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[271] Pit dead with B Er stupid

The hands of Shen Hong, Director of the Heavy Industry Division of the Central Finance Committee were a little trembling. He tightly held the hand of his old man, Xu Chi, Director of the Planning Department of the Ministry of Heavy Industry and Chief Engineer of Anshan Iron and Steel Blast Furnace Assembly.

Xu Chi's hands were thin and dry, he held Shen Hong's hand, and said calmly: "Why are you shaking? We have been fighting for almost half a year, and this has already ignited, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

Shen Hong suppressed the excitement in his heart, pushed up the yellow phenolic plastic glasses on the bridge of his nose, and replied: "Old Xu, tell me, what if the production capacity standard of the equipment cannot be reached?"

Xu Chi opened his eyes deeply sunken in his eye sockets, and said unhappily: "Old man, why are you saying this is unlucky? We are constructing according to the installation standards. After all the installation procedures are completed, there will be ultrasonic flaw detection. The instrument has repeatedly checked, how could it fail to meet the production capacity standard!"

Shen Hong opened his mouth and laughed: "Yes, yes, look at my crow's mouth, what you said is true! It will definitely work! It will definitely work!"

Finally, the moment of tapping the steel that everyone was looking forward to finally came. As the valve of the blast furnace was opened, the rushing iron flow was continuously injected into the huge molten steel ladle below from the thick and thin betting port embraced by the three of them. The huge ladle was filled with golden-red iron flow in a blink of an eye.Steel slag splashed all over the place near the ladle in the workshop.

"Wow!..." The crowd cheered and applauded wildly like boiling!

"Long live New China!"

"Long live Angang!"

"Long live the Communist Party!"

"Long live the Chairman!"

Various slogans resounded through the workshop one after another.

Shao Xianghua, the director of the factory, trot out excitedly and shouted: "Comrades! The first ladle of molten steel has been successfully released! From now on, we will fight day and night! We must complete the central government's plan of 100 million tons of iron and 100 million tons of iron before the end of the year. Double Hundred Missions of Tons of Steel!

Comrades!Do you have confidence! "

"Yes!" The crowd shouted from the bottom of their hearts like a tsunami.

Accompanied by the roar of the tractor, the steel ladle was dragged out from the injection port, and four iron and steel workers in heat-insulating suits immediately stepped forward and hung the hook of the door crane on the ears of the steel ladle.The gantry crane lifts the ladle easily and transports it to the other side of the workshop, which is invisible at a glance, and is ready to be poured into the refining converter for further refining...

At the moment, Xiaoqiang is on the Air Force 301 passenger plane, accompanying the Prime Minister to Anshan, and condolences for the smooth ignition and tapping of Anshan Iron and Steel's Wulian 5000 cubic blast furnace.

Sitting opposite Xiaoqiang, the prime minister looked at the documents in his hand and asked, "Xiaoqiang, are you short of money now?"

Xiaoqiang did some calculations and said, "At present, there are still 516 billion funds on the books. In addition, there are still 20 tons of sapphires that have not been mortgaged. Prime Minister, the money is still enough for the time being."

The Prime Minister nodded and said: "I have already informed Comrade Jiaxiang to negotiate with the Soviet Union to exchange purchases, and strive to exchange cloth for diamonds and gold from the Soviet Union. Xiaoqiang, do you think that all the girls in 2011 like to wear diamond rings?"

Xiaoqiang smiled and said: "Well, Prime Minister, you haven't seen the promotion of De Beers. It's overwhelming. It blows a carbon crystal into a symbol of love. What's love is forever, and a piece lasts forever". Noisy Girls get dizzy, as if not wearing a diamond ring when they get married is a disgrace, a dull face."

Hearing this, the Prime Minister couldn't help but put down the thick stack of plans handed over by the Ministry of Heavy Industry on the large-scale construction of small iron and steel enterprises across the country. The old man raised his thick eyebrows and said in surprise: "What about the gold ring? Isn't the gold ring bad?" ?”

