Johannesburg is very close to the Kimberley, and the price of diamonds is actually not high, and Henry actually tried to find it, but he may not be able to find a large diamond like "dream".

In 1866, the "Star of South Africa" diamond found in Kimberley, the rough weight of 83.50 carats, the "Star of South Africa" directly gave birth to the city of Kimberley, countless people with diamond dreams came to Orange, and there were more people looking for diamonds on both sides of the Orange River than the fish in the Orange River.

Although "Dream" is valuable, it is not the only one, Xiao Si once said that De Beers Unified Mining Company now has a collection of more than 50 large diamonds of more than 20 carats, and each one will cause a sensation when taken out.

If it weren't for the relationship between Roque and Xiao Si, De Beers Unified Mining Company would not have sold the "Dream" to Itno at all, in fact, if Itno made the "Dream" into jewelry and sold, it would still have to share a part of the profits to the De Beers Unified Mining Company.

Of course you don't need it now, "Dream" was taken away by Roque and given to Phyllis, Xiao Si won't ask for a penny, maybe he will make up a big gift.

"Quick, get all your jewelry, I'm going to pick a set for Lacey." Henry no longer pressed Roque, and simply went directly to Isabella Kirton to make a request.

Isabella Cottonn looked at Roque.

Roque nodded helplessly, with Roque's understanding of Henry, if Henry didn't take something away, he wouldn't give up today.

So Isabella Cotton continued to take out, what emerald rings, ruby brooches, sapphire hairpins, although each of them is expensive, but they are all single pieces of jewelry, not a whole set.

"There is no set?" Henry is going crazy.

"Nope!" Isabella Kirton replied coldly.

Henry looked at Roque, who was silent and was picking through the pile of jewelry.

Well, the sapphire hairpin is good, and when Phyllis first met Ida, she used a silver hairpin with diamonds, and this hairpin Phyllis must have liked it.

Emerald rings are also good, emeralds are known as the "king of emeralds", symbolizing kindness, faith, kindness, eternity, luck and happiness, wearing it will bring people a lifetime of peace, Roark hopes that Phyllis will be safe and happy in this life, so this ring Phyllis must like.

Forget about the ruby brooch, Phyllis doesn't like red very much, but Ida likes it-

Roque and Ada have known each other for so long, and they haven't given Ada anything yet, and Roque wants to deeply examine himself, so the ruby brooch is kept for Ada.

"Stop, just a few things that are still eye-catching, you take them all, what do I want?" Henry is simply crazy, even Itno is Phyllis's, what else is there to pick?

"Don't worry, don't worry, Bella, are there any cut diamonds, find a few." Roque helps Henry figure it out.

"Yes!" Isabella Cotton, succinctly, turned and went to the next room to bring out a whole plate.

A plate!

Henry's eyes straightened.

It is indeed a plate, there are more than a dozen diamonds that have been cut, each of which looks to have a dozen or twenty carats, although it is not as high as the purity and "dream", but it can also be called rare, especially one of the blue diamonds, even Roque is happy to see the hunt.

"You pick whatever you want, go back to Bella, you go to find Lacey, and after Lacey determines the style, then send it to Lacey after processing." Roque is generous, guarding the Kimberley, there are many high-quality diamonds, and there is only one "Star of South Africa" exposed by Kimberley in history, and no one knows how many there are in fact.

"Fantastic, how much?" Henry was very happy, although this diamond was not as dreamy, but it could also be handed over, and Lacey was not unreasonable.

Isabella Kirton looked at Roque, who shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Forget it, just take it as my gift to the child-"

It was so open, and Henry gave Roque a tight hug.

When he left the gold mine, Roque took the set of "dreams" and the emerald ring, which was enough, the diamond is actually just a symbol, if you really want to say how valuable it is, it is a concept hyped up by the owner of the diamond mine.

Diamond Mine Boss!

