Compared to Jones, James was a real sports star, a rich star.
The 1.5 million dollars was paid by James, but it would be a lie to say that he was not distressed by the money. When he wrote the check, his eyes trembled a few times.
It was obvious that he was distressed.
Li Du saw it, but he pretended not to. He had already given in enough on the sneakers, and he could not continue to give in.
Friendship was friendship, and business was business. If he gave in a little, he could show his good intentions and gain James' friendship. If he gave in too much, it would be easy to make people think that he was too weak.
Besides, in order to get these sneakers, he had struggled for several days and even had a conflict with the local treasure hunters in Indiana. If he could not make money from it, then what was the point?
In fact, in this way, he did not make any profit. The warehouse auction business belonged to him and Hans, and the profits had to be divided between the two.
Li Du lowered the price to 1.5 million, so that their profit would be left with 400,000. He decided not to make any profit himself, and gave the 400,000 to Hans.
This was equivalent to giving up his own profit of 400,000 to gain James' friendship.
So, he had given in a lot, and he did not want to go any further. He could not possibly make up for the loss to Hans, could he?
James was a good person. In addition to the money, he also gave Li Du some tickets.
Ten of these tickets were tickets for the game between the Miami Heat and the Phoenix Suns next season, and some were tickets for other Heat games.
The seats he gave were very close to the front, and there were even front row tickets, which could not be bought with money. They were used by the teams or the star players as favors.
So, the two trucks of sneakers, which had just arrived in Phoenix, had to go on the road again.
When they parted, Li Du smiled and said, "Mr. Jones, don't forget to pay the rent this time."
At the mention of this, Jones was depressed. He said with a black face, "Thank you, I will never forget! D * mn it, I will continue to fight the Horse Walking Storage Company. I just didn't pay the rent of a few hundred dollars, and they actually auctioned off my two-million-dollar stuff! "
Li Du comforted him. "In life, it is inevitable to encounter unpleasant things. I hope you can win. They went a little too far."
Jones said angrily, "I rented that storage company because they were related to the team. I know that now that I'm going to the Mavericks, the horse walking team is angry about it, but I was traded away. D * mn it, I'm the victim! "
James patted him on the shoulder and said, "Let the lawyer communicate. Your anger won't help."
He turned around and waved at Li Du, saying, "Goodbye, buddy. It was nice to meet you. I hope you can come and watch our game. I swear, you'll get to see an exciting game. Next season, we will punish the entire league! "
Two days later, Li Du attended another auction in Phoenix. He was not interested. There were not many valuable items at the auction. At most, he would get some small items.
While Hans and Lu Guan were checking these things, he sat by the side and chatted with his classmates.
Just then, he received a call from Cole. Li Du was puzzled as he answered the call. "Hello, buddy, what's up?"
Cole smiled. "I'll check your email later. I've sent you an invitation to the annual party. Let's see if you have time. Come to New York if you have time."
Li Du was surprised. "Annual party invitation? Isn't the annual party in January? "
At that time, he had been in China preparing for the New Year. Although he had received the invitation, he had not been able to attend.
Cole said, "It's held twice a year. There's an annual party every six months. This time, you'd better come. I'll introduce you to some of our Harry Winston shareholders and important clients."
Li Du said, "Okay, I'll usually go. I don't have anything going on these days."
It was time for him to attend the annual party. Now that he was one of the top five shareholders in the Harry Winston group, he thought.
Cole said, "Then I'll say welcome in advance. When you come, I'll introduce you to a guy. There's some conflict between the two of you. Of course, it's not a big deal."
Li Du was puzzled. "Conflict? Who do I have a conflict with? "
Cole laughed. "It's not a big deal. Let me maintain a sense of mystery."
After chatting casually for a while, Li Du was about to hang up, but then he had an idea. He suddenly asked, "Did my buddy Steve Tussenberg get invited? I contacted him yesterday, but I didn't hear him say anything about it. "
Cole said, "Of course, we invited him. How could we ignore someone from the Vanderbilt family? But I don't know if he'll do us the honor. Steve doesn't show his face in public. "
Li Du's goal was achieved. He heard a keyword, the Vanderbilt family. Thus, Steve's identity was slowly revealed.
After hanging up, he asked Hans next to him, "The Vanderbilt family. Do you know this family?"
Hans smiled and said, "Of course. Americans all know that in 2007, when Forbes ranked the top 15 richest people in American history, the founder of this family, Cornelius Vanderbilt, was ranked third, just behind John Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie …"
Li Du asked with interest, "Tell me everything you know."
Hans was puzzled. "Why do you ask? Go online. There's more information online. I actually only know some basic information. This family is very low-key. It's said that they're no longer glorious. "
Hearing this, Brother Wolf, who was next to him, shook his head.
Li Du noticed and asked in surprise, "Do you know this family?"
Brother Wolf nodded. "Vanderbilt. I've met their family. When they visited Munich, the country's finance minister, the mayor of Munich, and members of parliament personally accompanied them. I was part of the security system."
Hearing this, Li Du understood. This family was certainly not as declining as Hans had said. Otherwise, the German government would not have paid so much attention to them.
He had also heard of this family, but he only knew a little about them from watching the news. He only remembered that they seemed to be a shipping magnate.
Later, when he went online to search for relevant information, a huge and unparalleled family surfaced.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, who Hans had said was comparable to Carnegie and Rockefeller, was the founder of this family. He was born in Staten Island, New York, in 1784.
He was a legend. Because of his family's poverty, he dropped out of school at the age of 11. At the age of 16, he borrowed $100 from his father to buy a small boat and started a ferry service between Staten Island and Manhattan.
With that $100, he gradually became a shipping magnate in New York.
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