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"It is the cutting center of India, also known as the fourth largest diamond cutting place in the world...
The cutting and grinding technology over there is also very mature, but they basically only accept some small carats.
And the labor is cheap, the price is cheap..."
Zhao An shook his head and said, "No need, we're not in a hurry... Besides, I don't like this curry-flavored country, so I don't need to bother them."
"When Silas starts to operate, won't it be a matter of minutes to catch up with India in the future?"
To be honest, Mumbai, India is considered to be the largest small diamond processing center in the world. There are 29 CSO sightholders and 80 cutting workers here, who can process an average of 110 billion 20-point diamonds every year.
"How is Zhu Xiancheng rectifying?" Zhao An asked again.
He mentioned before setting up a branch company to manage Zhao An's intellectual property business, and Zhu Xiancheng is the person in charge of this new company.
Xu Wenqian: "Actually, there is nothing to rectify. There is only one project of Northwest Electric Power over there. It is very leisurely..."
Zhao Andao: "It won't be idle soon. In a few days, the Life Science Research Institute of Jiangcheng will send another contract, talking about the latest targeted anti-cancer drug that is going to be launched, and we will allocate half of the profits... ..”
Xu Wenqian stared and said, "Mr. Zhao is also involved in this project?"
Zhao An smiled slightly: "Calm down, it's not just this project, there will be more and more business related to intellectual property in the future, and they are basically at the forefront of scientific research... In short, they can all make money.
So it’s okay for them to be free now, in the future when our body gets bigger and bigger, some of them will be busy..."
Xu Wenqian: "Then Mr. Zhao wants to go and have a look?"
Zhao An waved his hand and said, "I won't be going for the time being. Tell Zhu Xiancheng to do a good job of talent reserve. The company will expand very quickly."
"How about the flagship store?"
Zhao's gemstone business is now gaining a firm foothold online, but offline stores are also the bulk of sales.
It can also serve as a front door...
Zhao An spent tens of billions of dollars to buy Chunjiang Plaza, mainly for the few shops facing the street. Of course, he was very interested in this matter.
Xu Wenqian frowned and said: "It is already being renovated, but there is still a problem. If it is just gems, our products are still too simple.
If it's made into jewelry, we don't have the basis for it..."
This is also a problem. Although Zhao's Mining produces all kinds of high-value gemstones, Zhao An only has a few kinds at present.
Zhao An pondered and said: "This is not a big problem. Didn't I tell you before that starting from next year, our business will be greatly expanded, and since it is a flagship store,
Naturally, we can't just sell a single gemstone, jewellery, gold and jade... all must be arranged to meet the consumption needs of various customers. "
Xu Wenqian nodded and said, "Okay, it will be properly arranged."
Seeing Xu Wenqian open the door and go out, Zhao An tidied up and got off work.
He went to the police force to pick up Li Zhiyuan, and Wang Bing drove the car and sent the two of them to Cuiping Villa.
Back home, Zhao An asked thoughtfully, "I know what you want to eat..."
Ever since Li Zhiyuan became pregnant, Zhao An stopped watching young ladies dancing and twisting her ass on Douyin, and started watching food videos instead.
After learning a lot, he turned around and tried to make it at home, and Li Zhiyuan, who has recently increased his appetite, became his best taster.
Li Zhiyuan rubbed her slightly raised belly and complained: "I can't eat any more, look how fat I have become recently..."
Zhao An put on his apron and said with a smile: "You are not fat at all. With your current figure, you would not be considered a beauty in the Tang Dynasty.
Looks like I'm still not strong enough..."
Li Zhiyuan said coquettishly, "Nonsense!"
Suddenly he said, "Honey, it's time for you to name our baby..."
Zhao An suddenly said with a bitter face: "You still don't know that I'm a useless name..."
Chapter 518 Can You Afford It?
Zhao An is indeed a waste of names, otherwise his company name and the name of the mercenary group would not be so clumsy.
