Chapter 1285: Diamond Capital
Antwerp, located on the River Scheldt in northwestern Belgium, is Belgium's largest port city and an important industrial city, as well as the world-famous diamond capital.
At the same time, it is also a famous cultural center and tourist city in Europe. Every year, countless tourists come from all over the world to visit this city.
People are attracted to this city for three reasons.
One is the well-preserved old urban buildings full of medieval atmosphere; the second is the mysterious diamond processing and trading; the third is the world-renowned painting art and numerous museums.
In particular, many female tourists come for Antwerp's reputation as the world's diamond capital and for the dazzling jewels and diamonds.
Women who come to Antwerp, as long as they have enough money in their pockets, they can buy diamonds that they want here, and they will return with a load!
On the streets of Antwerp, people can often see many female tourists with joy and happiness. After walking a few steps, they stretch out their hands and take a closer look!
Needless to say, she must have bought a beloved diamond ring just now.
Of course, you can also see women frowning on the street frowning and pressing the calculator. These women must be frowning because they don't have enough funds to buy diamonds!
In the city of Antwerp, there seem to be only two kinds of women, women who have bought diamonds, and women who have not yet bought diamonds!
As the diamond capital, eight out of every ten uncut diamonds in the world are processed by Antwerp, and more than half of the polished diamonds in the world are also from Antwerp.
In addition to the very large quantity and superb cutting technology, the price of diamonds sold in Antwerp is also about 30% cheaper than other regions.
There is another reason why customers love Antwerp!
Every diamond sold by various jewelers in this city is a ‘non-conflict’ diamond protected by the United Nations, at least on the surface!
In other words, the profits made by major jewelers selling diamonds in Antwerp will not be used for violence, military, and terrorist activities.
When people buy diamonds in Antwerp, they will get a letter of guarantee to ensure that your hard-earned money will not be used to do bad things!
The combination of all this makes it hard for you to come to the city of Antwerp without being impressed by the dazzling diamonds and giving generously!
Like most visitors to Antwerp, Ye Tian and Betty also came for diamonds.
And their purpose is very clear, pointing directly to the focus of the city of Antwerp today, that huge fancy vivid blue diamond "Oppenheimer Blue" is bound to win!
At about 9:40 in the morning, the heavy-duty convoy that Ye Tian and the others took left the highway and officially drove into the city of Antwerp.
The same is true for the two medium-sized helicopters, roaring from the sky and flying over the city of Antwerp!
The Brussels police escorted by Ye Tian and the two police helicopters, as well as two police helicopters, stopped one after another when they arrived at the edge of the city of Antwerp, or began to hover in the air.
Seeing Ye Tian and his convoy driving into the city of Antwerp, the Brussels police suddenly let out a sigh of relief and finally relaxed.
Immediately afterwards, they turned around and returned to Brussels along the same route!
On the way back, each of these guys was secretly grateful that they finally sent away the gang of plagues from the United States. Next, let the Antwerp colleagues have a headache!
In fact, the Antwerp police officers really had a headache at this time, all of them were extremely nervous as if they were facing enemies!
As soon as Ye Tian and his convoy drove into the city of Antwerp, several police cars of the Antwerp police followed, including an armored police car, inside the car was a fully armed SWAT team!
In a blink of an eye, these Antwerp police cars dispersed and quickly separated Ye Tian and his heavy-duty convoy from other vehicles to prevent unexpected situations.
Fortunately, although these police officers are nervous, they are still relatively friendly.
On the way to Antwerp, Ye Tian had already contacted the auction house that held today's jewellery and diamond auction, indicating his willingness to participate in the auction.
The auction house naturally welcomes such a wealthy super-rich and famous person like him, not to mention that he is also a top professional treasure hunter and antique art appraisal expert!
What's more important is that Christie's auction house held this top jewellery and diamond auction. It has always had a good relationship with Ye Tian. He has dealt with him many times and will not refuse his participation.
When Ye Tian was still on the road, Christie's auction house had already acted and reserved the best spot in the auction house for him and Betty, and waited for them to come!
The guys at Christie's auction house are all human beings. They have guessed that the reason why Ye Tian and Betty came all the way to Antwerp to participate in this auction must have a purpose, not a whim!
Those guys even affirmed that Ye Tian and Betty came for the finale of today's auction, "Oppenheimer's Blue", and only that huge diamond is worthy of Ye Tian's trip!
After confirming that Ye Tian and the others were about to arrive in Antwerp, Christie's auction house immediately notified the Antwerp police and asked them to help in security work!
Now the whole world knows that Ye Tian wears the top jewels that once belonged to Queen Mary, plus the top jewels and diamonds that will be unveiled today. How can Christie's auction house care less!
Because of this, when Ye Tian and his convoy drove into the city of Antwerp, the Antwerp police did not intercept the parking team and warned them!
For the managers of the city of Antwerp, they welcome the arrival of a generous super-rich like Ye Tian to contribute wealth to the city!
The only pity is that although the super-rich who came today is very generous, but it is also very dangerous, it is inevitable that people are a little scared!
As soon as the convoy entered the city of Antwerp, Ye Tian said to Matisse through an invisible headset:
"Matis, tell you guys, go to the Christie's auction house on Antwerp Diamond Street. I just got in touch with the person in charge of the Christie's auction house!
When the convoy arrived at Diamond Avenue, one of their deputy chief and security officer would greet us at the intersection of Diamond Avenue and contact the street management to lower the roadblock at the intersection.
Everyone can drive directly into Diamond Street and park in front of the Christie's auction house. Two medium-sized helicopters are parked on the apron. The Antwerp police will give instructions!
For the time being, don’t pay attention to the guys who follow. Today, the security standards on Diamond Street are very high. Those guys behind may not have the guts to follow us into Diamond Street! "
"Understood, Steven, I'll let you know guys! You are right. The guys who followed are basically jewelry thieves from all over the world, and they are the key targets of major jewelers.
In today’s situation, without pretending to be disguised, let them give them the courage~www.wuxiaspot.com~ They did not dare to break into Diamond Street grandiosely, it was purely self-seeking, to deliver food to the police! "
Matisse replied in a deep voice, with confidence in his words.
After talking about some other precautions, Ye Tian ended the call.
Then he turned his head and looked out the window, enjoying the beautiful scenery outside the window with Betty. The scenery in Antwerp is still quite impressive, not inferior to Brussels, each with its own advantages!
At the same time, many people on the streets of Antwerp also noticed this heavy-duty convoy that broke into their city.
In a blink of an eye, people figured out who came in these Benz bulletproof SUVs, and there was a commotion on the streets of Antwerp.
"Fak! Isn't Steven that **** in Brussels? Why did he come to Antwerp? This is not a good thing! Hope God bless Antwerp!"
"That guy Steven didn't come here to hunt for treasure? Did he find any treasure in Antwerp? If that is the case, it would be too bad! Maybe someone will be ransacked crazy!"
