Chapter 592 591. A Rumor (5)

Although the Harry Winston Jewelry Store is not a landmark building in Las Vegas, it is definitely famous enough. I stopped a taxi outside the hotel and told the driver the name, and he knew it.

The black driver seemed to be out of touch. After Li Du got into the car, he said, "If you want, you can smoke in the car, sing in the car, and drink in the car."

Li Du was puzzled: "Huh?"

The black driver looked at Godzilla and Dao sitting in the back seat from the rearview mirror, and continued: "As long as I say something wrong, don't be angry, and don't let your buddy beat me up!"

Li Du laughed loudly and said: "You misunderstood, it won't be like this, my buddy has a very good temper, they are two good old people."

The black driver grinned: "If I grow their size, then I think my temper may not be very good."

Li Du said: "Relax, we are all good people, and so are you."

The black driver smiled easily and said, "Yeah, of course, of course, we are all good people, God's meek lambs. By the way, why are you going to Harry Winston?"

The taxis drive on the streets, and the streets are full of pedestrians. The cars can’t drive fast, and there are many traffic lights, so you have to stop after a few steps. Therefore, taxi drivers in Las Vegas are very good at chatting.

Hans told him that the law and order in Las Vegas is not very good. Out of security considerations, Li Du said vaguely, "I want to go shopping."

The black driver said: "Are you going to buy jewelry? If so, then you are really going to the right place, have you heard? Harry Winston is going to close down, so I think his jewelry must be very cheap."

Li Du asked in surprise: "Harry Winston is going to go bankrupt? How is this possible?"

Although the jewelry company he is going to is not the world's number one luxury store, it is very famous and has a high status in the jewelry industry, so there should be no crisis of bankruptcy.

The black driver shrugged and said, "You don't know? Ha, of course, people don't know much about it now, these damn capitalists are too cunning, they are busy transferring assets now..."

Li Du said: "How do you know?"

The black driver continued to shrug his shoulders and said, "Yeah, yay, yay, how do I know? I just know because I am Angie, the omniscient and omnipotent super driver."

This answer is pretty much the same as no answer.

Li Du took out his mobile phone and began to search for information about Harry Winston. He had never known anything about the luxury goods industry. Now that he was about to enter this industry, he learned a lot.

Yes, he plans to enter the luxury goods industry. The experience of searching for fire opals let him know that the small flying insect is too talented to participate in storage auctions, and there are other jobs that are more suitable for it.

For example, go deep underground, deep into the ocean, deep into the mountains to find gems and treasures.

There is a lot of news about Hai Rui Winston on the Internet. Searching for the keyword 'collapse' still yields a lot of news, but most of them are unreliable and are just gossip.

After searching around, Li Du noticed such a message.

Just two years ago, BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, cooperated with Harry Winston to sell its diamond business for US$500 million.

The sale this time is a diamond mine named Ekati, which is located in the Northwest Territories of Canada, close to the Arctic Circle, and the geographical environment and climate environment are very harsh.

The Ekati Diamond Mine is the first diamond mine in Canada. Harry Winston hopes to obtain this original ore producing area and combine Canadian diamond processing and marketing skills to produce more top-level diamonds and expand the market share of the brand force.

This plan is very good. The Hai Rui-Winston Group already includes two fields of diamond mining and brand retail. If this mining area has the expected diamond mines, then they can get enough profits.

As a result, judging from some bits and pieces of news reports, the situation of the Ekati Diamond Mine is not optimistic, and Harry Winston was fooled by BHP Billiton!

Before acquiring the Ekati Diamond Mine, the Harry-Winston Group had put forward the idea of ​​"Ice Crystal Soul" and set up a new sub-brand dedicated to the operation and promotion of diamonds excavated from the Arctic region.

But this idea has not been pushed into the market for a long time. The explanation of Hai Rui Winston Group is that considering the global economic downturn and people's low purchasing power, they are waiting for a better opportunity to launch a series of products.

However, there are reports that the actual reason is that the Ekati diamond mine is almost exhausted, and there is no high-quality diamond output, and the Hai Rui-Winston Group cannot launch this series of products at all.

The investment of 500 million US dollars was in vain. Harry Winston is not the US government, and there is no strong national bank to rely on, so their economy is under great pressure.

Now that the business of the luxury goods industry is sluggish, many luxury goods companies look brilliant, but in fact they are mainly supported by bank loans.

Half of Harry Winston's 500 million US dollars came from loans, so after the investment failed, there were big problems within them.

Loans are all about operation, and it’s good if the funds can operate smoothly. Once the operation is blocked, it will be miserable, and it may lead to the paralysis of global funds.

Seeing the news, Li Du hesitated in his heart. If Harry Winston's situation was really that bad, he probably wouldn't buy his fire opals.

He brought a lot of fire opal this time, worth at least five million dollars.

For normal Harry Winston, this amount of money is nothing. They once spent 20 million dollars to purchase a 101-carat legendary diamond, but that is normal Harry Winston, and now Is it still normal?

While he was hesitating, the car had already reached Las Vegas Boulevard, the main road named after the city.

Metropolitan Super Shopping Center, Hard Rock Casino Hotel, Paragon and other famous buildings appeared in front of Li Du. There are more tourists, pedestrians and traffic.

Harry Winston's shop is here. It looks like an upside-down heart-shaped building shining with silver cold light, with sharp lines like a huge perfectly cut diamond.

When Li Du got out of the car, a handsome blond and blue-eyed caucasian came up to open the car door for him with a smile, bent down and said, "Welcome to Harry Winston, the most beautiful diamond, the most beautiful jewelry, and the most beautiful life."

Godzilla and Da Ao got out of the car expressionlessly, the handsome white man's smile froze for a moment, and then he looked at Li Du more respectfully.

The orientals with such two powerful bodyguards must be very powerful. There is nothing wrong with being humble, the handsome white man thought silently.

Li Du didn't know what he was thinking, he nodded with a smile and said, "Thank you, your store is still open, right?"

The handsome white man hurriedly said: "We don't close at midnight here, you can arrange the time as you like."

Li Du nodded again, and walked into the jewelry store gracefully.