Although the name of the Tranquility is nice, he did not choose it. The name of the Zhiyuan is still blessed by Tranquility and Zhiyuan...
After eating, Li Zhiyuan threw him a Xinhua dictionary: "Look it up yourself!"
Zhao An sat on the sofa with a bitter face, and suddenly sat up again and said, "My wife, why should we pick it up by ourselves, wouldn't it be over if we asked someone to pick one up?"
Li Zhiyuan glared at him and said, "This is your right as a father, are you sure you want to give it up?"
Zhao An chuckled: "I don't value the naming rights that much. As long as it's good for the baby, I'm willing to make an appropriate compromise. What do you think?"
Li Zhiyuan tilted her head and thought for a while, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
"How about asking my uncle to help me get one, he used to be the editor-in-chief of a magazine, a cultural person..."
Zhao An: "Okay, you can call him now."
Li Zhiyuan took out her mobile phone and dialed, and the call was connected after a while.
I told Shen Deming about wanting to help name the baby, and the latter immediately smiled and said, "Male or female?"
Li Zhiyuan didn't know about men and women now, she looked at Zhao An for help, and said, "Take one for each of the male treasures and the female treasures, this trivial matter is not easy for uncle."
But Zhao An said calmly at the side: "Just marry the girl's name!"
Shen Deming laughed: "Alright, listen up,
The surname Zhao has an ascending accent, so if you have a single character name, you have to use a flat or descending accent, for example, Zhao Qing, Zhao Ting, Zhao Qi, and Zhao Yi. "
Li Zhiyuan felt that it was not very good, and said angrily: "Uncle, we want to choose a three-character name..."
Shen Deming: "In the same way, Zhao Mengyue, Zhao Yilin, Zhao Yuhan, Zhao Yingqi... don't these all sound catchy?"
Uncle Li Zhiyuan mentioned a long list of names, and the young couple were a little confused. They didn't know how to choose for a while.
In the end, Shen Deming suggested: "Well, isn't Zhao An in the business of minerals and gemstones? The baby is named Zhao Yuqi..."
Then he explained a lot about the name, and finally Zhao An made a final decision: "Okay, let's call it Zhao Yuqi!"
The next morning, the two went to work separately.
Just arrived at the company, but Zhao An received a call from Shen Yiqiu at the company, asking her to go to a charity auction with her in the afternoon.
Zhao An readily agreed, saying that there was no problem.
So for the whole morning, Zhao An stayed in his office, replicating some high-end scientific technologies, especially medical ones.
Why is it medical?
Because it turns out fast...
AbbVie's Xiulemei, Pfizer's pembrolizumab, and the pharmaceutical formulas of pharmaceutical companies such as Roche and Johnson & Johnson have copied them all.
Regardless of the patent issue in this aspect of imitation, let's get it first and then talk...
Maybe if you study it, you can find a different way to manufacture it, bypassing the problem of patents.
After one o'clock in the afternoon, when it was the time agreed with Shen Yiqiu, Zhao An tidied up his clothes and went downstairs, and asked Wang Bing to drive Cullinan to follow the Hongqi L9.
The venue of the auction is Jiangcheng Grand Theater, which is said to be organized by the Red Cross Foundation.
Some items are donated by wealthy businessmen from all over the country, and then photographed by the rest of the wealthy. The money from the photographs will be collected uniformly for some charity activities.
Entering the venue, Zhao An sat next to Shen Yiqiu and greeted him: "Mom looks very young today..."
Shen Yiqiu's clothes today are actually very plain, but they look neat and tidy.
Shen Yiqiu pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Today's auction is actually a social affair. I have participated in quite a few in recent times."
Zhao An: "Mom, you've worked hard!"
Shen Yiqiu shook his head and said: "I'm not complaining to you, but we also do charity, entertainment is indispensable,
Fortunately, we are independently funded, so they don't have much trouble. "
Zhao Andao: "I think so too. Instead of begging grandpa to sue grandma to raise money everywhere, why don't you pay a little more... and put more energy into doing practical things."
