Chapter 1001 Army Knife (1/2)
After a second round of brewing and drinking, it was time to throw out the coffee..
According to the tradition of some African tribes, guests should leave at this time.
Li Du wanted to leave, but where could he go?
After finishing their coffee, they entered on another topic. Good drummed upon the
tabletop with his fingers, and said with a smile, ”Mr. Li, now we should talk about
working together. What quantity of diamonds can you help me process every year?”
Li Du let out a sigh and said, ”What is your production like? How much do you need me
to process?”
He thought it was alright to say that. This was a negotiation anyway, so asking for
information was supposed to be acceptable.
Good was not satisfied, however. Still smiling, he said, ”Mr. Li, it seems like you still fail
to understand we are not having a press conference. I ask, you answer, it's just easy as
that.”
His opponent would always go berserk whenever someone failed to obey him. Li Du
hated him to his guts. If he met this type of lunatic in America, he would surely let
Godzilla beat him up until all he was fit for was live out his life in a retirement home.
However, this did not change the current situation. As he was at Good's mercy, he had
to bow down to his rules.
Li Du said, ”I understand, Good Commander. I'll give you an answer. First, you will need
to allow me to explain myself. The size of a diamond, the quality, the cut, the value, and
the processing amount will be different…”
”I know all about these. You just need to tell me, from melee to big carat diamonds, how
much can you roughly process?” Good interrupted him.
Li Du said, ”It's difficult to gauge by the amount, I can only give a price. I can probably
process about 50 million US dollars' worth of diamonds. If there were more than that,
I'm afraid I would not be able to take them.”
After hearing his answer, Good said with a smile, ”50 million US dollars? This sum is a
bit too low for the world's jewelry and luxury goods market, isn't it?”
Li Du opened his hands and smiled bitterly as he said, ”I'm sorry, Good Commander,
I…”
”Don't apologize, don't apologize,” Good interrupted him once again, and appeared to
be more and more demanding. ”You can process 50 million? I know you Chinese are
very humble, you like to speak cautiously. I like your characters this way.”
He stood up and began to pace around his office. He raised his hand and said, ”This is
a good trait, I like people who are humble and keep a low profile. There's nothing I hate
more than ostentatious bastards.”
He paused for a moment and turned his head to look at Li Du. ”That's why the actual
sum will be 100 million US dollars. You have to process 100 million US dollars' worth of
diamonds each year.”
Li Du took in a deep breath and said, ”God, 100 million US dollars! You know…”
Good immediately interrupted him, ”What, you're going to contradict me?”
What could Li Du say? He could only laugh bitterly. ”No, 100 million US dollars? I can't
do it. I don't even have that much capital. Tell you what, it's better if you kill me right
away.”
He even assumed the demeanor of a doomed man, and went to the wall to take a knife
that was hanging there.
The guards by the door immediately raised their guns and kept their deadly barrels
aimed at him.
Targeted by two guns, it was impossible for Li Du not to be nervous. However, he had
been at gunpoint too many times lately and knew that Good would not allow his
subordinates to shoot him. That was why he could withstand the threat. He kept a
straight face as he walked over with his hand holding the blade and offered the shaft to
Good.
”You had better just kill me then.”
Good looked at him, puzzled, and said, ”You really want to die that badly?”
Li Du said, ”No, of course I don't want to die, but what other options do I have? If I
brought in such an amount of diamonds, I'd crash the market. The big bosses would just
quietly remove me, and nobody would ever know.”