Chapter 1145 Phone Call (1/2)

Li Du handed Princeps two hundred thousand dollars without hesitation. However,

Princeps was not happy and sighed as he took the money.

Hans narrowed his eyes at Princeps and said, ”What, buddy? Not so eager to take the

money? You can leave it behind for us.”

Princeps smiled bitterly. ”Now, I have offended everyone. Isn't that so? You guys, and

George Anthony. I have offended all of you.”

Li Du patted his shoulder and said, ”Nope, you did not offend me. We call quits. In the

future, there will be no problems between us anymore. You have already paid back

what you owed us.”

Princeps smiled bitterly again and said, ”Thanks.”

He now realized that it was better to have the Anthonys as his enemies than pit himself

against Li Du.

All that he regretted now was that he had not had the good sense to see this earlier.

If he had made friends with Li Du from the start, perhaps he could have made quite a bit

of money by following his lead.

Even if they had not become friends, it was just as well that he was no longer Li Du's

enemy. Li Du had a ruthless way around his rivals and had too many surprising tactics

in dealing with them.

Besides, the scariest part was that no matter how Li Du dealt with others, Princeps

realized that Li Du never lost out. Every time he struck out at an enemy, he would make

profits for himself while he was at it.

It was the same this time around when Li Du dealt with Conrad. Out of the five hundred

thousand he gained from the auction, one hundred went to the cooperative town

administration. As the remaining four hundred thousand, Li Du split the money equally

with Princeps.

Princeps did not feel that it was fair, but he had no choice.

All Li Du did was provide the idea, while Princeps had done the rest. He had been the

one to search for the warehouse company and arrange for the personnel to get

involved. He had also placed the items inside the warehouse.

Still, somehow he ended up as nobody's friend. And though he did most of the work, he

only gained half the money.

When Li Du learned that the Anthonys had been plotting against him behind his back,

he requested Princeps to join hands with him in acting against Conrad. As he knew that

George Anthony was careful and cautious, he decided to target Anthony junior.

His judgment had been accurate. Conrad was just what he thought, ambitious, crazy

and stupid.

Hence, he made use of the trust Conrad had in Princeps and got Princeps to hunt for a

warehouse. They stuffed the warehouse with fake goods and conned Conrad into

thinking that there were valuable items inside. That had spurred Conrad to take down

the warehouse at a high bid.

The managing official at the public government warehouse in Bullet Town had really

been Princeps' cousin. The telescope from the national astronomical observatory had

really been placed there previously and the town had really intended to auction off six

warehouses.

It was just that the telescope had long been moved from the warehouse by the national

astronomical observatory. All that had been left was just a couple of useless

accessories.

Hence, they used the accessories as bait to set up a trap for Conrad.

For the plan to work, it was critical that Conrad would never expect Princeps to join

hands with Li Du against him. He would never have thought that it could happen that

way.

Conrad thought of Princeps as a lowly sidekick and did not perceive him as a threat at

all.

Besides, their plan had been well thought out. Conrad easily confirmed the town

administration's plan to hold a public warehouse auction. Similarly, when Conrad

checked the identity of the warehouse manager, he found it to be genuine. Neither did

Conrad doubt when he identified the telescope accessories in the warehouse as those

he saw in the photos.

He would not find out the truth until it was too late.