Chinese freshwater pearls compete with traditional sea bred gems

(31 Mar 2012) AP Television News
Shanghai, November 30, 2011
1. Detail shot of dark Tahitian pearl necklace with a 10,000,000 yuan price tag (USD $1.6 million).
2. Mid shot of shop assistant tiding up pearl necklaces.
3. Detail shot of pearl necklaces
4. Wide shot of shop staff taking out pearl chokers from boxes
5. Detail shot of pearls in hands
6. Mid shot of Robert Wan, the 'pearl emperor' of Tahiti
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Wan, founder, 'Robert Wan'
"The freshwater pearl, I am sorry to say that, but after certain time, the lustre will become soft. Then, the seawater (pearl) is always remaining the same."
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Shanxiahu suburbs, Zhejiang province, November 17, 2011
8. Pan from right to left of wide shot of water pond
9. Wide shot of water pond
10. Mid shot of He Xiaodong, vice manager of Sier Jewellery, and pull out to paddle lifting mussel net
11. Mid shot of Mr. He and tilt down to mussel net on the boat
12. Detail shot of knife opening mussel
13. Detail shot of mussel and pearls inside UPSOUND (Mandarin) "There are pearls inside, very big pearls"
14. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) He Xiaodong, Vice Manager, Sier Jewellery Co. Ltd.
"We split open one mussel. And then we open another one to slice its meat. We use some techniques to introduce that meat into the first mussel, which is around 10 centimetres in size, like this size here, can you see? This is the first process."
15. Detail shot of two mussels wide open with pearls inside
16. Pan from left to right of mussel interior
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Shanxiahu, Zhejiang province, November 17, 2011
17. Pan from left to right of wide shot of mussel processing facility
18. Wide shot of workers opening mussels
19. Wide shot of workers emptying mussels
20. Detail shot of worker's hand handling mussels
21. Detail shot of bucket with mussel meat and pearls
22. Mid shot following a worker who is transporting buckets
23. Tilt up from buckets to mid shot of worker introducing the mix in machine
24. Detail shot of liquid coming out of machine
25. Wide shot of worker dragging bucket and pouring water inside
26. Detail shot of hands washing pearls and water being removed
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Zhuji, Zhejiang province, November 17, 2011
27. Detail shot of machine to sort out sizes of pearls
28. Pan down from mid shot of worker to detail shot of machine
29. Wide shot of factory room with Xuan Tiefei, general manager of Sier Jewellery leaning towards baskets of pearls
30. Close of pearls in hand
31. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Xuan Tiefei, General Manager, Sier Jewellery Co. Ltd.
"We developed new products. After we achieved that, our products can even compete with the saltwater pearls coming from the South Pacific. The situation right now for us is that there are still very few good quality pearls; most of them are of bad quality. But we are improving and developing new products every year."
32. Wide shot of workshop
33. Mid shot of worker at workshop
34. Detail shot of process of perforating pearls
35. Detail shot of workers' hands sorting out pearls
36. Various woman sorting pearls
37. Wide shot of pearl sculpture in Zhuji's Shanxiahu township
38. Detail shot of pearl sculpture
39. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Xuan Tiefei, General Manager, Sier Jewellery Co. Ltd.
40. Tilt down from mid of Mr. Xuan to table with pearls
41. Detail shot of weird-shaped pearls
42. Detail shot of several 'new generation' pearls
43. Detail shot of bronze-colour 'new generation' pearls
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Shanghai, November 25, 2011
44. SOUNDBITE (English) Camilae Young, pearl buyer in Shanghai, accompanied by fianc� Shaun Paul Smith

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