Seeing so many fire opals at once, Roger and the others were moved.
Li Du's words had already given them a huge shock. Now that all 58 fire opals were revealed, the shock was even greater.
Roger looked at the fiery-red gemstones in fascination. He could not help but reach out to touch the edge of the box and sighed. "So beautiful."
Li Du asked, "I wonder if your company has any intention of buying them?"
Roger swallowed with difficulty, forced a smile, and said, "Mr. Li, I don't think I can make the decision. Please allow me to make a call …"
An old man among the three said, "Roger, no need to make the call. No one can make the decision. At this time, will you still purchase high-grade gemstones in large quantities?"
Another person said, "Mr. Tedrick, the gemstone purchase decision has nothing to do with us. We should not interfere."
The old man, Tedrick, sneered, "I am a shareholder of Harry Winston. Do I not even have the right to make a suggestion?"
He looked at Li Du with a piercing gaze and said, "Mr. Li, if I were you, with such precious gemstones, I think I would look for a more reliable buyer."
Hearing this, Roger became anxious and said, "Mr. Tedrick, what do you mean by this? If you want to cause trouble, please leave my office! "
Tedrick was obviously a hot-tempered person. Roger's words made him very angry. The veins on his forehead bulged. He said, "I'm causing trouble? How could you say such stupid things! If I didn't want to be in the same boat as Winston, would I have waited until now? "
Roger lowered his hands and said weakly, "I understand, I understand. I have no intention of questioning your concern for Harry Winston. I just want to say that I need to entertain Mr. Li now. Can you leave for a while?"
Tedrick became even angrier and said, "Are you chasing me away? Roger, as long as I am still a shareholder of Harry Winston, you have no right to chase me away! "
Roger suppressed his anger and said, "I'm not chasing you away, Mr. Tedrick. I just hope that you can leave for a while and not interfere with my business."
Tedrick said coldly, "Do you still have the money to do business?"
Roger was speechless for a moment and looked embarrassed.
Li Du's heart skipped a beat. From Tedrick's attitude and words, he could tell that what the taxi driver had said on the way was not groundless.
Roger softened his tone and slowly said, "Mr. Tedrick, I know that you are very dissatisfied with the recent decisions made by the corporation, but I have no choice. You know that I have no choice. Can you please leave first? We'll talk about your problem later. "
Tedrick was overbearing and sneered, "Talk later? Wait for what? When my shares are worthless? "
The more he spoke, the angrier he got. He continued, "I know you can't do anything about the group's decision. You're just the regional director of Las Vegas. Even we, the shareholders, can't do anything about it. What can you do?"
The Caucasian man in his sixties stopped Tedrick and said, "That's enough, old chap. Now is not the time to talk about our business."
Tedrick said, "Norman, how much longer are you going to endure? Our shares will go from 20 million to 10 million, and then to 5 million, and maybe even less. Will you continue to bear with it? "
The Caucasian man, Norman, frowned and sighed. "I'm not bearing with it. It's just that we should avoid arousing suspicion."
Tedrick shook his head. "No, I don't want to avoid arousing suspicion. To be honest, Roger, I know you want to buy these gemstones. In that case, in front of your esteemed guest, give us a promise. When can our shares be cashed in?"
Roger said helplessly, "Mr. Tedrick, I don't have the authority to promise you. You know, I'm just the regional director! I don't have that much authority! "
Tedrick insisted, "You do. How much is my shares worth now? Five million? Five and a half million? You don't even have the authority to buy back this bit of shares? No, I don't believe it! "
Hearing this, Li Du understood. These people should be the small shareholders of Harry Winston. They wanted to sell their shares back to the corporation and take the cash.
Although Harry Winston was a top corporation in the jewelry industry, it was not listed. The corporation's shares had always been circulated among the shareholders and the public.
These three people obviously owned some shares. They might have also heard the rumors of Harry Winston's collapse and wanted to sell these shares. However, they could not find anyone to buy them, so they wanted to sell them back to the corporation.
As he listened, the development of the situation became chaotic.
At first, the other two small shareholders thought that he was there and did not say anything. However, as Tedrick's complaints increased, the other two could not hold it in any longer and started to fire at Roger.
Li Du looked at Big Quinn and Godzilla, who were at the door. The two of them looked at him blankly with blank faces. What's going on? Don't they want to do business anymore?
Tedrick complained, "Roger, you have to cash in for us. D * mn it, the corporation is getting dumber. Look at what they are doing."
"Why are they going into the watch business instead of the diamond business? What Happy Luck Watch Group? Opening a watch store in Hong Kong? Are they crazy? "
"We specialize in diamond jewelry, not diamond watches. Do they think that this market is easy to enter? Do they think that Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Haojue, and Bao Ji are all spineless? "
"Cash in for us. Harry Winston is going to collapse. D * mn it, I don't want to wait for that day. I don't want to throw my retirement money into it!"
The three of them fought to complain. Roger's voice sounded weak. "Didn't we just start the watch business? It started in 1978. Hasn't our watch business been very successful?"
In 1978, the founder of the corporation, Harry Winston, died in New York. His eldest son, Ronald Winston, became the new head of the company.
Ronald had a special feeling for watches and clocks since he was a child. After taking over the company, he used his enthusiasm and professional knowledge in precision machinery to combine jewelry and watch design perfectly. In 1989, he established the watch department.
Tedrick said angrily, "Don't say stupid things, Roger. You know how bad our watch business is! Now, not only watches, but also clocks? This is too funny! "
"What's the name of the watch series this time? Jewelry that tells time? Listen, us old guys don't have much time left. Give us back our money and let us enjoy the rest of our time … "
"Roger, things are getting worse. You know very well the corporation's situation. You didn't buy the shares. That was the right choice. But we all have shares. I don't want to become penniless vagrants when the corporation goes bankrupt!"
"That's right. When the time comes, you can just leave and go to Graff or Tiffany's to continue being your director. What about us? We old guys are going to become vagrants! "
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