Chapter 1286: Enter Diamond Avenue
Ten minutes later, Ye Tian and his convoy had drove to the intersection of Diamond Avenue in Antwerp and parked in a row on the side of the road.
This is an S-shaped street, no more than a few hundred meters long, very close to the Antwerp railway station, on both sides of the street are full of ancient buildings of various styles, and they are all well preserved!
The ancient buildings on both sides of the street can be traced back to the beginning of the 14th century, and the closest point is also the buildings of the 17th and 18th centuries. They all have a history of at least two to three hundred years!
The architectural styles are also different. There are Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and so on, all with their own characteristics.
Walking on this ancient street gives people the feeling of walking on the streets of medieval Europe. It is very emotional and can also feel the rich historical charm!
But here is different from other tourist areas. Except for a limited number of restaurants and cafes, every shop and company that opens on this street has a business related to one thing!
That is the diamond! This kind of stone that is not rare, extremely hard, but makes countless women crazy!
There are a total of four diamond exchanges in Antwerp, three of which are on this street. There are also many top jewelry stores, as well as the most authoritative diamond appraisal institutions, and so on.
Every day, thousands of carats of loose diamonds are gathered on this street from all over the world under the **** of armed guards, and handed over to the world's top diamond appraisal experts to'verify the body'.
Next, these loose diamonds will be carved, processed, re-identified and traded by skilled craftsmen in the Antwerp diamond industry, and will flow out from here and enter the circulation markets around the world.
For those women who love jewellery and diamonds, this is a street radiating bright light. Every jewelry store on both sides of the street is enough to make them crazy.
In addition to countless women who are crazy about diamonds, this is also a favorite place for many jewelry thieves.
If they can do a big job here, they can retire directly, find a beautiful place, go incognito and eat together and wait for death!
Those jewel thieves who followed Ye Tian and the others, seeing Ye Tian and the others came here, all of them were excited, and they almost cheered!
"I bet that Steven that **** must have come to participate in today's jewellery and diamond auction, and it is very likely that he is here to buy diamonds for his girlfriend. It is said that they are getting married!
At today's jewellery and diamond auction, there will be many top jewellery diamonds, especially the ‘Oppenheimer’s Blue’, known as the largest Fancy Vivid blue diamond in the history of auctions in the world!
I don’t know what Steven’s goal is? With the generosity of that guy's shots, he is likely to come for'Oppenheimer's Blue', if that's the case, it would be great! "
"Hopefully, if Steven that **** photographs'Oppenheimer's Blue', besides the top jewellery of Queen Mary, he will have another priceless treasure!
At that time, we will look for opportunities to rob again. Once we succeed, I am sure that all of us will make a fortune. We can retire directly and enjoy life in the Mediterranean! "
Amidst the discussion, these jewellery thieves from all over can't help but start to imagine being surrounded by beautiful women and enjoying the beautiful life of Mediterranean sunny beaches. Everyone's eyes flashed with greed!
Obviously, this is just their unrealistic fantasy, and there is no possibility of realization at all.
At this time, they could only stay one or two hundred meters away from Diamond Avenue, looking from a distance, and they didn't dare to approach that famous street at all.
There is only one exit at the front and back of Diamond Street, and there are very strong lifting roadblocks on both sides. It is impossible to drive into that street without permission!
Because of today's jewellery auction, Diamond Avenue is now heavily guarded, with Belgian police and armed security personnel carrying live ammunition everywhere. It is absolutely worthy of three steps, one post and five steps!
Everyone of the tourists and staff who enter and exit Diamond Street will be carefully scrutinized and secretly compared through face recognition technology to prevent criminals from fishing in troubled waters!
Under this circumstance, those jewel thieves who followed Ye Tian and the others would dare to enter this wealthy street, and they could only hide in the distance and wait for the opportunity.
Ye Tian and the others have no such worries. They are the gods who come here to disperse their wealth, not the jewel thieves or robbers who conspired against the wrongdoing!
As soon as the convoy stopped, a vice president and security officer from Christie's auction house and a person in charge of the Antwerp police came to the convoy together!
At the same time, Matisse and Anderson also opened the door and got out of the car and greeted each other.
Stepping up to the front, after the two sides exchanged ideas, got to know each other and confirmed their identities, Matisse and Anderson took each other to Ye Tian's car.
Ye Tian didn't get out of the car, but just opened the door and shook hands with the other people, confirmed their identity, and ended the exchange.
