<h4>Chapter 1114: Fox</h4>


    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio


    As he was greeting the other shareholders and joking with them, Li Du’s eyes were also


    searching for Carlston.


    After surveying the room, he had not seen Carlston. Quietly approaching Cole, Li Du


    asked softly, “Carlston is not here?”


    Cole said calmly, “He’s on his way. Don’t worry, he has to be here today. He can’t avoid


    it.”


    Li Du nodded, showing that he understood. Then, he spared no niceties and sat down


    on the seat to Cole’s left.


    Seeing that, some of the shareholders got together and started talking in hushed voices.


    That seat had belonged to Carlston. Li Du had no qualms about sitting there, as that


    was the seat of the secondrgest stakeholder. After all, he was going to be the official


    holder of that post very soon.


    The license and the information on the diamond mine were allid out on the table.


    Everyone could see it, and there was also a set of the contract that Li Du and Carlston


    both had a copy of. That contract was to be the main subject of the day’s meeting.


    After they had waited more than twenty minutes, Carlston strolled in slowly.


    Once he entered the room, the shareholders stood up from their seats again.


    To show his acknowledgment, Li Du followed suit and stood up as well.


    Carlston first nodded at Cole. Then he looked towards Li Du and stretched out his hand


    for a handshake. He said cheerfully, “Congrats, Li, very happy to see you here. This is a


    very auspicious meeting.”


    Li Du shook his hand and said, smiling, “I did it. I have seeded.”


    Carlston nodded. “Congrats to you again, and best wishes on your engagement.”


    Hearing that, a few of the shareholders exchanged grins.


    Li Du smiled too. What was Carlston trying to say? Was he still trying to be smart? All


    these people here knew what Li Du had meant to say.


    He had done it. He had seeded inpleting the condition set in the contract. He


    had seeded. He managed to find a brand new diamond mine.


    However, he did not mind the remark about his engagement. He was happy all the


    same with Carlston’s words. Cheerfully, he said, “Yes, I have managed to get engaged.


    Hope that everyone will be able to attend my engagement party. It is a gift from God to


    me, the best that can be.”


    “I thought that the best gift you got was this diamond mine,” a shareholder named


    Aubrey Tildenughed.


    Li Du waved his hands, saying, “It was a pleasant surprise to discover the diamond


    mine, but my fiancé is the real gift from God.”


    Cole added, “From what I know, your fiancé discovered the diamond mine with you,


    wasn’t that so?”


    He had shifted the topic back to the condition. He wanted Carlston to face that contract.


    Just as Li Du had thought, Cole hated all the secondrgest stakeholders. Out of all of


    them, he hated Carlston most. Compared to him, Li Du was a perfect candidate for that


    role.


    Li Du said, “Yes, my fiancée was by my side when we discovered the diamond mine.


    Ever since I met her, my luck has made a turn for the better. It is really miraculous.”


    “I suppose she’s a lucky star in your life. How do they say it in China? To describe that a


    woman has helped a man a lot?” Cole asked.


    Li Du replied, “Xian Nei Zhu, good wife? Or Wang Fu, bringing luck to the husband?”


    “That’s right, Wang Fu. I have heard it before,” Cole smiled. “I hope that your union will


    be blessed always and that yourdy will help you achieve all your wishes.”


    Saying that, he pushed the contract in Li Du’s direction.


    Li Du picked up the contract and nced at it. Then he passed it, along with the report


    on the diamond mine, to Carlston. Smiling, he said, “Take a look.”


    Carlston stayed cheerful as he took the documents from Li Du. He cast a quick nce


    at them and instantly disyed an expression of being pleasantly surprised. He


    eximed, “Ah, Li, you found a diamond mine? God, you lucky chap, you are going to


    strike it big!”


    Cole said, “That goes without saying. Every single diamond mine owner will be rich.


    Besides, this wealthy man has agreed to ept the shares of Harry Winston, Inc. He


    has full confidence in ourpany. Can there be something better than this?”


    Carlston said, “Nothing better. If we have wine here, I would really like to make a toast


    to Li.”


    He had been trying to shift the topic to everything except the contract. Obviously, he did


    not want to admit that he had lost.


    Li Du was not anxious. He believed that Cole would help him. Cole was even more


    interested than he was about that.


    Back when they wanted to rent a vi in Phoenix, it was Cole who helped him. Cole had


    deliberately looked for a house next to Carlston’s, causing him to sh with Carlston’s


    children.


    Having stayed in the vi for so long, Li Du understood more now.


    For example, the owner of the vi had not had any intention to offer the house for rent.


    It was Cole who had called the owner up, convincing him to rent it out.


    At that time, the discrimination that thendlord had disyed towards Li Du was not


    really racially based. It could be that Cole had negotiated with the owner to make the


    rental looked more believable and normal. That was so that Cole could dissociate


    himself from the rental.


    After all, he was the one who rmended the house to Li Du.


    Cole had painstakingly arranged for Li Du and Carlston to have a conflict. His purpose


    was to cause the two of them to fall out, and it would be even better if Li Du could


    rece Carlston’s position.


    Now that all his efforts were about to pay off, how could Cole not be anxious?


    After some further conversion, it was Cole who brought up the contract. He said,


    “Carlston, my good friend, it’s time for us to act upon the contract. Are you ready?”


    Carlstonughed and waved his hands, saying, “Don’t talk about that anymore, old


    friend, that was just a joke. How can this kind of contract hold?”


    “Isn’t that right, Li?” Carlston looked at Li Du, and even put his arm around Li Du’s


    shoulders.


    Li Duughed. That man was really shameless. He said, “A joke? If it were a joke, there


    would be no need to sign the contract. We Chinese take contracts seriously. A signed


    contract is something that is endorsed by thew.”


    “Besides, I want to know, if I had not found the diamond mine, would you have rejected


    the ten million from me?” he continued.


    Carlston disregarded everything he said at the beginning and said, “Of course, how


    could I ept the money? Sorry, buddies, wouldn’t it be too mean of me to do that?”


    He looked at the rest of the shareholders, trying to identify a supporter.


    Finally, he went on. “A few buddies and I have discussed this privately. I told them, I’m


    just doing this to put a bit of pressure on Li. Tell me, everyone, would the Fritz family


    care about ten million?”


    He continued to rally for help, trying to influence everyone by mentioning his family.


    He also turned to Li Du, saying, “Honestly speaking, you’re too young, Li. You have


    achieved the impossible. I’m worried that you won’t be able to seed again!”


    Li Du realized that he stillcked experience. Those old foxes were really shameless.


    Thankfully, he had an old fox by his side too.


    Aubrey Tilden spoke up suddenly. He said, “No, Carlston, your words are insincere.


    Privately, when you were talking about this, you said it was a sure win for you. You


    didn’t think anyone could find a diamond mine so easily.”


    “However, you spoke the truth when you said you did not care about the ten million. You


    had mentioned that it was just to teach him a lesson and to show him who he should


    follow in the Harry Winston Inc.”