Xiao Qiang said: "It's a long story. If you want to talk about De Beers, it is a super multinational company and a super cartel. It almost monopolizes the world's rich diamond mines. Bills tried every means to directly control it in his own hands, or indirectly in the hands of relevant stakeholders. After he completed the monopoly, he began to think of ways to add value to diamonds. It sounds like advertising, but in the final analysis In the end, it is to constantly use various newspapers, magazines, movies, radio stations, celebrity endorsements and appearances in film and television programs to brainwash people."

The Prime Minister wondered: "The common people are not fools, how could they listen to him? Xiaoqiang, didn't you say that you want to introduce a production line for producing artificial diamonds under high temperature and high pressure? Once the artificial diamonds come out, the last industrial use of the natural diamonds will be lost." Disappeared, as far as I know, the diamond mine is not a scarce mineral, how could it be sold so expensive in 2011? China actually spends 57 billion US dollars on jewelry and diamonds a year to import?!"

Xiaoqiang said: "It's because of the monopoly. After De Beers completes the monopoly, it will be able to control the supply side. It is basically up to his family to decide how much natural diamonds to supply to the market each year. If they can't control the supply side, then the market's The price of diamonds has really become cheaper than stones. In addition, De Beers has to continue to instill in the public the connection between diamonds and romantic love, spend money to do paid news, and focus on describing the size of diamonds that celebrities give to their lovers. Because Britain’s monopoly interest in diamonds, the queen and the royal family have also replaced the jewelry worn in public with diamonds as the main focus. Once this method of De Beers was used, it increased the sales of the US market by 55% in just three years Until 1947, De Beers began to enter the field of consumer psychology research, and constantly used various publicity methods to strengthen the public's concept of diamonds. They even arranged for lecturers to go to high schools across the country, in student groups, classes, informal meetings In a public speech, the content was all about diamond engagement rings, and he firmly grasped the slogan "Diamonds are forever, one piece will last forever" and tried their best to brainwash them."

The Prime Minister smiled wryly and said, "This De Beers has worked hard. It has spent so much effort in cultivating a market. Then Xiaoqiang, can this diamond preserve its value?"

Xiaoqiang said with a smile: "The value of diamonds is actually not as good as rubies, sapphires and other rare gems. In fact, this kind of carbon crystal is not a "permanent" thing. Diamonds will also be scratched, damaged, faded, and oxidized. , It is not easy to achieve long-term preservation in good condition, but if it is not publicized in this way, who would spend money to buy a broken stone for scratching glass to wear! In short, De Beers is through various explicit and Hidden advertisements and public relations activities to repeatedly advocate - only diamonds are universal and recognized engagement tokens everywhere. This kind of advertising investment will never stop unless De Beers dies. This is a family that has left Propaganda is a supercartel that cannot survive.

As for preservation of value, in 1970, a consumer goods magazine in London conducted an experiment, bought two 400-carat gem-quality diamonds for 0.5 pounds, and sealed them in a safe for nine years. %!According to the preservation requirements, the market price of diamonds should at least catch up with inflation, that is to say, it should be sold for at least 25 pounds to preserve its value, but the market price was only sold for 3000 pounds in the end.

As for buying a diamond ring and wanting to sell it at the original price, it is an impossible task. Basically, if you buy it in the same year and sell it in the same year, the recycling price should not be higher than 30% of the original price.Those well-known jewelers are not willing to take back at all, mainly because they feel that it is a kind of humiliation to customers after asking a low price, and it is better to refuse directly.The only ones that can preserve their value are the really rare super large diamonds that reach tens of carats after cutting. "

The Prime Minister is so shrewd. After listening to Xiaoqiang's introduction, he has fully understood what diamonds are in 2011. He said with a smile: "Then we want to get a taste of De Beers. China can import 57 billion US dollars a year. Diamonds, let’s sell less, is it okay to sell half of them at a low price?”

Xiaoqiang said with a smile: "The Soviet Union discovered diamond mines in Siberia in the late 50s, and they were mining them desperately. De Beers' proposal to the Soviet Union was to control the price of diamonds together, but the Soviet Union didn't care about so much in private. The output has always been With unbelievable growth, if this continues, diamonds will be priced at the price of cabbage, which makes De Beers so angry.