Immediately afterwards, the head of the Antwerp police picked up the walkie-talkie and notified his subordinates to lower the pegs at the entrance of Diamond Street and let Ye Tian and the others enter the street.
Due to the narrow and limited length of Diamond Avenue, and in order to cooperate with security, Ye Tian and his team did not all drive into the street, only three Mercedes-Benz bulletproof SUVs entered!
The three Mercedes-Benz bulletproof SUVs are the car that Ye Tian and Betty rode in, and the other two SUVs that Matisse and Anderson rode in!
Several other bullet-proof SUVs and the armed security personnel in the car all stayed at the street corner, responsible for the perimeter guard, and could rush into the street at any time to support Ye Tian and the others!
Under the guidance of the vice president and security officer of Christie's auction house, the three vehicles in which Ye Tian and the others drove to the door of Christie's auction house and stopped slowly!
A few minutes later, Ye Tian and the others had arrived at a meeting room next to the auction hall.
At this time, Ye Tian, wearing a casual summer dress, carrying a silver-gray titanium alloy portable safe, is very eye-catching!
Seeing the portable safe in his hand, everyone knew what was in it, it must be the top jewellery that was originally from Queen Mary and caused a huge sensation!
As soon as he walked into the reception room, Ye Tian saw several guys in suits and leather shoes greet him, and everyone smiled brightly.
Coming closer, the leading white man in his fifties immediately said enthusiastically:
"Good morning, Mr. Steven, nice to meet you! I am the general manager of the Belgian branch of Christie's auction house, Henry. Welcome to Antwerp and welcome to Christie's!"
Ye Tian shook hands with the other party and said with a smile:
"Good morning, Mr. Henry, I am also glad to meet you, Antwerp is a very beautiful city, I like it here!"
Immediately afterwards, Henry introduced several people around him. They were a vice president of Christie's, an expert in antique art appraisal, and an expert in jewellery and diamond appraisal.
Because Antwerp is located in the Dutch-speaking area, Christie’s auction house also equipped Ye Tian with a Dutch translator, a female employee of Christie’s auction house, in her early thirties!
In addition, Henry also introduced Ye Tian to the auctioneer who presided over today's jewellery and diamond auction. He is a white glove auctioneer who is quite famous in the jewelry auction field!
Later, Ye Tian also introduced a few people around him, except for a few armed security guards standing a little later.
After knowing each other and making a few polite greetings, Henry and the others looked at the portable safe in Ye Tian's hands, each of them shining brightly, their eyes extremely hot.
"Mr. Steven, if I'm not mistaken, this portable safe contains the top jewellery pieces that once belonged to Queen Mary?"
Henry pointed to the safe and asked, his expression quite excited and full of expectation.
The others are the same, all staring at the titanium alloy portable safe.
"You guessed it, Mr. Henry, the portable safe contains the top jewellery that I found in Brussels yesterday and belonged to Queen Mary.
Because of the rush of time, I took them with me, and did not send them to a vault for storage. When the auction was over, I would find a reliable vault to save them! "
Ye Tian chuckled and nodded and said, not hiding the other party.
"Steven, if possible, can we admire those top jewellery pieces? Especially the famous diamond necklace. I want to see that unprecedented diamond necklace!"
The gem and diamond appraisal expert opposite said eagerly, looking forward to it.
As soon as he finished speaking, Henry continued:
"How to deal with these top jewellery pieces? Steven, I don't know if you think about it? If you are going to send these priceless treasures to auction, I hope you can choose Christie's!
Although it is the first time we have met, you and our Christie's auction house have cooperated many times, and we are very happy with each other without any problems. I believe it will be the same this time.
If you are willing to entrust these priceless treasures to our auction house~www.wuxiaspot.com~ then we will give you the best conditions and formulate the best promotion strategy, and the auction results will surely satisfy you! "
Ye Tian glanced at these people, then smiled and shook his head and said:
"I'm very sorry, gentlemen, due to safety concerns and limited time, I cannot show you those top jewellery pieces here. Please forgive me!
After this jewellery and diamond auction is over, if there is more time, I will show you the pieces of jewellery that once belonged to Queen Mary for everyone to enjoy!
Mr. Henry, regarding how to deal with those priceless treasures, I have already made a decision that those top jewellery will not be sent for auction. I am very sorry that I cannot cooperate this time! "
"Hey! That's really a shame! I hope we can cooperate again if we have the opportunity in the future!"
Henry sighed, his tone full of regret.
Afterwards, everyone talked a few more words, it was almost 10:30 in the morning, and today's top jewellery and diamond auction will begin soon!
