Super Invincible Battleship
Chapter 1273

Chapter 1273: Chapter 502: Red Diamond_3 Chapter 1273: Chapter 502: Red Diamond_3 Yan Fei laughed and said, “Of course, you can even make all the furniture in the Golden Castle out of gold, and you could even craft a gold bed for yourself, though sleeping on a gold bed often would give you a backache.”

By this time, Lu Pingping had finally snapped out of her shock from seeing so much gold. She wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth and said, “Fei, I understand what you just said. Oil is a fossil fuel that is about to be phased out and cannot carry the weight of our Dream Island currency. Gold, however, is a precious metal that is naturally money, with immense economic value. We can completely use this gold as a guarantee to issue our Dream Island currency. With all this gold as a backing, the value of our Dream Island currency would be incredibly strong.”

Yan Fei scratched his head and said, “I don't know much about these financial matters, so you'll be completely in charge of this!”

Today was an extremely shocking day for Lu Pingping; she had seen not only oil reserves worth 77 trillion US Dollars but also gold valued at 8 trillion US Dollars. With such massive reserves, nothing could stop the development of Dream Island; it was ready to soar to the skies.

However, Lu Pingping's shock had not ended. After visiting the gold Warehouse, Yan Fei took her to another slightly smaller warehouse next door. In this mini-warehouse, Lu Pingping saw a large quantity of uncut diamonds, which, although unpolished, shone brightly under the warehouse lights, looking like an ethereal dream…

Although Lu Pingping was a management genius, deep down, she was still a little woman with a love for diamonds and jewelry, often keeping up with the new product releases of world-renowned jewelry companies. Hence, she was quite knowledgeable about various diamonds and jewelry, almost an expert. It was by seeing the reflected light from those large uncut diamonds that she confirmed their identity as diamonds.

Lu Pingping casually picked up a fist-sized pink diamond beside her, examined it closely, and then asked in confusion, “Fei, are these natural diamond roughs? But I've studied all the large diamonds in the world, and I've never seen pink diamonds this big. Couldn't they be artificially made in Yang Qi's laboratory?”

Distinguishing natural from artificial diamonds requires special equipment. Even though Lu Pingping enjoyed studying diamonds, she couldn't tell the difference between the two with the naked eye alone, hence her question.

Yan Fei picked up another diamond, at least two kilograms, tossed it in his hand, then tossed it back onto the ground. After it rolled around a few times, he said, “Pingping, I'm telling you responsibly, all the diamonds in this warehouse are genuine, pure natural diamonds.”

Lu Pingping was somewhat astonished and said, “But natural diamonds can't be this big! Look at that one in the center; its weight must be over a hundred tons, right? How can there be such large natural diamonds in the world?”

Yan Fei laughed and said, “It seems you have also been misled by De Beers' promotions. The world has plenty of diamonds, even ones weighing over a hundred tons are not rare. The reason you all think diamonds are precious is merely because of the De Beers Company's purposeful promotion. Diamonds are just diamonds, they have nothing to do with love–at all–and they are certainly not worth that much money. They're part of the century's biggest scam.”

Lu Pingping didn't know where Yan Fei had gotten these diamonds, and since he didn't tell her their source, she didn't ask. Looking at all those diamonds, she said, “Are you planning to make Dream Island replace the De Beers Company and become the largest diamond and jewelry merchant in the world?”

Yan Fei shook his head, disdainfully saying, “The global diamond market is too small to concern me. Besides, the lies about diamonds will be exposed sooner or later. We can't earn money that's against our conscience. My goal is to use this batch of diamonds to break the global diamond scam and restore diamonds to their true value.”

“I understand,” said Lu Pingping, “I will expose the De Beers Company's scheme.”

Yan Fei, pointing to the diamonds, said, “Likewise, this batch of diamonds is now yours to do with as you please.”

Beholding the plethora of diamonds, Lu Pingping's eyes blazed with passion. While other women were scrimping and saving for just a few carats, she now possessed over a thousand tons of diamonds.

Yan Fei took out a particularly beautiful diamond from the pile and handed it to Lu Pingping, saying, “This is the most beautiful one in the batch, which I've specifically selected and polished a bit. Now, I'm giving it to you as a gift.”

Lu Pingping accepted the diamond with both hands because it was enormous, the size of a watermelon, and weighed at least 5 kilograms; she needed both hands to hold it. In the specific unit for diamonds, it was at least 25,000 carats, more than eight times larger than the Cullinan, the largest known single diamond in the world today.

Not only was it massive, but this diamond was also a flawless red diamond without a single imperfection. Yan Fei had taken this diamond to the mini-production workshop and had utilized the workshop's precision to polish it, resulting in unmatched craftsmanship. Combined with the perfect raw diamond, the polished gemstone shimmered magnificently, more captivating than anything else in the world.

Holding this giant diamond, Pingping was nearly blinded by its dazzling brilliance. Yan Fei had never given her such a valuable gift before; the first time he offered her something, it turned out to be a uniquely immense red diamond, the size of a watermelon, and the only one of its kind in the world…

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