Harry Winston Inc . 's annual meeting was very successful—extremely successful . The shareholders had shifted all their attention to the gentleman's agreement between Carlston and Li Du .
The majority of them were in favor of Carlston . Cole was the only one who supported Li Du .
It was nighttime . He invited Li Du to dinner to discuss the classified information of Harry Winston Inc .
Carlston Frits was a well-known gemstone merchant . According to him, his family had been in the same field for many years .
The Fritz started their business by searching for rubies and sapphire . Then, they began to search for diamonds in the 20th century . They were able to converge these businesses a developed great wealth . They even owned a diamond mine in Canada .
Cole's decision to invest in Ekati Diamond Mine might be related to the Fritz . In regards to this, he was not certain . It was just his own assumption .
Carlston had the ability to be very slick and sly . He stated during the board meeting that he was fully against the investment in the Ekati Diamond Mine . However, during Cole's and Carlston's private conversations, Carlston would always support this investment . He did not show his support directly but in secret .
He gathered a lot of information for Cole . Finally, the information led to the conclusion that Ekati Diamond Mine was a diamond beneficiation mine, which would improve the future prospects of Harry Winston Inc .
Based on the information, Cole insisted and purchased the mine . In the end, when the mine was properly reclaimed, it turned out to be an abandoned ruin .
Carlston had risen in revolt during the board meeting . He raised difficult questions against Cole's decision . He claimed that since the very beginning he had been against Cole regarding the Ekati Diamond Mine investment decision . As a result, he gained the majority of the shareholders' support .
At this point in time, Cole downed two glasses of wine .
Without a doubt, this was a tough blow .
Later, Cole had investigated the Ekati Diamond Mine case . He realized that there was a connection between the Fritz and the mine . In public, the mine was owned by the largest mining company in the world, BHP Billiton Co . In reality, part of its ownership rights belonged to the Fritz .
His guess was that Carlston had intended to kill two birds with one stone . He secretly encouraged Cole to purchase the mine, but publicly claimed he was against it . This way, he was able to gain the support of the shareholders and earn money at the same time .
Of course, Cole admitted that he couldn't blame Carlston on this . He had been too clumsy .
However, Cole was not pleased with Carlston . Last year, the Swatch Group had raised difficult questions to Harry Winston Inc . They wanted to acquire his group .
During this matter, Carlston had been deceptive . He used his identity as the group's second-largest equity holder to spread the negative news . For this reason, many shareholders were eager to sell their equity shares .
Cole was extremely bothered by Carlston . Hence, when Carlston's sons and Li Du had a conflict, he'd helped Li Du out .
Cole was extremely bothered by Carlston . Hence, when Carlston's sons and Li Du had a conflict, he'd helped Li Du out .
Although Cole did not mention this, Li Du assumed .
Besides that, he managed to make other assumptions .
The conflict between Carlston and himself originated from those kids . And the villa he rented in Green River Valley had been recommended by Cole .
Therefore he could not help but wonder, What does Carl know? Did he set this up?
There were just too many coincidences . He wanted a place in Green River Valley . Cole coincidentally knew a decent villa there, which was coincidentally located beside Carlston's house?
This raised too many suspicions . Too many coincidences had happened around Li Du within the past two days . He already felt weird about everything .
Thinking from a different perspective, everything began to make sense .
Cole and Carlston were not on good terms . He suffered a loss and wanted his revenge . Therefore, he wanted to deal with Carlston but he couldn't find a way .
Hence, coincidentally, Li Du wanted to rent a place . He found out that Li Du wanted to stay in Green River Valley . He immediately recalled that there was a vacant villa next to Carlston's house .
Hence, coincidentally, Li Du wanted to rent a place . He found out that Li Du wanted to stay in Green River Valley . He immediately recalled that there was a vacant villa next to Carlston's house .
Either he had a connection with that house, or he knew the person named April .
Cole was very familiar with Carlston . He had to have known the characters of his sons . And he also knew about Li Du's short temper . Thus, he knew that this living arrangement would lead to conflict between them .