In fact, it can be directly said that the company such as the De Beers Unified Mining Company hyped up, for example, the current diamond fever, is the Kimberley gang of their own hype, before the diamond epidemic, Europe was popular with all kinds of gemstones, diamonds are not cared for at all, and later Kimberley discovered the diamond mine, only then did some people begin to consciously hype diamonds.

The simplest fact is that when the Star of South Africa was first discovered, the original discoverers were given only a caravan, 10 cows and 500 fat sheep, and then after several changes, a year later the company bought the diamond for 12,500 pounds.

At this time, it only costs 400 pounds a year to hire a university professor, and the "South African Star" is worth more than 30 university professors?

The benevolent see the benevolent, and the wise see the wise.

This kind of transaction between Roque and Xiao Si is actually a hype for diamonds.

A diamond worth a thousand pounds, Roque bought the diamond for processing, and then it could be sold for ten thousand pounds, this in and out is ten times the profit, and people who don't know the inside story will definitely be crazy to chase after it.

If Xiao Si goes to Itno again to buy the diamonds, creating a situation where supply exceeds demand, then the price of diamonds will be further high.

Otherwise, why didn't Xiao Si sell all the dozens of diamonds in one go, there were too many diamonds on the market at once, and the diamonds would be worthless.

On the way back to Johannesburg, Roque and Henry were also discussing the issue.

"Why not, we have gold now, we have diamonds in the Kimberley, we can completely combine gold and diamonds and fry them together, so that everyone has money, the people who buy diamonds gain vanity, the miners get jobs and income, the city government gets more taxes, and no one will debunk all this." Roque put on a posture of cutting leeks, anyway, diamonds are luxury goods, and ordinary people can't afford them, even if they cut leeks, they also cut those middle-class leeks.

Don't think about cutting the leeks of the rich, such as the rich like Roque and Xiao Si, who are themselves leek-cutters.

As for the poor, they simply can't afford to buy diamonds, and they can't cut them if they want to.

Therefore, the middle class is the most tragic group in Johannesburg, or Britain and France, and in Johannesburg, it is probably the management members of the gold mine, as well as the employees of government agencies, as well as the staff in Ziwei Hospital and Ziwei Public School, who are always facing the harvest from the top, and are envied and hated by the bottom, and they have to work hard to make money, and then spend the money to maintain their so-called "decency", and if they are not careful, they will become pseudo-middle class.

The capitalists are very ruthless in this regard.

"I'm going to create a brand when I go back, and Lacey is bored at home every day, even if it's to find something for Lacey to do." Henry also got the hang of it, and the Matilda gold mine was also very prolific, and now there was a lot of gold in stock, and Henry had to find a way to sell it.

"Then let's go back and let Lacey go to Ada, Ida already has a relatively complete business plan in this regard, which can save Lacey a lot of detours." Roque was kind enough to give advice, but he didn't expect to be despised by Henry.

"Less in front of me, Ida!" Ida is an eternal pain in Henry's heart—

"Okay, when I didn't say it." Roque knew Henry's feelings for Ada-

Henry was also a fox who could not enter the vineyard.

After Ida took over the Rock Gold Mine, Roque and Ida described the prospects of the luxury industry.

Ada, who was born in the aristocracy, of course, understands how profitable this industry is, and now there are many ancient families that specialize in serving the aristocracy, and they rely on exquisite craftsmanship to make a living.

Before that, luxury goods belonged only to the aristocracy, and ordinary people were not qualified to touch this industry.

Now it is different, after the industrial revolution, the middle class is actively getting bigger and bigger, and gradually becoming the main class of society, with the improvement of the class, the middle class's demand for luxury goods is getting higher and higher, but limited to production capacity, those ancient craft families do not have the ability to meet the market, so the large-scale industrialization of "luxury" has reached the critical point of birth.

In fact, the large-scale industrialization of "luxury" here has nothing to do with the real "luxury", which is a concept that has been created, the real luxury still has nothing to do with ordinary people, and has nothing to do with the middle class who yearn for the life of the upper class, Roque is now also a hype concept, but once successful, the profits will far exceed those family businesses.

