Chapter 1112 The Best Thing (2/2)
However, he felt that he could now tell Sophie and her family, but he still was unable to
tell his parents about his assets all at once.
He had to reveal the information about his assets slowly to allow his parents to take it in
bit by bit. Otherwise, they would definitely be worried and afraid if they knew that he was
suddenly worth hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars.
His parents would not only be concerned as to how he got his riches, but more
importantly, they would fear for his safety.
At the end of the last century and at the beginning of this century, Li Du's hometown
experienced two kidnapping cases. The victims were both wealthy individuals. From
then on, the wealthy have been keeping their wealth private and secret.
The Martins opened their mouths in shock and stared at him blankly. Although both of
them were older, more knowledgeable and have had more experience, they were still
shocked.
The Martins were considered upper middle class in the United States. They did not lack
money and led a prosperous life, but they did not have excessive wealth or much spare
cash on hand.
Additionally, most of the people they interacted with in school were their colleagues and
students. They hardly crossed paths with rich people.
It was even rarer for them to interact with people like Li Du, with so much accumulated
wealth.
The old man tried hard to swallow, and said, ”That, Li, you are not… are you not doing
warehouse auction work? Are warehouse auctions so profitable?”
Mrs. Martin egged him on, ”You should resign and join him too.”
Li Du started to laugh. ”Warehouse auctions are indeed pretty good. I earned my first
big win here, it was more than a few hundred thousand.”
He started to give them an explanation about his career. In terms of warehouse auction,
he picked the top examples to describe. For example, he talked about the Batman
chariots, the Dodo skeleton, and the two famous paintings by Van Gogh.
Then he talked about his experience of looking for fire opals in the fossil park. He
continued telling about how that became an opportunity for him to first connect with
Harry Winston, Inc. before he became a shareholder.
After that, he once again explained the reasons he went to Australia and described what
he found there. He talked about how he eventually went to Africa and saved a Pygmy
tribesman there. He told them about how the Pygmies helped him to discover a
diamond mine.
As he was telling his stories, the Martins reacted animatedly. Sometimes they gasped,
then they were surprised and awed. Towards the end of narrating his experience, Li Du
felt like he was retelling a novel.
Fortunately, the audience who was listening to his stories was very good and
cooperated with him as he spoke.
The couple felt that they were watching a blockbuster movie. After listening to his
narration, Sophie's father exclaimed, ”Unbelievable, Li, what you have experienced in
the past two years!”
Mrs. Martin started to worry. Her eyes looked uncertain as she said, ”Li, your
achievements, they came too quickly. Oh, it's not that I'm doubtful about you or
anything. I just wanted to say, you're really too impressive. Sophie, uh, Sophie is a very
ordinary lady…”
”She's the best of God's creation,” Li Du said earnestly. ”I am not saying that just
because you guys are her parents. I feel that I have met with good luck since I came to
America. But the luckiest thing that happened to me is Sophie.”
He looked ahead, thinking back to the first time he met Sophie. He could not help but
smile, and emphasized, ”Meeting her, falling in love and making her fall in love with me,
that's the best thing that happened to me in America. In fact, it's probably the best thing
that happened in my entire life!”
Mrs. Martin grinned. ”No, you guys will experience even better things in the future. I
wish you guys every happiness.”
Her husband nodded his head and Mrs. Martin gestured for him to say a few words. Old
Martin was silent for a while before he asked with a serious face, ”Can we hunt now?”