The conflict occurred, and Carlston's sons had gotten the worst of the fight . Carlston had been ready to deal with this matter, but Cole managed to persuade him to let it go .
Clearly, Carlston could not let this go, even more so as he realized the relationship between Cole and Li Du . Hence, the matter had gradually turned into the current situation .
Li Du and Cole thoroughly became allies to deal with Carlston .
If his assumption was accurate, then Cole had clearly made a great move . He didn't have to expend a thing . And yet, the group's two major shareholders had become arch-enemies .
If his assumption was accurate, then Cole was not as good and honest as he had first thought . If his assumption was accurate, then Li Du wouldn't allow Cole to manipulate him without a price . He would plan a counterattack because he was not willing to be taken advantage of .
All this was still just his hypothesis . The truth was still unknown . He urgently needed to look for a diamond mine .
Cole fully assisted him on this matter . He gave some of Harry Winston Inc . 's classified information to him, which contained investigation reports on some mining pits .
Before searching for the diamond mine, Li Du had to have some understanding of diamonds . He was unfamiliar with this type of gemstone .
Cole fully assisted him on this matter . He gave some of Harry Winston Inc . 's classified information to him, which contained investigation reports on some mining pits .
Before searching for the diamond mine, Li Du had to have some understanding of diamonds . He was unfamiliar with this type of gemstone .
As everyone knew, diamonds were solid carbon . Basically, this little thing was the same as coal .
Some people also knew that carbide also consisted of the single element carbon .
Diamond and carbide were both closely related . Some would think that they were the same . As a matter of fact, diamonds were classified as carbide, but they were actually a gemstone grade carbide .
In other words, all diamonds were carbides but not all carbides were diamonds .
Some would think that the preciousness of diamonds was a scam but they did have rare qualities . For instance, they required hundreds of millions, to even billions, of years to form and required conditions of extremely high temperature and pressure to form .
In fact, Carlston was right about one thing: diamond productivity was very low .
This type of gemstone was mainly extracted from a small piece of ore called kimberlite Many Chinese had heard of the brand Kimberlite Diamond . In fact, the name of this brand had been inspired by the ore kimberlite .
According to statistics, only one carat of raw diamond could be extracted from 250 tons of kimberlite . After processing it to a finished product, merely 0 . 25 carats of genuine diamond could be obtained .
After reading this information, Li Du had a slight tingling sensation . He realized that he had been slightly careless with this bet .
Harry Winston Inc . s annual meeting was very successful—extremely successful . The shareholders had shifted all their attention to the gentlemans agreement between Carlston and Li Du . The majority of them were in favor of Carlston . Cole was the only one who supported Li Du . It was nighttime . He invited Li Du to dinner to discuss the classified information of Harry Winston Inc . Carlston Frits was a well-known gemstone merchant . According to him, his family had been in the same field for many years . The Fritz started their business by searching for rubies and sapphire . Then, they began to search for diamonds in the 20th century . They were able to converge these businesses a developed great wealth . They even owned a diamond mine in Canada . Coles decision to invest in Ekati Diamond Mine might be related to the Fritz . In regards to this, he was not certain . It was just his own assumption . Carlston had the ability to be very slick and sly . He stated during the board meeting that he was fully against the investment in the Ekati Diamond Mine . However, during Coles and Carlstons private conversations, Carlston would always support this investment . He did not show his support directly but in secret . He gathered a lot of information for Cole . Finally, the information led to the conclusion that Ekati Diamond Mine was a diamond beneficiation mine, which would improve the future prospects of Harry Winston Inc . Based on the information, Cole insisted and purchased the mine . In the end, when the mine was properly reclaimed, it turned out to be an abandoned ruin . Carlston had risen in revolt during the board meeting . He raised difficult questions against Coles decision . He claimed that since the very beginning he had been against Cole regarding the Ekati Diamond Mine investment decision . As a result, he gained the majority of the shareholders support . At this point in time, Cole downed two glasses of wine . Without a doubt, this was a tough blow . Later, Cole had investigated the Ekati Diamond Mine case . He realized that there was a connection between the Fritz and the mine . In public, the