In Johannesburg, the so-called upper-class women, that is, women with aristocratic backgrounds such as Phyllis, Lacey, and Ida, if even these real members of the aristocracy wear Itno jewelry, then the Itno brand will soon be able to open the market in Johannesburg.

Therefore, even if Henry doesn't buy it, Roque will take the initiative to give the jewelry to Lacey, as long as Lacey wears Itno's jewelry, it is a living advertisement, the kind of living advertisement that can't be bought for any amount of money.

Don't be surprised, these days, if a merchant really comes to the door and wants Lacey, the "Mrs. Favart", to help him advertise, Lacey will directly ask the servant to drive out the businessman who is not long-sighted.

No matter how much money the merchant gives, Lacey will not accept it, and she can't afford to lose this person.

"What do you think would be better made of this diamond?" Henry took the diamond given by Roque and looked at the sky for purity.

"Beware of the sun burning your eyes." Roque kindly reminded.

"I know, I'm not that stupid." Henry is not angry, the history of the magnifying glass has been seven hundred years, and Henry also used the magnifying glass to burn ants when he was a child.

This is something that many children who have access to magnifying glasses have probably done.

"It's best to make a necklace, but if you want, you can make a crown." Roque has a casual attitude, Henry's diamond will cause a sensation when it is put on the market, but here in Roque, it is really not uncommon.

After Ida took over the gold mine, the jewelry box is estimated to have increased a lot, and Roque saw that Ada had worn no less than three diamonds of better quality and larger size, and these diamonds must have been paid, but the price was definitely not as high as in the market, and Roque also turned a blind eye.

Women are defenseless in this regard.

What's more, if Ida shows no desire and no desire, then Roque may still be afraid.

"The crown is definitely not going to work—" Henry was a little dumbfounded, the crown was not something that could be worn casually.

"Then the necklace, it's so big, it definitely won't work as a ring." Roque didn't study jewelry either, and in his two lives combined, the only things that Roque could get along with jewelry were pocket watches and lighters.

Men, you don't need too much decoration, and a big chain at every turn will only backfire.

Back in Johannesburg, Roque realized that he seemed to have made a mistake, Roque and Henry had gained, but Owen had nothing to prepare.

This is not good, not good at all, not suffering from inequality, Roque immediately called Aiden and asked Aiden to send a few better diamonds.

As a result, Aiden took a dozen at once.

"Hehe, Lord Nyasaland, congratulations, congratulations—" Aiden's congratulations was said in Chinese, probably just learned temporarily, and it was a bit of a foreign accent.

"Happy, happy—" Roque responded casually, not knowing how Aiden knew the news.

"Mr. Cecil already knows, he is on his way to Johannesburg, and Mr. Cecil will be pleased to know that you have chosen the diamonds of the De Beers Unified Mining Company, Lord Nyasaland." Aiden smiled with wrinkles on his face, Johannesburg said that it was not big, it was not small, Roque was the chief of police and a baron, there was something to do, no need to publicize, and anyone who cared about the whole city could know it quickly.

The diamonds that Aiden sent were still very good, and some of them were even comparable to the one Henry chose.

Henry also had no intention of being jealous, and unless something particularly outstanding was present, Henry was now satisfied.

Roque chose a similar one and went to the mayor's mansion with Henry.

The mayor's mansion was very close to the police station, just across the road, and when Roque and Henry went out, Owen was waiting in front of the mansion.

"Why has it been so long? I've been waiting for a long time. Owen began to complain when he saw Roque that he could make a party leader wait to open the door, and Roque was also big.

"For Karina, I wish her eternal youth—" Roque knew and immediately offered the gift.

Karina is the wife of Owen and also comes from an aristocratic family in England, and now Karina is also in Johannesburg, and Owen has two children, and it is said that there will be a third soon.

"Oh oh oh - really- thank you - " Owen behaved more than Henry, Henry has a gold mine, it is already considered fame and fortune, Owen was Philip's secretary before, and now he has just become the leader of the party, the name is there, and the "profit" is still far behind.

At least, there are really no gems of this level in Karina's jewelry box.