Harry Winston's semi-annual meeting went smoothly, too smoothly because the shareholders' minds were not on it. Their eyes were on the gentleman's agreement between Carlston and Li Du.
Most people supported Carlston, but only Cole supported Li Du.
He invited Li Du to a private dinner in the evening and told him a lot of secrets about Harry Winston.
Carlston Fitz was a famous gemstone merchant, and as he said, his family had been in the business for many years.
The Fitz family first looked for rubies and sapphires, and in the 20th century they looked for diamonds and amassed a lot of wealth. They even owned a diamond mine in Canada.
The Ekati diamond mine that Cole decided to invest in might have something to do with the Fitz family. He was not very sure about this, but he guessed it later.
Carlston was a slick man. He did say at the board meeting that he was fully opposed to Harry Winston's investment in the Ekati diamond mine.
But in private, Cole said that Carlston had been encouraging him to invest in the mine. He did not do it directly, but indirectly.
He had collected a lot of information for Cole, which ultimately pointed to the Ekati Diamond Mine as a diamond rich mine, which was still very promising.
With the support of this information, Cole stubbornly took over the mine. In the end, the mine was reclaimed, only to find that it had become a ruin!
At this time, Carlston challenged Cole's decision at the board meeting. Because he had always opposed Cole's investment decision on the Ekati diamond mine, he later won the support of a large number of shareholders.
At this point, Cole drank two glasses of wine in a row.
There was no doubt that this matter made him very depressed.
Later, Cole investigated the situation of the Ekati diamond mine and found that the Fitz family was connected to the mine. The mine belonged to the world's largest mining group, BHP Billiton, but in fact, part of the ownership was in the hands of the Fitz family.
He guessed that Carlston was playing both sides, secretly encouraging him to take over the mine, and openly opposing him. He was the good guy and made the money.
Of course, Cole admitted that he could not blame Carlston for being shrewd. He was too stupid.
What made Cole unhappy about Carlston was that last year, the Swatch Group suddenly made things difficult for the Harry Winston Group and wanted to buy out his group.
In this matter, Carlston played a shady role. As the number two shareholder of the group, he constantly spread negative news. Many shareholders were eager to sell their shares because of him.
Cole was very unhappy with Carlston, so when Carlston's son happened to have a conflict with Li Du's side, he helped Li Du put in a good word to get Carlston to back down on this matter.
Cole did not explicitly state this, but Li Du could roughly guess what was going on.
In addition, he had guessed many things.
His conflict with Carlston stemmed from the latter's son. It could also be said that Carlston had rented a villa in Green River Valley, and the information about the villa was given to him by Cole.
He couldn't help but wonder if Cole knew something and had purposely set a trap for him.
He wanted to rent a house in the Green River Valley, and Cole happened to know of a suitable villa, which happened to be next to Carlston's house.
Weren't there too many coincidences? Li Du had seen so many coincidences in the past two days that he already felt that something was wrong.
From another point of view, perhaps everything would make sense.
Cole and Carlston were not on good terms. He wanted revenge and wanted to deal with Carlston, but he didn't know how to do it himself.
So a real coincidence happened. When Li Du was about to rent a house, he called and learned that Li Du wanted to rent a villa in Green River Valley. He thought of a house next to Carlston's house.
Maybe that house was related to him, or maybe he was related to the man named Abel.
Cole and Carlston were very close, and he must have known what kind of people his two sons were. He knew that with Li Du's temper, living next to them would definitely cause a fight.
Later, as he said, the two sides did have a conflict, and Carlston's son's side was at a disadvantage.
Just as Carlston was about to solve the matter, Cole stepped in as a good guy. He unilaterally contacted Carlston and asked him to take a step back.
Obviously, Carlston could not take it lying down, especially after discovering the relationship between Cole and Li Du. So, things came to this point step by step.
Li Du and Cole became a complete alliance to deal with Carlston together.
If everything was as he guessed, then Cole obviously made a good move. He didn't have to do anything, and the two major shareholders of the group became mortal enemies.
If everything was as he guessed, then Cole was not as gentle and kind as he thought.
If everything was as he guessed, then Li Du would not let Cole use him for nothing. He would fight back because he didn't want to be a pawn for others to use at will.
In any case, all this was just his guess. The truth of the matter had to be investigated later. He had to find a way to find a diamond mine.
Cole did his best to help him and sent him some private information within the Harry Winston group, which included the group's investigation of some mines around the world.
Before looking for a diamond mine, Li Du first learned about diamonds, which he lacked knowledge of.
As everyone knew, diamonds were made up of a single element, carbon, which was essentially the same as coal.
It was also well known that diamonds were also made up of a single element, carbon.
Diamonds and diamonds were closely related. Some people thought that they were equal, but this was not the case. Diamonds belonged to diamonds, but they reached the level of gemstone.
In other words, all diamonds were diamonds, but not all diamonds were diamonds.
It was said that diamonds were a fraud, but they were indeed rare. For example, it took hundreds of millions to billions of years to form under conditions of extreme high pressure and high temperature.
Besides, Carlston was right about one thing. The production of diamonds was very low. Most of these gemstones were extracted from ore called Kimberley.
Many people in China may have heard of the Kimberley brand. In fact, the brand was named after the Kimberley ore.
According to statistics, 250 tons of Kimberley ore could produce a one-carat rough diamond. After processing, only 0.25 carats of real diamonds could be obtained.
So, how much was one carat? 0.2 grams, that was to say, 250 tons of diamonds could only produce 0.05 grams of finished diamonds.
When he saw this information, Li Du's scalp was a little numb. He realized that his bet might have been a little hasty!
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