Chapter 88 In One Fell Swoop Chapter One End (1/2)

Author’s Note: With the end of the Chapter One, we will be going into Chapter Two. With the end of the preparations, Mr. Li is going to change his attitude and go on the aggressive!

Andrew, Dog Tail Reginald, Lambis, Black Jack and Li Du; the five of them stood in a line to prepare for a group interview.

A reporter said while facing the camera, ”…In this town, on this day, a charity storage auction was held, meant to help relieve the financial issues of a welfare home.

”A total of five auctions were held, with beautiful pottery and furniture as the main attraction. Lastly, these five treasure hunters here individually bought a unit each, totaling up the amount to 229,000 dollars for charity.”

Reginald had lost all of his spirit, Lambis stared with a face full of despair, Jack wore an ugly expression, Andrew wore a faint smile, while Li Du looked excited: This was the snapshot of the different emotions of the five men.

A beautiful black-haired reporter gave her speech to the camera, and then looked toward the five and said, ”Next, I will be interviewing the kind treasure hunters. Let’s hear their heartfelt thoughts.”

The camera turned toward them, and the five treasure hunters hastily showed their smiles. However, only one wore an honest smile, while another hunter’s smile was somewhat strained, and the remaining three had smiles that were worse than faces they made when crying.

The female reporter was about to ask her questions, when the auctioneer Humphries came over. He said, ”Me too, reporter. In this charity, we have six people.”

”Ah?”

”I am the auctioneer. According to the terms, I will be able to take 10 percent of the proceeds. The amount that I will be getting I will also be willing to donate to the welfare home, to my old friend Mother Mesa.” Humphries pointed to the black lady standing on the side.

Mother Mesa had a face with a smile so full that one could almost see a flower blooming there. A donation of over 200 thousand dollars; this was extremely helpful to her welfare home.

The interview went from the lowest to the highest donator, so the first one was Li Du.

Li Du tidied up his clothes and waved to the camera. ”I’m glad to be able to participate in this charity event. Since I’ve joined the business of treasure hunting, I’ve always been thinking about how we can help the people who need us. Thank God for giving me the chance today.

”In addition, from what I know, there are some support groups for AIDS that are preparing similar charity events. I’m sure that our treasure hunters will be happy to participate in those as well.

”As a healthy person, I’m unable to understand the pain that people with AIDS go through—and so, to help them, regardless of how much effort is needed, I will do whatever I can!”

The reporter smiled. ”You really are a kind gentleman.”

Next was Andrew. Li Du had nothing else to do, so he slipped away.

Akkalou Benidito walked to him and said with a smile, ”Hi, Li. You owe me one.”

Li Du understood what he meant. Anyone who was not a fool would be able to guess that Li Du was pulling the strings here.

Li Du said, ”Yeah, my friend. You really helped a lot— if not for you, we wouldn’t have been able to raise such a large amount.”

Akkalou Benidito said, ”The treasure hunters went too far. They hurt your reputation. The methods they used were too underhanded. But by doing this, you’ll be offending a lot of people.”

”This was not just for revenge. What was more important was that I wanted to help the welfare home. That’s why, regardless of what criticism I get, I’ll deal with it.”

Hans patted his shoulder and said, ”As a brother, I am always here for you.”

Akkalou Benidito gave them both a meaningful glance. ”You have a very clever brother, but the clever ones tend to be scary.”

Hans pulled his hand back and said, ”I don’t really think so.”

”I’m kidding,” Akkalou Benidito said. ”I didn’t expect that you two could organize something like this without anyone noticing. A pity that I didn’t find out, or else I would have been happy to play a role.” As he spoke, he shook his head in frustration. ”Andrew, that guy—this was a blessing in disguise for him. Twenty-five thousand dollars for a chance on television. D*mn it! It was too good for him!”

This auction was, of course, set up by Hans and Li Du. Hans prepared the fake units, while Li Du looked for the Chinese lady to help with the act. But the appearance of the media was a surprise blessing. The one who informed the media was Mother Mesa. The welfare home had connections with the media.

Li Du remembered that when Sophie’s team was performing check-ups for the people in the welfare home, Mother Mesa told them that they lacked money; so, he told her that he would be organizing a charity.