful vigor


    He opened his right arm in a western way and pointed straight ahead


    " Welcome to Nordstrom''s


    I''m the boss, Nordstrom


    As long as you want to buy jewelry, you can''t go wrong in Nordstrom


    " This is a completely american style, flamboyant and confident but not necessarily true


    Huang Xuan smiled and handed the hat to Hans


    " I want to buy some accessories to bring home to my family and some friends


    "" Yes


    " Nordstrom read the last" s" very long and clenched his fists


    It seemed that he understood that he had met a big client


    " Are you a diplomat


    Japanese


    " Nordstrom led Huang Xuan directly into the private room and asked while the waiter went to get the jewelry


    She smiled and said," my surname is huang


    " Nordstrom seemed unaware and introduced himself to Huang Xuan


    When the waiter brought the jewels, he became even more excited


    In fact, in the early years of the 20th century, pure jewelry, that is, brand new jewelry with no historical origin and antique" sex," was not expensive


    Take diamonds for example, the world''s most famous diamond" hope


    " The blue" color" diamond, also known as the diamond of bad luck, was bought by Turkey Sultan Hami de ii for $ 400,000 in 1908


    In 1911, it was sold to Mike lan, the postmaster of washington for $ 114,000


    In the new century, Its value could probably increase more than tenfold if Smith research was willing to sell and someone was willing to buy it


    But during the great depression, although the value of jewelry did not decrease, it would never rise


    Nordstrom''s diamonds usually cost more than $ 400, and the higher price was about $ 2000, which did not meet Huang Xuan''s requirements, because all the supporting documents issued by the bank would eventually be torn off, and Huang Xuan could not bring the identification documents home


    Without matching documents, the prices of these lower-value diamonds would have to be reduced several times, and might not even be able to be sold at all


    In addition, Lorraine also needed a lot of energy to transport the diamond home


    Although as a diamond made of pure carbon atoms, its consumption was not very high, but in the face of tens of thousands of degrees of energy, the price of less than 100,000 yuan was equivalent to a loss


    Seeing Huang Xuan shaking his head, Nordstrom was also a little anxious


    He waved the waiter away and said," what''s Mr


    Huang''s idea


    "" There are very few metal ornaments


    The diamond must be a carat diamond, with a high grade of 4c and a strong preservation ability


    Simply put, even if I peel this diamond off, it must be easy to sell


    For other jewelry, I personally prefer rubies


    For sapphires, the color should be more uniform, so the crystal should not be brought over


    " The so-called carat diamond, is a diamond higher than 1 carat


    Although it is only 0


    2 grams, the diamond is always much bigger than the small, and the price is different


    Nordstrom''s eyes bulged out


    Among the gems, the red and blue are the most expensive


    The better ones cost tens of thousands of dollars


    As for diamonds, not to mention, the price of each level of increase in the 4c level would skyrocket


    He looked at Huang Xuan''s outfit again and nodded


    " Please wait


    " Then he got up and left the room


    He raised his legs and drank his tea, not in a hurry


    Before he came here, he had already spent three million dollars at other jewelry stores


    By tomorrow, the entire jewelry industry would be buzzing with rumors that rich young men from somewhere in asia were sweeping New York


    In the next three days, Huang Xuan met Stephen, Sloan, and Rockefeller repeatedly and sold four more designs


    It was estimated that the european auto industry would suffer a heavy blow in the next few years


    Rockefeller did not take away the boeing 307 blueprint that he had always dreamed of, and ford and General purpose were paying more and more


    The final bmw 326 blueprint sold for $ 1


    2 million, but for the $ 50 million a day that the Beta plant produced, It was only nine oxen and one hair


    Although they did not make much profit from the sale of the final design drawings, the three companies protected Huang Xuan''s financial security from all aspects


    In addition to the continuous $ 120 million assets passed through datong bank, the Citi issued a deposit certificate of $ 80 million for Huang Xuan


    The british bank took in $ 48 million, while the us United bank took in $ 28 million


    According to the american spirit, no one would reject a big customer until they were sure that Huang Xuan''s money was black money - and if it was proven, they wouldn''t lose anything


    Of course, Huang Xuan wouldn''t lose anything


    The money continued to buy all kinds of jewelry, oil paintings, antiques, postage, and other works of art


    The only criterion was profit margin


    If Lorraine estimated that a product could sell for a million dollars in the new century, Then the energy consumption in the plane channel could not exceed the power value of one hundred thousand dollars


    Later, the standard was changed to $ 10,000 again, then $ 5,000


    Because the total amount of electricity stored and available at the base is less than 200 million degrees, that is to say, only 150 million degrees can be used to transport supplies, which is worth 10 million dollars


    Since there were no credible people in Brazil, it was impossible to temporarily increase the energy reserve


    Huang Xuan had to regretfully throw away most of the porcelain, enamel and the remaining tens of millions of dollars in p 101, which were sent back to china in one piece


    As for who was the recipient, there was no need to probe further


    Of course, many works of art are worth far more than a hundred times the profit, but in just a week, the number of things that can be bought is not too much


    Fourth time out of hammer''s department store, Armand


    Hammer was already Huang Xuan''s best friend


    He sold Huang Xuan''s $ 89 million worth of art, mostly from russia


    During this time," generous chinese" Huang Xuan did not bargain with him once


    In addition to the works of art that repeated huang xuan''s position, all the lost or unreachable works of art were captured by Huang Xuan


    It was said that the red" color" capitalist had also fulfilled his profit target in the great depression ahead of time: four million us dollars


    Lorraine estimated that his profit might have exceeded 20 million, but what does that matter


    The old car twisted like a mayfly, with colorful curtains behind the window, red" colored" agate displayed in the bright window, green jasper, and deep yellow copper ware, just like Huang Xuan''s mood at the moment


    He shook Hammer''s hand again and said," in that case, I''m going back to china


    I hope Mr


    Hammer can go to china one day


    "" Of course


    " Hammer also held his hand tightly


    " My country is not at peace now


    I don''t know when it will develop


    I may not be here by then, but I hope Mr


    Hammer can help me take care of him


    " Hammer suddenly became sad


    This uncertainty about the future was the most sentimental for every american in the great depression


    He couldn''t help but hold Huang Xuan''s hand tightly and said," definitely, definitely


    " Smiling, Hans walked into the car and closed the door expressionlessly


    A thick puff of smoke came out of the ford t-model, like dust from history