Super-rich: Spending money is just a job!

Just as all the dishes were served, the last two people finally arrived. Apparently, they had just gotten off the plane and hadn't even had time to put their luggage down yet. One of them was Xiao Tang.

The group of friends tacitly reserved the seat next to Xiaomeng for him.

Xiao Tang also sat down in his seat without any hesitation, and gave Xiao Meng a small bouquet of flowers and a small gift box as a welcome gift for starting school.

Since all her friends had given Xiaomeng gifts, she naturally thanked them and accepted them.

"Xiao Tang, didn't you start school too? Why did you take leave again to come out and play?"

After exchanging pleasantries with everyone, Xiao Tang shared her experience with Xiao Meng, "I often have social activities, sometimes visiting projects, sometimes attending conferences. I report all of these to the dean of our college. Our professors know about it too. Anyway, as long as I do well on my assignments and exams, the professors don't care whether I'm in class or not."

Oh, and remember to talk to your dean and class advisor. That way your time will be more flexible, and you can check on your family business when you have time. Of course, your grades have to be good this semester!

So that explains it. No wonder this person is always flying around the world; it seems he's not just a playful person.

As everyone enjoyed the delicious food at the Peace Hotel, they chatted and commented on the dishes. They praised the braised pork belly with abalone for its tenderness and flavor, the charcoal-grilled beef ribs for their perfect tenderness, and the crispy skin of the pre-Qingming tea-scented chicken. They also noted the exquisite flavors of the restaurant's signature dishes, such as Peace Braised Duck, Peking Duck, Gourd Duck, and Eight Treasure Duck. Overall, everyone felt that the meal was of a very high standard.

Xiao Meng thought to herself, "This table costs two thousand yuan per person. If it's not up to standard, wouldn't that ruin my reputation?"

After everyone had eaten about half full, they started chatting and joking around.

At this moment, Brother Zhou called several investors from the diamond factory aside and began to report on the company's performance over the past six months.

Zhou Jiahui is quite adept at this; at each milestone, he makes sure to announce the latest achievements to these "angel investors."

"Friends, recently our factory has overcome a technical challenge. We can now change the color of diamonds using heating or irradiation techniques."

"The yellow, green, and pink diamonds produced in our factory have extremely high color saturation, meeting the standards for colored diamonds. They were very popular as soon as they hit the market. Currently, our colored diamonds over one carat are priced far ahead of other manufacturers in the same category." Brother Zhou turned and thanked Xiaomeng.

"Thank you so much, Xiaomeng. Luckily, you're very interested in colored diamonds, so we specifically looked up some information to research it. Who knew that we'd achieve such great results after just one try? This technology is now a core secret technology of our factory."

"We've added another flagship product. At this rate, our factory will break even soon, and everything after that will be pure profit."

Some friends asked curiously, "Hey Zhou, are colored diamonds much more expensive than regular diamonds? Aren't they all man-made diamonds? You can't just turn on a machine and make as many as you want, can you?"

Xiao Tang laughed at him for being silly, "You don't actually think there are many real diamond factories in the world, do you? These technological factories all have technological barriers."

As long as the product is scarce enough, you can control the pricing power.

You should ask how much a carat colored diamond from our factory costs now.

Brother Zhou chuckled, "Little Tang is the one who thinks things through. Monkey, you should learn from him. That's right, our colored diamonds aren't this cheap. The retail price of a one-carat pink diamond we sell is $1,500. The factory produces as many as they want, and the buyers buy them all. It's a pure seller's market."

Currently, many jewelry retailers from Europe and America have contacted us. You should know that a typical colorless lab-grown diamond ring costs only about three thousand pink dollars per carat. Our colored diamonds are already considerably more expensive.

"A one-carat pink diamond for only $1,500? That's only $100,000? That's so cheap."

"That's right. The price of synthetic diamonds is only one-tenth to one-twentieth of that of natural diamonds. Things are different now."

"Diamond prices have plummeted."

"It doesn't seem like this line of work is very lucrative."

Brother Zhou glared at him. "What's wrong? The return rate is 20% or 30%, and you still think it's not enough? You might as well go and trade stocks."

Xiao Tang quickly chimed in, "Exactly! This is already a sunrise industry. It has technology and barriers to entry, and you can get a stable, fixed return. This is the best investment. Even a monkey wouldn't understand."

"If one batch can produce ten or so pink diamonds worth tens of thousands, then this diamond-making machine will have already broken even. It's really a good business." Xiaomeng thought about it carefully, this business is really good. "Brother, please continue to arrange for my machines to produce colored diamonds."

"Don't worry, everything is arranged. In fact, diamond factories have other ways to generate revenue besides selling loose diamonds, such as selling scraps to mold factories. They can earn just as much as they do selling loose diamonds, so our business is definitely a good one."

To illustrate the factory's profitability, Brother Zhou asked his assistant to bring out the factory's six-month financial report.

After everyone gathered together to examine the situation, they discovered that the factory's cash flow was very healthy, and the books did indeed look good.