I can’t really tell this client that sometimes he is exaggerating. I say things nicely, I use humour, I use pirouettes. And we agree. He makes an effort and I make one too.
After all, I wouldn’t want him to go anywhere else. Besides, it’s simply inconceivable, our families have worked together for almost 120 years!
H., diamond trader, more than 25 years in business
A few diamonds, a ring and a big anger
A few days ago, I was having lunch with an old acquaintance. A very nice man whom I hadn't seen for several years and who knew me as a young apprentice, freshly arrived in Paris in the early 2000s. As is often the case in the neighbourhood where I...