The two chatted quietly, and the auction started.
A host came up to introduce Datong, thanked Datong, and finally the first auction item was delivered.
It was a snuff bottle, and Zhao An looked at it as a genuine product, and successfully photographed it after raising the sign a few times.
The auction continued, and the lots were sent up in turn.
But don't expect anything too good at this kind of auction.
The auction is gradually coming to an end...
"Okay, thank you very much to the kind-hearted people from all walks of life in Jiangcheng," the host on stage said enthusiastically: "Whether it's donating treasures or buying treasures,
are great support for our work,
So far, we have raised 2708 million RMB, all of which will be used to help children with congenital hearing impairment and implant cochlear implants for them.
Thanks again for your great support! "
"The following is our last auction item for today, a large blue and white vase from the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty!"
"This large blue and white vase was donated by Zheng Zhiqing and Ren Xiaomin. Applause is given to these two kind-hearted people!!!"
Sparse applause sounded, and a man and woman in their forties got up and waved their hands.
These two are obviously Zheng Zhiqing and Ren Xiaomin...
Just when the two of them greeted everyone with great ambitions, suddenly, there was a sound of 'bang dang',
When the large blue and white vase was being delivered to the stage, the staff member who carried the bottle accidentally fell down, and the large blue and white vase fell to the ground immediately, shattering into pieces.
It stands to reason that the staff of such an auction house should be cautious,
But an accident is an accident, it just happened so mercilessly...
"Ah~!"
Ren Xiaomin screamed, rushed to the aisle a few steps, and punched and kicked the staff member.
He kept cursing in his mouth: "You lowly maidservant, haven't you eaten? You can't hold a bottle well. Now it broke. What do you have to pay for it?"
The staff member fell to the ground and said with an aggrieved face, "I'm sorry, it was my mistake...I will do everything I can to compensate you for your loss."
"Snapped!"
Ren Xiaomin slapped the little girl on the face again, and immediately there were five slap marks.
"Everything, what can you do?"
"This is blue and white porcelain, priceless, hundreds of thousands of treasures... Can you afford it?"
Chapter 519
It was supposed to be a good charity auction, but due to the staff's mistake, the finale blue and white porcelain vase was smashed by the staff.
This surprised everyone present, especially Ren Xiaomin, who donated this artifact, was furious.
"This blue and white porcelain is worth tens of millions, and the proceeds from the sale will be donated to the majority of deaf children. Now you smashed it into pieces... How many children will not be able to regain their hearing?"
"You are a small worker...what are you responsible for?"
As he said that, Ren Xiaomin's big ear scratched, and he wanted to slap the little girl again.
Zhao An, who had been sitting all afternoon with some old gods around, couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted: "Stop!"
Ren Xiaomin's husband, Zheng Zhiqing, obviously knew Zhao An. Seeing Zhao An get up, he immediately smiled and said, "Oh, maybe Mr. Zhao is also interested in these fragments?"
Zhao An ignored him, but strolled to the aisle,
Looking at the fragments on the ground, he said, "We all know that blue and white porcelain is a fine work of art...there are very few handed down from generation to generation, so the value is very high."
"The blue and white porcelain of the Chenghua period, the shape of the porcelain is exquisite and exquisite, the texture of the body is fine, crystal clear, warm and smooth, the color is soft and peaceful, and the painting is elegant and graceful..."
"It is indeed worth hundreds of millions..."
Ren Xiaomin showed joy: "Mr. Zhao means..."
Zhao An smiled slightly, helped the staff on the ground up and said:
"It's true that it's worth so much, but it's only a few hundred dollars if it's fake."
"What did you say?" Ren Xiaomin immediately burst into anger: "According to what you mean, it means that we, husband and wife, donated fake blue and white porcelain, and they all said it was a donation. What benefit can we have?"