Chapter 1152 Businessman (1/2)

Li Du stayed overnight in Remonin's camp. He had decided to return the next day. After

all, it was no fun there and he would rather return and stay with his parents.

Remonin contacted him in the evening to discuss the issue of his soldiers working as

guards for Li Du.

He was willing to send fifty soldiers and seventy officers to South Africa for Li Du. The

monthly salary would be three thousand for the soldiers and five thousand for the

officers. In addition, there would be one commander with a salary of ten thousand.

It meant that Li Du would be forking out close to two hundred thousand dollars to

support Remonin every month.

Li Du would just have to pay up and provide food and lodgings for the men. He would

not need to worry about the rest.

Remonin promised that he would handpick the soldiers sent to South Africa, and not

only would they have outstanding combat skills, but they would also be thoroughly loyal

to him. Hence, these soldiers would never do anything to harm the diamond mine.

Li Du was willing to accept the costs. If he employed mercenaries, he could only afford

ten of them for that sum. In addition, he would have to worry about them creating

trouble behind his back.

Remonin asked Li Du for an advance amounting to the soldiers' first six months of pay.

The soldiers would follow a roster that would station them at the mine for three months.

The fifty of them would be split into five alternating groups.

This would ensure that there would always be different people at the mine and hence,

they would not have time to develop a relationship with the locals. Even if they managed

to grow closer to the locals, they would have to return to the camp following their roster

before they were able to make sense of the situation at the mine.

Li Du agreed to his request and gave him 1.2 million dollars. On top of that, he also

gave Remonin an extra five million. The money belonged to two different pools. One

was for the diamond purchase later down the road, and the other was the money for

hiring the soldiers.

Li Du was forking out money to invest in Remonin. The two of them had become allies.

One of them had the money and the other was putting in all his effort and labor. In the

future, if Li Du met with problems, Remonin would do his best to help him resolve them.

When they returned to South Africa, Lion Hunter helped Li Du deal with the problem of

transnational labor output. The first twenty soldiers selected by Remonin changed out of

their military uniforms and followed the officers to South Africa, heading for the mine.

After staying in South Africa for two and a half days, they set off again, this time flying

directly to Australia.

It was summer in Australia and the weather was extremely warm. They were greeted

with a gust of balmy air upon exiting the plane.

Li Du's parents had changed into lighter clothing on the plane, but they were still

perspiring from the heat. Noticing the heat, the two of them started sipping warm water.

After seeing them do so, Sophie asked curiously, ”Why are you guys drinking warm

water? You should be drinking cold water in this heat.”

Li Du's father explained, ”You can't drink cold water. We have transited from winter to

summer all at once. We need to drink warm water so that our body can slowly

acclimatize to the change in temperatures. It will help us force out the coldness in our

body.”

”Otherwise, even though the weather outside is warm, the body will still be cold.

Keeping the cold

in our body is not a good idea. The body would suffer in the future.”

Sophie nodded as if she understood and started drinking warm water too.

Li Du smiled to himself. He knew that it must be unusual for Sophie. Americans did not

enjoy drinking warm water, and they drank cold water throughout the year, even in

winter.

By changing her habits, Sophie displayed her respect for his parents.

The Martins did not do that. Instead, they went straight to taking photos of everything

once they got off the plane. The two of them were typical Americans and went all out to

enjoy their experience.

While Li Du's parents were dressed in sensible shorts and t-shirts, Mr. Martin had

changed into board shorts while his wife put on a beach dress. Even at sixty years old,

the two of them were still having fun like children.

Li Du brought out a few bottles of Huo Xiang tonic drink and his father grinned, asking,

”Where did you get that?”

Li Du's parents did not hesitate and immediately opened the bottle to gulp the tonic

down.