mine was owned by the largest mining company in the world, BHP Billiton Co . In reality, part of its ownership rights belonged to the Fritz . His guess was that Carlston had intended to kill two birds with one stone . He secretly encouraged Cole to purchase the mine, but publicly claimed he was against it . This way, he was able to gain the support of the shareholders and earn money at the same time . Of course, Cole admitted that he couldnt blame Carlston on this . He had been too clumsy . However, Cole was not pleased with Carlston . Last year, the Swatch Group had raised difficult questions to Harry Winston Inc . They wanted to acquire his group . During this matter, Carlston had been deceptive . He used his identity as the groups second-largest equity holder to spread the negative news . For this reason, many shareholders were eager to sell their equity shares . Cole was extremely bothered by Carlston . Hence, when Carlstons sons and Li Du had a conflict, hed helped Li Du out . Although Cole did not mention this, Li Du assumed . Besides that, he managed to make other assumptions . The conflict between Carlston and himself originated from those kids . And the villa he rented in Green River Valley had been recommended by Cole . Therefore he could not help but wonder, What does Carl know? Did he set this up? There were just too many coincidences . He wanted a place in Green River Valley . Cole coincidentally knew a decent villa there, which was coincidentally located beside Carlstons house? This raised too many suspicions . Too many coincidences had happened around Li Du within the past two days . He already felt weird about everything . Thinking from a different perspective, everything began to make sense . Cole and Carlston were not on good terms . He suffered a loss and wanted his revenge . Therefore, he wanted to deal with Carlston but he couldnt find a way . Hence, coincidentally, Li Du wanted to rent a place . He found out that Li Du wanted to stay in Green River Valley . He immediately recalled that there was a vacant villa next to Carlstons house . Either he had a connection with that house, or he knew the person named April . Cole was very familiar with Carlston . He had to have known the characters of his sons . And he also knew about Li Dus short temper . Thus, he knew that this living arrangement would lead to conflict between them . The conflict occurred, and Carlstons sons had gotten the worst of the fight . Carlston had been ready to deal with this matter, but Cole managed to persuade him to let it go . Clearly, Carlston could not let this go, even more so as he realized the relationship between Cole and Li Du . Hence, the matter had gradually turned into the current situation . Li Du and Cole thoroughly became allies to deal with Carlston . If his assumption was accurate, then Cole had clearly made a great move . He didnt have to expend a thing . And yet, the groups two major shareholders had become arch-enemies . If his assumption was accurate, then Cole was not as good and honest as he had first thought . If his assumption was accurate, then Li Du wouldnt allow Cole to manipulate him without a price . He would plan a counterattack because he was not willing to be taken advantage of . All this was still just his hypothesis . The truth was still unknown . He urgently needed to look for a diamond mine . Cole fully assisted him on this matter . He gave some of Harry Winston Inc . s classified information to him, which contained investigation reports on some mining pits . Before searching for the diamond mine, Li Du had to have some understanding of diamonds . He was unfamiliar with this type of gemstone . As everyone knew, diamonds were solid carbon . Basically, this little thing was the same as coal . Some people also knew that carbide also consisted of the single element carbon . Diamond and carbide were both closely related . Some would think that they were the same . As a matter of fact, diamonds were classified as carbide, but they were actually a gemstone grade carbide . In other words, all diamonds were carbides but not all carbides were diamonds . Some would think that the preciousness of diamonds was a scam but they did have rare qualities . For instance, they required hundreds of millions, to even billions, of years to form and required conditions of extremely high temperature and pressure to form . In fact, Carlston was right about one thing: diamond productivity was very low . This type of gemstone was mainly extracted from a small piece of ore called kimberlite Many Chinese had heard of the brand Kimberlite Diamond . In fact, the name of this brand had been inspired by the ore kimberlite . According to statistics, only one carat of raw diamond could be extracted from 250 tons of kimberlite . After processing it to a finished product, merely 0 . 25 carats of genuine diamond could be obtained . After reading this information, Li Du had a slight tingling sensation . He realized that he had been slightly careless with this bet .
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