In the end, De Beers changed its attitude and completely cut off the diamond trade with the Soviet Union, and Western jewelers stopped buying diamonds from the Soviet Union.They also put a label on Soviet diamonds, insisting that Soviet diamonds are not diamonds, but another kind of diamond, which is really ridiculous.However, once the Soviet Union cannot ship goods to the West, it will be cheaper for us. "

The Prime Minister asked: "Xiaoqiang, to be more intuitive, how many tons of diamonds are worth 57 billion dollars?"

Xiaoqiang said with a smile: "About more than 500 kilograms, a truck can take away. Since we want to exchange money, we will directly ship at [-]% of the market price. De Beers will not dump it at this price anyway. I guess, no Within two years, half of the domestic diamond market will be occupied by us.

However, the price is reasonable, because De Beers has been desperately advocating diamond certification, hoping to strengthen its monopoly.Instill in everyone the idea that "diamonds without foreign certificates are fakes".After our diamonds are taken, De Beers will definitely not let his "International Authoritative Jewelry Certification Organization" give us a certification certificate, but fortunately, our domestic market does not eat this pot. The source of raw stones in the store is very complicated, and they all use domestic certification certificates, and they are still very popular.

The diamond industry is too deep, although there are grades in clarity, color, and cut.But there is no obvious boundary between the VS grade and the VVS grade. Even a professional-level appraiser with special tools can't distinguish it very well. Bills opened his mouth to talk, and he said what he said.

And the color, the original value of colored diamonds is lower than that of transparent diamonds. At the beginning, many people were unwilling to buy colored diamonds that were mixed with impurities, but you can’t let De Beers hold a bunch of useless diamonds. Impurity stone?So De Beers called colored diamonds a rare species, and classified the colors, stipulating which color is the purest. Anyway, the standard is set by him. If we really want to compare them together, who can explain why the color is dark? Is it just right and purest?As for the various sellers, they all rely on one mouth to live, with two colors of dark and light. This store says that the dark is pure, and that store says that the light is pure.

Besides the cut, the difference between one carat and 99 points is only one point regardless of the weight, but the price is sky high and the price is low, one is a carat diamond and the other is a non-carat diamond. Diamond practitioners will not be so stupid as to make trouble with their own money. Therefore, carat diamonds will never be cut into non-carat diamonds to avoid blemishes when cutting. You have to ask what to do with blemishes?There are two situations. One is that you can't see it even if I don't tell you.The second is to use a laser to knock out the flaws and then fill them with a transparent material with the same refractive index. Again, you still can't see it.Besides, these consumers want to buy a stone to install b anyway, so why should they care about this.

Therefore, the so-called natural, so-called grade, so-called certification, and so-called long-lasting, are just gimmicks in the diamond business, and making money is the only absolute truth of De Beers!

It would not be a crime for Debbie to treat diamonds as handicrafts to make money, but if they sell them as value-preserving jewelry more expensive than real gold, earning so much, it would be a bit too shady.But one yard counts for one yard. Since it's a business, it's a bit unkind for us to put it bluntly. It's better for everyone to make a fortune together. "

The Prime Minister smiled and said, "Okay! Let's get him a truck first! Xiaoqiang, what price do you think the Soviet Union can charge for 500 kilograms of diamonds?"

Xiaoqiang said with a smile: "According to our current market price in 1950, the price of a cut diamond is about 3000 million U.S. dollars, and the price of a rough diamond is about 30% lower than the cutting price. That is about 1000 million U.S. dollars.

The contract that De Beers gave to the Soviets was a limited purchase, not as many as they wanted.So since we are willing to ask for it, it is a windfall for the Soviet Union, and they are willing to open up the supply anyway.

Most of the diamonds in the Soviet Union are around 0.5 carats, which is exactly the size consumed by the common people who sold the most in 2011.But we also want big ones, the bigger the money, the more fancy colored diamonds are available.

Anyway, Prime Minister, don’t worry about the size, buy as much as you can, and let’s take it all. I guess based on our relationship with the Soviet Union, I think we can definitely get a cheap price. "

The Prime Minister said with relief: "Now we finally have another way to make money!"